Title: Maybe Tomorrow
Author: Sierra
Feedback address: Amamda55@yahoo.com
Pairing: Clark and Lex
Rating: a very small hint of NC-17
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.
Summary and/or challenge: Starting line for wave 7:
"Clark, I don't know how this happened, but I think my
hand is super glued to your ass."
NOTE: Part of the ClexFest at:
http://www.kardasi.com/Lexclusive/ClexFest
Beta Reader: Angela
Heart felt wishes: Angela, who loves to be my editor.
: )


Maybe Tomorrow
Sierra


"Clark, I don't know how this happened, but I think my
hand is super glued to your ass."

“Yeah, right Lois, that bottle of super glue on your
desk would not have anything to do with it.” Clark
said eyeing Lois very closely.

“I told you Clark that I’m not removing my hand from
your ass until you agree to have dinner with my friend
Michael.” Lois said while batting her eyes at Clark.

Lois Lane was Clark’s newspaper partner for five years
and he really did love her like a sister. When he
first came to work for the Daily Planet, he was
partnered with Lois. At first they hated each other,
but over the years that had developed into a deep
friendship. Clark thought if he was not gay he would
have married her, but he was gay. He had told Lois and
ever since she has been setting him up with all her
gay friends. Most of the dates, he went on usually
ended up badly or they would have sex only never to be
heard from again. Yet again today Lois was setting him
up on another date to find him his Mr. Right.

“Lois we both need to get back to work, so remove your
hand, please.” Clark asked while looking at his
computer. Clark knew that he had a story to write and
have it on their boss, Mr. Perry’s desk by the end of
the day.

“Not until you say yes to me, Clark.” Lois said while
reaching for the glue on her desk. She was ready to
apply it to her other hand if necessary to get Clark
to agree to the date.

“If I say yes, you have to promise me if this date
does not go well, no more matchmaking ever again by
you? I want your word of honor from a fellow reporter
to another.” Clark said while looking intently in his
eyes at Lois.

“I promise,” Lois said with her other hand behind her
back and two fingers crossed. “Lets shake hands on it
Clark.”

Clark held out his hand to Lois before he realized
that Lois was in no position to shake his hand. “How
will you remove your hand off of my ass, Lois?”

Lois laughed and said, “Look in my purse and you
should find some nail polish remover inside.” She
pointed to her purse with her free hand.

He moved over to Lois’ desk with Lois following
closely behind him and reached for her purse and began
looking inside of it for the remover. Just then Perry
White walked by them and said, “Kent and Lane if I’m
not bothering you two I would like for you to come
into my office in an hour. By the way Lois get your
hand off of Kent’s ass and Kent stop playing dress up
with that purse.” Perry giggled as he left them.

Clark could hear Lois snickering under her breath
trying to hold the laugh inside of her. While he
thought to himself how could he be such a wuss in
front of everyone in the office. Now the whole office
started to look and laugh at him and Lois. No wonder
everyone thought of him of the goofy reporter with the
super smart partner.

*********

Later on that day, Lois noticed that Clark was still
upset with her. Lois walked over to Clark’s desk and
sat on top of it and began filing her nails hoping
that Clark would notice her and forgive her for this
morning. “Don’t you want to know about Michael?” Asked
Lois.

Clark continued to work on story typing on the
computer screen hoping that Lois would go away. After
five minutes, he saw that Lois was there to stay so he
said to her without looking up from the computer “I
know you are dying to tell me about Michael, so spill
it all.”

Lois looked at her nails and then at Clark and said,
“So, now you want to talk to me?” While continuing to
file her nails.

Clark looked up at Lois and said, “You have my full
attention so tell me all you know about him.”

“Well, I met him during that story we did about the
Matthews murder.” Said Lois.

Clark asked, “Are you setting me up with someone who
was a suspect in a murder case?”

“No, silly he is an EMT driver I met when I had that
car accident on the way to do the story about the
murder but anyway he was really nice to me. He took me
to the hospital and one thing lead to another and I
found out he was gay. Clark he is really a nice guy
like you and I am sure you two will get along really
well together since you both grew up on a farm.”

“I see? And Lois what do you mean when you say that he
is a really nice guy?”, Asked Clark.

“He is really nice Clark and just because he is a
computer geek, does not make him a nerd Clark if that
is what you are thinking. Plus he helped me track down
a couple of lead stories through the computer.”

“Ok, he is nice. How does he look?”

“He is around your height with blonde hair and blue
eyes. You know the adonis type of guy. Clark you are
going to love him.”

“Slow down Lois, I have not met him yet and already
you are talking about love.”

“Clark Kent, you are going to thank me for introducing
him and you when you settle down with him.”

“Who says that I’m looking for anyone to settle down
with?”

“That is because you have not met the right guy yet.
When you do Clark Kent, that guy is going to make you
earn the right to his heart and not give it away so
easily. Any love that is worth something is not going
to have an easy street and it going to be a bumpy
ride.”

“When did you become such a expert on love? Ms still
looking for Mr. Right or is that Mr. Right now?”

“Shut up, Clark.”

“So were am I meeting Mr. Right?”

“I told him that you would meet him for drinks at the
Rainbow Room, around eight p.m. and wear something
casual Clark.”

“All right, mom.”

“And I told him all about you Clark so be nice. He
could be your Mr. Right.”

“Lane and Kent am I paying you two to gossip or work.
Get back to work now or both of you will be looking
for work some place else.” Perry said walking to his
office.

Both Clark and Lois said together, “Work!” To Perry
before getting back to work.

********

Clark found himself sitting in the Rainbow Room at a
table waiting for his date Michael who was fifteen
minutes late. Clark thought to himself that he had
been stood up by a blind date that he did not even
want to go on but he had promise Lois that he would go
and now it looked like the joke was on him not his
date who didn’t bother to call to say that he was
going to, be late.

“Mr. Clark Kent, I am Michael Moore and I am your date
for this evening. Sorry that I was late but work comes
before pleasure.”

Clark looked up at Michael and said “Work does come
first, please have seat.” Clark smiled and watched him
sit and got a closer look at him. Clark said to
himself, “Around my height? More like 6" shorter than
I. The adonis types? More like something that cat drug
in your house that you don’t know where it came from
but you want it out of your house. He made a mental
note to kill Lois.

“Lois has told me so much about you, Clark that I feel
that already know you. It is a good sign that we both
grew up on a farm? I grew up on a farm outside of Iowa
and where did you grow up?”

“I use to live in Smallvile, Kansas. My parent still
live there and still work the farm.” Clark said while
waving his hand in the air trying to get someone to
come to their table to order drinks. He felt like it
was going to be a long night and a couple of drinks
would not hurt.

“Really, I would love to see a farm again I miss being
away from the open air and wide-open spaces. Well that
is what you get when you live in the big city it just
makes you long for home so much more.” Michael said
while looking into Clark’s eyes.

Then the waitress came over to their table and asked,
“What can I get you to drink?”

Michael said “A double scotch.” He looked over at
Clark who only nodded and said to the waitress make
that two double scotches.” The waitress left.

“What made you want to become an EMT, Michael?”

