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Lana furious slammed the door of her dorm room. The action caused such a tremor that a picture of her and Clark fell off of her desk. She picked up the cracked picture and said, "How ironic?"

Then a knock came to the door she put the picture back on the desk and opene the door carefully hoping Clark wasn't trying to apologize with some lie yet again. She felt a little more at ease to see that it was Lex instead.

"Hey, Lex come in." Lana said.

Then Lex came in and looked at the cracked picture and said, "Trouble in paradise?"

"Careful Lex I can almost see you gloating."

"Lana, I didn't come here to gloat. I came to see if you were OK. But if you want to talk about it I'm here."

Lana looked at him a bit suspicous and asked, "Why did you come to see if I was OK? Have you been stalking me?"

"Please, Lana I wasn't stalking, persay. I was actually Dr. Miltin Fine who seemed to be following you."

Lana's face scrunched up in recogniztion, "Dr. Fine? Clark's history professor?"

"Yeah, I thought that perhaps he had become one of your admirers but he had still laid camp at who looks to be Chloe's new boyfriend's house."

"And you're not stalking?" Lana joked.

Then Lana asked, "Who is he? What does he want?"

Lex pursed his lips and Lana frustrated and indigant said, "Of course you can't tell me."

Then Lex said, "Lana it's a lot to take. I have my suspicions about him clearly he's not your run of the mill history professor. He's been researching me claiming to expose my 'corporate evil villiany' but I think there is more to it then that."

"What are your theories?" Lana asked intrigued.

"Lana sit down please."

Lana sat down on the bed and patted the cover for him to sit next to her.

"What's going on Lex? Is it about Chloe's new boyfriend? Clark seemed so sure he was being dialobolical but Clark couldn't give me a clear reason to why." Lana said.

Then Lex said, "I'm not sure. I have a man taling Dr. Fine and he is still stalking aorund there. He is supposed to report as soon as he leaves."

"Do you think Chloe's in danger? Maybe he's stalking Chloe."

"I don't know. He could be." Lex said.

Lana got agitated and worried and wrinkled lines appeared on her forehead. Then Lex said, "I don't worry Lana I have my people on it. their trained professionals. They'll protect her."

Then he said, "I just wanted to make sure you were ok."

Lana smiled weakly, "Define ok."

"I'd say breaking the picture of your boyfriend doens't go under the defintion of OK." Lex said with a bit of a smirk.

Then Lana sighed and said, "I don't want to be selfish Lex but it's like he pushes me to this point where I have to make it about us. I love him but I swore I wouldn't put myself through this again if I wasn't sure he wasn't lying to me. It looked like for a second that maybe he was starting to trust me that we started trusting eachother. It really felt like this time would be different but I should have known it would lead me back to the same secrets and lies."

"With Clark it's always is." Lex said.

"And what about you Lex?"

"We all have our secrets but at some point you have to let someone in and I'm sorry I didn't do that before, I was just trying to protect you."

"I'm not a porclain doll, Lex. I can take care of myself."

"I know you can. It's about the space ship. I lied. I know you weren't just seeing things. I have it."

Lana pursed her lips in anger and said, " I knew it. You tried to make me think I was seing things like Clark has."

"I was just trying to protect you. I know I made a lot of mistkaes in my life and keeping you out of this isn't one of them I want to continue to make."

Then he offered his hand out to her to take. Lana stared at his hand for a while and then clasped his hand and said, "Well, then why don't you tell me all about it."

***

Davis sat in the living room on the couch with Andrea on the lazy boy chair. Davis hands scrunced over putting his hnads over his short hair. He then looked up at Andrea's worried expression and said, "So what was in that purse anyway?"

Andrea shrugged, "Nothing."

"I felt that pain before, it's hard to forget."

Andrea tried to look away but Davis chased her with his eyes. His intense chocolate eyes wouldn't leave her.

"It's not my secret to tell."

"But it's my secret. If I have a weakness I deserve to know."

Andrea finally looked him in the eye and said, "I agree. That's why I broguht it here so you would know to stay clear. I didin't think you owuld feel the effects from my purse. Maybe I was wrong."

"Why?"

"I saw what it did to you. Maybe George was right in keeping it from you."

Davis eyes grew furious, "George?!"

"He kept it from you because he's a fraid you'll use it." Andrea said.

Davis looked at her hurt and said, "You think I'd do that?"

"There's that fear but there's a greater fear of you not knowing it being used against you. I thought you deserved to know so you wold know to avoid it. I wasn't thinking I brought a huge dnager in your house. You could have died."

"Andy, it's done so what is it?" Davis asked.

Andrea got up and said, "Ask your brother."

Then she left.

