Lyrics from: My Life Story by MxPx , (Can't Get My) Head Around You by The Offspring
Chapter 11 –
Clark's POV
Here I sat in a hot tub with the staggering Lana Lang. The sun was starting to come out there was a hint of red on the horizon. We had decided to save the hot tub for last. This night has been just carefree fun with the two of us. I mean I honestly don't ever remember having this much fun or being so relaxed around Lana. It was so liberating! Unfortunately, for me about an hour after Lana made the comment about the hot tub she decided it best for us to actually wear our swimsuits. That Lana, I love her, but she can be such a killjoy. I had my left arm around her as we watched the sunrise. I used my right arm to rub my eyes. I was exhausted. Lana sneezed. I looked over to her with my eyes-only half-open.
"You alright?" I asked.
"Yeah, just really tired." She responded in a tone barely above a whisper.
I reached directly behind me and grabbed a mug with white rabbits on it. I blinked. It ends up there were no white rabbits on the mug to begin with. I must seriously be in need of some sleep. I rolled my eyes annoyed with the 'rabbits' and handed her the warm coffee.
"Thanks." She said quietly as she sipped the black substance.
I looked to my right to see my watch. The time was about 6 a.m. I sighed and put the watch down. The whole night was a blur at this point. We did watch a few movies, we took a walk, but mostly we just talked. Besides being tired I felt pretty damn good. Lana slowly put the coffee down. I started to get cold. I quickly looked at the temperature on the tub, it read 115 degrees; that's weird, maybe it will pass. I quickly returned my attention back to Lana. She was getting rather close to me. She leaned her chest against mine. Her warm breathe felt good on my face. I smiled.
"What are you doing?" I quizzed her, not that I minded.
"Something I should have a long time ago." She said.
'Don't hate me forever
I'm better late than never
I failed you
I'm sorry
That's simply my life story'
She kissed me. I felt warm again. I caressed her cheek. She slowly leaned into me putting all of her weight onto me.
'You change your mind
Like I change the time
That I was gonna call you
Or say I was about to
You change your mind
Like I change the time
I said that I would be there
But then I didn't have a thing to wear'
"MMmmm." She managed. This I really didn't mind.
I grabbed my fingers into the small of her back. I broke the kiss and started on her neck.
"Clark!" A voice screamed.
I quickly broke off from Lana. Her lips were swollen and I bet mine were too. I tried to act casual. In realized in front of us was Bart Allen. I looked up trying to act innocent. He was analyzing the situation I think. He got it. The smirk on his face told me he understood. He tried to be polite and quickly hide it.
"Clark, uh, I'm sorry you just weren't in your room and I was going to tell you that we should hurry up and grab breakfast before Pete scarf's it all down, but I can see your, 'pre-occupied' so I'll just let you two get back to the uh task at hand." He said trying as hard as humanly possible to keep a straight face.
"Bart, we weren't like… well you know, like…" I tried. No dice. He was laughing. At least he tried not too. It's the thought that counts. I nervously twittled my thumbs.
The door swung open again. Chloe burst through. "Lana, we need to get breakfast before that bitch Lois eats it all!" She said. "I swear she could eat…" She took an overview of the sight before her.
Lana bit her lip. She was embarrassed. "I bet this looks funny…" She said.
Chloe had a huge grin on her face. She loved this. "We'll uh talk later." She said giving Lana a wink. Lana groaned. She kept staring. This was making me uncomfortable very quickly.
"Common Chlo, let's go." Bart said grabbing Chloe's arm and pulling her into the kitchen.
"I told you it's Chloe!" I heard as they disappeared.
I looked to Lana. She smiled at me. "He said to get back to the task at hand right?"
I stared at her.
"Right." She said with a laugh. "Worth a try." She gave me a wink.
I couldn't help but laugh.
As we reached the kitchen, we saw Bart and Chloe sharing in horror at the scene before them. Lois and Pete were sitting at the table with an open and empty box of Krispy Kremes on the table. Pete had his hand on his stomach while Lois sat asleep at the table. Pete had a heavy brown shirt on with the sleeves slightly too long for the arms. He smiled and waved. Lois rustled. She looked at us with a blank stare.
"You guys missed a good breakfast where were you?" She asked naively.
Chloe lunged at her ready to kill. I dropped Lana's hand and grabbed at Chloe's waist while Bart helped push her in the opposite direction.
"Is something wrong?" Lois asked.
About an hour passed after Chloe's murder attempt on her cousin. I stood with a black sweater with extra long sleeves on over a black muscle shirt. I had grey Adidas workout pants on. I was pouring myself a cup of European roast coffee. I looked out the window in front of me. The sun was definitely out now. The white snow glistened. I grabbed the mug by putting my middle and ring finger in the handle. I turned my attention back to the kitchen. Pete had filled me in on some paper Lex had that he needed me to read. He also informed me that Lois was aware of my secret. I took a large swallow of coffee. I just know Dad is going to love Lois knowing. I'm sure he will also love Lana knowing. I'm also positive his blood pressure won't bother him after this trip. Gotta love sarcasm. I took another drink of my coffee. Lana walked up next to me and leaned on the counter with me. She was wearing a black turtleneck sweater. She had both of her hands wrapped around her coffee. We drank in silence as we watcher our friends.