“Well, I have a savior complex. I want to save the
world and the people who get damaged along the way who
need to be healed and who better to help them. It’s my
small way of helping. Just a simple man who wants to
help. And your reason for being newspaper man?”

“Getting the truth out because the public has a right
to know what is happening in the world and just maybe
they can make the right decision for themselves
knowing all the facts. We are both just doing our part
to make the world a safer place.” Clark said. He
thought to himself maybe he and Michael did have a lot
in common both choosing jobs because it is the right
thing to do. They were not looking for money just a
simple thank you at the end of the day. Clark had his
special way of helping and that was being Superman.

Michael and Clark talked and talked until the wee
hours of the morning they had to be put out because
the bar was closing. Both of them said their goodbyes
to each other at the bar and promise to see each other
again in three days.

*********

Lois was sitting at Clark’s desk when he got off the
elevator. He knew that she wanted to ask him how did
his date go with Michael. Clark walked over to his
desk and threw his briefcase down on it and said to
Lois “I think your desk is over there or did we switch
desks overnight.” Clark was pointing across from him
showing where Lois’ desk was at.

“Details, Clark. Now I want to know how your date went
with Michael and if you had a sleep over guest?” Lois
said while putting her feet up on top of his
briefcase.

“Lois, you are not going to let this go, are you? I do
have a right to privacy. You know or have you
forgotten that little fact?”

“Clark Kent, your right to privacy ended the day you
became my partner. I want to know the details of your
date, now!”

Clark just let out a small sigh knowing that Lois was
not going to let the details of his date be kept from
her. Also he knew he would never get any work done
until he told her everything. “We had a nice time and
we talked, nothing more. We have another date in two
days. Happy now, Lois?”

“Was that so hard for you to tell me about your date
with Michael? So, you have a second date. Now you can
thank me for finding you the perfect guy for you.”
Lois said with a smug look on her face.

“I can get dates on my own Lois, without your help.
Thank you very much.”

“Oh please, Clark. One day you are going to thank me
for setting you up on a date with Michael and when you
do I am going to have you groveling at my feet. Take
my word for it,” Lois said as she got up from Clark’s
desk and headed back to her own desk.

Clark looked at Lois and said to himself “Women,” as
he wiped off his briefcase and sat down at his desk.

************

The next day at work Clark was approached by Jimmy
Olsen the best news photographer in the world who
happened to work for the Planet as well. Jimmy was
sitting at a small table in back of the cafeteria when
he saw Clark getting coffee out of the vending machine
and he yelled out “CK!” He waved his hands.

Clark looked toward Jimmy’s way and nodded as he
grabbed his coffee and a chocolate-covered donut then
headed toward Jimmy and sat opposite of him as he
placed his breakfast down. Clark asked, “Jimmy, how
are you?” As he took a bite of his donut.

“No, complaints. Just saw you getting your breakfast
and thought that you might would like a little company
while you eat. How are you this fine morning?” Jimmy
asked as he ate into his pizza at 9:00 a.m.

“Thanks, I didn’t want to eat at my desk anyway
because of Lois. She keeps setting me up with blind
dates and then she wants to know all the details. Lois
is as bad as mom when is comes to me not settling down
with the right person.”

Jimmy cleared his throat and wiped his hand and said,
“Well, I guess you are going to have to add me to your
list of people wanting to set you up on a blind date.”

“Why is it that everyone I work with wants to set me
up with every gay friend or cousin they have? Just
because I am gay does not mean that I can’t find
someone on my on.”

“Speak for yourself CK. Look at me a young single guy
unattached so everyone at work sets me up on a blind
date with one of their ugly relatives. I guess it just
goes with anyone who is single and living alone.”

“Then why doesn’t anyone try to set Lois up with
anyone?”

“Everyone is afraid of Lois. I bet she chews up her
dates and spits them out before there is a second
date.”

“You better not let Lois hear you saying that or you
will be the one she chews up and spits out.”

“Since we are on the subject of blind dates, can I
hook you up with a friend of mine? He’s only going to
be in town this Saturday?”

“Sorry but this Saturday I have a date.” Clark said
with a big grin on his face.

“I bet it’s with some loser Lois set you up with?
Well, at least with my friend you would have had a
great time but its ok you have a date.”

“Maybe next time?” Clark said but not really meaning
it he only said to make Jimmy feel better.

“No, its ok I won’t set you up with any more a blind
dates if you promise not to do the same thing to me.”
Jimmy said as he got up and left Clark sitting alone
at the table with a half-eaten pizza.

Clark said to himself “Men are getting just as bad as
the women are.” Then he grabbed a slice of pizza and
began to eat it.

**************

Michael was standing outside of the club,
“Excailibur,” one of Metropolis newest hot spots. The
club accepted people no matter what gender they
preferred which made it an excellent choice for him
and Clark’s second date. He wanted everything to go
well on this date because he really liked Clark a lot
and hoped that Clark felt the same way about him.

He saw Clark walk toward him wearing a pair of black
dress pant and a white linen shirt. Michael began to
wonder what Clark looked like without his clothes on
and without those glasses that he thought hid Clark’s
beautiful face.

“Hey, Clark! I hope you are ready for some fun and
some dancing.” Michael said beaming up at Clark.

“Michael, it is good to see you, and you should know
that I’m not that good of a dancer.”

“Stick with me tonight, Clark. I will teach you
everything you want to know but were afraid to ask.”
Michael said as he winked his right eye at Clark. Then
he took Clark by his right hand and lead him into the
club.

When they got inside of the club, it was packed with a
lot of people. The club looked like a warehouse that
has been converted into one big dance floor with
tables spread around it. And a large dance floor so
that many people were out there on the dance floor
dancing. There was a big yellow neon sign that said
bar on it and the bar had a big glass mirror on it so
that you could still see what was going on in the club
if you stopped by it for drinks. There was a long line
of stools with people on them having drinks or just
talking to someone.

So Michael lead Clark to the bar and yelled in his
ear, “Stay, right here while I go and try to find us a
table.”

Clark only nodded as he watched Michael push through
the crowd to find them a table. Then he turned his
attention to the bar thinking one drink without
Michael would not hurt anything. As soon as he turned
around and swung his arms onto the bar, he crashed
into a drink, sending the contents of the drink
spilling along the bar and the glass to fall behind
the bar.

Very quickly Clark said, “Sorry, let me buy you
another drink.” He motioned for the bartender. Then he
looked beside him to see who the owner of the spilled
drink belonged to. The guy was wearing black pants and
a grey sweater and the sleeves’ pushed up just below
his elbow that had a v-line opening that had a zipper
on it. He had brown hair that was spiky and a
mustache. He had the most piercing blue eyes.

“I was drinking a scotch and usually I fall down
before my drink does.” He said smiling at Clark.

Clark told the bartender, “Make that two scotches.” He
watched the bartender fix the drinks and pass it to
them then he looked over to the stranger and said,
“Heres to you falling down before your drink does.” As
he held up his drink.

The stranger only nodded and picked up his drink and
clinked his glass against Clark’s glass and then took
a slip. Then he said, “This is my first time here
coming to this club I didn’t think there would be so
many people here.”

