7A/N: I am very pleased to see people like my story. I just started watching season 5 and I wanted to bang my head on something cuz Lana and Clark got back together….again. OBVIOUSLY something was wrong the last time you got together…Ok…so Clark lost his powers briefly…and he thought he could have a normal relationship with Lana….yea well THAT worked out well when he got his powers back. Now don't get me wrong…you may be thinking…wow she's a little uh…crazy about this…but no…Clark and Lana are a cute couple…they do look cute together…it just NEVER works…Clark…Clark…Clark…hey Clark….build a bridge and get over it….ok? There are other fish in the sea…(CHLARK!) or…maybe even Clois…but no worries!! This is definatly a CHLARK fic…no Clois…in fact Lois is probably not going to be in the story at all. OH and I just saw the weird Christmas episode where Lex got shot and had that weird dream…that made me happy!!! Lex would be such a good middle classmen…

SORRY! I do tend to rant in these authors notes…..and you guys don't want to hear it…I like to express my opinions in writing and…-pauses- I'm doing it again, aren't I?...again, I repeat, SORRY!

On with the story!!!!

Chapter 3:

Three days. Three whole days since Chloe got into the accident. Three days, Clark visited the hospital until either the doctors kicked him out or his parents wanted him home. Three days and Chloe was still unconscious.

Saturday, Clark spent just about the whole afternoon telling the unconscious Chloe about his gifts. Of course he would stop whenever the doctor or Mr. Sullivan came in.

Sunday, Clark came in as early as possible. Mr. Sullivan reported that Chloe had no changes…good or bad. Clark spent just about the whole day there. He told her that Lana and Pete were still worried about her. He told Chloe that Lana would be in a bit later to visit her. And sure enough, Lana was there around 6:00 after she closed up the Talon early. Lana brought a get well card and a balloon. Clark saw the gifts and smacked himself mentally, wondering why he didn't think of that. Lana laughed when she saw the expression on Clark's face as he looked at the balloon and the card.

"It's just a card and a balloon Clark; I think your company is the best gift anyone could receive."

Clark felt his heart flutter just a little, of course over the last few days, his crush, for lack of a better word, on Lana seemed to be diminishing and his feelings for Chloe, that he didn't even knew existed, grew more and more, that compliment made him feel important. Especially coming from Lana. He felt himself smile at the comment and Lana returned the smile.

After that Lana stayed with Clark in the hospital room until nine o'clock when they both headed home because school was the next day.

Monday, right after school, Clark rushed over to the hospital to see if there was any change. Mr. Sullivan explained that her vitals have gotten better and when Clark entered the room he noticed some of her cuts and bruises were partly healed and some of the color returned to her face. Clark asked how much longer she would be out and the doctor replied that it could be as little as a few hours, a few days or perhaps even up to two weeks more. Clark sat in the chair beside Chloe and did his homework there, looking up at her to check on her every so often.

During that time, for a break, he got up and went down to the hospital cafeteria to get something to eat. A few minutes after he left the room, a nurse came into the room and went over to change the fluid bags. After she finished with that, she cleaned up the room a little bit. She turned her head a bit and saw a pair of eyes staring at her. She jumped a little, "Oh, Miss. Sullivan! You're awake!"

Chloe looked around the room slowly. She didn't remember anything. How did she get into a hospital bed? She looked at the nurse, "What happened?"

The nurse took a step towards her, "Well dear, you got into a pretty bad car accident."

Suddenly it all came back to her. She stayed late at the Torch, she wanted to get the new issue out as soon as possible. She would have gotten out sooner but Pete had a date with some random girl she didn't remember the name of, and Clark, well he, once again, ditched her for Miss Lana Lang.

So, Chloe was once again all by herself at the torch. Clark, thankfully, got his article to her before taking off to see the love of his life. After she finished, she turned to the window and found that it was already dark. She spent hours in that office, and didn't even realize it got to be so late.

After she saved all her work, shut down her computer, and cleaned up the Torch office a bit, she headed out. She hurried out to her car, the school parking lot always scared her a bit, especially at night. Who knew when the next meteor freak might attack? She got into her car and immediately felt a sleepiness she didn't feel before. She shook her head to clear it and told her self to get home before she fell asleep.

She got onto the road and shook her head numerous times to keep from falling asleep. She looked down at the empty cup holder and wished that a cup of coffee would just magically appear there. She yawned as she drove down the dark and lonely road.

