i11.00AM Luthor Mansion../i
'Oh, jeez.. I'm late for the monthly checkup. I hope Lex doesn't mind. Oh gosh what should I tell him? Hiya, Lex! I'm an hour late because I was drooling infront of the cappuccino machine thinking it was Clark, Jamie smacked me across the head four times before I snapped out of it. Did I meantion I started licking the italian machine? Yeah, almost left out that little detail..I knew you wouldn't mind, ya know since my infatuations are more important than you..If I said that it'd come out a little insensitive wouldn't ya think? Yah, I thought so.' Lana put her hand to her head and shook it off. She stepped infront of the huge double doors and walked through. Lex was setting up the pool table, ready to start off.
"Hey, Lana. Glad you could make it!" Lex said with a grin, "What happened this time? Drooling on a coffee cup while thinking of someone?" His eyebrow shot up and a smirk filled his face as he struck the cue ball. Lana's face was like a cherry, red all around. When Lex looked up he just laughed.
"So I was right, you were, weren't you!" Lex started laughing hysterically.
"The cappuccino machine." Lex stopped laughing and gave her a questioning look.
"Eh? What about it?" He stood up and leaned onto the pool stick.
"..I was drooling on the cappuccino machine.. well actually licking it.." She turned away quickly and cleared her voice. '1..2..3' Lex burst out in laughter, practically falling over.
"Now thats great! Lana Lang and the Cappuccino machine, you guys make a wonderful couple. I must say though, I like that tall dark handsome fellow from the festival. Now thats a better couple." He winked and sat down onto the couch with her.
"Lex! It's ridiculous! I can't stand a waking minute not thinking about him! And when I try not to, I wind up falling into a daydream and wake up to someone smacking me to wake up!" Lana put her hands in her head and dared not to look at Lex's smirk. She knew better.
"Lana, anyone could tell you guys have feelings for eachother, I know you don't know that he doesn't but I can tell you he does!" Lex said, his voice full of concern.
"Thats it, Lex. I DO, I know Clark Kent likes me.." Lex's eyebrows shot up,
"Then what the hell is the problem! If I were you I'd go jump his bones!" He said, elbowing her playfully.
"It's hard not to." Lana admitted. She looked up at Lex, her eyebrows slanted. "I love him so much.." Immediately she looked down. Lex's face dropped, he never heard Lana admit to loving someone, or be so meaningful with it. Hell, that girl had a lot of boyfriends in the past. Although, she gave up with them, barely crossing the kissing line. Lex stood up and went into his safe. Lana looked up and wondered what he was doing. He came back with a lead chest.
"What's that?" She said, looking up into his blue eyes. He just smiled.
"My mother gave it to me, and inside.." Lana opened the box, her eyes instantly widen at the sight. "..Is a bracelet I made a while ago. I want you to have it, a symbol of our friendship. I want you to remember me, remember what I say." Lana nods, and continues to listen intentively. "No matter what happens with Clark. I know it'll turn out, theres something different when you two look at eachother. Your eyes have the most intense gaze, and whenever he touches you I see you gasp as if an electrical current just sped into your body.. Just remember Lana, he'll always be someone important to you, don't give up even if there is little hope.." Lex grinned and rubbed her back.
"Thanks, Lex" Lana said, her eyes were glossy and a lone tear slipped down. Lex just smiled. Lana jumped into his arms and hugged him tight. "Thank you for being such a good friend."
"No problem, Lana." He sat up. "Now, for those bills.." He smiled at her.
iThe Torch - MidDay../i
Alicia sat at her computer, typing away. After the past incidents with Clark and Lana, she was more than certian that Alicia the Almighty MatchMaker would set a schedule date with the two lovestruck teens. She saw the way they looked at eachother, heard each of them confess their love about eachother, then hear each of them tell her they heard eachother say they loved each other. Both were so stubborn and scared of rejection, she knew that something needed to be done. She stopped typing and rested her chin on her palm. '..Coffee..no, camera.. no, no..headphones, no.. Lillacs..n- LILLACS! EUREKA!" Alica jumped up, grabbed her purse and ran out the door of the Torch.
