CHAPTER 6

Clark stood in the center of the loft just staring at her. Did he hear her right? Could she be saying she excepts him? None of this seems possible to him. It is what he wanted to happen but never believed in his wildest dreams it would happen. She is standing there in all her bueaty, with eyes that are sparkling, looking at him with nothing but love and sorrow.

Sorrow for doing the one thing she promised she wouldn't do. She had turned away from him. She had always wanted to know the secrets Clark Kent held from her, and when he finally did tell her she ran away. She knew it was wrong, she knew it would hurt him but she had done it regaurdless. Now she was standing here in his loft looking at him as if she had done something unforgivable.

"Lana, what are you saying?" Clark asks.

"I'm saying, um i am trying to tell you,---um-- look it is like this Clark we have been apart for the dumbest reason. You not being able to trust me to tell me your secret." Clark is about say something, but she stops him. "No Clark let me finish. I know now why it took you so long to tell me, especially me. i am so sorry for the way i reacted it is not how i really feel. I know it wasn't really your fault, it was just alot to process all at once. I had to leave, to be away from you to clear my head. I ran into an old friend who shed some light on everything, and i realized i had done something so terrible wrong, so unforgivable i was scared i had ruined everything. Then i remembered who i was thinking about, who i decided i just couldn't live with out. I know it won't be easy, but i think it will be worth it." Lana says looking Clark in the eyes.

"Lana are you saying what i think you are saying?" Clark asks her.

She flashes him one of those half smiles she is so famous for, before answering him with with a question of her own.

"That depends on if you are saying you can forgive me or not?" She says.

"Lana there is nothing to forgive, you had every right to react the way you did. I am just glad you came back. I want you in my life in any way i can have you, if that is nothing but friends. Well i'll take it, in my mind maybe it could lead to other things. I just don't want you to think i would ever hurt you, because Lana i could never do that. Even when the twister hit i knew i had to save you. You have always been my top priorty as far as not allowing anything to hurt you. There were so many times i wanted to tell you all of the things you wanted to know. I really did, but Lana you have to understand that what i have told you puts you in so much danger. If someone finds out about me, they could very easily use you to get to me. But i promise you this much as long as thier is breath in my body, no one will hurt you." Clark says the last with such firousity even Lana shudders.

"Clark i understand i can keep a secret. i won't tell anyone trust me." Lana says.

"Lana i am not worried about you telling anyone. I am worried about someone finding out my secret and then realizing what you mean to me. They could easily use you to get to me, i don't think there is any thing i wouldn't do to protect you. I'm sorry for lieing to you all of those times and Lana, I would love to move forward with us. That was what you were trying to say right?" Clark asks.

"Clark i know you would never allow anything to happen to me, and i was hoping we could." Lana says tentively.

"What about Jason, doesn't he figure into this equation?" Clark wants to know.

"Yeah kinda, i would really have to have a talk with him if we decide to follow what is laying heavy in the air between us." Lana says.

"Lana, i have wanted this for so long. Now that it is here i am a little scared. I know we both have to be free before anything can progress between us. So for now i think it is best if we both take some time to think about all that has happened and all that has been revealed. Make sure we are both ok with everything. It won't be easy, but if we mean to eachother what i think we do we will be fine. So for now why don't you leave take the time you need to decided, talk to Jason, see if you still feel this way after that. I know what i want, and i know that there is feelings there between you two. I don't want you to regret anything." Clark tells her.

A look of uncertainty comes over Lana's face as she is listening to Clark talk. She had almost forgotten about Jason, the fact she was actually with him instead of Clark. She knew she wanted to be with Clark, but could she do that to Jason? He had been there for her in her hour of need, could she really just walk away from him? Clark was right she needed time to think.