Nothing Left-Part 22
Notes: This chapter takes place about a week after the last chapter. Lana's plane leaves on Sunday and we're going to start this chapter on Thursday. This chapter is filled with a lot of angst and no interaction between the two of them- Sorry. I just wanted to warn you. Here it is.
Lana was getting very nervous. She sat in the back room of the Talon on her break letting her mind run wild. It was now Thursday and she would leave Smallville on Sunday on a plane to Paris. She tried everyday since the prom the previous Saturday to apologize to Clark, but she couldn't find him. He hadn't come to school, he wouldn't take her phone calls, he was never in his loft, and he never came to the Talon. When she went to his house, his mother would say that she had just missed him. After that Lana realized Clark would have to come to her. . .But what if he didn't? Would she really leave Smallville without making things right with Clark? She had no clue.
Clark went down to the caves to be alone. He had skipped school all week to avoid Lana and had come down in the caves to have some quiet to think. He sat on the ground and just stared at the symbols, wondering about his life and his kind. He heard footsteps coming through the cave which caused him to snap out of his thoughts. A blonde girl appeared around the corner and spotted Clark. "Chloe, how did you know I was down here?"Clark asked as his best walked over and sat down next to him. "Because I know you love this place and I know you so well it makes myself sick,"Chloe joked. "Look Lana told me about the other day about what happened after prom,"Chloe said. "She told you?"Clark said freaked out that Lana had told Chloe about almost doing IT. "About that fight and then she told me why you guys had the fight. Clark, I had no idea she was leaving this soon. I was shocked and speechless. . . I'm sorry she's leaving. I guess living together, I thought we were getting to be pretty close but she didn't even tell me," Chloe said looking kind of sad. "I had the weekend before she was leaving all planned. I got reservation's at Perrone's,"Clark said. "Ooh that place is nice,"Chloe commented. "I got tickets to see The Killers live in Metropolis. I really wanted to have time with just the two of us. I guess I waited all this time to deal with the reality that she's leaving. I thought I had a month. After she lied, I suddenly thought for the first time that maybe it would be better if we broke it off. It would hurt a lot, but I could move on. I hadn't thought that once . . .in all this time, until now,"Clark said sadly. "Clark is that really what you want. This is Lana Lang. The girl of your dreams. The girl that loves you and cares about you more than anyone else. You just want to give that up without a fight. I know that nothing could change how much you love Lana. I know that you are upset and you are hurting, but are you going to let her leave with things being messed up and unresolved?"Chloe asked. Clark closed his eyes and put his head in his hands because he knew Chloe was right.
Clark went home and went to bed so he could avoid thinking about this situation any further. In the morning he woke up to find his father eating breakfast. "Good morning son,"Jonathon said. "Hey dad,"Clark said as he started to yawn. "So, what's been going on lately. I know you're not going to school. Your counselor told me that you haven't been at school since you were at the dance. Why aren't you going to school?"Jonathon asked trying to remain calm.
"Lana applied to leave for Paris early and she's known for over a month and she didn't tell me. I just can't face her,"Clark said making his father less angry. "When does she leave?"Jonathon asked. "Sunday,"Clark said losing volume in his voice. "Wow. Son, that's got to be hard. How are you dealing with this?"Jonathon asked concerned. "I'm okay. I just have been trying to avoid her. I feel so tired of worrying about something that was a month away and now it's in . . .two days. Chloe talked to me last night about fixing it. I want to I just feel so . .messed up on the inside. I don't want to admit she's leaving and then tell her it's okay,"Clark said. "Clark I know you're in denial, but this is going to happen in two days. You'll no longer be avoiding her, you'll be completely away from her. Right now, you should make up and enjoy the time you have left with her. Hopefully, it'll all work out in the end. If it doesn't you won't have any regrets about not forgiving or not seeing her onto the plane. These regrets could follow you for the rest of your life and that's a pain you shouldn't have. Go to her,"Jonathon said putting a hand on his shoulder. Clark nodded and finally got it through his head that he really had to go to her and fix it all. He went back up to his room and got dressed. As he was dressing he decided that he would go after the Talon closed for the day. He needed to plan out what to say and he needed to be alone with her.