Lois' Apartment (Talon)
Lois paced around her apartment, on the phone, rushing to get last minute loose ends tied up for the Jonathon Kent's election. "Any results from the poles yet?" she asked putting down a stool by the high cabinet so she could reach her snack stash at the top. "I know it's early, but patients isn't my strong suit" she said hanging up the phone, and snatching a Little Debbie box the top, effectively loosing her balance and throwing herself into a wobbling fit on the stool. Luckily Lana was there to brace her semi-fall. "Thanks"
"Sorry I'm late" Lana said dejectedly. Lois noticed.
"Okay, spill it" she had a feeling who this was about. "Hold on, let me guess. Tall, dark, and flannel, right?" she smiled, continuing her work.
"Yes that's part of it" she sighed, there was more to it than just Clark. Something she had been fighting with herself about for a while.
"Come on, you can tell me. I'm not my cousin, I won't publish what you tell me" she smirked.
"Okay, Clark and I had another fight. I think it was our last fight… I just can't take his lies anymore. He won't let me in and I don't know why." She said, sighing again. "Maybe I'm just not important enough to him-"
"Lana don't say that, cause' you know it's not true" she interrupted and step right in front of her. "Look, Clark loves you. I admit it makes me sick how much he talks about you" she joked and Lana chuckled. "But that's not the full reason your feeling this way, is it?" Lois said, face becoming very serious.
Lana shook her head "No, there's Lex… well not really-I mean he tells me the truth and he likes me, I think. I just don't know if I feel the same way. I mean I don't feel the same… I don't think." she stammered not really sure of herself at the moment.
"Well you don't need me to tell you what I think of Lex but it's your life. You have to look into their eyes, and look into your heart and ask it 'who do I feel right with?'… I will say this much, I'd be lucky to end up with someone like Smallvil-I mean Clark."
Lana smiled "Thank you Lois" she had never really looked at it that way. "I know what I have to do. Hopefully I'll make the right choice" she said picked up her purse and left.
"I know you will" Lois said to a closed door, "Clark, don't be so stupid!" she said aloud, then looked around for the phone. "Now, what to do next?"
The Met U Dorm
Lana pulled up to the dorm, only to see Clark standing in front of the doorway 'Had he been waiting on me?'
When she got out Clark was the first to speak. "Lana we need to talk"
"I know. Let's go up to my place." She grabbed his hand and led him up stairs to her and Chloe's room. "Okay, Clark, listen"
"Lana, I'm sorry" His words were so soft. He touched her face, sending a tingle through her body. His touch always felt so inviting.
As if acting on instinct, she leaned into him, wrapping her arms around his strong torso. He embraced her as well, his hands gently stoking her back. They both missed this so much. Lana was faintly annoyed by the fact that he could make her feel this way so easily. Even so, she needed to do what was best for them, best for her.
As if to make her decision harder, Clark moved his hand to her chin, guiding Lana into a short yet very passionate kiss. Her body buzzed with life as the lips met. It was just days ago when they would do this fairly often, not caring who was looking. Everything just seemed to fade out when they touched.
She pressed into him even tighter not wanting any space between. He broke the kiss for air, staring deep into his lover's eyes, his hands moving in small circles to her spot at small of her back. Lana slender form buzzed again.
She looked up at him, no longer thinking. Her chest pressed firmly against his, loving the feeling as she tried to control her breathing. Her eyes filled with hunger. "Lana, I'm sorry about-humph" she thought she heard him say before pounced on him, eating at his lips hungrily as if it was her first meal in weeks.
He feared she would go farther than he wanted to at the moment, but she just lay there on top of him, seemly content with making a feast of his mouth. Lana surprised him when she pulled away abruptly, causing him to open his eyes. She looked beautiful. Her lips slightly puffy from all the kissing, her skin was flush, and her chest was still heaving.
Lying on the ground she had remotely realized her phone vibrating on her belt clip. It brought her back to reality, long enough for her to get off him and check who it was.
The screen read 'Lex Luthor'. Only then did she remember where she had to go. What she had to fix. What she had to do…
"I'm sorry Clark" she said and got up.
"For what?" Clark got up as well.
"I have to do something" her phone rung again. She read the screen again. 'Lex Luthor'. She turned to walk to the door.
"Wait!" Clark's voice stopped her momentarily. Rushing to her wondering why she was doing this. "Don't go, I'm ready now. I know how much you want me to open up to you, and I'm ready, willing to do it, just don't go." He said, pleading with his eyes.
She tried to swallow the lump in her throat that wouldn't go down. 'Ready?' she thought hopefully, and then shook her head, knowing what had to be done first.
"No Lana, please. Didn't you hear me I'll open up to you, tell you everything you wanted to know." He rushed out, taking a deep, shaky breathe. "I'm ready now, Lana. Please tell me it's not too late."
Tears streamed down her face, she hated to see him hurting, "No, your not too late" she replied bring some life back to him. "But in order for us to…I have to be as ready as you are-I-I" she started trying to compose herself long enough to finish "I have secrets too and-and then there's Le" she couldn't finish, though he knew what or better yet, who she was about to say. "I'm sorry" and she ran out the door.
Clark ran home…
End of Chapter 2
(Things will get better. Thanks for the feed back on Ch.1. Looking forward to more)