Chapter Two: Superboy revealed

"So he could fly?"

Lois nods while pouring herself some coffee. Her parents don't even stop her as they exchange worried glances. She takes a sip without adding any cream or sugar noting their silent conversation.

"What?"

Jonathan looks at his daughter before nodding to his wife.

"Are you sure honey?"

Lois nods again finishing the cup.

"Yes, he had my strength and speed and he could fly."

Martha sits down next to her daughter her heart is racing.

"I don't get it though Jor-El said I was the last daughter of Krypton."

She looks to her Dad for an answer.

"Maybe you should ask him, next time you see him."

Lois quirks an eyebrow at her Father, it's a simple answer but she laughs at it anyways."

"Sure Dad I'll just walk up to this Superboy and say, 'Are you from Krypton?' Great that won't be awkward."

Martha smiles putting her arm around Lois's shoulders.

"Maybe it's awkward for Supergirl but it's right down Lois Kent's alley."

Lois grins at the thought.

"So they were weird about it then?"

Chloe asked as she sat down joining Lois with an extra large Latte in their usual corner table.

"Really weird, like the way they are right after they've bought the Christmas presents weird."

Chloe takes a sip of her coffee thinking while Lois mirrors her.

"So you think they know something? About this…Superboy?"

Chloe smiles as she looks at the Smallville Gazette. There's a picture of Lana Luthor standing outside of an AA meeting crediting Superboy for saving her life. A detailed sketch is next to her picture with the caption 'Who is this Superboy?'

"I don't know, but it's weird."

"What's weird?"

Pete and Clark approach the table both with sweaty grins on their faces.

"Ew guys go take a shower."

Pete laughs grabbing a nearby chair for himself and Clark.

"We're here for smoothies and then we have another game."

Lois looks at Clark whose glasses are held to his head by a sports band. Making him look even dorkier. She smiles though at his arms, sweaty and bulging. Shuddering at the thought of him being sexy she glances at Chloe who looks confused.

Clark takes the paper out of Chloe's hand smiling at the article.

"So you guys have Superboy here too?"

The three look at Clark oddly.

"You've heard of him before?"

He nods, "Yeah, haven't you ever taken a look at the International press?"

All three shrug before Clark laughs to himself.

"There's been sightings of Superboy all over the world for almost a year now."

Clark smiles widely looking at Lois whose heart flutters for a moment as a retreating thought passes by. She shakes her head, 'Can't be Lois you're imagining it.'

The waitress comes over to the table handing the boys their smoothies, with the delivery they leave heading back to the gym.

When they're finally out of the Talon, Lois leans over to Chloe.

"What do we really know about Clark?"

Chloe makes a face at her friend before glancing where Clark was sitting.

"Lo you don't think that he?"

Lois raises her eyebrows for emphasis.

"Well, he shows up the same time as Superboy, hello Sullivan."

Chloe takes another sip of her coffee almost finishing it before answering Lois.

"He was born in Metropolis, came to live here for two years when his Mom got sick. After she died his Dad starting dragging him and Lucy across the world."

Lois sat back in her chair deflated tapping the top of her coffee container thinking.

"Lo, I gave him the Chicken Pox, our Mothers were pregnant at the same time. There is absolutely nothing Kryptonian about him."

"Yeah okay."

Chloe wasn't buying it, she narrowed her eyes at Lois.

"What are you thinking, Krypto freak?"

Lois shrugged, "Maybe."

Chloe shook her head again, "Impossible he wasn't even in the country when the meteor hit, they were in Germany that year."

Lois nods finishing her coffee.

"Uh oh."

She looks at Chloe before swallowing the large gulp.

"I know that look, that's the look of my star reporter, Lois!"

Lois smirks shrugging.

"So it must be weird having Supergirl around huh?"

Clark asked while taking a shot, he missed but didn't seem to care as Pete gets the rebound.

"Not really, in Smallville weird would be normal. Besides before Supergirl arrived things around here wasn't always peaches and cream."

"But now?"

Clark asked rebounding Pete's shot.

"Now, it's good."

Clark smiles faking him out and taking a 3 pointer he makes it gloating a little to Pete. Who shakes his head as they go for a sip of their smoothies.

"So Lois and Lex huh?"

Pete shrugs rubbing his temple as a brain freeze attacks.

