Water Fun

By Mindige0

 

“This is the perfect plan” Clark mumbled as he clicked through the screen on the webpage he was currently looking at while his mother was in the kitchen and his father outside in the barn.

“ Clark what are you doing?” Martha called from the kitchen while she heard her son mumbling and clicking on the computer.

“Looking at that new water park that just opened in Kansas City” Clark said hoping he could talk him parents into letting him go with Lex, which was the only reason he wanted to go to the water park. He was pretty sure that his mother would agree but his father would make every effort for Clark to not go with Lex or at all.

“Oh, I think I heard about that on the news last night. Seems the place to be this summer” Martha said with a smile on her face at the thought of Clark going to the park and being hit on by everyone there.

“Can I go?”

“Who do you plan to go with?” Martha asked wondering who Clark would take to the park and spend a few days with there with them. Clark turned bright red before answering his mother; he could only hope that she didn't come into the room to see his face.

“Lex” Clark said before he heard his mother making her way towards where he was.

“ Clark ” Martha said looking at her son who looked to be trying hard not to meet her eyes. It was then she realized that Clark had more than friendly feeling for his best friend. Martha wasn't sure how to respond but thought that if anyone would care for Clark the way that he needed, it would be Lex.

“Do you think he would go out in the sun?” Martha said by way of agreeing that Clark could go with Lex. Clark could only laugh when his mother brought up that Lex had a pale complexion that was bound to burn if he was to spend a lot of time in the sun.

“Probably not for long, but since it is a ‘vacation village' I think he might be safe” Clark said smiling at his mother, knowing that she knew about his more than friendly feelings for Lex.

“Well let me ask your father and you ask Lex” Martha said turning and then making her way outside to where her husband stood working in the heat on the once again broken tractor.

“Damn it” Jonathan said as Martha made her approach. If there was one person that had to be sold on the idea it would have to be Jonathan.

“Honey” Martha said steeling her self for the fight she was about to put up for Clark to go on this trip with Lex.

“Dear” Jonathan said coming over and kissing his wife on the cheek before speaking again.

“Can you get Clark out here, I need his help with this tractor” Jonathan said as he threw down a part that clanged and fell to the ground with a thud.

“In a minute dear, we need to talk” Martha said moving further into the barn so that Clark wouldn't be able to hear the fight that was about to begin.

“Oooooh” Jonathan said with a smile on his face thinking that his wife wanted some alone time in the barn.

“Jonathan Kent” Martha said with a smile on her face, if she had to ‘farm girl' to get Jonathan to agree then she would.

“Come on” Jonathan said grabbing her around the waist and pulling her close to him.

“We need to talk abut Clark ” Martha said and watched as Jonathan tensed for the blow he was certain to come.

“Okay” Jonathan said while he sat on a bale of hay that Clark had yet to take out for feeding.

“I think we need to allow Clark to go on a road trip this summer” Martha said starting out so that Jonathan would have an open mind about the trip.

“Hmmm” Jonathan said thinking about the idea of his son on a trip for a few days over the summer. He had just graduated from high school and would be entering college come the fall, so he didn't see any real issues with a trip for his son.

“He really wants to go to that new water park in Kansas City ” Martha added watching her husband's face for any changes that would lead to a fight about the trip. So far things looked good; she knew he would be fine up until she stated that Clark wanted to go only with Lex and no one else.

“I think he deserves it, he worked hard all year and managed to get a scholarship from the Met U engineering department.” Jonathan said with approval in his voice, he knew his son had worked extra hard his senior year and felt that this would be a great gift to give his son. Martha knew now that she would be in for a fight when she stated Clark 's other demand for the trip.

“Well he wants to go with Lex” Martha said before holding her breath and waiting for the explosion, she didn't have to wait long.

“Why would he want to go with *him* of all people? He could go with Chloe, Pete even Lana” Jonathan said pacing around in front of the hay bale. Martha really hated to bring to light what was going on with the three he just stated, but knew she had to.

“First of all the last time Clark spoke with Pete, it was to find out that he was on the football team and didn't have time to hang out with Clark anymore.” Martha said getting red in the face at the way that the three teens had treated Clark once he had settled down in his studies for the year.

“Chloe or Lana” Jonathan said angry that he hadn't notice the change in the friendship with his son.

“Chloe would have to get out of the Torch newsroom long enough to be a friend. Last I heard was that she couldn't hang out with Clark when he went all geeky on her.”

“Lana” Jonathan finished lamely, he felt horrible for not noticing that his son's friendships had fallen apart.

“Ah yes Lana Lang, the town's princess. Well the princess had her sights on Clark and when he didn't ask her to homecoming she decided that spreading a rumor about Clark would be the best way to get him. I don't think Clark has spoken to her since, even though she tries to speak to him.” Martha said glad that she had updated her husband on what had happened to Clark .

“So Lex” Jonathan said thinking that Martha would shoot him down as well, he hoped at least.

“Lex has been the only friend to stay by Clark ; he even helped him study for a few tests when it was midterms.” Martha said glad that she could see her husband coming around to the idea that Lex would be in Clark's life for a long time if Clark had any say so in the matter.

“How did I miss this” Jonathan said flopping down on the hay bale again.

“You were just so excited to see Clark focus on school and not friends or being cool that you didn't notice that the friends that he had worked to keep left him. Lex is a good young man; I just wish you would open your eyes to that.” Martha said sitting next to her husband and patting his shoulder. Jonathan slumped his shoulders knowing that his wife was right, but that didn't mean that he had to like the idea.

“Jonathan Kent if you even try thinking of a way to get rid of Lex out of Clark 's life, I am going to skin you alive do you hear me?” Martha said knowing her husband too well for him to just agree. Jonathan knew he had lost.

“Yes dear”

“Good, now go tell your son he can go with Lex” Martha said hoping that Jonathan would see how much Lex meant to Clark when he told him the good news.

“Alright, but first” Jonathan said grabbing his wife and kissing her until a giggle made a way out of her mouth.

~In the house~

“Luthor here” Lex answered the phone, which had a smile on Clark 's face for he knew that Lex knew it was him.

“Hey Lex” Clark said with a goofy smile on his face.

“ Clark ” Lex said his voice warmer than it was when he answered the phone.

“You busy?” Clark asked hoping he didn't interrupt anything.

“No” Lex said before shooing out the people in his office, he would never be too busy for his best friend.

“Good, cuz I gotta question to ask you” Clark said now nervous at the thought of asking Lex to go with him.

“Alright” Lex said with a smile on his face. Clark would be so cute when he wanted to ask him something, he could only hope that one day he would be able to kiss Clark 's nervousness away.

“There is this new water park in Kansas City ” Clark started out, when Lex didn't comment he pushed forward in his request.

“If my parents say I can go, doyouwanttogowithme” Clark said then finishing in a rush, hoping that Lex understood what he said.

“Clark” Lex said laughing a small bit at the way Clark was acting; it was as if Clark was asking him out on a date.

“Do you want to go with me” Clark stated again knowing that Lex would make him ask again even if he did understand him.

“To the water park” Lex asked amazed and happy that Clark wanted to go with him to the water park.

“Of course” Clark cried before laughing at the way that he was acting with Lex.

“If your parents say you can go, then yes I would love to go with you.” Lex said a smile on his face at the thought of spending some time with Clark alone with no one around to break up their time together. Clark was just getting ready to respond to Lex when his mother and father came into the house with smiles on their faces, their clothes rumpled and Martha's hair sticking up with a piece of hay in it.

“Ewwwww” Clark said still holding onto the phone that Lex sat on the other end of.

“ Clark honey” Martha started out only to be cut off by Jonathan.

“Let me do it” Jonathan said; it was then that Clark decided that calling Lex back so that he could work out all of the details with Lex about the trip.

“I'll call you back Lex, okay?” Clark said knowing that Lex heard his parents when they came in.

“Sure” Lex said a small chuckle escaping his lips before Clark hung up the phone.

“Mom, dad” Clark said once he was off the phone with Lex and had their complete attention.

“Your mother and I talked it over about you going to Kansas City for that water park with Lex, and we are giving you permission to go.” Jonathan said proud of the fact that he didn't say anything nasty about Lex in the sentence.

“Really?” Clark asked hopeful that his father wasn't playing a trick on him.

“Really, you worked hard last school year and you deserve a little celebration for that. It's not everyday that your son gets a full ride scholarship to Met U's engineering department as a freshman. I say go, have fun and don't get burned too much out in the sun.” Jonathan said smiling at the thought of Clark being gone for a few days so that we could spend some ‘time' with Martha.

“Wow, you guys rock!” Clark said before humming the Fraggle Rock theme as he called Lex back. It seemed that when ever something good happened to Clark , he hummed or sang the theme song.

“Luthor” Lex answered the phone again, not noticing that it was Clark who was calling back so quickly.

“Hey Lex” Clark said humming the theme a bit louder now so that it made Lex smile of the thought of *his* farm boy bobbing his head as he hummed the song.

“So do we have a verdict?” Lex said hoping that he would be able to go with Clark on the trip.

“We have a go” Clark said already thinking of items he would need to buy to try and seduce Lex, and Lex was thinking the same thing.

“Well it seems we have some planning to do.” Lex said hoping that Clark would want to come over and discuss the trip tonight with him.

“Can I come over and we can set out our plan for the trip?”

“Sure can, when will you come by?”

“How about seven, sound okay” Clark said asking his parents and Lex at the same time.

“Great” they all said at the same time that had Clark laughing at the way the all spoke at the same time.

“See you then” Clark said before hanging up the phone and looking at his parents, because he knew one of them would bring up the fact that he was going on a trip semi-alone and that they didn't want him getting into any trouble while on the trip. Martha was the first to start in to that affect with Jonathan ending the hour long talk.

“Well let me start dinner” Martha said making her way into the kitchen to start cooking. Jonathan on the other watched his son as he bounced over to the computer and began to look once again at the water park, he knew that there was more to the friendship that Clark had formed with Lex but he didn't know if his son realized the depth of his feelings for Lex.

“Hey Dad” Clark said breaking into his father's thoughts about him and Lex, so that he could show his father where they would be staying and how cool it looked.

“Son” Jonathan said making his way toward Clark and the computer.

“So this is the place” Clark said smiling at the little tree house huts that were to be visitor's rooms.

“Wow” Jonathan said impressed at the water park, he had just assumed that it was like any other park and that you would have to stay off grounds and visit the location.

“It's something new that the company is trying” Clark said pointing to the tree houses and hut looking buildings around and in the water park.

“Well who would have thought?” Jonathan said still amazed at the size and number of lodging areas there were in relation to the water park.

“I know” Clark said before showing his father a few other areas of the park that were online at the current time.

“What's that there?” Jonathan said pointing to the corner of a page that has the words ‘Web Cam' there.

“I think this is a live look at the park” Clark said clicking on the link and brining up a screen that showed the water park with people milling around and some even waving to the cam that was located in a particular spot of the park.

“Impressive” Jonathan said before. Martha called the pair to get ready for dinner. Over dinner Clark explained some of the things that he was looking forward to doing and not once did Jonathan mention that some of the activities could be classified as date items. Then again Martha's hand on his thigh might have been another reason.

“I'm going to go over to Lex's now” Clark said from the front door as he made his way to the truck, hoping that his father wouldn't stop him before he left.

“Just make sure that you are home by midnight, all right?” Jonathan called from the porch where he and Martha were sitting on the porch swing.

“Okay” Clark said before waving to his parents and then making his way to Luthor Castle , where Lex was pacing back and forth nervous for the first time in his life. He could take over multi-million dollar companies without breaking a sweat but to talk with Clark about going on a trip was something that made him feel like a teenager going on their first date.

“Lex” Clark's call of his name broke him out of the thoughts he was having about being alone with Clark and trying not to molest the boy while they were away.

“Clark” Lex said greeting Clark in the large foyer of castle.

“Well let's get planning” Clark crowed before making his way to the den where he knew that Lex's computer was.

“You're like a big puppy aren't you?” Lex said to Clark before getting a laugh in response to his words.

“YUP” Clark said before pulling a chair that was on the other side of the desk where Lex's laptop sat over next to the chair that Lex sat in when working in the room.

“So my large puppy, what are the plans?” Lex said wanting to know how much he was allowed to spend for the trip. He had no problems with spending as much as a million dollars if need be, but he didn't think that Clark or his parents would be too happy about that. Clark blushed at the words of ownership that Lex said before he just laughed and pointed to the laptop that he knew was locked. Lex was a very, very suspicious person and with a father like Lionel Luthor he had every reason to be.

“Well let me show you the place and we can decide where we want to stay. There is a hotel or they have these neat little tree house rooms that you can stay in. That is if they aren't booked up already…” Clark rambled not knowing if they would be able to get a room since the park had just opened and it seemed that most of the state and those surrounding them were going to the huge water park.

“Well lets take a look then” Lex said before sitting down in the chair and then typing in the password for the laptop which was of course ‘farm boy', that had Clark shocked since he figured that Lex would have some super complex password that would take machines to figure out.

“My father would never guess that” Lex said seeing the shock on Clark 's face at the password. The reason was partly true while the other reason was that he wanted to be able of a way to think of Clark every day and what better way than having a password about the younger man.

“So where do we go?” Lex asked acting as if he hadn't already looked at the water park and put a few calls in about lodging at said water park.

“Uhmm” Clark said trying to remember how to spell the name of the water park, he knew it was German but for some reason he was pulling a blank on the name now.

“Clark, Clark, Clark” Lex tisked like a mother would a child, knowing that Clark would blush at his words.

“Sorry” Clark said blushing just as Lex knew he would, Lex laughed before putting in the URL for the water park.

“You looked!” Clark said now pointing a finger at Lex while trying to hide how happy he was that Lex had looked at the water park he called and asked Lex to come with him, or he at least hoped that.

“I did” Lex said with a warm smile on his face that Clark wished he saw more of on Lex.

“Now here we are” Lex said now pointing to the screen where a large image of the water park layout was displayed with a navigation bar on the left hand side.

