Title: Friends? Again?
Author: JadedLady
Rating: PG-13/R
Challenge:
Disclaimer: Don’t own them. Most likely never will. Can I cry now? The WB/Millar/Gogh Please don’t sue me; I’m only borrowing your beautiful boys for a little while, I promise to give them back.
Feedback: Please be gentle. This is my first ever fanfiction. Email
jo-ann.duke@mailcity.com  .
Warnings: Possibly some bad language, maybe a little bit of Clex loving.
Notes: Part of the ClexFest at: http://www.kardasi.com/Lexclusive/ClexFest.

FRIENDS? AGAIN?
by JadedLady

November 2011

Clark leaves the Daily Planet building to meet his parents for a very welcome but unexpected lunch. As they drive to the restaurant, they are just casually chatting with the radio playing softly in the background. As they get there, a special news bulletin comes over the radio “We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast for a special report by Neika Neocene regarding a breaking story. Neika, could you please fill us in? What is going on?”

“Well, Jed, it has been confirmed that Lex Luthor, heir of the Luthorcorp empire and CEO and President of LexCorp had been kidnapped. The kidnappers have the ransom demand public by sending it to our station. The reason given for this action is the kidnappers feel by doing so they will be able to force the elder Luthor’s hands.”

“The main demand of the ransom note is $100,000,000.00 but this is not all they want. They want Mr. Luthor to turn over certain files and prototypes of several projects that the scientific division of Luthorcorp has been working on this last year. To prove they are deadly serious, they have given Lionel Luthor a deadline of 9:00 A.M. tomorrow. They say if this deadline passes, Mr. Luthor will begin to receive parts of his son for every hour that elapses past the deadline.”

Clark and his parents just sit in the car, absolutely stunned by the news they just heard. “Mom, Dad, Lex is in trouble.”

Jon, “Yet again, waiting for you to run to his rescue, I’m sure.”

“Jon, now stop that, you know Lex can’t help who his father is, any more than the rest of us.” Martha says with an exasperated expression.

“Guys, you don’t understand. Lex told me years ago that it’s Luthorcorp policy not to negotiate with kidnappers, threats, that kind of thing. Lionel says that it sets a bad precedent, makes them greedy; they start to get above themselves. You can’t allow that.”

“Clark, sweetie, what do you mean, you can’t mean that Lionel wouldn’t rescue his own son if it’s possible. He couldn’t let Lex suffer like that, could he?” Clark’s mom looks at him in shock.

“I think he would, Mom. God, I remember when we were best friends in Smallville, something similar happened. A Luthorcorp executive was kidnapped over in one of the trouble spots at the time and Lionel refused to deal with the kidnappers. They threatened to kill the man, so Lex was planning to use his trust fund to pay for his release but Lionel forbade it. Luckily the police in the area were working with some “contacts” that Lionel knew and these contacts found the man; though unfortunately not before some major damage had been done.”

“Now, Clark, how can you be sure that’s actually the case. You probably misunderstood, I’m sure that Lionel wouldn’t let anyone be tortured, especially not his own son.”

“I know this is for real, Dad, because I saw some of the pictures what the kidnappers did to that man before he was retrieved. They were brutal. Lex didn’t see me there and I could see the pictures just spread out on his desk. They really got to him, you know. It was the first time that I ever saw him cry.

“Son, what did Lex say when he saw you there?”

“He never did . Before he could look up and see me, Lionel showed up so he didn’t see me at all. I had just planned to go into the study when Lionel came storming into the room and tore right into Lex.

It was so unbelievably vicious. I couldn’t believe that a father would be able to speak to his son like that. It was incredible in how cruel the way he spoke to Lex, calling him all those names, treating him like an imbecile, attacking him.

He treated Lex like he was a stranger, actually worse than you would treat a stranger; it was so awful, he treated Lex like he was garbage, something bad that he had stepped in.”

Martha, “So you’re saying that you don’t think Lionel will pay the ransom to get Lex back.”

“No, Mom, I don’t. Knowing Lionel, he’ll see this as the perfect way to get rid of Lex and regain control of Lex’s Luthorcorp stock as well as getting his hands on LexCorp. Lex often said that Lionel wanted a son he could be proud of and one that he could control, and now he has his new son and heir to continue his dynasty, he doesn’t need Lex anymore. It’s a win-win situation for Lionel. He’ll get everything he wants and Lex will be destroyed.”

