Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville, should I repeat that? If not, can I own Lex and Clark? Pwease?
Chapter 4:
Lex looked at Lana. He could now understand why his phone call upset her. It wasn't so long ago, when Lana left Smallville for a career in art. She was so excited, he remembered, they were good friends then, but Lana's heart belonged to another man.
"Hey Lex, it's been a while hasn't it?" said Clark. His voice sounded very mature. After all these years, the kid must've grown up. "Lana told me about your situation, I hope everything's ok"
Lex took a long deep breath, trying to find the strength to talk. "Are you saying this as a friend or as a aspiring reporter?" He heard a chuckle on the other side of the line.
"I didn't know your situation was that critical, I tried to call you for a few days and nobody picked up the phone…"
Nobody picked up the phone? Lex thought to himself. Where were Lana and all of the crew all this time?
"…Anyway," Clark continued, "I was wondering as a friend, and a reporter, maybe we could sit somewhere, have a nice chat."
"Clark Kent, reporter for the daily planet, who would've thought," He smiled at his wife, trying to find out what has she been doing since he was out. "It would be nice to see you; it has really been a while." Lana's face turned red, she tried to hint that she didn't want Clark to come to their home, but it was too late for hints. "Lana and I invite you to dinner; we'll stay in touch after my recovery."
"No problem," Clark replied, "It was nice hearing from you…" There was a long pause, "and from Lana, I hope you two are doing well."
"Thank you Clark, goodbye!" He hanged up the phone and put it in Lana's open hand. She didn't give him any look, got up and put the phone on its stand. From a far, Lex could hear her shout: "You had to invite him, didn't you?"
Lex wanted to see his best friend. He didn't get a chance to meet him since he moved to Metropolis. They talked to each other on the phone from time to time, but when his relationship with Lana went on another level, he preferred not to talk with Clark. When Lana and he decided to get married, they invited Clark to the wedding, but he didn't show up. Lex was pretty upset by this, and didn't want anything to do with Mr. Kent. After hearing his voice on the phone, he discovered how much he missed Clark. There hasn't been any male character Lex liked more than Clark.
"Are you going to answer me?" Lana asked, waking her husband from his day-dream. "I'm not sure having Clark here would be good."
"And why is that?"
"You don't know what his real motives are; he probably wants to know all about your little chit-chat with your dad."
"You're totally right," he reached his hands to her cheek, he gathered all his strength so he could sit in front of her, eye to eye. "But you know me, one wrong word, and he's fired."
Lana was shocked; she got up again from the chair, throwing Lex's hand to the side. "You'd fire Clark? After all the past you've been through together?"
"Lana, I can fire anyone I want…" Lex smiled, he thought he'd just made an impression, but he clearly didn't. Lana wandered around the room; she looked like she was trying to find something on the walls. After a few minutes she stopped, stared right in her husband's eyes. He was transfixed by her stare. "First, I find out you lied to me, and now this? What is going on with you Lex?"
"What did you do when I was unconscious?" The best defense is offence, he always thought. He couldn't wait for an answer, he didn't expect an answer so fast, his heart was beating fast, and he was too tired to speak. He took one last look at his wife, before falling into deep sleep.
After a few weeks, Lex's condition was no longer a condition. He woke up like a brand new man, took care of himself and went back to work, back to his kingdom. In the middle of his daily check at the Metropolis Luthor Plant, he felt like it would be nice to take a walk down Metro Park.
Metro Park was Lex's favorite place in the city. He always wandered around, searching for new places he'd never seen before. The trees were all yellow and their leaves covered the pathways. The air couldn't be fresher, the silence couldn't bring more joy to Lex's hear, until he found out a man was sitting on a bench, staring right at him. The man wore a dark blue suit, and pair of black sunglasses. When Lex noticed him, he tried to hide himself with a newspaper. Amateur, he thought to himself. He turned around to find a nice familiar face; it's been a long time since he saw Clark Kent.
"Aren't you happy for her?" Lex asked, pouring him whiskey into a bright glass. He took a look at his favorite room in the Smallville mansion; he couldn't wait to get rid of it.
"You don't know how happy I am for her," Clark said, "but I didn't think we'd have to say our goodbyes so soon after graduation".
Lex remembered Lana and Clark's graduation ceremony. Lana was the most beautiful student there to graduate. The blue suit suited her eyes, making her shine; you could see her from a far. He always put his feelings for her aside, although a major part of him wanted to be more than just friends, he knew how his best friend, Clark, felt about her. They were so in love then. They were like a teen dream couple, the meant to be couple, who seemed to last forever. He remembered Clark's eyes when Lana told him about her moving to Metropolis. He was crushed.
Lex turned around to look at his best bud. "That's life, my friend, it twists and turns, and people move on, that's what you have to do now."
"Lex, its Lana we're talking about, and I'm not going to see her, she's leaving Smallville and I'm going to stay, I have to stay."
Yeah, he had to stay, who knew that better than Lex. Till this day, he wondered how Clark would've felt if he knew that Lex was the one to make him stay in Smallville. He wondered what he would've done, if he found out Lex was the one to make Lana move to Metropolis, where he planned to build his future life.
Clark seemed like he was waiting for someone. He leaned on a big tree, staring at his watch every 5 seconds. Lex decided to say hello, he walked towards his friend, and when they met, they gave each other a hug. Lex missed these hugs. Clark has a big smile on his face. "How are you, pal? I thought you're going to ditch me, why didn't you call me? You look great!"
Lex took a look on his friend. He looked good, very happy and mature. "I see you're waiting for someone."
Clark didn't have the chance to answer, since a woman caught him from behind, trying to scare her male friend. "Hey Kent, hope I didn't make you wait for long." She smiled. When she saw Lex, she pushed Clark aside and grasped Lex's hand. "Hello, Mr. Luthor, I'm"
"Lois Lane," Lex replied, "From the 'Daily Planet', Clark's employer I suppose?"
Clark didn't have a very satisfied look on his face, "For now." He said. He looked at Lois, and grinned at her. "Anyway, Lex, you're probably wondering what I'm doing here. Well, Lois decided that as an amateur, I need to write my first story on the autumn that's coming out way."
"That's a great job for you, Smallville" Lois looked around her, avoiding the presence of the two men, finally she pointed at the man in black. "Look, you have a nice person over there, on the bench. Aw, he's probably thinking 'oh, I wonder if I'll ever meet a reporter who'll interview me!'… Grant him that wish Kent!"
"I'm not so sure it would be healthy for you two to talk to this fellow, he seems to stalk me."
"A stalker? That wouldn't stop me!" Lois said, pushing the two men the sides.
"Don't bother stopping her," Clark said, "She's too stubborn". He cleaned his long black coat from all the leaves, and turned back to Lex. "So tell me, how's… everything?"
"Lana is doing fine; she's going to open a gallery of her latest work soon. You're invited to come, it's on October 28th, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you." Now, Lana was his wife, he didn't have any problems with the two ex love birds, he trusted his wife more than anyone.
Clark didn't have time to reply to what his friend's just said, after he heard a gunshot from Lois direction. She lay on the ground, her body quivered on a little puddle of blood. The shooter was nowhere to be found. "LOIS!" Clark yelled.
"Don't worry Clark!" Lex yelled, "I'm going to call for an ambulance".
Author's notes: Ta da! This is the fourth chapter, it took me some time to edit it, and make it more interesting. I still don't like this episode, but I hope people who read this won't give up on this story. Please be gentle in your reviews, I know this chapter isn't good:)