Clana - How "This Time" Will be Different (PG-13)

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Oh my god! Brilliant! Even better, you posted it at midnight here in Norway, sp I didn't have to wait until the morning :D Loved the clana at the lake (lol clark's shirt ) and the whole Daddy-Kal :) Another great update.

[Cardinal]

As if we needed any more proof...the fact that Clark can resist a "frisky" Lana is the icing on the cake. No heterosexual human male could do that.

He's definitely from a different planet. :D

[Shadowknight]

Keep up the good work ajfinn!!!

[dreammaster]

another awesome chapter

[SVsleuth]

Wow! Super update! I finally got to read it. Loved the dreaming Lana attacking Clark - &loved "Daddy-Kal" ... Now what will Isa think when he tells her the truth? PPMS

[midnite_spark]

Originally posted by Cardinal
As if we needed any more proof...the fact that Clark can resist a "frisky" Lana is the icing on the cake. No heterosexual human male could do that.

He's definitely from a different planet. :D

:lol: :lol: that's what my guy friends would say...hell that's what i'm thinking too :lol:

I love Kal and Isa, they're so sweet together!! I hope...i hope Isabelle accepts him ::crosses fingers::

[clana4ev3r]

hahahaha Clark and his shirt..... that was hilarious! :lol: great update! really enjoyed it.

[NYC300Z]

Originally posted by Cardinal
As if we needed any more proof...the fact that Clark can resist a "frisky" Lana is the icing on the cake. No heterosexual human male could do that.

He's definitely from a different planet. :D

Yeah Cardinal ur right about that! I mean come on! :lol: :rotfl:

Great Update I wonder what Isa will think about Kal when he tells her where he's from!

So when are they going to take action against Lex? next week sometime? :lol:

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
So when are they going to take action against Lex? next week sometime? :lol:

Well, I don't know, NYC :) How fast could you figure out how to re-create a black Kryptonite experiment and make sure it reversed the damage on Lex's soul? :D (If you know how to do this, please PM me! :lol: )

[NYC300Z]

:lol: ok ok ur right sorry!:D

Don't get me wrong I really love ur story! I was just wondering!!

PPMS!! :D

[kewl]

wow!!! i just love this story!!!! awesome update!!!!
marguerite is so cute!!!! :D PPMS!!!!

this is my 500th post!!!! :)

[Kal-El & Me]

'Marguerite squealed and clapped her hands.'

I really love her. She's soooo funny.

Yay post 300!

[LuvClana]

Aj I've said it before, I'll say it again. THIS STORY ROCKS!!!!!

[4EverSmallville]

:rotfl: The beginning was hysterical. I don't think Isobel will be too concerned about Clark's origins once she knows them, she's been excluded for being a witch.

[booze_is_me09]

awesome, awesome update!
*micheal whispers, "awseome update."*

PPMS!

[CLANAobsessed]

Once again, another wonderful update. Wouldn't it be really cool if this really happens in season 5? That would be kick a**!

[ajfinn]

Yeah, yeah, I know you're scowling at me as you read. :D My husband's family is visiting from Scotland and they flew in today, so the update isn't ready. But I can tell you that it continues on with Isa & Kal, and what happens when Isa goes into town. The beginning of the end of Isobel as we know her (in my fic, at least :( )

It will be posted sometime tomorrow.

[NYC300Z]

Tomorrow?? I have to work all day tomorrow! I wont be able to check until late tomorrow night or maybe if u post early i'll be able to check b4 work at oh sometime around 2 pm :lol: Yeah that's early for me!:lol:

[MOOman0618]

Originally posted by ajfinn

Clark woke Lana in the middle of her dream, laughing. “Whoa . . . uhh, Lana,” he said, realizing that she was still completely out of it as she was trying to tug his shirt off. “I’ve heard of sleep-walking, but umm . . . ”


:rotfl: That is absolutly wonderful!!!

I love coming back and having tons of wonderful updates to read!! Loved them all. Really enjoyed all the closet mischief Lana and Clark were getting into!

I am sad to hear that we will be seeing the downfall of Isobel soon, but we knew it would be coming sometime.

[CLANAobsessed]

I wonder what causes the downfall?

[midnite_spark]

oh no!!! evil Isobel is coming...:( but i think this Isabel is so much cooler;)

can't wait for ur update!

[NYC300Z]

Yeah could it have anything to do about where Kal is from? Iono I have a feeling it's something more than that....

[ajfinn]

No guessing on the boards :D, but yes it's far more than that. I'm gonna hate to write it :( If you have guesses, you can PM me.

I'm almost finished with the update, but it will probably still be tomorrow. (Sunday, that is -- which is already TODAY for most of us. I'll hurry! :D)


((Oh, wow! I just realized I became a k-site WHIZ! What do ya know? I wonder when I hit 500 :lol: ))

And Kal-El&me -- congrats on 300 posts!! :D

[NYC300Z]

hmmm gonna be that hard to write huh Aj? So should I wait up til 6 am or should I just check b4 i go to work at 2 30PM? :lol: I'm just playing i'll check b4 i go to work I hope :D

Congrats on becoming a whiz AJ! :D

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
hmmm gonna be that hard to write huh Aj?

Well, not this particular update -- but two things happen in this one that sets everything else in motion for her turn to the dark side. :\ Ahh, man. Now I'm gonna be sad. I never thought I'd like Isobel, of all people, errrr, evil body-snatching witches, I mean.

[MOOman0618]

I am already sad! :( It is one thing when people are just evil...such as Lionel. But when people are good and go bad, that is very tragic.

[Cardinal]

Jeez, aj next, you'll be telling me that you have a secret hankering for Clois! :confused:

[CLANAobsessed]

that could be possible, and scary.

[NYC300Z]

Are u serious Clanaobsessed? There's no way Aj has a hankering for Clois! Cardinal's just tring to be funny.

[CLANAobsessed]

I know but the thought of it scares me.

[NYC300Z]

Yeah if i didn't know better it would scare me too!

[ajfinn]

Part 62:

“Where I’m from?” Kal said, stalling as though he didn’t quite understand Isobel’s question. “Well, I, uhh . . . ”

“Kal,” Isobel said, “I won’t judge you from your past, or whatever you’re running from.”

He shook his head. “That’s not it, Isa. It’s just so complicated, I’m not sure I can answer it right now. It’s quite a distance from here—that may be all I can give you for a time.” It was forbidden to speak of his origin or mission, but his father Zor-El had said nothing about revealing his powers. So there was no reason to fear what she already knew.

“But you speak French perfectly,” she said. “So you must at least be from France, correct?”

He shook his head again. “I’ve only been able to speak French since I arrived in the country one week ago.”

Isobel’s mouth parted, then curled into a smile. “You’re quite funny. But stop avoiding my question.”

Marguerite honked Kal’s nose. “Papa so funny!”

Papa wasn’t feeling very funny, Kal wanted to say. Instead he tried to smile at her, then looked back to Isobel who was staring at him with curious fright again. “Can we talk about it after we go into town?” he asked.

Isobel was suddenly feeling stubborn. She didn’t like it when people kept things from her. Most of her life had been shrouded in secrecy, and it was the last thing she wanted from someone she felt so close to. How was it possible that she could be falling in love with Kal after so short a time together? Yet she knew that’s what she was feeling. Everything about him made her insides stir. Which is why she decided at last to give into his request.

“That’s fine, we’ll speak of it later,” she said. “But I believe it might be best if Marguerite and I go alone.”

“I can care for her,” Kal said, ticking Marguerite’s round tummy.

Isobel smiled, unable to stop herself as her daughter wiggled and squirmed with delight. “I know you can, and she’d love it. But it would be difficult to explain why I left her home.”

Kal nodded, relieved that Isobel had lightened up so quickly. She really was the woman of his dreams, and he’d fight to stay with her if he had to. Which he knew he would. “I’ll do what I can around here while you’re gone,” he said. “I just hope I don’t make a mess of things.”

Isobel stood from her rocker, putting her arms around both Kal and her daughter, who was still in his arms. She rested against him, listening to his strong heartbeat. “In the two days you’ve been here, you’ve taken my house and made it a home. You could not possible make a mess of anything.”

He kissed the top of her head. “I’m falling in love with you, Isa,” he said, swallowing.

“And I with you,” she said looking up to him, her eyes glossy. “And that is certainly something I’d decided would never have happen to me. You’ve changed my soul and given me hope again.”

He kissed her tenderly, and Marguerite laughed, patting both their cheeks. “Kisses for baby,” she said, grabbing their attention immediately. They each gave her sweet little pecks on her cheeks and she grinned.

“Yes, kisses for baby,” Kal said, knowing she must have been repeating something Isobel had taught her. “And kisses for Mama, too,” he continued, moving back to Isobel’s lips.

Isobel went into town in a small wagon, with Marguerite on her lap as she led the horses. Marguerite waved at everyone they passed, and people eyed them curiously.

Isobel had only been into town a few times. Her staff members did the running about for her. Thank heaven she had visited her head of staff at his sister’s home before, or she’d have no idea where to deliver her message.

She stepped up to the porch of a small dwelling, and tapped on the door. A few moments later, an older man with a cheery face opened it up. “Mistress! What a surprise. I hope all is well.”

“Yes, indeed, Stephan,” Isobel said to her head of staff. “So well in fact, that I’ve come to suggest you take another week of holiday. Could you please ensure the others are informed?”

Stephan’s forehead wrinkled, and he was about to speak, but someone was tugging on his pant leg. He looked down to see a beaming Marguerite. “Ahh, my little angel,” he said, lifting her up. “Want to have a horsey ride?”

Marguerite threw her hands in the air. “Papa give me horsey ride! And play ball!”