“I can’t let that happen, I have to help Lex and get him back. I owe at least that much to him.”
“Clark, you don’t owe him a single thing. You never have, you always did everything you could to help him. More than he deserved in my opinion, that spoiled rich brat, good for nothing.” John says, venom towards Lex spewing right out of him.

Clark just looks at his father in shock, “I can’t believe it, this can’t be happening. I can’t believe that you still feel this way towards Lex. I thought that you realized that he was nothing like Lionel.”

“No, he’s worse than his father. Look at everything that he’s done these last years. I’m sure that he’s been at least half the trouble you dealt with since you moved to Metropolis.”

“ Didn’t you ever wonder why Lex started behaving so differently. Don’t you think something must have happened that caused him to change so drastically. I have to do something, I can’t let them hurt Lex. He’s been hurt enough already, mostly by me.”

“Clark, honey, what do you mean? How has Lex been hurt by you?” Martha just looks at her son while waiting for him to answer her. She doesn’t know what he means and can’t understand why he’s talking like this. Neither can Jonathan for that matter.

Clark’s parents just look at him, as they sit in the car.

“Mom, Dad, you know that Lex and I were best friends all those years ago. You know that he would do anything to protect me and you know that he did when I was threatened that time. Didn’t you ever wonder why he went back to Metropolis when he did and why he never got in touch with me after that?”

“I figured that he was able to go back to Metropolis as the conquering hero to his father and have whatever he wanted.” Jonathan looked at Clark, he can’t figure out why his son is so upset about that Luthor kid.

He never did like Lex. Jonathan didn’t trust him, always figured he was going to use, betray or hurt Clark if just given a chance. Mind you, yes, he did help that time when all that trouble happened.

“No, he went back to Metropolis because I hurt him so badly that he couldn’t stand to stay in Smallville any longer and still see me all the time.”

“Sweetie, you’re confusing us. How did you hurt Lex so badly?” Martha asked Clark.

“I broke his heart and his spirit too, I think?”

“Son, how did you break a Luthor’s heart. I don’t think they even have them. I don’t think it’s physically possible for a Luthor. Also, what’s this about breaking his spirit?” Jon looked at Clark with a strange expression on his face, hoping that Clark didn’t mean what Jon thought he did. Unfortunately, it turned out he was right to be worried when he heard his son’s next words.

“I broke his heart by lying to him from the moment we met and never telling him the truth; even when it turned out that he had absolute proof. I stood there and lied right to his face. As for his spirit, having the one person whom he completely loved and trusted betray him, well that would do the damage, don’t you think?”

“Clark, if I didn’t know better, I would think that you describing Lex as a scorned lover.”

“I am. That ‘s what I needed to tell you. Lex and I were romantically involved. We had been for several months when all of this happened. It’s funny when you think about it? I said to him that night about having lied to me about his actions, when he had proof that I had lied to him from the very first time we spoke. I didn’t mean it but the damage was already done.”

“I tried to take it back but it was too late. It was bad, it was like he just closed in on himself and I couldn’t get through to him. I figured I’d give him time to cool down and try to talk to him the next day, but when I got to the castle the next afternoon, he was already gone. Enrique told me that he was going back to Metropolis and would not be returning to Smallville for any reason.”

“You and Lex were lovers back in Smallville? What the hell are you saying, Clark? You were a teenager then, he molested you, didn’t he?”

“No, Dad, he didn’t molest me. I made the first move and for your information, he tried to discourage me; but it didn’t work because I knew that he was interested in me and cared for me. He couldn’t lie to me about that.

By the way, I was sixteen at the time so I was past the age of consent then, so no, Lex didn’t break the law and you couldn’t have him charged with anything.

Do you want to know something interesting? The whole time we were together, he was the one that wanted to tell you and Mom that we were seeing each other. The only reason that we didn’t was that I was afraid of how you guys would react. When I look back on it, I think that Lex felt that I was ashamed of him and our relationship. That wasn’t true but he didn’t know. My actions at the time made it look like I was. I didn’t realize how much that hurt until after we broke up.

Losing this relationship, or thinking that he had, is what drove him to leave and feeling so hurt is what kept him from away from me.”

“God, I can’t believe that I lost him because of all this and now may never see him again. I still love him but I’m sure that he hates me now. You know that he has a watch with the kryptonite in it; he wears so that I can’t get too close. He doesn’t try to kill me but he makes sure that I can never get near him.”

