Dear friends, sorry for the long wait...if you are still waiting. College killed me this past semester. Starts back in a few days, so thought better wrap this up. Hope everyone had a lovely holiday.

Chapter 14 … A few months later

Chloe POV

Dear Journal,

Clark and I have been together for a year now and there had been some getting use to. Clark finally moved in with me and we coped with the fact that in the middle of a date or something else he would have to leave and go help someone else. I know that he is helping other people, but it is so easy to want to be selfish and keep him to myself. I would never do that granted, but I do love my alone time with him. I think keeping the journal will help me get all the bad feelings out, so I don't have to be curt when I know he would much rather stay with me too. I am so happy Clark accepted to move in with me. He was over at my place pretty much all the time, but I didn't think he wanted to ask considering our history. Clark is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I am so happy he is still the best thing in my life. Work is still work. I am "Top Banana" if you will. Perry has became a father figure to me and I love his work ethic. I still love journalism and digging to the bottom of every story. Now that I am getting more "famous" for my work, people have noticed Superman and my close relationship, which puts Clark and my relationship a little more awkward. I don't like that Clark has to compete with Superman, it is just crazy. Sounds like Clark just came in the house, so I will be signing off for now.

Chloe

"Hey Chlo, what are you up to?" Clark asks poking his head into my office.

"I am just writing in my new journal." I reply holding up my new leather bound journal.

"I didn't know you kept a journal. Am I in it?" Clark asks coming over and reaching out for it.

I pull it away. "Hey...this is private. Plus I just started it, so that is why you didn't know I kept one." I say smirking. "But to answer your question, yes you are in, but in a good way." I take my journal, reach up on my tip toes and kiss on the cheek and walk past him to our bedroom and put the journal in my nightstand. "So you take care of everything out there today?"

"Sure did. There was a nuclear reaction at the power plant, but I was able to get it under control before it got bad."

"That is great."

"I have some news though." Clark says almost quietly. I turn around and give him a questioning look. "I stopped by work and Perry wants me to fly to Cuba and get a story down there, by myself."

"But we are partners?!" I exclaim.

"I know, but he says it is a one person job and you are too important to go down and he needs you hear for the Presidential speech." Clark explains. I understand what he means, but I hate that we are getting broke up for two separate stories, I have kind of become attached to the fact that Clark and I are partners at work.. "I know it is not ideal, mostly because we will be split up on this assignment, but also because I have to fly coach." Clark says smiling at me.

"Awe poor baby, you have to fly coach." I say smiling at him. "It really does crack me up that you are scared of flying."

"In a plane. I just don't like the waiting and being in the plane. Too much turbulence." Clark complained. At this point I can't help but to start laughing. "It's not funny, it is scary." Clark says and swoops me up in his arms. "It's like you not being in control at work. A scary thought right." I just smile at him.

"So when do you leave?"

"Well that is the rest of the bad news. I have to leave tonight on the red eye." Clark frowns at me.

"That does suck! For how long?" I almost whine.

Clark smiles at me. "Well I suppose until I land and get checked into the motel and then I could come back by here and see you in the morning before you go to work in the morning." Clark says and winks at me.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" I question. "Not that I don't want to see you, but what if you miss something down there or someone here sees you?"

"I suppose you are right, but I could be stealth."

"I just don't want you to get into trouble." I say concerned.

"I was worried too, but I think you are right. We could just be like a normal couple and I will call you and email you." Clark smiles at me.

I shake my head and go to start helping him pack his things for the next week.

Later that night.

"Hey Clark" I yell from the bathroom just finishing my nightly shower. "Do you want me to just drive you to the airport? Then I could wait for you to board the plane?"

I hear him walking towards the bathroom and open the door. I am standing in only my underwear. He smirks at me while reaching down to button his long sleeve shirt up. He is wearing his blue jeans and a plaid shirt and he looks delicious. "First off, you look wonderful." Clark states and walks forward and kisses my neck. "But are you sure you want to come to the boring airport with me?"

"Exactly my point. I don't want you to be alone at the boring airport. So I guess that makes up my mind, I will drive you and see you off." I say smirking up at him.

