Lois stood staring at the two. The infamous Lana Lang was standing in front of Clark, their famous staring contest ever present. And Lois wasn't liking it. Not one bit.
Turning towards Lana, she decided to break the uneasy silence, "Lana? Lana Lang, is it truly you? Wow I haven't seen you in what? 6 years?" Throwing her arms around Lana, Lois placed a fake smile on her face.
Now realizing it wasn't just Clark and her, Lana returned the embrace and smiled as well, "Wow, Lois! It's good to see you," pulling away and looking at her, Lana added, "You look great."
"I know," Lois smirked before looping her arm around Clark's, "Clark tells me that all the time. You don't look so bad yourself."
The smile on Lana's face immediately turned into a frown, but only for an instant. Clark and Lois? Lana's stomach dropped, even her heart felt like it had been shattered completely. She should have known Clark would be with someone else, but it still upset her. Especially when he was with Lois. "Thanks," she replied, looking anywhere but in front of her. Lana didn't want to see Lois cozy with Clark. Unfortunately for her, there was no where else to look so she looked back at the couple only to be caught in Clark's alluring eyes.
Clark glanced from Lois then to Lana. He noticed the frown that had appeared on Lana's face if only for a second when Lois linked arms with him, or maybe he was just wishing he did? To Clark, Lana looked more than great, she looked stunning. Outshining any woman near here, but he wasn't about to say this out loud. He was still trying to grasp the concept that Lana Lang was standing in front of him. He blinked to make sure it was real and not like so many of the dreams he'd had, and sure enough she was still there. "Lana, I…wow, um, you're here?"
Still slightly smiling, Lana tucked a strand of her raven hair behind her ear, "Yup, I'm back." Laughing slightly to ease the awkwardness, she waited for him to say something else. Anything at all.
Clark didn't know what else to say, this probably had to be the most awkward moment of his life, so instead he let his actions speak for him. Freeing himself of Lois's grasp, he stepped closer to Lana and before anyone knew what was happening, had his arms wrapped tightly around Lana's small frame.
Wide-eyed and shocked, Lana slowly returned the embrace, relishing the feeling of being in Clark's arms, even if it was just a friendly hug. Her eyes slightly closed and her smile ear to ear, Lana breathed in deeply and let an inaudible sigh of relief out.
Clark let the hug linger a bit longer than he intended, taking in Lana's intoxicating scent. She still used the same Strawberry shampoo. Although Lana's sigh couldn't be heard to the average human, Clark wasn't exactly average and he heard it. Finally coming to his senses, Clark slowly eased out of the warm embrace and backed away, "It's great to see you again," facing Lois, not noticing her irritation, he asked, "Isn't it Lois?"
"Yeah, just fantastic," a twinge of sarcasm could be found in her voice if listened to closely. Lois stood with her arms now crossed. Had Clark just hugged Lana? He hadn't even said more than a full sentence to her in more than 6 years and he was already handing out his teddy bear hugs. Normally not one to be jealous, Lois felt the little green monster inside of her beginning to grow.
Before anyone else had a chance to speak, the sound of gravel crunching caused them all to look in the direction it was coming from. Lana now felt sick, guilt overcoming her once again as the Kent's pulled up. She hoped they wouldn't resent her. Johnathon parked next to Clark and hopped out of his old blue truck laughing with his wife, neither seemed to have noticed the little gathering.
Rounding the back of the truck, Martha looked up to find a raven haired beauty standing silently off to the side. Without thinking, Martha dropped the bag of groceries she was carrying and ran over to Lana, "Oh my, Lana! It's been so long!" A tear silently spilling down her cheek for the woman that always felt like a daughter, and when she left years before it tore Martha up inside. Martha had practically raised Lana with Clark. She had watched Lana grow up from a wide-eyed toddler to a beautiful young woman…and then she was gone.
Johnathon picked up the dropped groceries and handed them to Clark, "Lana, well isn't this a surprise." Opening his arms wide, he waited for Lana to get close before enveloping her in a fatherly hug.
Lana returned both embraces lovingly. Feelings of guilt pushed out of her mind. These two were the parents she never had and always wanted. Not once had they ever treated her any differently, even when her and Clark weren't together. Lana even remembered when she was younger asking if she could call the Kents mommy and daddy, Nell made sure that never happened. She still felt awful and felt the need to apologize, "Mr. and Mrs. Kent, I'm so sorr…"
"Pssh, Lana don't you think by now you could call us Martha and Johnathon. Mr. and Mrs. Makes us sound so old," Martha interrupted with a laugh. Knowing Lana as well as she did, Martha knew she was about to go on and on about how sorry she was, but Martha didn't care about it anymore. There was no need for apologies as far as she was concerned. Cupping Lana's face in her hands, she smiled warmly before smothering her with another hug, "oh look at you, more beautiful than I remember." After a brief moment, she released Lana and walked over to Clark. Kissing her only son on the cheek, she stated, "Don't think I forgot about you." Martha then grabbed Lana by the hand and led her towards the house, "Let's go inside and I'll get you some fresh lemonade. We have so much to catch up on and talk about!"
Everyone followed pursuit while Lois stayed behind dumbstruck. She couldn't believe Martha Kent didn't even give her one of her famous hugs, she always did. "I didn't want one anyways," Lois whined, trying to convince herself, before running to the front door.