"Son." Lex looked up. He saw his father walking through the doorway.
"Ah, Dad. To what do I owe this visit?" Lex wasn't pleased to see his father. He had yet to find another yellow meteor. They were proving very difficult to acquire.
"Nothing. I just wanted to stop by."
"Oh, Dad. Any news on the stones?"
"No why? I thought you might have given up your foolish quest. The stones will never be yours."
"Who has the stone of water?" Lex pulled out a gun. "I suggest you tell the truth."
Lionel Luther stared at his son; it was obvious how desperate he was for power. He knew that if he wished to get out alive that the younger Luthor must not discover that the stone that he seeked was hidden right before him.
"Clark, are you sure that you had nothing to do with it?" Jonathon asked.
"Yah Dad, I'm sure." He was tired of this conversation. They were running over all the possibilities. His brain wasn't working at top notch because it was late. Lois had already gone to bed.
"Wait a minute." They all looked at Chloe. "What if you did it while you were sleep walking or something?"
"Why would I blow the school boiler?"
"Maybe because your subconscious knows how you really feel about Lois." Clark snorted. "No just listen, your subconscious also knows that she's only here for a week. So you got rid of the major thing standing in the way of your spending time with Lois, school."
Clark couldn't contain it any longer, he began to laugh. He stopped abruptly when he realized that she was serious. Truth be told Chloe's theory wasn't that far-fetched. He was beginning to realize that he was feeling something for her. There was stil a problem with the theory though.
"I couldn't have done it."
Chloe was agitated. "Why, because you're in love with Lana? Is it too hard to imagine that you could have feelings for someone else?"
"No Chlo, I haven't been in love with Lana for a long time. The more I think about it, I don't think I was ever in love with her. No, I can't have been me because I was up all last night trying to figure out how I feel about Lois." As Clark sighed Chloe immediately felt terrible. She jumped to conclusions and snapped at Clark. "I still don't know how I feel about her."
Martha stroked Clark's hair as he sat down and put his face in his hands. "Oh, sweetie, it's okay. You'll figure things out soon. I can feel it."
"Thanks, Mom." He looked at the people in the room. "If Pete were here then the 'family' would be complete." At Chloe's puzzled look he explained. "Everyone who knows my secret is part of the 'family'."
"I'm sure Pete is fine, wherever he is." Jonathan said as the door opened.
"Which is at the Kent farm." Said a familiar voice.
Lana was sitting, reading at the Talon. She was trying to figure out how to get this damned tattoo off her back. She sighed and got up to get another latte. On her way back she ran into Jason. "Go away Jason. I told you that I didn't want to talk to you."
"Lana, listen to me-"
"No Jason I don't care anymore. The only thing I want to talk to you about is how to get this damned tattoo off."
Jason was surprised. "You still have the tattoo? Once the spell book was destroyed the tattoo should have disappeared. Unless……"
"Unless what Jason?" Her voice was cold and harsh.
"Unless you have something else Isabel had. The only thing I can think of is the stone of power that she possessed." He paused. Then it dawned on him. "What stone do you have?" He asked her franticly.
"Go away Jason. I don't care anymore." She began to walk away.
"Why? Because you still love Clark?" Lana stopped walking. She turned.
"What did you just say?" It was clear that she very pissed.
"I said that you're still in love with Clark Kent. You always were. You've just been too preoccupied with me to realize it." With that he walked out of the Talon and her life.
Lana went back to her seat knowing that she would never see Jason again. She knew what he said was true. The question was: what was she going to do about it.
"Genevieve Teague."
"What did you say?" Lex asked him.
"She has the stone. She took it after I obtained it after the whole jail incident." Lionel Luthor told his son convincingly.
Lex pondered whether his father was telling the truth or not. He decided to believe him, for now. "Alright, Father, I believe you." Lionel sighed in relief. Then there was a shot and pain. Lionel blacked out.
Lex called in one of his guards. "Get rid of this trash." What Lex didn't know was that Lionel had the stone he wanted and something else.