All the blood rushed out of Isobel’s face as Stephan was taken aback by her daughter’s announcement. “Perhaps she’s decided to call you Papa instead of Grandpappy now.”

“I suppose she has,” Stephan said, sitting on a chair and bouncing Marguerite on his knee. “Pony girl, pony girl, won’t you be my pony girl? Don’t say no, here we go, riding across the plains . . . ” he lifted her in the air, then moaned from the strain of it. “Ahhh, this old pony isn’t want he used to be.”

“Again, Grandpappy! Again!”

Isobel tried to relax as she gave a false smile. “Looks as though she’s back to calling you Grandpappy.”

“Yes, indeed,” he said, sounding a bit too curious. “You haven’t met a fellow have you? Someone she may be attaching herself to?”

This man was terribly good at reading Isobel. “I’ve told her a bit about her papa these last couple of days,” she lied. He and the rest of the staff would have to learn about Kal on her own terms—not Marguerite’s—and when she was ready to tell them.

“I see,” Stephan said, appraising Isobel. “Well, why don’t you let me play with my little angel why you do some shopping. You could use a visit to the dressmaker’s, you know.”

Isobel looked down at the day dress she wore—certainly not fit for a countess, but no one around there knew she was one anyway. “Is it really that bad?”

“Awful, my dear,” he said with a smile. “There are much newer fashions I’m sure you’ll take a liking to.”

Shopping actually sounded like a brilliant idea. She now had someone to wear a new dress for. “Thank you, I’ll be back shortly then.”

“Take your time,” Stephan said. “I’ve got plenty of it myself. I’d thought I’d be alone most the day and now I have a little friend.”

Marguerite blew a raspberry on his cheek.

Isobel did take her sweet time as she browsed the selection of dresses in the shops. She found two in particular that she thought Kal would find especially tempting. She held them up one at a time in front of a mirror, and beamed with delight. She was in love, and had never felt so content.

After she’d paid for the dresses, she carried the bundled packages out the door and bumped right into a man carrying a stack of books. The incident was neither of their faults—both were carrying loads that blocked their vision, but Isobel felt compelled to be the first to apologize. “I’m so sorry, sir. My deepest regrets.”

He grunted and started picked up his books, then glanced up—sending a wave of ice through Isobel’s veins. She dropped her packages again, and tried to run off.

But he was too quick, grasping her wrist. “Well hello, Countess!” he said with a snarl. “Been lookin’ all over for you. What a happy coincidence.”

“Leave me be, Pembrook, please,” she said. “I’ll give you anything. I’ve not followed the ways of my family—you know this.”

He tightened his grip—holding both wrists now. “All I know is that there’s a pretty price on a witch’s head, and yours is a particularly PRETTY one.”

“I can pay you more,” she said in a plea of desperation, gasping for both strength and air. “Whatever Gertrude has promised you, I’ll double it.”

He backhanded her—as hard he’d punch a man, leaving her barely able to stand. “Do not be so disrespectful of the Duchess! Her calling is of sacred consequence—to rid this country of the filth of your people. Including that soiled little child we know you have.”

Isobel pulled back, feeling the muscle of ten men, and kicked the stout man square in the face. It was enough to make him let go, holding his bleeding nose and shouting after her as she ran into the woods behind the dress shop. It would not be safe to go back for her wagon, nor Marguerite right that moment. There was only one person who could help her.

[SVsleuth]

Hey, aj! I'm still up! I'm sure the update is great. I'd better go read it. :)

Now I've read it. Awesome! Awesome!Awesome! As always...

ajfinn, you blow me away evey time. And I'm so fortunate to be the first to read your update at 2:30 a.m. We both must be crazy. I stayed up late working on my fics too. Posted one earlir today, but should have more tomorrow. Thanks for the "bedtime story." Good night! :):):):):)

[clana4ev3r]

great update!!! Can't wait to see what happens next! PPMS!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Cardinal
Jeez, aj next, you'll be telling me that you have a secret hankering for Clois! :confused:

I'd die a thousand deaths by fire and stones before I'd ever support Clois. Bheehh!

To be honest, I never thought people would take such a liking to my version of what happened to Isobel, so that makes it all the more sad for me to keep writing about it :( I'm not telling you anything you don't already know . . . she gets a stake of evil driven into her heart. And you'll soon find out why.

[NYC300Z]

What disturbing events in Isobel's life. I can only assume she's going to Kal for help. Well he should make quick work of anybody interferring with Isobel wouldn't u say? :lol:

I'm so glad I stayed up late enough and got to read this!! Great update like always! What u think of my avatar? Just for Isobel and ur story!

PPMS! ;)

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
What u think of my avatar? Just for Isobeland ur story!

I freaking LOVE your Isa avi, NYC!! I used that one myself once, but the flashing light gave me a headache. But I had to look at my own avi more than I get to yours, so long live Lanabel!

[Cardinal]

I wonder what a 16th-century (or whatver century Kal's in) Superman costume would look like, hmmmm....

A powdered wig, a blue waist-coat with red/yellow S-shield on the front, a red overcoat with yellow S-shield on the back, blue knee-breeches, red knee-stockings, and red, heeled shoes with a big buckle on them.

[SVsleuth]

Cardinal! You're not supposed to make me :lol: at 2:40 a.m.!!!

[ajfinn]

Yeah, Cardinal. That was very VERY funny :) I wonder how TW would look dressed up in that garb? ha ha ha What a funny image I have in my head right now :D Thanks for the laugh.

[dreammaster]

another awesome chapter

[kewl]

great update aj!!!! hope isobel gets out of there before that bastard pembrook get to her.....
lol cardinal that was funny!!!! just can't imagine what superman would look like....
PPMS!!!!

[MOOman0618]

ARG!! I went to bed 20 minutes too early! :mad: I knew I was going to miss something good! It really sucks knowing how a story ends sometimes! I really hope nothing bad is going to happen to Marguerite, she is so cute!

[Kal-El & Me]

Great update. But I just feel so bad that Isabelle is going to go bad. I wonder how Kal would feel..... and Marguerite.

[Ketchup]

Woah amazing twist you got going there! Oh and I think its safe to assume nothing bad will happen to Marguerite, considering Lana exists, and the only way she could be related to Isa is thru Marg. =)

[LuvClana]

wooooooooo for updates!
yaaaaaaaaaa for Clana
goooooooooo aj
youuuuuuuuu rule
immmmmmmm running out of short words!

[MOOman0618]

Originally posted by Ketchup
Woah amazing twist you got going there! Oh and I think its safe to assume nothing bad will happen to Marguerite, considering Lana exists, and the only way she could be related to Isa is thru Marg. =)

Bad doesn't have to mean dead.

[Ketchup]

Well according to aj, the witch-hunter-dude is after both Isa AND Marg. Im guessing Marg wont be around to see Isa burned alive, cuz then she'd be up there with her, so she'd have to be somewhere safe, with someone else. Whatever, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[MOOman0618]

I think waiting is a bad idea...aj should just update and tell us. Yeah, I think that is a much better idea! :D

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
I think waiting is a bad idea...aj should just update and tell us. Yeah, I think that is a much better idea! :D

aj already posted her update for today :) It WAS technically Sunday, you know :D :p

So, yeah, you'll just have to wait until tomorrow and see what happens. We'll probably be back with Clark and Lana by then though. So mooooooorrrrreeeee waiting on the Kalabel front.

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Great update as always! Kinda glad we're going back to Clark and Lana now. Can't stand Isa turning bad.. :(

[binkys711]

poor Isa:( I don't want her going bad, she seems so nice now....wait...did she just leave the dresses on the floor the 2nd time she dropped them?! what a waist of money, losing dresses and getting hurt:mad: today is not her day.....great writting aj! PPMS!!!

btw :rotfl: @ Cardinal's idea of Superman back in that day:lol:

[Shadowknight]

Keep up the great work aj!!! I have grown to love Kalabel the way you do it. Great job If 'This time" ever ends *shudders at the thought* You should really think about doing a Kalabel Fan fic.

[CLANAobsessed]

this story just keeps getting better and better, can't wait till the next update aj! PPMS!!

[j_walk]

jus got bak from the cottage and this story is still amazin.......bein up there wit no computer made me too anxious too come bak.....keep doin a great job:D

[LoisNClark]

just got back from my vaca and i found three amazing updates
keep up the awesome work

ppms!!!:D

[spacewalker_33.3]

oh crap...and this is getting better and better, aj i would like to take a look inside ur mind oh it would be so interesting :lol: u have quite a powerful machine inside there :lol:

[NYC300Z]

So since u posted at 3 something in the morning today are we going to get another update at around 3 am Monday? :lol:

[itsallinthespelling]

wow, just caught up on the updates, and i must say that they are amazing. now, ppms, i need to know what happens to isobel.

[SVsleuth]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
So since u posted at 3 something in the morning today are we going to get another update at around 3 am Monday? :lol:

My question exactly!

[MOOman0618]

Well...we have about an hour and 15 to go before we lose hope!

[Serene]

Originally posted by ajfinn
I'd die a thousand deaths by fire and stones before I'd ever support Clois. Bheehh!

I knew I liked you. ;)

[luckykentcharm21]

Dang I just caught up with all 88 pages... and I must say that the updates are crumtralesent ( I got that word from Will Ferrell). Well I can't wait for the next update.

[booze_is_me09]

c'mon Kal! let's kick some butt!!

that was great!!! PPMS!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by luckykentcharm21
Dang I just caught up with all 88 pages... and I must say that the updates are crumtralesent ( I got that word from Will Ferrell). Well I can't wait for the next update.

Thanks for reading lucky :D Welcome!

