Clark and Pete
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"You think it's easy keeping a lid on your secret? I've got to think about it every time we're around other people to make sure I don't slip. I've got to remember to say 'meteor rock' instead of 'kryptonite'. And I always got to cover your unexplained exits." - Pete Ross, Asylum
Clark Kent and Pete Ross were friends from childhood through high school. Pete was the first friend that Clark trusted with his secret. The strain of keeping Clark's secret proved to be too much for Pete, and he moved away to Wichita with his mother at the end of his junior year at Smallville High School.
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[edit] Early Years
Clark and Pete became friends in early childhood. When Pete was bullied, Clark came to his defense and they have been best friends ever since. [citation needed] Clark and Pete often camped outside in their backyards. [citation needed]
Pete often referred to their childhood friendship, once mentioning that Clark grew sick whenever they went near Greg Arkin's treehouse, near Creekside Foundry, where kryptonite was found in high concentration.
[edit] Season One
During their freshman year, Pete and Clark were best friends. They both tried to join the football team to avoid becoming the Scarecrow, and they worked at the Torch with their mutual friend, Chloe Sullivan.
Pete often joked with Clark about his tendency to be late and the fact that he was very secretive. In addition, he commented openly about Clark's attraction to Lana Lang.
Clark and Pete enjoyed playing basketball at the Kent Farm.
[edit] Season Two
After the tornado, Clark's ship went missing. After Pete found it and showed Clark, Clark was forced to expose his powers to Pete and tried to apologize for lying to him all the years they had known each other. Pete initially reacted poorly, but eventually understood why Clark had kept his secret. After Pete calmed down, the relationship between the two grew stronger than it had ever been. This was the first time Clark was able to confide fully with anyone but his parents. The two told Clark's parents that Pete knew his secret and at first, his parents were hesitant, but later agreed that it was good for Clark to be able to share his secret with a friend.
Pete later helped Jonathan deal with Clark after he put on a red kryptonite ring. Later, after having been infested by the parasite in the Kawatche Caves, Pete slipped a piece of red meteor rock in Clark's shirt pocket so they could have more fun, stating that with Clark it's "green means stop, and red means go."
[edit] Season Three
After Pete was kidnapped and beaten to reveal Clark's secret, he realized that knowing Clark's secret was a tremendous responsibility and a heavy burden at times.
Pete has been captured and tortured by different people, all of them trying to discover Clark's secret. Frank Loder targeted Pete, and nearly beat him to death before Lex intervened. Pete decided that he could no longer stay in Smallville without either being killed or revealing Clark's secret, and moved to Wichita with his mother.
[edit] Season Seven
Pete, now a roadie for One Republic, showed up in Smallville at a concert. He inadvertently chewed kryptonite laced gum, which gave him the power of stretching himself beyond normal capability. (Hero)
Throughout the episode Pete decided to become a hero and reveal to the public his new abilities, both decisions that Clark opposed. Pete subdued Clark with both threats and kryptonite. When he was blackmailed to steal Kara's bracelet from Lionel Luthor, Clark came to his rescue and when Pete stopped chewing the gum, his powers faded away.
In the end the two reconciled and Pete left, knowing he was not meant to be superhuman, but to be a hero in another way.