“Well I guess we can go to the lodging area” Clark said pointing to the navigation button on the left that said ‘lodging'. Lex guided the mouse arrow over to the button and then clicked waiting for the next page to come up. Soon the page was displayed and Clark was going on and on about the tree house rooms and how cool it would be to get one.

“Well lets see if there are any available” Lex said before realizing that neither one of them had spoken about when they were going to go.

“So what dates do we plan to be there” Lex asked hoping that Clark wanted to spend a week alone with him.

“How about July 12 th to July 20 th , if that is okay” Clark said looking at Lex through his bangs, which made Lex want to moan at how beautiful Clark looked doing that.

“Sounds fine, I'll check my schedule but I am pretty certain that I don't have any pressing matters that week in July” Lex said hoping that his father or Lana wouldn't come up with a reason as to why he wouldn't be able to go with Clark to the water park. It seemed more and more lately that his father and Lana were working hard on him spending as little time with Clark as possible and as much time with Lana as he could and that was something that he could not handle for too much longer. There were only so many broken items at the Talon that he needed to worry about and Lana had covered each one of them in less than two months.

“Oh Lex, I didn't think…” Clark started off only to be cut off by Lex.

“It's not a problem the only issue is with my father and Ms. Lang”

“Oh” Clark said a bit down at hearing that there was a possibility that the trip wouldn't happen.

“It's really not an issue Clark, trust me” Lex said before reading over the lodging information and then finding the search engine for availability at the park. Clark only nodded his head and then watched Lex work on the computer before the results for the search that Lex put in came up.

“How much?” Clark asked shocked at how much the tree house rooms ran, he had thought that the cost for the rooms would be about two hundred dollars but when the price of three hundred and fifty came up he about wanted to choke on the water that he had taken a sip of.

“It's no problem Clark ”

“But Lex”

“No, think of this as part of your graduation gift since I could only get you that nice photo of us as a gift” Lex said remembering when he had passed his gift to Clark to open and received a huge hug and kiss on the cheek from the large farm boy that sat next to him now. The gift hadn't been something that he thought of until he saw a photo of the pair of them at the Kent house taken by Martha. When he asked her about the photo and she had stated that she had taken it when Lex came over one day after a particularly bad day with his father and Clark was there to comfort him. A smile had broken out on his face and he had asked Martha for a copy of the photo so that he could have it framed and then it would be given as a gift to Clark . Martha had smiled and given over the picture without a word but the smile on her face told him everything he needed to know.

“Okay, but I wanna help pay” Clark said not wanting Lex to think that he only asked the older man because of his money.

“No, it's a gift, gifts aren't helped paid for by the receiver of said gift” Lex said explaining to Clark that he wasn't going to pay a nickel for the room and the trip.

“But...”

“No buts Clark, just let me do this for you, for us” Lex said hoping that Clark would hear his words and interpret them the way he wanted him to.

“Okay, but only if you are sure” Clark said a bit uncertain on not being able to help pay. He knew that Lex knew that he would never take advantage of the older man but sometimes he had to wonder if Lex still thought that about him.

“Positive, now lets get the planning rolling” Lex said before he booked one of the tree house resort rooms and then bought the tickets for the water park.

“A shopping trip is in order” Lex said once all the plans had been made and he was able to talk Clark into just letting him take care of everything.

“Oh no” Clark moaned out, shopping with Lex was almost as bad as shopping with either Chloe, Lana or his mother. There was an unholy glint in Lex's eyes that Clark knew would only end with him prancing around a store with little to nothing on while Lex examined what he was to buy for Clark .

“Yes, that suit you have is a no” Lex said remembering said suit and how it was a clash of colors that made Lex always want to vomit.

“I like my suit” Clark said with a smile on his face, he knew that a shopping trip now would require him in little to no clothing and maybe then he would get a reaction out of Lex to let him know if he was on the right track with thinking that their friendship was more than that.

“No, you are going out in *public* with *me* and I refuse to be seen with that thing you call a suit. No a shopping trip is in order for this” Lex said already hard at the thought of Clark in a small swim suit shaking his ass at Lex while bemoaning the fact that the suit didn't cover nearly enough. Lex shifted in his chair a bit before fighting with Clark one last time to get him to agree to go shopping with him.

“End of conversation, we go to Metropolis and get you a new suit.” Lex said a few minutes later in his Luthor voice, which had Clark hard and wanting to kiss Lex silly and then take him to bed but he stopped those thoughts before Lex could notice that he wasn't with the older man and his conversation of a shopping trip.

“Fine, fine” Clark agreed making Lex preen under Clark's words, he always did love when Clark would cave and he had full control.

“Don't get too happy there baldy, you get a new suit too” Clark said looking at Lex and wondering how he was going to make it through a shopping trip with Lex in little swim trunks that most swimmers and drivers wore.

“I already have a suit, thank you very much” Lex said a glint in his eye told Clark that he had better be ready to fight to make Lex shop for a new suit.

“If I get a new suit, so do you”

“My suits are perfectly acceptable, where as yours are a no”

“Oh don't go there Lex, you are getting a suit. End of story”

“Farm boy you won't win”

“Oh but I will” Clark said a smirk on his face that told Lex he had better watch out.

“ Clark are you threatening me?” Lex said a smile on his face at the way that Clark was acting.

“Could be”

“Fine, I will look for a new suit as well” Lex said knowing that he wanted Clark to see him in as little clothing as possible before the trip so that Clark could see what Lex had to offer in the form on his body; which he was more than willing to display to the younger man.

“Sweet!” Clark said while punching the air, he was so excited at the thought of shopping for a suit with Lex now. Lex laughed at Clark 's enthusiasm and then began to plan out the day that they would go shopping.

“You will of course clear it with your parents?”

“Of course, I think they might even let me stay over….the looks they were giving each other. Ewww!”

“All right, you ask and I will set up a day when my schedule doesn't revolve around Ms. Lang and something being broken at the Talon or having to deal with my father” Lex said already know that as soon as he said he would be out of town that something was bound to break at the Talon or his father would have a business deal that needed his personal touch.

“What is up with that?” Clark asked not really knowing what was going on since he refused to talk to any of his friends.

“Ms. Lang is up to something and I think my father is involved as usual” Lex said before blowing out a breath and looking over to Clark to see if the younger man would be opposed to him hugging him.

“Come here you” Clark said pulling Lex into a hug, knowing that the other man needed it for some reason.

“Thanks” Lex said muffled by Clark 's shirt.

“No thanks needed, it's what friends do” Clark said wanting to say it was what lovers did but he didn't want to ruin their friendship. Lex just nodded his head happy to be in Clark 's arms. The pair broke apart when the feelings that they were having for each other became too much to hide.

“So Lex” Clark said once he was seated back in his chair looking at the computer screen and wondering if everything would be fine for the trip.

“ Clark ” Lex said amused that the younger man seemed a hundred miles away at the moment.

“When do you think we could go shopping?” Clark said with a shutter he so didn't want to go shopping but if it was going to get Lex into possessive Lex mode then he was all for it.

“Let me check my calendar” Lex said bringing up his electronic calendar and looking to see if there was a weekend before they left that he could take Clark to Metropolis. When the calendar was pulled up Clark noticed that his schedule for school and chores where also on the calendar which made him smile.

“How about next week Thursday?” Lex asked wondering if Clark could see the calendar and his schedule for school and chores on it.

“Sounds fine to me, but I will ask mom and dad just in case” Clark said before standing up getting ready to leave.

“All right then” Lex said standing as well wanting to hug Clark one more time before the younger man left for the evening.

“Come here” Clark said pulling Lex into a hug and then letting go before he waved goodbye to Lex. Once Clark was out of the room Lex stood shocked that Clark seemed to be reading his thoughts.

“Master Lex” Enrique the live in servant said wondering if his employer was okay.

“Enrique”

“Are you okay?”

“Fine, perfectly fine” Lex said before a small smile lit up his face. Enrique was shocked to see such emotion from his employer but with the thought of who just left he figured it was just the way Lex was with Clark .

“Your father is on line one” Enrique said not wanting to bring down his employers good mood but knowing that Lex would need to speak with his father if he wanted to continue being the Luthor heir. “Thank you Enrique” Lex said with a sigh before going over to his desk and picking up the phone to speak to his father.

“Father”

“Alexander” Lionel Luthor said over the phone to his son.

“Is there something you are calling about?”

“What a father can't call his son?”

“Not with you father”

“Well Alexander, it has come to my attention that the Talon seems to be having major issues these days”

“Seems to be”

“Am I correct in thinking that a major remodel is in order?” Lionel Luthor asked his son, happy to have his son away from Clark Kent and the Kent family values.

“Actually a remodel hasn't been brought to my attention by Ms. Lang” Lex said knowing that Lana had called his father to get what she wanted which was Lex at the Talon as much as possible.

“Hmmm” Lionel said in a non-committal sort of way.

“Is that your only reason for calling?” Lex said hoping that he would be able to get off the phone before his father started in on him and his duty to the Luthor name.

“Since you asked Alexander, it has been brought to my attention that you seem to be spending a bit too much time with the Kent boy and not enough time looking for a suitable wife”

“Father” Lex said knowing that he wouldn't be winning the battle with his father this day since it seemed his father had ideas for him and his future.

“No Alexander, you are to listen to me and do as I say”

“You don't run my life father” Lex said unhappy with where the conversation was going.

“Oh but I do” Lionel said thinking that he controlled Lex's life and every thing that occurred in it.

“That is where you are wrong” Lex said before hanging up on his father, he knew he would pay later but at the moment he just didn't care. A moment later the phone rang again this time it was Lex's cell phone.

“Luthor”

“Hey Lex” Clark said on the other side of the phone, he had made it home and knew that Lex would be waiting for him to call.

“ Clark ” Lex said letting out a breath he had been holding.

“Everything alright over there?” Clark asked concerned that maybe Lionel had shown his face to Lex after he left.

“I just got off the phone with my father”

“That's not good” Clark said worried that Lionel Luthor was going to ruin his plans with Lex and their road trip.

“He feels that I need to start looking for a wife”

“Wow, he doesn't beat about the bush does he?” Clark asked amazed that Lionel would say something like that to his son. For years it had been a lesson to be taught to Lex by exiling him to Smallville, now though when things seemed to be going so well for the Luthor heir, his father up and decided it was time for him to get married.

“No he doesn't and I think that Ms. Lang is the woman he wants me to marry” Lex said making a face, he could remember when Nell Potter would show up to the castle when his father was there with a skimpy white dress and a smile on her face that let Lex know that she was fucking his father. Now it seemed that his father thought that he should marry the woman's niece it just didn't sit well with him. It was almost like having sex with his father in a weird and twisted sort of way.

“Oh” Clark said not really sure on what to say to Lex's words. He knew that Lex didn't like Lana and for good reason too but for his father to have picked her out as Lex's prospective bride left him speechless.

“Speechless I see” Lex said a smirk on his face, talking to Clark always seemed to brighten his mood and with the impending trip he couldn't be bothered with his father and his crazy ideas.

“Lex” Clark said blowing out a breath and then laughing a nervous laugh since he wasn't really sure what sort of mood Lex was in.

“I'm fine Clark , really” Lex said before changing the topic of conversation to that of the trip.

“So that shopping trip?”

 

“Oh! Yeah, mom and dad said it was fine” Clark said watching his parents sit on the couch and watch the latest reality TV show that they had gotten hooked on.

 

“Excellent, I'll make sure to let my father know that I have a very pressing meeting that I need to be at on that day” Lex said knowing his father would allow him to go to a ‘meeting' if Lex said it was for LuthorCorp.

“Evil Lex, evil” Clark said with a laugh before agreeing with Lex that he could pick him up at the farm and that he would be ready at eight o'clock in the morning. The shopping trip was still next week Thursday, but Lex knew that if he didn't at least look like he was working on something that his father would find some way for him to be ‘unavailable' and thus ruining the shopping trip and possibly the seduce Clark trip, as Lex had started calling it.

“Talk to you later” Lex said before hanging up the phone and then looking at the computer screen that blinked at him.

“Master Lex” broke Lex out of his thoughts on Clark for a second time that night.

“Enrique”

“A Ms. Lang is here to see you”

“Great, just great” Lex said knowing that Enrique would understand that Lex wasn't really up with dealing with Lana Lang and her ideas for grandeur with the Talon.

“Should I let her in?” Enrique said quite happy to kick the girl out of the castle.

“Yes” Lex said before he minimized the web browser that he and Clark had been looking at the water park on. He in no way wanted Lana to know what he was doing or where he was going.

“Lex” Lana said with a smile on her face and a packet full of papers in her hands.

“Ms. Lang”

“How many times do I have to say, call me Lana”

“I would prefer to call you Ms. Lang” Lex said before eyeing the girl wondering what she had up her sleeve, for he had no doubt that the girl had been prompted to come here by his father.

“We're partners Lex” Lana said with a look in her eyes that said her words meant more than what she was saying.

“Only on paper” Lex said before showing Lana the other chair that sat on the other side of the desk. He had yet to move the chair that Clark had sat in and he could hope that Lana didn't get any ideas about moving to said chair.

“Lex” Lana said with a giggle in her voice before she set down the packet of papers on his desk and then waited for Lex to prompt her to speak.

“So what brings you here?” Lex said not wanting to play the game that Lana was playing.

“Well….”

“Remodeling the Talon perhaps?” Lex said knowing that if he guided the conversation there was a chance of him getting rid of Lana sooner.

“Yes”

“Well I am going to assume that you have some ideas or plans, correct?”

“Yes, here” Lana said standing up and then taking out paper upon paper on the remodeling ideas she had for the Talon. Twenty minutes later Lex was still listening to Lana as she explained yet again an idea that made absolutely no sense once so ever for the remodel.

“Ms. Lang” Lex said tired of hearing Lana speak.

“Lana, Lex” Lana corrected Lex yet again on the name to be used.

“Ms. Lang, it seems that you have everything well under control”

“Yes” Lana said wondering where Lex would go with this. She figured when she called Lionel for help with his son that she would soon be calling Lex her husband. That didn't seem to be the case since all Lex had done was listen to her talk for quite some time about the remodel plans that she had thrown together when she got a call from Lionel about going to the castle with plans for a remodel.

