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Old Friends
Chloe had dreaded it every time they left the car. Chloe remembered when she was younger going on road trips with her mom and dad she couldn't wait to go to the next rest stop. She always had the wiggles and couldn't wait to stretch her legs and run around the rest stop and find out all of these new and interesting things and meet new interesting people. She always came up with new information to write about. Now she dreaded it because a rest stop meant time apart from Davis. And time a part from Davis meant the possibility of him changing into Doomsday. When he was with her everything was fine. He was sweet, kind, loving. He made her laugh. They talked about a bunch of little random things that had nothing to do with deepness of the situation they were in. They talked about their childhood and Davis was very open about the harshness of his life. But he did have some good happy times even though they weren't as good and stable as hers. Chloe told him about her adventures when she was a kid and how she always had a knack for getting into trouble with her curiosity. Davis would make fun of her for being an over achiever even when she was a kid and Chloe laughed and smirked at him for being a bit of an over achiever himself with out any one really there to push him. When she said that he told her that wasn't really true he did have a feel people who helped him and influence him from the transition to a punk street kid to become a paramedic to dedicate his life to help people. Having conversations like this over the open road was nice and calm. But when they were apart her insides twisted in absolute dread driven worry.
It was like she was his drug or his sedative. So far when they went on breaks there weren't any instances but when he had to go far from her she could tell that he was struggling. As soon as they reunited he would grab her like a drug addict would grab a drug after suffering from withdrawal. It was nerve wrecking when ever they were a part. It was especially nerve wrecking at this moment watching the crowds of people at this busy rest stop so much full of life and vibrancy. They were people having picnics, kids playing frees bee, kids running at each other, and there were a lot of people just conversing with each other eating something happy to take a break. All of this sight of happiness and sunshine was the perfect making of an utter disaster if Chloe and Davis were too far a part for too long. Chloe went inside the rest stop center looking at all of the people running in and out filled with vibrancy. Chloe wanted to rush to the men's bath room and make sure Davis and the bystanders were ok. She wanted to press her ear on the door and listen in to make sure there was no growling or Davis in aching pain trying to keep the Beast in. She knew that would look really creepy and make the situation worse. So she stood by the brochures pretending to be really interested in them and nonchalantly peeking towards the men's bathroom listening for warning signs. During this process her hands would shake and her feet tapped impatiently something she hardly did before.
When Davis came out and saw her from across the room staring he smiled with that sweet tilted smile of his she loved and her nerves suddenly calmed down. She ran to him amongst the crowd of people and attacked him with a hug wrapping her arms tightly around him. There were a lot of people around so the closer she was with him the better it was for everyone. Chloe then whispered in his ear and said, "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine Chloe." Davis reassured her caressing her arms full of tenderness. She settled herself with him as they were about to leave. She took his hand and leaned against his arm, making sure they stood as close as possible in this crowded people. Chloe wasn't much with PDA (Public display of Affection) with Jimmy but here it was necessary and oddly natural.
They were about to go to their car when she froze across the distance amongst all of those people she saw Andrea Rojas her old friend. Andrea and her have been friends ever since they worked together trying to bring down Lex and 33.1 lab. They have kept in touch sporadically ever since. Chloe would have been thrilled to see her friend in any other situation but now that she had ran away with a fugitive any old friend was a threat to her and Davis, especially any old hero friends.
Chloe hid her head in Davis' shoulder hoping Andrea didn't see her. Andrea's head tilted and smiled in recognition. Oh, great just great. What if Andrea was all of the sudden working with Clark and the Justice League? Although this latina's smile didn't indicate any malice. She seemed generally happy to see a familiar face. And she knew her and Clark teaming up was unlikely since Chloe kept her friendship a secret since Andrea was afraid Clark would turn her into the cops for killing that guy murdered her mother. Chloe grabbed Davis hoping they could just ignore her and get back to the car but then Davis let go of her hand.
"Hold on." He said with a smile and then he was looking at Andrea with a surprised smile on his face.
Then he said, "I can't believe it."
Andrea wasn't looking at Chloe but kept her eyes on Davis. Then Andrea hugged him filled of excitement.