Chp. 6 of Secrets No More.
(Author's notes: Expect a little surprise in this chapter. It's towards
the end. I think some of you guys will like it.)
Once Clark arrived back at the mansion, Lex escorted him to one of the
rooms in the east wing. Once there, Clark began to take his clothes out
of the backpack and place them in an old dresser and closet that
accommodated the room. After he was done he went to find Lex who was in
his study reading some Luthorcorp reports. "Clark, what can I do for
you?" Lex asked, as Clark slipped into the office.
"Well, I've been thinking about something else, Lex," Clark told him as
he slumped down into one of the office chairs. "I want to go see my
friends, Chloe and Pete." He looked up to Lex. "It's just that, I miss
them, you know? I mean, yeah they know about me but I feel that I owe
them an explanation."
Lex nodded. "Well, you could probably go see them." He placed a report
down on the desk and picked up another. "But here's my question. How
are they going to react to you when they see you?" Clark looked at Lex.
"Are they going to be excited? Are they going to be afraid and try to
run away?"
"I never thought about that," Clark admitted. He looked back to the
ground. He wasn't so sure seeing them was the right thing to do now
that he'd talked to Lex. Lex, seeing his friend's despairing look,
decided to help him out. "Clark, I know that you miss your friends. If
I were you I'd go to them."
Clark looked up at him. "Really?"
"Yes, really." Lex set the reports down and got up. Maneuvering
around
the desk he grabbed Clark up. "Alright now, Clark. Go on and go to your
friends." He opened up the door to the study as Clark gave him a
puzzling look. "Don't look at me like that. Just go on and see them."
Clark grinned and supersped out of the house. "I'll never get use to
that," Lex murmured.
Clark was speeding down the highway at triple digit speeds. He wasn't
sure who he should see first. Chloe or Pete? Clark tried to think about
who would be the easiest to talk to. Though he'd known Pete for nearly
all his life Chloe seemed a lot more receptive to all things weird.
'Then it's settled. I'll go to Chloe,' Clark thought as he made a turn
to Chloe's house.
Chloe Sullivan looked at her computer in her room as she checked out
the Daily Planet's website. The only thing that had gained the most
notoriety had been her friend Clark's discovery.
Chloe had to wonder about her friend. In the short time that'd she
known him she'd never figured that he was from another planet. Sure,
there were times when Clark seemed a little out there but those times
were few and far in between.
She also wondered about Clark's abilities. Yeah, so he was incredibly
strong and fast, but what else could he do? Chloe wasn't sure but made
it a point to ask him if she ever saw him.
Clark, would she ever see him again? That was the million dollar
question at the moment. Clark's little disappearing act had fooled
everyone, and no one, not even his own parents, knew where he was.
'They've got to be worried sick,' Chloe thought.
Clark arrived at the Sullivan's house in record time. He stood off to
the side, however, and checked to see if anyone was around. It seemed
that only Chloe and her father, Gabe, were in the house. Clark smiled.
'No reporters, thank god.' Coming out of the shadows, Clark began to
walk towards the house.
Gabe Sullivan had just popped a bag of popcorn and was settling back
in his favorite recliner. He was about to press play button when he
heard someone knocking at his front door. 'Who the heck could that be
at this hour?' he thought. Placing the bowl with the popcorn down he
got up out of his chair and headed for the front door.
Clark had just gotten up on the porch and was about to knock on the
door when stopped. Was this right? Was going to one of his friends the
right thing to do? Lex's words rang through his mind. 'Will Chloe be
happy to see me? Will she be afraid and try to run away?' Clark
hesitated briefly, but then straightened himself. He'd already come
this far and wasn't about to wimp out now. Raising his fist again he
gently knocked on the door. He heard someone inside getting out of a
chair, grumbling to himself. Clark readied himself as the person opened
the door.
To say that Gabe Sullivan was surprised to see Clark Kent standing on
his front porch was an understatement. Truth be told, he was downright
scared. He'd seen the TV footage of Clark lifting the bus and knew of
the teen's abilities. "C-Clark, what are you doing here?" Gabe asked
trying not to shake as he said it.