*runs to look up that mysterious word . . . wants to use it in an update :) If I can't find it, I'll have to watch both SNL dvd's I have of Will Farrell -- must know the meaning!!*

[itsallinthespelling]

i think he ment scrumtralesent, which is overly awesome.

[binkys711]

OoOo...cool word :cool: thanxz for that itsallinthespelling...we have our own personal dictionary! hooray!:p

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by itsallinthespelling
i think he ment scrumtralesent, which is overly awesome.

Once again, itsallinthespelling comes to the rescue with his awesome vocab & spelling talents :D

[SVsleuth]

When should we expect an update, aj?

[SunniLvsSV]

Ok AJ...I have been one of your "Silent Readers" for months now, and your writings have finally prompted me to take my Clana relationship to the next level and come out of hiding! I am happy to be able to post replies on your wonderful writing! Maybe one day I will start a thread of my own! :)

[binkys711]

wow!:eek: Aj has been motivating people to come forward! looks like it's paying off! so many have come forward thanxz to Aj! glad to see you come out in the open! I already welcomed you on another thread but...Welcome anyways!:p and can't wait to see if/when you write!

[Cardinal]

aj's like the Pied Piper of Hamlin...she writes her stories and more silent readers come out of the woodwork to thank her...amazing!

[kewl]

welcome to the clana world SunniLvsSV!!! :)

way to go AJFINN!!!! :cool:

[LoisNClark]

Good job AJ. Just to let you know your story was the first story i ever read on the Clana forum.

And to SunniLvsSV i said this on another forum, but i'll say it again, WELCOME!!!!!!:D

[midnite_spark]

OH NO!!!:eek: Run Isa Run Isa!!!

I was growing fond of the good and loving Isa too...aww this is so sad :(

great update tho!! i'm dying to know what happens next

[luckykentcharm21]

Originally posted by itsallinthespelling
i think he ment scrumtralesent, which is overly awesome.

yeah every time I try to spell it out, I never seem to spell it right.
I just noticed that, 4ever has people that write in caps, so you have someone who would use words that were made up... Oh yeah please do update again.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by SunniLvsSV
Ok AJ...I have been one of your "Silent Readers" for months now, and your writings have finally prompted me to take my Clana relationship to the next level and come out of hiding! I am happy to be able to post replies on your wonderful writing! Maybe one day I will start a thread of my own! :)

Hi Sunni :D :D Yes, we are all Clana addicts here, we understand your pain and offer our hand in friendship :lol:

I'm so glad you made yourself known!! Now, all you other silent readers -- see, it's not that difficult to come out of the shadows. Sunni did it!

Hope to hear from you more, Sunni!!! And we can always use more CLANA in our lives, so let us all know when you start your own fic!



Originally posted by LoisNClark
Good job AJ. Just to let you know your story was the first story i ever read on the Clana forum.

Bwahahahwahhahaha . . . . we shall bring you into the light yet, my dear lost one :D ;) And then you can change your user name to ReformedLoisNClarkShipper



Originally posted by SVsleuth
When should we expect an update, aj?

I'm working on it! I have a family bbq tonight (When the fam comes all the way from Scotland, you kinda have to socialize with them.) And then (here's my best excuse EVER) sometime today, I have to catch the wild mink that's running around in my backyard! I've already had 3 sheriff's deputies out who couldn't catch it. I should call Sherrif Adams, I'm sure she could scare the crap outta the poor thing.

But, this next update with Clark & Lana is straining my brain (it's about the stones, caves, etc), so I may just go back to Isa & Kal for one more. I'll get it done faster that way.

HOPEFULLY by late tonight. (For heaven's sake, my dear European friends who often flatter me by staying awake, get some sleep. It will at least be morning for you by the time I update :D)

Laterz! *imagine Martha in the kitchen, rocking out . . . "you make me wanna la la . . . " oh so funny! *

[binkys711]

*looks at news on T.V*
*announcer says:" Minks....what you don't know may kill you*

can't wait 'till your update AJ!!!

*starts imagining Aj in the kitchen singing like Martha*
:rotfl:

[4EverSmallville]

I've been reading along, finally replying though. And NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Don't make Isobel bad, please? :lol: Awesome job!!! Though I'll still be sad when Isa goes bad :p.

[SmallvilleMan]

hey woman, stop talking and update. :rotfl: (Oh man that's going to get me in trouble.) *Sneaks off after saying it, so no one can see him.* Hehehehe, suckers.;)

[4EverSmallville]

Post 629 (http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1382819#post1382819)

Give me a break, okay? :rotfl: This is aj's thread anyway.

[SmallvilleMan]

I wasn't talking to you, but since you brought it up. Stop laughing and update.

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Well, thx for warning me about the late update. I would have been up 'til like..all night :D Have fun at your bbq, but your update better be good (as they always are..)!

[NYC300Z]

So were getting an update early morning like 12 am or next day morning like 11 am? :lol: Yeah u can just continue with Isa and Kal if that means we get an update sooner! :lol:

[mcgairman]

I will looking forward to your update. This story is one of only a few I DO KEEP UP WITH!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
So were getting an update early morning like 12 am or next day morning like 11 am?


As in 30 minutes from right now ;)

[NYC300Z]

That's great!! I guess I'm going to miss the live update though. I'm going out now be back around 1 am. So i'll be sure to check for it then!:D

[clana4ev3r]

I'll be wating for your update....

[LoisNClark]

I'll be waiting which means like always i'll find it the next day:D

[LoisNClark]

I'll be waiting which means like always i'll find it the next day:D

[ClarksGirl21]

Yay! Hurry and update.. i wanna see Kal kick this guys butt.. or is Isabel about to turn bad?! No.. I like Kal and Isabel =(.. why are they doing this? weiners.. geez.. Kal has got to do something!:mad:

[ajfinn]

Part 63:

Kal was trying desperately hard to get milk to come out of the cow’s udder when he saw Isobel running through the woods toward him. His heart gave one big thud, then he super-sped toward her, taking her into his arms just as she collapsed.

“What happened,” he asked, breathless as she went limp. “Isa! Isa!” He carried her inside, laid her on the sofa, then hurried to the well for some water.

When he came back, she was opening her eyes.

“Where’s Marguerite,” he asked, still panicked as he spoke. He lifted her up and helped her drink.

“She’s all right,” was all Isobel could manage at first. “He’s found us, Kal.”

“Who’s found you?”

“Pembrook . . . he works for the Duchess Gertrude . . . she’s a witch hunter . . . they all are,” Isobel said, weeping. “I don’t dare bring Marguerite back here. Someone’s sure to tell Pembrook where I live.”

Kal held onto her as she cried. “No one’s touching you, Isa,” he said. “Or Marguerite. I can promise you that.”

Isobel nodded, tears still streaming. “I don’t want to run anymore. I’m not a part of the dark world my family belongs to,” she said. “How can they punish me and my child for the doings of my ancestors?”

Kal couldn’t help but see the similarities in their lives. “Ancestors definitely have a way of haunting you,” he said.

She looked up at him, finally able to see through her foggy eyes. There was only one thing involving ancestors that she thought Kal might be a victim of.

“Kal—are you a sorcerer?” she asked. “If you are, everything would make sense.” Isobel knew that sorcerers—though rare—were the most powerful type of wizards, capable of many of the abilities Kal had displayed. Their powers were passed through generations, displaying themselves only every few hundred years in an unsuspecting heir. She also knew that there was even now an unknown sorcerer who was praying upon the souls of witches—increasing his power each time. But this couldn’t possibly be Kal.

Kal shook his head vigorously. “No, I’m not a sorcerer, there’s much more to it,” he said.

“Then what is it, Kal?” she asked, pleading. “I’ve trusted you with the darkest of my secrets, yet you hide so much of yourself from me.”

He released a heavy sigh, knowing he’d have to come clean if he was to keep her faith in him. “Are you sure Marguerite is safe for a while, this will take some time to explain.”

“I’m sure,” she said.

Kal started with the simplest of details, that his powers were fueled by the Earth’s sun. When he moved further into his origin, he explained it much like others from the House of El had—or would in the future, leaving Isobel white-faced on the couch.

“Krypton?” she asked flatly. “My family has always taught me to believe in other worlds besides our own, but I took it as more of their ramblings. I suppose I was wrong.”

He smiled, thinking he should’ve told her the first moment they met. She truly was meant to be with him—he knew it. “Isa, I was sent here on a task demanded of every male of my lineage—to protect the knowledge of my people,” he said. “But so far, I’ve only been able to accomplish part of what my father commanded that I do. I, uhh—got a little distracted.”

He kissed her and Isobel warmed through and through. “Just part, huh? Well I doubt I can do anything to help, but if I can, will it make it possible for you to stay?”

“It might,” he answered with a grin. “I’ll have to do a lot of begging, but I planned to do that anyway.”

“Begging is good,” Isobel said. “But if begging fails, is there any other way to escape the grasp of your father?”

“I’m not sure,” he said with a smirk. “This is my first attempt at rebellion. It certainly isn’t tolerated on Krypton.”

That made Isobel’s stomach lurch. “What would he do if you refused to return—or accomplish your mission?”

Kal shrugged. “I guess I’ll find out,” he said. “It’s not exactly something we discussed when I left.”

“Perhaps if you do all he asks,” Isobel suggested with hope, “he’ll give you his blessing. How much more must you do, Kal?”

It was forbidden to speak of it, but Isobel had taken the most damning of information—that he was an alien—quite well, so what harm could knowing the rest do?

“There are three stones hidden in the far corners of this planet, Isa—all of which have the knowledge of Krypton encoded in them. My duty is to relocate all three—as is done every five hundred Earth years,” Kal said, earning a stare of intense interest from Isobel. “I relocated one already, from Egypt to China—leaving a map embroidered by a seamstress— for the Kryptonian heir who will unite the stones. The next stone, I located here—in the forest I just found you running through, in fact. And I’ll have to relocate that one as well. And then, I’ll search for the third. The knowledge must be kept safe from both criminals from our planet and humans from yours.”

