Chapter Eight Part Four- The Truth about Last Night:

The barn was in shambles almost as if a bomb had gone off, trash was scattered everywhere and their were several pieces of clothing left over from other patrons mischievous behavior during last nights events.

Clark, Chloe, and Lois had to scramble to clean up the area before the Kents arrived back from their romantic getaway in Metropolis.

The black lacy material of the bra hung loosely from his fingertips, "W-Whose are these?" the nervousness in his voice causes both cousins to laugh at the look on his face.

Lois took the bra from his hands and handed it to Chloe saying, "Looks like Carl from Human Resources had quite the night." they have a quick laugh but soon quickly get back to work when Clark stares at them disapprovingly.

"So while Chloe and I tried to contain the punch filled masses inside the barn, how did the interview with Princeton go?" Lois asks while finishing off another garbage bag and putting it with the rest, "Are you gonna be rushing into the stadium sporting their school colors?"

Clark shakes his head negatively and takes a deep nervous breath before answering, "Princeton is a good school, but its not the school for me…I think I'm gonna stick to someplace closer to home."

Chloe and Lois looked at the young farm boy surprised by his answer, "So does this mean you'll be going to Met U?"

He just shrugged and continued sweeping up the mess, "I don't really know, I might just go to Central Kansas so I can still help out with the farm."

Lois's reflected a strange mix of hopefulness, happiness, and what appeared to be sadness, "I'm gonna go take these bags out to the trash cans…" Chloe says grabbing several of the bags and walking away leaving the couple to their privacy.

"I already know what your gonna say, Lo." he turns around to face her with a serious look on his face, "And you should be happy for me."

"I am happy for you. How could I not be happy or proud of your choice?" she places her hand over his cheek with a small smile, "But staying on this farm while you can be out there in the world doing what you're destined to do is something I don't want to hold you back from" her other hand slips into his, "I want to be the person that comes to your aide when your beaten emotionally and physical, the person that will be by your side and love you no matter what choices you make in life."

Clark takes her words to heart while he grips the hand intertwined his tightly, "I cant imagine loving anyone else, but I have to do what's best for my family." he steps out of her embrace and begins using his super speed to clean the barn faster.

"What about what's best for you!" she exclaims clearly agitated, "Do you think your parents want to watch their son spend the rest of his life on a farm? Jonathan Kent did not risk his life to bring you back just so he could watch you sit up in the loft watching the stars and brooding over past mistakes."

His muscles tighten at the mention of the repercussions of his father's deal with Jor-El, "If I wanted a guilt trip, I would've asked for one." he turns his attention back towards cleaning in hopes that their conversation wouldn't soon escalate into something else.

It seemed that the growing gap in their relationship wasn't because of Clark's intimacy issues or Lois's life in Metropolis, but rather the equal fear of losing each other.

Lois ran her hands through her hair with a small sigh, "I'm sorry that I'm being like this, its not how I want our relationship to be." her hands soon become hidden deep within her jean pockets, "When my mom passed away, I couldn't handle the thought of losing someone that I loved. So, I built walls around my heart to prevent that from ever happening or at least that's what I thought until I hit you with my car."

They share a quick chuckle together, "When I'm with you, its like nothing exists in the world except for us and I'm afraid that I'll wake up one day to find myself alone."

Clark drops the objects in his hands and walks down the steps, "You know that'll never happen." he brushes away the tears that threatened to fall, "We're always gonna have each other in our lives, even when we might be light-years apart."

She cant help but laugh while she nudges him playfully, a small sound by the barn entrance forces the moment to break between them to see Chloe trying her best to pick up the fallen broom, "Sorry, I just didn't want to interrupt the moment."

Lois just walks towards Chloe and throws her arm over her shoulder, "Smallville and I always have our moments, but I do believe that we still haven't given you that birthday present."

Chloe began shaking her head, "You guys didn't have to get me anything, putting together this party was more then enough."

Clark rushes off towards the house to retrieve the newly wrapped present when his body stills at the sight before him, the box containing that Patricia Swan had delivered to him was open with the dark stone nowhere to be found.

The plane from Metropolis to Paris was halfway to its destination and Jason couldn't be happier to be going back to the foreign city where he didn't have to worry about Lana or Smallville.

"I didn't think you'd be racing off to France so quickly." a young scruffy looking man appeared at his side, "Did you and Ms. Lang break up or did you tell her the truth about why you were in Smallville?"

Jason shook his head and turned towards the young man agitated, "Did you get what I asked for?"

The man reached into his worn jacket to pull out the small dark crystal, "The farm boy was so busy juggling a party and some college official to notice I was even there."

"I'm sure it'd be hard to notice anything with abilities like yours." he takes the stone from the young man and slips it into his bag before pulling out a wad of cash wrapped in a neat roll, "You know our deal, you don't tell anyone about this and I don't tell Lex Luthor that one of his guinea pigs escaped Level 3."

Taking the money wad with a cocky smirk, "Don't worry about me, I wont say a word about your activities…" he slides the money into his pocket, "But I'd be worried about what might happen when they realize that the stone in your possession."

Jason shook his head, "The stone will be in more capable hands when I get it back to my boss." he watches the boy turning to leave towards the back aisles, "Try to stay out of trouble, Billy. I'm sure your brothers Joel and Sebastian wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you."

Billy just laughed at the idea, "Nothing bad ever happens to me, you mess with one Kane brother then mess with all three…" the young teen slips away with that cocky smirk on his face never wavering.

TBC

Cue anticlimactic music lol, I didn't see Jason/Lana's storyline going anywhere in this story so I cut it short but managed to tie his departure with Chapter 15 which is where Billy and Joel Kane will make their reappearance.

For those of you who are confused, Joel Kane was the metahuman who made an appearance in Chapter 12 part 3 & 4 of Accidental Relations, I based his powers on Kahlan from Legend of the Seeker and Lord Dyson from the Lady Godiva episode of Charmed. And he also happens to be the brother of Sebastian Kane, the guy Lois went on a date with in Identity.

The Kane brothers return in a big way that causes Clark and Richard to put aside their differences to rescue Lois in Ch. 15 *spoiler*

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