"Illinois?" Lex stared at him wide-eyed, "We are in Illinois?"
Clark nodded, "You flew us to Illinois. Why?"
Clark stared directly at Lex and said, "I didn't want to keep secrets from you anymore."
Lex's frown lessened but he bit back, "Why? Why have you decided to be honest with me now?" Have you finally realized that I wouldn't hurt you? That I wouldn't take you down to some lab and experiment on you? Or did you finally realize that it was never about knowing your secrets, it was wanting to know about you. It was always only ever about you." Lex's last sentence came out more resigned then angry. He had lost most of his anger talking about his feelings for Clark.
Tears brimmed in Clark's eyes at Lex's admittance, "It was never me not trusting you Lex. My parents made me promise never to tell anyone, not just you. I always wanted to tell you, out of all the people that I wanted to tell, I wanted to tell you the most."
"If your parents didn't want you to tell and you haven't for what 14 years, then why are you telling me now?" He wasn't going to let Clark off easy, not this time."
"I told you Lex I didn't want to lie to you anymore."
"Why now Clark? You didn't seem to have a problem lying to me before."
"Yes I did Lex, I hated lying to you. Absolutely hated it."
"You obviously didn't hate it that much if it took you this long to tell me. Hell you still really haven't told me anything."
"It killed me to lie to you. It physically hurt me every time you would get that look of hurt in your eyes and the way you closed off every time I lied."
"So let me get this straight Clark, you promised your parents you wouldn't tell anyone anything, so you lied. You hated lying but you did anyway because of your parents. But now you've decided to tell me anyway, do your parents know that you are telling me?"
"No."
"Then why after so many years have you decided to disobey your parents?"
"Because I thought that if I lied much longer I would lose you and I can't, I can't lose you!" Clark yelled.
"Why, why can't you lose me? Why now have you decided that I was important enough to be told the truth?"
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" Clark yelled again, tears streaming down his face.