“Why? What’s so sacred about this knowledge?” Isobel asked.

He told her everything he knew to be encoded in the stones that would reveal all when they were united, giving the bearer power beyond imagination. He spoke of the technology of Kryptonians, their ability to heal any injury or disease, and then he said how humans would use this knowledge unwisely, and criminals from his own world would use it to rule unjustly—through manipulation and blackmail—threatening to take all away from his civilization if their demands were not met.

When he was through explaining, Isobel had a look of confusion on her face. “But that knowledge could benefit those on Earth as well,” she said, thinking of the plague that had taken thousands of lives in Europe. “Who’s led you to believe that humans would use these stones for evil purposes?”

Kal could see that he’d touched a soft spot, but also knew by the sound of her voice that she wasn’t holding it against him. “My father, and his father before him,” he said. “Experiences with humankind have proven to be sketchy at best.”

Isobel took a deep breath, knowing he wasn’t far off. “Not all humans are the same,” she said. “Perhaps one day your people will come to trust mine.”

Kal kissed her softly, getting lost in the warmth of her lips. “I know my own experience has certainly been different.”

It was only minutes later that they both thought of Marguerite—it was too quiet in the house to not be reminded of her absence.

“I believe Marguerite would be safer staying with my head of staff tonight in town—perhaps we all would,” Isobel said.

Kal nodded, but felt uncomfortable about it. “I don’t want us to be separated from Marguerite, Isa,” he said. “I want to protect my new family. You’re all I care about now.”

“Lana, are you okay? You feel really warm,” Clark said, which was Lana’s first conscious thought.

She opened her eyes and noticed she was in her bed, not out by the lake. “How’d I get here?”

“It’s noon,” he said. “I couldn’t get you to wake up, and now you feel like you may have a fever.”

She shook her head. “I feel fine. I just had a pretty intense dream.”

Clark raised his brows with a half-smile on his face.

Lana smiled back softly. “Not that kind of intense, Clark. It was PG-13 this time.”

[Cardinal]

Edit - I had to add this crappy post so that number 300 would be here and, to aj's satisfaction, it wouldn't be a sucky one!

[itsallinthespelling]

oh great update, glad to get back to clark and lana . we had lots of kal, its time for clark. ppms

[Cardinal]

As we edge closer to the abyss, when will Isa fall off?

I wonder if someone on her staff turned her in.

Who's this sorceror? A new character this late in the game? Hmmm.

Good stuff as always!


PS I saved #300 just for you. It seems like only a few days since you excoriated me for wasting post #200. Was this any better?

[LuvClana]

lol cardnal! Great update aj! PPMS!

(oh yea, 2 btw :p)

EDIT: ah a second too late! lol 3

[clana4ev3r]

GREAT UPDATE!

[Ketchup]

Awesome update as always! PPMS!!!

[midnite_spark]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder if something is going to happen to Kal that pushes Isa over the edge...:( Poor Isabel...didn't do anything wrong just trying to live a normal life...

Great update as always aj:)

[MOOman0618]

I am really trying not to think of all the bad things that could happen to Kal and Isobel. I can't decide if I just want to find out or if I want to live in my fantasy world of happily ever after just a while longer.


Great update by the way!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
I am really trying not to think of all the bad things that could happen to Kal and Isobel. I can't decide if I just want to find out or if I want to live in my fantasy world of happily ever after just a while longer.

Hey, you only get one happy ending in this story, and I'm leaning toward Clana :D Anyone want me to change my mind? ;) Don't worry, I'll try to let you all down easy. But like I've said before, Isa takes a fall, we all know that :( It's how it happens that counts, right?

[MOOman0618]

I SUPPOSE ONE HAPPY ENDING IS BETTER THAN NO HAPPY ENDING...

Oops, sorry. Still had my battle gear on against 4ever. :)

And yes I much prefer the happiness to be toward Clana. Maybe if you sneak it in there and tell us real quick it will hurt less, you know like a huge metaphorical Band-Aid.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
Maybe if you sneak it in there and tell us real quick it will hurt less, you know like a huge metaphorical Band-Aid.

Like the end of Kalabel in a nutshell? Okay, here it is . . . . Isa and Kal have a fight. Isa slaps Kal with a mean curse, he falls dead, and then Marg kicks him in the head. "Bad Papa!" Marg says. Then Isa and Marg take off on her broom.

So, NOW you know what's NOT going to happen :D

[MOOman0618]

Ok, I was wrong. Huge metaphorical Band-Aids by aj work more like huge metaphical sledgehammers.

[SVsleuth]

AHHHHHHHHHHH! Finally wrestled a PC away from the kids. at midnight. Super update, aj - as usual. More Clana next - yay! Thank your visiting relatives for giving you a chance to update. :)

[NYC300Z]

Great Update like always!! Well as long as we get a happy Clana ending that's what matters! And yeah it's defiently how we get there that matters since we all know she gets burned alive for being a witch.

PPMS!:)

[Cardinal]

Originally posted by ajfinn
Isa takes a fall, we all know that :( It's how it happens that counts, right?

Sounds kinda like Lex in Smallville, doesn't it? :(

[kewl]

awesome update as always aj!!! PPMS!!!!

[LoisNClark]

That was another awesome update aj!!!! Like everyone else said one happy ending's better than none and between the two pairs i'm deffinetly happy it's a happy clana ending!!!

PPMS!!:D

[SunniLvsSV]

You have a wonderful vision of bringing Isobel's story to life! Wouldn't it be nice to know that she wasn't always bad?!

[dreammaster]

another awesome chapter

[booze_is_me09]

that was great!!! i don't think Kal should have told Isa about the stones. mabye telling he was from Krypton and about his abilities was ok but that is what probably made her go evil. having knowledge about the stones isn't good, i'm surprised Kal told her. but it was wonderful ajfinn!!!!!!! you are an amazing writer!!!

PPMS!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Great update! As long as clana lives happily ever after, I won’t complain! :D And this time I finally got some sleep as well ;)

[binkys711]

YAY!!! great update Aj! (as always:p) I've grown attached to kalabel...to bad we all know the drepressing end to that, but what hapens inbetween is the trick;) calana happy ending! yay! great writing Aj! PPMS!!!

[kewl]

more clana pls!!! :D

[Kal-El & Me]

More Clana And Kalabelle please. :)

[SVsleuth]

Will there be an update today, aj? If so, any idea when? (We like to gather around in anticipation...)

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by SVsleuth
Will there be an update today, aj? If so, any idea when? (We like to gather around in anticipation...)

Ehhhh . . . it's looking doubtful. I'm about 1/3 through, but I still have to watch another couple of episodes, and re-read an article from Smallville magazine before I can finish it. :\ It most likely won't be ready to post until tomorrow.

I'll pre-warn you all now, that I may have to do "every-other-day" updates from now on. It's putting a little too much stress on my family to have me writing this much. But I'm doing my best to update whenever possible. :D Because I love Clana, and it is my life. What's so wrong with that? *gosh!* :lol:

[Cardinal]

I'm surprised you lasted this long. I can't imagine writing that much with the obligations of a family to worry about.

Write when you can, we'll just savor your updates all the more! :)

[SmallvilleMan]

afinn, everyone else who can get it, go check your e-mail to a certain club. Go to the club site and see a new posting by me.

[binkys711]

awww...poor Aj:( update when ya can! we all love your story! we'll watch out for your updates even more eagerly now that they will be less frequent:)

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Yeah, I agree with all the others. It's really impressive how you managed to update on a daily basis for so long. Take your time; we'll definitively wait for you! :)

[ajfinn]

Ahhhh . . . . you guys are all SO nice!! I may surprise you though if I can get extra time, so keep an eye out even if it's on a day you're not expecting an update. If I have to skip more than one day though, I'll definitely post and tell you.

So expect an update at least by tomorrow. :D

[binkys711]

yay!

[LuvClana]

aj, even though people are stressing you for updates, half of them arn't updating there either :p Its the same with everyone :D No pressure on you but UPDATE SOON! :p j/k

[NYC300Z]

Yeah no worries..just update as soon as u can! ok? Oh and to let u know i'm going on another little trip tonight....:lol:

[kewl]

it's ok ajfinn, just give us an update whenever u can... we'll always be here waiting ;) :D

[MOOman0618]

Yes...we all will be patient and wait for an update. It will just make us appriciate them that much more if we have to wait a little bit for them!

[Cardinal]

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
(Unforgivable alterations - Cardinal) :D

Waiting for updates day after day
And I slowly go insane
I re-read your words on the net
But it doesn't stop the pain
If you write next to never
Clark'll be a virgin forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the updates
That I thought would last somehow
I read the laughter, I read the tears
But I can't hear from you now
Oh, can't you see it lady
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you


Take all the time you need, aj, I just had to do this since I haven't seen Mythos in a while. :p

[kewl]

L:oL cardinal, cool song!!!! ;)

[binkys711]

:rotfl:great song choice Cardinal!:cool: I loved the alterations:p

[ClarksGirl21]

nice job ajfinn.. update soon =)

[LuvClana]

Cardinal what are we gonna do with you :p

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Hahaha Cardinal! You're crazy. Great song! I think we all feel the same way :)

[LoisNClark]

:lol:Cardinal

[NYC300Z]

:lol: Yes Cardinal is very funny! Still no update? I thought we'd hear if there wasn't going to be one today? oh well i'll be back at 1 am to check. Hope there's an update waiting for me! :D

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
:lol: Yes Cardinal is very funny! Still no update? I thought we'd hear if there wasn't going to be one today? oh well i'll be back at 1 am to check. Hope there's an update waiting for me! :D

I'M UPDATING IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES!! :D


*aj thinks she might wait longer, to see if someone will write another flattering song -- thanks Card!*

[Ketchup]

Awesome! Cant wait =D

Hey aj, do u plan on staying up till 2 today by any chance? I need someone to do buffers for me =/

[ajfinn]

Part 64:

Clark felt Lana’s forehead again. “Yeah, it seems like you’re cooling off,” he said. “It must’ve just been the dream. What happened?”

