REPOSTED!! BIG THANK YOU TO b4 Dawn 101 who betaed it:):):)

A.N: Hi! Here is another Chlex story by me!

This one is based on one my favorite book from my childhood, " BlueCastle" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

If you haven't read it you definitely should! :)

This story is AU. This the beginning of XX century :)

Disclaimer: I don't own "Smallville" nor "Blue Castle"

"Chill, get up!Breakfast is waiting!" A bossy voice sounded behind closed doors.

Chloe Sullivan opened her eyes with groan. Today was that Day. The one day in the whole year she hated with passion.

18 August, her birthday.

She was exactly 24 and still single. And there was no chance at all that her beloved family would let her forget that fact.

Chloe stood up and went to the mirror. The view wasn't exactly unpleasant: she was short, and maybe a little to round in some places. Her blond hair was ruffled in every possible direction, as usual, but, honestly speaking, she didn' t look that bad.

'Yes I do', she thought. 'My only good features are my eyes.'

True, they were an amazing green. But nobody could see it thanks to mustard color of her dress a gift from her uncle, who hadn't been able to sell that piece of clothing to anyone.

"Chill!" Her aunt's voice echoed through the corridors once more.

Chloe cringed she hated that nickname. Her family had been using it for years because of her tendency to get the flu every winter. She hadn't found it funny back then, either.

Chloe liked her birth name, Chloe Elizabeth. Her father had chosen it, but she couldn't remember if anyone had used it after his death.

"Chill, my child!" Her Aunt Nell appeared in her room without knocking.

Chloe was certain that the lady had never knocked in her life.

"Come quickly! Lana is here; she's brought some magazines for you to look at."

'And I thought it couldn't get any worse' Chloe groaned but went downstairs obediently.

She'd never disagree with any member of her family. It was simply pointless.

But she had her secret harbor, where nobody could hurt her. It was her Castle, with her friends, with her Prince Charming. Nobody has ever known about her secret obsession, but it saved her sanity whenever she needed itmost.

But that day, standing in their dinning room and watching Lana, Chloe panicked. She couldn't find her Castle.

'Face it Chloe, you're twentyfour now. It's too late to find a husband, and you'll end your days here, in this house with Aunt Nell and her cat, as a spinster.'

Seeing Lana didn't help Chloe either. Lana Lang, her cousin and golden child of whole family, was everything Chloe could never dream to be: skinny, dark haired always straight and in place wearing a pink fashionable dress and a big fat ring on her finger.

The family always reminded Chloe, "Lana was only 20 when Clark proposed!"

Golden girl, indeed.

That may be true, but I'd prefer being single forever than marry Clark ' bully' Kent!

True to her word, Chloe had given up her dreams about having a husband and a child a family of her own. But deep down in her heart, she always treasured that small spark of hope that there was someone out there for her.

"Chill! How nice to see you! It's you're birthday, right? Twenty four!" Lana exclaimed. "I can't even imagine being that age!" She laughed.

"Well, I' m going to leave these bridal magazines for you; maybe you could choose a wedding dress for yourself. That way, when your big day comes, you'll already have it!"

"Oh how nice of you, Lana my dear," Aunt Nell gushed.

She continued to talk with Lana while Chloe tried to remember the reasons to not to kill her relatives.

"Oh! I forgot! You'll have to give them back to the library today; I only borrowed them for week!"Lana shrugged. " Bye Auntie! Bye Chill! I'll see you two at the Kent's for dinner on Wednesday," she waved to them as she stepped out the door.

"Goodbye, dear! We can't wait for the dinner, and thank you for the magazines!" Aunt Nell smiled at her favorite niece.

' Well, that explains everything. Our " Miss Perfect" was too lazy to go to town herself!' Chloe thought. 'Oh well, it's not that bad. At least I'll be able to go to library without the usual fuss.' Chloe tried to look on the bright side and smiled to herself. Reading and writing stories were some of the ways she escaped her cruel family and the pain they inflicted.

'And maybe I'll finally go to visit Dr. Flint to ask him about these chest pains.'

The aches had first appeared two months ago, but the attacks were getting stronger as of late. She didn't tell any of her aunts or uncles about it, correctly assuming that their probing questions and general lack of sympathywould be worse than leaving them clueless.

'Yes, I'll go to the doctor, ' she decided. 'I still have some money that Dad left me. It's not much, but I can afford the visit. Nobody will have to know.'

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Chloe was sitting in the chair, feeling unsure under the doctor's gaze.

He'd listened about her symptoms, examined her, and was now scribbling furiously on a pad of paper.

"I'm sorry, Doctor," his secretary said, opening the door a crack. "There is urgent call for you."

"My apologies, Miss Sullivan, this will take me but a minute." Dr. Flint smiled at her.

"Of course." Chloe settled into the hard chair as comfortably as possible.

She had been watching the clock since the doctor's departure, and, with each passing minute, her confidence grew smaller.

'Even my doctor... ' she thought with resignation after half an hour of pointless waiting.

Just then the doors opened.

"Oh dear. You're still here," a nurse said, entering the room.

"Yes, but I was just going." Chloe stood, trying to stay calm. "Dr. Flint forgot about me."

"Oh, I'm so sorry! The doctor ran off about a half hour ago. His daughter was in a serious accident, and he needs to be with her."

"I understand," Chloe reassured the woman, feeling slightly better. " I'll just come another time."

'Well, at least Dr. Flint had a good explanation for his behavior. My family, on the other hand..."

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Betaed by: b4 Dawn 101 xD