As she jumped out the doors of Smallville High, she scurried over into her car and started it. Opening her purse, she grabbed her cellphone and dialed a number.
"Hello? Yes, hi, I'd like to order two dozen Lillacs under the name Clark Kent. Yes, can you order them to the Lang Farm? Anywhere specific, you say? Um, up in the barn theres a room up the stairs. Put them in the center of the room if noones there inside. If you see a raven haired girl, give them to her and say they're from Clark Kent. Thank you!" Click. Oh yeah, step one is in action.. What would Clark like though?
Clark sat in his Ford F150 and drove down the main road in Smallville. The homecoming dance was coming up, and he wanted to ask Lana.. He was too afraid to ask. Whenever he even asked her for a cup of coffee his hands got sweaty and his voice squeaked like a little girl. He lost all control around Lana, all means to live.. Everything he wanted was right there, her. But, hey now, we can't go rambling about his long love, now should we? Clark pulled up to the Talon and got out of his truck. Walking into the Talon, he saw Lana wiping down the tables while talking to a senor. His name was Matt James, he was smart, good athelete and best of all the biggest player you'd ever meet. Clark rolled his eyes at the thought and sat down at one of the tables, listening in to their conversation.
"So, Lana, what you doing tomorrow?" Matt said with a big smile, 'Great now I have to listen to him ramble on.. what DOES he want..'
"Um, I don't know.. Might be hanging out with.. Clark or something. Why?" Lana went back to wiping down the table. Matt looked at Lana's bottom and licked his lips then began to grin once more.
"Kent, eh? You got the hots or something for him?" Lana's eyes shot up and then back down, she felt blood rush to her face.
"No, heh, no.. Why would you think that?" She said nervously. Matt just chuckled.
"No reason.. So would you want to go to homecoming dance with me or something?" Lana's mouth opened "I think Clark's going with, er.. whats her name.. oh yeah, Ally." Lana's smile dropped, she felt her heart drop.
"Oh, really.. Interesting." She said quietly, Matt just grinned wider.
"So what do you think?" He put his hands out wide
"Hm?" Her eyes were transfixed on her feet, her voice was steadly loosing its emotion.
"Wanna go to dance with me or not?" He was getting impatient.
"Oh.. um, yeah.. I guess..Call me later or something.." And with that she walked away, head slunking the whole way. Matt grinned slyly, and walked towards the door. '
He must feel proud of himself. Dick.' Clark thought as he saw him walk away. He hadn't heard the last few sentences they spoke, but he thought he heard the faint word of "dance." Odd. He got up from the table and walked over to Lana, who's eyes still had that look of lifelessness in them. Dull and vurnable, he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Hey, Lana." He said with a Kent smile. She looked up, surprised by his voice and let out a weak smile.
"Hi." She began walking away with a tray of coffee.
iYour imitation of my walk
And the perfect way you talk
It's just a couple of the million
Things that I love about you/i
Clark was taken aback by the tone of her voice and the way she just walked away from him.
"Hey, whats wrong?" He grabbed her arm and she turned around, taking it back.
"Nothing." She said a little harshly. He felt a dagger tear through his heart.
iOr would you say that you don't care,
And then leave me standing here
Like the fool who is drowning in dispair
And screamin'
Oh no I can't let you go/i
"Lana, really, whats up with you?" Clark walked straight into her face, placing the coffee on a nearby empty table. "Ever since Matt left you had this look on your face like your heart died.." His eyebrows mashed together slanted, her eyes felt cold and emotionless to him today..
"Why would you know anything about that." She snapped, and picked the coffee back up, giving everyone their much needed fix of caffine.
"I wouldn't, just looked intense." He said, more concerned than ever.