She closed her eyes just for a moment, but that was just a moment too long. Her eyes snapped open when she heard a loud horn. She saw two headlights coming straight at her and before she could pull away the car crashed right into hers head on. She saw out of the corner of her eye the other car swerve and she felt like her world was spinning in circles and that was the last thing she remembered before the world turned black around her.

"You have a pretty nice boyfriend, Miss Sullivan." The nurse stated. She wanted to change the subject, she saw how uncomfortable the talk of the crash made the girl.

Chloe looked up at the nurse, "B…Boyfriend?"

The nurse nodded and smiled, "Well yes, he's come everyday to visit you. Wouldn't leave your side until the doctors kicked him out."

Chloe furrowed her brow, "I don't have a boyfriend…"

"No?" The nurse seemed surprised, "Well, then you have one good friend there Miss Sullivan. He cares about you a lot."

Chloe felt something flutter in her stomach. "What does he look like? The guy who visits me?"

The nurse looked up at the ceiling a minute then looked back at Chloe, "Well, he's tall, dark hair, blue eyes, likes to wear plaid…"

"Clark…" Chloe muttered and her smile grew. The nurse smiled. "He just went down to the cafeteria I believe…those are his books." The nurse pointed over to the little table beside Chloe's bed. Chloe turned her head and saw the open text book and Clark's jacket next to it. She wanted to reach over and grab it, cuddle it to her, never let it go. But she didn't have the strength…and she didn't think Clark would appreciate her stealing his favorite jacket. She smiled once more and slowly drifted off back to sleep, with nothing but the handsome, young farm boy on her mind.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Clark came back a half an hour later. He wasn't really that hungry when he went down there, he was just starting to get uncomfortable in that seat. But when he started to eat, he couldn't stop until he was full. He tended to do that a lot. 'Must be some weird Kryptonian thing…' he thought to himself. Everything that was not normal with him he blamed it on his heritage. He knew nothing of his home world. He didn't know their customs, how long they lived, what they ate, how long a day was, how they dressed. All he knew was that the planet's name was krypton, the meteor rock that can kill him is called kryptonite, his fathers name is Jor-El and his name is Kal-El. Part of him wanted to know more about Krypton, but part of him just wanted to be as normal as he can possibly be.

He entered the room and sat himself down on the chair and grabbed his notebook from the table. He looked over at Chloe for any signs of improvement. He didn't see any.

He finished his history homework and put it away. He took out his English notebook and sighed when he saw the worksheet in front of him. He looked over at Chloe, "You would have enjoyed today's English class. I can only imagine what you would have said." In class that day, they read an article about the universe and the class got into a whole discussion on life on other planets. Of course, it made Clark completely uncomfortable. There were times when he felt like speaking out in defense of himself. One immature kid gave the cliché, green, scaly, creepy looking description of aliens; and that all they want to do is take over the Earth or destroy it. But not many kids defend aliens, for the simple fact that the very thought of something extra terrestrial scared the daylights out of people. So, he couldn't say anything. The teacher assigned a worksheet with questions about live on other planets.

"'Do you believe in life on other planets?' Yea, considering I am from another planet." He wrote down that he did. "'What do you think they look like?' Well, they look like Kansas Farm boys." He wrote that he thought they looked remotely similar to humans.

"'What would the planet be called?'" He paused at that question. Of course, he knew an answer for the question, he just wasn't sure if he should put it in writing. The other kids might put down 'Gorflack' or something. But what would they think of a planet called 'Krypton'?

"Should I risk that Chloe?" He asked his unconscious friend. Of course, she didn't respond. He glanced back down at the paper. He chewed on the top of his pen in contemplation of the answer. Putting down the name of his planet is risking his secret getting revealed. But it was just a homework assignment.

He took the pen out of his mouth and wrote 'krypton' down in the blank space. " 'Do they have their own language?' I suppose so, I know they have a written language…" He wrote down that their written language used symbols like hieroglyphics. " 'What would their people be like?' hmm…they have advanced technology that has not yet been invented on Earth. 'Give an example of what their names would be.' What is this an interview?"

He was so into his work he didn't notice that Chloe to awaken next to him. She heard his voice as she started to come out of her sleep and smiled only slightly. She turned her head so she could see his face and was quite amused to see him talking to himself.

"What do they want me to do?" Clark continued, "Go up to the front of the classroom and say, 'Hi, my name is Kal-El of Krypton…Yes, I am an alien.'"

What?

"Clark?"

Clark jumped and practically flew out of his seat. After a second he looked to Chloe and saw her blue eyes staring back at him. "Chloe!" A large grin spread across his face and he leaned over the bed and gave her a hug the best he could. He smiled as he looked down at her. "You're awake."