"Um, nothing, Mr. Sullivan," Clark replied. He shove his hands into his
pockets. "Is Chloe here? I'd like to see her if it's okay with you,
sir."
Gabe swallowed. This alien wanted to see his daughter? How dare he?!
"Yes Clark, she's here. However, I don't think it's a good thing if you
see her."
Clark looked distressed. "Please sir, it'll only be for a minute. If
you want, you can be there when I talk to her." He looked to the
ground. "I just wanted to see her and see how she was doing." He turned
to leave. "But if you won't let me I understand." Clark began to slowly
walk away from the house.
Gabe looked at the young man as he explained why he wanted to be around
his daughter. He didn't seem like an alien; more like a young boy who
just wanted to see his friend. Feeling uneasy about sending him away,
Gabe reached out to Clark. "Clark, wait."
Clark turned around. "Look, Clark. I have to say it's a little weird
that you want to be here. I just figured that you'd be hiding out
somewhere, trying to avoid people." He gestured towards the door.
"C'mon on in, Clark. I'll go get Chloe."
"Thank you, sir," Clark replied as he entered the house. He waited
patiently in the living room while Gabe went to fetch his daughter.
After a few minutes an exasperated Chloe ran down the stairs. "Clark!
Oh my god!" She stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked at her
friend. "Wait, why are you here? Shouldn't you be out hiding or
something?"
'Like father like daughter,' Clark thought. "Well, I just wanted to
come by and see you. I felt like I needed to talk to you," Clark told
her.
"Um, okay." Chloe turned to her dad. "Is it okay if we go upstairs
for
a little bit, alone?"
Gabe looked at Clark and then back to Chloe. "Ok," he told her trying
to keep his calm. "But if you need anything I'll be right here." Chloe
nodded and grabbed Clark's hand as they ascended the stairs, leaving a
very nervous Gabe Sullivan in the living room.
Once they entered Chloe's bedroom she turned back towards the door and
closed the door. Turning back around, she looked at her friend. 'He
doesn't look different,' Chloe thought. Clark shifted uneasily on his
feet and shoved his hands into his pockets. 'Oh, he's so cute when he
does that. Wait, hold on a second, Chloe! This isn't the time for that!
Clark, the very same alien farm-boy that you've been friends with is
here, now! Talk to him.' Chloe looked at her friend as he stood there,
deep in thought. 'Aw, he's so adorable when he makes that face -
dangit! Stop that!' "So, Clark, what brings you over here?" Chloe
asked, trying to make conversation while trying to fight off thoughts
of making out with Clark off right there.
"Um, well Chloe, I just wanted to see you," Clark told her honestly.
"It's just that, I feel like I owe you an explanation. You deserve to
know why I never told you about me."
"You're right Clark, you do owe me an explanation," Chloe replied.
"I'm your friend. Couldn't you have trusted me with such a secret? I
mean, you're different, so what? I can live with that, Clark. I can
accept the fact that you're an..." Chloe stopped. She couldn't bring
herself to say it.
"An alien?" Clark asked her.
Chloe nodded, sadly. "Clark, it's just that, it's hard for me, right
now." And that was no lie, it was hard for her. Hard for Chloe to love
someone like Clark and to feel betrayed at the same time. "I just don't
understand why you never told me in the first place."
"Chloe, I wanted to tell you, believe me." Clark defended himself. "But
my parents said it was too dangerous for any of my friends to know."
Clark sat down on the bed. "They said that one of them might go to the
government of someone like Lionel Luthor. They'd capture me and study
me like a lab rat."
Chloe's feelings of betrayal quickly change to guilt as she listened to
Clark. She'd never thought about that before. Of course she'd never
would've told anyone but that didn't mean that someone else who'd find
out what he was would've. She sat down on the bed next to him. "Clark,
I'm sorry."
He looked up at her. "For what?"
"For what I said earlier. I didn't have the right to say what I did."
Chloe looked back towards the floor then back to him. "Please forgive
me."