“This is my first time here as well.” Clark said as he
played with his glass.

“That makes us both virgins to this club waiting to
get our cherries popped.”

Both of them laugh.

“Hot date, tonight?’ The stranger said looking into
Clark’s eyes.

“Yeah. Where is your date tonight?” Clark said as he
took another sip of his drink.

“I’m free as a bird tonight. Would you believe that I
was set up on a blind date and the blind date couldn’t
make it because he had another date? Could you believe
I got stood up by someone I don’t even know?”

Clark thought to himself and said “‘He.” So this guy
is gay too.” Clark looked at him again more closely
and thought damn why couldn’t have Lois had set me up
with you instead of Michael. It could have been you
and I at this club or anyplace else having a great
time. Or we could be in bed, right now both our bodies
dancing to the rhythm of each other, but I’m stuck
here with Michael. Then Clark said to him, “I met my
date on a blind date, so who knows you may find
someone you like next time.”

“I’m through with blind dates forever. Maybe if you
were my blind date? I would change my mind.”

“Yeah? You’ve seen me so it would not be a blind
date.”

“I know that way we could cut out all the chat about
drinks and see if we connect on another level.”

“What other level do you mean?”

“You have a date tonight so it would be wrong of me to
put ideas in your head when you are leaving out of
here with him instead of me.”

Before Clark could answer back, he noticed Michael
waving out to him from the mirror in front of the bar
and he said to the stranger “It was fun bumping into
you but my date has found our table, so I have to go.”
Then he stood up to leave.

“Have a great time and hopefully no more spilled
drinks”

Clark only smiled and he took his drink to go find
Michael. Then he treaded through the crowd until he
found Michael sitting at a table and sat down with his
drink.

“Sorry it took so long to find us a table. But it
looks like you made a new friend already.”

“I spilled his drink and brought him another besides I
don’t even know his name.” Clark said as he took a sip
of his drink and looked toward the bar to find the
stranger was looking at him and he looked at Michael
and said, “I thought you were going to teach me how to
dance.”

Michael got up from his seat and said, “Follow me,
Clark.”

**************

“I knew you could dance, Clark and I loved watching
you dance and so did everyone else who watched you. We
have to go dancing more often.” Michael said.

“Well, I have the best teacher in the world dancing
beside me. You made me look good out there on the
dance floor.” Clark said as he blushed.

“I need a drink, you want another one?”

Clark nodded.

“Be right back, don’t go anywhere.” Michael said as he
went off to get the drinks.

He sat at the table for five minutes before he looked
up and over to the bar again. When he did, he saw the
stranger was still looking at him. He knew when he was
on the dance floor he was being watched but refused to
look at him. Clark ducked his head back down and began
playing with his napkin. He knew that it was crazy to
be out on a date with someone and looking at someone
else but he could not help it. It was like he was
drawn to this complete stranger like a magnet.

“Here is your drink and when we rest up a bit, we are
going back out on that dance floor.” Michael said.

“Sure, thing.” Clark said as he took his drink and
took a sip and then he noticed that the stranger had
gotten up and was gone. He quickly looked around the
club and saw him heading toward the bathroom. Then
Clark said to Michael “Bathroom.” He got up and left
to follow the stranger into the bathroom.

*******

Clark walked into the bathroom looking around for him.
He could not find him anywhere. Then he thought to
himself what an idiot he was looking for someone he
didn’t even know. He went over to sink to wash his
hand to least have an excuse to why he was in the
bathroom in the first place.

“Looking for me?” The stranger said as he held open
the bathroom door three doors down from where Clark
was standing.

Clark turned around and looked at him and said “No,
just washing my hands.”

“Come here and let me see did you get your hands
clean.”

He turned off the water and began drying his hands on
his pants as he walked over to where the stranger had
called out to him. He went inside the bathroom stall
and held out his hands. Then the stranger closed the
door and locked it and slowly turned to faced him.
Before he could do anything else, Clark pushed him
against the door and began kissing him hard. The kiss
was sure to leave a bruise on his lips.

They kissed each other deeply both of their tongues
demanding to be in control of the other. Then they
began rubbing their erections together making them
even more hotter than they were before. Clark then got
the strangers tongue between his teeth and pulled back
a bit and began unfastening his pants until he
unzipped them and slid his hand inside and grabbed
hold of his cock and let go of his tongue. He began
squeezing on head of his cock. Which made the stranger
moan as he kept squeezing on his cock.

While still holding on to his cock Clark looked him in
the eyes and said, “I am going to fuck you right here
in this bathroom stall.” He released his cock and
began unfastening his own pants.

The stranger only nodded as he watched Clark pull down
his pants, sliding down his boxers and then grabbed a
hold of his pants and pushed them down along with his
briefs.

Clark kissed him again and then said, “Turn around.”
He began pumping his cock.

The stranger turned around as ordered and he placed
his hands on the toilet and waited until he heard the
familiar rip of a condom pack being opened. Then he
felt a finger go inside of him and then another
making him ready to be fucked up the ass. The fingers
in his ass made him moan and want so much more that he
was aching to be fucked not a slow fuck but a hard
fast fuck.

Clark removed his finger from the guy’s ass and looked
at it knowing how much he was going to enjoy fucking
him. Then lined up his cock with the puckered hole and
pushed in gently until he was all the way in the
warmth of the guy’s ass.

Clark held onto him as he came and he was still
shaking long after he had come. He eased out of him
slowly making sure that the condom came out with him.
Then he took the condom off and threw it in the toilet
and began putting his clothes back together and kissed
him and left out of the bathroom.

As Clark walked back to his table, he thought about
him having sex in a bathroom while your date waits for
you at a table. How could he continue his date with
Michael after having mind-blowing sex with a complete
stranger? He wanted to fell guilty about it but he
just could not. Something about the stranger made him
want him even though he was with someone else and
Clark still wanted him.

The stranger cleaned himself up and put his clothes
back on. He went to the sink and turned it on and
threw some cold water on his face. Then he looked at
himself in the mirror and put his hands on his face
and begin taking off his fake mustache and pulled the
wig off his head. He looked at himself without all the
fake things on him and rubbed his bald head and said
looking into the mirror, “Feeling better, Alex?” He
walked out of the bathroom and passed a trash can
where he threw the wig and mustache away and exited
out the back door.

*****************

Clark left Michael after saying their goodbyes in
front of the club. He was feeling restless and needed
something, anything to take his mind off of what he
had done at the club. So he decided that he would go
on patrol that always took his mind off of things that
trouble him. He searched the city looking for anything
to make him forget that he was Clark Kent for tonight
he wanted only to be Superman.

For it did not take long for him to find trouble, he
found it as he was looking over a bridge and saw a man
leaning over the bridge and it looked like he wanted
to, jump into it. So Superman flew down and came down
right behind the man and grab him and pulled him from
the bridge and sat him down a couple of miles away
from the bridge.

Superman looked closely at the man who had on the same
clothes as the guy at the bar had on but this guy was
different. He was completely bald and no facial hair.
Even without the hair, he knew right away it was the
same guy he had fucked at the club. If Clark didn’t
want to deal with him now, he had no choice as
Superman. He had to deal with him.

