Here's Chapter 2 for you all. Thanks to all the very nice people who reviewed. We appreciate it since it lets us know our story is fit for reading. :) This chapter is for the Clana fans. For our Chloe supporter: your chapter's coming.

Chapter 2:

Clark couldn't believe what he had just heard. It was impossible. Lana's parents had died 14 years ago; the day he had come to earth; the day of the meteor shower. The stranger's words rang through his head.

'You've never come to Smallville . . . You do not exist'.

Clark chuckled. Who was he kidding? Did he really believe that some stranger in a graveyard could make him nonexistent? But then again, who could that couple have been? The odds of a married couple having the same names as Lana's parents were slim.

He looked back to where the couple had been. Suddenly he got an awful feeling in the pit of his stomach. He felt as if he knew whose grave they had been crying over. When he saw the headstone, his fears were confirmed: Lana Lang, 1986 - 2002 Forever Loved.

Not wanting to believe what it said he read it over and over. It couldn't be real. This couldn't be happening.

Memories of the past couple years ran through Clark's mind. Did they really say all that? Oh yeah, they're quite chatty once you get them started...If you change your mind, I might save you a dance...Lana? Yes. Happy Birthday...What was that for? Just being you...Sometimes the right person can be right in front of your eyes and you don't even know it...You're the one good, constant thing in my life and I don't want to lose you too...After all some people are just meant to be together...I'm really exited about our date...I guess that's my way of saying you mean a lot to me...Maybe it's me that needs to start believing in you...I love you Clark...

His hot tears dripped onto the cold stone. If this wasn't real, why did he feel like it was? He was startled when he heard the stranger's voice.

"You weren't there to save her Clark."

Clark's sadness could be heard in his voice as well as seen on his face. "What do you mean?" he asked wiping his eyes.

"She was on her way back from seeing her boyfriend off to basic training when the wind picked up. Her truck was sucked into the tornado. She didn't make it."

Clark couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had saved Lana from the tornado. There was no way this could be true.

It was as if the stranger could read his thoughts, "You didn't run in after her Clark. You never came to Smallville."

Clark was torn between thinking this man was crazy and wondering how he could know so many details of his life. No one knew about the tornado, except him. One thought was most powerful in his mind, however. Lana couldn't be dead. No matter how real this felt, it couldn't be. It was as if Clark felt that if he believed it enough, he could change it. As he stared at her gravestone, his resolve strengthened.

"No. It's not true. You're lying. It can't be true." The last words were almost a plea, as his fears threatened to resurface.

Clark looked up from the gravestone once more only to see that the stranger had disappeared again. He was becoming more confused about what was happening. There had to be a way to make sense of all this; a way to prove that this man was crazy. Who else could he turn to for help? Suddenly, as if the thought was there waiting for him, Chloe's name popped into his mind.