I do not own Smallville.

This story is eventually, be a Clois one, but it's going to take time, as I want to evolve like their relationship does in the series. Let me know what you think of Chloe and Jason and Oliver and Estrella. :). Read, enjoy and, please, review.

Chapter 7: Love and betrayal-part 1.

A month later, the newlywed couple returned from their honeymoon, both looking very happy and tanned. As husband and wife, they spent a couple of days with Lex's mother in Star City, before returning to Metropolis. Clark had never seen his friend happier and that made him have hope for Lex, as he did worry about him, but he was happy with Desiree, which put his mind at ease.

Chloe and Jason were now officially, boyfriend and girlfriend and Jason had taken a job in Metropolis, so that he could be as close to both his mother and girlfriend as he possibly could.

On a Saturday morning, when Chloe, Lois and Estrella were having lunch in Oliver and Clark's flat, Lois asked, "So, Chloe, have you and Jason told the papers that you're together?"

Chloe shook her head and replied, "Of course we haven't; it's none of their business, so why should we tell them?"

"Because he's Jason Teague and people are interested in his personal life and you're his girlfriend and the press are going to find out." As she stood up, she asked, "Where are they guys anyway? We're in their flat, but they're not here."

"Oliver's closing a business deal at his office, with my brother," replied Estrella.

Lois turned to her. "Ok, what the heck is going on between you and Oliver? You're obviously crazy about each other, so what's taking you so long?"

Estrella looked down at her hands and whispered, "It's complicated. I broke up with Clark because of Oliver and then, before I could tell him that, he said that he was accepting the fact that he and I would never be together. Knowing Oliver, it's probably his way of protecting himself. As far as I know, he's never had a girlfriend. I just-I just wish that something would make him make a move. Does that make sense?"

Her friends agreed, then Chloe asked, "How about the three of us go to the beach today? Just us girls? We can ask Kara if she'd like to come, which I'm sure she could, considering that the newly weds are going to be back soon." Lois and Estrella agreed and Estrella walked into her room and began packing clothes for the beach.

The door opened and Jason came in. He walked over to his girlfriend and enveloped her in a hug, at which point Lois stood up and went to the kitchen, as she did not want to see her cousin behaving like that.

"How's your day going?" Jason asked, as he took Lois's place on the sofa and took hold of Chloe's hands.

"It's been ok, thanks. Lois, Estrella and I are going to go to the beach for the weekend. Do you want to come with us?" She knew that Lois and Estrella would not mind if Jason went. He replied that he would love to, then Chloe went to the kitchen to get a drink. Lois was sitting at the kitchen table, reading and she refused to go back into the sitting room, whilst Jason was there, with her cousin.

Chloe sat back down with her boyfriend and he turned on the T.V. After a while of just watching the rugby, Jason asked, "Chloe, in high school, did anything ever happen between you and Clark?"

Very surprised at this question, Chloe looked up from her book and replied, "No. Clark and I are just friends and we always have been."

"Yeah, but you did have feelings for him, in high school, didn't you?"

"Yeah, I did, but we were just friends." Her eyes met with Jason's and she knew that he wanted more of an explanation. "He was always either drooling over Lana or dating her, so Lois and I never really stood a chance. There-there were moments between us, when I thought that something might happen, that we could be more than friends, but it never happened, so I accepted that and moved on. Have you moved on from Lana?" she asked, in a gentle voice.

Jason shrugged. "She was my first love. I guess a part of me will always love her, no matter who I'm with." He had not meant to be so honest, but Chloe picked up on it and she knew that, deep down, she and Jason were not meant to be together, because he was still in love with Lana and he always would be.

Sighing, Jason asked, "When-when was Lana first…intimate with Clark, do you know?"

Chloe chuckled and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I know. I had the unforchante experience of walking in on them once and I was scarred for life." She laughed, then returned to her serious composure. "They did it when they were 19, after being together for three years. They loved each other and, to be honest, I was surprised that they hadn't done it before then. Soon after that, Lana moved in with Clark and his parents and a year later, they married. It was all so simple, they had such a simple relationship-or on the surface, that's how it seemed."

"Did she ever mention or talk about me? I mean, when she was with Clark?" Jason inquired, in a voice so soft that Chloe nearly missed it.

Chloe bit her lip and replied, "She told me that she often wondered where you were, because you disappeared after they left school. She also said that, when you were together, you didn't want to make love with her. Is that true?"

Jason ran his hands through his hair and squeezed Chloe's hands. "We were 15 and 16. Of course I loved her, but it never occurred to me that I should have done that with her. I've never loved anyone the way I've loved her. I've never been intimate with anyone, because I can never get close enough, because I'm worried that they'll either leave me or die."

"Is that why you broke up with Lana?"

"I broke up with her to protect herself from me, but I loved her with all of my heart." There was a silence and he asked, "You won't leave me, will you?"

Chloe replied with a kiss on the lips and squeezed his hands back. "Even if this ends and we're just friends, I will always be here for you." She knew that her relationship with Jason was not going to last, so there was no point in pretending that they had something special, something permanent, because that would have been unfair to her and to him. Jason kissed her back and Chloe smiled, more to herself than to her boyfriend.

The door to Oliver and Clark's flat opened and Clark and Kara walked in. Kara had her youngest nephew in her arms and Matthew and Lewis followed.

Lois heard Clark and Kara enter and returned to the sitting room and asked, "Hey, Kara, do you want to come with me, Chloe and Estrella to the beach for the weekend? And Jason's coming too!"

Kara agreed and returned home to begin packing. Clark walked over to his old friend and asked, "Why are you going?"

