Nothing Left- Part 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville!
Author's Note: This takes place after the episode 'Asylum.'
Clark awoke to the sun blinding him in the face and a loud alarm clock going off which meant it was time for school. He lazily dressed and dragged himself downstairs to eat breakfast with his mom and dad. He acted as if everything was okay and got his breakfast and ate quickly so he could catch the bus. Chloe and Pete were waiting for him. Chloe kept her promise and didn't tell Pete about their late night chat the previous night. Clark planned on telling Pete soon, but he wanted to do it alone and when they were doing something fun like playing one on one.
Pete, Chloe, and Clark met at lunch. "Oh my gosh I'm so ready to kill someone. Tell me why computers just freeze out of the blue whenever you're doing something really important and they erase whatever you were doing so you have to start over again? I can't believe I have to redo a whole article."
"Let me guess Chloe, your having a bad day at the Torch," Clark was being sarcastic.
"No ya think?" she smarted off. The boys just burst out into laughter at Chloe. "So you think my torture is amusing do you?" Pete and Clark just looked at each other and in unison and said, "YES!" They continued to laugh when the recently recovered Lana Lang walked in to see Clark and Pete laughing and Chloe trying to not laugh. She stood and watched and couldn't help but smile at how they all fit together perfectly. The trio didn't spot her because they had their backs to her, but she saw that Clark was the happiest she had seen him for months and turned around and left. "Hey Pete you wanna come over to my house after school and shoot some hoops?" Clark decided he was gonna get his friend's approval and then move onto his parents. "Yeah sure, maybe we can get a pizza in town too." Clark nodded.
Clark sat on his porch ready to tell Pete everything when he drove up. They started to play a game of horse when Clark told him everything about what he's been thinking about and his plans. "I can't believe you would do that. I would really miss you if you left though and what about senior year. You can't go through all these years of slave labor and not enjoy the best year of all. You're going to leave me all alone." Pete was trying not to seem to mushy but show that he cared about his best friend. "I know I just think that getting away from Lana and starting a life where I don't run into meteor infected people everyday is a really big step up. A place where kryptonite isn't hiding around every corner. I can start my life over again there, the right way. I will never lose contact with you, my parents, or Chloe and you would be free to visit me all the time. I know it won't be the same and I'll miss you to, but I can't be this miserable anymore and I'm tired of the ongoing physical threat that is here everyday. Plus, we could hang out every weekend if you wanted to. We could take turns. One time I drive down and the next time you drive up there."
"I do understand your need to get away from kryptonite, but if you leave aren't you shutting the door for reconciliation between you and Lana and what about your parents? Are you going to leave Lana as a lifetime regret. Are you even going to tell her that you are leaving?" Clark thought about his answer for a second. "My parents will get used I would have to leave for college anyway this year. I don't if I'm going to tell Lana in some way or another, but it seems to me she has already shut the door and double bolted it." Pete thought about how he could come back from that line. "Yea, but can't you bust locks?" Clark just stared unaware of what to say back.
Pete and Clark went to a pizza place in town for dinner. They decided to put his departure on the back burner for a debate later on a different night. They just wanted to have a good time. They started to remember all the stupid memories of things that they had done in the past when who else but, Lana Lang walked in. Pete and Clark and were in a corner so they continued to laugh and didn't notice her right away.
"Hi pick-up for Lang." She heard Clark's laugh and she turned around to see him laughing and eating with Pete. As soon as she had given her name to the pizza man she turned around as if she had not seen him. "It'll be five more minutes Miss Lang," the cashier stated.
Clark and Pete got up to leave and noticed Lana. "Are you going to say hi?" Pete whispered. Clark shook his head no. "Well I'll catch up with you later. I've got something to talk with her about. History paper." Clark nodded. Clark walked right by Lana and Pete stayed to talk. Lana glanced at Clark as she saw him walk out the door.
"Hey Lana. How's the leg?" Pete asked. "It's fine. I couldn't help but notice that he couldn't have walked out faster." Pete didn't want to give up Clark's news so he just nodded and said, "He's hurting Lana, bad. I don't think he'll be able to stay here much longer like this. He feels so guilty about everything that has happened in the past year." Lana looked at the floor. "Is he okay?"she asked. "I don't think I should say anything but he can't sleep, eat well, or function. I think he's come to a crossroads, or a depression. I'm really worried that it'll turn out like last summer. Sort of." Lana was worried, but didn't want to show it. "You guys looked like you ate just fine a minute ago," Lana pointed out. "That is because Clark thinks he has now made a life changing decision that may change his life as well as ours and he wants to make everything good right now." Lana looked puzzled, "What decision has he made?" Pete looked at her and said, "I can't tell you or anyone, we've been sworn to secrecy." Lana thought 'Wait a minute we.' "Who else knows this secret?" Pete didn't know if dropping hints was the right thing to do, but Lana needed to find out before it was too late. "Chloe knows and I know and that's it for now. He's telling his parents tomorrow this news. I doubt they'll be happy." Lana didn't know what Clark could've decided that would make his parents unhappy. She could think of many things but it would be too hard to guess. After that, Pete said bye and walked out. How was she going to find out? Should she just ask him? Or should she just not care anymore about Clark Kent? She had no clue.