Clark gently put his hand on her face and brought it around to meet
his. "Chloe, there's nothing to forgive. Don't worry about it," Clark
told her. Then, the funniest thing happened.
Clark brought his other hand to the the other side of her face. Cupping
one cheek with his left hand, he gently stroked the other with his
right. Then he pulled Chloe closer to him.
And kissed her.
It wasn't a light peck but it also wasn't deeply passionate, either.
It was somewhere in the middle but it felt oh so right. When the two
finally broke apart Chloe looked at him, a mix of shock, relief, and
embarrassment across her face. "I can't believe we just did that," she
told him, slightly nervous.
"I can't either," Clark replied. He took one of Chloe's hands in his.
He was surprised at how well her small hand fit in his larger one.
"Clark?"
"Yeah Clo?"
"I want to tell you something," Chloe told him. Since he had a secret
she was about to spill one of hers. "I've had a crush on you since I
came to Smallville."
Clark looked at her. "You have? I never noticed."
"Well, I think I did a pretty good job of hiding it," she smirked.
"Unlike a certain farm-boy I know who went all gaga every time he saw a
certain raven-haired cheerleader."
Clark shot her a dirty look. Chloe just giggled when he did. Clark
couldn't stay angry at her, though, and smiled. "Oh crap, look at how
late it is!" Clark exclaimed, looking at Chloe's alarm clock. "Sorry,
but I need to get out of here." Clark shot off the bed and headed for
the door of the bedroom. Chloe was right behind him.
"Clark where are you going? Do you have a place to stay?" She stopped
as Clark bolted down the stairs and headed for the front door. "Clark,
how will I contact you?"
Clark stopped. He turned around and looked up at the blonde. "C'mere,
Chloe." Chloe eased her way down the steps. Clark dug through his
pockets and found a pen and an old piece of paper and wrote down the
number to the cell phone Lex had provided him. "Here, take this," he
said, handing her the paper. "If you need me for anything just call me
on that number, okay?"
"Okay, Clark." She folded the paper and put it in her pocket.
Clark was about to open the door when he stopped. "Hey, Chloe, can I
ask you one more thing?"
"Sure," she replied as her father walked in from the kitchen. Chloe
glanced over to her father who was looking at the alien and her
daughter, er, Clark and her daughter.
"Sorry, I'll just go back to watching the movie," Gabe told them.
Chloe turned back to Clark. "Chloe, when this passes over, if it ever
passes over and things get back to normal or something like it, would
you consider, um, going, ah, out with me?"
Chloe's jaw dropped. Had Clark Kent just asked her out? She looked at
the redness in his cheeks.
Yes, he had asked her out. It was just what Chloe always wanted. "Yes
Clark, I'd love to go out with you."
Clark felt relieved. He'd never asked a girl out before on a date and
it felt wonderful when Chloe had told him that she would.
Gabe felt mortified. His daughter had just agreed to go out with the
alien, er, Clark. 'Crap, why do I always refer to him as the alien?
It's not like he's green and has antennae coming out of his head.' He
looked over to his daughter and Clark as Clark held her closer to him.
'Maybe it'll be okay. Clark's always been a good kid. This might just
be okay.'
Clark gently kissed Chloe again. The kissed became more passionate
but
was broken up by someone clearing up their throat. The two teens broke
apart to find Gabe Sullivan glaring at them both. "Ahem. Chloe, I think
it's your bedtime."
Chloe sighed. "Okay, dad." She opened up the door for Clark and
walked
outside with him. Gabe strategically placed himself in front of the
screen door, just to make sure that Clark left and that his daughter
was okay.
"Bye, Chloe. I'll see you later," Clark told her as he hugged her.
"Bye, Clark," She told him while trying not to tear up. "I'll miss
you."
Clark kissed her on the cheek and then pulled away slowly. Part of
him
didn't want to leave Chloe but he had to. Lex was probably worried
about him right now. With one last look towards the two Sullivans Clark
disappeared in a blur onto the road, leaving the two once again in
amazement at his gifts.