"Not really I mean, there's been a dance between the two but…"

He drops the conversation running to get the ball that's in the corner of the gym.

"Did we have to super speed here Lois?"

Lois puts her friend down outside of her house.

"I don't like to wait if I don't have to."

They enter Chloe's house and head right for her room.

"Dad I'm home, Clark's still at the gym we're just checking something upstairs."

"Alright honey." Mr. Sullivan's voice drifts from the rec room as the two girls climb the stairs to Chloe's room.

"Okay it says he was last seen in Tokyo, then Salt Lake City for that earth quake thing, and Rome to help out with the train disaster."

Lois leans over Chloe's shoulder to scroll down the pages of results.

"So where was Clark on these dates?"

Chloe squints at Lois before shaking her head.

"He was in Germany for Christmas."

Lois's face brightens as she points to the date for the Tokyo sighting.

"He could have easily made that."

"He's not a jumbo jet."

Lois puts her hands up in the air concentrating hard on the feeling of floating. She thought of Lex coming out of the shower, her usual dream. She started to float, then a picture of Clark came into her head and she dropped to the floor fast and hard.

"Wow you're getting better at that."

Lois nods, "Exactly take that and how fast I can run and that's how fast I should be able to…"

"To fly Lo?"

She nods, "Right, so Germany to Tokyo not a problem."

"Okay and he was in Virginia at the time of the Salt Lake City sighting."

Chloe closed her laptop and began pacing the room back and forth.

"My cousin could be Superboy?"

Lois nods with a smile. "Well you're best friend is Supergirl."

Chloe smiles before collapsing on her bed.

Lois follows sitting next to her.

"We have to test him Chloe."

She looks up at her best friend who seems determined.

"Test him Lo?"

Lois smiles already a plan forming.

"This is so wrong."

Chloe says as she guards the doorway to the guest room. Lois is searching through Clark's clothes. She makes a face at a pair of white underwear before moving on to the next drawer.

"Look he wore blue jeans, a yellow t-shirt and a big red hoodie and these really nice red Nikes."

Chloe smiles throwing her hands up in the air.

"That's not going to be hard to find Lo!"

Lois shakes her head as she goes looking under his bed.

"So this Superboy went for Supergirl's look huh?"

Lois poked her head above the bed.

"You mean totally stole it from her!"

Chloe leans on the door frame smiling as her friend stands up brushing the lint from her jeans.

"Nothing."

"It's alright Clark we'll get them next time."

Pete smiles at his friend as they leave the gym tired and recently showered. A petite brunette carrying way too many bags doesn't look as she begins crossing the street.

"Pete!"

Clark dashes out pulling the girl back right as a car's brakes screech.

"Are you okay Miss?"

Pete joins the two as Lana Luthor looks up at Clark disappointed but also intrigued.

"Yes, wow thank you and you are?"

She holds out her hand waiting for him to kiss it. Clark just grabs it shaking it to her dismay.

"I'm Clark Lane, I just moved here."
Lana smiles. "Oh well please let me take you out to lunch, to repay you."

Pete clears his throat interrupting the two. Lana looks to him her eyes are glazed at the prospect of Clark.

"Both of you of course."

Clark smiles sheepishly shrugging to Pete as they take Lana's bags and follow her into the nearby restaurant.

"This isn't going to work Lois."

Lois was standing at the ledge of the dam smiling at the long way down before rolling her eyes at Chloe who is shaking her head.

"Of course it will, it worked on me."

Chloe smiles at the memory uncrossing her arms before peeking over the ledge.

"And if he doesn't come?"

"Then Supergirl will of course."

Chloe shrugs at the thought taking a step closer to the ledge. She grabs Lois's hands as her friend lifts her off the ground and over the ledge of the slope.

"Okay now let's scream!"

The two girls begin screaming for help.

"Do you hear that Pete?"

Clark interrupts one of Lana's stories about her summers in Cabo.

"Hear what?"

Clark smiles hearing the screaming again.

"You know what I think that Gatorade got to me I'm just going to be a minute."

Clark excuses himself taking a back entrance out of the restaurant. Pete smiles at a frowning Lana.

"He did drink a lot."

Lana rolls her eyes taking a sip of her wine.

"I don't think you're yelling loud enough Chloe."

"Well excuse me but you can burst glass with a whisper why don't you give that sonic voice a workout?"

Lois gives Chloe a glare as they spy a floating figure smiling above them.

