"Here we are. We bought the property mainly for the field behind it." Lex says and points behind the house.
"And there just happens to be a car behind the garage?" Clark asks.
"Yep." Lex says and Clark follows him around the garage. Behind the garage under a makeshift roof and under a lot of dust, is a car. Not that you can tell, but it's blue.
"Wow, is there a car under there?" Clark asks sarcastically.
"Yeah, an 87 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z to be exact. I'm not much for domestic cars, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate them.
"Ok, help me push it out." Clark says and Lex joins him behind the car and they push it out. Clark was doing most of the work of course.
"Under what looks like about 10 years of dust, it should be a good car." Lex assures Clark. Clark tries to open the door but it seems to be jammed. Clark thumps on the outside of the door and it pops right open.
"Wow, from such a worn outside, the inside sure is nice." Clark says and sits down in the driver's seat. The interior has all black leather and kept clean just like a time capsule.
"See if it starts and we can wash it where they hose down the fertilizer trucks at the plant." Lex tells him. Clark turns the key and it hesitates, but eventually starts.
Back in the town of Smallville, Clark pulls up to a stoplight and Lex pulls up next to him. "I'll catch up with you later, Clark. I have a dinner in Metropolis I have to get to." Lex tells him out the window.
"Alright, I'll see you later Lex." Clark says and revs his engine.
"Oh, so you want to play that way?" Lex asks and revs up his Italian engine. The light turns green and both cars took off squealing tires. Lex's Ferrari sped off out of town and Clark faked him out and casually heads towards the Talon. Once he got to the doors, he turned around and went back to his car. He just wasn't in the mood to see Lana right now. The last thing he wanted was another argument. Clark stopped the car in front of the barn and his dad walks out.
"Wow, nice wheels Clark." He comments as Clark gets out.
"Yeah, it was in better shape than I thought. Not sure about the mechanical side, I was kind of hoping we could check it over?" Clark asked. Anything he did with his dad was usually work around the farm and Clark wasn't exactly sure what to say.
"Sure Clark." He says with a smile and pats his son on the arm. "Just lift it up and I'll check underneath." Jonathon tells him.
When Clark got home from school, he found his parents were on the front porch talking with two other people.
"Hey Clark. We'd like you to meet our new neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. -?" Martha says.
"Krue." Mr. Krue says.
"Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Krue." Clark says.
"So, what brings you to Smallville?" Jonathon asks.
"We wanted to get away from the city life of Metropolis. Plus I got a job at LexCorp." Mr. Krue tells them.
"Oh, Lex Luthor's company. Our son is good friends with Lex." Martha says.
"Well, we have to finish up unpacking. It was Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Kent." Mrs. Krue says.
"You too." Jonathon says.
Later that night, Clark is up in the loft looking through his telescope. He aims it toward the Krue's house to see if the moving truck was gone yet. Instead, he sees this beautiful dark haired girl on the porch reading a book. For a minute he thinks it's Lana, but then he remembers it can't be her. He grabs his jacket and heads down the stairs. He's been too anti-social today and he needs to talk to somebody. What better time to meet a beautiful girl he hasn't seen before? He walks up the driveway and her eyes don't leave the book. Clark knocks on the railing once he gets to the steps.
"Hey, I'm Clark. Your neighbor." He says. She looks up with a smile and it almost makes his heart stop.
"Hi, I'm Sophia. You can call me Sophie." She says, getting up.
"Your parents came by earlier. You're from Metropolis huh?" He asks. Smooth. He just gets here and he already ran out of things to say.
"Yeah, to Smallville. They're not kidding when they call this place Smallville." She says.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad." He says and turns on the Clark smile. "Tomorrow's Saturday, maybe I could show you around." He suggests, staring into her eyes. Jeez, he thinks. He just met her and he's already flirting with her.
"I'd like that." She tells him, staring back into his eyes. Someone calls her name from inside and breaks them from their trance. "I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow." She says.
"Ok, just come right over when you're ready." He tells her. Clark walks away back down her driveway. He remembers all the times he walked this walk when he went to talk to Lana. He always left in a sad mood, because he never walked away with what he wanted, Lana's heart. But this time he was in a good mood, because he had a good feeling about Sophie.