Clark Kent and Lana Lang

The **complex relationship between Clark Kent and Lana Lang.** Throughout the multiverse, Lana and Clark have been childhood best friends with each other for a rather long time.

## History

### New Earth

On New Earth, Clark and Lana used to date; however, they broke up when Clark disappeared to learn about his powers by his biological father, Jor-El.

### Earth-167

   During their close relationship, Clark never revealed his secret to her on the fear that if Lana found out he was a Kryptonian, she would reject him as well as fearing it could endanger her to his enemies such as Lionel Luthor. This is what initially prevents them from having an intimate and trusting relationship. For most of the years on the TV show, The Lana / Clark pairing was mostly an on and off relationship.

Since the beginning, Lana and Clark have had a secret connection since the day he arrived during the 1989 meteor shower, with one of them killing Lana's parents. Clark and Lana developed attraction towards each other. However, whenever he got the courage to talk to her, Clark was unable to do so because Lana's Kryptonite necklace weakened him.

By the time they were in high school, Lana was already dating Whitney Foreman, the quarterback of the football team. Even though she was a popular girl at school, Lana never looked down on Clark or his friends because of their status. The two first shared a tender moment at her parents' graves, where they made a "conversation" between themselves and Lana's parents. Apart from this, it was also the longest time that Clark and Lana actually had a conversation together. As the first season progresses, Clark and Lana grow close. Lex tries fixing them up together; however, Clark never acts out on his feelings for Lana because she doesn't want to intrude on her relationship with Whitney. During "Shimmer," Clark has a chance to be with her, such as helping her with the blood drive; however, he changes his mind when he learns that Whitney has been distancing himself from Lana because of his father's heart condition. At the end of the season, Lana starts to develop romantic feelings for Clark but doesn't act on them because Whitney loses his father, George, when Lana was about to break up with her then boyfriend. In the final episodes of the first season, Lana is somewhat jealous of Clark and Chloe's relationship, showing it when she watched him take care of Chloe with, she was in the hospital after being rescued and when she learned they were going to the spring formal together. Target than stay with Chloe, Clark senses that Lana is in danger when she is swept into a tornado. He immediately rushes into save her and rushes Lana to the hospital.

Throughout season 2, Lana begins to realize her romantic feelings for Clark, but this ultimately falls apart when he is under the influence of red kryptonite. After dealing with a sickly boy, be cured of his Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde illness, they eventually recovered their friendship. The clone of Emily Dinsmore haunting her, Clark saved Lana from drowning after Emily pushed her over the bridge. However, their romantic relationship was brief and ended in disaster when Clark was poisoned with red kryptonite, causing him to abandon his family and friends in Smallville.

During the summer of 2003, Clark fully embraced his "Kal-El" persona and began acting out, even treating Lana coldly when she tried bringing him back home. Despite the strain in their relationship, Clark and Lana decided to just remain friends, they still helped each other out, which involved them saving Sarah Conroy, solving the murder of Lana's great-aunt Louise McCullum, and trying to hide Lex from Lionel. Despite choosing to keep their relationship platonic, Clark and Lana still had romantic feelings for each other, with Clark getting jealous of boys Lana was hanging out with like Seth and Adam Knight. Clark and his friend Jordan Cross save her and her friend Megan from dying in a burning building, preventing their deaths in the future. While Clark has been protective of Lana, she has returned the affection. For example, she tolerated her new tenant in the Talon building, Adam, despite him having recurring nightmares and causing disturbances. When Lana learned he was spying on Clark, it was the final straw, and she conspired with Lex to get Adam evicted. During the last fateful night with Adam, Lana was chased by him with a gun. She called Clark for help instead of the police, knowing he would be there to save her like he always did.