Lana sat at the table by the pool, across from her husband. She watched as the water sparkled beneath the morning sun. The air was so fresh and crisp like it always was after a storm. Lex was deep in his morning paper and not a word was being said. Natalie the maid brought a tray with fresh fruit, bacon, eggs and toast placing it on a side table.
"Thank you, Natalie." Lana said placing her napkin across her lap.
"Your welcome, Mrs. Luthor." Natalie replied placing a plate before Lana, then Lex. "Is there anything-else I can get for you?"
"No thanks. This is fine." Lana smiled as Natalie then dismissed herself back into the mansion.
Lex folded his paper and laid it on the table by his plate. "So how was your evening last night? Did you find Chloe?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said stirring her eggs around her plate.
"How is she?" He asked as he begin to eat his breakfast.
Lana cleared her throat. "She's a-a, she's pregnant."
"Pregnant?" Lex said almost spitting his juice out. "When did this happen?"
Lana shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. She looks at least three and a half months or so."
Lex leaned back in his chair, resting his elbows on the arms of the chair, interlocking his hands as if to pray. "I thought her and Jimmy called it quiets after we got married."
"Yeah, they did." She paused knowing that Lex would love to know that Clark was the father. Even though she and Lex was married he still felt threaten by her and Clark's love. "It's not Jimmy's baby."
"Well don't keep me wandering. Who is the father?"
"Clark."
Lex grinned. "Wow. I can actually say I didn't see that coming." He leaned forward. "I hope that he didn't take advantage of her. I mean that's kind of quick considering everything that happened before we got married.
"Trust me, Lex when I say this… Clark would never do anything to hurt Chloe."
Lex threw his hands up in the air as if to surrender. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I know that he loves her. He's always loved her deep down." He reached over taking his wife's hand. "Look, why don't you take Chloe shopping today? There's probably a million things that she needs for her and the baby. Okay."
Lana smiled as she squeezed his hand. "Okay."
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Clark spent the afternoon in the barn restoring a baby crib he found at an antique store in town. He had decided that he would turn his room into a baby's room as a surprise for Chloe. He paused to look at his nicely stained wood, before him. He smiled and began to touch up a few places he had missed.
"Nice work,…" A familiar voice said.
Clark rolled his eyes. He turned around to see the rich, bald man he used to call friend, standing with his hands in his thousand dollar pants. "Lex, what brings you here?"
Lex smirked as he walked over to inspect Clarks work. "I remember a time when I was welcomed here on your farm."
Clark wiped his hands on a rag he had picked up from a table. "Yeah, well a lot has happened hasn't it."
"It would seem so." He looked around the barn. "So you and Chloe?" He turned quickly to see the expressions upon Clark's face.
"That's right." Clark stood taller.
"I have to admit I always thought you two belonged together, but I never thought you would make your move."
Clark had begun to get upset. He knew Lex had an alliterative motive. He never did anything from the grace of his heart. "Okay, Lex, what do you want?"
Lex puckered up his lips and shrugged his shoulders. "I just wanted to hear it from your lips. To hear that you've moved on and that you no longer have feelings for my wife."
Clark laughed. "So what your really saying is that your scared that Lana doesn't love you. That she still loves me. Are you that insecure about your abilities as a husband?"
Lex rubbed his chin. He loved the cat and mouse games that he and Clark always seemed to play. "Trust me when I say this, Clark… Lana is very happy in bed with me." He walked over to getting in Clark's space. "I just wanted to make sure that you weren't using Lana's best-friend because you can't get with Lana."
Clark clutched his fist tight, he wanted so bad to hit Lex knocking him into another planet. "I think you should leave."
"Why?" Lex asked with a grin. "Am I getting under your skin?"
"Lex, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you to leave." Clark's voice raised with anger.
Lex through his hands up in the air, he turned away from Clark heading to the door. "I'll give Lana your love. Do me a favor and do the same for Chloe." Lex said as he walked out the door.
Clark slammed his hand down on the table next to him, breaking it in half. He often wondered what he ever seen in Lex as a friend. He should have listened to his father a long time ago, when he tried to warn Clark of how the Luthors' really were.