“Looking to take a swim in the river, so late at
night?” Superman said as he looked at him.

“No!” The guy said and then he started to laugh.

Superman just looked at him like the guy had lost his
mind and said, “I don’t see what is so funny. Would
you mind telling me what’s so funny so that I can
laugh as well?”

The guy continued to laugh and then he said, “You
thought that I wanted to jump into that river and you,
Superman came out of no where and pulled me away to
save my life.”

“I don’t see anything funny about trying to save your
life.”

“I was only looking into the river not trying to kill
myself. So you wasted your time trying to save me.”

“And why where you looking at the river so late at
night? I’m sure you can see it much better in the
daytime?”

“I come here at night and look into the water to
think. When I have a lot of things on my mind I come
and look into the water, it calms me. So, what do you
do when you need to think things over, Superman?”

“I save people nothing to think about. I just do it.”

“But who saves you at the end of day?”

“I don’t need to be saved.”

“Spoken like a true superhero. I have read in comic
books that superheroes always save the world never
looking for a reward. At the end of day once the mask
is removed, they come home to an empty house and no
one to share with who they really are. No one whom
they can explain how their day went.”

“And you think you know me so well? This coming from a
guy who likes to stare off into the water and think
when its pinch dark outside. Who do you have to at
home to share your day with?”

“As much fun I had to tonight enjoying this little
chat it’s late and I need to get some sleep. Good
night, Superman.” He said as he put his hands in his
pockets and started to walk to where he had left his
car.

“Not so fast, buddy.”

The guy turned around and looked at Superman and said
“The name is Alex not buddy.”

“Well, Alex you didn’t answer my question. Which is
who, do you go home at night to?”

“Tonight, no one. But ask me another night and it may
be different.”

Clark blushed at his answer but quickly turned back
into Superman mode. “Goodnight, Alex.” He flew up into
the air and was gone in seconds.

The night had turned out to be a good night for both
Clark and Superman. Clark had sex with a complete
stranger and enjoyed it. Superman had learned that
his name was Alex and that he came to the same place
every night to think. Now the only problem was how,
was he going to switch places with Clark and Superman
and see Alex as Clark not as Superman?

**********************

Lois was sitting at her desk waiting for a phone call
on an important story she was working when she turned
around and noticed Clark sitting at his desk with a
stupid grin on face. And she knew it had something to
do with Michael and his date last night. So Lois
yelled across the news room floor “Clark, could you
please come over to my desk it seems I have a problem
with my computer.”

Clark heard Lois calling out to him and he got up from
his desk and walked over to her desk and said “What
kind of problem is your computer giving you today,
Lois?” As he looked at her computer screen.

“Well, my computer seems to be acting funny not its
usual self today. Almost like it has a great time last
night with another computer, Clark. You know what I
mean?” Lois said twisting on a lock of her hair.

“Sure I don’t know what you mean Lois and your
computer seems to be working just fine.” Clark said
looking at Lois.

“You do know what I mean Clark Kent. So, how did your
date with Michael go last night.”

“We went dancing nothing else happened.”

Oh just dancing? Now explain to me why you had a
stupid grin on your face before I called you over to
my desk?”

“I did not have a stupid grin on my face and I have to
go now.” Clark said as he turned around and started to
walk away from Lois’ desk.

“I knew it you got laid, Smallville.” Lois said with a
big smile on her face.

With those words Clark stopped and turned around and
walked back to Lois and said, “Say it a little louder
Lois, I don’t the people in the back of the office
heard you.”

“Oh Clark nobody pays any attention to what you and I
talk about so relax, ok? ....I knew you and Michael
would be great together.”

“Don’t kill me, Lois but it was not with Michael.”

Lois almost fell out of her chair as grabbed her desk
to keep from falling and she looked up at Clark and
said “I thought you went out with Michael last night?”

“I did go out with Michael last night.”

“So you and Michael went out and he was not the one,
you, good lucky with? I want all the details Clark
now!”

“I think I better sit and I want you to keep your
hands on your desk so that I can see them at all
times. Because you are not going to like what I have
to say . . . ” Clark said and then he begins to tell
Lois about Alex.

After Clark had finish telling her his story Lois just
sat there not believing that Clark could do anything
so bad to someone he was dating. Then Lois began “Wow,
Clark didn’t know you had a wicked side to you.” Lois
said grabbing Clark’s ear and whispering into it
“Bathroom sex, is totally hot but it still does not
explain why you had sex someone else besides your
date.” She let go of Clark’s ear.

“I know Lois but when I met him there was something
between us that I can’t explain. All I know is that I
wanted him, just us much as he wanted me. I like
Michael but with Alex there was instant chemistry. And
I want to see Alex again but I don’t know how?”

“Clark, are you asking me how to find Alex again so
that you can see him again? And I guess I’m supposed
to forget that you are seeing a friend of mine?”

“No, Lois I would never ask you to find Alex for me
but a real friend does not have to ask their best
friend for a favor that my best friend would do it to
make their friend very happy.”

Lois shook her head and said “I have work to do,
Clark.”

Clark got up from Lois’ desk and said as he was
leaving “Thank you.”

Lois mumbled under breath “Who needs a friend?” As she
picked her phone to make a few calls to find out who
Alex was.

************************

Four nights later, Alex was at the bridge but instead
of looking down at the water he decided to get a
closer look. So he climbed down the bank of the river
and stood at the water’s edge and looked into the
water. He knew there was something about the water
that called out to him night after night. Sounds that
the water made when it hit upon the rocks seem to give
him some sort of inner peace.

Alex stood there a long time looking into the water
and then he picked up some rocks and began to throw
them in one by one into the river. He smiled at
himself remembering as a child what fun he had seeing
how far he could throw the rock and make it bounce off
the water. So, he decided tonight to just have fun at
the river and see it could he beat his own personal
record of getting a rock half way to the other side.

He was throwing a rock across the river when he heard
a familiar voice saying, “I can do better than that
plus you throw like a girl.”

Alex didn’t bother turning around and said, “Think you
can do better, prove it.”

Clark picked up a rock and threw it and it bounced
across the water to the other side.

Alex turned around and looked at him and said, “If I
have strength like yours I could do the same so you
win by default . . . How did you find me?”

“It was not easy.” Clark lied about the next part. “I
saw you when you left out of the club.”

“I thought I made a clean get away but I guess not.
And I guess by me being bald it was easy to spot me
again?” Alex said as he touched his head.

“Yes, you are not an easy person to forget.”

“And why did you want to find me again? Sorry I don’t
even know your name.”

“It’s Clark and your name?”

“Alex, and you still didn’t answer my question to why
you wanted to see me again?” Alex said as he moved
closer to Clark standing just a few inches away from
him.

“No date tonight, Alex.”

“I can see that, Clark.” Alex said as he looked into
Clark eyes. “Dark hair, green eyes, tall, and
beautiful and did anyone ever tell you that your lips
are perfect.” Alex said as he lean in and kissed Clark
fully on his lips and then he pulled back and sucked
on his bottom lip. “Sweet.”

Clark blushed and said, “You’re beautiful as well.”

“You have me all night. Your place or mine?”

