It all happened so fast!

Clark and Lex had been racing. Clark was supposed to let his friends win races, but Lex was trying to go slow to let Clark win, too, so Clark started running a little faster on the driveway, and Lex had tripped and scraped up his knee. He wasn't bleeding, but his eyes were squeezed closed.

"Can you stand up?" Clark asked.

Lex tried to put weight on his leg, but he groaned and sat back down. "Give me a minute."

Clark would have just carried him into the house to get Mom's help, but he wasn't sure if Lex was supposed to know about his powers yet. Instead, he ran as fast as he thought Pete probably could into the house. "Mom!"

Mom looked up from the laundry she was folding. "What's wrong?"

"Lex fell down!"

"Okay, I'm coming." She went to get her first aid kit, then she followed Clark out into the driveway.

She sat down across from Lex and looked at his knee. "Oo, that looks like it stings."

"I'm really fine."

"That's good. I'm just going to clean it, okay?" She took out one of those little wipes in the paper packet—Pete's mom once used one on him, and Pete cried because it hurt so bad. Clark hoped it wouldn't hurt too much, since Lex was a big kid.

"No, no, I'm fine." Lex pulled back.

Mom gave Lex a strict look. "I'm not going to let you get an infection. Let me see."

Lex sighed and straightened his leg. She cleaned the scrape. Lex didn't cry, but he looked like he wanted to.

"There," Mom said. "That's better."

Clark frowned. "No, it's not!"

"Well, it's going to take a little while to heal completely, but—"

"But you have to kiss it to make it better!"

Lex's face turned pink, and so did Mom's. "I already cleaned it, I don't want to spread any more germs," she said.

"But you have to! It's like medicine." Clark stomped his foot. "At least kiss his forehead!"

"Do you want to give him a kiss on the forehead, Clark?"

"No, I don't have Mom magic!"

Lex laughed. Mom looked over at Lex. "Do you mind?"

"I don't mind."

She reached over and kissed Lex on the forehead, then gave him a quick hug.

Clark bounced on his toes. "Can you get up now?"

"I think so." Lex used Mom's arm to help him, but he stood up.

"Yay!" Clark clapped. "See? I told you it works! Can we play more?"

Lex smiled, and Mom went back inside.

Lex's knee was completely back to normal by the time they went inside for dinner. That was really fast healing, compared to Clark's other friends when they had scrapes. Clark knew his Mom had the best magic kisses.