Story:I'll Stand By You

Authors: Glassangels2008 & Jonathan Fan

Rating: K

Summary: Oliver's parenting skills get put up to test when Ashley is suddenly missing. Who's got her? Oliver holds onto his promise to keep his girls safe no matter what from any kind of Harm.

Disclaimer: We do not own any of the Smallville Characters, the only thing we claim is the story plot and the Smallville kids. The Smallville Kids are completely made up.

Pairing: Chollie/ Clois

Oliver and Chloe were laughing at each other as they ate lunch. With every day Oliver was loving his wife more than when he married her. Oliver leaned over and kissed her cute little nose when his cell phone went off.

"It's Lois," Oliver said, flipping open the phone cover. Chloe's eyes were full of concern. No matter who was watching Ashley, hardly anyone called when she and Oliver were out. "What's up, Lois?" Oliver asked, the concern he saw in Lois's eyes in his voice.

"Oliver, I can't find Ashley!" Lois nearly shouted over the line, causing Oliver to nearly drop the phone.

"How? What happened?" Oliver asked, his voice sharper than he intended.

"I don't know! I was getting a latte. Ashley was right next to me in the stroller. When I turned to her she was gone! Lois screamed. This was the first time he had ever heard Lois this unglued.

"All right. Stay there. Me and Chloe are on our way over," Oliver said, disconnecting the line.

"Oliver, what's wrong? Is Ashley all right?" Chloe asked as Oliver paid the bill and he pulled his wife out of the restaurant. If she was going to hyperventilate it was better to do it when a whole restaurant of people couldn't see it.

"She's missing, Chloe," Oliver said, unable to keep his voice from shaking as he looked into her blue eyes after pulling her into a deserted alley.

"What?" Chloe asked, her lips starting to tremble. She looked almost as if she didn't believe him.

"She's... missing, Sweetheart. Lois went to a coffeeshop. And when she turned back to get the baby the stroller was there but Ashley wasn't," Oliver said.

"What? No! My baby!" Chloe shrieked and tried to run down the alley. Oliver wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest as she started to sob uncontrollably.

"It's all right, Chlo. We'll find her," Oliver said, kissing her gently on the top of her head repeatedly.

"How can you be sure?" Chloe wailed as Oliver picked her up and carried her to the car.

"I can't, but I'm gonna get the others to help me. We'll find her, Sweetheart," Oliver said as they got into his car.

"We can't lose her, Oliver. We just got her." Chloe whimpered.

"Just trust me, Chlo. We'll find her. Our next baby will have Ashley there so he or she won't be an only child," Oliver said, hoping and praying that Ashley would be back with Lois by the time they got to the coffeeshop.

While waiting for them at the coffee shop, Lois and some of the employees looked for Ashley everywhere. But she wasn't anywhere to be found. And Lois was guilt tripping by the time Oliver and Chloe got there. Tears formed in her eyes. How could she have been so stupid? Soon, Clark arrived as well. Lois turned to the couple "Oliver, Chloe, I am sooo sorry. I just can't believe someone took her on my watch!" Lois had a guilty look on her face and blamed herself for what happened.

"That's right, you better be sorry! Lois, how could you lose our baby? I trusted you with her! I can't leave you with her for an hour and something just happens!" Chloe said clearly in anger. She had gone from being in hysterics to being angry at Lois.

"You've got a right to be angry at me Chloe. I I got distracted. I shouldn't have gotten so busy talking to Ernie and paid more attention to the baby". Lois stammered surprised by her cousin's anger.

'That's right! You should have paid more attention to her! Then none of this would have happened!" Chloe snapped. Chloe now wished she had never left the baby alone with her cousin. "If it was the twins, you'd never let them out of your site, now would you?"

Lois exchanged looks between Oliver and Clark. Her expression told Oliver to take control over his wife and calm her down. Then she looked at Chloe "No, I wouldn't let the twins out of my site. But accidents do happen Chloe and I feel terrible about it enough". Lois said in a huff.