“My place. But first I want to get to know you before
we head back to my place.”

“Lets trade war stories shall we. I will tell you
something personal about me and you tell me something
about you.”

“You, first.”

“Fair enough. I will tell you why I come to this river
at night and look into the water.”Alex said and he sat
on the ground with his knees folded into his chest.
“This river changed my life in more ways than I can
count. When I was younger, my mother use to take me
here that was before she died. A couple of years ago I
was driving along this river and my car went over the
side and plunged in. I died that day only to be
brought back to life. There is a part of me that still
lives in this river and that’s the part of me that
keeps calling me back here night after night . . . Now
your turn?”

“When I was fifteen years old, I found out I was
adopted. It changed my life in more ways than one. Do
you know what it is like to feel that you do not
belong to anyone or anything? My father told me that I
was not his son but he still loved me. He said I was
growing up and that I should know who I truly am. But
to this day I really don’t know who I am.” Clark said
as he looked down at Alex.

Alex stood up and wiped himself off then he walked
over to Clark and said, “We make the prefect pair, we
both feel that we don’t belong. Just maybe between the
both of us, we can some how fit together.” Alex said
looking up at Clark.

*********************

Clark woke up the next morning to find himself alone
is his bed. He wondered was last night just a dream.
If it was a dream it was the best dream he had in a
long time then he looked around his bedroom and
founded Alex’s clothes still there and smiled knowing
Alex was still here with him. Last night he and Alex
had not just had sex but incredible sex. Alex had done
things to his body that no man had ever come close to
doing to him. It almost felt like he was a virgin
being taken for the first time. Alex had shown him
things that were possible to do between two men. And
he loved it and he wanted more but mostly he wanted
Alex, not just in his bed but in his life

“Alex.” Clark called out to him from his bed.

Alex came out of the bathroom with his cell phone in
his right hand and smiled when he saw Clark and threw
the cell phone in a chair and walked over to Clark and
sat next to him and said “Good morning.”

Clark kissed him on lips and said, “Good morning. I
woke up and thought you had disappeared on me again.”

“No, I just had to make a phone call and didn’t want
to wake you and besides it looked like you needed the
rest.” Alex said as he began kissed Clark hard.

Clark kept kissing Alex until he pulled back and Clark
asked him, “I hope, your phone call doesn’t mean you
have to go because I sort wanted to spend the day with
you.”

“I do have to go.” Alex said sadly. “My father wants
me home A.S.A.P. and my working for my father he never
takes no for an answer.”

“I remember what it was like when I worked with my
father.”

“Yes, but my father still wants to control me. Like he
is doing now making me leave you when I want to stay
with you.”

“Then stay here with me and forget your father.”

“Easier said than done Clark. If I don’t go home right
now, he will come looking for me and find me.”

“How can he find you if he doesn’t know where you
are?”

“You found me and with the way I looked it wouldn’t
take him long to find me.”

“I know a place where we could go. Where no body can
find you or me.”

“Why do you want to be alone with me Clark?”

“Besides the sex.” Clark blushed said, “I want to get
to know you with or without sex.”

“I don’t know, Clark.”

“What can I do to convince you that I want to be with
you?”

Alex thought and said “Cook me breakfast, besides I
can’t live on sex alone.” He said with a smirk across
his lips.

“One week alone with you, Alex. That’s all, I am
asking of you.”

********************

Clark took Alex to secluded place in the woods of
Smallville. It was an old cabin that no one had used
in years and Clark went there sometimes at Superman
where he needed to think instead of going home to the
fortress of solitude. The perfect place for him and
Alex to go without anyone coming to disturb them. A
place to get to know each other without the real world
to distract them.

Clark and Alex used their time to explore the woods
and talk. Both Clark and Alex discovered they both
were basically loners not letting anyone into their
private lives. When they talked to each other both of
them, knew the other who holding back but figured in
time they would share everything with each other. Each
of them never talked about their families figuring it
was private. Clark knew Alex had issues with his
father, so he never brought that topic in their
conversation. Clark loved to talk about life on the
farm and how hard it was for him growing up, feeling
so alone, not being able to share his life with. Alex
talked of being raised up in boarding schools and how
out of place he felt. Feeling that he would never be
able to share his life with anyone.

Their last night together at the cabin they decided to
talk to long walk after dinner. They found a spot the
over the water and kissed for a bit and then they
talked.

“I can’t believe our week together is almost over
with, Alex.” Clark said sadly.

Alex looked at Clark and took his hands into his and
said, “I’ve enjoyed being with you as well. I do plan
on seeing you again Clark after we leave here. I do
want to be with Clark.”

Clark smiled and said, “I want to see again and be
with you all the time. Its going to be different once
we get back to the city. I don’t want things to change
between us.”

“Why do things have to change between Clark? I’m still
the same person you have know for the past week. When
I do get back to the city I may get busy but so you
know I am never going to be to busy to see you.”

“The city seems to change people. I just don’t want us
to get lost in the crowd.”

“It’s never going to happen, Clark.”

“Lets start over and pretend like we are meeting for
the very first time,” Clark said while holding out his
right hand and continued “Hi, my name is Clark Kent
and your name?”

Alex reached out and took Clark’s hand into his and
shook it and said “Hi, my name is Alexander but most
people call me Lex Luthor.”

Clark suddenly pulled his hand away from Alex upon
learning that he was an “LUTHOR.” Not just any Luthor
but the one and only son of Lionel Luthor. Lionel
Luthor, how many times had he heard his father,
friends, and other newspaper reporters say his name as
if it was some kind of deadly poison. And Clark
himself had written stories on how Lionel had cheated
and stole to build LuthorCorp into one the world’s
largest company. The elder Luthor was ruthless when it
came to something that he wanted and he went after it
with no concern of who was hurt. For Lionel the end,
always justify’s the means and with Alex being his son
did the same apply to him as well?

All Clark could say was, “Lionel Luthor is your
father.” As he stepped away from Alex.

“Yes, Lionel Luthor is my father, Clark. Me and my
father are two different people and I had hoped that
you would not judge me by my father’s actions. But
seeing how you reacted to my name I guess the damage
is already done.”

“I don’t want to judge you by your father but you are
his son. I’m sure that you learned a lot from him. But
how can I separate you from him? Tell me how do I do
that?”

“It’s simple, you either trust me or you don’t.”

“I want to trust you but I still have so many
questions left unanswered. Maybe with time I could get
to know you and we could start over again.”

“You don’t trust me and you won’t let yourself get to
know me. Why do you think when we met at that club
that I was not myself but someone else? Because the
minute someone hears that I’m a Luthor They treat me
like I have done something wrong to them. My father
made LuthorCorp into what it is today long before I
decided to join my father’s company. And yet I’m
treated like a viper. I didn’t ask to be born a Luthor
but I’m proud to carry my name.”

“I guess there is nothing more to say? Goodnight,
Lex.”

“Now its Lex? Goodbye, Clark.” Alex said as he started
walking back to his car and not looking back on his
maybe relationship with one Clark Kent.