“Son, what about Chloe, the girls you dated in college. What about Lois, I thought that the two of you were seriously involved?”
“Well, I did care for them and I do love Lois but not the way I’ve always loved Lex. She knows that there was somebody in my past that I will always love. I couldn’t feel for anyone else what I feel for Lex. I don’t think that I ever could. I don’t think that I will be completely happy because I won’t be with Lex. However, no matter what happens, I have to try and rescue him. I can’t let anything else happen to him if I can stop”

Before his parents could respond, Clark hugged them both, jumped out of the car and ran into the nearest alley, changed into Superman’s costume and flew away.

Jonathan and Martha just stared at each other in shock for several minutes until Martha finally shook her head and said to her husband, “Well, now, we know what happened back when Clark was in high school.”

“I can’t believe that the little bastard touched our son, our sixteen-year old son, I’m going to kill him. I can’t believe that he seduced Clark, he made him confused about what he wanted.”

“Jon, stop being a judgmental asshole for once and think about what Clark told us, he made the first move, he was the one who kept quiet because of how you felt and obviously still feel about the Luthors, he was the one who hurt Lex so badly that he left Smallville for good. Can you imagine how Lex must have felt when he thought that he had lost his one true friend as well as his lover.

Think about it, if this hadn’t happened, Lex might not have turned out the way he did. Look how he acted around Clark and treated him when they were both in Smallville. He did the right things because it made Clark happy. They might still be together if all of this hadn’t happened.”

“No, Martha, don’t even think that. It’s too horrible to even mention.”

“Tell me, Jon, what’s more important? Your prejudice and hatred towards anything Luthor or Clark’s happiness?”

Martha’s point hits home. Jon looks like he was just slapped upside the head. His hair stands up straight, his eyes bulge, and his mouth is hanging open. He just looks at Martha and shakes his head.

“It’s unbelievable that our son is apparently bisexual and this is the first that we are hearing about. Was I really so bad that our son couldn’t tell us how he really felt. Am I responsible for my son not being happy I can’t stand in the way of Clark’s happiness, even if it’s with Lex Luthor as his partner. ”

Meanwhile, as his parents are talking, Clark is flying over Metropolis, using his x-ray vision and super-hearing to try and locate his former friend. As he gets near the warehouse district, he starts to hear a jumble of voices and it is confusing at first, but gradually, he is able to separate the voices and as he passes a row of abandoned and condemned warehouses at the end of the dock, he thinks that he heard a group of voices mentioning the ransom and then a familiar and long missed voice stating that they might as well kill him and get it over with; that Lionel Luthor would never pay the ransom they were looking for, Luthorcorp didn’t believe in negotiating with kidnappers and the like.

Clark heard one of the kidnappers mockingly say to Lex, “What’s wrong, rich boy? Afraid that Daddy doesn’t care enough to pay for your release to save your life.”

“I know for a fact that he doesn’t so sorry, you can forget about your big payday. It’s not going to happen with Luthor money.”

The head kidnapper did not like this answer and he repeatedly pistol-whips Lex on the back of his head. He hits Lex so hard that Lex is knocked unconscious and slumps forward on the table. Blood can be seen trickling down the back of his head into his shirt.

Clark is enraged when he hears the sound of Lex being hit. He lets out a roar and flies through the window, glass flying throughout the room and when he sees Lex unconscious, he takes of the crooks very quickly. Even though he would like to hurt them for hurting Lex, he knows that he cannot do it and leaves them bound and gagged in the corner waiting for the police.

He slowly and hesitantly approaches the table where Lex is lying unconscious, expecting to become nauseous and weak as he gets closer to the kryptonite-laced watch that Lex always wear. However, no matter how close he got to Lex, he was fine. As he reached the table , he raised Lex’s arm and realized that Lex wasn’t wearing his watch so he wouldn’t be affected when he flew Lex out of the warehouse and back to his apartment.

He picked Lex and tucked him inside his cape and lifted off. He kept expecting Lex to wake up and when he didn’t, Clark was starting to get quite worried. He decided to see if he could find his parents and when he located them, he touched down briefly to explain the situation to them.

He told them that he would visit them later at their hotel and fill them in on everything that had happened. He took off again and flew straight to Lex’s penthouse apartment. When he reached the LexCorp building, he flew to the balcony of Lex’s apartment. He landed on the balcony and found the glass doors unlocked and just walked right into the living room and lay Lex down on the couch. Once he had Lex settled he took a few minutes to change back into his own clothes so that when Lex woke up, the first matter that they spoke would not be his Superman costume.