"Sounds wonderful." Clark replies and kisses my shoulder and walks out of the bathroom.

I finish getting ready and drive Clark to the airport. We go in and get him all checked in. I snuggle with him in the lobby area while waiting on his flight to get called.

"Are you upset that I have to go?" Clark whispers in my ear.

"Not really upset, just sad I won't get to see you for a week."

"You could get to see me." Clark says back.

"We already talked about that." I smile at him and turn my head to look at him since I was sitting practically on his lap, well as much as you can in two airport chairs. "I will just miss you." I say snuggling back into him.

"I will miss you too. More than you know." Clark says hugging me closer.

We must look like the biggest nerds ever, but it really doesn't bother me. I love being with him and I don't care what we look like at this point. Then his flight gets called. Clark stands up and I walk him to the gate.

"I will call you tomorrow." Clark says. "I love you."

"I love you too." Then Clark gets on the plane, turning back for one second to wave at me I wave back.

I watch his plane take off from inside the airport, and I don't know why, but a few tears escape my eyes. I know it is insane. He will literally be gone a week and I know he is coming back, but I still can't help to be sad he is leaving. I think it has to do with the fact that we haven't gone a year without seeing each other at least once a day. We just recently started living together, but sharing a bed has been a thing for us for quite some time too.

I go out to my car and start driving home. I decide to stop at a gas station pretty close to my house. I mean no one is there, but it is also super late, or early depending on how you look at it, and I fill up my tank and grab a coffee. I am not super tired right now, so I will drink my coffee and watch some news when I get back to our place.

I get in my car and take off. I am almost home when I see headlights turn on right to my left and a car come barreling out of a alleyway and hit the side of my car.

A few hours later...I think.

I wake up and I am tied up in a dark room. My feet are tied together and my hands are tied in front of me. I lean my head down and I feel I have some big bumps on my head. I can taste blood, so I know I have bitten my lip, or split it somehow.

"Good you're awake." I hear and immediately my eyes fly open. Of course. Then lights are turn on and for a second blind. Pete is sitting in front of me across the room. "You have been out for quite some time Chloe. I was starting to worry. I mean I knew you still had a heartbeat, but I was thinking that not bringing in a doctor might have not been a wise choice. Then again, what doctor would have looked the other way. Am I right?" Pete asked. I did not answer. "Not feeling too chatty? Oh well I suppose. You know I told you I would be back for you. I didn't forget about you cheating on me Chloe." This guy is crazy I think to myself. "I have been watching you for about a year now and you just would not leave Clark's side, that is until tonight. I saw him board the plane and you crying...boohoo. Did he leave you again? Is he off on a new adventure without you? Just in case that is not it, I decided I would make sure I got you tonight. I watched you at the gas station and then figured you would come home. So I waited in the alley. Gotcha."

"You're insane." I say not being able to stay quiet any longer.

"May be..." Pete says stroked his chin. "But I will not be made into a fool. You will be mine whether you like it or not. And this time Chloe, it will be on my terms not yours." He gets up from his chair and walks to in front of me. Bends down and grabs my face. It hurts and I try not to give him the satisfaction, but I can't help but to wince. "Does that hurt? Well you will feel better after a while." Then he lets go and then slaps me across the cheek. "Just not right now." He stands up, walks across the room and turns off the lights, and then I hear the door open and shut.

Now I am back in the dark and I start to cry.

Clark POV

I landed about 6am and go straight to the motel. I text Chloe and let her know I made it here and pass out. Around 10am I wake up see that I still don't have a text from Chloe. She must be at work by now, so I decide to call her. If she can I know she will answer, but if not I will just leave a voicemail. Sure enough at the forth ring her voicemail kicks in. "Hello, you know how this works." I smile at her no nonsense voicemail and leave her a quick message. "Hey babe, I made it down here. I miss you already. Call me when you can. I have some time before the event starts. Perry just wants me down here early, as you know. Okay bye. Love you."

I decide that I might as well go site seeing while I am here. I walk around my town I am in. Buy some little things I think Chloe might enjoy, then grab some food. It is so weird for me not to be on high alert while I here. At first I was nervous, but the crime has been so low at Metropolis, probably because the criminals are nervous I could fly down and take them out at any time.

