Once home panic ensued, he didn't know what to say, what to wear, whether to be a little early a little late or right on time. He didn't want to seem too eager but he didn't want to seem uninterested. He was so panicked that even his farm chores didn't take his mind off of later on that night. His parents were beginning to worry about his silence and he had to retreat to the loft to escape further questioning.

He was seated at his desk in the loft doing his homework when heard the sound of an approaching vehicle. It didn't sound like one of Lex's sports cars, so Clark X-rayed through the barn. Seeing that it was Chloe's Volkswagen Beetle he got up from his seat and made his way out to greet them.

"Hey guys what's going on?" Clark asked, hoping that maybe they could help him take his mind off Lex.

"Nothing much just checking to see if you've changed your mind about the movie tonight." Chloe added, "You know now that Miss Lang is going to be there."

Clark mentally rolled his eyes, "Sorry Chlo but I already told you that I have tons of homework tonight."

"What homework, we didn't get assigned anything much for the weekend." Pete questioned, "Did we?"

"No Pete there was nothing more than usual assigned for the weekend, I just didn't finish that English assignment yet and so I have to finish it."

"Wow we couldn't even bribe you with Lana, I never thought that I would see the day that Clark Kent would pass up the chance to sit in a dark movie theater next to Lana Lang." Chloe remarked.

"Well sorry Chloe but I have more important things to do, and I really could care less if Lana is there or not. If I went to the movies with you tonight I would be going to spend time with my friends not Lana Lang and the fact that you thought that I am that bad of a friend that I would only go if you bribed me insults me." Clark knew that he was overreacting but he couldn't help it, he was sick and tired of people talking about his love for Lana. "I haven't wanted to be with Lana in a long time."

"Wow and you have shocked me twice in one day, not an easy feat my friend." Chloe said still reeling from the news, "Why didn't you tell us that you stopped having feelings for Lana and just how long is a long time?"

Clark thought back to when he had stopped loving her, or at least thinking that he loved her, because what he felt for Lana was nothing compared to what he feels for another person with the initials LL. He stopped loving Lana the day that he saved Lex, the day he breathed live back into the beautiful man on the side of the riverbank. He had loved Lex from the time that he met him. Why had he been so blind for so long? "I haven't been in love with Lana since the first week of school last year."

"But. But the first day of school you were literally falling all over yourself when she was around, what happened?" Chloe questioned once again while Pete stood in the background mouth open with shock.

Clark glanced at his watch and seen that he had fifteen minutes to get ready at get to Lex's if he wanted to be on time, he somehow had to quickly wrap up this conversation, "I grew up Chlo that's all I know to say. Lana was my childhood crush that's it, I'm not a child anymore and so logic says that I wouldn't want my childhood crush anymore either. Oh shoot it's quarter to seven I have to go you guys I still have to finish my deliveries. Talk to you later ok?"

"Okay Kent but don't think that you are off the hook, you still have some s'plaining to do." Chloe joked.

Clark nodded and headed into the house with a wave. He ran up the stairs all the while trying to figure out in his head what he was going to wear.