Okay, last chapter. I already am working on the first chapter of Loving Her, which will be the next in this series. Yes, I have changed it into a series, due to Lauren's suggestion. Anybody have a name for the series? I've thought of a couple but they just don't fit right. Please leave any suggestions in your reviews. Thanks, Natalee.
Disclaimer: um… I don't own 'em.
Dedications: This one is for all my reviewers but I have to point out several specifically:
SonicH2O because she gave me advice and because she hates cliffhangers as much as I do.
#1CLANAfanLOVER because she has stuck with me for so long and almost always reviews. You always are so cheery it makes me so much more motivated to update faster! And you are still very awesome.
Chapter 5: Love Holds You Together
Clark scowled, great! Just what I needed! And she called Lana my fiancé again... Does that woman ever give up? He thought despairingly as he recognized the woman from work.
"Lois, hi. And Lana and I are married. Did Chloe send you?" he asked trying to sound friendly when she was actually the last person he wanted to see. She gave him a sneaky smile as she sauntered over, tripping slightly in the doorway as the flooring changed from tile to carpet.
"Yeah she did… but why does it matter? You know it's always a pleasure to see you Smallville, living in that hick town sure made you modest. A sexy man like you should have moved to Metropolis. Oh, nice. I can see it now. You as a partier... Can you say très sexy!" When Lana called him sexy it made him smile even sexier just to make her laugh, but this just made his skin crawl.
"Yeah, well you don't have to stay... I can baby-sit myself." He finally replied with hesitance at the baby-sitting part. He somehow knew she would have a smart-ass comeback for it. Yep, here it comes…
"Well Mr., are you sure? I know for a fact Lana has you on a pretty short leash. Who knows, you might have a fun time sticking your head out the window!" her groomed eyebrows rose exaggeratedly as he steered her out of the room in front of him.
"I have something to do… Tell Chloe that I'm fine and that no one needs to look after me… especially her creepy cousin." Lois apparently didn't hear the last comment or simply disregarded it, for she shrugged and ran after one of the cuter medical students for an interview. Clark wondered how much of the interview would include what his make-out skills were.
He slowly creaked open the door and took his normal spot by her bed. She lay still under the covers, facing away from him. He desperately wanted to touch her, needed to feel some part of her. She was so far away mentally… he needed reaffirming that she was still with him in some way.
"Come back to me," he begged. "Please, Lana… come back to me." Tears were falling without him realizing it and he was even more relieved he'd gotten rid of Lois.
It hadn't mattered if he'd cried in front of her. Lana had – still does – accepts him no matter what he does.
"Lana… please… I love you. Please remember that I love you… I need you to. I need you so much."
Lana listened to him cry. She missed him. He missed her. She knew because he whispered it in her ear when he thought she was asleep. She loved Clark and wished she could be better. She wished she could tell him she wanted him, needed him to stay. Every time Chloe, Lex, Pete, Martha, the doctors, anybody told him he should stay he would freak out, making the excuse that he needed to go to work. As soon as she would stir he would super speed away.
Damn him! she thought as he once again rose from his seat and left as she finally indicated she was waking up. Lana finally succumbed to her brain's desperate cry for sleep.
AN: Okay, TRD: completed! Loving Her will be out in the next few days. you might want to cross your fingers anyway.