"I can swim, you know, Clark." Jason laughed; he knew why Clark was asking, but his relationship with Chloe was none of Clark's business, so he was not going to give him an answer.

A couple of hours later, when Lois, Chloe and Kara were ready to go to the beach, with Jason, they called Estrella and she did not reply, so they went to Oliver's flat, where she was staying. Upon not finding Estrella, they decided to go and tell Oliver that she was not there.

"What do you mean she isn't in my flat? She should be there!" Oliver was very angry that his friend was not there. He crossed the length of his office and asked, "Did anything look disturbed in her bedroom? Did it look as if anything strange had happened in there?"

"Yes." They turned to see Estrella's twin brother, Santiago. He walked over to Oliver. "My father received a phone call which threatened Estrella's life, but he didn't take it seriously, because…he's our father. Oliver, I think I know who has taken Estrella, but I need your help to find her."

Oliver walked back over to his desk. "Of course I'll help."

Santiago left to go back to his residence in Metropolis and he told Oliver that he would call Oliver as soon as he had any information of his sister's whereabouts. Oliver sat back down in his chair and his eyes fell on the photo of him and Estrella, when they had been children. What if he never saw her again? What if he never had the chance to tell her how much she meant to him? That he loved her. He suddenly remembered that Chloe, Lois and Kara were there and asked, in a faked cheerful voice, "Shouldn't you three ladies be on your way to the beach?"

Lois shook her head and replied, "No. We're not leaving until we know Estrella's ok." She hesitated, then she added, "Oliver, we know how much Estrella means to you and she feels the same way about you."

"No. She doesn't."

Kara rolled her eyes and snapped, "Yes, she does, Oliver. She broke up with Clark because of you; because she wanted to be with you, but you closed yourself off before she had the chance to tell you that. And now she's gone and she'll never know how you feel!"

Running his hands through his hair, Oliver whispered, with tears in his eyes, "She'll die without ever knowing; I never had the guts to tell her…" He broke off and wiped away his tears. "Can you leave me alone? Please?" The last word was almost him begging them, so the three of them left silently, as Oliver prayed that Estrella was alright.

As they returned at Chloe and Lois's flat, Clark walked in and, seeing the look on their faces, asked, "What's going on?"

Kara sighed and told him that Estrella was missing and that people were searching for her, but Oliver was broken.

At lunchtime, Dr. Vincent Swann and Alba Lopez arrived in Metropolis and went directly to their son, who told them that he could find no trace of Estrella anywhere and that the police had no idea where she was. Alba declared that she was never going to give up on her daughter, but her partner told her that it was no use: Estrella was really gone and there was no point in pretending otherwise.

Alba and Vincent made their way to Queen Tower, where Oliver was sitting on his laptop, trying desperately to find Estrella. Upon seeing Alba and Vincent, he stood up. "Dr. Swann, Ms. Lopez, how are you?"

Alba walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. "We've been better, Oliver, but so have you, I daresay." There was a silence, then she whispered, "Oliver, we can't find Estrella."

"She has to be somewhere!" Oliver cried. "She has to be somewhere! I've lost everyone I have ever loved. I don't want to lose her too!"

Dr. Vincent raised his eyebrows and asked. "Do you love my daughter?"

Looking down at his feet, Oliver nodded. "Yes, I do."

"Did you tell her?" Alba asked, although she had a sickening feeling as to what the answer was.

The answer was in Oliver's facial expressions and he ran his hands across his face and whispered, "I can't-cannot believe that she's really gone."

Before Estrella's parents could offer him a word of comfort, he picked up his coat and walked out of the room and made his way to Chloe and Lois's, as he did not want to be in his flat at the moment, as there were memories of Estrella there.

It was late evening before Oliver spoke to his friends and even then, he said very little to any of them; he felt guilty that he had not taken his chance with Estrella when he had had it, right in front of him. Why had he been so scared to take a risk? It would have been worth it. He loved her. Chloe made dinner for the others, but Oliver refused to eat and he sat on the window seat, looking out at the rain, as it fell from the sky, onto the window pain and down onto the pavements.

Lex entered, with Desiree at his side and Chloe saw Kara's facial expression darken; she knew that this would be hard for Kara, but she also knew that Kara was strong and that she would get past it and find someone else.

Lex walked over Oliver. "Oliver," he spoke in a quiet tone, "I've found Estrella."

"Don't even say that, Lex!" Oliver snapped, glaring at him. "It's a sick joke, even for you!"

Sighing, Lex tried again. "Oliver, I wouldn't lie to you. Not about this. I know what it's like to love someone like you love Estrella. I know how that feels and I know how it feels when you lose them."

Oliver ignored him and continued to look out of the window at the rain.

"Oliver?" he heard her voice and turned around and saw that she was standing by the door. She was alive. She was here.

He ran over to her, bent down and kissed passionately kissed her and she kissed him back with the same force. They both closed their eyes and her arms travelled up to his neck and she left them there, as it felt like a safe position and his hands found her waist. When their kiss ended, they both opened her eyes and rested their heads against each other and felt the tears of the checks of the other. Oliver reached out and wiped away her tears. "You're alive." He whispered.

Joining her hands together around his neck, Estrella nodded. "Si. And I'm never leaving again, at least not without you. Where I've been doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm here and I'm with you, Oliver." She went on her tiptoes and they kissed again, before embracing each other in a tight hug.

Meanwhile, their friends watched, both glad and stunned, as they could not believe that Oliver and Estrella were finally together. Their happiness was great, as Oliver and Estrella made a good couple.