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[manorsuperman]

[ooc: Set several hours after this thing that we started a long friggin time ago. Should have gotten this up sooner.]

It had been a long drive from Smallville to wherever it was they were now. Honestly, Lana hadn't been paying attention. There had been a little talking in the car, but she had mostly listened to whatever conversation was going on, fiddled with her phone or iPod...or watched Sam from the corner of her eye. She couldn't exactly put her finger on it, but there was something very familiar about him, like she'd met him somewhere before. But if she had, she was sure she would have remembered him.

Now they were all settling into their rooms. As she expected, Chloe was wholly set on sharing a room with Dean instead of her. Hopefully there wouldn't be too much noise filtering in from the other side of the wall.

Lana set her bag on one of the beds and sat beside it, starting to pull off her shoes and make herself comfortable.

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[likely_evil]

"But she's in the same room with my brother, who isn't really what I would call the model of sainthood." Sam smirked.

"I'm up for talking. Not sure what about, but talking sounds like a good place to start."

[manorsuperman]

Right. Chloe had a stake in this, too. She gets a wild night with a wild guy and Lana was dragged along to have awkward conversations with the brother...not that she was complaining. Not exactly.

She smiled back at him and said the first thing that came to her mind. "You and Dean are like day and night. I'm surprised you haven't killed each other."

[likely_evil]

"We've gotten close, but then we'd be alone and it's boring that way." Sam leaned back a bit. "It's the same with you and Chloe... though you guys do seem to really have the whole best friends forever mindset going."

[manorsuperman]

As Sam leaned back, Lana found herself leaning forward, though not on a conscious level. "It hasn't always been that way. She moved to Smallville from Metropolis, so it's not like I've known her all my life. I was, uh..." She blushed a little. "I was that cheerleader everyone was in love with and she was the new girl with a fascination with the strange and inexplicable. Not exactly the best formula for a good friendship when you're a teenager."

[likely_evil]

Sam chuckled. "I'll admit I find that funny because Dean was the one who chased after the cheerleaders, and I liked the strange kinda dorky girls."

[manorsuperman]

That certainly made her blush. "Well, we aren't those people anymore. At least I'm not."

[likely_evil]

"Out of practice, or just changed perspectives?"

[manorsuperman]

She paused for a second before answering. "My mom was a cheerleader...she and my dad died in Smallville's first meteor shower. I wanted to be just like her...but by the time I got to high school, I just got so tired of being around those people. Just the shallowness and the disrespect to anyone who wasn't 'cool' enough...I never really fit in there." She paused again before adding one last thing. "I don't think I ever fit in anywhere..."

[likely_evil]

"The longest I went in one school, except senior year, was maybe a month or two. Freshman year of high school, I was in three schools before it was even November. I never had a chance to fit in anywhere because i was always the new kid."

[manorsuperman]

So moving around was natural for them. That was interesting considering she'd spent most of her life stuck in one place. "Was your dad in the military or something?"

[likely_evil]

"You could say that." Like Sam was going to tell Lana what he and Dean did for a living.

[manorsuperman]

After years of experience with Clark, Lana recognized that phrase and knew there was something he wasn't telling her. It nagged at her a little, but she didn't push. It might have taken her a while to learn, but she understood that sometimes people kept secrets for very good and valid reasons. Whatever it was, he didn't want to talk about it, so she would leave it.

"What about your mom?"

[likely_evil]

Sam looked away, obviously uncomfortable. "She died when I was a baby."

[manorsuperman]

"...oh."

Awkward silence. She didn't know what else to say. Someone else might have said they were sorry, but Lana had been through that before. After a while, she'd gotten tired of hearing it. Maybe he had, too.

[likely_evil]

"Want to go get something to eat? They can find their own food."

Change of subject and get them out of the room.

[manorsuperman]

She nodded, glad for the change of subject.

"Good idea. Chinese?" She certainly hoped so.

[likely_evil]

"Actually, I haven't had chinese in awhile. It tends to just be burgers and pizza with Dean."

He went over to his laptop, starting it up to look where a local place would be. "Buffet or just cartons?"

[manorsuperman]

As good as cartons sounded, that still meant they'd be just a room away from Dean and Chloe's dangerous liaison. Dangerous as in the possibly of certain noises ruining the mood of the evening. "Buffet."

[likely_evil]

"Alright..." Type type type... "There's one not too far from us. About three blocks, so we can walk it."

He wrote down the directions on a pad and tore the sheet off. "Shall we?"

[manorsuperman]

"We shall," she said as she stood, giving one of her biggest and brightest smiles before walking toward the door.

She was beginning to be really glad she let Chloe drag her into this. Sure, they hadn't talked very much yet, but she felt like Sam was a guy she could really start to like.

[likely_evil]

Sam grabbed his jacket and followed. He locked the door, then pointed in the direction that they were supposed to walk.

"Well, I think we are going to need some more topics to talk about otherwise it's going to be a silent dinner," Sam pointed out, slipping his hands into his pockets as he started walking.

[manorsuperman]

She slipped her hand in her pockets as well. It wasn't quite the most normal thing for her, but if she were honest with herself, she was starting to get a little nervous. "Well then, I have a question for you: were you dragged into this thing like I was?"

[likely_evil]

Sam chuckled, looking at the ground with his dimples showing a bit. "Honest answer - yeah. Mainly because dean and I travel together for our job, so I tend to go anywhere he goes anyway."

He looked up at her. "I hope I'm not that big a disappointment."

[manorsuperman]

Adorable dimples for the win.

"Disappointment?" She smiled at him. "Well, for the record I can't be disappointed by someone I didn't know I was going to meet, but it's not like I'm complaining." She looked ahead again. "So what do you guys do anyway?"

[likely_evil]

"Special projects. I'm a researcher and Dean tends to be more of a physical retriever."

The job description changes every time.

"And that's nice... that you're not disappointed. I mean, I'm more used to people going after my brother. He's more of the loud one."