“Since you seem to have everything under control, why don't you write up a proposal of the best idea and give it to me to look over” Lex said knowing that he had backed the girl into a corner, where she couldn't refuse what Lex had said.

“Oh” Lana said a bit down, not really sure how she could spin the situation to her favor.

“Now Ms. Lang if you will excuse me I have quite a bit of paperwork to do”

“All right…oh!” Lana said her face lighting up at the thought she just had.

“Ms. Lang” Lex said quite tired of dealing with the girl and the scheme she was trying to run on him.

“Well I was wondering would you be available for the Fourth of July picnic that the town is putting on”

“I'll have to check my schedule” Lex said knowing that she was going to ask him to accompany her to the picnic.

“Would you like to come with me and Aunt Nell?”

“I am going to have to decline the offer” Lex said leaving Lana not at all happy with the situation.

“Why?”

“That isn't your concern”

“It is so” Lana said pouting like a little girl, which Lex thought she was anyway.

“No it is not, now please leave” Lex said before he watched Lana pout a bit longer before picking up her papers and then leaving for the front door.

“God will it ever end?” Lex said to the empty room before looking out the window and thinking that he could really do for a hug from Clark at the moment.

“Master Lex” Enrique said a smile on his face; it seemed that Lex had another visitor but it was one he knew his employer would like.

“Enrique”

“You have another visitor”

“Show them in” Lex said figuring it was his father here to rant and rave about his life and the decisions that he needed to make and soon.

“Lex” Clark said walking into the room, once he had heard that Lex had been talking to his father he decided to make another trip over to the castle. Well there was also the fact that his parents were totally grossing him out, but he wasn't going to tell Lex that.

“Clark” Lex said surprised to see Clark again and so soon.

“Thought you might need a friend” Clark said before grinning at the shocked look on Lex's face.

“Right you are” Lex said standing and making his way over to Clark, before he was enveloped in a hug from Clark .

“I saw Lana on her way out” Clark said remembering Lana and the look she gave him as he made his way into the castle.

“The girl is a right menace”

“I couldn't agree with you more on that” Clark agreed before letting go of Lex and wondering what he had been up to since he had left.

“She wants to remodel the Talon, and then she asks me to the Fourth of July picnic”

“Whoa” Clark said surprised that Lana was moving so quickly on things, he guessed he should have known that since she had moved onto him after setting her sights to Clark mode. The girl was single minded when it came to things she wanted and it seemed that she wanted Lex now that Clark refused to even speak to the girl.

“Whoa indeed” Lex said with a smile on his face, happy to have his best friend near him after dealing with not only his father but also Lana.

“So are you going to the picnic?” Clark asked wondering if Lex had agreed to go with Lana or if he had declined.

“Uh” Lex said at a loss as to what to say to Clark . On the one hand he wanted to tell Clark that he was going but on the other hand he wanted Clark to ask him to go with him.

“Speechless?” Clark said amazed that his question had left Lex speechless.

“You wanna come with me and my parents?” Clark asked hoping that Lex wouldn't reject his offer.

“Yes of course” Lex quickly agreed happy to know that he was going with Clark and his parents to the picnic. Maybe that would slow Lana down, he didn't think it would but he could hope couldn't he?

“Sweet” Clark said before deciding that maybe he should leave Lex to his work since he knew he had plenty of it.

“I should probably go” Clark said pointing his thumb to the door and giving Lex a look that made Lex melt.

“Yeah, plenty of paperwork” Lex agreed before walking to the door with Clark and then watching as Clark drove down the driveway and back to the farm.

“Master Lex” Enrique said watching his boss for a change in mood.

“I hate my father” Lex said before returning to the den and back to the endless amount of paperwork that lay waiting for him. Enrique couldn't agree more, for he thought Lionel Luthor as Satan himself for quite some time. Lex worked late into the night while thinking about Clark and the almost date that they had for the Fourth of July picnic.

The Thursday of the shopping trip arrived quickly, with both Lex and Clark dropping by each other's houses to see each other and talk about what was going on either in town or in their life. Jonathan had finally agreed that Lex was good for his son, when he saw the pair of them out on the porch swing one night after Lex had, had a run in with his father yet again about his lack of looking for a spouse. The contentment that surrounded the pair made him finally realize that they both were in love and with each other, it had made him proud that Clark had finally found someone that would love him as completely as Clark would love them.

“Ready?” Jonathan said to his son, who was just now making his way down the stairs of the house dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. July was one of the hottest months in Kansas and it was making itself known by the day after day temperature of well over 100 degrees the past few days.

“Yup” Clark said smiling at his father before checking out the window to make sure that Lex hadn't arrived. It was just as he was about to turn around that he saw one of Lex's expensive cars pull into the drive.

“Bye” Clark said with a wave to his parents before making his way outside so that Lex wouldn't have to get out of the car.

“Hey” Clark said after he slammed the car door shut, happy that it was cool in the car.

“Comfortable” Lex asked watching as Clark relaxed in the passenger seat with a look of total bliss on his face.

“Very” Clark said before turning his head and smiling at Lex. Once Lex got the smile he put the car in reverse and backed out of the Kent 's driveway. The ride to Metropolis was made with Clark and Lex fighting over what color their swim trucks would be and what style. Lex couldn't have been happier and with his father thinking he was on a business meeting, his life was just getting better and better.

“Here we are” Lex said pulling up to a small building that had the name ‘Harold's' on the window done in gold left lettering.

“Here?” Clark said surprised, he would have thought that Lex would go to somewhere a bit less chainy.

“What's wrong with here?” Lex asked knowing that Clark was expecting some super exclusive store to shop at.

“Nothing, just…” Clark said before seeing the look that Lex was giving him.

“Oh shut it you” Clark said punching Lex lightly before getting out of the car and waiting for Lex to make his way over to where he stood.

“Come on” Lex said once he locked the doors on the car and started to make his way into the store.

“Welcome to Harold's…” a man greeted them before noticing that he was dealing with Lex Luthor.

“You're Lex Luthor” the man stated amazed that he would be helping Lex Luthor.

“I know that” Lex said with a look on his face that Clark knew was the first signal that Lex was unhappy.

“What…what can I do for you Mr. Luthor?” The man asked hoping that he hadn't ruined a sale from Lex.

“Swim trunks” Lex said waiting for the man to then guide them to an area where the summer clothing was displayed.

“Right this way” the man said eager to see Lex in swim trucks. The three of them arrived to a large display where swim trucks in all different sizes and styles were available.

“How about this one” Clark said walking over to where there was a pair of swim truck with a large plaid pattern on them.

“No” Lex said already knowing that it would be a long day of Clark picking out trucks that were ugly just to get a reaction out of him.

“These?” Clark said then picking up a pair that had a palm tree on them.

“No” Lex said again looking at the swim trunks and seeing that none of them he would allow Clark to be seen in.

“These ones?” Clark said a smile on his face, it was great fun picking out the ugliest pair of trunks he could find and then getting a ‘no' from Lex.

“Hmmm” Lex said noticing that the royal blue color brought out Clark 's tanned skin nicely.

“Hey now” Clark said surprised that Lex liked the pair of trunks he picked out.

“Go and try those on”

“Hey…no!” Clark said now trying to find a way to back out of trying the shorts on.

“Go” Lex said pointing to the fitting rooms. The puppy dog look he got from Clark almost made him break but he held strong, if Clark was going to make him look at the ugliest swim trunks on the planet then he deserved to see Clark in a pair of shorts with as little clothing on while doing so.

“Jeez Lex” Clark said before smiling once he turned around and made his way to the fitting room where a woman stood looking a bit bored.

“How many?”

“Just one” Clark said showing her the trunks, her interest was peeked even more when Lex came to the fitting room shortly after Clark had left to his room.

“Clark” Lex said after about five minutes of waiting for Clark to come out of the fitting room with the trunks on and hopefully his shirt off.

“I'm not coming out Lex, they look…” Clark said not really sure what they looked like but he felt that they were way too small for him.

“Come out here and let me see”

“No!”

“ Clark , don't make me come in there”

“Fine” Clark said his arms crossed, a pout on his lips that made Lex want to groan when he saw it, once Clark made his way out of the fitting room.

“I look stupid” Clark said knowing that he looked like a complete idiot.

“No” Lex saw looking over the suit and how well it fit Clark .

“It's too small” Clark said now pulling at the fabric while Lex, the sale assistant and the woman watched him in awe.

“No” Lex said eyeing the trunks and wondering if he could talk Clark into trying on more.

“Lex, I'm not stupid” Clark said before turning around and going back into the fitting room to put his clothes back on.

“So you don't like it?” Lex said once Clark was dressed and out of the fitting room, with a decidedly unhappy look on his face.

“No”

“Well then, to another store” Lex said thinking of where he could take Clark that would have the type of suits that Clark was looking for. Clark looked over to Lex and had to wonder when he would be able to see Lex in a suit.

“How about here?” Lex said pulling up to a store that had a small sign above the store that marked it as ‘N. Valentino'.

“Uh, sure” Clark said a bit worried that Lex was going to make him try on more suits than he did at the last store.

“Well come on” Lex said impatient that Clark was taking so long to get out of the car.

“You scare me” Clark said once he was standing next to Lex and caught the look on his face.

“ Clark ” Lex said before opening the door and walking in, a smirk firmly on his face.

“That there” Clark crowed as if it answered some question that Lex had asked. The workers in the store looked at Clark as if he was crazy but then noticed that *the Lex Luthor* was standing in *their* store.

“Mr. Luthor how can I help you?” A tall lanky blonde man said. Clark was totally unimpressed with the guy but didn't say anything to Lex since it seemed that Lex was in a staring contest with the guy.

“We are looking for your swimsuits” Lex said not really asking about where they were but more like telling the man to guide him to where they were located if they had any in the store.

“Right this way” the guy said before turning around and walking towards a display that was near a corner of the store.

“Is this all you have?” Lex said looking over the selection and being a bit unimpressed by it.

“It is”

“Fine” Lex said before turning to Clark and raising his eyebrows at him, as if asking ‘you want to stay here?' Clark nodded his head before moving away from Lex and looking over the small but varied selection the store had. Most places in Smallville had already started working on fall items and it was only the beginning of July so this store was either a step behind the retail curve or a step ahead with keeping their summer clothing out.

“How about this one?” Clark held up a pair of swim trunks that had green swirls that lay against a white background with what looked to be some sort of pattern done in a light tan color. Lex looked up from his perusal of the swimsuits and nodded his head.

“Acceptable”

“Do you have a 34 in these?” Clark asked not seeing the size that he needed. The man only looked at Clark before making his way closer to Lex.

“Uh” Clark said stunned that the guy wasn't helping him; he knew that he was with Lex but the guy could at least act as if he knew he was there.

“He asked you a question” Lex said before making his way over to Clark and taking the trunks out of Clark 's hands.

“34…do you have that size?”

“Oh! Um, let me check in back” the guy said before going to the back of the store and to the storeroom.

“Wow” was all that Clark could say; he was stunned that the guy was being so rude and yet trying to get in Lex's good graces at the same time.

“Let me speak with the someone about *him*” Lex said before walking off towards where the door was located.

“Lex” Clark called out to only get Lex holding up his hand in response.

“Here” the guy said now shoving the trunks into Clark 's hands before looking around to find out where Lex had gone.

“Can I, uh…try these on?”

“What?” The guy said before turning and eyeing Clark like he was some sort of alien.

“Can I try these on?” Clark asked again before looking over to where Lex seemed to be talking to someone that looked to either be the manager or owner of the store.

“Yeah, sure, whatever” the guy said making his way to the fitting room and then sticking Clark in the first available cubie to try on his swim trunks. Clark quickly shimmed out of his jeans and debated on whether or not to take off his boxers before deciding that it would be weird to try them on with his boxers on. He knew it wasn't the brightest of ideas but if he did buy them then he need not worry about if it was sanitary or not. Once the trunks were on, Clark did up the lace that sat at the waist and then looked himself in the mirror. Clark decided that the green of the shorts went well with his eyes before shaking his head at his decidedly girly thoughts.

“Lex” Clark said peeking out the curtain that he held in front of him.

“There you are” Lex said before stopping in front of the curtain where Clark 's head was sticking out.

“So what do you think?” Clark said before walking out with the trunks and a shirt on. Lex so wanted to ask Clark to take off his shirt but thought better of that.

“It clashes with your shirt” Lex said wondering if that would make Clark take off his shirt.

“So?”

“It's distracting”

“So? You want me to take off my shirt?”

“Well…”

“Fine” Clark said before pulling the shirt over his head and tossing it to the bench in the fitting room.

“So?”

“Hmmm” Lex said before doing a spinning move with his finger.

“Fine” Clark huffed out secretly loving that Lex seemed to be in full ‘sexy Luthor' mode.

“They'll do, but I want you to try on something else” Lex said walking away quickly and grabbing a swimsuit he knew Clark would have a cow about trying on.

“Lex!” Clark squeaked once he saw the swimsuit that Lex held.

“Come on, you know you are going to need more than one suit” Lex pointed out to Clark .

“But…but that…there isn't….but” Clark said at a loss as to how to answer Lex. He hadn't really thought about how many suits they would need to bring but now that Lex had said something he knew he wouldn't be able to get out of trying the suit that Lex had in his hands on. Then again if the suit was as tight as he thought it was it would give Lex all sorts of glimpses of his body.

“Try it on” Lex said pushing the suit into Clark 's hands and pushing him back behind the curtain. Lex so wanted to be the mirror in that room but knew better that to try and peek while Clark changed.

“Lex, I refuse to come out in this…this thing!” Clark squeaked yet again. Clark had taken the suit and figured that it would be a bit snug but in all the right places, this though, this was a whole other kind of whoa for him; he had thought that the suit looked a bit ‘flamey' but now seeing it on his body he knew it was screaming ‘out and proud' in more ways than one, something that Clark wasn't looking to say.

“ Clark it can't be that bad” Lex said knowing that the suit would be tight but that was the reason he had picked it out in the first place.