“A lot of stuff. Big stuff,” she said, going on to tell him everything for the next hour. When she was finished, her heart was pounding so hard she could feel it in her throat. “Clark, just as I was coming to, Isobel and Kal were super-speeding away to get Marguerite—and out of the corner of my eye—or Isobel’s I guess, I saw Pembrook—and another guy, Magistrate Wilkins, who I’ve seen before in dreams of Isobel. They were standing just outside an open window.”

Clark’s eyes widened. “I guess that explains how Gertrude learned about the three stones.”

Lana nodded. “Bad timing for Kal to spill his guts, huh?”

“Yeah, I’ve been the victim of bad timing a few times myself,” he said.

“Yes you have,” she said, sitting up to kiss him—she really wanted to move on, having felt like she was in Isobel’s head far too long this time. She liked her own reality much, much better. “Which reminds me, Clark—I promised Chloe that we’d corner you sometime today when Jimmy was gone and make you explain a few things.”

“Oh no,” he said, sliding down in the bed and pulling the covers over him. “I think I need a nap now.”

She ripped them off. “I think you’ve been hiding long enough,” Lana said. “You’re the one who hates hanging question marks so much, and yet you’ve left a trail of them longer than the Mississippi River.” She laughed, then yelled, “Chloe!”

Clark knew he still had a lot of explaining to do, but his stomach was still a little tight from what Lana had told him about Kal and Isobel. It made him wonder—how much was too much to tell people—even the ones he loved?

Chloe opened the door. “Hey, I’m glad you’re finally awake—let me grab your lunch, or breakfast—whatever you want to call it at one in the afternoon.”

“I’ll get it,” Clark said, super-speeding out, and coming back at normal speed as he balanced three plates in his arms. “Chloe, can you grab the drinks? I haven’t developed my super-ambidexterity yet,” he said with a smirk.

“Oh, we’re gonna have a picnic in Lana’s bedroom huh?” Chloe said. “I bet it’s not the first time you’ve imagined that, Clark. Should I grab some whipped cream as well?”

Lana swiped her hand and made one of her shoes fly across the room, giving Chloe a swift kick in the butt. “Don’t mess with me, I’ve feeling very medieval today,” she said, laughing at Chloe’s startled reaction.

“I think I’m going to make myself a meteor rock cocktail—I need some powers of my own,” Chloe said. “This is getting VERY unfair.”

“Your super-power is your cheeky mouth, Chlo,” Lana said. “I doubt things will ever be on an even playing field with you around.”

“True,” Chloe said with a flattered smile, walking off to get the drinks. “I do keep you two in line, don’t I?”

Before Chloe came back, Lana found an old blanket in the closet so she could put it on the floor for their ‘picnic’. Clark had followed her into the walk-in closet, of course, noting how much roomier this one was than the last, and suggesting they try it out later. Lana was more than happy to agree.

The three of them sat down on the blanket like they were having a pow-wow, with crossed legs, facing one another. “Is this what chics do at sleepovers? Clark asked.

“No,” Lana said, having just swallowed a bite of her sandwich, “if we were at a slumber party, we’d be on our tummies—giggling, and kicking our feet back and forth in pink fuzzy slippers.”

Chloe laughed. “She’s not joking,” she said, then turned to Lana. “I remember those pink fuzzy slippers you had a few years ago.”

Lana rolled her eyes, and in a mock tone of rebuke she said, “Chloe, I’ve pleaded with you to never speak of my ‘pink stage’ ever again.”

Clark looked shocked. “I liked your pink stage—it’s when—” he stopped, looking to Chloe.

“Oh, get over it, Clark,” Chloe said. “I know what you were going to say.”

“Okay,” Clark said, thinking that if Chloe was telling him to ‘get over it’ it meant she was over it too. He smiled at Lana. “It was in your ‘pink stage’ that I really fell in love with you.”

Lana gave a soft smile. “Then maybe I’ll decide to like the color again.”

“Well, you look pretty dang hot in black too,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows.

“Okay, you two,” Chloe said. “I’m eating. Let’s talk about which one of the three of us DOESN’T do too well when he’s wearing black.”

Clark couldn’t resist looking between the two of them. “What do you mean ‘he’? Is there another guy in the room besides myself?” he asked. “I look freakin’ awesome in black.”

The girls both laughed, then Chloe said, “Yes, but for some mysterious reason, you act like a total jerk when you wear it—why is that?”

“I don’t think black is the problematic color for my little guy,” Lana said with a fake tone of sympathy, patting his knee. “It’s red that brings out his naughty side.”

“Red?” Chloe asked, confused. Then she got it. “Oh—so I was right about the school ring making you go nutty? So red meteor rock does a wack-job on your brain, huh?”

“Oh yeah,” Clark said. “To state it mildly.”

“So when you went all Hell’s Angels on us sophomore year when you got the ring—you were like drugged?” Chloe asked, to which he and Lana nodded. “And of course when you took off to Metropolis, then when else? Because you’ve had your fair share of jerk moments.”

“I wish I could blame every one of those times on red-k, but I’m not that lucky,” Clark said to Chloe. “There was one other time though—when you and Pete were infected by those cave worms, and Pete slipped a red rock in my pocket so I’d get all crazy with you two.”

“Did it work?” Chloe asked, not too surprised that Pete knew about Clark’s powers and weaknesses.

“All too well,” Clark said, shivering as he remembered Lana walking in on him and Chloe kissing in the Talon. “I wish I could forget about everything I do when I’m messed up like that, just like you and Pete did, but I don’t have that luxury.”

Both Chloe and Lana dropped their heads, knowing those memories must be absolutely horrible for Clark—the most self-conscious do-gooder in the world. “Clark, it’s not that I haven’t forgiven you for this, but you did something so cruel to me once, that I’ll never really be able to let it go unless I know what happened.”

Clark felt the blood rush out of his face. “Dang, what?”

Lana was sure she knew exactly what Chloe was going to say, and she also wanted an answer to the awful thing Clark did to her that very same week.

Chloe cleared her burning throat, feeling the pain of it all over again. “It was what you did last fall in the Torch office,” she said, not wanting to explain everything word for word.

Clark squinted. “That’s kinda vague, Chloe. If I’m worthy of hanging for something, I might need a few more hints than that.”

She rolled her eyes, which were watering all of a sudden—it was such an awful memory for so many reasons. “You practically said you loved me, then you went in for a kiss—” Clark still looked completely confused. “Freak—stop me when I’m getting warmer, please! This isn’t easy to talk about.”

[Ketchup]

Damn that was when Lionel got control of his body wasnt it? Great update, PPMS!

[Cardinal]

I think you're right Ketchup. Clark will be all kinds of thrilled to learn that he's in trouble for stuff that Lionel did. :mad:

[Ketchup]

I wonder if he'll ever remember putting moves on his own mom... that was just f'ed up.

[Cardinal]

At least he doesn't remember checking out his own "equipment."

[ajfinn]

Okay, you two, I wasn't planning on drudging up the sicko stuff for a reason *gets the shivers* :lol:

Anyone else read the update yet? What -- I miss one day and lose my entire readership? :D

(Oh, of course except for Card & Ketchup - yes you guys count, sick-minded as you are. :lol: )

[Serene]

I'm here :)
I always wanted to see Chloe and Clark talk about the Transference scene where "he" was so cruel to her. I always thought it amazing that she ever forgave him after that.

[MOOman0618]

I just watched 'Transference' this afternoon!! Which was after I watched 'Run' and before I watched 'Jinx'...Is three episodes a day too much? Anyhow! Great update. I am so glad you are getting to talk about transference, I don't think I have read a fic yet that delt with those happenings!

And don't worry, I don't think you lost any of your readers. At least I am just trying to be patient for you, and patience includes not checking for updates every ten minutes! :)

[linn]

hey ajfinn i love ur update.............im just one of ur readers that just write in here once after readin every chapter..and its was les dad dat was wit chloe at the torch........

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by linn
hey ajfinn i love ur update.............im just one of ur readers that just write in here once after readin every chapter..and its was les dad dat was wit chloe at the torch........

Hi, linn! I've seen you around on other boards (nice to finally meet you in person :lol: ) Thanks for reading my story! Hope to hear from you again!! :D

[MOOman0618]

Oh! I almost forgot! Thanks for putting in some Lana magic! Even if it was just an enchanted butt kicking. LOVE IT!

[clana4ev3r]

I wonder how Clark is going to explain Lionel's behavior....

[NYC300Z]

Great update like always!! Yeah I guess Chloe will feel better when she finds out it was Lionel Luthor in Clark's body...I wonder how he will explain this and how well he will or how much he even knows about it.

PPMS!!

[MOOman0618]

I'll bet his (or Lionel's depending on how you look at it) will be just as much of a surprise to him as it was for the girls! They never did explain to him what he did to them.

[linn]

well thank you

[NYC300Z]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
I'll bet his (or Lionel's depending on how you look at it) will be just as much of a surprise to him as it was for the girls! They never did explain to him what he did to them.

