A/N: I have more of this story done. I'm just posting it in stages.
Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville. If I did, they would have been together and he would keep his hands off of Lana.
Chloe Luthor sat at her favorite corner table slowly nursing a latte and watching Lana Ross work the after-school crowd.
"Hey, all quiet at the Mansion today?" said a voice as its owner slid into a chair across from the blonde.
"Hi, Pete. Yeah, I left Lucas sitting with Lex. I just had to see the outside for a little while. What brings you out in the middle of the day? I thought Clark usually keeps you busy when Lana's here."
"I dropped him off at the Kent farm about an hour ago. Martha's watching him so I can take Lana to the city for the weekend. Tomorrow's our anniversary."
"He's been keeping you pretty busy these days hasn't he?" the blonde asked her childhood friend.
"Yeah, two-year olds will do that." Pete said as he looked at his friend. "I do hope that Lex wakes up before he becomes a father himself. I'd hate for him to miss anything of his child's life."
Chloe smiled softly and placed a hand on her still-flat stomach. "Well, thankfully, he still has a few months to...hold on" she reached into her purse and pulled out the ringing cellular phone. "Chloe Luthor. What? Wait, Lucas slow down. Now, what happened? I'm on my way home," she ended the call and looked back at Pete as she quickly stood. "He's awake," was all she had time to say before she was out the door.