My phone goes off and I see I got a new email from Chloe. I sit down on a park bench and open the email.

Clark. I am at work, which I am sure you already knew. :D I miss you. Hope to talk soon. Chloe

sent from iPhone

Wow that was short and sweet, but I understand, it must just a super busy day at the office. I feel almost guilty for my co-workers that they must be swamped with work and I am lounging around Cuba, soaking up the sun. I hit reply.

Hey Chloe. I miss you too. I hope we can talk tonight. I hope it is not too busy at work. Talk to you soon.

Love,

Clark

sent from iPhone

I send the email and get off the park bench and head back to the motel.

Chloe POV

It could have been 30 minutes, it could have been 3 hours, it was so hard for me to keep track of time, but I hear the door open back up and then the lights kick back on.

"Well Clark thinks all is well." Pete holds up my phone. "He thinks you are at work and all is well. As a matter of fact he replied pretty quickly. I think he misses you. Who cares though?" Pete asks as he tucks my phone into his pants pocket. "So you hungry? I have some food for you." He stands up and opens the door and grabs a plate from a table outside the door and brings it over to in front of me. "I will feed you, here you go." He says bringing the fork to directly in front of my mouth. On the fork it looks just like scrambled eggs, but I am not giving him the satisfaction of feeding me. "Open your mouth Chloe or I will shove the fork into your cheek so you scream out in pain." At this I feel like it my only option and open my mouth. He gingerly puts the fork in my mouth. "Now close your lips on the fork and take the food and eat it." I do as I am told. We do this until all the eggs are done. He even makes me drink water. "Okay I will be back later tonight. Had to get your energy up for what we will be doing." Then he winks at me. Then he takes the food, fork, and drink with him, turns off the lights and back out the door.

Clark POV

I fell asleep super early. I had the first part of the event this morning and considering it is a three day event I wanted to make sure I was there super early to get as much interviews done with the locals. Around 6pm I decided to go back to the motel and get some dinner. No sooner than I get in my room and the phone is ringing. I sprint over to the phone hoping to speak with Chloe since the only communication I have had with her is that email from yesterday morning.

"Hello." I say into the receiver.

"Clark. This is Perry. Have you heard from Chloe?" He asked straight to the point.

"Well I got an email yesterday morning, but that has been it. Is something wrong." I am ready to be home already right now.

'Well don't freak out Clark, but all I have gotten is an email too. It said she was undercover on a story, but I didn't authorize any story other than the Presidential I had already assigned. I tried to call her, but no answer, also I emailed back and no answer. I mean it doesn't mean anything is definitely wrong, but I am worried about her. So I would like you to go ahead and get on the next plane out. Don't freak out though. I am on this. I am sure I am just being paranoid and Chloe really is just undercover. Be safe son and see you soon." Perry then hung up the line.

I called the air port and had my ticket changed to tonight. So the earliest people could see Clark was noon tomorrow, which is fine. I will be Superman until then. I grabbed all my stuff and flew home.

Outside Chloe and my place, I see all the lights off and there is a black car sitting out front. I fly down quickly to the upstairs balcony door. I scan the place and no one is inside. I look through the house down at the car and there is a person sitting inside the car keeping an eye out at our place. I go in through the balcony and don't turn any lights on. I am already in my Superman attire and leave all of Clark's things in the house. I decide to go see Perry. I get to The Planet and fly right into the newsroom. Then walk into Perry's office.

"Superman. What are you doing here? Never mind of course, Clark got a hold of you right?"

"Yes. Have you heard anything from Ms. Sullivan?" I say in my stern Superman voice.

"Unfortunately not. I am sure Clark filled you in. We have heard nothing from her. I have some other reporters out looking, but to no avail." Perry seemed really upset about the turn of events.

"Well I will be out looking to now." Then I left his office. I have a good ideal on where to start this search.

Chloe POV

I hated just sitting here not being able to do anything against him. Then I hear the door open. The lights didn't turn on though. All of a sudden I am picked off the ground. I start to squirm in the arms, then I realize I know this arms and then he speaks.

"Chloe it is me, Superman. Please stay calm." Clark whispers.