Clark stayed there a long time after Alex had gone and
thought to himself why couldn’t he been anyone other
than a Luthor. And with his luck in love he had to
find the least likely person in the world to fall in
love with. He wished that things could have been
different between him and Alex. But destiny had
stepped in to tear them apart forever.

**************

As Clark got off the elevator of the Daily Planet
newsroom he scanned for Lois and he found her sitting
at her desk on her computer. He slowly walked over to
her desk and took a deep breath and said, “Hey Lois,
find anything new over the internet?”

“No, just some old stuff on Alexander Joseph Luthor.”
She said as she looked up at Clark.

At the mention of Alex’s name Clark sat at Lois’ desk
and said, “I don’t ever want to hear that name ever
again.”

“Clark, you met Lex Luthor last night and did not even
call me to let me know? The son of Metropolis
wealthiest citizens comes into town and you pass it
up? So fess up what did he have to say?”

“Oh, just that he is joining his father at
LuthorCorp.”

“The wayward son has come home to join daddy’s company
at last.”

Clark only nodded.

Lois looked at Clark like she had finally seen him for
the first time today and said, “I made a few phones
calls last night and found out that Alex is Lex Luthor
and judging by the look of you he told you that
himself last night. I am sorry Smallville.”

“What else did you find out about him?”

“I thought you didn’t want to hear anything more about
him.”

“At first I didn’t but now I want to find out if he is
his father’s son. If he is, I want the world to know
that Lex Luthor is just as evil as his father is.”

“I knew the reporter in you would come out and now you
want blood. That Luthor blood that is for Lex making
you believe that he was someone else.”

“No, with Lex coming to town and joining his father’s
company, that’s a news story. Just in case we find out
something, he is hiding the more better story for us.”

“Hate to ask, Smallvile but me being a reporter and
all. How did you really feel about Lex before you knew
he was a Luthor?”

“I liked him and I thought we had great chemistry
together. But we were never meant to be.”

“Because he is a Luthor?”

Clark only nodded.

“You broke up with him because he is a Luthor and all
the stories you heard about how evil the Luthors are.
What did Lex have to say when you told him all of
this?”

“He told me that I was judging him by his father. And
that he was nothing like his father. You know the old
song and dance, about him being his own man.”

“Smallville let me tell you something. I hate to admit
this but Lex may be right. We really don’t know that
much about him other that the fact that he is a
Luthor. Until the facts speak otherwise maybe you
should not judge him and if everything does check out
he was lying we will find it out.”

“I don’t get you Lois one minute you want to hang the
Luthors and next you want us to trust one.”

“Not saying trust them but do keep your eyes wide open
around them.”

**************

Clark thought about what had done to Michael, not
giving him the chance too win his heart. He almost had
thrown away his relationship with Michael just to be
with someone he never could have had. It wasn’t that
Clark was a shallow person only thinking about sex to
be with someone and he prove it that night he said
goodbye to Alex. Now he was going to see if Michael
could be the one who held his heart’s desire.

As Clark stood outside of Michael’s door, he
straightened out his clothes and knocked on his door.
As he was waiting for Michael to come to the door
Clark thought he could do this he could go out with
Michael again. Even though he was not sexually
attracted to him but he thought it would come with
time. They could really talk to get to know each other
and see if they could have a relationship and maybe he
could fall in love with Michael.

The door flew open after the third knock and Michael
was standing there with a big smile across his face
and he leaned into Clark and kissed him softly on his
lips and he pulled back and said “Hi, glad you could
make it . . . Please come in.”

“Hi, Michael.” Clark said as he brushed passed
Michael as he entered his apartment.

“Have a seat while I go into the kitchen to check on
the food.” Michael said as he left the living room and
headed toward the left to his kitchen.

Clark looked around the living room and found a small
two seat black couch and matching black leather
chairs. And in the corner was big tv and next to it
was a large bookcase that took up all the space along
the wall. He sat on the couch and said, “Nice place
you have, Michael.”

Michael came back into the living room carrying two
wine glasses and a bottle of white wine under his
right arm and sat next to Clark, placing the wine set
down on the coffee table. Then he said “Thank you, I
sure hope that you are hungry because I cooked a lot
of food” Then he opened up the wine and filled both
glasses and passed one to Clark.

“I did bring my appetite with me. And I do enjoy home
cooking.” Clark said as he picked up his wine glass
and took a slip.

“For our feast tonight, I cooked homemade lasagna,
tossed salad and for desert I made a cheese cake
topped with fresh strawberries.”

“Is there anything you can’t do?”

Michael thought about it and said, “Well, I do have
some left over strawberries and some whipped cream.
That I couldn’t find a use for tonight. Maybe you can
help me find a way to use them?’

Clark blushed and said “Michael, are you trying to
seduce me tonight?”

“No, I only cook for people I don’t like.” Michael
said as he winked at Clark.

“What do you do for people you like?”

Michael leaned over and kissed Clark softly on the
lips and pulled back and said, “That and more.”

“I think you better go and check on the food because
if we keep on talking about what we can do with food,
the food in the kitchen is going to burn.”

“Who needs food when we have each other?”

“Food first because I am starving and maybe we can
play later.”

Michael rose from the couch and said, “I can’t wait
for play time, Clark.” Then he took Clark by the hand
and lead him into the kitchen.

**************

Sometimes Clark wondered how did he get himself into
certain situations like right now. He remembered
having dinner with Michael and enjoyed it but what he
didn’t remember was how he ended up flat on his back
lying on that small couch with Michael on top of him
and kissing him on his neck. Well, maybe he did
remember but he didn’t care and right now being with
Michael felt good.

Clark closed his eyes when Michael began kissing him
on his neck with feather like kisses and then he began
sucking on his neck, he kept on sucking on his neck
until Clark began to moan softly. Clark loved the
feelings that were going through his body and he
wanted more. So he opened his legs slightly giving
Michael closer contact to his body. He could feel
Michael’s hand moving down his body, first down his
chest and then his hand moved to his groin area as he
squeezed softly making Clark more harder. He moaned
even louder and then Michael took his left hand and
began to unzip his pants. Clark could hear the zipper
on his pants being undone and Michael’s hand inside of
his pants touching his cock. As Michael was touching
squeezing his cock, Clark suddenly felt like he was
cheating.

Cheating?

But how could he be cheating on anyone when he was not
with anyone. Clark remembered that Alex had told him
that he belongs to him mind, body, and soul and that
nobody was allowed to touch him but Alex. Since he
and Alex were no longer seeing each other Clark pushed
those thoughts out of his head and led Michael to
continue touching him.

Michael stopped touching Clark and looked up at him
and said, “I want to make love to you, Clark.”

“Please make love to me, Alex.”

After, saying Alex’s name had escaped his lips, Clark
knew that his relationship with Michael was over. He
knew that before he could move on, pass Alex that he
would have to confront him again.

“Alex?” Michael said as he got off of Clark and stood
up.

“Sorry.” Clark said as he began to put his clothes
back together. “I should go.”

“Yeah, you should go to Alex.” Michael said glaring at
Clark.

