Hey! Like I promised, this chapter has a lot of Pete in it. I wasn't happy with the way that I wrote some of it, but oh well. Please R&R!

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Chapter 3:

Chloe had just finished putting together the obituaries when she looked up from her computer and saw a familiar face.

"Oh my gosh, Pete!" She jumped to her feet and rushed over to him.

"Hey Chloe, surprised?" Pete smiled and hugged his best friend.

"I can't believe that you're here. How did you know that I was working at The Daily Planet?"

"The only way that I could think of to get a hold of you was call your house. So I did. Your dad answered, he told me that you were probably here, so here I am."

"I can't believe this, I'll call Clark." Chloe went back over to her desk and picked up the phone. As she began to dial Pete noticed her left hand. His eyes widened when he saw the ring.

"Hmm…there's no answer at the farm. I'll try his cell." Chloe stated and was just about to dial again when Pete spoke.

"Chloe, you're eng…" He was cut off by another male voice.

"Hey Chloe, I saw your article in the paper and wanted to come and congratulate my…" Clark stopped himself abruptly when he looked up from the newspaper he was holding and saw Pete.

"Pete!" He exclaimed and hurried over to hug him.

"Hi Clark."

"What are you doing in town?"

"Well, my mom got a job here in Metropolis so I decided to transfer to Met. U."

"Really?" Clark and Chloe asked in unison.

"Yup."

"That's great!" Clark replied.

"And I see that I'm not the only one with big news. Clark, did you know that Chloe is engaged?"
Clark quickly looked at Chloe and she bit her lip.

"Well…um…I uh…" Clark stuttered.

"Actually," Chloe cut in as she walked over to Clark, "Pete Ross, meet my fiancé, Clark Kent."

Pete looked from Clark to Chloe before he burst out laughing. "That was funny. You know, you almost had me there." He continued laughing until he realized that they weren't laughing with him. "Wait a minute, you're serious?"

Clark and Chloe slowly nodded.

"Oh, wow. But you two weren't even….and I thought….what happened to Lana?"

Clark remembered what Chloe had told him the previous night and replied, "Actually, Lana is engaged too."

"No way, to who?"

"His name is Jason Teague, she met him in Paris. But that's not the whole story. We'll fill you in later," Chloe explained.

Pete raised his eyebrows as another thought occurred to him. "Um Chloe, can you excuse us for a minute?"

"Um…ok." She said, wondering why Pete wanted to talk to Clark alone.

"Thanks Chloe," Pete took a hold of Clark's arm and pulled him to the side. "Ok, I'm assuming you told her before you popped the question?"

"Told her what?" Clark asked, his eyebrows furrowing together in confusion.

Pete looked around cautiously before whispering, "Your secret."

"Oh, yeah she knows. She's known for a little over a year now."

"So you told her?"

"Well not exactly, long story short, she saw me catch a car and super speed. And then I lost my memory and she became aware of my other abilities. After all that happened, I decided to tell her that I was from another planet," Clark explained swiftly.

"Wow, did I miss a lot or what?"

"And that's just the short story."

Pete walked back over to Chloe, "So I hear that you know the big scoop on Clark Kent."

Chloe smiled, "That I do." She looked up at Clark, a look of pride crossing her face.

"So…when's the wedding?" Pete asked.

"Well, seeing that we've only been engaged for like two days, we don't know yet." Chloe replied.

"Oh," Pete turned to Clark, "How did your parents take the news?"

The smile that was on Clark's face quickly disappeared, "My mom was really happy for us. Um…my dad…"

When a painful expression crossed Clark's face, Pete knew that something was wrong.

"My Dad died of a heart attack a little while back."

"Oh, man I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to..."

"It's ok, you didn't know."

Clark and Chloe together explained all the events that lead up to his father's death. Including the fateful day that Clark lived twice. By the end of their long explanation, Pete was sitting before them, speechless.

Later that day Pete had made his way to the cemetery. I t didn't take him long to find Jonathan's grave, for it was a small cemetery. He slowly crouched down in front of the dark gray stone.

"Hi there, Mr. Kent, I'm not sure exactly what to say, but I thought that I would pay my respects. I would've come to your funeral if I had known that you died. You were a very special man, Mr. Kent. Clark was lucky to have you as a dad. And you did a great job raising him, because as far as I can see, Clark has grown into a great man. I think he'll do some pretty great things. And you don't have to worry about him, he's in good hands. Chloe loves him and she'll take good care of him." Pete didn't know what else to say so he slowly stood up. "Good-bye, Mr. Kent."

With that Pete headed back towards his car.

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