A/N: Thank you, Aryan229, SAX713, chapiadita, Ricky Pine, Supabec, jdcocoagirl, StevenBodner and AnianKa for reading and leaving a review!
Aryan229 - Lots of fun, yeah!
SAX713 - I love when she's being rejected. She deserves it! =]
chapiadita - So true! They like damsels sadly.
Ricky Pine - It's gonna get worse for Lame. Clarence detests her! XD
Supabec - Thank you for reading! :)
jdcocoagirl - Clark and Clarence are getting along. Haha!
StevenBodner - Coz she's Wonder Woman! =]
AnianKa - Hi, I had to use Google translate to translate your review. Okay here's what I managed to gather from what Google provided :) The answer to your question: Diana from Earth 2 didn't really come to Earth 1, only Clark did, but he thought she was here. Again, she never crossed the portal. Clark didn't get kidnapped or lose his memory, he was mistaken that Earth 1's Diana is his Diana, this chapter explains more. I'm glad you are liking the whole Kara and Barry thing! I'm a big SuperFlash shipper, but since I also ship her with Mon-El (thanks to the TV show), anything can happen! And I totally agree, Barry is awesome! Thanks for reading!
Clark and Clarence are becoming friends now, and Diana is confessing something BIG! Enjoy!
Chapter 17 - Open your heart, Diana
Kara had talked to Barry about what she discussed with Clark earlier. He seemed to agree with her. The idea of using the tachyon prototype was great. But he had to run fast enough so the tachyon would work.
Clark and Clark 2 were busy talking when Clark's phone rang. It was Jimmy calling to invite him, Diana and Clarence to a party at his place. Clark was going to say no, but Clark 2 shook his head. He wanted to go.
"We'll be there, Jimmy," Clark finally said. Clark 2 grinned and went back to cooking. "Clarence, you will be seen."
"I know. I don't think that's wrong. I can wear glasses."
"If Bruce found out…"
"Clark, Bruce will never find out if we don't tell him."
Clark nodded quietly. He could keep a secret, sure. But what would they tell Diana?
When Diana returned that night, she was pleased to see that they got along and were waiting to have dinner with her. They informed her about Jimmy's invite, but Diana wasn't sure if she could go.
"You both have fun," she said. "I'll probably be buried under files."
The next morning, Clark 2 woke up to see Clark sitting in the kitchen, frowning at the morning's newspaper. He went to see what was wrong.
There on the front page was an article by Lois Lane that read 'The new Superman – Fake?'
"What the hell is that?" Clark 2 exclaimed. There was a grainy picture of him flying away, but it sure didn't look like this earth's Superman.
"This is getting worse," Clark said as he pushed the paper away. "Bruce is going to freak out when he reads this."
"But there's nothing he can do about it. I mean, he might be rich, but he doesn't have a say in this."
Clark's eyes shot up to Clark 2. "You know what, Clarence? You were right about the rich part, don't know about your earth, but Bruce Wayne owns Daily Planet on this earth. He does have a right!"
"Wow! Okay. That's… weird, but useful for us. Can you talk to him?"
Clark nodded. He decided to go to work early and see if he could have a word with Bruce before that. He greeted Diana with a kiss, but left without having his breakfast.
When Diana asked Clark 2 what happened, he pointed towards the newspaper.
"So, are you ready to go to Themyscira?" Diana asked as she sat down for breakfast.
"You sure your sisters won't kill me?" Clark 2 asked in concern.
"Of course not. They don't really like men, but they know Superman won't bring them any harm. And they do treat my guests with respect."
"Diana, I… I'm sorry. I didn't get a chance to apologize before. I truly mean it this time. Things on my earth are so different that I didn't expect them to be like this here. Your mother being alive, that makes me really happy. I wish my Diana could have seen her mother like this."
"So you finally accept the fact that I'm not your Diana?" Diana asked with a bright smile.
"Yes. Yes, I do. You belong here, in this world. And you are different in a lot of ways. One, you are an Ambassador here."
"And I'm not on your earth?"
"Well, no. You are a spy there," he said. "Your life is dangerous, but you like it that way. I know you do it with ease because you truly are a wonder woman, but the way you are with Clark here, my Diana isn't like that with me."
"Why not? She loves you, doesn't she?"
Clark 2 sighed. "I guess she does. I mean, we are together. She went out with Bruce, and I guess that caused some problems for us. As friends and teammates. Then she left Bruce for me."
"But she never told you that she loves you?"
"No. Not really."
"You know, Clark, I was the same. I knew I had feelings for my Kal but it wasn't easy for me to accept it. He was patient with me. But he is old fashioned. He wanted me to meet his parents, and I did. Like a friend, but that was not what he meant. When he asked me if I told my mother about him, I didn't know what to say. Because I didn't tell her."
"Why not?"
Diana shrugged. "I was too scared. I was scared to see her reaction. I was with a man. I was having an intimate relationship. All that would only make her hate me. I was not ready for that."
"Did you tell her then?"
"I did. I couldn't hide it any longer."
Clark 2 nodded in understanding. "How did she take it?"
"Well, she threatened to disown me if I didn't break ties with him. She also said she would strip me off the title of Wonder Woman and an Amazon, if I continued seeing Kal."
"That's horrible!"
"It was worse for me. I knew I felt strongly for him, but I listened to my mother. Clark wouldn't listen if I told him the truth, he would demand to speak with my mother, so I lied to him."
"About what, Diana?"
"That I used him. Used him to get over Bruce."
Clark 2 let out a loud sigh. Diana doing that seemed impossible.
"What happened then?" he asked.
"He was shattered. Begging me to give him a chance. He thought there was something wrong with him that I didn't like, and he wanted to change. I didn't know what to do. It killed me to see him so distraught. For weeks he kept begging me to talk to him, to just sort it out, but I couldn't. And one day, he just stopped talking to me."
"No offence, but I would do the same."
Diana nodded. "I know. And I deserved it. I hurt him. I hurt him so much that I deserved the way he behaved. But it was no longer personal. It started affecting our work as Leaguers. He made sure we didn't get Monitor Duty together. J'onn is a great friend so he listened to Clark. Even missions, Clark would always make sure he went with someone else. But if there was a mission that needed the two of us, he asked someone else to join us. Bruce was obviously the first one to notice. Instead of reaching out to Clark, he asked me first."
"And what did you tell him?"
"The truth," Diana answered with a small smile. "I used my lasso on myself."
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If you are interested in reading my other SuperWonder fanfics then you can check out:
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