“Heck no Lex!” Clark now screamed still amazed that Lex had picked out something, something so…..not him.

“Clark” Lex said moving a bit closer to the curtain trying to get a peek at what Clark looked like before he took off the suit.

“Here” Clark said throwing the curtain wide and taking a step out of the fitting room with only the skimpy, at least in Clark's opinion, swimsuit on his body. Bare feet and chest seemed to only enhance the look that Clark had going for him. The pea green suit with aqua and lime green Hawaiian looking flowers molded to Clark 's body as if it was a second skin. Lex took in Clark's body with awe, he knew that Clark had the body of God but to see it on such display was just….whoa.

“I look weird” Clark said now grabbing at the shorts and pulling them down which only seemed to make them ride lower and lower on his waist, which showed his hips bones. Hip bones that Lex now wanted to lick and suck and do all sorts of naughty things to.

“If you pull them any lower you won't be wearing them” Lex said finally getting over his awe of Clark 's body. That pulled Clark up short, he didn't think that Lex had noticed that he was trying to cover his body with fabric that wasn't there, seems he was paying attention after all.

“They look good” Lex said before eyeing the guy that had been standing there acting as if he was helping.

“I agree” the guy said before shock came over his face.

“What?” Lex said, hoping that he hadn't heard the guy speak to *his* Clark about the swimsuit he had on.

“Uh” the guy said before turning around and walking away. He needed to get some air since it was much too hot in the store all of a sudden.

“Lex” Clark said a bit self-conscious of if he looked okay in the swimsuit he had on.

“You look fine”

“I don't want to be wearing this…” Clark said wondering if he could talk Lex into trying and then buying a pair as well.

“How about I get a pair also?” Lex said willing to do just about anything for Clark to wear the swimsuit again and in public.

“Deal” Clark said quickly before going back to the fitting room and changing out of the suit so that he could find one that would look good on Lex. He had to admit that the suit did look good, but what little fabric there was he wasn't sure how someone else would notice that.

“Ready” Clark said coming out of the fitting room with the two suits he was going to get.

“Good, now let's pick out one for me” Lex said before going back to the small rack that held the suit he had picked out for Clark in different colors and patterns.

“How about this one?” Clark said holding up a suit that was a maroon color with gold stars and of all things, unicorn heads on it.

“ Clark ” Lex said horror written all over his face.

“I wouldn't do that to you” Clark said before laughing and then putting back the suit.

“How about this one?” Clark said now pulling out a tied died looking suit that had white stars on it and looked like a pair of briefs.

“I'm not trying to be the gay parade grand marshal, Clark” Lex said his face showing Clark how much he was hating what Clark kept picking out.

“So pink is a no?” Clark said before laughing with tears in his eyes. Most of the suits that were on the rack seemed to have been cut from some sort of ‘fruity' fabric for no man that was straight would purchase one of the suits. The unicorn suit was pretty much said it all.

“Pink is a no” Lex said before wondering why he was allowing himself to put up with Clark 's jokes.

“But you wear lavender all the time” Clark said a smile on his face to show that he was only kidding. He would never make fun of what Lex wore, for most of it made him want to jump the older man because he looked so good.

“ Clark ”

“I know, I know” Clark said holding up his hands in surrender. Lex nodded his head before looking back down at the suits and wondering how he had found Clark 's suit for most of the suits were atrocious.

“I got something” Clark said now holding up two suits for Lex. One was done in a black background with various shades of green and blue circles, while the other was done in a gray background with various shades of blue, red and pink looking like citrus fruit halves. Lex thought the fruit halves were a no, as he had told Clark, he was not trying to be the grand marshal for the local gay parade while at the water park with Clark .

“The black”

“But I wanted to see what the gray looked like” Clark said a blush on his face but a grin clearly evident. Lex groaned at this, he couldn't ever say no to Clark 's boyish grin.

“Fine”

“You're a 30, right?” Clark said trying to remember what size pants that Lex wore.

“Yes” Lex said before looking over to the fitting room not at all ready for some reason to show Clark 's his assets, so to speak.

“Mom would say you are much too thin” Clark commented before continuing his search for the right size shorts of Lex.

“Okay, here we go” Clark said now walking towards Lex with both pairs of suits in his hands. He couldn't wait to see Lex with little to no clothing on; if only the stupid sales guy that had been following Lex around would go away things would be even better.

“Thanks” Lex snarked at Clark before going behind the curtain in the nearest fitting.

“Clark, you have to be kidding me” Lex said looking at the shorts and wondering how Clark even managed to come out of the fitting room looking all sorts of sexy.

“I did it, so you do too”

“ Clark ”

“No, you said you would get a suit and there are two; so try them on and show me” Clark said knowing he had won the argument. Lex had after all promised and Lex NEVER broke a promise.

“Fine” Lex said before taking off his pants and boxer-briefs that he wore and placing them on the bench that was in the fitting room before putting on the first suit which was the gray suit.

“What to do, what to do” Lex said quietly to himself, he had made Clark take off his shirt but he in no way wanted to do that while the sales guy stood nearby and probably with his cell phone's camera ready should he get a chance to take a picture of Lex with only a pair of swim sorts on.

“Come in here Clark” Lex said hoping that Clark wouldn't make him go out there.

“Why?”

“Just come in here” Lex said before unbuttoning his shirt and laying it on top of his pants and boxer-briefs.

“Hey…” Clark started but didn't finish since he took in all of Lex's pale skin on display for him.

“I refuse to go out there with the sale person still standing there”

“Lex?” Clark said confused before he realized that he was dealing with *Lex Luthor* which meant that there were people out there willing to do anything to get either a piece of the Luthor heir or the money that came from the Luthor name.

“Never mind” Clark said quickly before looking Lex over again and liking the way that the blue in the suit brought out Lex's eyes.

“I like it” Clark said before noticing that Lex had a look on his face that said ‘no, no, no'.

“ Clark it has fruit halves on it”

“So? Mine has flowers”

“And your point being?”

“That mine looks just as….” Clark wasn't really sure on how to finish the sentence. He was going to say that it looked gay, but since he was gay and in love with Lex that was sort of hypocritical of him.

“ Clark ”

“Come on Lex” Clark said pleading hoping that Lex would cave and also not ask him to finish the thought from before.

“Okay, but we pick between the two”

“Deal” Clark said before exiting the fitting room and waiting for Lex to call him back in the room when he had changed into the next suit.

“Are you all right Mr. Luthor?” The sales guy said eyeing Clark with distaste. He didn't know how that *boy* had been able to go into the fitting room, when he had been following Lex around the whole store hoping to help in some way or another. Well maybe not the whole store but he had been focused on Lex alone and had lost sales by staying so close.

“Fine” Lex said his voice a bit colder than it had been when he spoke with Clark .

“ Clark ” Lex called out already changed into the other suit, this one was much, much better in his opinion.

“Hey” Clark said coming back in and taking in Lex's pale flesh again. It was hard to pay attention to what little bit of fabric there was, when Lex had all of his body on display.

“I like this one better” Clark said before he got a head nod from Lex.

“I as well”

“Great now we can get away from the creepy sales guy”

“That we can” Lex said before pushing Clark out of the fitting room making him grin. Lex was certainly being shy all of a sudden and Clark couldn't help but grin at the reason why Lex's personality had changed from that of ‘Lex the sexy Luthor' to that of ‘shy and vulnerable Lex'.

“Mr. Luthor” the sale assistant said making Clark eye the guy and wondering if he was off his rocker.

“I am fine” Lex said again this time his voice told the guy to leave him the hell alone.

“Okay” the sale guy said before going over to a small rack and messing with the hangers on the clothing while waiting for Lex to come out of the fitting room.

“Ready?” Lex said coming out of the fitting room a few minutes later fully dressed.

“Yeah….” Clark said before following Lex to rack where they had gotten the suits.

“So you liked the gray?” Lex asked in a conversational tone.

“Yeah….” Clark said wondering where Lex was going with this.

“Then I'll get that as well”

“Really?” Clark said stunned that Lex was willing to get a suit that he didn't like just because he liked it.

“Might as well get them both, I did look good in them” Lex stated as if asking Clark to disagree with him.

“Uhhh” Clark said uncertain on how to answer.

“Don't worry about it, I know I looked good” Lex said before smirking to Clark and walking to the front of the store.

“Mr. Luthor” the owner said before taking the three shorts and folding them up and then handing them to the sales girl working the cash register. As the girl rang up the suits she turned to her boss as if asking some sort of direction by looking at him.

“Was Eric helping you today?”

“Yes he was” Lex said remembering the name tag on the man that had been less than helpful.

“Less than helpful and more stalker-ish if you ask me” Clark mumbled under his breath but Lex and the owner heard him loud and clear.

“I must agree” Lex said before making eye contact with the owner of the store.

“Hmmm” he said wondering why Eric hadn't helped the pair as much as he thought he would have.

“Ring it up as a four” the owner said before watching the rest of the transaction occur while looking over to where Eric, the sales guy was standing looking at Lex as if he was in love.

“That will be two hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifteen cents”

“Lex” Clark said shocked he didn't know that Lex was going to spend so much money on just some swimsuits.

“ Clark ” Lex said before handing over his credit card and then waiting for the slip that he was to sign.

“That's too much”

“Gift” Lex said knowing that he would have Clark on that. He had said that the trip and the shopping for trip was a gift to Clark, he hoped that Clark didn't try and back out of the trip just so he wouldn't have to buy the swimsuits.

“But….but….” Clark sputtered not sure how he was going to win against Lex on this one.

“Just go with it” Lex said before handing the slip back to the girl and then getting a copy of his receipt and the bag that the shorts had been placed into.

“Did you enjoy the day?” Lex asked Clark once they were back on the highway to Smallville.

“It was great” Clark said a soft smile on his face, he hoped that he was hiding at least some of the love he felt for Lex off his face.

“Good” Lex said smiling at Clark . He still couldn't believe that he had fallen in love with his best friend, but for some reason his feeling for Clark seemed to make him a better person. He strived now to not be the carbon copy of his father that most thought he would become. The rest of the ride was made with small talk about their day and the people that had dealt with when they saw Lex was out and about with Clark .

“Call me when you get to the castle” Clark said as he leaned into the car once Lex had pulled up the house.

“Okay dear” Lex said before smirking at the glare he received in return.

“Fine be that way” Clark joked before thanking Lex for the day and then closing the car door. Lex waved to Clark as he backed out of the driveway and when Clark couldn't see the car any longer he made his way inside.

“How was the trip?” Martha said once Clark made his way into the house.

“Great”

“Really?” Jonathan asked stunned, he had assumed that Clark would hate to go shopping with Lex almost as much as he hated going shopping with his mother.

“Yeah, it was great” Clark said before blushing, he sort of hoped that his parents wouldn't ask to see the suit or suits that he got because he knew his father would blow when he saw the one suit that had little to no fabric.

“So did you find anything?” Martha said knowing that Clark was hiding something and she figured it had to do with his suit or suits that he had bought.

“Yeah” Clark said raising the bag he had in his hand up.

“Well let's see” Martha said looking at Clark and then grinning with the thought of what might be in the bag. She knew Lex was probably one of the few people on this Earth that could make Clark do things and wear things that he would never normally.

“Here you go” Clark said handing the bag over to his mom and going into the kitchen to get something to drink and also hide out. When Clark was in the kitchen Martha opened the bag and began to laugh. The first suit in the bag was the one that Lex had picked out for him. She could see now why her son had run for the kitchen as soon as he had given her the bag.

“Martha” Jonathan said a smile on his face on what might be in the bag.

“Only Lex” Martha said before pulling out the suit and showing it to Jonathan.

“Whoa” Jonathan said surprised that Clark had allowed Lex to pick something so….so revealing for Clark .

“I agree but I am going to assume that Lex isn't any better off”

“You think?”

“Pretty sure” Martha said before then taking out the second pair of swim trunk which seemed to fit Clark 's style much better.

“Now that is more Clark's style” Jonathan said not really angry with Lex for getting Clark the swim shorts that had little fabric to them, if anything it made him laugh because he knew that as soon as his son hit the water park that he would be hit on by any girl and some guys at the park.

“Is it safe” Clark asked sticking his head into the living room where his parents still stood a little grin on his face.

“Just fine honey” Martha answered before giving her son a quick grin and a wink.

“Dad”

“Just fine son, I don't have to wear it so I'm fine”

“Okay” Clark said confused, he was certain that his father would explode over the shorts but it seemed he was wrong.

The Fourth of July picnic came and went with little problems from either Lionel or Lana for Lex. He had figured that as soon as his father knew that there was to be a picnic and that Lana had asked and he had declined that he would be receiving a phone call from his father. It hadn't happened yet and Lex was thanking his lucky stars. With this lack of communication from his father, Lex could only think that may be his trip with Clark would go off without problems from his father or from Lana.

“Are you all packed?” Martha called up to her son who was still in his room still packing she assumed. Who knew that her son would be so over kill on packing for a trip?

“Yeah” Clark said winded as he carried his bag down the stairs on his shoulder.

“That's it?” Martha asked stunned she had figured with as much packing that Clark had been doing there would be at least two or three bags coming down with him. Not one bag that looked to only be semi-full.

“Well yeah” Clark said looking at his mom and then to the bag.

“You have been spending all of your time for just *that*”

“Uh…” Clark blushed here, it wasn't like he could tell him mom that he had been daydreaming of Lex when he started to pack only to have to stop to send some ‘quality' time with his cock in his hand.

“No, no don't tell me” Martha said figuring that Clark had been upstairs working on what to bring and what not to bring. Her son could be a girl in some aspects which suited her just fine, it was better than her husband who would throw whatever was clean in a bag and be done with packing. Clark just blushed more and then made his way into the living room so that he could set his bag by the front door for when Lex would arrive. Clark sat down on the couch and began to get nervous, he wanted go badly for things between him and Lex to become more but now that the time came Clark was uncertain as to what to do. He didn't want to jeopardize their friendship but he certainly didn't want to regret not trying for something more if there was a chance that more could happen.