Yeah I bet ur right MOOman I mean he had no way of knowing what Lionel was up to in his body the only one who told him anything was Lex! isn't that ironic?:lol:

[SVsleuth]

I am finally here too, aj, and have read another amazing ajfinn update. Hmmm. Clark just told the girls he doesn't have the luxury of forgetting what he does on Red K, & now he'll have to say he doesn't remember at all what they are talking about. Will they believe him? Will he realize it was Lionel? The next update should be quite interesting. Keep it coming.

[kewl]

just read ur update aj, awesome as always!!! did clark even remember what happened when lionel was on his body?? he was so confused when chloe started talking..... hhmmmm, interesting... PPMS!!!
hi serene, welcome to the clana world!!! :D

[clana4ev3r]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
Great update like always!! Yeah I guess Chloe will feel better when she finds out it was Lionel Luthor in Clark's body...I wonder how he will explain this and how well he will or how much he even knows about it.

PPMS!!


I don't think they feel anymore better... well maybe a little bit but probably sick to the stomach because they found out that it was Lionel putting the moves on the two of them even thought it was on the outside it was Clark..... old sick bas****

does that make sense???

[NYC300Z]

Yeah makes sense, yeah they'd probally feel better it wasn't really Clark, but then i guess they might be like ewww that was Lionel Luthor?!

[dreammaster]

another awesome chapter

[Kal-El & Me]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by kewl
[B]just read ur update aj, awesome as always!!! did clark even remember what happened when lionel was on his body?? he was so confused when chloe started talking..... hhmmmm,

No he didn't remember. It was Lionel's memory.

[kewl]

thanks Kal-El & Me ;)

[Shadowknight]

Great update aj

[binkys711]

jejeje...that was a great update aj! can't wait to see there expressions when he tells them:DPPMS!!!

[itsallinthespelling]

Great update aj, lol, wonder what they will think if clark tells them that lionel put the moves on his mom. lol, ppms

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Great update! I think next update will be very interesting. Like some of the others said, I don’t understand why both Lana and Chloe forgave Clark for that. He was like a monster! Well, that’s what Lionel is, right?

[Ketchup]

So... when's our next update? =D

[LoisNClark]

awesome update! I like a few other people have mentioned have always wanted to read a story where Clark and Chloe talk about the Lionel/Clark with Chloe moment. Can't wait to read it!!

PPMS!!!!!!!!!!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Ketchup
So... when's our next update? =D

Wow. :lol: Tomorrow.

Oh, and FYI everyone, any of you have been waiting for Ketchup to update, he posted his very best update ever last night. It blew me away. So, check it out.

[LuvClana]

greeat update aj!

[midnite_spark]

OoO this is going to be interesting!!!:eek:

can't wait for Chloe and Lana's reaction!

Lana's gonna be grossed out cuz Lionel actually kissed her.

PPMS!!

[clana4ev3r]

but it was Clark's lips and Lionel's soul... right? was it there souls that were transferred or something?

[binkys711]

yeah... it was there souls;)

[NYC300Z]

Tomorrows in less than 15 minutes!! Yay!!:lol: i'm just playing!

[MOOman0618]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
Tomorrows in less than 15 minutes!! Yay!!:lol: i'm just playing!

But it is so true! We can always hope for a late night update!

[Ketchup]

AJ, u planning of giving us a late-nighter?

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Ketchup
AJ, u planning of giving us a late-nighter?

Nope, sorry :( Haven't finished it yet. But, having fun writing it.

[clana4ev3r]

so should we be expecting a fun update??

[MOOman0618]

Awwwww....no update.

*Goes to sulk in the corner of his newly padded room*

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by clana4ev3r
so should we be expecting a fun update??

Fun?? Umm, not sure. But hopefully entertaining. Here's some fun for you - a little something I posted on the Clana Fix Clubhouse thread in honor of Ketchup's update last night:

Man, oh, man . . . the big night has arrived. Lana shall be saved by her dashing knight in blue tights. (RIGHT, Ketchup? Right?)

I can hear the clomp-clomp of Clark's trusty steed now . . . riding across the Luthor Corp lawn . . . must save my dearest love Clark cries, must kick some bald, igotistical, lying sucker's butt he swings his leg over the horse, hits his head with his hand when he remembers he can fly *duh* and zooms into the sky--his eye set on the window in which he can see Lana's tiny body taped against . . . . but suddenly Clark realizes he's not going anywhere--just floating in the same place. *looks back* what is it, Kryptohoof? he asks, seeing that his horse has clamped his superdedooper red cape in his mouth. YOU FORGOT YOUR LIGHT SABER, MASTER JEDI, says the steed through his big clamped teeth. FREAK! I'm never gonna get this hero stuff right . . . now what was I doing again? Clark asks his superdedooper sidekick.


Now, aren't you all GLAD I don't usually write this late? :lol:

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by ajfinn
Nope, sorry :( Haven't finished it yet. But, having fun writing it.

:\ :( :\ I'm gonna go cry in the corner. :( :\ :(

[MOOman0618]

If we sent Kryptohoof to help you type do you think you would get done quicker?

j/k :p

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
If we sent Kryptohoof to help you type do you think you would get done quicker?

j/k :p

I don't know about that, Kryptohoof is a bit of a klutz on the keyboard -- he has really big feet. Here, he'll show you:

dfsklj;asfdauoi;fdasljkfdasklfdas;jasfdjk fs asdfjk lsfdkj asdfjksfd j

Yeah, well, in Kryptonian, he says that means No freaking way, I'm a horse

[Ketchup]

You speak Kryptonian :eek:

[NYC300Z]

LOL the horse speaks! Or types or w/e :lol::lol::lol:
I'm so happy i'm off tomorrow! Can't wait for ur update!

[MOOman0618]

Originally posted by Ketchup
You speak Kryptonian :eek:

Apparently she also speaks horse!

[kewl]

yeah, please squeeze in an update for us tonight AJ :)

[binkys711]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
Apparently she also speaks horse!

:rotfl:

is your padded room comfy enough MOOman?! I hope your fiance likes the padded room also:p...you have a one way mirror (like Lex in shattered) we can see in but you can't see out....so no funny business in there with your fiance:p;) I don't want to have nightmares....

aj...PPMS!!!:D

[LoisNClark]

Wow aj you have many talents!!!! You can write awesome fanfics and you can speak horse and kryptonian:lol: :D

PPMS!!!!:D

[MOOman0618]

Originally posted by binkys711
is your padded room comfy enough MOOman?! I hope your fiance likes the padded room also:p...you have a one way mirror (like Lex in shattered) we can see in but you can't see out....so no funny business in there with your fiance:p;) I don't want to have nightmares....

Very comfy thank you...and its my room and I can conduct any sort of business I want, funny or otherwise. :p


Hey aj, any thoughts of when we should expect an update. One before I leave would be super!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by MOOman0618
Hey aj, any thoughts of when we should expect an update. One before I leave would be super!

The only schedule I can adhere to is that it will be before midnight :D I'm working on it & it will probably be up long before that, who knows??

[Kal-El & Me]

Great I'l try sneak on the computer after mom goes to sleep. *Smiles mischieviously and raises eyebrows eagerly*

[Dr. Jeckyll]

Originally posted by ajfinn
The only schedule I can adhere to is that it will be before midnight :D I'm working on it & it will probably be up long before that, who knows?? Have mercy! It sucks being an European :p

[LoisNClark]

yeah it's before midnight tonight!!!!!!

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Dr. Jeckyll
Have mercy! It sucks being an European :p

Dr. J -- Check your PM inbox for most of it :D

For everyone else, I'll post the full version (and edited!) of the update within 3 hours of now, whatever time that is for you. I have to go to a neighborhood thingy . .. . yeah, I know, who needs flesh and blood friends, when I have so many digital ones? :)

[Dr. Jeckyll]

3 hours? Ofc I would have waited 3 more hrs for your update :D Really glad you took your time to send it to me anyway!

[SVsleuth]

Yay! An update on the way! Hope I can grab a PC long enough to read it right away.

[NYC300Z]

Yay an update coming soon! I'll be up and waiting!:D

[binkys711]

yay! I can wait up to! finally I can be here when the action starts (approximately 2 am :lol: )

[NYC300Z]

I was re-reading ur update and I was just thinking Clark said he fell in love with Lana during her pink stage, how long was her pink stage :lol: from like age 5 to 15 :lol:

[midnite_spark]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
I was re-reading ur update and I was just thinking Clark said he fell in love with Lana during her pink stage, how long was her pink stage :lol: from like age 5 to 15 :lol:

lol well Clark did fall in love with Lana rite when he met her...so that does sound bout rite...tho that is a rather long Pink stage...but at least she grew out of it...lets see how long it takes for Clark to grow pass the flannel lol.

[binkys711]

LOL:lol:

[ajfinn]

Hey Binkys, I need a buffer - it's a little long to post as one :)

[binkys711]

binkys is here!:D

[Ketchup]

Ill buffer =D okay maybe not

[ajfinn]

Part 65:

It was obvious to Lana that Clark wasn’t faking his reaction—he didn’t have a clue about what Chloe was saying. Which was more than a little strange.

She took his hand. “Clark, there were a few days last fall when you seriously went off the deep end,” she said. “It didn’t even seem like you were the guy we can now recognize as Red-K Clark.”

Clark swallowed. “What else did I do?” he asked, hoping that would spark some recognition of what Chloe was talking about. Or maybe he didn’t want to know.

“Well, let’s see,” Lana said, acting like she had to strain to remember—ha! “It was the week you quit football, skipped all your school classes, and discovered me with a certain guy in the coaches office.”

Clark’s face went completely white. He knew exactly what had happened that particular week—though the coaches office part wasn’t ringing a bell—thank heaven. “Now I know what you’re talking about—well not really, because it wasn’t me, but—”

“Then who was it Clark?” Chloe asked, angry that he was trying to get out of this so easily. “Did Tina Greer pull a zombie gig and morph into you again?”

