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Hexed Into Another Life

Chloe stood out the balcony of the Ace of Clubs looking out moping. She was supposed to be here for her Birthday party but so far no one showed up. It was Lois' idea she didn't even want to get out of her bed to celebrate. So she was another year older what was there to celebrate? When she got up this mourning she had looked through her old things and stumbled across this list of achievements by the time she was 22. She made this list when she was thirteen years old, back when she was probably a little too ambitious for her own good. She had such high hopes for herself. By now she was supposed to be at least working her way through the Daily Planet. She was supposed to graduate college with honors in journalism and she was supposed to be well on her way to be the star reporter of the Daily Planet. And she couldn't help but see that she was supposed to be working with Clark as her partner at the Daily Planet and was supposed to be planning to get married to him. So maybe they were more dreams then actual goals.

Chloe sighed at how different her life has turned out. Instead of chasing after stories she covered them up. Instead of working at the Daily Planet she worked at place where no one would give her respect. And instead of being on her way to marry Clark she was on her way to have a divorce with Jimmy Olsen, not exactly her ideal life. But she knew things changed and so did she, but part of her missed that thirteen year old whose main concerns was exposing the strange and crushing on Clark.

She really didn't regret finding out Clark's secret it really made her closer to Clark and she loved helping him save the world. But sometimes she wished that her simple dreams could come true. She had decided a long time ago that she would move on from the fantasy of being with Clark. He just didn't see her that way and she accepted it and moved on.

Her Dad once had told her that from life experience we grow into the people we are. He told her the good things and the bad things help make us into who we are. Right now Chloe wasn't so sure. She didn't know how her life turned out this way. She tried to make a life for herself. She tried to make a life with Jimmy. And sure it was hard managing it with keeping Clark's secret but she managed to do it or least to convince her self she was doing it, somehow Jimmy left her in the middle of the hospital because of his accusations of Davis.

Davis, she cared about him and knew he would never kill someone. He was a hero he saved peoples lives for a living. She knew that when he came to her afraid that he did during his black outs she knew that just wasn't him. She had felt some kind of connection with him. She felt something that was similar to how she felt with Clark. She had felt easy with him. Somehow, even though she couldn't tell him all of her Clark related secrets she could be her self with him. Somehow when she was around him she couldn't help but telling him the truth.

With Jimmy though even though she didn't feel ease with him, she felt like being with Jimmy would make her life more normal or at least it was a normal life she could cling onto. Jimmy wasn't all that complicated and some how she had this feeling that Davis was. She had this feeling that if she chose Davis her life would be very complicated.

But now, she had nothing she had convinced Davis she didn't want him and Jimmy never wanted to see her again. And Clark couldn't even make it to her Birthday. She was playing with her engagement ring when she felt a presence behind her and then a present came in front of her. The card said to Chloe from Clark.

Chloe brightened up. Clark didn't forget about her after all, he did make it to her birthday. She turned around and said, "Oh, Clark."

She turned around to see it wasn't Clark it was Davis instead. He was standing there looking handsome in his dark blue dress shirt that clinged to his chest in all of the right places. Chloe reminded herself not to stare at his chiseled features and she tried not to melt at his dimples as he curved his lips and smirked.

Then he said, "Less rude and smarter."

Chloe smiled and gave out a small laugh at his joke. Davis did have his way of brightening the mood.

Then she asked him, "Davis what are you doing here?"

"Well, it is your birthday. Oliver dropped this off he told me that he and Clark had to run. And that you'd understand. I don't know why it is your birthday. Don't you deserve to come first?"

Chloe smiled at Davis and blushed just a little bit he had this way of making her feel special but then she brushed it off she knew Clark and Oliver did important work and said, "Well I know it must have been important. I'm surprised you're here. I can't believe Lois invited you."

Davis stood by Chloe leaning against the balcony and said, "I was surprised too. I wasn't sure I should go. I didn't want to cause you anymore problems then I already did."

"Davis it wasn't your fault."

Davis' eyes grew darker and shrugged changing the subject, "I figured I make an appearance and at least say happy birthday. It was kind of last minute so your gift is on its way. But at least Clark came through."