"Lois those are my shoes!" Chloe raged as she pointed at a pair of hiking boots.
Lois scoffed. "Possession is nine tenths of the law cousin. I thought you of all people would know that!"
Chloe glared. "Give me my shoes!" She said grabbing at Lois.
Lana and I turned our attention to the other side of the room. Pete had Hawthorne Heights in the stereo. He was blasting their song 'Ohio Is For Lovers'. Bart was super-speeding around him trying to get the remote. I guess he wasn't a fan. Pete fumbled the remote and Bart lunged for it. Lana and I shared a knowing glance. So our friends were crazy, we still love them.
Lex walked into the room. He sported his traditional black trench coat. He tossed several brochures on the table. Everybody turned their attention to Lex. A few of them picked up a brochure.
"We are going to a town called Qaqortoq, which means "The White". The town square with Greenland's oldest fountain is situated close to the harbor where the fishermen arrive every day to sell the day's catch on what's called the "brættet". The square is encircled by some of the most well-preserved buildings from the colonial era, the oldest of which was built over 200 years ago. Several of these buildings still play an essential role in the town's daily life where the old and new prosper side by side. Scandinavian sculptors have contributed pieces of art in chiseled granite, which transforms the town into one big sculpture park." Lex began as if he were hosting a board meeting.
I went over to grab my toast, which popped from the toaster. I picked them up and put them on a plate. I started to get cold again. My body was shivering.
"Fortunately for us, I know a few people in the area. I got a pathway marked off in the town square. I figured what better place is there for a snowmobile race!" He exclaimed.
I looked at my hands in a panic, as they turned blue. I let out a loud sneeze. I slowly opened my eyes to find my toast enclosed in ice. I looked over to find everybody, including Lex staring. Silence entered the room.
"So it really does happen!" Lois exclaimed. "I read about this sorta thing! Faulty toasters actually making the toast cold as opposed to warming the toast. How could you let poor Clark be subject to such a dangerous malfunctioning piece of equipment, Lex!"
"You get his hopes up then crush them! Look at him! He looks like he did when his cat Mr. Whiskers died! He thought he was getting a piece of well earned toast only to find out he gets that thing!" Chloe joined in.
"I'm appalled Lex!" Lana shouted as she folded her arms and looked away.
Bart walked over to the toaster with a pot in hand and smashed the toaster repeatedly until he felt satisfied.
"That toaster was 900 dollars!" Lex exclaimed with his hands grasping at the air.
Pete laughed. "You really got ripped man!"
Lex slowly turned and walked away still in shock.
"Toast anyone?" I asked.
I sat on the blue snowmobile as it hummed lightly. I put the earphones to my MP3 player that Bart got me way back when in my ears. (Can't Get My) Hear Around You by The Offspring played. I pulled my stylish beanie Lana got me tighter over my head.
'Somewhere
in the night, there's a light
In front of me
Heaven up above,
with a shove
Abandons me
And even though I try
I fall in the
river of you
You manage to bring me down too'
I twisted the handles. We were all in a straight line. My engine roared ready to take off at any moment. I felt totally in control. I looked over to my right to find Bart who was smiling. He pointed at me then to the ground. He must mean I'm going down. I laughed and looked forward, in his dreams. I looked to my left to find Lana smiling. She thinks she's going to win! I can see right through her. It never fails. A man in a black windbreaker waved a checkered flag. It's just going to break my heart to win this race.
'Every
single day, what you say
Makes no sense to me
Letting you
inside isn't right
Cause you'll mess with me
I never really
know
What's really going inside you
I can't get my head
around you'
The engine roared. We were off. Bart and I were tied for the lead. A left turn was coming up. He bumped my snowmobile and knocked me a little off. The traction was horrible on these things. He was in the lead by a hair. I took a sharp turn around the building marked. If I didn't do this perfectly I would wreck. I must have skill because I made it. I was slightly in the lead now thanks to the turn. I saw a long stretch of land before I saw the right turn to come. I switched up the gears and sped up. I was in the lead by a foot. I saw Bart's snowmobile get knocked off balance out of the corner of my eye. It was Lex who ran into him. Lex sped up to me. We were tied neck and neck.
'Deep
inside your soul, there's a hole
You don't want to see
You're
covering it up, like a cut
With the likes of me
You know I've
really tried
I can't do anymore about you'
I switched to the highest gear. So did Lex. The motors roared, as we kept parallel. His black sweater rippled in the wind. The turn was coming. Lex was going to take the inside and he had the best shot at it. As I took the outside of the turn around the snow mound I saw someone aim their snowmobile at whichever snowmobile would take the inside of the turn. Lex was flipped off and into the snow off the racetrack. I looked over to see Lois through the helmet. A feisty one that Lois.
'The
cut's getting deeper
The hill's getting steeper
I guess
I'll never know
What's really going on inside you
I can't
get my head around you'
Somebody hit from behind. My snowmobile spun out of control. When I finally regained control, I was back with Lana and Pete who were struggling to operate their snowmobile. When I finally crossed the finish line, I looked to find the person that knocked me off course. It ended up to also being the winner. It was Chloe. Bart just stared at the women who had beaten us all in the race. I could not help but laugh. Chloe had just totally won over Bart's heart. Bart was speechless.