“No—seriously, Chloe, it was more than that,” he said. “I’m so sorry for whatever I supposedly did to you, but I can’t even talk to you about it if you’re gonna keep looking at me like that.”

Chloe released a sigh, thinking his excuse better be damn good. “Fine.”

As confusing as it was to understand why Clark acted the way he did that week, Lana had mostly related it to a sudden rage of jealousy where she was concerned—but what never made sense is why he acted the way he did with Chloe, or acted like school didn’t matter anymore.

What she wasn’t liking now, however, was how Chloe was beating on Clark before he even had a chance to explain himself. Lana had made that same mistake way too many times herself, and now felt overly protective of him since she finally knew how very unfounded her accusations were.

“So here’s what happened the week that I’m sure you’re talking about,” Clark said. “I’ve told Lana about the three stones now, and how they were always meant for me, but it wouldn’t hurt to explain them in more detail. And it’s obvious I should start with the water stone first.”

Chloe wanted to roll her eyes, thinking Clark was getting off topic, but Lana was looking at her with a ‘be patient’ type of expression.

“I don’t know how the Luthors always end up smack in the middle of my destiny, but they do,” he said. “And this was the worst of all times for it to happen. Lionel’s thugs found one of the stones at about the same time Lex found one—the first of two that I stole from him. Anyway, the stone Lionel had in jail with him was the water stone—one that, if you can believe it—had the power to switch the souls of two people.”

“No way!” both Lana and Chloe said, not yet seeing where this was going, but shocked just the same.

“Serious. He planned to use it between he and Lex, so asked Lex to come visit him, having hid the stone in his hand,” Clark said. “But the stones often called out to me—this high-pitched ringing I’d hear. I was surprised the noise was coming from the federal prison, and when I got there, I saw that Lionel had the stone and was reaching for Lex—so I jumped between them and got zapped.”

“Zapped?” the girls asked.

“As in zapped into Lionel’s body,” he said, hoping they’d believe him. But of course, he’d told them stranger things before. “And Lionel was transferred into mine.”

Chloe and Lana both gasped, then in unison again, they said. “EWWWWWWWWWWWW!”

Lana wiped her mouth. “Lionel Luthor KISSED ME!?!” she said, her gag reflex turning on. “I’m gonna freaking puke.”

“OH MY—” Chloe said. “You, I mean, HE talked just like Lionel—trying to freak me out about testifying against him—saying he might be free sooner than I thought. He even called me Ms. Sullivan in that creepy perverted way that he always did. How the hell didn’t I clue into that?”

Lana was wiping her lips again, and Clark couldn’t help but ask. “So he kissed you as in closet-type kissing, or—”

“No!” she said right away. “I smacked the crap out of him. It was awful—he forced himself on me—I had bruises on my arms for a week.”

“He . . . ” Clark couldn’t even continue, looking at Lana with anguish. “Lana, how did you ever forgive me for that? No wonder you ripped my head off at school when you told me about you and Jason.”

Lana shivered, remembering that terrible moment. “Clark, as far as I knew you were the same guy who had just told me Jason flew around the world to ‘pluck my succulent fruit,’” she said. “That’s why I was so angry—you’d been acting like an arrogant jerk all week.”

“Lana I think there’s a much more serious word for someone who forces himself on a girl,” he said, wanting to strangle Lionel right that moment. “I’m glad nothing else happened—because he had my powers too. But seriously, how have you gotten over that?”

She hesitated, wondering how honest to be. “The same way I got over you leaving for Metropolis,” she said. “I haven’t. But last spring, I just decided to trust you again, knowing that there had to be an explanation for the inconsistencies in your life. And I’m glad that I did, because now you’ve trusted ME with the answers I sought, and everything finally makes sense.”

Clark nodded, wishing for a moment that the two of them were alone, but he had to work through this with someone else as well. Someone who obviously was just as hurt by Lionel’s actions.

“And what about you, Chloe?” he asked, turning to her. “What gave you the faith to ever talk to me again? Did you say that Lionel kissed you too?”

She shook her head, still amazed that she—the ‘I can spot anything out of place’ sleuth that she was, didn’t figure it out when the butthead in her office talked & acted EXACTLY like Lionel Luthor. Duh.

(Continued two posts down :D ) KEEP READING!

[binkys711]

BUFFERING

[ajfinn]

PART 65 CONTINUED:

“Okay, I lied when I said I was over it. Because like Lana, I’m not—well, not until this very moment,” she said. “But the hero in you has always outweighed the psycho I see every once in a while. And let’s not forget that I’ve done my fair share of things to lose your trust—yet you’ve always forgiven me.”

Clark smiled. “So you’re not going to tell me what Lionel did?”

“I’ll let Lana tell you, if you really want to know,” Chloe said, she just couldn’t bring herself to tell him now. “All I wanted was an explanation, and this definitely ranks up there with your best excuses—second only to being transported to the arctic because you put three rocks together. It’s hard to top that one.”

“How about being sucked through the cave wall into outer space for three months?” Clark asked. “Where does that one rank?”

Chloe tipped her head and blinked once. “Can we just start a top ten list. This is seriously getting publishable,” she said. “Forget Pulitzers, I could win a Nobel Prize.”

“I’ll make you a deal, Chloe,” Clark said, serious about it. “For putting up with all my crap, you have exclusive rights to anything I ever decide to expose. I’m not saying that I’ll ever do that, but if the time comes—the story will be ALL yours.”

Chloe’s smile was the size of an oil tanker. “You know I’d rip your throat out if you ever gave that scoop to someone else,” she said. “So that’s a darn good promise to keep—for your own sake.”

“Clark will keep the promise, Chlo,” Lana said, squeezing Clark’s knee. “I’ll make sure of that.”

“Yeah, I have my own personal Jiminy Cricket now. As if I wasn’t overly-conscious enough,” Clark said.

“Wives are good at that, I hear,” Chloe said, having it slip out before she could stop it. To her surprise though, neither Lana or Clark flinched—they just looked at one another and smiled.

Whoa, she thought, this was definitely getting serious. And she was glad it was. They should be together.

To break the silence, Chloe continued. “Anyway, glad you somehow zapped back into your own body, and out of that saggy bag of Lionel’s—bet he was sure happy with the original trade,” she said. “Do you have any idea of what else he did? Did he learn about your powers.”

“Oh yeah, he did some pretty damaging stuff—as you both know,” he said, making a conscious choice to not mention what his mother conveyed to him—they’d never get over that image—just as he hadn’t. He showered three times a day for the week following the Lionel invasion. Who knows what else Lionel did while he was in his body?

“He may know just about everything there is to know about me, but he says he doesn’t have any recollection of it,” Clark continued. “The most interesting thing however, was that he was dying of a live disease before we switched bodies, and when we changed back—he was healed. And he also claimed to have reformed his bad boy ways.”

The girls were again floored by Clark’s revelation. The super-secrets just kept pouring out. How much more would there be to learn about him?

“Clark, it’s not that I doubt your soul can change a person’s life—mine included—but Lionel could be lying. At least about the change of heart,” Lana said.

He nodded. “Yeah, I think you’re right.”

Chloe gave a wicked smirk. “So if it weren’t for that darn stone, Lionel would be six feet under?” she said. “I’m sure that’s by far your worst save yet, Clark. Intentional or not.”

Clark had wondered that several times over. “Sometimes I wonder how I’ve changed the future by helping people—it may not have always been the best thing to do,” he said. “Like Lex, for instance. I’ve saved his hide many more times than either of you know—or that he even knows of.”

“I’m sure you’ve saved ALL of us more times than we know,” Lana said. “And I’m also certain you have many more lives to save.”

“I hope I can continue to help people,” he said. “But I can only do so much. I’ve had enough bad experiences with people witnessing my powers to know that it usually turns out bad.”

Chloe knew that was true from her own experience with Alicia. And both Lionel & Lex only suspected Clark’s abilities when they were willing to do anything to take advantage of him. “Yeah, I don’t think exposing you in a front page article would be a good idea,” she said. “I’ll definitely hold my tongue until you choose to go public.”

Lana took a risk to mention something she’d been thinking about the last couple of days. “Clark, what if you were to have some sort of secret identity—you know, help people without them knowing it was you—or at least not Clark Kent.”

Clark laughed. “You mean, like Batman?” he said. “Because the mask thing would kill me. I’m way too claustrophobic!”

[Ketchup]

1st

EDIT:

Clark laughed. “You mean, like Batman?” he said. “Because the mask thing would kill me. I’m way too claustrophobic!
:lol: :rotfl: :lol: That is hilarious! And whats with all of the Superman allusions? Is there a chance we'll see some Red, yellow, and blue in the near future? Sure hope so =)

[binkys711]

2nd!

OH BOOYAH!!! we are getting extremly close to Superman!:D good idea Lana!;) and that was funny when they both said EWWWW!!!:lol:.....that was a great update!!!and loved that it was superlong! great job aj!PPMS!!!:)

[SVsleuth]

3rd!

EDIT: Terriffic update, ajfinn! Wow! Have you ever given us a 2 part post? What a treat! Loved the revealing of the Lionel week. And Clark took 3 showers a day after switching back! :lol:
It is amazing that Lana & Chloe ever spoke to Clark again after what Lionel did. I guess he's just a guy who's too likable to hate!

