Hey, everyone! This is my very first fan fic, so please be kind but please let me know what you think. This is definitely a Chlark story, though Lana will have her appearances. Anyway, on with the show.

Chapter 1 – A Long Day

Chloe sighed deeply as she looked at the blank computer screen, waiting for some fantastic idea to pop into her head. The familiar hustle and bustle of the Daily Planet, which was usually calming and a release to the young reporter made her feel extremely nervous. 'Being asked to submit a story worthy of the front page in one week is not an easy task' she mused to herself. 'Why can't they just give me a little peace and quiet?' She watched, mesmerised as the cursor flashed on the screen, as if by her intense gaze, a story might just leap onto the screen. She looked at her watch. 'Damn. I've been sitting here for 25 minutes and still no story.' She thought sadly as she packed up her things for the commute back to Smallville, thinking that Clark may be able to miraculously pull a story out of nowhere. Unfortunately, there are some things even that Kent charm can't help.

As Chloe began her ascent up the stairs, a familiar face walked past in the opposite direction. She stopped momentarily to look at him. Jimmy Olsen stood in the basement of the Planet looking around for something or someone that didn't seem to be there.

Chloe sighed again. She loved this young man once. He was very cute, in a bow tie kinda way. Her face saddened remembering the way things ended between them. Now she had to deal with running into him every day. Thank goodness they hadn't been put on assignment together...yet.

Chloe shook her head quickly. 'Come on, Sullivan, reminiscing about Jimmy is not going to get that article written. You'd better hurry if you want to get home before dark.' Chloe said to herself as she quickly walked to her car. Once outside, she took a deep breath of the all too familiar Metropolis air, before getting into her car and setting her sights for home.

Clark Kent sat quietly in the Talon, lost in his own thoughts. He was absently stirring the now cold cup of coffee in front of him. But he hadn't noticed. He was much too preoccupied by other things.

It had been almost a week since Lana moved out of the farm. He missed the company of another person there, but at the same time, he was glad and somewhat relieved that she had gone. He'd been in love with Lana Lang 'since before your first growth spurt' according to Chloe. But that was before. He thought he could forgive her for all the things she'd done; all the lies she'd told. In some part of his mind he had forgiven her and wanted to help her overcome this darkness. 'It's too late for that.' He thought sadly. In that time of forgiveness, he had found himself slowly falling out of love with her. The once strong feelings he had for her that had ruined or hurt every other relationship he had were now gone. And knowing he couldn't keep leading her on like that, he had ended it. He felt somewhat like a great weight had been lifted from him. Suddenly he was brought out of his thoughts by his cousin shaking his shoulder.

"Krypton to Kal-El." She said, somewhat annoyed.

"Clark." He replied firmly, looking around suspiciously, checking to see if anybody had heard her. Kara just rolled her eyes at him.

"I've been trying to get your attention for the last five minutes. What on earth could require such deep concentration?"

"Nothing." He replied hurriedly. He wasn't really in the mood to go explaining things to Kara at the moment.

"Well, it's time to close up. So if you're going to wait for Chloe to get home, you'd best do it elsewhere." She said, taking the untouched mug of coffee from in front of him. Clark stood up as she came back and handed him a fresh cup. "And by the way, baby cuz, don't worry about Lana. You've made a good decision and I'm sure she'll be fine." She said smiling. "Say hi to Chloe for me."

Clark smiled to himself as she walked away. 'she may not know all there is to being human, but at least her heart's in the right place.' He sighed deeply as he turned and walked up the stairs to Chloe's apartment to wait for her to get home.

Okay, guys, sorry it's short but this chapter is mainly to set the scene for the up coming chapters. Please R & R!

If anyone has any suggestions for what they would like Chloe's article to be about I would love to hear them.