"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.