“ Clark ” Jonathan called into the living room from the front porch.

“Huh?” Clark said thinking about how he would go about testing the waters on where their friendship stood. He was pretty sure that Lex was open to more, but he wasn't completely sure and that was where the trip was going to prove to him what it was that Lex was willing to allow.

“Lex is here” Jonathan said before waving to Lex and then shaking his head at the way his son was acting.

“Okay” Clark said before standing and grabbing his bag, he didn't want to linger around the farm for too long for fear of Lana or someone coming over and stalling their trip.

“Hey Lex” Clark said as he came out of the house and down the stair to the front porch.

“Clark” Lex said in greeting before smirking at the look that Clark projected, which was that of a huge puppy excited that its owner was going to play with it. Lex would be Clark 's master anytime, but he knew he had to wait until they were outside of Smallville town limits for anything like that to happen.

“Be safe and have fun” Jonathan said before putting an arm around his wife's waist since she had come to see the pair off.

“Okay” Clark said before spinning and around and running and giving his mom and dad a hug and a kiss each.

“Love you” Clark said with a wave before he moved to the trunk of Lex's chosen car for the trip. The car of course was something that would be comfortable for Clark and yet stylish enough for Lex to deem worthy of driving, hence the car being a Bentley Continental GT, done in a shade of blue that almost looked like the color of the water in the ocean when out in the deep looking over head.

“Nice” Clark said before receiving a grin from Lex.

“I do try” Lex said before opening up the trunk and watching Clark place his bag next to the bag that was already in the trunk.

“Ready” Lex said before moving over to the driver's side and giving a final wave to the Kent 's.

“Let's go” Clark said before hopping in the passenger seat and buckling his seatbelt. Lex started up the car and backed it out all the while thinking how much fun he was going to have with only Clark and a water park to keep him company.

“Soooo” Clark said drawing out the word.

“Yes” Lex said before checking Clark out from the corner of his eye.

“Are you ‘on call'?”

“Not really since I managed to dodge my father before leaving” Lex said proud of himself and being able to stay away from his father before leaving. The man had been calling and calling but Lex had refused to speak with the man knowing that he would find some stupid thing that would make him cancel his trip and that was something he was unwilling to do.

“And Lana” Clark asked knowing that if Lex was able to dodge one then the other seemed to come out with more force.

“Her too, seems that project I gave her has been keeping her busy” Lex said a smirk on his face at the thought. He could remember some of the messages his father had left about the whole Lana and remodeling and he was quite happy that he hadn't answered those calls, seems that Lana Lang took up calling Lionel for every little thing before she would give Lex the report on the remodel for the Talon.

“Good to hear” Clark said happy that Lex was actually free for the whole week of their trip.

“I of course had to bring my laptop and cell phone but I don't plan to do much work…”

“No work” Clark corrected Lex, he was going to make sure that Lex relaxed and if that meant that he would have to bodily do so then he was all for it.

“Well if there is an issue that needs my attention”

“Then Mr. Sullivan will handle it. It's what you pay him for” Clark answered back, knowing that Lex would get caught up if there was something that he just *had* to do.

“It doesn't work like that Clark, you know that” Lex said trying to explain to Clark that he couldn't stop his life for the trip they were going on.

“Yeah, sure….sorry” Clark said angry and sad that Lex seemed to be willing to do work while on vacation. He of course understood Lex's point, but what was the point of even going on the trip if he knew that he would be working on something that would take up his full attention for who knew how long?

“It's not that I don't want to take a complete vacation but with the plant under my care and my father watching me, I can't take any chances”

“No, I understand don't worry about it” Clark said before he turned his head and looked out the window. His thoughts of seducing Lex gone from his mind and now his only thought was how long the trip would seem without his best friend there to experience things with.

“ Clark , if you look in the backseat my laptop bag should be there. In the bag are driving directions on how to get the to Schlitterbahn”

“Okay” Clark said before turning in his seat and looking for the bag in question, he found it right where Lex said it was and grabbed it. Clark looked through the bag for a moment before he found a file that held all the information and tickets for their trip.

“Here you go” Clark said taking out the directions looking them over and then handing them to Lex.

“I can't read it while I drive”

“Oh, yeah…sorry” Clark said before reading the directions out loud to Lex.

“Got it” Lex said before turning his complete attention back to the road. The ride to Schlitterbahn Water Resort took them three hours to get to, and most of the time had Clark looking out the window of the car while Lex was on his cell phone talking to people at the plant.

“I'll call you back as soon as I get settled in and have taken a look at the reports” Lex said as they pulled up to the main driveway for the resort park.

“Checking in?”

“Yes”

“ID please” the guard said before Lex handed over his driver's license.

“Okay here you go, follow the drive up to the main house and you can check in there” Lex nodded his head before he placed the blue piece of paper the guard gave him in the window of the car and then made his way to the main house where they would check in.

“Stay here, I'll be right back” Lex said before jumping out of the car and making his way into the main house not waiting for Clark to respond.

“As if I have a choice” Clark grouched so ready to go home already. He understood now that Lex really didn't want to be there with him, but since they were there he was going to enjoy himself and try to avoid Lex as much as possible.

“Alright” Lex said getting back in the car and tossing Clark the keys to their ‘tree house' that they would be staying in while there. Lex was soon navigating through the parking lot and over to where a small lot was available for people staying in the ‘tree house' rooms or suites.

“Number forty-three” Clark read off the card before he noticed that they have arrived to an almost empty lot.

“Special lot” Lex explained before pulling into a spot and then getting out of the car, not waiting for Clark once again.

“Luthor” Clark heard as he got out of the car.

“Great, just freaking great” Clark mumbled before going to the trunk of the car and grabbing his bag since Lex had already gotten his bag and was making his way back to his side of the car to get his laptop bag.

“Need help sir” a boy about sixteen asked Clark .

“No, but he does” Clark said pointing to Lex who now have a pile of stuff sitting on the parking lot.

“Sure” the guy grinned before going over and gesturing to Lex's stuff and receiving a nod in response, as Lex continued to talk on the phone.

“Right this way” the boy said to Clark, the only one listening and then walking towards a staircase that lead you up into the large man-made trees that supported the ‘tree house' suites.

“Room?” The boy asked as they walked down an outside bridge type walkway.

“Forty-three” Clark answered from the back of the group.

“Right here” the boy said before stopping in front of a ‘tree house' that had the number forty-three on it before tossing the keys he had to the bellboy and waiting for him to open the room.

“Thanks” Clark said before handing the boy a couple dollars since Lex had made a bee line into the suite with his laptop bag and nothing else.

“Thanks” Clark just nodded his head in response before entering the suite with both his and Lex's bags.

“I told you that I didn't want that” Lex said waving a hand about almost acting as if Clark was the bellboy.

“Sure, sure” Clark said before finding the two bedrooms and putting Lex's things in the larger of the two.

“No, you will do as I say” Clark heard when he came out of Lex's room and then moved into the next room with his own things. Clark looked around the room and he had to admit that it was very nice and the floor to ceiling windows that looked out into the water park part of the park was an amazing plus.

“Listen here, you will NOT…” Clark heard before he closed the door to his room. He didn't want to hear Lex on the phone, he had been blessed with that the whole trip here he didn't need to hear any more of it at the present moment in time.

“What a mistake” Clark said to himself, he should have known that Lex wouldn't stop his business life for a few days of fun with him.

“Better put away the few things I have” Clark said before moving over to his bag that was sitting on the bed where he had placed it when he entered the room. Clark was putting away the items that he had packed for the trip when Lex decided to knock on his door.

“ Clark ?”

“Yeah” Clark said not moving towards the door to answer it, he figured they could carry a conversation through the door just fine.

“Is there a reason the door is closed?”

“You were on the phone, and I didn't want to get too loud for you” Clark said before counting to ten trying to calm himself down, he certainly didn't want to explode about Lex's lack of consideration on the trip.

“Well I am off the phone now” Lex stated as if that would be the answer to some question that Clark had.

“Oh, okay”

“You're not going to open the door?”

“Uh” Clark said before finally making his way over to the door and opening it.

“ Clark ” Lex said with a bit of a sigh.

“No, don't worry about it” Clark said before forcing a smile to his face.

“ Clark , you're lying”

“No, no…it's fine honest”

“ Clark ” Lex wasn't able to say any more since his phone decided to ring once again.

“Honest don't worry about it” Clark said before going back and finishing up the unpacking he needed to do. Clark finished in no time and he soon became bored, so Clark made his way out into the living/dinning room and noticed the large screen TV mounted on the wall. Clark looked over to Lex who was sitting at a table sitting in the ‘dinning room' part of the suite with his laptop out and his Bluetooth headset in his ear, working while on the phone. With one last look Clark turned on the TV, which was turned to the channel that was an information channel about the park and surrounding area. Clark made sure that the volume on the TV wasn't real high but at least high enough that he could hear that proved to be a bad idea.

“Hold on” Lex said before pressing some button on the headset and then clearing his throat to get Clark 's attention.

“Oh, yeah Lex?” Clark asked wondering what it was that Lex wanted since he could see that he was still busy with work.

“Is it possible for you to watch that in your room?”

“Oh…” Clark said hurt by Lex's words.

“Sure, no problem” Clark said before turning off the TV and making his way into his room. Once the TV had been turned off Lex was back on the call and didn't even notice the slump of Clark 's shoulders.

“What a load of crap” Clark said before turning on the TV and watching the information channel for all of ten minutes before deciding that maybe a walk would be a good idea. They had been given more than one key so he knew that he wouldn't have to wait on Lex to answer the door should he leave and return a bit later than expected.

“No, how many times do I have to tell you that?” Met Clark 's ears as he exited his room and made his way over to where the keys to the room lay on the black granite counter near the door. Clark thought about leaving a note but figured that Lex wouldn't notice him gone anyway so why leave a note if he would be back before then? Clark was just about to leave when he decided that leaving a note would be best that way if he did come back late and Lex had been looking for him that he could at least say that he had left a note.

Lex,

  Gone to take a look around, be back soon.

  Clark

Clark looked the short note over before leaving it near the other set of keys figuring that Lex would check there if he would go looking for him. Lex never noticed the door open and close because he was too deep in plant work to even notice.

Clark walked down the bridge walkway until he reached an area that had a set of stairs and a ramp that took you into a shopping and eating area.

“This is neat” Clark said before pulling out the camera he had put in his pocket before leaving. He figured his parents would want to see what it looked like and if he waited around for Lex he wouldn't see much besides in the inside of their suite. Clark became very busy snapping picture after picture while having a great time, so it was with surprise that he found an irate Lex when he arrived back to the suite.

“Where the hell have you been?” Lex said in a cold voice to Clark as he walked in through the suite door.

“Looking around” Clark said noticing that Lex was off the phone for an extended period of time for the first time since they arrived.

“And you decided to leave and not say anything?”

“I left a note” Clark said going over to the counter and picking up and obviously unread note.

“Clark” Lex said calming down a bit but still mad that Clark had left and acted as if that wasn't an issue.

“Look Lex, you were busy and I figured that I would get out of your way so I took a look around”

“ Clark that's not the point”

“Then what is Lex? ‘Cuz I'm not seeing a point of me sitting here watching TV in my room while you work”

“ Clark , you just don't understand”

“I thought this was a vacation”

“It is but I can't turn my back on my duties running the plant” Clark knew then that if Lex had to choose between him and the plant that the plant would win. Clark just nodded his head before making his way over to his room, he had a lot to think about and he didn't want to do it looking at Lex.

“I see” Clark said before moving past Lex and trying to make his way into his room.

“We aren't done talking” Lex said grabbing Clark 's arm.

“What is there to talk about?”

“ Clark ”

“No, don't worry about it Lex. You do what you have to and I will entertain myself” Clark said yanking his arm out of Lex's grasp and then walking in and closing the door to his room.

“Why did I even try?” Clark said quietly before going to the bed and sitting on it. He still couldn't believe that Lex was actually choosing the plant and his work over having a bit of fun with him.

“Clark come out here, we need to talk” Lex said through the door, which made Clark want to roll his eyes.

“Yes sir, aye aye sir” Clark said before standing up and saluting the door before opening it.

“What?”

“Sit down” Lex said before taking a seat on a dark brown leather couch. Clark eyed the couch before sitting down as far away from Lex as possible.

“ Clark , please understand that….” Lex started out only to be cut off by Clark .

“Don't worry about it, okay? You need to work and I am in your way I understand that”

“You're not in the way”

“I am, so you don't have to lie”

“ Clark , please”

“Please what Lex?”

“Try to understand”

“I understand just fine'

“No I don't think you do”

“Then explain it to me, explain what the purpose of this trip was if all you were going to do was work?”

“You asked me on this trip”

“You could have refused” Clark said now hurting beyond measure, Lex acted as if he had held a gun to his head when he asked him to come along.

“You could have told me you were going to be busy…” Clark said before shaking his head.

“Look Lex, don't worry about it. You can work and I will just make sure to stay out of your way” Clark said ending the discussion before going to his bedroom and closing the door. Clark waited for Lex to call him back out to talk but it seemed that it wasn't going to happen.

“I should have known” Clark mumbled as he got ready for bed. He hadn't realized how late it was until he looked out the windows and saw that it was dark outside.

The next morning Clark was woken up by the sun coming through the large windows in his room.

“Stupid sun” Clark complained before sitting up and looking out the windows seeing that it was a beautiful day and would be perfect for going to the water park. Dressed in only a pair of shorts Clark made his way out of his room and to the small kitchen area to see if there was anything to eat.

“Morning” Lex said sitting at the table in the dinning room. Clark just grunted before noticing that there was a plate of rolls sitting on the table where Lex sat.

“Hey” Clark said before taking a seat at the table and then taking a roll and eating it.

“Clark” Lex started looking at Clark and wondering how things had gone so wrong so quickly.

“ Clark 's I'm sorry about working on this trip”

“It's okay”

“No it isn't, and for that I am sorry”

“Lex, don't worry about it”

“No, this was a trip for the both of us and I have been working and that wasn't supposed to happen”

“Lex”

“No, I realize now that this was just a way for my father to ruin my trip even if I didn't tell him where I was going and what I was doing.”

