whilst lana pulled up to lex's mansion

she walked into lex's office as lex walked out of what she presumed was his bedroom

"lana, what are you doing here?"

"whats wrong?" he asked, noticing lana's tear-stained face

"are you hurt? are you alright?"

she gulped in air, breathing way too fast

lex walked over to her, guiding her towards his lounge suite

they sat down, but before lex could say anything lana wrapped her arms around him, sobbing into his chest

lex was a little startled, but quickly recovered and held lana

"shhh, it's alright" lex soothed

they stayed that way for a few minutes, untill lex pulled away

he took a good look at lana, her hair was tousled, and her make-up had made stains where her tears had ran

"lama, what happened?" lex asked quietly

lana swallowed

"it's clark" she whispered

thoughts came crashing through his mind

"clark? what did he do? are you alright?" lex asked

lana nodded

"he didn't hurt me"

"physically" she added

lex got up and got her a drink before she went on

"he told me lex" she whispered

lex frowned "told you what?" but he felt he already half knew

"oh come on lex, you know clark, the way he always dissapears mysteriously, has lame excuses for where he's been"

lex nodded, knowng where she was coming from

"he said he was going to tell me, and i waited, and, and he ran away, literally"

"and when i was leaving, he showed up, and i asked him to tell me, or-or that it was over"

"and..?" lex asked

lana looked down at her feet

"and he said he was an alien" she whispered

lex stared at her, thoughts raacing through his mind

"i saw him lex, i saw him lift up a tractor, and-and he threw it. Like it weighed nothing more than, than a football" she stammered

at this lex stood up, rubbing his chin subconsciously

so thats what his secret is lex thought

how could he have hidden this from me, all these years

he turned back to lana

"are you sure thats what you saw?" he asked

lana nodded "positive"

she got up and walked over to lex

"lex, what do i do? please tell me what to do" said lana

lex looked upon the beautiful woman standing in front of him

he sighed at the state she was in

"stay here tonight, your in no state to drive, ill have the help set up a bedroom for you" he answered

lana nodded and looked around, swallowing, before turning back to lex

"um, could i stay in here? i cant be on my own tonight" said lana

"i promise ill be quiet, and ill sleep on the couch and-

lex cut her off

"lana, of course you can, and i wont have you sleep on the couch. You can take my bed, ill stay on the couch" he replied

"are you sure?" she asked

lex gazed into her doe-brown eyes

"of course i am"

lex led guided lana to his bedroom, which was suprislingly bare, it held a king sized bed, a side table, and a painting on the far left wall.

she turned too lex, stopping him in his tracks

"thank you lex" said lana

lex meerley smiled and nodded

"ill have some clothes brought up for you in the morning, and the bathrooms just over there" he pointed towards a door

"thanks"

lex nodded again and left the room, closing the double doors behind him

he walked over to his desk, pouring himself a glass of skotch before sititng down slowly in his chair

he swished around his drink, and took small sips every 10 or so seconds

so this is what he's been hiding this whole time lex thought

after 10 minutes of quietly thinking, lex got up and retired to the couch, his mind consumed of todays happenings