"Apparently." Chloe remarked and felt her heart flutter when Clark's smile grew.

"How are you feeling?" he asked. Chloe shrugged lightly, "I feel alright. Kind of tired, Sore, Weak, kind of like I've been hit by a car," She smirked. Clark cocked his head to the side.

"Well, you must be getting better. You're back to your witty remarks." Chloe grinned and chuckled. Her face suddenly contorted in pain and she coughed and placed her hand on her chest. "Ok, note to self, laughing is not allowed." Clark smiled sadly.

"How long have I been out?" Chloe asked after a few moments of silence.

"About four days."

Chloe's eyes widened, "Four days?! Were you here the whole time?" Of course she knew the answer, the nurse told her a couple of hours ago but she wanted to hear it from him. Clark smiled sheepishly and raised his shoulders innocently, "Yea…"

'Oh my God…' she thought to herself… 'I think I just fell in love with him all over again'

"Pete and Lana stopped by as well. Lana brought a card and a balloon." He moved his body to the side a bit so she could have a good view of the card and balloon resting on table. She nodded and forced a weak smile. Every time Clark said Lana's name she just wanted to disappear because she heard the love in his voice. Clark reached over and grabbed the card from the table and handed it to her. Chloe took it from Clark's hand and opened it.

Dear Chloe,

I hope you get better soon. We all miss you.

The Talon misses your sales.

She smiled. She did spent most of her money buying caffeine from the Talon.

Your friend,

Lana

"I actually never thought of the card idea…I should have brought one." Clark stated. Chloe set the card down on the table next to her and turned to Clark. "Sorry."

Chloe shook her head, "Don't be sorry Clark, I'm just glad I could wake up to see you here."

Clark smiled warmly, "I'd do anything for you Chloe."

Chloe bit her lip and turned her head shyly away. Shy? Since when was Chloe Sullivan shy? 'oh who are you fooling Sullivan, when you're around Clark everything about you changes….whether you show it or not.'

Just then she remembered something, "Clark, what were you saying before?"

"Uh…" Clark looked at her cluelessly, "What do you mean?"

"When I was waking up I heard you talking to yourself…something about being an alien?" She raised an eyebrow.

Clark froze up and stared at Chloe who was staring at him. She didn't hear any of what he told her when she was unconscious. Great. He would have to explain it again.

"Uh…well…I…"

"Clark?" Chloe heard his hesitation and saw he was nervous. What was going on?

Clark sighed, "Chloe, I need to tell you something."

"Alright."

"It's…very important and I trust you to keep it a secret."

Chloe gave him a sideways look, "What's going on Clark?"

He averted his gaze from her and stared across the room. "I'm not from around here Chloe." His voice was soft.

Chloe looked at him. Did he mean what she thought he meant?

"My parents found me in a cornfield…right after the meteor shower hit Smallville thirteen years ago…"

Clark quickly glanced at her and saw that she was just staring at him.

"So what, you're like an orphan."

"In a way…but its what my parents found me in."

Chloe felt her heart beating fast and the heart monitor she was attached to showed it.

"A space ship, Chloe, they found me in a space ship."

"Oh my G…" she couldn't even finish the sentence. Clark stood up from his chair and walked around the room. Chloe followed him with her eyes. The guy she was head over heels for since she moved to Smallville…was not from Earth?

"I'm from a planet called Krypton." Clark continued…"My biological parents sent me here because our planet was going to explode and they wanted to save my life. My Kryptonian name is Kal-El."

"Kal-El…" Chloe repeated softly and looked up at Clark. "Kal-El." Clark closed his eyes and lowered his head a bit. "Please don't call me that." He opened his eyes and looked at Chloe's confused face.

"Krypton is gone Chloe, I was raised as Clark, and that's what my name will be."

Chloe nodded still shocked to the core.

"I know this is a lot for you to take in especially since you just woke up but I wanted you to know." Clark explained.

"Does anyone else know?" she asked.

"Only my parents…and Pete."

"Pete knows?" she questioned.

Clark shrugged sheepishly, "He found my ship, I sort of had to tell him."

Her eyes widened, "You still have your ship?"

Clark nodded a bit, "It's in the storm cellar."

Her jaw dropped, "No!"

He nodded again, "It is."

"Whoa…" She muttered.

"Chloe…" Chloe looked up…"I don't want you to think any different of me now…I'm still Clark…I mean, the only symbol of my Kryptonian genes are my abilities..."