Clark hurried and got himself out of Michael’s
apartment saying goodbye to Michael. Thinking to
himself how he messed up his date with Michael because
of Alex. If only he had not met Alex, he could be
happy right now with Michael instead. But he had met
Alex and wanted to go to him and tell him that his
name and his father didn’t matter to him. Clark Kent
and Superman always did the right thing and made
everyone happy but Clark was not happy.

********************

“Spill, Clark and I do mean everything.” Lois said as
she patted the seat of her couch so that Clark could
sit beside her. She knew that Clark was finding it
hard to, chose between Michael and Alex. But wanting
to be a good friend and she was not going to tell
Clark whom he should have chosen but she only hoped
that he would make the right choice.

He walked over the couch and sat and looking at Lois
and said, “Did I ever tell you what a great friend you
are to me and how no matter what I say or do you are
always there for me.”

“Yeah, yeah but don’t keep me in suspense you have to
tell me what you decided.” Lois was about ready to
burst and she knew that Clark was going to drag out
what was on his mind.

“Well, I don’t know how happy you are going to be with
me once you hear what I have to say to you . . . but
here goes.” Clark, paused as he watched Lois squirm in
her seat and he loved that this time he had the upper
hand on her because he knew he had to be the first one
to tell her or she would have killed him. “Last night
I went over to Michael’s place for dinner but a third
party who will remain nameless ruined any chance I had
with Michael.”

“Oh, god how did Michael react with Alex coming over?”
Lois said sadly because she really wanted Clark and
Michael together.

“Well, he didn’t but he was there in my thoughts.
Michael wanted to make love to me and I said Alex’s
name so I don’t think I will be seeing him again
anytime soon. Also, I want to thank you for setting me
up on the blind date with Michael. And you were right
I did want to share my life with someone but not with
him. So, I beg your forgiveness in joking with you
about love.”

“Come here, you big lug.” Lois said and Clark came
toward her and they hugged very tight. “I am sorry
that things didn’t work out between you and Michael. ”
Then Lois released the hug and looked at Clark. “I
hate to hit you when you are low but I have to ask you
. . . are you truly over Alex?”

“You sure do know how to put a damper over things.”

“Stop avoiding my question about Alex.”

“What can I say about Alex? Besides him being a
Luthor. Maybe if he wasn’t a Luthor, I would be here
right now telling you about me and Alex. But things
happen for a reason if had not been for Alex I would
have never known what it was like to fall in love.”

Lois looked at Clark and said, “Did I hear you right,
Smallville? You said you are in love with Lex Luthor?”

“No, I said that I knew what it was like to fall in
love.”

“You are in love with him but you can’t or won’t be
with him because he is a Luthor and all Luthors are
evil, right?”

“It’s not that simple Lois. I grew up in a town where
everyone told you or you knew someone who life had
been touched by Lionel Luthor. Everything he touched
turned into broken dreams. Even my own father hates
Lionel Luthor and he taught me to stay away from the
Luthors never trust them because in the end they would
only break your heart. And guess what my father was
right.”

“Smallville, I think its time you grew up and stop
letting other people opinions of whom you should like
or what you should do from having a major impact on
your life. If you fall in love with anyone you may get
hurt but don’t let it affect you so that you don’t
ever fall in love.”

“While we are on the subject of love when are you
going to settle down Ms. Lane?”

Lois picked up a pillow that was behind her back and
hit Clark with it and said “I’m to smart for love but
the sex part will do very well indeed.”

*************************

Clark raced up the long driveway to his parents home.
He was happy and excited to be seeing his family
again. Seeing the yellow farm house and the red barn
brought back a lot of memories both happy and sad. He
had news for his parents that he was bursting to tell
them and could not wait. How do you tell your parents
that you found Mr. Right and Mr. Right was a Luthor,
maybe? He was just about to find out if his parent
would be happy that had someone in his life who he
wanted to share everything with.

He walked through the door and yelled, “Mom, Dad!” He
went to the refrigerator and looked inside for
something to eat.

“Clark, honey is that you?” He heard his mom say.

“Yeah, who else would be raiding your refrigerator for
some of your home cooking that he misses so much.” And
he ran over and hugged his mom very tightly.

“Son!” He heard his father calling out to him.

He let go of his mom and went over and hugged his dad
just as tightly.

“Clark, let me fix you something eat. You must be
tired after your long trip.” His mom said and went
looking for something to fix for his breakfast.

“Mom, Dad, please sit I have something very important
to tell you.” Clark said as he sat waiting for his
parent to sit as well

“There is nothing wrong with you, Clark?” His mom said
as his dad sat down beside her.

“Honestly, I’m fine.” Clark said looking at his
parents. “Just doing a story about Lionel Luther and
how he uses his power to hurt people.”

“Son, you don’t need help from me or your mother about
Lionel Luther you live and work in the same city he
does and you know very well what he does.” His father
said.

“I know dad but I want to know why you hate the
Luthors? ”

“Clark, it’s not that we hate the Luthors.” His mom
said as she squeezed his hand. “It’s just how Lionel
Luther has used all his money to hurt people to get
what he wants.”

“Martha, you worked for that man and you know first
hand what he has done to our friends” His father said
while looking at his wife.

“But dad, you always told me never to trust a Luthor
but you’ve never given me reason why you yourself hate
them.”

“It’s a long story Clark. Beside I don’t hate all the
Luthors just Lionel. And as far as his son Lex, you
know the old saying that the apple never falls far
from the tree.” Jonathan said as he looked at Clark.

“Jon, honey I think it about time Clark knows about
Lionel and what he has done to your family.” Martha
said while looking at her husband. “Please Jonathan,
for our family?”

Jonathan took a deep breath and looked at Clark while
Martha held his hands in hers. “It all started the day
of the meteor showers, the day you came into our life.
At first it was Pete’s family stealing all their land
where LuthorCorp plant 6 sits, that use to be a cream
corn factory. Then it started with your mother and
myself, the land where the Luthor Castle sits on use
to belong to us. We traded our land for you. Lionel
agreed to help us with your adoption in return for the
land. But that still wasn’t enough for Lionel and
still he wants to know about you Clark and where you
came from. So that is why I told you to stay away from
the Luthors.”

“I am sorry about losing the land to Lionel, dad. I
also wanted to know what do think of his son Lex,
coming to help him run LuthorCorp. ?” Clark asked
while looking at both of his parents.

“Clark, honey.” His mom said while looking at her son
with great concern of her face. “Why are you asking us
questions about the Luthors and Lex? Did Lex do
something?”

“Of course not but just want to know more about him
for a story I am writing up on him.” Clark lied to his
parents. He was writing a story on Alex but the kind
of story he ever wanted published just a story about
Alex and was he anything like his father because Clark
had to be sure that if he wanted a relationship with
him.

“Stay away from all the Luthors, Clark.” His dad said
as he got up from his chair to get himself a cup of
coffee.

“I can’t stay away from the Luthors, dad.” Clark took
three deep breaths before he continued. “You were
right dad when you said that once a Luthor touches
your life, you are never the same. I think I may have
fallen in love with Lex Luthor.” Clark said as he
looked as his parents.

The sound of a coffee cup crashed into the tiled
kitchen floor as his dad just froze as he looked at
Clark. His mother just sat there with her mouth wide
open in disbelief. Clark repeated his earlier
statement again, “I only said I think I may be in love
. . . please say something anything mom, dad?”