Chp. 6 completed
(Author's notes: Expect a little surprise in this chapter. It's towards
the end. I think some of you guys will like it.)
Once Clark arrived back at the mansion, Lex escorted him to one of the
rooms in the east wing. Once there, Clark began to take his clothes out
of the backpack and place them in an old dresser and closet that
accommodated the room. After he was done he went to find Lex who was in
his study reading some Luthorcorp reports. "Clark, what can I do for
you?" Lex asked, as Clark slipped into the office.
"Well, I've been thinking about something else, Lex," Clark told him as
he slumped down into one of the office chairs. "I want to go see my
friends, Chloe and Pete." He looked up to Lex. "It's just that, I miss
them, you know? I mean, yeah they know about me but I feel that I owe
them an explanation."
Lex nodded. "Well, you could probably go see them." He placed a report
down on the desk and picked up another. "But here's my question. How
are they going to react to you when they see you?" Clark looked at Lex.
"Are they going to be excited? Are they going to be afraid and try to
run away?"
"I never thought about that," Clark admitted. He looked back to the
ground. He wasn't so sure seeing them was the right thing to do now
that he'd talked to Lex. Lex, seeing his friend's despairing look,
decided to help him out. "Clark, I know that you miss your friends. If
I were you I'd go to them."
Clark looked up at him. "Really?"
"Yes, really." Lex set the reports down and got up. Maneuvering
around
the desk he grabbed Clark up. "Alright now, Clark. Go on and go to your
friends." He opened up the door to the study as Clark gave him a
puzzling look. "Don't look at me like that. Just go on and see them."
Clark grinned and supersped out of the house. "I'll never get use to
that," Lex murmured.
Clark was speeding down the highway at triple digit speeds. He wasn't
sure who he should see first. Chloe or Pete? Clark tried to think about
who would be the easiest to talk to. Though he'd known Pete for nearly
all his life Chloe seemed a lot more receptive to all things weird.
'Then it's settled. I'll go to Chloe,' Clark thought as he made a turn
to Chloe's house.
Chloe Sullivan looked at her computer in her room as she checked out
the Daily Planet's website. The only thing that had gained the most
notoriety had been her friend Clark's discovery.
Chloe had to wonder about her friend. In the short time that'd she
known him she'd never figured that he was from another planet. Sure,
there were times when Clark seemed a little out there but those times
were few and far in between.
She also wondered about Clark's abilities. Yeah, so he was incredibly
strong and fast, but what else could he do? Chloe wasn't sure but made
it a point to ask him if she ever saw him.
Clark, would she ever see him again? That was the million dollar
question at the moment. Clark's little disappearing act had fooled
everyone, and no one, not even his own parents, knew where he was.
'They've got to be worried sick,' Chloe thought.
Clark arrived at the Sullivan's house in record time. He stood off to
the side, however, and checked to see if anyone was around. It seemed
that only Chloe and her father, Gabe, were in the house. Clark smiled.
'No reporters, thank god.' Coming out of the shadows, Clark began to
walk towards the house.
Gabe Sullivan had just popped a bag of popcorn and was settling back
in his favorite recliner. He was about to press play button when he
heard someone knocking at his front door. 'Who the heck could that be
at this hour?' he thought. Placing the bowl with the popcorn down he
got up out of his chair and headed for the front door.
Clark had just gotten up on the porch and was about to knock on the
door when stopped. Was this right? Was going to one of his friends the
right thing to do? Lex's words rang through his mind. 'Will Chloe be
happy to see me? Will she be afraid and try to run away?' Clark
hesitated briefly, but then straightened himself. He'd already come
this far and wasn't about to wimp out now. Raising his fist again he
gently knocked on the door. He heard someone inside getting out of a
chair, grumbling to himself. Clark readied himself as the person opened
the door.
To say that Gabe Sullivan was surprised to see Clark Kent standing on
his front porch was an understatement. Truth be told, he was downright
scared. He'd seen the TV footage of Clark lifting the bus and knew of
the teen's abilities. "C-Clark, what are you doing here?" Gabe asked
trying not to shake as he said it.