***

Chloe walked around the neighborhood until she was a few blocks away from Davis' and George's house. She admired the nice housing development she was in. Chloe needed this fresh air to give her time to think. She knew Davis She knew Davis must have been an alien and it looked like Davis and George had no idea. She wished she could tell them. Davis needed to know his own orgins. How could he even guess that he was an alien. Clark was the lucky one. He had the parents who found him with space ship, like Clark had told her. Clark was able to discover more about his Kryptonian heritage but how could Davis know or find out with living in foster homes and the streets. Davis didn't have anyone there to fill in the blanks like Clark did. Chloe wanted to be the one to fill in the blanks for Davis and George. She could tell in George's eyes that he was searching answers for his brother so desperately and seemed to always going to dead ends. She didn't know how she could handle that if she didn't have answers for Clark. She remebered her and Clarks talk in the artic how he didn't know everything but his heritage but at least he knew enough. At least he knew where he came from. Chloe reminiscised her feeling of closeness when Clark told her his secret. She swore she wouldn't tell a soul no matter what. And she had to keep that promise now. Clark may have been acting like an over protective jerk but he was still her best freind. She couldn't tell them. But they needed to know the truth. They needed to know where Davis came from.

She whipped out her cell phone and called Clark and Clark answered at the first ring and said, "Chloe where are you?"

"I'm out side of George and Davis neighborhood... look Clark..."

Then suddenly she felt a big gust of wind and she turned around to see Clark.

Clark went straight to Chloe and grabbed her in a great huge gigantic hug.

Chloe then said a bit out of break, "Ok Clark the Kryptonian sized death grip can stop any time now."

Clark let go of her awkwardly and said, "Sorry."

Then he recomposed himself and looked so hopeful and said,"I knew it Chloe. I knew they were keeping you there. I knew you were trapped somehow. They just have something over you and you were just to afraid to say something in front of them. Right?"

Chloe said, "Calm down Clark, I'm fine and they don't have me trapped I just called to talk."

Clark looked at her like a kicked puppy and said, "What is there to talk about? I felt it Chlo. There was Kryptonite there and there isn't any other reason for it to effect Davis other then the fact that he's Kryptonian."

Chloe nodded her head and said, "That's true Clark. That's why need to talk it looks like he is. He needs our help."

Clark stared at Chloe like she lost her mind and said outraged, "Chloe, a ship landed in the second meteor shower. He must have landed with them. He must have been another disciple of Zod. He found you and he's manipulating you for his greater purpose. We have to get you out of here."

Clark said and then he grabbed her arm.

Then Chloe said, "No Clark."

Chloe stared firecly at Clark's firm grasp on Chloe's arm. Then Clark let go and Clark pleaded, "Chloe I don't think your thinking logically here."

"No, Clark there are records of Davis being here before the second meteor shower."

"Records can be forged, mine were."

"Clark, George has known him since they were kids."

"How do you know George is telling you the truth?"

"I just do, OK. I trust him and Davis. I feel it in my gut. I know they're holding osmething back but so am I. I just know they aren't directly lying to me. It doesn't look like they know that Davis is Kryptonain." Chloe said.

"Either way, he's dangerouse."

"So are you." Chloe spat out.

Clark lookedl ike he was hit in the gut by a ton of Kryptonite with that peircing comment.

Then he said in a bit of a crackily voice, "I would never would hurt you."

"Either would Davis, Clark. But I know that he has the potential to be really dangerouse just like I know you do too. Do you think I forgot that summer you went al crazy and rebellious and became a theif. I didn't know you had your powers back then but I knew there was more to it then you just being a rebellious teenager. You were dagerous Clark, but even though you were dangerous didn't mean I stopped being your friend. The same thing goes for Davis. I knew you would never willingly hurt me just like I know Davis would never willingly hurt me."

"Chloe you don't kow that. You barely know him, you can't trust him. You're not thinking with your brain on this." Clark urged.

"Clark when I met you I knew you were different and special and I knew I could trust you right away. And that is the same feeling I have with Davis and George." Chloe said.

Then she continued, "And as for not thinking with my brain, if I was always thinking with my brain I would stop being your friend a long time ago."

Clark's hurt puppy dog look just got worse and worse. Then Chloe continued, "Clark how many times did you come to me wanting my trust with out telling me everything, that's what I'm asking from you now. Just trust me OK. If I'm in real danger I'll call you."

THen Clark cupped Chloe's chhek and looked at her with such intensity and said, "Chloe I can't lose you."

"You won't. But I'm going to ask you to do something for me you won't like."

"What?"

"Give me your permission?"

"For what? to date Davis?" Clark asked.

"No, Clark I don't need your permission for that, but I do need your permission to tell him your secret."