Chapter 21
Lex Luthor's last minute wedding was a surprisingly large affair with champagne, a three tier cake, the whole nine yards. Lana watched with everyone else as the couple cut the cake not entirely believing everything that was going on herself. She noticed Chloe watching off by herself. Lana made her way through the crowd to talk to her friend. Chloe had seemed rather distant since she had come back.
"Chloe, how are you?" Lana asked.
"I'm fine," Chloe replied. "Only Lex Luthor could put together a fair tale wedding in only a couple of hours."
"Look you seemed a little distant this morning," Lana said. "I just want to make sure that everything is okay between us."
"Yeah, it's hunky-dory," Chloe stated.
"Now I know that something is wrong," Lana said. "My father is the only person on the planet that says hunky-dory."
"Look Lana I've let my feelings get the better of me in the past but I've moved and I feel a lot better now, don't worry." Chloe said.
The answer didn't really satisfy Lana; she really hoped that it wasn't feelings for Clark since it seemed as if there was nothing between them.
"Good," Lana lied.
"Great," Chloe agreed. "But I still don't know how I feel about taking sex education from Mrs. Luthor."
"Me neither," Lana agreed.
"I can't believe Lex is married," Chloe commented.
Lana shrugged, "He says he really loves her." She said.
"Yeah well love is rarely if ever logical," Chloe said. "Maybe they just have the right pheromones."
Lana looked at Chloe confused.
"It's chemistry Lana," Chloe said. "Some people have it; other people don't."
Chloe wandered off and Lana found that her attention was completely focused on Desiree who was having her picture taken by several photographers.
"You should stop staring Lana," Lex said surprisingly Lana a bit. "I might think you're jealous."
"Lex come on we don't have that kind of relationship." Lana said.
"I know," Lex admitted. "I was just making a joke."
"Lex, I gotta tell you, I was a bit shell shocked." Lana confided, "You go away on a two week business trip and the next thing I know my mom is putting the finishing touches on your wedding cake."
"Believe me when I left I had no intention of falling in love," Lex said. "I was just struggling through another endless business function when suddenly Desiree was there."
"Must have made quite a first impression," Lana commented.
"She said she had come to save me," Lex said, shocking Lana a bit. "At first I wasn't really sure. I thought she was just attracted to my name or fortune. But as the night wore on I realized that she was different."
"I just happened that fast?" Lana asked thinking that there was something rather odd about this whole deal.
"You can waste your time playing it safe or you can go for it," Lex said. "But at some point you just know when something's right."
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After the wedding party Lana found herself back at the Talon with Clark. Clark was telling Lana about a letter he'd received from Whitney. It wasn't a topic Lana was particular interested in, Whitney had not proven to be a very nice person. Although maybe the marines had changed him for the better. Clark realized that the topic was making Lana uncomfortable.
"Look it's hot in here," Clark said. "I'm gonna make myself an Iced Cappuccino; do you want an Iced Cappuccino?"
There was a rather awkward silence as Clark gathered the necessary stuff for making the iced cappuccino's.
"I'm sorry I haven't been around that much lately," Lana said. "But ever since the storm the farm has just been a disaster and my father needs all the help he can get."
"It seems like we're all trying to find our way back from that day," Clark said.
"Except for Lex," Lana said as Clark handed her an iced cappuccino. "I've never seen him so happy before."
"It's kinda weird," Clark agreed.
"You know I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that," Lana said.
"Still you have to admit; it is rather romantic," Clark said.
"Lex makes it seem easy," Lana commented.
"Maybe it is," Clark said suggestively. "I mean Lex's like to act on his passion. Never hold anything back. I wonder if we'll ever be able to do the same."
Lana began having a lot of passionate thought race through her mind as she stared into Clark's eyes. She felt as if her face was turning red from blushing. She blinked her eyes and looked away.
Oh no, Lana thought, It's happening again.
"Lana what's wrong?" Clark asked.
"I'm not feeling so well," Lana replied as she staggered away trying to keep her eyes closed.
Clark placed a hand on Lana's forehead, "Oh my god you're burning up," Clark commented. "Come on let me drive you home."
As Clark was gathering his keys Lana was no longer able to keep her eyes closed. She opened them and found herself staring directly at the coffee machine. It burst into flames. She began looking else where accidently setting the walls of the Talon on fire.
"Are you okay?" Clark asked.
"Yeah I'm fine," Lana replied.
"Do you know what just happened?" Clark inquired confused.
"I'm not sure…" Lana answered although she had a very good idea.
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Jonathon found Lana sitting on the steps in the barn. She refused to look at her father as he walked over to his workbench.
"Lana, I thought you be in school already." Jonathon said.
"I'm not going," Lana said. "It happened again at the Talon."
"What another fire?" Jonathon asked.
"It was worse than before." Lana replied panicking. "The fire department said it looked suspicious and what could I say, they're right."
"Come on you and I both know that you didn't mean to start any of these fires," her father said.
"Clark was there," Lana said. "If I had hurt him, I don't know…"
Lana began to walk away.
"Lana. Lana!" Jonathon called after his daughter.
Lana stopped her tracks. He placed his hand on her shoulders and tried to make eye contact with her but Lana refused to do so.
"Lana look at me. Look at me," Jonathon ordered.
Lana slowly raised her eyes to look at her father.
"Lana, I think I have a pretty good idea as to what is triggering this thing," Jonathon said.
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Lana slammed a scarecrow down into the ground making sure that it was secure.
"Alright, rule number one," Jonathon said. "Always practice away from the barn."
"Dad I don't get it," Lana said. "I thought the whole point was to stop this from happening."
"Well in order to find the off switch, we need to first find the on switch," Jonathon explained. "Now I want you to remember exactly what you were thinking about the first time that it happened."
Lana stood there staring at the scarecrow for a few moments.
"Dad this might be easier if I…" Lana started to say.
"Was alone," Jonathon finished for her. "Yeah; sorry."
Lana got back to staring at the scarecrow and trying to remember what she was thinking about. Her mind went to the sex education video. But nothing happened. Then she went to the thoughts about Clark that she had. Suddenly her eyes felt different and the scarecrow burst into flames. Lana smiled happy that she had managed to master her new ability.
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Please Read Over:
Yay now Lana has heat vision. What will she do with it? I think we all have a good idea. I shall say no more. Except the usual spiel, of course.
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