“You think” Clark asked surprised, he hadn't thought that Lionel would do something like that but he guessed that he should have known that. It was after all Lionel Luthor.

“I was tipped off by the ‘well your father said' when I was on a call last night after you went to bed.”

“Oh gosh, I'm sorry” Clark said really sorry that Lex had been caught yet again by Lionel.

“Don't be, I was being a right prick so you had all the reason in the world to be pissed at me” Lex said a small smile on his face; he hoped that he could repair their friendship from the fight that they had last night.

“Well” Clark said before grinning like a loon and apologizing to Lex for being a jerk as well.

“So no more work?”

“No more work, they can wait” Lex said before smiling at the look that Clark gave him. It was good to be back in Clark 's good graces that was for sure, he wasn't really sure what the future held for the pair of them but he knew that it was with the both of them together, even if they were friends.

“So what do you want to do today?” Lex asked Clark, he knew that Clark was ready to hit the water parks but he would at least act like he didn't know that.

“Go to one of the water parks of course!” Clark exclaimed before laughing at the look Lex gave him that said ‘I knew that'.

“Well go and get ready” Lex said pushing Clark towards his bedroom before entering his own.

“Just you wait” Lex said in his empty bedroom that he hoped wouldn't be empty for much longer. Thirty minutes later had Clark leaving his room with his swim trunks on and a white t-shirt covering his chest.

“Come on Lex!” Clark called to Lex, wondering what was taking the man so long; he didn't have much to do after all.

“I'm coming, I'm coming” Lex said with a smirk on his face thinking of the type of coming he really wanted to be doing.

“Where is your suit?” Clark asked surprised to see that Lex had on a pair of light pants and a thin blue t-shirt.

“Under my pants” Lex said before his smirk became an all out grin at the blush that he received from Clark do to his words.

“Well come on then” Clark said after he had gotten himself under control.

“Let me get the tickets” Lex said before going over to the file that sat on the table and getting the tickets that he had been sent from the water resort.

“This is going to be great” Clark said before he grabbed a set of the keys and then opened the door waiting for Lex to follow behind.

“We will need to get a locker or something” Clark said thinking of all the items that Lex had on him even if he was going to a water park.

“I agree” Lex said as he followed Clark down the bridge walkway and towards the entrance to the water park that the ‘tree house' suite was located near.

“Welcome to Schlitterbahn East's Water Park , Blastenhoff” a girl said sitting at a booth at the entrance of the water park.

“Are you purchasing tickets or do you have tickets already?” The girl asked before grinning at both Clark and Lex, hoping one of them would say something to her. Lex raised the tickets he had in his hands and the girl nodded her head.

“Just go right past this booth to the line there” the girl said before watching as Lex and Clark walked past her. She sighed at the thought of seeing the pair in only their swim attire.

“So not fair” the girl said before moving on to the next person in line.

“You need some sun block, Lex” Clark said while they waited in line to be let into the park.

“We'll get some in the park” Lex answered back before moving to the front of the line and then giving the guy standing there his tickets.

“No bags?” The guy asked before receiving a nod back in response.

“Welcome then” the guy said eyeing Lex and wondering if that was really the *Lex Luthor* at the water park.

“Thanks” Clark answered back before walking ahead and dragging Lex with him.

“This is so cool” Clark said with a grin lighting up his face.

“Hmmm” Lex said before he spied a small shop that sold all sort of summer items.

“Sun block” Lex said before pointing to the shop that also said that you could rent towels and rent lockers as well.

“One stop shopping” Clark joked before he looked over the sun block available for sale and picking out the highest SPF he could for Lex.

“Baby sun block?”

“You're very pale”

“I know that”

“Hence the baby sun block” Clark said as if that explained things and in a way it did. Lex had pale skin not only because of the fact that he wasn't in the sun very often but also because of the fact that he had red hair at one point in time in his life.

“Should I even bother to ask for an explanation?”

“Nope” Clark said before grabbing the bottle and making their way towards the cashier that they could get their locker and towel rental from. “Welcome to Blast Gift Shop” the girl greeted the pair with a smile on her face.

“Hi” Clark said before setting the sun block down and then requesting two towels and one locker rental.

“Will that be all?”

“Yes” Lex answered that time.

“Your total is sixteen dollars, and six dollars will be returned to you once you return the towels”

“Okay” Clark said before Lex brought out his credit card for the charge. The girl ran the card and then handed over a slip for Lex to sign, while she got the towels and key for the locker.

“Lockers are around the corner, near the restrooms” the girl said before handing over the towels and key and pointing them in the direction of where the changing rooms and lockers where. When the girl looked down at the slip to see who it was that had signed she squeaked, she hadn't know that Lex Luthor had decided to come to the water park for a vacation and with some really hot guy too.

“Thanks” Clark said before taking the towels and sun block leaving Lex the key to pick up.

“So how long do you think it will take before they know you are here?” Clark asked Lex he had known that going with Lex would lead to mass ciaos and he could tell that it was only beginning, because of the double looks that Lex kept getting as they walked around the front part of the park.

“I figure a good three hours” Lex said playing along with Clark , he too knew that there would be reporters at the park asking him why he was there and who he was here with.

“It's a bet then” Clark said a grin on his face wondering what Lex would want if he won the bet.

“Are you calling this a bet?”

“I am”

“So I get to pick my reward if I win”

“That's usually how it works”

“Hmmm, well then”

“Well if I win, I want to be able to take a picture of you in one of the swimsuits we bought”

“What”

“You heard me” Clark said grinning at the thought of having a photo of Lex in the itty, bitty swimsuit that they had gotten on their shopping trip.

“Deal so when I win, I want a picture of you in your other new suit” Lex said figuring that Clark would sputter about a picture being taken of him in the small suit.

“Okay, deal” Clark said wondering what Lex would do with a photo of him pretty much naked. Lex was surprised but didn't say anything since they arrived to the large area where the lockers where set up.

“One, oh, eight” Lex said reading the number off the key and looking at the signs on the ends of the lockers directing you to where certain locker numbers were.

“Over here” Clark said pointing to a bank of lockers that were on a fall wall away from the changing areas. The pair arrived to the locker and Lex unlocked it before putting all of the items that he had put into his pants in the locker while Clark placed the keys and a camera in as well.

“Here” Clark said taking off his shirt and throwing it in the locker.

“I'll be right back” Lex said before walking off and to the restrooms to take off his clothing. Lex arrived back to the locker a few minutes later only wearing the black suit hanging dangerously low on his hips, which they had gotten on the trip.

“Nice” Clark said trying not to blush at his words and also trying to not drool at Lex's body.

“Hmmm” Lex said before placing his neatly folded clothes into the locker and then locking it.

“Ready” Lex asked Clark who was still holding the towels and sun block.

“Yup”

“Let's find a spot then” Lex said before moving them over to where a large sandy area was filled with deck chairs and lounge chairs.

“There” Clark said pointing to two lounge chairs that sat under an umbrella.

“That should keep you safe…ish”

“You think?” Lex said before walking over to the two chairs and then sitting down.

“Here you go” Clark said before handing over a towel to Lex so he could lay it over the chair.

“Excuse me” a woman said that had on a bikini that looked like it came from a fashion magazine, which meant that it wasn't suitable to be wearing at a water park unless you didn't plan on getting wet.

“Yes?” Lex asked looking up to the woman, wondering if the bet was about to fulfilled.

“Lex Luthor, right?”

“Yes”

“I knew it!” She exclaimed before running back to her spot and digging around for something.

“Is she going to ask you to sign her body or something?”

“I have no idea but I hope not”

“Can I get a picture with you?” The woman asked once she came back a camera in hand.

“No”

“No?”

“Yes, no” Lex said watching as the woman before angry.

“Well why not?”

“I am not some celebrity”

“But you're Lex Luthor”

“So?”

“Fine be that way” she huffed before walking away.

“Wow” Clark said before laughing at the look that Lex threw him.

“Don't you even say anything” Lex said trying to glare at Clark but failing since he had on a next to nothing swim shorts and silver sunglasses perches on his nose.

“I wasn't planning on it”

“Sure” Lex said before looking out over the wave pool that had a large number of people already in it.

“Sit up so I can put on the sun block” Clark said waving the bottle of sub block.

“Fine” Lex said sitting up and then waiting for Clark to smear the sun block on his back and shoulders. Lex wanted to moan at the feelings of Clark 's hands on his body but stayed quiet.

“Turn” Clark said before putting some more sun block in his hands and waiting for Lex to turn around.

“Stop that” Lex said with a bit of a laugh, Clark 's hands seemed to be finding his most ticklish spots on his body.

“Is Lex Luthor ticklish?”

“No”

“Yes you are” Clark said knowing that Lex was lying.

“No, I am not”

“Don't even try saying your not” Clark said before wiggling his fingers in front of Lex's face.

“No” Lex said a smile on his face at the way they were acting, they seemed to be drawing attention but he really didn't care.

“You asked for it then” Clark said moving his fingers close to Lex's ribs with the thought of making him laugh until he gave in and admitted he was ticklish.

“Fine, I'm ticklish” Lex said before Clark 's fingers made it to his body.

“I knew it!” Clark crowed before pushing Lex on the shoulder and laughing at the glare that Lex gave him when he took off his sunglasses.

“Here, take the key” Lex said before throwing the key to Clark and then smiling at the look he received.

“You hold it”

“No”

“Lex” Clark whined he didn't want to be responsible for the key because he knew he would lose it.

“Just put it around your wrist that should be fine” Lex said before slipping the band that was hanging from the key around Clark 's wrist. The moment that Lex's hands worked on putting the key on Clark's wrist, Clark had a vision of them standing at an alter and instead of the key's band Lex was putting a ring on his finger. The scene made Clark ache for the scene to come true.

“Clark” Lex said while waving his hand in front of Clark's face, Lex had seen the far away look that Clark got on his face and he had to wonder what he was thinking about. If it was even close to the thought that he was having then they would need to have a long time some time in the future. Since Lex was thinking of a marriage scene just like Clark .

“Clark” Lex called out again before he noticed that Clark seemed to now have focused back to the water park and him.

“Yeah?”

“What were you thinking about? You got this far away look on your face?” Lex questioned Clark and when he didn't receive a response, he had a feeling that it dealt with him in a more than friendly manner or he at least hoped that.

“Nothing” Clark finally said before he noticed that there seemed to be a lot of squealing and laughing coming from the wave pool.

“Let's go” Clark said dragging Lex to the edge of the wave pool and looking at the semi-large waves that were making their way back towards them.

“ Clark ” Lex said noticing that the waves seemed to be getting larger and larger and the shouts seemed to be getting louder and louder as well.

“Come on” Clark said now dragging Lex into the water and walking slowly as the waves washed past them. Clark had a decidedly happy grin on his face, he was out in the sun with Lex and he was holding onto Lex's hand as well. Although if you looked closer to the hands it was more Lex was holding onto Clark more than Clark holding onto Lex. As Clark and Lex moved further into the wave pool the waves began to hit their bodies even harder than when they first entered.

“ Clark ” Lex said as a particularly bad wave hit him and almost knocked him down.

“Okay?” Clark said feeling Lex's grip loosen with the wave hitting him.

“Not so much, no” Lex said before squeezing Clark's hand and trying to keep up with Clark .

“Wanna go back in?” Clark said concerned, he didn't want Lex to get hurt and with the gravely type flooring in the wave pool he could see that happening if Lex's lost his footing and went down. Lex nodded his head in response and soon the pair were making their way back towards their chairs where it seemed that a man had taken up standing.

“Lex Luthor?” The man asked once Clark and Lex were back at the chairs.

“Yes”

“My name is Edward Grist” the man said which had Lex looking at him wondering what he wanted.

“I am the onsite operations manager here at Schlitterbahn East's Water Park , Blastenhoff” the man said now sticking out his hand for Lex to shake.

“Lex Luthor” Lex said now shaking the man's hand but also not letting go of Clark 's hand.

“I just wanted to come and welcome you and ask that if you require anything, anything at all that you let one of our team members know”

“I'll make sure to do that” Lex said eyeing the man and wondering if he was going to ask for a photo op.

“Again I would like to welcome you to Schlitterbahn East and please enjoy your stay with us.” The man said again before shaking Lex's hand again and then eyeing Lex's other hand and where it was located before walking off.

“Well that was….nice of them” Clark said looking at Lex and seeing that he seemed to be tense about something.

“A bit too nice if you ask me”

“Come on Lex, relax” Clark said swinging their hands and then taking a look around the park and seeing tons of people milling about. Even at the early hour they arrived to the park, it seemed that others had the same thing in mind and had arrived early as well.

“Let's go find a ride to go on” Clark said before dragging Lex by the hand towards a large map of the park which had the locations for rides, food and where they were on the map.

“How about that one?” Clark said pointing to a ride that said it was called ‘Wolfpack' towards the left of the large wave pool.

“Okay” Lex said before walking away from the map and toward the location of the ride, they didn't know what to expect but they figured it had to be better than lingering people around their chairs. A few minutes later Clark and Lex arrived to ‘Wolfpack' and noticed the huge line for the ride.

“Must be good” Clark said swinging their linked hands again, he liked walking around the park with Lex's hand in his but he wasn't going to push Lex with taking their friendship into another level.

“Are you Lex Luthor?” Broke Clark out of his thoughts. Clark looked to Lex to see the strained look was back in his eyes.

“We can go” Clark whispered to Lex, only to have Lex shake his head in the negative.

“I'm fine” Lex said before looking to where the voice came from.

“Yes”

“Neat” a little boy about the age of seven said before sticking his hand out and stating his name.

“My name is Nathan Alexander, after you, Johnson”

“Pleased to meet you” Lex said a smirk on his face; the little boy had spunk that was for sure.

“Nathan!” A woman that was presumably his mother shouted and pointed to an empty spot next to her.

“Sorry, gotta go” the boy said before sliding past a group of four that was in front of Clark and Lex and making his way to his mother.

“He was interesting” Clark said before laughing.