Clark sat down on one of the side-chairs in Lex’s elegant and sophisticated apartment and waited for Lex to become conscious again. When he had been for thirty minutes, he was really starting to get worried and called his parents. He was really starting to get panicked, and as his mother answered the phone and he explained the situation to her, Lex’s eyes started to slowly crack open and looks over at Clark.

Clark notices that Lex is finally coming around and quickly tells his mother that he had to go and would definitely be in touch with her later that evening. As he turns his phone off, he sees Lex looking at him, he sits there waiting for Lex to just start freaking at him.

He doesn’t expect for Lex to sit up and smile happily at him. Clark couldn’t believe when Lex stood up and came over to the big chair that he was sitting in and reaching down and hugging him. Clark was in shock from Lex’s action.

“Lex, what are you doing?”

“Come on, darling, I am hugging my best friend as well as the sexiest, sweet young lover I’ve ever had. I love you so much.”

“Why are you acting like this? “

“Like what, happy, excited, content. That’s how you always make me feel. I love to be with you and love every minute we spend together. Why, what’s wrong? Don’t you want me to show you how much I love you.”

After Lex says this, he pulls Clark into a hot and heavy kiss that somehow still manages to be sweet and romantic all the same time. Clark’s head is swimming and he stumbles back towards the couch and just falls back. Lex is happy with this action and he crawls on top of Clark and pushes him back into the cushions and begins to remove Clark’s shirt slowly, licking and kissing his way down Clark’s chest and stomach, twirling his tongue around Clark’s nipples and licking in a straight line down to his navel and drives his tongue in there. Clark is moaning and twisting on the couch under Lex’s touches and kisses. He feels like his head is going to blow right off his shoulders.

When he feels Lex’s hands on his pants zipper, Clark tries to push him away carefully so he won’t hurt him. However, Lex just snuggles even closer to Clark and doesn’t seem to want to move. He just lays there, hugging and cuddling into Clark and doesn’t seem to want to move at all.

“Lex, you have to let me up. Why are you doing this?

When Lex answers him and says, “Why shouldn’t I do it. I am not ashamed to admit that I really love my best friend.” It slowly becomes clear to Clark that Lex doesn’t remember the events that ruined their friendship and their love. Clark doesn’t know what to do. He’s happy that Lex has forgotten all the horrible names and bad feelings that came from their last encounter in Smallville but he doesn’t want Lex to be hurt and he’s afraid that Lex might be hurt enough to need to go to the doctor if the seeming amnesia was any indication.

“Lex, can you wait for a second. I have to run to the bathroom and I’ll be right back, okay.”

When Clark reached the bathroom, he closed the door and pulled out his cell phone. He called his mother’s phone right away and when she answered, he told that he needed her and his dad’s help.


He explains the situation to his mother and asks her to tell his dad. After a couple of minutes, his mom has gotten Jonathan up to speed with everything going on. He then asks them what should he do with Lex. He explains to them how sweet and loving Lex is being towards him and how good it feels. He says that Lex hasn’t been like this with him since Smallville.

They think that he should tell Lex the truth right away but Clark disagrees with them, he says that if tells Lex the truth, then Lex won’t want to be around him. He says that it hurts too much to let Lex go again. He hopes that if he can get some time with Lex alone again, he can have a chance of getting Lex to fall back in love with him before he remembers everything.

His parents argue that according to what he told them already, Lex will be angry and hurt if he finds out on his own, and this time he will most likely never forgive Clark.

Clark, however, doesn’t want to listen to reason and tells them that he is going to take Lex back to Smallville to recover. He tells them that he will see them back at the farm. His parents try to talk him out of his plan but it doesn’t register.

Clark calls Lois at work and explains that he needs to take a few personal days and can she square it with Perry for him. The last call he makes before leaving the bathroom is to the police to tell them that Superman has rescued Lex and will be placing him in protective custody till the police are sure that they have rounded up all the kidnappers. The police agree to this and are willing to announce that Lex has been rescued and has been moved for his own safety.

Clark goes back to the living room and sees Lex dosing on the couch; he goes over and wakes him and kisses him hello, pulls him up to his feet, and tells him that because somebody had tried to hurt Lex, that they are going back to Smallville where they can be together.

TBC? What happens when the truth comes out and Lex finds out that Clark lied to him again?