"Right." She continued passing out the orders and taking them..
"Did I do something wrong?" His heart stopped dead when she turned around, her eyes were watery now.
iAnd if I jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge,
Tell me would you still follow me
And if I made you mad today,
Tell me would you love me tomorrow/i
"No, Clark. Just go home, I'm not in a good mood." Lana whipped around and went back to the bar.. He tried following her to the back of it, but the door slid back down.
"Do you wanna, uh, talk about it?" He continued trying to get her to let in, obviously it wasn't working.
"NO, I'm fine. Just go. Please." And with that she disappeared into the back room, leaving Clark alone in the crowded coffee room.
i I can't believe I actually believed his facade.. He's just another player. Another man trying to break my heart. This was all a huge mistake./i
Lana went into the break room and sat down. She found the lead box and opened it, revealing a red stoned bracelet, the bracelet from her friend.
iRemember me, remember what I say../i
Tears begin cascading down her face as she plays with the beautiful red glinting bracelet..
iTheres something I cant see
Something living in the way you smile
Behind those eyes you lie
And theres nothing i can say
Cause im never gonna change your mind
Behind those eyes you hide/i
She puts on the bracelet, her eyes glint red.
i"Clark..time to play.."/i
Lana strode up her loft steps with a mischevious smirk smashed across her lips. A perticular red stoned bracelet hung from her wrist, dangling and making clicky sounds as she walked. Her hips swayed in a different, sexier way as she walked, her hair had a different bounce as the curls cascaded down and over her shoulders. Her clothes were changed from a simple pink blouse and faded jeans to a sexy rose red spagetti strapped shirt, and a short black skirt. Even her eyes had an unusual hue and glint in them, they were a light grey-blue with a sliver of red slicing through them every now and then. 'iMmm, whats this/i" She thought as she arose to the top of the steps. Lillacs were spread across the room, about two dozen or so. She made her way over to a bundle of them and sniffed one, smells nice. A card was placed on her desk, she picked it up and looked at the red and white paper.
iLana
I think it's time we settled things between us
And we set a few ground rules..
We love each other so why not show eachother
I'm sick of hiding, what about you?
Love, Clark/i
Lana grinned at the paper and dropped it on the floor, and picked up one of the lilliacs before leaving the loft. 'iClark, Clark.. Now, we wouldn't be taunting me, would we? Playing around to get me and another girl? No, we can't have that, now can we..'/i As she exited the loft, she looked to the door seeing her mother coming from the door. i'Mm, speeches from mother dearest herself. What do I owe this pleasure?'/i Lana thought. Her icy eyes darted to her mother, whom looked at her like she'd dropped dead and risen from the dead.
"Lana what ARE you wearing?" Laura looked at her daughter from head to toe, completely disagreeing with her newly aquired attire. Light lips, thin layer of mascera which brought out her.. blue eyes? What the .. "and whats wrong with your eyes!" Laura stepped up to Lana, who had a smirk on her face.
"Nothing, just wearing something different then some pink. Got old quick." She yawned and continued walking down the dirt road.
"Oh, ok.. Remember you have chores to do after your shift at the Talon..And homework for that matter" Laura reminded her, Lana rolled her eyes and turned around.
"Yeah, well, I think we can skip that for one night.. Or two. Hell, why not just drop out and quit the job while I'm at it." Lana chuckled and turned back around, quickening her pace.
"Lana! What's gotten into you?" She yelled, chasing after her daughter.
"Not dealing with your stupid bullcrap anymore, I'm sorry mom, but it's getting old!" Lana let out an exasperated sigh.
"LANA ELIZABETH LANG!" Laura stopped dead in her tracks and pointed a finger at her.
"Yes?" Lana gave her an innocent puppy dog look.
"Get inside, RIGHT NOW." She was loosing patience.
"Hmm.. How about.. not?" Lana giggled and super sped off into the distance.
"LANA!"