"Oh thank gosh. Pete has me here."

"I know. This is going to seem weird but I am going to hide you in the rafters in this room and wait for him to come back in here and tie him up in here with the same ropes." Clark explains taking the ropes from my arms and legs.

"Why wait?"

"Well I don't know where he is, and I don't want him to find out that you are not still here and then leave and then this might happen again. I am so sorry I left."

"Don't be like that. I am fine. A little weirded out, but happy you are here now." He flies me up to the rafters and there is platform for the lights and sets me down on the platform. Clark hold me in his arm.

"I am so pissed that he hurt you. I can't wait for him to show his face."

"Superman don't do anything you will regret later." I say looking at him.

"Look I will not regret this." Clark says sternly and gently rubs my arms. "I hear him coming. Wait here and stay low. I don't want him to know you are still here." Clark says as he sets me on the platform by myself and flies over the door.

Sure enough the door flies open and all the lights turn on.

"What the hell!" I hear Pete exclaim. "Where is she?"

Then I hear Clark slam into him. Then I start to hear some punching. I peak over the side of the platform and Clark has almost beaten him to death. I can't but to whisper "Clark please stop, this is not you." As soon as I say it his hand freezes in the air and grabs him up and ties him up in the same place I was. He flies up to me.

"We need to call the police." Clark says.

"Pete had my phone in his shirt pocket." Clark leaves and sure enough it is still there and not broken, considering how much of beating he took I am surprised to say the least. Superman calls the police and we wait for them to get the factory Pete was keeping me at. His henchmen are taken into custody as well. The police assure us that Pete will be in jail for a very long time. Superman tells the police chief that he will see me home.

Clark POV

I take Chloe home after we get all the police business. She changes clothes and wants to eat before she takes her shower, which I can understand. While she is changing and washing up a little I make some dinner. I pour us each a glass of wine to eat with our dinner. Chloe walks in her panties and one of my plaid shirts. I love when she wears that, but I know she is probably not in the mood for that. We talk about everything that happened and she swears she is fine and she is just happy I got there when I did. She gets to the point in the story when Pete states he was going to come back and from the sounds of what he said he was going to rape her. I get so upset I knock over my wine and it dumps all over Chloe. She jumps up and starts laughing and goes into the bathroom to wash it off her waist and legs. I jump up and follow her apologizing the whole way.

"You're fine Clark. If this is the worst thing that happens tonight, I think I will make it."

"I could do that for you." I say watching her clean the wine off her legs.

"You want to clean off my legs." She says smirking.

"Mostly I just want to touch you."

She looks at me in the eye and takes the shirt off, leaving her in her bra and panties. "Are you sure?" I ask hesitantly.

"I only want you to touch me."

I walk over slowly and take the cloth and run hot water over it and start at her feet and slowly wipe all the wine off both legs. Then I lean over and start a bubble bath. I stand up behind her and slide on bra strap down and kiss all over her shoulder. While kissing I massage her back with my hands being gentle. Chloe gasp and I make sure she is fine. I kiss the other shoulder and slowly pull her bra off all together. I let my hands wander to her breasts and massage them from behind. I kiss down her spine to right where her panties sit. I reach over and turn off the bath. I slide my hands down her stomach to just inside the front of her panties and tease her a little with my fingers. She moans and pushes into my fingers. I pull away and stand up. Chloe groans with disappointment. I slide her underwear down and lift her into the bath. I sit in the floor next to her. Cleaning her and arousing her further. After I touched every inch of her I helped out of the bath and helped dry her body. Without saying a word she took me by the hand and led me to our bed where we spent the rest of the night making love.

Chloe POV – 1 month later

Dear Journal,

So Clark and I are still doing great. He was a little over protective after the whole kidnapping debacle, but is doing better now. Last night Clark proposed and I of course accepted. I can't wait to start our lives as a married couple. I will be Chloe Lois Lane Sullivan Kent. That makes me smile at the ridiculousness of it. Chloe Kent. I like the sound of that. I don't know how much time I will have to write in the next few months, with planning the wedding and probably buying a new house for us. Clark is amazing and I am so glad we will be together forever. Clark just came in the house, so I am signing off.

Chloe