"You ladies need help?"

Superboy smiles as he scoops up Chloe, he gets about three inches when he sees that Lois hasn't let go of her hands.

"I have her L..Miss."

Lois smiles letting go of Chloe's hands, she gives her friend the eye as Chloe pretends to have fainted.

Awkwardly Superboy lays Chloe on the ground. Both he and Lois scan Chloe just in case.

"She's fine." They say at the same time looking into each other's eyes before blushing and looking away.

"I think she just passed out.. Miss?"

"Lois, Lois Kent."

She puts her hand out shaking it.

"Well if everything seems to be alright then I…"

"Oh no wait… um, I'm a reporter for the Smallville Gazette."

Superboy crosses his arms smirking at Lois.

"Oh?"

Lois nods, "Well I sorta will be this summer. And I was just wondering are you from Krypton like Supergirl?"

Chloe opens one eye staring at Lois before smirking and closing it again. With a smile Chloe remembers the exclusive she got of Supergirl being from Krypton. Of course Lois insisted they share the byline.

He shakes his head preparing to take off in the air. Lois grabs his arm first trying to seduce him, leans in closer.

"Just answer this one question then."

Superboy can't breath he can feel his heart putter as he swallows hard nodding at her.

"Sure Miss Kent."

Lois smiles, she's got him.

"How did you get your powers?"

Superboy shrugs, "I don't know one day I was normal and the next day I couldn't be harmed, lasers were shooting out of my eyes and I could fly."

She nods smiling. "But you're human?"

He smiles, "Sure am."

Chloe starts to wake up, Superboy gives a nod her way.

"Take better care of your friend Miss Kent."

With that he takes off into the air as she helps Chloe up.

"You saw that right?"

Chloe nods, "Yeah I mean, it looks like Clark, couldn't see his face and the voice was different but…"

Lois looks to the sky using her super vision she sees where Superboy is as he turns a corner out of her sight.

"So I graduated with a business degree and I've been working for my father ever since."

Pete sighs as Lana waves for the waiter. Clark joins them excusing himself for taking so long.

Just as he sits down his cell phone rings.

"Excuse me, Chloe?"

"Yeah hey Clark where are you?"

Lois shakes her head using her super hearing to eaves drop on the conversation.

"Well we're having lunch."

Lois tilts her head as she hears a familiar and annoying voice complain. She mouths the word Lana to Chloe, standing very close to her friend.

"Clark, are you with Lana?"

He squirms a little in his seat smiling at the waiter who walks away embarrassed.

"We're just having lunch, I'll see you back at home okay?"

With that he hangs up the phone leaving the girls speechless.

"You tested Superboy?"

Lois sat at the dinner table after telling her parents the story, Jonathan looks disappointed as he exchanges one of those pregnant glances with his wife.

"You guys keep doing that what is it you're not telling me?"

Martha smiles at Lois before setting her fork down.

"When you were a little girl you had this friend."

Martha began, taking comfort in her smiling husband.

"You were inseparable, best friends. Then this one day, it was late in the afternoon you two were climbing the old Oak tree."

"The one in the back 40?"

Jonathan nods.

"You climbed down when you heard a storm was coming but he got scared."

Lois struggles to remember what happened.

"I went back up to help him down."

Martha nods, "Lightening struck that tree with both of you in it. You were thrown thirty feet, but you never let go of his hand."

"So you think that boy is… Superboy?"

Her parents exchange another glance before looking back at Lois.

"That boy was Clark Lane, Lo."

She nods, "I knew it."

"I've never been able to cut down that tree, it was singed a little bit but since that day it just keeps growing never a scratch on it."

"So you think the lightening transferred my powers to Clark?"

Martha puts her hand on Lois's shoulder.

"Both of you were thrown from that tree and neither one had a scratch on you. I was hoping for the best but since Superboy has shown up the same time as Clark it seems…"

"I guess if I get my powers from the sun, then lightening could have some affect on me."

"It's a beautiful night."

Lois smiles as Lex sits next to her on the big rock that separates their properties. She squirms a little but settles down as a shooting star grazes the sky.

"Oh make a wish."

Lex smiles as she closes her eyes thinking of a wish.

"So I think this is the first time in what four years we've actually hung out?"

Lois opens her eyes shrugging.

"You call this hanging out?"

Lex laughs. Lois hears in the distance an alarm, she stands up quickly.

