Say It Aint So…
By: Kathy-Lynn Brown
"I'm getting married." Chloe said overly excited.
Clark's mouth drops open and he can't seem to find the words to say. Chloe was his best friend since 8th grade and although she'd never admit it to Clark he knew she had feelings for him that ran deeper than a friendship. He thought for a moment that he was dreaming but he couldn't be.
"Clark, did you hear me? I'm getting married." She states. She was actually a little hurt that he hadn't responded to her yet. She was for sure that he would be happy for her. She knew that he always had her best interest at heart.
Clark shakes his head trying to wake up from this strange dream. He didn't even know that she was dating anyone. There was Jimmy but he never could get over how Chloe loved Clark. Who could she be marring. "Wow… Chlo,… I don't know what to say." He looks at her with a concerned look. "Who are you marring?"
Chloe walks over and takes a seat on the steps that lead up to the loft of the barn. "Well it's actually a long story and Lois is probably going to kill me but… Oliver Queen."
Clark mouths once again drops open. As far as he knew she had only met Oliver that one time when she played watchtower for him and the Justice League. "Oliver, but how? I mean he's been gone for almost a year."
Chloe swallowed the lump in her throat. "I've been doing some work for Oliver. And on occasions he'd fly me to some far off city and we would have dinner at his apartment or some really nice resturant to talk about our next plan of action." She paused a moment as she noticed how Clark for once seemed to hold onto every word she had to say. "Any way we got a little close and one thing led to the next." She stands up and walks over to Clark. Her eyes sparkling as she smiled that mega-white smile. "Clark, I have found the person that I'm suppose to spend the rest of my life with. I really love him and I want your blessing."
"Are you sure? I mean a couple of dinners isn't really what I call getting to know each other." He couldn't bring himself to bless anything about this.
"I know that your over protective of me. And I love that about you. But I'm as sure as I have ever been of anything in my life."
"So when is this so called wedding suppose to be?" He asked not sure he was ready for the answer.
Chloe could tell that Clark wasn't happy for her. Although she didn't understand why. "Next week." She said but her sparkle in her eyes has disappeared. " He wants me to live in New York. He has an apartment there."
Clark sat at the kitchen counter drinking milk from the carton. He couldn't get the thought of his conversation with Chloe the day before out of his mind. The door opens and Martha enters placing a basket full of flowers on the counter.
"I know I raised you better than to drink from the carton, son. What's on your mind." She always knew when something was bothering Clark . It was a special gift she had.
He squirmed around on the stool. "Chloe is getting married."
"Our Chloe?" Martha asked.
Clark nodds. "I've been doing a lot of thinking and mom I can't let her do it."
To be continued…
