Lana felt like she was going to throw up as she saw Clark pull up in her driveway. This meant she was going to have to tell them, he would make her, he wouldn't let her use an excuse to get out of it... Lana really, really felt like she was going to vomit, as she heard Clark knock on the door.

Heaven bent to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight

Lana opened the door, already on the verge of tears. She couldn't do this. Clark immediately embraced her and she felt better knowing that the arms that always broke her fall, were wrapped around her. Maybe she couldn't do this, but Clark could. He'd help her do it, and he'd make it okay; he'd break her fall once again.

Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear

Clark and Lana came down her stairs, after they had sufficiently discussed the course that they were going to tell Lana's parents that, she was indeed, going to have a baby... Clark's baby.
With Clark's arms wrapped around her, Lana felt slightly more strengthened, more confident. When they both entered the kitchen, Lana saw her father and mother talking and Jonathan gave off a little chuckle at whatever Martha had said.

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

No, she couldn't do this... they were too happy... she was going to hurt them beyond repair. They would hate her; she'd let them down. She instinctively turned around, trying to escape, but she felt Clark's strong arms push her forward. He wasn't going to let her back out... but there was no way she could do this.
"You're okay." Clark whispered into her ear. Lana didn't believe him though, and she was on the verge of tears again.
"Hey Clark." Jonathan and Martha greeted him with smiles.
"Lana" Jonathan said, seeing that Lana was obviously upset, as she clung to Clark, for safety and strength.
Clark knew now that the way Lana and him had discussed this conversation was now completely useless. Lana had wanted to be the one to actually say the words, but as he looked at her, he saw she could barely keep from fleeing.
"There is something we have to tell you." Clark positioned him and Lana on the opposite side of the kitchen counter, putting it between him and the Kents.
Jonathan and Martha were expecting bad news about Clark, with everything that was happening with him lately, they felt for him, it was like he couldn't get a break.
"Sure. What is it" Jonathan said in a sympathetic tone.
Clark looked at Lana again, wanting to be sure she didn't want to tell them. He saw that even if she wanted to, she couldn't have, so he continued"Well me and Lana"
Clark was cut off by Lana"I can't do it, I'm sorry." She looked up at him, before running out of the room.

We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
THe past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear.

"What was that" Martha asked, concerned for her daughter.
"She's scared." Clark said honestly.
"Why" Jonathan didn't like where this was all going.
"She is afraid that once you find out what I have to tell you that, you are going to hate her." Clark needed to set this up right.
"We could never hate her." Jonathan stated the obvious.
"I know... but she doesn't. She scared that you will be so angry and disappointed in her." Clark was beating around the bush.
"Clark, what's this about" Jonathan asked bluntly.
"Okay, but please don't be angry with Lana, she is already going through so much as it is..." Clark took a deep breathe, he had to handle this right, for Lana's sake"Lana is pregnant."
"What" Jonathan said, anger and shock flashing in his eyes. Martha's reaction was quite the opposite, she looked as if she had seen Lana dying before her, as grief covered her face.
"We found out about a week ago." Clark said a white lie.
"You got my daughter pregnant" Jonathan shouted, feeling so many different emotions. His first was complete anger towards Clark. It felt like he was betrayed by him; these past few months he really made a connection with Clark, and saw the good in him. But now... now he was just what the Luthor name indicated. Trouble. He had gotten his little girl pregnant, he was just the horny bastard he had always thought.
His second thought was to place some of the blame and anger on Lana. How could she have done that? He had never raised her like that.
The fear he felt fueled his anger, and since Clark was there, he was going to take the front for it. He was scared for his daughter; this would ruin her life.

I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

Lana sat on her bed in her room, her knees were pulled up against her chest, as she shook, with fear, and guilt.
She could hear her father yelling... she could even hear some of the words, and they scared her. Just the bits and pieces she heard were evidence of how horribly angry he was.
Pretty soon she heard Clark yelling too, but his words scared her more, because they were in her defense. What was her father saying about her?
Guilt swept over her. She left Clark to do it, to take all the rage? but she just couldn't do it. As Lana heard the yelling get louder, she finally moved off her bed, and locked the door.
She couldn't face her father if he did decide to confront her about her actions, and if Clark decided to come up, she couldn't deal with that either. She had just left him...