Thanks for a great bedtime treat, ajfinn. :):):):):)

P.S. See post #865 in the Clubhouse for tonight's newscast. :)

[dreammaster]

an awesome chapter

[itsallinthespelling]

Great update. lol, loved all the supes references.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
I was re-reading ur update and I was just thinking Clark said he fell in love with Lana during her pink stage, how long was her pink stage :lol: from like age 5 to 15 :lol:

Okay, now I can answer this. In my update, I purposefully put in the word "really" before "fell in love with you" because you can feel that you love someone when you know them they way he thought he knew Lana before freshman year, but when he REALLY got to know her after that--as true friends, that developed into much more--then that's when he REALLY & genuinely fell in love with her. Which was certainly during her (roughly) two years plus pink stage :D

[Ketchup]

Lol yeah Lana went from pink to black. Its like... from innocent little cheerleader girl to a goth/business person kind of appeal. I still cant pick which one I like the best... KK is too amazing =D

[Cardinal]

Originally posted by ajfinn
He showered three times a day for the week following the Lionel invasion. Who knows what else Lionel did while he was in his body?



Hee, hee! :rotfl: It would take that long to get the oily crap that Lionel uses out of his hair.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Cardinal
Hee, hee! :rotfl: It would take that long to get the oily crap that Lionel uses out of his hair.

Ewwww........ not to mention get the grime off Lionel's sleezy hands off Clark's perfect skin.

TW was SO good as Lionel, otherwise I wouldn't have been SO creeped out by that ep. I can hardly stand to watch it. I think it was some of his best acting ever.

Tom's always good when he's bad. But I'm not complaining that we don't have to see it more.

[4EverSmallville]

*Walks in*

*Rolls up sleeves*

How many pages am I going to have to backtrack aj? :)

[binkys711]

a couple....Welcome back Ash!:D Glad to see ya!

Yes, I also thought Tom did an incredible job as lionel! he's trully talented!:D

(aj is he still tied up in your room?:lol: )

[4EverSmallville]

She's moved him to her room? :eek:

*wanders off to telephone, presses redial...* :p

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by 4EverSmallville
*Walks in*

*Rolls up sleeves*

How many pages am I going to have to backtrack aj? :)

*SCREAMS!* SHE'S ALLLLIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEE!

Hi friend. Where were you at -- email me, and I'll send you all the updates by email, so you don't have to scroll :D

Good to have you back!

[binkys711]

I believe that the ropes might be cuting his circulation now:p.....

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by 4EverSmallville
She's moved him to her room? :eek:

*wanders off to telephone, presses redial...* :p

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I KNOW who you're calling. This is his cell #

1-800-DNT-CARE

He's as hooked on Clark as I am -- though in a thankfully different way!

[Cardinal]

One more page, and aj's thread hits page #100! :) :) :)

[j_walk]

i shotgun # 100!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahhahahahahhahaha (excellent)

damn it lol

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by binkys711
I believe that the ropes might be cuting his circulation now:p.....

*massages wrists* "You still comfy?"

*Clark nods* "I could use a hug" he says.

:D

aj is always happy to help her Clarky


Originally posted by Cardinal
One more page, and aj's thread hits page #100! :) :) :)

Wow! You guys are always spotting those milestones before I do! Sweet!

[4EverSmallville]

Message sent :).

& aj, there are two concerns I have with this capturing Clark business. I'm afraid my update shall never come to pass if my one and only muse is being held under duress, against his will I might add, considering his rightful place is with me. Also, maybe your fixation with supermen is a little unhealthy, your husband and I think you need help.

*holds phone closer to ear*

"What's that?"

Oh yes, your children agree :p.

[binkys711]

:lol:

Aj deserve her play time with Tom;):p

don't make me plot more 4ever...my evil plotting is always here when I need it...don't make me use it (again:p)

[kewl]

wow, two awesome updates!!!! brilliant aj!!! :D

[4EverSmallville]

This is an automated message from 4EverSmallville:

Whatever plotting you intend on doing, please move it to my thread, where I have long since stopped visiting due to war, famine, and general destruction.

In addition, there will also be a wanted sign tagged to the beginning of my next post with the following tagline:

WANTED - Ringleader of Caps war, mischief expertise, and all around troublemaker, Binkys711 aka Binks aka Capital B aka the General. If you see this person at the scene of an uprising, please inform the proper authorities. Do not approach this suspect, she is armed with loaded water guns and is possibly dangerous. Keep your distance.

Every action has an equal but opposite reaction, binks, you'd do well to remember that ;) :p.

[C.A.chick]

WHY WON"T YOU UPDATE 4ever? we love you and your story! sorry ajfinn, but its the only way to talk to 4ever!

[4EverSmallville]

There's always the clubhouse and my pm box ;). I don't want this to take over aj's thread.

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by 4EverSmallville
Every action has an equal but opposite reaction, binks, you'd do well to remember that ;) :p.

Umm was that a THREAT directed at Mrs. General? :eek:

[binkys711]

4ever for your info the CAPS WARS are over;) but we still joke around in there so you should check it out!:d and read up on the clubhouse...you've fallen behind again:p

*looks at notice earlier posted by Ash*
*steps away slowly*
*starts running*

[ajfinn]

Well, no doubt I'll get to page 100 tonight after all that lovely discussion. And FYI, I never tie up Tom, it's always Clark. Tom is married to a lovely woman. :rotfl:

In fictionland, it is AJ who ties up Clark, not the real me . . . so NO 4ever, you may NOT borrow him. And he does too enjoy his time with me. We watch episodes together, and he likes to show off his superpowers. The blur, when he super-speeds, is so much cooler in real life. Wish you could all see it.

Anyway, new update coming on Sunday :D

[binkys711]

YAY! can't wait!:D

[4EverSmallville]

Ketchup - make of it what you wish ;).

binks - no kidding :rotfl:. I was just about to trail back in the clubhouse.

aj - I always refer to your captive as Clark :). Did he tell you he enjoyed spending time with you before or after you locked him up? Didn't know you had a dark side aj :lol:. I would say that I can't wait for the next update, but I doubt it will be much use to me without having read the last several. I should really catch up lol.

[C.A.chick]

4ever, i hate to contaminate aj's thread, but i sent you a pm and you sent me your auto message. it made me cry. i really want you to update...

[binkys711]

wha?! Ash leaves for days....doesn't update her amazing story?! and she gets first post on the 100th page!:eek:....lucky!....we should all be attacking you right now.....but since your story rocks....we'll let you off the hook.....for now:p

[4EverSmallville]

:lol: @ binks

Well, since I've claimed the first post on aj's 100th page, let's try to move this to the clubhouse. I don't want aj's thread to be closed for general discussion.

[binkys711]

I know....it's a miracle your thread hasn't closed...but i guess we would sneek in a PPMS every now and then...so I guess they excused it:confused::p

[Ketchup]

What 100th page? Its page 50 for me... been page 50 for a while now.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by Ketchup
What 100th page? Its page 50 for me... been page 50 for a while now.

Really? Yep, mine says 100 as well. Maybe your font is set smaller. Or maybe, just maybe you're just that behind on updates. Slacker. *I write JUST for Ketchup, and he doesn't even notice!*

[binkys711]

maybe because your page settings are different then ours....you can change it ....i think....if you want to....don't ask me how though cause i have no idea:p...just look'a round.....

[Scotty]

You can change how many posts per thread you see in the User CP.

PPMS!

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by binkys711
maybe because your page settings are different then ours....you can change it ....i think....if you want to....don't ask me how though cause i have no idea:p...just look'a round.....

Yup, that would be it. I changed it from 15 to 30 posts per page, so thats why Im half the page count.

[NYC300Z]

WOW I'm a bit late aren't I? So much I'm going to have to go back over the last couple pages when I get home! :lol: Just read the update though! Amazing like always! That wasn't too hard for him to explain! I wonder when Lana will tell Clark what he did to Chloe? Will Clark continue his explanation to Lana about the water stone and the symbol on her back like he promised her way back when he was sending his parents to the artic?? :lol: yeah I remeber that! Also something about stoping at the Disney store to pick Lana up a tinkerbell costume:lol::lol::lol: Congrats on ur story hitting page 100!! :D

[SVsleuth]

Aj, this is post 1497 on your thread!
3 more till 1500!!!! This story ROCKS!!!!

[Cardinal]

If Lana goes Tinkerbell, then Clark gets to wear the green tights and be Peter Pan, with Lex as Captain Hook.

[ajfinn]

Originally posted by NYC300Z
Will Clark continue his explanation to Lana about the water stone and the symbol on her back like he promised her way back when he was sending his parents to the artic?? :lol: yeah I remeber that! Also something about stoping at the Disney store to pick Lana up a tinkerbell costume:lol::lol::lol: Congrats on ur story hitting page 100!! :D

Since you remember so many details, I'll pay you a cyber-dollar to tell me all the lose ends I have lying around :lol:

I'm working on bringing it all together. This fic is gonna be done before the season starts, that much I know.

Then I'll just hang around and wait for everyone else's updates. :( *sniff*

Oh . . . who gets post 1500???

[SVsleuth]

Me! Yay! Newscast coming up, right here...

This is Chloe Sullivan with a special report from the thread of ajfinn, "This Time Will be Different." An amazing milestone has been reached this morning. This story has reached 1500 - yes, you heard it right - 1500 posts! ajfinn is one of the BEST writers in the CLANA forums - many would argue THE best. There is a very loyal and dedicated group of Clana Fans who are constantly watching for the next update to this story. If you are one of the few who have never read ajfinn's story, please return to page 1 and start reading - but get comfortable first, because you will certainly be up all night reading because you just can't stop reading! And then, when you finally catch up (or "Ketch -up" :lol: ) to today's update, you will have the cliffhanger of your life as you join the throngs of adoring fans waiting in anticipation of ajfinn's next update, promised for Sunday.

This has been a special report, by Chloe Sullivan. We now return you to your regular programming. - No, wait! We turn now to a news update on hurricane Katrina, which seems to be heading straight for SVsleuth's hometown, near Lake Pontchartrain....