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The rain once again poured outside at the farm. It was something they were used to considering they lived in Kansas and it was nearing the end of summer. Clark had spent the day getting the room ready for Chloe. He had painted the room pink with white trim, and yellow and pink curtains hung over the window pane. He had finished the crib and placed it against the wall in the center of the room. He got the rocker from the living room and brought it up stairs putting it by the window so Chloe could look out while she feed the baby. He restored an old dresser that belong to his grandma on the Kent side he had found in the loft of the barn and placed it carefully in the corner of the room. He placed a few stuffed animals around the room, then finally he took a small box from his pocket and opened it. He stared almost teary eyed at the beautiful, small but nice diamond ring inside. He had told his mom the whole story about Chloe and how he had realized she's the girl for him, and that he wanted to marry her. So told him that she would send him something through the mail. Clark waited patiently on that ring to arrive. Jonathan had given it to Martha and she never took it off until now. She wanted Chloe to have it. Clark sat the ring on top of the dresser for Chloe to see.
Clark heard the door slam down stairs. He smiled as he ran out of the room and down the stairs. "Chloe,… is that you?" He asked.
Chloe didn't answer. She stood in front of the kitchen sink looking out the window.
Her hair and clothes were drenched with rain.
"Chloe,…hey how was work?"
Chloe turned to him with tears in her eyes. "Do you still love her?"
Clark was confused. "What are you talking about?"
Chloe's voice trembled. "Lana."
Clark giggled. "Chloe, why are you upset?"
"Answer me, Clark." She said, her voice raising.
Clark lost the smile upon his face. "Where is this coming from?"
"I got a visit from Lex at the Daily Planet today. He said that he paid you a visit about a week ago and you told him that you still have feelings for Lana. That I was just some-one you settled for."
Clark felt a fire rage inside of him. How dare Lex turn things around on him. He never said a word about Lana and Lex knew good and well. "And you actually believed him." Clark said as he walked over to Chloe. "C'mon, Chloe. You know me better than that."
Chloe swallowed hard. "I thought that the other night when we kissed, and you laid down next to me, wrapping me in your arms that we were finally finding our way. That I actually meant something to you." She paused to catch her breath.
"It did, Chloe. You me everything to me."
"Do you still love her?"
Clark didn't know what to say. Apart of him would always love Lana. "Chloe,…" He pleaded.
His silence was truth enough. Chloe turned and hurried out the door. Clark followed after her, stopping her before she could get into her car. The rain falling down upon them hard.
"Chloe,…you have to listen to me." He lifted her chin to see her eyes. "Do you want the truth?"
Chloe nodded yes, her tears mingling with the rain. "Yeah, I deserve the truth."
Clark batted his eyes to keep the rain out. "The truth is I will always love Lana. She was my first crush. The girl I spent my evenings dreaming of. But The day I met you I knew that there was something about you that pulled me in. And it scared me in such away, that I decided not to pursue it. It was never about Lana, Chloe. It was me." He paused. "Tell me that you don't still love Jimmy. That if he came back you wouldn't remember the good days you shared and miss those moments in time that you had."
"I was never in love with Jimmy. I just didn't want to be alone." She whimpered. "It's always been you, Clark. I've always loved you." She was a mean person. She cared very much for Jimmy. In a way she loved him and she did miss him when he first left but things got better and she healed. But she never healed from Clark, no matter how hard she tried. She couldn't move on. She felt like a part was missing the whole time he wasn't near.
Clark reached out to take her hand, pulling her slowly into him. He placed his left hand on the small of her back, and his right hand on the left side of her face. "I'm in love with you, I have been for the longest time. You're the girl for me,…" He remembered the ring. He disappeared into the house and back before Chloe could flinch. He got down on one knee. "Chloe, I don't want anyone other than you. I'll always be faithful and true. Will you marry me?"
Chloe's knees got weak. Her hands begin to tremble. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. It was like her prayers were finally answered. "Yes." She cried. "Yes."
He placed the ring onto her finger and stood up pulling her in for a kiss. His lips slowly traveling with hers in sink. He lifted her up and super sped into the house. She had made him a very happy man. He didn't know what Lex was up to trying to come between them, but he would find out. And he would pay for his actions.