“I am so sorry Clark but you know how your father
feels about the Luthors. How could you fall in love
with the son of Lionel Luthor?” His mom said as she
held onto his left hand tightly.

“When I met Alex, he was not calling himself Lex. I
only found out he was a Luthor until after we had
gotten involved. After I found out he was a Luthor, I
broke things off with him. Now I’m not so sure I did
the right thing.” Clark said while looking at his
mother only too afraid to look at his father.

“Clark, son you did the right thing in breaking up
with him. I told you that the Luthors were not to be
trusted and Lex proved my point by not being honest
with you about who he really was. Well at least now
you know you can never trust a Luthor.”

“Maybe but now I understand why Alex didn’t tell me
who he really was because he knew I would hate him not
for who he is but because of his name. I was wrong
dad, in breaking up with him and now I don’t know how
to make it up to Alex?” Clark said as he stood up and
walked over to his father.

“Clark, the Luthors don’t know how to love, they only
know how to use people. Don’t let Lex use you and
throw you away like yesterday’s trash. I raised you to
be better than that.” His father said as he placed his
hands on both of Clark’s shoulders.

Clark looked into his father’s eyes and said, “You
raised me to know right from wrong. Also to trust
someone until they prove you wrong. I am going to talk
to Alex and hope he can forgive me for not trusting
him because of his name.”

Jonathan let go of Clark and said, “Don’t you dare go
begging a Luthor for anything. Because if you do, you
are not the son I raised.”

“John, Clark is our son no matter what choices he
makes whether we like them or not.” Martha said as she
stood next to Clark and hugged him.

Jonathan just looked at his wife without looking at
Clark and walked out the door.

Martha looked at Clark and said, “Don’t worry about
your father, I will talk to him.” Her eyes pleaded
with Clark that she would make everything all right.
“Now, tell me all about Lex . . . I mean Alex.”

Clark took his mother by her right hand and lead her
to the living room, where they both sat down. “Mom,
are sure you really want to hear about me maybe being
with Lex Luthor?”

“Clark, if he makes you happy of course, I want to
hear about him.” His mom said then she smiled at him.

“Mom, I know dad is upset with me for wanting to be
with a Luthor. I didn’t set out to fall in love with
Alex but I did.” Clark said and then he ran his hands
threw his hair and looked at his mother and said,
“Maybe if I had known Alex was a Luthor, I would have
not had fallen for him? The first time I met Alex
there was something there, it was like I was drawn to
toward him and I don’t think if I had known he was a
Luthor, would things had turned out differently. I
don’t know how else to explain it. Now I don’t know if
he can ever forgive me for not trusting him because of
his name?”

“Clark, you know me and your father only wants what is
best for you. We can’t pick who you should fall in
love with. We will be here for you, when you need us.
Your father will just have to learn that he can no
longer make decisions for you. You are the only one
who knows what is best for you. Don’t let what me or
your father may think of someone influence you. Only
let what me and your father taught you be your guide.”

Clark smiled and said, I’m so glad that you and dad
found me. I love you both so very much.” Then Clark
leaned over and kissed his mother on her right cheek
and she kissed him back.

“Just talk to Alex. Make him understand that you were
wrong. He will be angry at first and he will forgive
you. If you does not forgive you . . . ” His mom said.

“We will be here for you as always.” His father said
as he held out his arms open. Without a word Clark ran
into his father’s arm and hugged him tightly and his
father hugged him just as tightly.

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As Superman, Clark was unafraid of anyone, nothing
ever scared him. As Clark, he was afraid of one person
Alexander Joseph Luthor. Alex could not hurt him
physically be mentally he could hurt him like no one
else could do. Tonight Clark wished that his battle
was with some kind of mutant or anything else. He
could out think them or use his super strength too
win. But with Alex he had nothing to use against him
but his own words that his heart spoke to him. With
those words he hoped would be enough too win his
battle with Alex. A battle he had to win because at
stake was his heart.

Clark saw Alex again at the same bridge, he was leaned
over it with his arms resting on the railings. From
Clark’s point of view Alex looked as though he was
deep in thought. Before Clark approached him, he
thought to himself, maybe he could talk to him another
time when Alex looked like he wanted to talk to
someone. His heart told him to talk to Alex now
because too much time had passed since they last
talked.

Clark gathered up his nerves and walked toward him and
cleared his throat and said, “Hi, Alex . . . Can I
talk to you?”

Alex didn’t turn around to look at him and he said
nothing.

“I came here tonight to apologize to you. I am sorry.
I judged you by your name alone. I hope you can find
it in your heart to forgive me.” Clark said as he
moved closer to stand next to Alex.

Alex turned around and looked at Clark and said, “Do I
know you?” He said with a smirk of his face.

“You are not going to make this easy for me? Are you
Alex?”

“Why should I make anything easy for you, Clark? It
has taken you 4 weeks to talk to me again.”

“Because I love you, Alex.”

“And saying that you love me Clark is supposed to make
everything all right between us?”

“No, But it is a start. I want you to understand why I
reacted to hearing that your last name. I was raised
in a house where my father hated your father and he
never told me why until today. When I told him, I was
in love with you. My father dislikes your father over
some land your father took away from his family. I
acted no better that my father toward you. I am
willing to admit I was wrong.”

“So bad parenting is to blame for the way you treated
me and its all your father’s fault. And I should
forget and forgive you is that what you are telling
me, Clark?”

“No, I was the one at fault, not my father. It was my
decision to make. I know saying I’m sorry doesn’t fix
everything between us. I wanted you know even if you
never can forgive me.”

“Clark, you only get one chance to break my heart and
I just can’t let you back in my life to do it again. I
can’t be with someone who does not trust me.”

“I trust you now, Alex.”

“Sorry, Clark it too late. And I think you should go
now.” Alex said as he turned around and began looking
into the water.

Clark started to walk away then he turned around and
said, “Alex!”

Alex turned around and looked at Clark.

“Do you love me, Alex? Yes or no?”

“I don’t know how to answer that question, Clark.”

“Yes or No?” Clark said as he walked toward Alex.

“Yes. But . . . ”

Alex was able to say before Clark took him in his arms
and kissed him. Clark kept kissing Alex even though
Alex was fighting the kiss. Alex soon stopped fighting
the kiss and give into it.

Clark pulled back from him and said, “You do love me,
Alex.”

“I still don’t trust you, Clark. For that reason alone
I can’t be with you. The way you want me to be with
you.”

“I understand. Can we be friends?”

“Friends?”

“Yes. I have the feeling that you and I are going to
be great friends. The stuff that legends are made out
of.”

“Friends only. ” Alex said as he had his hand out to
Clark.

Clark shook Alex’s hand with his right hand but with
his other hand he bent behind his back and the crossed
two fingers.

“It’s never going to be over between us. Remember
that.” With those words, Clark was gone and he knew
that he had left Alex there to still think about them.
Clark was determined to find a way to win Alex back.

He didn’t know how he was going to do it but he and
Alex were meant to be together. No, one was going to
stop that not even his father or Alex’s father.

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The End