"Yeah, at least he remembered a gift. That's better then the birthday he forgot all about it because he was too busy with Lana."

Davis gave her a sympathetic look and then she said, "Sorry, it's been one of those pity party Birthdays. I just thought my life would be different by now. You know. Did you ever work so hard for your life to be one way and have it end up be the other?"

Davis said, "Yeah."

Chloe looked into his eyes and said, "What did you do about it?"

Davis looked out deep within the star filled night and said, "I guess I came to a point where I try to find some kind of control over my life."

"Control?" Chloe asked curiously.

"Yeah, so Chloe are you going to open your gift or would you rather wait for Clark?"

Chloe smiled at Davis eagerness and she said, "You know I think I'm done with waiting for Clark for tonight."

Then she ripped opened the badly wrapped present. It was a large first edition of "Tales of the Weird and Unexplained". Chloe sighed remembering the time Clark gave it to her the first day they met.

That is all Chloe needed another reminder of how things used to be. She didn't need another reminder that she woke up one day and stopped being that girl who chased after the weird and unexplained. She wasn't that girl who impulsively kissed a boy she just met. Now everything she did had to be extensively thought through. She could never just be. She missed that.

Then Davis read the title and said, "'The Tales of the Weird and Unexplained' somehow I must be missing something. Although I will give props to the guy he must know you pretty well."

Chloe looked up at him surprised and said, "What makes you think that?"

"Chloe you run a facility to help the weird and the strange. Although I doubt they would like you calling them that."

Chloe's head tilted and said, "There was a time when I'd be exposing them instead of…"

"Protecting them." Davis said full of admiration.

Chloe tilted her head and said, "I was starting to think maybe what I do at Isis doesn't matter. I mean I really haven't helped them. And what's the point if their destined to become raging psychos what can I do about it?"

"Chloe just being there caring makes a world of difference. And do you really believe in this density crap?"

Chloe raised her eye brows surprised at Davis' reaction to the word destiny and said, "I used to believe I was destined to be at the top floor of the Daily Planet but that never happened. It just wasn't meant to be."

Davis stared at her intently and said, "Bull Shit. Chloe if you're unhappy about your life. Don't cop out and say well it wasn't meant to be. That is the easy way out. I know there are something's in this life that we can't control but if you don't like your job quit. If you want to be reporter just go back. What is stopping you?"

Chloe looked up at Davis wishing she could tell him. Well, she would end up using all of her resources to help Clark save the day. Instead of going after stories and exposing the truth she would end up hiding it. What could she do? She wouldn't be able to go very far with carrying Clark's secret. Clark could manage it he had superspeed, but she was mere mortal. She used to think that she could still go far and exposing stories that didn't have anything to do with Clark but those stories were becoming scarce. Clark's secret always seemed to get in the way. She supposed she could really go back but there was so much weighing on her she just wanted to be free of it all.

Then Chloe said, "Davis I really don't want to talk about it. Is that ok?"

"Sure Chloe, sorry, I didn't mean to bum you out on your birthday." Davis said apologetically.

"I was already bummed Davis. It's not your fault my life didn't turn out like I planned it."

Davis looked away and then looked inside and said, "Well, Chloe it is a party how about we go in there and dance. And get your mind off of things?"

Chloe bit her lip as Davis lips curled in a sweet and inviting smile. Chloe looked at him thinking if that was such a good idea.

He reached her hand out for her and then he said, "But if you think it's not appropriate?"

Chloe took his hand and said, "Screw Propriety it's my birthday."

The soft tones of the music came on, "I've been watching you from a far"

Davis then led Chloe to the dance floor. Chloe wrapped her arms around his neck and Davis' hand sat around her hips. He whispered in her ear, "You look so beautiful tonight."

Chloe felt the small tingles circle around her ears.

"I've been trying to be where you are"

They flowed dancing around the dance floor feeling so natural and at ease. She leaned her head against his shoulder and felt so right there. She felt at home there. All of her stress and worries and pain of not getting the life she wanted seemed to be whisked away in the moment of it all.