"I just forgot I left Chloe hanging online… I'll talk to you later Lex."

"Okay, yeah later."

He watches her go intrigued, smiling at her retreating form.

As Lois approaches the barn she runs into a surprised Clark.

"Clark!" He fidgets as she looks around waiting for more people to pop out.

"What are you doing here?"

"I um… came to um."

They both shift as their super hearing picks up the sound of a drill.

Awkwardly they both mumble trying to come up with an excuse to get away from each other.

"I was going for a walk."

Lois nods itching to leave.

"Well that's great me too, see ya later."

They separate super speeding in opposite directions.

"Did you hear something Bruno?"

The guy who was drilling a hole into one of the safes shrugs as he continues drilling.

"Isn't it a little cliché to continue to drill into the safe after the alarm has gone off boys?"

She grabs both their jackets as one of the men starts firing his .22 at her. She smiles looking at him.

"Uh, hello what part of Supergirl don't you get?"

"She is famous you know."

Superboy with a smile emerges from the shadows as he crushes the gun before picking the perp off the ground.

"I believe some men in blue are waiting to take you away boys."

She rolls her eyes at him as they drag the guys down the hall to the awaiting police officers.

"I could have handled this myself Superboy."

"I'm sure you could."

He smirks as they open the doors to camera flashes and surrounding squad cars.

"But you can't fly?"

Superboy asks as he floats atop of the Smallville library smiling at Supergirl whose feet swing back and forth off the roof.

"Not like you can."

He nods rising a little higher in the air he puts out his hand.

"I could teach you."

She raises an eyebrow, "I think I can manage on my own."

Supergirl looks him up and down. "You certainly did."

He laughs still holding out his hand.

"It was trial by error, I kept jumping off the roof of this hangar…"

She looks up as he catches himself.

"Please."

She takes his hand and they begin floating higher in the sky.

"It helps to use a memory, one that gives you the feeling of weightlessness."

Supergirl nods getting lost in his blue eyes as he smiles.

"Wanna try?"

She shakes her head but he extends his arms anyway.

"Just focus."

They lock eyes as he slowly moves his hands away from hers, she's floating slightly.

With a jolt she begins to fall a little and he catches her by the waist smiling.

Supergirl blushes as he moves his hands higher.

"Sorry I'll take you down now."

As they descend back to the ground Supergirl is still trying to steady her heart.

"You didn't do that bad."

She smiles looking down trying not to blush.

"Well I guess you're not that bad of a teacher."

'Am I really flirting with Clark, he does look cute without the glasses.'

"So I'll see you around then?"

She puts her hands on her hips making him smile widely.

"Yeah about that, this town isn't really big enough for the both of us so…"

He nods, "You want me to stop helping you?"

She scoffs at him, "Helping me? Please, I had that situation completely under control."

He shrugs, "Okay I get it, Smallville is your town, but if you need my help."

"I'm sure you'll be there, got it."

He smiles confidently before taking off into the sky.

"And you're sure it's Clark?"

Lois looked at Chloe who just asked the same question at least twelve times in the last twenty minutes. They were looking for Clark and Lana. Chloe let it slip that Lana had roped Clark into a date yesterday.

As they pass by a fancy French restaurant Lois backs up noticing the two ordering their meals at a table near the window.

"That bald bimbo."

The two press their faces up against the glass, Lois uses her super hearing to catch the conversation.

"So I decided I couldn't possibly wait four years for my degree so I got it in two."

Clark nods feigning interest as he sips some water.

Seething she looks to Chloe who gives her a half smile and a shrug.

"We tried to warn him."

They begin walking away from the window and into the alley.

"You know how Lana is, if she even gets a whiff that Clark has a secret she's going to be impossible to shake."

They head into the talon running into Lex.

"Hey ladies."

Chloe smiles as Lois nods, she's still frustrated over Clark. It seems her crush on Lex has dwindled over the past few days.

Chloe eyes the front counter and seizes the opportunity to give the two some alone time.

"I'm just going to place our order Lo."

Lois nods as Lex smiles widely.

"So Lois, I was thinking if you weren't busy maybe you'd want to go out with me tonight?"

She was lost in thought not even focused on him. Her super hearing was in full gear catching bits of the conversation two blocks down in the French Restaurant.

"Um, yeah sure."