“That he was” Lex agreed before moving them up since the line had moved yet again.

“Middle name after you…” Clark said leaving the sentence hanging, he wanted Lex to ask him what he was thinking but he had a feeling that he already knew.

“I can't help that women love me” Lex commented before Clark 's free hand came up and tickled him.

“Stop that” Lex said looking around and noticing that no one really seemed to notice that Lex was in line and getting tickled by a sun kissed Adonis.

“Fine” Clark said since the line had moved and seemed to be moving much quicker than he thought it would.

“You are going to pay for that” Lex said before moving them to the line that the lifeguard dressed in red shorts pointed to.

“How many” a girl asked having Lex answer for then.

“Two”

“Okay, here you go” the girl said holding onto the large inner tube that looked like it could fit a whole family.

“In you go” the girl said holding the inner tube waiting for the pair to get on. Lex broke contact with Clark and climbed on to the inner tube gracefully as was his way; he noticed the girl's shock and started to smirk when Clark tried to get on the inner tube.

“Come on, you're holding up traffic” Lex taunted at Clark before he was splashed and then saw Clark flop onto the inner tube and then moved to sit next to Lex.

“There” Clark said a sunny smile on his face which made the girl even more amazed at what she was getting to see.

“Here you go” the girl said before pushing the inner tube down the first little hill that was on the ride.

“Graceful” Lex said before being knocked into Clark as the inner tube made its way through the twists and turns of the ride. Clark laughed the whole way down loving every minute of it. The inner tube soon arrived at the bottom of the ride and seemed to be knocked over since all the weight was on one side of the inner tube and the water pushed the inner tube over, both Clark and Lex went under and soon popped back up near the staircase of the small sectioned off part of the wave pool that you landed in.

“Alright there?” a lifeguard asked the pair before receiving nods in response.

“Just take the inner tube and put it there” the lifeguard said pointing to where a pile of inner tubes sat, while another lifeguard put the tubes on a belt that brought them to the top of the ride.

“That was cool” Clark said shaking his head a bit to get some of the water to stop dripping down his face.

“Shaking like a dog will not get the water to go away faster” Lex said a smirk on his face right up until Clark shook his head again making sure that most of the water landed on Lex.

“ Clark ” Lex sputtered before he was being dragged off to another ride near the one they had just gotten off. It was a total of four rides later that Clark and Lex made their way tiredly back to their chairs. Hands still gripped in each other's they were caught unaware of the very large group of non-swim suited people lingering by their chairs.

“Mr. Luthor what are you….”

“Mr. Luthor is there a reason…..”

“Mr. Luthor can you comment….” The group of people said that were standing near their chairs, tape recorders and pen and paper out ready to jot down whatever Lex said.

“I win” Lex whispered to Clark before throwing on the Luthor mask and grabbing a towel to dry off and putting his towel around his waist before addressing the group.

“Mr. Luthor can you tell us the reason for you being here today?” One reporter's voice came through seemingly drowning out the rest of the people.

“You paid to come and ask me questions?” Lex started out before continuing on thinking that the company that owned the water park was pretty pleased with the revenue they were going to make with Lex staying there and people paying to follow him around.

“I'm on vacation” Lex said before he noticed that all of the reporters started writing down what he had just said.

“Then who is the young man with you?” The reporter asked a hard edge coming to her voice.

“A friend, I am allowed to have those am I not?” A murmur went through the group before the same reporter spoke again.

“What about you dating Ms. Von Elsing, shouldn't she be here with you?” The snark of the reporter's tone was not missed by any there.

“No, and further more I am not dating Ms. Von Elsing but that is not any of your concern now is it Ms. Lane?” Lois Lane huffed before becoming quiet, she had been secretly crushing on Lex and now that she here it seemed that he was with a man, a younger man and she had to wonder if there was a reason for why Lex brought the younger man with him.

“The public has a right to know” Lois said getting back in the groove of things, seeing Lex with a guy would not stop her in her quest for getting into Lex's pants. She had heard that he was top knock in bed and she wanted some first hand experience to prove it.

“Hmmm” Lex said before he noticed that Clark had shrunk back as far as he could so that people wouldn't notice him.

“Mr. Luthor”

“I'm on vacation” Lex said before turning around and grabbing his sunglasses, he was tired of squinting while addressing the group of reporters.

“Okay there?” Lex questioned Clark while he got his sunglasses and put them on. Clark nodded his head and then pointed over Lex's shoulder. Lex spun around to see that Lois Lane had made her way to the front of the crowd and looked to be trying to move closer to Lex.

“Is there a reason for you moving Ms. Lane?”

“No” Lois said before taking off the suit jacket she had on that matched her skirt, which was of course too small and too short for her.

“Then you should stay where you are”

“Uh” Lois said not really sure what to do, but the decision was taken out of her hands when the man from before came over and herded the reporters away from Lex.

“Pictures?” Clark asked once the reporters were far enough away for him to speak.

“I think I surprised them so I don't think so” Lex said not sure on if there were photos or not of him. He had made sure to cover up his suit with the towel he had but he couldn't be certain that someone may have gotten a photo before that.

“Well that certainly was interesting” Lex said a smile on his face at the look that Clark was giving him. Clark was of course glaring at Lex, hoping that maybe the other man would burst into flames because of his stare.

“Never really had a press conference at a water park” Lex mused before laughing out right now at Clark .

“That was not a press conference”

“Hmmm” Lex said before noticing that the man that had ‘escorted' the reporters out was making his way back.

“I'm really sorry about that Mr. Luthor; I hadn't gotten the chance to notify the ticketing staff that they weren't to be allowed in”

“Hmmm” Lex said again before waving the man's worries away.

“It's quite alright; I think they were quite surprised to see that Lex Luthor actually takes vacations”

“If you're sure Mr. Luthor”

“Quite sure, but please make sure they are not allowed back in”

“Will do” the man said before shaking Lex's hand and leaving to go and let his ticketing staff know that no reporters were to be let into the park unless they were wearing a swimsuit and looked to be staying for the day. Once the man was gone Lex took a seat and noticed that Clark seemed to be looking out into the wave pool with a grin on his face.

“What?” Lex said with a poke to Clark 's ribs.

“You scare people and if they really knew you were just a big ticklish teddy bear they wouldn't be so scared then”

“I am NOT a big ticklish teddy bear” Lex said sliding his sunglasses down a bit on his nose.

“Sure” Clark said before laughing and then deciding that it was time to eat.

“I'm hungry”

“Well we will need to go to the locker then” Lex said before standing and waiting for Clark to stand as well, Lex took off the towel that had been around his waist before waiting for Clark . The pair made their way over to their locker, unlocked it and Lex grabbed one of the credit cards he had brought with him. The pair soon made their way over to ‘Blast Snacks' a burgers and fries joint at the park and got something to eat and drink. The rest of the afternoon was spent with Clark and Lex going on rides again and even going out into the wave pool. When 5:30PM arrived both men were tired and ready to head to the hotel suite.

“Ready to go” Lex asked Clark, who had been taking pictures of some of the decoration that was placed around the park.

“Yup” Clark said taking one last photo of the large German looking building, welcoming everyone to Schlitterbahn East. They had collected their items only minutes before Clark began snapping photo after photo of the water park.

“Well let's go” Lex said grabbing the key to the locker as well as the towels and making his way to the gift shop to return the items.

“Here you go” the girl said once Lex had returned the locker key and towels, handing over the six dollars as promised.

“Clark” Lex called out before he found Clark still taking photos.

“There are four other parks we have the choice of going to, don't use up all the memory on the camera here” Lex said a smirk on his face; Clark did always have the habit of taking way too many photos in Lex opinion.

“Lex!” Clark said before laughing and making his way over to where Lex stood watching him, with almost a secret smile on his face.

“You look….” Clark said looking at Lex's head and shoulders and noticing the red tint to them.

“Burned” Lex said before grimacing a bit at the pain he was feeling from his shoulders and head being burned.

“Mr. Luthor….”

“Mr. Luthor is there a reason….” Met both Lex's and Clark 's ears as they exited the park and started the short walk back to their ‘tree house' suite.

“Don't say anything Clark” Lex whispered before putting his hand on Clark's back and guiding him away from the large group of reporters that had taken up residence at the front gate of the water park. Clark nodded his head before allowing Lex to lead them to the entrance of the resort area of the park.

“Mr. Luthor” the reporters continued to shout out trying to get Lex's attention.

“You okay?” Clark asked once they were allowed entrance to the resort's river walk shopping area that lead to the ‘tree house' hotel suites, which was closed to the general public.

“I am” Lex said before grabbing Clark's hand and giving it a squeeze, they had been holding hands all day and now that they weren't something didn't feel right. A sunny smile made its way to Clark 's face at feeling Lex's hand in his.

“Home sweet home” Clark said while sticking the key into and opening up the door. Once inside the suite Lex relaxed not having to worry about if a reporter would come running up to him and try to get him in a compromising photo or to say something he would later regret.

“I'll be right back” Clark said before going into his room and changing from the semi-wet swim trunks to something a bit more comfortable. Lex decided to wait for Clark to return before going and changing as well.

“Back” Clark said a few minutes later, wearing a comfortable pair of shorts and no shirt. Lex had a hard time taking his eyes off of Clark's chest which had Clark grinning like a fool. It seemed that his feelings for Lex were returned now to just figure out a way to get Lex to act on those feelings, since he knew he was too chicken to act on them himself.

“I'm going to….” Lex said once he was broken out of his Clark chest staring, by pointing to his room and then walking quickly towards it. He was in need of a cold shower and he wasn't sure if he didn't go to his room if he would have been able to stay away from Clark at least until the time was right to jump the younger man. Clark watched as Lex practically ran to his room and it made him giddy with delight that Lex was having a hard time controlling himself. Ten minutes later Lex came out of his room in a light pair of cotton pants and no shirt. It seemed someone was a bit red from the waist up and the thought of putting a shirt on made Lex want to wince.

“Lex!” Clark exclaimed just now noticing how red Lex's shoulders and head were.

“I think I could have gone for the second round of sun block” Lex joked before wincing since he moved his shoulders.

“I'll be right back” Clark said jogging into his room and checking the items that he had packed in his bathroom, to see if he had brought the aloe vera that his mother had told him to bring.

“Got it” Clark said coming back out of his room and straight over to where Lex still stood.

“Have a seat” Clark said pointing to the dark brown leather couch.

“I'll be fine”

“Sit. Down” Clark said pointing to the couch still before running into his bathroom again and grabbing a towel. On his way back he decided to turn the air conditioner to a lower setting at least until Lex cooled down a bit, since he figured that Lex had to be warm with his body as red as it was.

“Okay, this is going to be cool” Clark said before taking some of the aloe vera gel in the palm of his hands and smoothing it over Lex's shoulders.

“Ah” Lex said surprised that the gel was so cold and also how good it felt to have Clark 's hands soothing his sunburns.

“Are your okay?” Clark said concerned that Lex was in pain because of what he was doing.

“I'm fine, just surprised is all” Lex admitted knowing that Clark wouldn't leave it alone until he really knew what Lex was thinking. Clark nodded his head acting as if Lex could see him moving his head.

“Even your scalp is burned” Clark commented before moving his hands to the said part of Lex's body. There was something intimate about touching Lex's head; it was almost a forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden to Clark . Clark had never witnessed anyone touching Lex's head; then again he hadn't seen Lex touched by too many others besides his family and himself. There was of course the occasional woman who would blow into town trying to get Lex's money and power but never worked and they were soon on their way back from where they came.

“Guess we will have to make sure they it gets covered next time” Lex said leaning into Clark 's hands as they worked the aloe vera over Lex's bright red head.

“Maybe tomorrow we rest” Clark suggested not wanting Lex to go out in the sun so soon after getting a burn such as the one he had currently on his shoulders and head.

“I'll be fine” Lex said before grinning at Clark .

“We'll see about that” Clark said before finishing coating Lex's head and shoulders with gel and then wiping the extra off his hands onto the towel sitting in his lap.

“I'll be fine” Lex said again before turning a bit to look into Clark 's eyes.

“We have all week” Clark reminded Lex, he wasn't going to push Lex back out into not only the sun but also the reporters that were going to be camped out at every entrance to the water park. Those words seemed to sooth Lex and he nodded his head in agreement. Clark turned on the TV and the pair of them watched the information channel that the resort put out for all of their visitors.

“That looks like fun” Clark said commenting on the ‘skycoaster' ad that was currently playing on the TV.

“Well why didn't you say anything while we were at the park?” Lex said listening to where the ride was and realizing that it was located in the park they had just left.

“Didn't really notice it” Clark said trying hard not to blush at his words. He had been so caught up with Lex holding his hand and walking around the park that he really hadn't noticed the huge arc like structure that the ride was built on. Lex eyed Clark before believing what he was saying; he too could agree that he hadn't really noticed the ride since he had been so caught up with Clark and his child like enthusiasm for all of the water rides they had gone on.

“Do you want to go back?”

“No, not today” Clark answered, he wanted to give the ride a whirl but he wasn't going to go back out and deal with the reporters that were no doubt waiting for Lex to emerge from his suite with or without Clark.

“Good” Lex said rolling his shoulders and wincing yet again at how burned they were.

“You need to rest those shoulders and head of yours”

“I think you might be right” Lex said before leaning back on the couch a bit more and sighing at the feeling the cool leather gave his abused skin. The pair watched the information channel for about a half an hour more before Clark decided to speak up and see what was for dinner, he was after all a teenage boy and a hungry one at that.

“So dinner” Clark said slanting his eyes over to meet Lex's. “We can take our pick from the ‘gourmet selections available on the river walk'” Lex quoted from the information channel.

“Hmmm” Clark said thinking what he would like for dinner and whether he wanted to go out and deal with the people that would be on the river walk at this time of night.

“So what do you want?”

“Can we eat in?” Clark questioned, hoping that Lex would be up to the idea.

“Of course, just pick what you want and we will have it delivered” Lex said before standing up and getting the large restaurant guide that had been sitting on the dinning room table.

“Here you go” Lex said while handing over the guide to Clark and also scooting a bit closer than normal so that he too could read the guide.

