More on the mystery romance story.

Recap: Chloe Clark and Oliver just arrived in Lumberton

Disclaimer: Not an owner of Smallville just a big fan

"Excuse me, can you give us some directions? We're not from here.", Chloe asked the cashier in the Chevron, one of only six or seven stores in the whole town. "I'm Chloe, by the way", she added, giving the man the most seductive smile she could manage.

"Shiiiiit. Can I come with you, baby?", he laughed. "Where you need to get to?"

"76a Yawn School Rd. A friend invited us to come visit.", she said, trying to keep from rolling her eyes.

"Yeah its not to hard to find Yawn School the problem is that, that address is a trailer on about seven acres of private land. To get out there though is real easy. Just go out the parking lot and turn left on highway 11 and follow it for five or six miles and you'll come to a fire station turn right there and you'll be on Yawn School. Go about three quarters of a mile and you'll see a trailer park and on top of a hill you'll see a white double-wide turn in that driveway. A man named Mike lives there, good guy, he owns the land and all the trailers. If you knock on his door and a lady answers that'll be his wife, Mrs. Fay, ask for Mike and she'll point you in the right direction.", He said, giving a much more accurate description than the group expected.

"Thank you, Mr...", Chloe said with a smile.

"Everyone just calls me Sam, baby, no mister.", he said with a charming smile.

"Thank you, Sam.", she said walking out the door. The group climbed in the car and set off, following their directions. After about five minutes they arrived exactly as Sam said they would. The trailer park, however, wasn't what they expected. Instead of a trashy beer and lawn chair riddled apocalypse, they discovered a well mowed and well kept plot of land with six or seven nicer trailers.

They climbed out of the car and walked up to the door and knocked quietly. A few moments later an older man with a stark white beard and bleach white hair answered their knock.

"Hi, I'm Chloe Sullivan sir, how are you you today?", Chloe asked with a bright smile.

"I woke up and you know the rest. What can I do for you ma'am?", he said with an untouchable sense of serenity. The man seemed to be utterly content with life and what it had provided.

"We heard that you were the man to talk to about renting a trailer. We haven't been misinformed have we?", Oliver said when Chloe didn't answer.

"Well before I rent you kids anything we would have to run a background check and go over my rules. Now let me be clear about this I don't rent to felons, or convicts. I have to get the first and last month's rent as a deposit on the trailer. I can't let you have any cats, dogs, ferrets, or any other pets that will use the restroom on the floor or tear up anything on the premises. No drugs on my property, period. And no smoking in the trailers, you can do it on the porch or the door step but not in the house.", the once kind hearted man grew stern and it became immediately clear that he and he alone was the boss here. "Now I don't like to seem like a hard ass but my family and I work very very hard to keep this place nice. So my rules are not negotiable and on the subject or you breaking my rules, I have one thing to say; Be right or begone. Is any part of this unclear?", he said eyeing the group.

"No sir", the group all said at once.

"Good deal. Now walk over to that trailer and speak to the lady inside.", he motioned to a trailer down the hill. "That's my daughter, Michelle, she handles all the rent and paperwork of the tenets while and I and her husband keep this place clean and running smoothly. Oh, I almost forgot you can mow and weed eat the yard yourself or you can pay an extra twenty dollars on your rent and either I or Bryan will do it for you, but you have to choose one because I'm not going to make him do it if you won't pay and it's not going to be allowed to grow out of control. Alright kids, I have chores to do and you have paperwork so I'll see you later." He said as he walked around his house.

"I like him." Oliver said when he was sure he was out of earshot.

"He's certainly ... different." Chloe shrugged and began walking towards the trailer Mike had pointed to.