Reality Sinks In-Part Two
Notes: This chapter is set when it's still summer and it's a couple weeks after the first chapter. I hope you enjoy and as always reviews are always appreciated.
Lana sat on a bench in Paris with her phone on her ear as she listened to the ringing go into Clark's answering machine yet again. She shut her cell in frustration. Clark had missed three call dates and had not called her back. She needed to know what was going on so she opened the phone and called Chloe's cell. Chloe answered her cell and was in a noisy place so she was put on hold while she went outside.
Lana: Hey where are you at?
Chloe: I'm at the hospital, where else?
Lana: Why are you at the hospital?
Chloe: Haven't you talked to Clark lately?
Lana: No, that's why I called. He hasn't been returning my calls. What's going on?
Chloe: Mr. Kent had a heart attack.
Lana: Oh my God.
Chloe: He's slipped into a coma. He's hooked to a machine that makes him breathe like Darth Vader and they're saying he can't breathe on his own. The doctors don't think he'll ever come out of it. Clark hasn't left the hospital for over a week except to shower and change clothes and then he comes right back. I don't even think he's slept at all.
Lana: I can't believe he didn't call me.
Chloe: Well he's so tired and so sad and worried. He refuses to go home and sleep and he barely eats. I don't know how long it'll be before he gets sick.
Lana: How's his mom?
Chloe: She's distraught. She doesn't know what to do. Jonathon's lawyer is coming to talk to them in two days about something important and that has her really worried.
Lana: I'll be on the first plane out of here.
Chloe: Can you just leave like that? Don't you have classes and stuff?
Lana: Classes can wait. I need to be home right now. Will you pick me up when I get to the airport?
Chloe: Of course.
Lana: Don't tell Clark I'm coming yet okay.
Chloe: Alright. Call me when you're plane is going to land. Be safe Lana.
Lana: I will. Give Clark a hug for me.
Chloe: Will do. Bye Lana.
Lana: Bye.
Lana got up from the bench and power walked to her apartment. She pulled her suitcase from the top of her closet and opened her drawer and dumped all her clothes inside. There was no time to waste. Clark needed her and she hated that she had to wait all the time she was going to have to wait to be with him during all this bad stuff. She called a taxi and had it drive her to the airport as quickly as possible. When purchasing her ticket, the first flight out only had first class so she had to almost max out one of her credit cards to get it. As she waited to get on her plane she thought that clock had slowed down as she just stared at it. She couldn't believe that Mr. Kent had a heart attack. From what Chloe said Mr. Kent was not that well off and it didn't sound good for him. Clark would be devastated if he lost his father. Plus, he'd have to run the farm by himself and take care of his mother. She knew that meant he wouldn't go away to college and his life would be rocked. She just thought how much he didn't deserve this to happen. She made a decision right then and there. If Mr. Kent didn't survive this, then she would stay in Smallville with Clark and not return to Paris or her art school.
Short I know, but many long emotional chapters to come. I promise.