Title: I've Always Loved You
Author Email: french_hippie@yahoo.com
Rating: PG...for now
Disclaimer: Don't own it. Don't sue.
Author's Note: This is my first attempt at Smallville fic, I hope I'm not too out of practice, I haven't written any fic since In A Heartbeat got cancelled. *sigh* Well, we'll see where this goes.

Part 1 – Stars Fell From Her Hair

            Chloe stirred in her sleep. She thought she heard some one tapping on her window. She sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. She glanced at her alarm clock, it was after midnight. She got up and went over to her window. On the ground she saw none other than Clark Kent. She opened her window and shivered as a cold gust of air enveloped her.

            "Clark!" she called down to him, "What are you doing here?

            "Please come down, I need to talk to you," he answered, then flashed her that famous Kent smile.

            "This better be important," Chloe muttered as she closed her window and started tiptoe-ing downstairs.

            Once in the kitchen, she flipped on the small light over the stove and went to open the door and bring her friend in from the cold. Clark stepped inside, he didn't appear to be phased by the cold at all.

            "So what's important that it couldn't wait until tomorrow morning?" Chloe asked.

            "Well," Clark began, "there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time now. And I haven't been quite sure how to say it, but now…" he trailed off.

            "Now?" Chloe said. She hoped against hope that Clark was going to tell her what she thought he was. She knew it was impossible though. Clark was too busy drooling over Lana Lang to ever notice her. He couldn't possibly feel the same way she felt about him.

            "I finally figured out that it would be best just to show you," he told her.

            "Show me?" Chloe repeated. Clark nodded; he leaned in closer, and closer. Chloe closed her eyes. Her heart raced. And then, she was snapped out of her dream by the obnoxious beeping of her alarm clock.

            "DAMNIT!" she yelled as she shut off the clock.

            Her mother, who had been passing by her room, gave Chloe a stern look before continuing on. Chloe cringed, she hadn't meant for her mother to hear her cursing at her alarm, "Sorry mom."

            As Chloe sighed as she got out of bed. "It figures I'd wake up just as I was getting to the best part."

~*~

            Meanwhile, at the Kent farm, Clark was still fast asleep and dreaming. Chloe opened the door for him and he stepped inside.

            "There's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time now. And I haven't been quite sure how to say it, but now…" he heard himself saying, "I finally figured out that it would be best just to show you."

            "Show me?" Chloe repeated. Her voice sounded hopeful. He nodded, and leaned in to kiss her. He had meant for the kiss to be a soft and gentle one, however, as she wrapped her arms around him, he deepened it.

            "Clark, wake up," he heard a voice calling. He opened his eyes to see his mother standing next to his bed.

            "It's about time sleepy-head. I've been trying to get you up for the past five minutes."

            Clark barely paid attention to what she was saying. He was still trying to make sense of the dream he'd been having. Clark finally made it downstairs, dressed and ready for school.

            "Have good dreams?" his mother asked.

            "Why do you say that?" Clark asked. He could feel his cheeks turning pink.

            "You were smiling in your sleep." His mother answered.

            "I've got to go, mom." Clark said hurrying out the door. He hoped his mother hadn't seen him blushing. No sooner was Clark out the door than did he see his bus half way down the road.

            "Oh well," Clark thought and took towards the high school.