"Um, nothing, Mr. Sullivan," Clark replied. He shove his hands into his
pockets. "Is Chloe here? I'd like to see her if it's okay with you,
sir."
Gabe swallowed. This alien wanted to see his daughter? How dare he?!
"Yes Clark, she's here. However, I don't think it's a good thing if you
see her."
Clark looked distressed. "Please sir, it'll only be for a minute. If
you want, you can be there when I talk to her." He looked to the
ground. "I just wanted to see her and see how she was doing." He turned
to leave. "But if you won't let me I understand." Clark began to slowly
walk away from the house.
Gabe looked at the young man as he explained why he wanted to be around
his daughter. He didn't seem like an alien; more like a young boy who
just wanted to see his friend. Feeling uneasy about sending him away,
Gabe reached out to Clark. "Clark, wait."
Clark turned around. "Look, Clark. I have to say it's a little weird
that you want to be here. I just figured that you'd be hiding out
somewhere, trying to avoid people." He gestured towards the door.
"C'mon on in, Clark. I'll go get Chloe."
"Thank you, sir," Clark replied as he entered the house. He waited
patiently in the living room while Gabe went to fetch his daughter.
After a few minutes an exasperated Chloe ran down the stairs. "Clark!
Oh my god!" She stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked at her
friend. "Wait, why are you here? Shouldn't you be out hiding or
something?"
'Like father like daughter,' Clark thought. "Well, I just wanted to
come by and see you. I felt like I needed to talk to you," Clark told
her.
"Um, okay." Chloe turned to her dad. "Is it okay if we go upstairs
for
a little bit, alone?"
Gabe looked at Clark and then back to Chloe. "Ok," he told her trying
to keep his calm. "But if you need anything I'll be right here." Chloe
nodded and grabbed Clark's hand as they ascended the stairs, leaving a
very nervous Gabe Sullivan in the living room.
Once they entered Chloe's bedroom she turned back towards the door and
closed the door. Turning back around, she looked at her friend. 'He
doesn't look different,' Chloe thought. Clark shifted uneasily on his
feet and shoved his hands into his pockets. 'Oh, he's so cute when he
does that. Wait, hold on a second, Chloe! This isn't the time for that!
Clark, the very same alien farm-boy that you've been friends with is
here, now! Talk to him.' Chloe looked at her friend as he stood there,
deep in thought. 'Aw, he's so adorable when he makes that face -
dangit! Stop that!' "So, Clark, what brings you over here?" Chloe
asked, trying to make conversation while trying to fight off thoughts
of making out with Clark off right there.
"Um, well Chloe, I just wanted to see you," Clark told her honestly.
"It's just that, I feel like I owe you an explanation. You deserve to
know why I never told you about me."
"You're right Clark, you do owe me an explanation," Chloe replied.
"I'm your friend. Couldn't you have trusted me with such a secret? I
mean, you're different, so what? I can live with that, Clark. I can
accept the fact that you're an..." Chloe stopped. She couldn't bring
herself to say it.
"An alien?" Clark asked her.
Chloe nodded, sadly. "Clark, it's just that, it's hard for me, right
now." And that was no lie, it was hard for her. Hard for Chloe to love
someone like Clark and to feel betrayed at the same time. "I just don't
understand why you never told me in the first place."
"Chloe, I wanted to tell you, believe me." Clark defended himself. "But
my parents said it was too dangerous for any of my friends to know."
Clark sat down on the bed. "They said that one of them might go to the
government of someone like Lionel Luthor. They'd capture me and study
me like a lab rat."
Chloe's feelings of betrayal quickly change to guilt as she listened to
Clark. She'd never thought about that before. Of course she'd never
would've told anyone but that didn't mean that someone else who'd find
out what he was would've. She sat down on the bed next to him. "Clark,
I'm sorry."
He looked up at her. "For what?"
"For what I said earlier. I didn't have the right to say what I did."
Chloe looked back towards the floor then back to him. "Please forgive
me."