Lex smiles, "Great, so I'll pick you up tonight at eight then?"

She nods, "Okay so later."

He leaves looking confused. Lex wasn't used to girls ignoring him. But to him Lois was an Enigma and finally this year he was able to get within 3 feet of her for more than twenty seconds.

"He asked you out?"

Lois nods as she takes a sip of her double espresso still trying to focus on the date two blocks away.

"Eww."

"What?"

"She's trying to ask him out again."

Chloe sighs waiting for her friend to snap out of it.

"Hello earth to Lo! You've been obsessing over Lex for years and he just asked you out."

"Hmm?"

Lois shakes her head trying to refocus her hearing to Chloe.

"I'm sorry Chlo, I do like Lex it's just."

"You have Superboy on the brain?"

Lois makes a face, "No, I mean come on it's Clark. I just don't want to see him get involved with her. If she finds out about his powers, she could link it to me and it's last year all over again."

Chloe nods as Lois takes another sip of her coffee.

"They've left."

The two girls get up running out of the Talon on the street looking for a sign of Clark or Lana.

Lois uses her X-ray vision spotting them in the parking lot.

"Come on I found them."

She super speeds leaving Chloe to run after her.

"I hate when she does that."

"Hey guys."

Lana looks perturbed she was about to try and kiss Clark. Now Lois is closing in on them with a wide grin. Clark smiles happy to see her.

"Hey Lois."

Lana looks over at Clark and then to her.

"Oh so you know each other?"

He moves away from Lana slightly closer to Lois.

"Yeah we're old pals. Lana, is that a new wig?"

Lana touches her hair tucking a strand behind her ear embarrassed.

"Well I'll give you a call Clark I had a great time, Lois." The two women exchange deathly glares as Lana gets into her car.

As she pulls away Clark waves goodbye just as Chloe out of breath catches up to them.

"What did I miss?"

"Oh nothing, just Lois being mean to my date."

They begin walking to the sidewalk while Lois looks back as Lana pulls out into the street.

"Why are you even dating her Clark?"

He looks to Chloe who avoids eye contact before answering her question.

"I'm not dating her Lois it was just a thank you lunch date."

"A thank you for what?"

Chloe watched as the two oblivious to everyone around them continued their conversation.

"Well I sort of helped her from getting run over."

She gave Chloe a 'I told you so' look before scowling back at Lana.

"That's how she operates just be careful of Miss Luthor."

"Oh speaking of date Lo what are you going to wear tonight?"

Now it was Clark's turn to be jealous.

"Wait you have a date?"

Chloe smiles nodding.

"Yeah Lex asked her out tonight."

Clark stops in his tracks watching as the two women keep walking.

"See ya later cuz."

Chloe waves goodbye as Clark watches them walk away.

"She's going out with Lex Lang?"

End of Chapter 2

Preview of Chapter 3:

"She wants him Chloe I could see it in her eyes, Clark Lane and Lana."

Chloe sat on Lois's bed as Lois changed into her clothes for her date with Lex.

She opens the door super speeding to the full length mirror, her posters on the wall flap up with the burst of air.

"Okay but she's not Clark's type."

Lois looks at Chloe while clipping earrings to her ears. Another annoyance at being Kryptonian she had to wear clip on earrings.

Lois's heart beats a little faster as she takes a deep breath.

"Who cares what his type is Chlo? He's a breathing, warm blooded male and she's digging her claws in deeper and deeper."

Chloe sighs tucking her feet under her.

"So are you worried that he's going to fall for her? Or are you worried about her finding out he's Superboy?"

Lois took a deep breath before turning to Chloe.

"Both."

Chloe nods grabbing a teddy bear laying on the bed.

"So why aren't we confronting Clark about the whole Super thing again?"

Lois finds her shoe under her bed using her x-ray vision. She picks up the bed in the air; leaving Chloe laying atop while she completes the pair. Chloe isn't phased as if her friend does this often.

Placing the bed back down gently Lois answers.

"If I tell Clark I know who he is, then he's going to want to know how I know."

Chloe nods, "And that would be bad because?"

Lois checks to make sure she looks decent before answering her friend.

"Because being Kryptonian is a lot different than just being human with super powers. I'm the one who's going to be experimented on as some freak, they'll idolize him."

The doorbell rings and Chloe jumps up excited for Lois.

"You nervous?"

Lois fidgets with her hair.

"I am now."