"To me you're strange and you're beautiful"

They glided together. Davis then spun her away her blue dress began to flutter again and then she was spun back to Davis breathing hard and facing him looking him up in his eyes.

"I've put a spell on you"

He gazed down and caressed her face with his thumb and leaned in. Chloe felt sudden Dejavu's remembering their kiss before her wedding. Remembering the feeling of some kind of pull coming towards him, feeling drawn to him feeling like they were the only the two people in the world. But then she was brought back to earth then, she was engaged then. This time she had no excuse to pull away. She could completely give in there was nothing to hold her back. She leaned in coming with in an each of his lips feeling his peppermint breath on hers.

"Sometimes the first thing you want never comes, and I know the waiting is all you can do."

Then she pulled away. She couldn't do this. What if Clark made it to her party after all? He did have superspeed he could manage speeding here after he saved the day after all. And how would that look, she kissing the guy who her husband claimed to be a murder. She wasn't sure she could look Clark straight in the face. With Davis things were so easy and natural but that happened mostly when no one saw them. She couldn't give in to Davis now it was all too much. Besides all she needed to do was give Davis mixed signals, he was moving on and all Davis needed was to become a part of her complicated life.

Davis then whispered awkwardly and said, "Sorry, Chloe that was inappropriate."

Chloe was about to reply when they were interrupted by this strange woman in fishnets and a fancy dress shirt and a top hat and she said, "Are you Chloe Sullivan?"

Chloe and Davis looked at her strangely and then the woman said, "You must be Chloe Sullivan. I was ordered here by Oliver Queen I'm the entertainment. Happy Birthday Chloe."

"Hmmm thanks but as you can see he's all that made it to my party. So the whole entertainment thing is not really necessary."

The dark exotic women looked over at Davis intrigued and said, "Oh, I see so he's all of the magic you need."

"Um, no, I…we're…not he's not…"

Chloe let go of her grip on Davis pushing him away slightly.

Davis was smiling kind of getting kick out of seeing Chloe squirm and then he said, "I'm just a friend."

Then suddenly Lois came out holding a tiara and a cup cake with a lit candle and said, "Hey, cuz, sorry I'm late. I just finished my dead line and then I was called away on an assignment."

Then she placed the tiara on her head, "OK, cuz come on make a wish. I actually kind of have to go. The plane is going to leave in an hour. And it's first class so blow."

Chloe shrugged and looked at Lois and remembered what she was missing all of this time. It should have been her chasing after a story in first class. She used to spend so much time on perfecting her articles and going after stories all of that was supposed to bring her right where Lois was. Lois' life was perfect, she was single, she had no impending divorce, she had no evil alien threats to worry about or keeping so many secrets she was free to pursue her dreams. She looked back at Davis remembering what he said about taking control out of life. She wish she could, she wish she could have gotten the life she had always wanted. The life that Lois some how had gotten.

So then she blew out the candle.

The next day she woke up in her dress and wearing her tiara. How come every time she is forced to wear a tiara she doesn't exactly feel like a princess? She wasn't feeling very princessy when she was crowned prom queen when Clark yet again over looked her for Lana. And she wasn't feeling very princessy when she was reminded that Lois was living the life she had always wanted. Although there were moments when Davis stared at her that he made her feel like a princess, but that had nothing to do with the tiara and more with the intensity of his eyes. There were moments when they danced she felt like a princess but there was still so much weight there. Those were seldom moments though and she was weighed down with the idea so much that her life wasn't what she wanted. She was weighed down with the thought that she could never have a normal uncomplicated life. She never enjoyed tiara's or dressing up like a princess every time that she does she let her self be absorbed in some kind of Cinderella fantasy hoping prince charming would come to her rescue and sweep her off of her feet. She reminded herself that Cinderella never was her role model. When she was a kid she never really felt for Cinderella if she looked up to any Disney princesses it was Belle. There was something about a girl that took action and was the one who was doing the saving with her love that she identified more with. She didn't know why.