Heaven bent to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turned their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
You'll slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed

"I don't care! She is your daughter" Clark shouted"And if you yell at her, you are going to scare her more"
"Don't tell me how to raise my daughter" Jonathan yelled back.
"She is already scared to death! You saw her! You yelling at her is going to crack her! She is pregnant! Can you even imagine how scary that is" Clark yelled, angry, but he needed Jonathan to calm down, and if he couldn't do that, Clark couldn't leave Lana with him.
"That is both your faults" Jonathan hollered, knowing that they weren't victims.
"And she is paying for it! But she needs you to accept this, to help her through it" Clark reasoned, raising his voice even more"Be her father now, when she needs it most"
Jonathan hated Clark at that moment, and seeing the sanity in what he was saying, averted all his anger from his daughter to Clark.

Lana felt like her heart stopped, as she heard footsteps approaching her door, and it was obviously Clark and Jonathan, because she could hear them still yelling, and it was clear and distinct this time.
"Stop it" She heard Clark say outside her door.
"Get out of my way" Jonathan said, and Lana heard a thump on the door. Her heart raced with anxiety.
"I'm not letting you freak out on her." Clark stood firm.
"Lana, come out" Jonathan yelled.
Lana felt dangerously close to fainting as she saw the door knob shake back and forth, as her father tried to open the locked door.
"She's not coming out, and you're not going in! Not unless you calm down first" Clark knew he had to stop shouting, if Jonathan was going to listen"Please, just calm down, and wait."
Lana couldn't take it, and she got underneath her covers on the bed, and pulled a pillow over her head, and applied pressure so she couldn't hear anything they were saying. She leaned back in bed; pillow still tight around her head, and her body shuddered with her un-even breath as she cried uncontrollably.

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

"Lana."
Lana woke up from her name being called, and she opened her eyes to see Clark sitting on her bed, and his hand was on her cheek, gently nudging her.
"Clark..." all Lana's memories of the previous night flooded back"Are you mad" Of course he was mad, Lana thought, I left him all alone to deal with my parents.
"Of course not." Clark gave her a humorless smile as he hugged her"I completely understand."
Lana looked at the clock, which read 8am. She must have fallen asleep last night"Clark... my dad." Lana's eyes struck panic, at the thought of him confronting her, and being as angry with her as he had been with Clark.
"Don't worry, he isn't here." Clark brushed a strand of hair behind her ear"Your mom convinced him to get out of the house, so he could calm down."
Lana felt temporary relief wash over her.
"But right now, you are going to talk to your mom." Clark caressed her arm, in a soothing manner, which helped"And it's going to be okay."
"No, Clark I can't do this." Lana hated herself for being so weak.
"Yes you can..." Clark did wonders to ease her nervousness"It's going to be fine."
Lana took a deep breath.

2 days later

"I'm going to tell Lex today." Clark told Lana, as he kissed her cheek.
"Do you want me to come" Lana asked it, not because she thought he needed it, but because he had done it for her.
"No, I'll be fine." Clark chuckled.
Even though Lana's parents were still disappointed in her and hadn't gotten over the initial shock and anger, she felt like things were tolerable, because she saw that no matter how upset her parents were, they had made it very clear that they were going to be there for her. Pretty soon they would completely forgive her, and hopefully Clark.
But Lana knew that even if Jonathan never trusted Clark again, that for now both Clark and Jonathan would tolerate each other, for her sake.
Even though she was terrified of what was next, she felt that if had gotten threw this, she could handle anything.

"Okay, Clark, what did you want to say" Lex smirked, as he sat down next to Clark.
"Oh, trust me you aren't going to be laughing." Clark teased, to lighten the mood.
"Oh, it's one of those conversations." Lex teased back and rolled his eyes.
But it did nothing to lighten the mood, as the air between them showed the seriousness.
"I got Lana pregnant." Clark took responsibility"and she wants to keep it."
"and you don't" Lex picked up on Clark's tone.
"No, but it doesn't matter." Clark didn't want to discuss this part"This is what she wants, and she is getting it."
"Alright, but Clark... I don't think you know what you are getting yourself into. I think you should talk to Lana again about"
"No. You aren't to say anything to her about me not wanting this baby. Seriously, Lex. She has to think I want it." Clark urged Lex to swear.
"I promise." Lex sighed. He was Clark's legal guardian now, but that didn't change the fact that he was still his brother, not his father"I'll be here for you, if you guys need help."

TBC...