Reach for the Stars | By : thror Category: Smallville > General Views: 3339 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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December 24, 2005
6PM
Kent’s Cottage
Clark Kent was nervous as
hell. He didn’t know why he accepted
the invitation without thinking about what the Luthor’s Christmas Eve Ball
really entailed. He would be soon rubbing
elbows with the elite of metropolis and even special guests from the
international community. How could he
possibly survive the night?
He was just Clark Kent, the son
of the Luthor’s cook and was even exiled far away due to his freakish
powers. Huld uld just embarrass Lex if
he attended the party.
He had confided some of his
anxieties to Lana and Pete when they had lunch early this afternoon. He was again surprised how easy it was to
share his problems with them despite of the six-year separation. He guessed true friendship was just like
that. He even had the courage to revel
his preferences to them, although judging from the way he blushed whenever
Lex’s name came up, it was pretty darn obvious whom he came out of the closet
for. Fortunately neither Lana nor Lex
was disgusted.
“Well, Clark I can’t say that
I’ve had the same experience of being invited to anything by the Luthors, but I
don’t think you’ll embarrass yourself in front of those bigwigs. It’s not as if you’re uncivilized or anything
like that.” Pete commented after
listening to him moan and groan about the party.
“I agree. They’re just like us but with more money to
burn. Just be yourself and everything
will turn out fine.” Lana added.
Clark wished that he was as
confident as Lana and Pete. He even
made a quick phone call to Chloe who nearly deafened him with her shriek of joy
when she heard that he received an invitation from his “bishonen no koibito” as
she put it.
“Clark Kent, don’t you dare not
show up or I’ll hop on the next plane to Kansas just to kick your butt!” Chloe exclaimed, still as brash and frank as
ever.
“Okay, okay calm down. This is like a dream come true for me. I feel like the male version of
Cinderella. I’m just afraid that I’ll
wake up soon on my little futon and everything was just a product of my highly
hormonal brain.”
“Baka! More like Belle, you mean.
Cheer up, Clark. This is what
you’ve been waiting for all your life.
Don’t let him frighten you away and stop being such a wimp!”
“Thanks…I think. And Lex is not a Beast!” Clark replied.
Feeling more upbeat, Clark
started preparing for the party.
Luckily, he decided to bring the Armani tuxedo that Cassa bou bought him
as a present for his 18th birthday several months ago. At least he wouldn’t look like a hick farm
boy tonight.
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Alexander Joseph Luthor was
vibrating with anticipation. Houldouldn’t believe that the little boy he once taught how to swim and fly kites was
now a young man --- a very stunning young man at that; a young man who saved
him from certain death. His rescue was
still somewhat fuzzy, possibly from the concussion he suffered at the time of
the accident but he was almost certain that he hit Clark Kent. The roof of his Porche was also torn open in
a way that couldn’t possibly have had resulted from the crash. He had
a lot of questions but he didn’t want Clark spooked. Anyway, he was good at waiting. Someday Clark wouldn’t have any choice but
to tell him the truth.
His musings were rudely
interrupted by two people he had the misfortune of having the acquaintance of
in more ways than one): Dominic Santori
and Lady Victoria Hardwick.
“Lex, Lex, Lex. It’s been quite a while since I saw
you. Were you hiding from me?” A seductive peck placed near his mouth
accompanied Victoria’s sultry voice.
“Victoria. Dominic.
How nice to see you.
Metropolis now too boring for you that you decided to seek greener and
wilder pastures in Corn town?”es"> Lex
asked dryly.
“Lex, don’t be snide. Metropolis hadn’t been the same since you
left to take care of the, what was it again, ‘crap factory’?” Dominic smiled smugly. It has been the fodder of the gossip mill in
Metropolis when his esteemed father exiled Lex Luthor to the fertilizer plant
in god-knows-where after having had enough of Lex’s misadventures in Club
Zero. Dominic and Victoria, his
distinguished party pals in Metropolis, had to see for themselves how the young
heir was faring in this little known town and of course, to gloat at his
misfortunes.
“Well, well, well. I see that little towns such as this have
their own charms.” Victoria purred.
“What do you mean?” Lex asked blandly.
Lex stilled at the reply. ‘Woo Clark…over my dead body?! Not to
mention being Dominic’s slave for a day!’
Now that the stakes had gone up ---more than he bargained for, Lex could
not afford to lose.
“Okay, I agree.” Lex finally replied.
“We’ll leave you now so that you
can start your wooing. Oh and Lex,
we’ll pro proof of your victory. I’ll
just give you the details later.”
Dominic announced gleefully.
Lex nodded curtly and turned his
back on them. He hurried across the
room to join Clark, the latter smiling brilliantly at the sight of the bald
billionaire.
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“Do you think you’ll win, Dominic? Judging from the look on that young man’s
face Lex wouldn’t have to exert any effort at all.”
“My dear sister, I always have a
back-up plan when it comes to Lex Luthor.”
Dominic replied.
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To be continued ….
Author’s Notes:
Sorry for the short chapter…it’ll be longer next time, for sure. I’m too lazy to look for Dominic’s real surname
so I’ll just go by what I remembered, okay? Hope you’ll take time to leave your
review…ja ne!
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