As she woke up she got ready for the next day and looked into the mirror and saw Lois' face. She went back looking again. She touched her face not believing it. She took gabs of skin pinching it. This could not be happening. Did she and Lois switch places or something? So she called Lois. Lois answered not as freaked out as her so it couldn't have been some weird Freaky Friday thing.

Chloe paced around and then went to her lab top to research her wall of weird files there had to be something that gave her some kind of clue of what happened. As she was frantically going through her files there was a knock on the door. She took a deep breath and hoped her Lois impression was good enough to fool who ever it was until she could figure this out.

To her surprise and relief it was Davis. Davis was standing there holding a carefully wrapped small box in his hand.

"Davis?"

"Lois? What are you doing here?"

Chloe looked at Davis and couldn't help but tell him the truth. She didn't have to hide from him he barely knew Lois.

"I'm not Lois."

Davis looked deep with in his eyes and then he grew reflective and intense and then Chloe saw something in his eyes that she never saw before. It looked like hate. It scared her a little bit.

"Oh, I see. So what you decide to invade Lois' body when ever you're disappointed in me? Is that it?"

Chloe stared at him shocked and confused and said, "Davis, I don't know what you're talking about."

Davis shrugged in anger, "I don't know what your damage is. But if you come to kill me again, to make me stronger to make me more like that deluded evil general husband of yours you call my father you can forget it. You may have put this thing in me, you may have programmed me, but I have control now and I stopped it. I will not be the world's destroyer. If that means I kill some criminals then so be it, but your deluded destiny will not come true. I won't let it. So you can just forget about it. And if you or your evil AI ever comes near Chloe again, I will find away to destroy you and all of the evils things my so called father left behind."

Then Davis stormed out of there and slammed the door.

Chloe stood there froze in place she lost all of the feeling in her legs. This could not have been happening. It was information over load times a billion. Chloe sat down and store in the deep abyss of empty space in the apartment. Davis couldn't be… This didn't just happen. Davis was the only one who was really there for her. He was the only one she could let her guard down with lately and he turned out to be Zod's son. Chloe remembered all about how Faora possessed Lois body. Chloe felt so stupid she remembered Faora threatening her to find her son and only let go of her when she saw Davis' file. She should have seen this. It was right in front of her. How could she not see it? Davis was Zod's son. He was created as the world's destroyer. He was Doomsday. He killed criminals to stop it…Jimmy was right.

Chloe felt numb. All of her worries lately had come back to the surface and were cast away by this news, they were little and petty compared to this. Her whole world froze in this one moment. She had nothing to hold on to. No one to rely on. Lately she felt like she would crumble to pieces and the only one who she could go to was Davis. But now Davis was gone her whole image of Davis Bloom paramedic good guy who was a great shoulder to cry on was gone. It shattered to a million pieces. She felt like shattering in a million pieces. Davis was gone and Jimmy was right.

Chloe tried to get her self to move but she couldn't she just couldn't here she was in Lois body and just heard the worst news in her entire life. It did feel like destiny was pissed at her and threw so much crap at her as some cruel joke wondering just how far through the loop can we throw Chloe. Let's see how much she can take until she falls to pieces.

Her hands fell in her face crying so hard feeling the weight of everything. Tears running down these cheeks she was sure wasn't used to much crying. Chloe then looked up with mascara draining down her cheeks she looked up into the mirror and saw Lois staring into the mirror. She saw her face and for the first time in a long time she felt like being selfish. She felt like thinking about her self and forgetting about the pain and forgetting about huge implications and consequences. She was tired of this huge weight she lifted everyday. She was tired of everything being thrown at her. She rejected it. She had made this wish to have this life like Lois'. This life where she could be free to be selfish and all of her choices didn't have such consequences. A life where she could pursue her dream with out a worry in the world. She didn't have to worry about Clark's secret or Kryptonian destroyers or how her life of superhero helping destroyed her soon to be ex-husband's life. She would reject it all. That wasn't her life anymore she was now Lois Lane. She had the life she always wanted and she would take it.

A/N: The song is Strange and Beautiful by Aqualung. Thanks to all of my Chlavis friends on K-site with all of your suggestions. And I don't worry there is more to come. I would not leave it there. I'm not completely evil.