Clark gently put his hand on her face and brought it around to meet
his. "Chloe, there's nothing to forgive. Don't worry about it," Clark
told her. Then, the funniest thing happened.
Clark brought his other hand to the the other side of her face. Cupping
one cheek with his left hand, he gently stroked the other with his
right. Then he pulled Chloe closer to him.
And kissed her.
It wasn't a light peck but it also wasn't deeply passionate, either.
It was somewhere in the middle but it felt oh so right. When the two
finally broke apart Chloe looked at him, a mix of shock, relief, and
embarrassment across her face. "I can't believe we just did that," she
told him, slightly nervous.
"I can't either," Clark replied. He took one of Chloe's hands in his.
He was surprised at how well her small hand fit in his larger one.
"Clark?"
"Yeah Clo?"
"I want to tell you something," Chloe told him. Since he had a secret
she was about to spill one of hers. "I've had a crush on you since I
came to Smallville."
Clark looked at her. "You have? I never noticed."
"Well, I think I did a pretty good job of hiding it," she smirked.
"Unlike a certain farm-boy I know who went all gaga every time he saw a
certain raven-haired cheerleader."
Clark shot her a dirty look. Chloe just giggled when he did. Clark
couldn't stay angry at her, though, and smiled. "Oh crap, look at how
late it is!" Clark exclaimed, looking at Chloe's alarm clock. "Sorry,
but I need to get out of here." Clark shot off the bed and headed for
the door of the bedroom. Chloe was right behind him.
"Clark where are you going? Do you have a place to stay?" She stopped
as Clark bolted down the stairs and headed for the front door. "Clark,
how will I contact you?"
Clark stopped. He turned around and looked up at the blonde. "C'mere,
Chloe." Chloe eased her way down the steps. Clark dug through his
pockets and found a pen and an old piece of paper and wrote down the
number to the cell phone Lex had provided him. "Here, take this," he
said, handing her the paper. "If you need me for anything just call me
on that number, okay?"
"Okay, Clark." She folded the paper and put it in her pocket.
Clark was about to open the door when he stopped. "Hey, Chloe, can I
ask you one more thing?"
"Sure," she replied as her father walked in from the kitchen. Chloe
glanced over to her father who was looking at the alien and her
daughter, er, Clark and her daughter.
"Sorry, I'll just go back to watching the movie," Gabe told them.
Chloe turned back to Clark. "Chloe, when this passes over, if it ever
passes over and things get back to normal or something like it, would
you consider, um, going, ah, out with me?"
Chloe's jaw dropped. Had Clark Kent just asked her out? She looked at
the redness in his cheeks.
Yes, he had asked her out. It was just what Chloe always wanted. "Yes
Clark, I'd love to go out with you."
Clark felt relieved. He'd never asked a girl out before on a date and
it felt wonderful when Chloe had told him that she would.
Gabe felt mortified. His daughter had just agreed to go out with the
alien, er, Clark. 'Crap, why do I always refer to him as the alien?
It's not like he's green and has antennae coming out of his head.' He
looked over to his daughter and Clark as Clark held her closer to him.
'Maybe it'll be okay. Clark's always been a good kid. This might just
be okay.'
Clark gently kissed Chloe again. The kissed became more passionate
but
was broken up by someone clearing up their throat. The two teens broke
apart to find Gabe Sullivan glaring at them both. "Ahem. Chloe, I think
it's your bedtime."
Chloe sighed. "Okay, dad." She opened up the door for Clark and
walked
outside with him. Gabe strategically placed himself in front of the
screen door, just to make sure that Clark left and that his daughter
was okay.
"Bye, Chloe. I'll see you later," Clark told her as he hugged her.
"Bye, Clark," She told him while trying not to tear up. "I'll miss
you."
Clark kissed her on the cheek and then pulled away slowly. Part of
him
didn't want to leave Chloe but he had to. Lex was probably worried
about him right now. With one last look towards the two Sullivans Clark
disappeared in a blur onto the road, leaving the two once again in
amazement at his gifts.
Chp. 6 completed