"Abilities?" she turned her head in question.

Clark looked up, "Oh…I forgot to tell you about that…"

"About what?" She asked.

He stood there silently for a moment then with a flash was next to her bedside. Chloe looked to where he was standing to where he was standing now… "How did you…?"

Clark shrugged, "I'm not exactly sure why I have these abilities...I'm sure it has something to do with me being from Krypton."

"Is there anything else you can do?"

Clark nodded, "Oh yes…none that I can really demonstrate here. I have x-ray vision…"

"You mean you can see through things?" Chloe asked in amazement.

Clark nodded, "Yes. I have super strength and I'm invincible….to anything but kryptonite."

"Kryptonite?"

"The green meteor rocks." He explained, "They make me sick and weak, and I can't use my abilities"

Chloe blinked, "Wow."

Clark sat down in the chair next to her and they both sat in silence for a while.

"Clark?" she looked over at him after a little while.

He looked over at her and waited for her to continue. She smiled, "I don't see you as some creepy alien. I'm glad you told me who you really are. But to me, you'll always be Clark Kent, the farm boy from Smallville."

Clark stared at her a moment and then a smile grew on his face, "Thanks Chloe."

She smiled and held out her hand and he reached out and captured it in his. He squeezed her fingers lightly. He leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

She blushed and bit her lip. She felt like she was going to explode. Clark Kent just kissed her! Okay, it wasn't on the lips but it was still a kiss!

"Chloe, there's something else I want to tell you." She looked over at him and saw the hesitance on his face. 'Oh no…Clark…PLEASE don't tell me that you and Lana are together…that's not what I need to hear right now…please.'

He let go of her hand and once again stood up. "I've been thinking a lot recently. Seeing you so vulnerable and hurt and knowing I could do nothing about it…..I don't know…it just made me realize something. You know that old saying, 'you don't know what you got till it's gone.' Well, I almost lost you and now I know why they say that. I just hate myself for realizing it only when you have a near fatal accident. And I was too blinded by Lana to see what was right in front of me." He looked over at her. "You."

She opened her mouth to say something but found herself speechless.

"I was always too busy chasing after someone who would never love me back to see someone who has always loved me and hopefully always will."

He took a breath, "Chloe, you're a brilliant reporter, you always believe in people, you're stubborn and persistent and don't stop until you get what you're after. You've got a good heart. You are an amazing girl Chloe. You accepted me for who I am even though I'm…I'm not even human."

He walked back over to the side of her bed and saw that her eyes were glistening. He sat down on the side of her bed and took her hand gently in his. "I think I've fallen for you Chloe."

She stared at the dark haired teen in front of her. The one person she has felt so strongly about just admitted that he felt the same way. She felt like screaming, she felt like dancing, she felt like flying. She barely even felt the pain as she leapt from under the covers and through her arms around him.

He was surprised at the sudden outburst but quickly wrapped his arms around her gently so not to hurt her. He smiled and closed his eyes as they both sat there for what seemed like hours.

Chloe's head was rested on his shoulder and she stared at the wall. She couldn't believe what was happening. What started as the worst time of her life turned out to be the best. She never thought this day would happen. She hoped for it. She imagined countless times Clark telling her that he had feelings for her but that was nothing compared to the actual feeling she had now. But even with all the happiness she felt she couldn't help the doubt that came along with it. She didn't want to ask this question but felt it needed to be asked,

"Clark, what about Lana?"

Clark lifted her off his shoulder and looked down at her, "What about Lana?"

"Clark, you've been in love with her for years….something like that doesn't just go away…believe me I know."

He gave her a look, "Chloe, I don't know exactly how it happened but….I swear I don't feel anything for Lana anymore." He fingered a strand of her blonde hair. She looked into his blue eyes and surprisingly she saw the same look that she always saw when he looked at Lana….But now he was looking at her like that. She grinned and Clark returned it.

Slowly, Clark started to lean in towards her and she felt totally giddy. Her eyes began to close as she watched Clark's face come closer to hers. It felt like forever until his lips finally met hers gently.

If she was physically capable, she would have melted into a big puddle on the floor. Clark's kiss was everything she imagined and more. She returned the kiss softly and felt Clark's grip on her tighten just a bit. She felt completely safe in his arms.

The kiss was too short for her liking but she was tired. She opened her eyes to meet Clark's gorgeous colored eyes. "Hmm…" She smiled lightly and closed her eyes tiredly and leaned her head on Clark's shoulder once again and before she knew it she was asleep.