Chapter 1: The New Girl
Clark Kent wiped his hands on his jeans. He had finished up his chores and was heading back inside when he felt a vibrating in his pocket. Taking out his cell phone, he smiled. "Hey Chloe," he said into the phone. "Clark, I'm coming over. I'll see you in twenty minutes," she said and then hung up. "I'm good, how are you? Oh that's nice," Clark said into the phone. He shook his head and put the phone back into his pocket. His best friend was always way too busy.
As he walked back to the house he noticed that someone was standing on his porch. It was a girl about his age. "Can I help you?" he asked her when he got to the porch. She turned. "Hi. Yes actually. I'm Rebecca May. I go by Becky though." The two shook hands. "Clark Kent." Becky smiled. "Yes, I know. Here I'll get to the point. I just left a really stressful life in L.A. So I came here, to Smallville to escape it. I asked around town if there was anybody who needed help on their farm and a woman at the store told me that the 'poor Kent boy' could probably use some help. I'm not looking for money, just a roof over my head in exchange for some honest work."
Clark scratched his head. She could really help him out. She would do a little work around the farm and no one would question how they were keeping the farm on its feet. "Just a roof huh?" Clark asked. Becky nodded with a smile. "Ok, well, actually my cousin just moved out so I have an extra room," Clark said. "Thank you so much Clark. You have no idea what this means to me," Becky said. "Well, we can go inside. It's sort of a mess, though," Clark said. "A bachelor living alone and his place is a mess. I'm shocked," Becky said with a smile but then it disappeared. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to imply that you were a bachelor," Becky said. Clark smiled. He liked her. "No I am. It's ok. Do you have any bags?" he asked. "They're in my car. I'll go get them," Becky said. She ran to her small blue car and pulled out two duffle bags. "That's all you have?" Clark asked. Becky looked down at her two duffle bags. "It's amazing what you're willing to leave behind when you really want to go," she answered.
Clark nodded
understandingly and then took a bag from her. They were weightless to
him, but Clark could tell that the bags were in fact heavy. He walked
into the house and Becky followed him. He walked to the kitchen and
set the bag down. Becky set hers down too. "Ok so this is the
kitchen. That's our dining room and that's the living room. And
there's a bathroom around the corner. The laundry room is connected
to that," Clark said pointing to the individual rooms. Becky
nodded. She grinned at the messy counter tops and the full sink. The
dirty dishes were over flowing. "So…upstairs?" she asked. Clark
nodded and grabbed both of her bags and walked up the stairs. Becky
followed. Clark pointed to the master bedroom. "That's my room.
That's going to be your room, and that will be your bathroom,"
Clark told Becky. He walked into his old room, leading Becky in.
Becky looked around the room. It was nice and small. Becky's last
bedroom had been so large that it echoed. "This good?" Clark
asked setting down her bags. "It's perfect thank you." She
turned to Clark. "Clark. I don't want to sound weird or anything
but…well this means a lot more to me than you know," she said.
"Your welcome. Well, um I think that some of Kara's clothes are
still in the dresser but you can put them into those boxes if you
like." Clark had two boxes on the ground that he was going to use
to put papers in. Becky looked up quickly. "What?" Clark asked.
"Nothing. I thought you said something else….never mind." Clark
nodded and shrugged.
"Clark?" some one yelled from
downstairs. Becky saw a hint of smile come on Clark's face and his
eyes lit up. "That would be Chloe," Clark said and he walked out
the door. Becky followed him downstairs. "Clark. Could you run….I
mean give me a ride to Metropolis?" Chloe corrected herself when
she saw Becky. Becky smiled. "Hi, there," Chloe said to Becky.
"Hi," Becky said back. "Chloe, this is Becky. Becky this is
Chloe. Becky's going to be living here. She needs a place to stay
and I need some help around the farm. So…we're going to give it a
try," Clark said. Chloe smiled. "Can I talk to you outside
Clark?" Chloe asked. "Do you mind if we step out for a minute?"
Clark asked Becky. Becky shook her head. "I think I'm going to
attack your sink if you don't mind," Becky said. Chloe turned
around. "Oh Clark. That's really gross," she said. "You
aren't a neat freak are you?" Clark asked Becky. She shook her
head. "No. But I think that you have four different types of mold
growing in there." They all laughed. "Ok. We'll be back."
Clark and Chloe walked out the door and towards the barn. Becky
walked to the sink and turned on the hot water. She saw Chloe and
Clark smiling at each other. She stopped watching them and started to
put dishes into the dishwasher.
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Outside Clark and Chloe walked up the barn steps. "So what's with the stay in maid?" Chloe asked Clark. "Actually she just showed up looking for a place to stay. She's going to help me around the farm," Clark told his best friend. "And just like that you let her in?" Chloe asked. Clark sighed. "Yeah, I guess so. I don't know Chloe; I mean I could really use her around here. I live alone and I don't hire any help. People are going to start asking how I run a farm on my own," Clark said. They sat down on the couch. "But you don't know anything about her. She'll be living under the same roof as you and she could find out your secret," Chloe warned. Clark nodded. "I'll have to be careful, but after twenty one years of having to hide my secret, I think I've gotten that down," Clark said with a smile. Chloe smiled back. "Where's she going to sleep," Chloe asked. "My old room," Clark answered. "You mean Kara's room?" Clark was silent. "Does this mean that you've stopped your wild goose chase to find her?" Chloe asked. Clark nodded. Chloe knew he didn't want to talk about it. "Well, I should be heading back to the Planet," she said and stood up. "Sorry. I'd give you a ride, but…." Clark said, following her down the stairs. Chloe laughed. "Yeah," she said. They walked to her car. Clark opened the front door for her. She climbed in. "You going to be back in town tomorrow?" Clark asked. "Yeah, Lois and I have a shopping date," Chloe answered. "Ok, I'll see you tomorrow. Drive safely," Clark said. He closed the door and she drove away. He watched until her little red convertible was out of sight. He then headed back inside. When he came in Becky was looking at pictures on the refrigerator. She turned around. "Hey you know what I was thinking? How about I make dinner for you?" Becky asked. Clark tilted his head in a questioning way. Becky laughed. "Yeah, I know what you're thinking, but I just want to do something nice for you Clark. You really have no idea what it means to me to be able to be staying here. You really are great and I want to help you out around here," Becky said. Clark laughed. "Well, you've already taken care of about a month of dirty dishes for me. I think that's enough for now. Why don't I take you out around Smallville tonight? If you're going to be working on this farm then you need to know this town like the back of your hand," Clark told Becky. "So that should take us like what five minutes?" Becky teased with a smile. Clark laughed. "Well, yeah, but then we can go grab something to eat," Clark said. "Ok that sounds great actually," Becky said. "Ok well go grab a coat." Becky ran up the stairs. Clark grabbed his keys and his jacket off of the kitchen chair. He walked outside and waited on the porch for Becky.