It was the next day. Lois decided that it was time. She asked Martha where Clark was and after getting her answer she headed toward the Talon. When she got there she spotted Clark and went to him.
"Clark we need to talk." He turned toward her and smiled.
"Lois." He took her hand and led her outside. "Listen I need to tell you something important." She was shocked that he had led her out of the Talon.
"Yah, I need to tell you something too. Listen I don't let people get close to me for fear of getting hurt. Clark I'm couldn't not get close to you. I love you."
"Good because I love you too."
Lois leaned in to kiss Clark but he stopped her. "No Lois, we need to tell Chloe." She agreed with him although all she wanted to do was kiss him.
They headed back inside and spotted Chloe. "Chlo, we need to tell you something." Lois began but was interrupted by Chloe.
"You and Clark are dating aren't you?" She was crying. "I can't believe that you would betray me like this!" With that she ran off.
"She'll come around eventually. Now where were we outside?" Clark leaned in to kiss Lois. Suddenly Lana came over.
"Clark I love you." Clark suddenly let go of Lois and went to Lana and kissed her.
"Clark, what the hell?" Lois said trying not to cry.
"What Lois? You thought I actually loved you?" Clark began to laugh. "I only love Lana." Lois couldn't stand it any longer.
She ran. On her way she bumped into Mrs. Kent. "Lois we want you to leave immediately."
Lois continued to run. She once again ran into someone. This time it was Mr. Kent. "Lois we want you to never come back we don't care about you."
Lois continued one last time to run finally bumping into Chloe. "I'm disowning you. You knew how I felt about Clark, yet you still went after him."
Suddenly the four people she cared about, probably the only four people she cared about, surrounded her. They kept repeating what they had said. Lois broke down.
Lois sat up screaming, "No!"
Clark, Chloe, Pete and Clark's parents had been catching up when they heard Lois scream. Clark supersped up to his room. 'No. I can't let anything happen to her.' When he reached his room, he quickly opened the door.
He and Lois caught each other in a hug. Neither ever wanting to let go. She cried on her chest while he comforted her. In that moment they realized that they were in love. 'I'll tell her tomorrow.' 'I'll tell him tomorrow.'
The other ran up to see Clark and Lois in an embrace, all knowing what it meant.
"She's asleep." Clark told the others as he came downstairs. He had held her until she calmed down and then she had fallen asleep. He had then laid Lois on his bed tucked her in and kissed her on the forehead.
"What happened?" Martha asked concerned.
"She had a nightmare. It must have been pretty intense. She kept asking not to be sent away, not to be disowned, not to be betrayed. I think everyone she cares about hurt her in her nightmare."
Chloe nodded. "It makes sense. Her worst fear is that everyone she cares about will betray, abandon, or get rid of her."
"Clark," Pete said changing the subject. "Why didn't you say hi when I called out to you earlier this evening?"
"What are you talking about? I've been at home since 3 in the afternoon." Clark said puzzled.
"Oh, I thought I saw you in town earlier." He shrugged it off. "Must have been someone else."
"Hmm…. Chloe in the morning, could you find out what the truck was carrying yesterday?"
Chloe looked up from playing with Shelby. "Which truck are you talking about?"
"The one that caused the explosion."
"Ok. Will do."
Jonathon broke in. "It's really late why don't you two stay the night?"
The two nodded. It was then that Clark heard a call for help. It wasn't that far off. He told his parents then supersped toward the cry for help.
Lionel knew he was going to die as soon as he awakened. He called for help. To his surprise Clark Kent appeared in front of him. It was then he realized that Clark was the one chosen for the stones.
"Clark, I'm going to die. There isn't anything you can do. But I have a stone of power. I know that they were meant for you. I also have the key. And a recording of what happened to me. Take then. You need them." Lionel handed Clark the stuff then he died. He would never know that his final acts proved that he really had changed in prison. Clark knew that if there was indeed a heaven that was where Lionel was going.
Clark took the items home then called the police.