“How about that” Clark said pointing to a restaurant that boasted about its prime cuts of beef, which of course had Lex raising his eye brows at the cuts of ‘beef' he was wanting.

“If that is what you want” Lex said not agreeing or disagreeing, at this point in time he was game for whatever. The burger and fries that they had at the park wasn't the most filling that was for sure.

“Lex, if you don't want that” Clark said before pushing the guide towards Lex.

“No, no that is fine” Lex said before pushing the guide back to Clark .

“If you're sure?” Clark said before opening the guide back up and looking over all that the restaurant had to offer for dinner.

“Positive now what is that you want?”

“I think I'll have that” Clark said pointing to a dinner selection of prime rib and your choice of potato.

“Sounds good to me” Lex said before getting up, but then being stopped by Clark .

“Sit down all the getting up and down must hurt” Clark said before standing over Lex's body that had yet to get up from the couch.

“But”

“No buts” Clark said before looking for the phone that was in the suite.

“Got it”

“Phone number is 555-8394” Lex read off the top of the page in the guide.

“Uh, hi…I wanted to have an order delivered” Clark said on the phone before getting a confused look on his face. Lex lifted his hand before opening and closing his hand in signal for Clark to hand over the phone.

“Excuse me” Lex said cutting the man that had been rambling on to Clark about specials or whatever off.

“I'm in tree house suite number forty-three” Lex started out before pausing while the man typed into his computer bringing up the account information for the room.

“Yes, I would like two prime rib dinners. I want one medium-well with fries and I want the other medium-rare with a baked potato” Lex rattled off before listening to the man say the order back and then agreeing that he had the order correct.

“Half an hour?”

“Yes” Lex confirmed whatever the man said on the other end of the line.

“Good” Lex said before hanging up the phone and then smirking at the amazed look that Clark had on his face.

“It's gotta be a Luthor thing” Clark said amazed that Lex had gotten the guy to actually listen to him. He had been trying to cut the man off as he rattled on and on about the house specials and five other things that the restaurant had to offer, *if* he was going to be dinning there at the restaurant.

“Voice of authority” Lex said smirking even more at Clark ; he couldn't believe that someone Clark's size had such a hard time being heard by the world. At the words that Lex had said Clark began to get an image of Lex with a whip and cracking it at his servant, which oddly enough was Clark himself. The thought alone made him hard and that could prove to be a bad thing if Lex was to notice. His shorts weren't that thick. Clark quickly stood up and made the comment that he was going to take a quick shower since he hadn't done that when they had gotten back from the water park. Lex watched as Clark walked away quickly and began to wonder if Clark had feelings for him in a more than friendly way. The hand holding that they had done at the park had only been part of his dream of a relationship with Clark, but now seeing Clark flustered and seemingly about nothing it made him wonder.

“ Clark ” Lex called out fifteen minutes later, the delivery guy was standing at the door with the ordered food and the staring that the guy was doing was making him uncomfortable for some reason.

“Right here” Clark said before appearing from the door to his room with no shirt on, still.

“Oh! Foods here” Clark said before making his way over to the delivery guy and taking the white Styrofoam containers away from the guy and setting them on the table.

“How much?” Lex said before handing over a hundred dollar bill and telling the guy to keep the change just to get him away from their room.

“Lex” Clark said eyeing Lex knowing that he had given the delivery guy a super large tip that wasn't needed.

“He was staring” was Lex's come back to Clark 's look.

“Sure, okay” Clark agreed before going to the kitchen and getting some real plates and silverware to eat their dinner with. Dinner was eaten with Lex trying to tell Clark that the delivery guy had the hots for him and with Clark answering back that it was Lex that the delivery guy was sweet on.

“So what do we do now?” Lex asked not really wanting to go to bed, alone but he was quite tired do impart by the horrible sun burn he was sporting on the top half of his body.

“I should probably put a bit more aloe vera on your sun burn and then we can watch some TV if you want” Clark said a bit nervous about his suggestion, he wanted to do something more with Lex but he had chickened out at the last minute.

That sounds like a good plan, but I should probably take a quick shower to wash off the old aloe vera before putting on a new layer” Lex said before Clark nodded his head and then went over to the TV and turned it on waiting for Lex to come back. Lex made his way into his bedroom with thoughts of Clark on his mind. He wasn't really sure how he had let things get so, so comfortable between them while they were out in public. He knew that if his father saw him at a water park and with Clark no less that there would be hell to pay later when they made their way back to Smallville.

“Hurry up, your favorite movie is on” Clark yelled making Lex jump and stop the thoughts that were running through his mind.

“You better not be lying Clark” Lex said a smile on his face, Clark was the only person that knew that Lex's favorite movies where the Indiana Jones series. Lex had fought with Clark for days when Clark had come upon him reciting all of the words to the movie while walking around the den in a decidedly Indiana Jones type of way.

“Why would I do that?” Clark said before turning up the volume to the TV so that Lex could hear the music that began at each of the Indiana Jones movies.

“I'll be right there” Lex said before jumping into a cold shower and washing as quickly as he could, he did after all have a movie to see. Five minutes later Lex was walking out of his bedroom with water still running down his shoulders and onto the sleep pants that he had put on.

“Oh, it's the best one” Lex said watching as Indy fought with a small Asian child over something.

“ Temple of Doom ” Clark said a smile on his face; he still thought it was cute that Lex was an Indiana Jones fanatic. When he had found out about Lex's secret passion he had been stunned, he figured that a movie such as Indiana Jones wouldn't pass the muster that Lex had for historically inaccurate movies. It seemed that there was something about Mr. Indiana Jones that Lex found fascinating.

“This is the best of the three”

“I know Lex, you tell me that every time” Clark said before laughing at the look in Lex's eyes. Lex told Clark every time they watched the movies that the second one was the most interesting since Lex wasn't an authority on Indian cultures and religions. Lex glared at Clark before taking a seat next to him on the couch and then watching the movie with all of his attention. Clark could admit that the movie was good but the way that Lex watched it was just a bit over kill in his opinion.

“I'm going…” Clark started to say only to be cut off by Lex waving a hand and signaling him to be quiet. Clark only shook his head before putting some of the aloe vera in his hand and then rubbing Lex's still bright red shoulders.

“What?!” Lex said surprised by the cool gel that was on his shoulders.

“I told you” Clark said before continuing to put on the gel onto the burned areas on Lex. Lex relaxed his shoulders once he figured out that Clark wasn't going to stop putting the gel on his body. Clark finished applying the gel quickly and then sat with Lex and watched the movie wondering how he could get Lex to sleep with him that night.

“Did you know that John Williams wrote the music to these movies?” Lex said as they watched the credits roll on the screen when the movie had finished.

“The guy who wrote the music for Harry Potter's, Star Wars and Jaws?”

“The same guy” Lex said proud that he had told Clark a fact that he didn't know about.

“Are you serious?”

“Perfectly”

“The guy sure gets around” Clark said before blushing at the way his words sounded. Lex looked at Clark before laughing at the blush that stained Clark 's cheeks. Lex let the comment slide before changing topics since he could tell that Clark was getting uncomfortable.

“So what are the plans for tomorrow?”

“Rest, you need to let the sun burn cool off before heading back out to one of the parks” Clark said his tone serious, which made Lex want to obey.

“Then to the river walk”

“Just as long as you are covered and not out in the sun” Clark said nodding his head before yawning, just now realizing how late it really was.

“Nite” Clark said before standing up and making his way to his bedroom, all the while thinking about a way to get Lex in the room with him to sleep. Lex thought the same thing but came up blank with a way for them to share a bed for the night so he made his way to his room to lie down and think about Clark and his body.

During the middle of the night Lex woke with a scream on his lips. It seemed that he was having a nightmare about his father and had woken up when his father had told him about the deal he had made with the devil to get Lex to do what he wanted.

“Clark” Lex said now standing at Clark 's open door looking like a lost child.

“Lex” Clark said confused on why Lex was calling out his name in the middle of the night.

“Yeah” Lex said now shifting foot-to-foot as Clark was prone to do when nervous about something.

“What's wrong” Clark said knowing that Lex being up and at his door meant that something was wrong.

“Uh” Lex said at a lost as to what to say, he didn't think that the ‘had a nightmare' would fly with Clark so he said nothing instead.

“Well come on” Clark said lifting the covers already know that Lex was unwilling to talk about why he was up and at his door in the middle of the night. Lex didn't need to be told twice he made his way over to where Clark had the blanket raised and slid into bed with Clark .

“Nite” Clark said before kissing Lex's cheek and falling right back to sleep with his arm laying across Lex's chest.

“Nite” Lex whispered before kissing Clark 's cheek and falling asleep, safe and happy for the first time in a long time. The next morning Clark woke to feel that there was someone in his bed.

“Lex” Clark said once he caught sight of Lex's bald head. Lex just snuggled into the warmth that Clark was given while not waking up. Clark smiled and had to wonder on what had brought Lex to his bed during the middle of the night. He sort of remembered Lex calling out his name but he had been certain that it was a dream but now seeing Lex in his bed made him rethink the night and what had gone on.

“Warm” Lex said before pulling Clark closer to him and still not waking up.

“Lex” Clark said shaking Lex's shoulder wanting to talk to Lex and find out what had brought the man to his bed.

“Clark” Lex finally said after waking up to Clark 's call.

“Morning sunshine” Clark said a bright and sunny smile on his face.

“Go away” Lex said batting at Clark with a smile on his face.

“Not that I mind or anything….but what happened to bring you to my bed?”

“Bad dream”

“About?” Clark knew that it must have been a horrible dream to bring Lex to his bed.

“Lionel and a deal with the devil”

“Whoa”

“Yeah”

“Feeling better now?”

“I am” Lex said before moving to the edge of the bed with a yawn while putting his arms in the air to stretch out.

“Ow” Lex said forgetting for a moment the sun burn he had on his shoulders and head.

“Stay there” Clark said before getting out of bed and getting the aloe vera gel from the living room to apply to Lex's shoulders and head.

“Cool for a minute” Clark said before applying the gel to Lex's shoulders.

“Could you try and warm it up a bit?” Lex said before relaxing into nimble fingers.

“That would defeat the purpose then” Clark joked before applying even more gel to Lex's body before finishing up. Lex only huffed in reply before getting up and going to his room to change, he would have preferred a shower but since Clark had just put the aloe vera on he didn't feel like washing off the soothing gel and Clark 's hard work.

“Ready” Lex called out to Clark about an hour later after he had gotten ready for the day and had looked at his email to see if there had been anything of importance that needed his attention right away.

“Yup” Clark said coming out of his room with a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on, looking like a fashion model for Abercrombie & Fitch.

“Well to breakfast we go” Lex said before walking over to the table to grab a key before leaving waiting for Clark outside.

“Hold on Lex!” Lex could only laugh at Clark 's words.

“I'm hungry too”

“Well keep up then” Lex said once Clark was side by side with him.

“I can't help that you speed walk”

“I do *not* speed walk” Lex said a gleam in his eyes telling Clark to not disagree.

“You do so; I mean no normal person walks as fast as you do”

“ Clark , I am the one paying for your meal”

“Lex!”

“Think very carefully over your answer” Lex said wondering how Clark had come to the conclusion that he speed walked. He was not one of those guys that you saw on the highlights for the Olympics that everyone laughed at.

“Well you do” Clark mumbled before looking at Lex and seeing that he was not happy.

“I'm sorry” Clark said contrite by the look on Lex's face.

“Hmmm” Lex said in a way that told Clark that he was still angry with him for the words that he had spoken. The short distance to the river walk was made with Clark trying to find a way to apologize about his comment while Lex fumed as he made his way towards a restaurant where they would have breakfast.

“I'm sorry you know” Clark said again as they stood at the door of a restaurant that was filled with people have breakfast before hitting a water park in the resort.

“Hmmmm” was Lex's answer yet again. Clark could only wonder if this would set the tone for the day, because if so he wanted to be no where near Lex for the day that was for sure.

“How many?” The host asked looking at both Clark and Lex.

“Two” Lex said his tone a bit clipped but the host didn't notice.

“Right this way” the host said before leading them to a table that was near the front by a window which showed stunning views of one of the water parks, once seated Clark looked at the menu trying to find something to eat even though he wasn't hungry.

“What can I get for you?” Their server asked the pair of them.

“I'll have orange juice” Clark said before looking at Lex and seeing what he was going to have.

“Coffee”

“I'll be right back with your drinks” the server said before going off to get the requested drinks.

“Lex” Clark said trying to break the tension that was in the air between the two of them.

“Yes”

“I'm sorry you know”

“I know that Clark , you have stated that multiple times now”

“So why are you being so, so…” Clark said and then shrugged his shoulders. He wasn't really sure on what he could call Lex's attitude but it was definitely different than it had been.

“I'm not being anything”

“Yes you are and you know it” Clark said now pouting, maybe that would make Lex cave and make him change his attitude.

“Here you go” the server said cutting off a response from Lex, with placing the drinks on the table and asking if they were ready to order.

“I'll have the mega breakfast” Clark ordered before saying that he wanted scrambled eggs and bacon as his choice of meat.

“And for you sir” the server asked before looking at Lex and seeing who it was for the first time.

“I'll have an omelet with cheese, ham and potatoes”

“Will that be all?”

“Yes” Lex said before closing his menu and handing it over to the server and then watching as Clark did the same. Clark played with his napkin and silver ware while trying to avoid looking or talking to Lex. It was clear to him that Lex was unwilling to take his comment as a joke, so he was going to keep quiet until he knew he was safe. It was once the breakfast was served that Lex decided to talk to Clark .

“I'm going to need to do some work today”

“Oh” Clark said before he began to play with the food on his plate. He had thought that even though they were going to a water park that Lex would actually want to spend time with him, he guessed wrong. The rest of the meal was made with Lex making passing comments to Clark while Clark said the word ‘oh' a lot.

“Your check” the server said before taking the plates away and then disappearing to work another table. Lex took out his wallet and then credit card to pay for the bill, once paid Clark and Lex walked back to the suite.

TBC......

 

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