Chapter 14: A Star Necklace
---Next Day at the Daily Planet---
"Hey Smallville." Lois said happily as she answered her cell phone.
"Hey Lo, so are you up for lunch?" Clark asked hopefully.
"Defiantly! Work is slow today and I'm starving!" Lois exclaimed as she spun her chair around once.
"Great, I'll be there in a few." Clark said with a slight chuckle.
"See you then!" Lois said as she hung up the cell phone and placed it back in her purse.
Moments later, Clark was at the Daily Planet and by Lois' desk.
"Hey Clark." Chloe said as she continued to type on her computer.
"Busy Day?" Clark asked Chloe noticing that she was typing fast on her computer, and looking completely concertrated on her computer.
"Very. Well, let me rephrase that. For right now I'm very busy since I'm on a dead line for this story, which is due in a few." Chloe said quickly typed up her article.
"So I take it that you can't make lunch with us?" Clark asked.
"Sorry, no. But Bart is going to pick me up in about an hour and take me down to the cafe' down the street." Chloe replied.
"Well, we'll see you later Chloe, and good luck on that article." Lois said as she stood up from her chair and grabbed her purse.
"Bye guys!" Chloe said as continued to work on her articles.
As Clark and Lois left the Daily Planet, they decided to walk to the restaurant instead of driving since it was a nice summer day.
"So how has your day been Smallville?" Lois questioned as the two walked along the sidewalk.
"Okay, but now it is better now since I'm with you." Clark said with a smile.
"You know, that sounds pretty cheesy, but it actually sounds good coming from you." Lois said with a grin.
As the two walked down the street, they walked by a store. Lois stopped to look in the window as something caught her eye.
"See something?" Clark asked as he stopped to look in this store window as well.
"I was just looking at that star necklace right there. I use to have one like that. My mom gave it to me when I turned six." Lois said as she fell silent.
"How come you never wear it anymore?" Clark questioned as he looked at Lois.
"Believe me, I would, but I lost it whenever we moved when I was 13. I was so mad at myself for losing it." Lois said as she quickly looked away from the necklace.
"Lois, I'm sorry." Clark said.
"Don't be." Lois said quickly as she began to walk again.
The two then headed to the restaurant hand in hand.
---Two Weeks Later---
"Hey Clark, whats up?" Chloe asked Clark as he entered the Talon apartment, while Chloe was cleaning up the apartment.
"I wanted to talk about Lois' birthday with you."
"Okay." Chloe replied as she and Clark sat down on the couch.
"I wanted to show you what I got her for her birthday. You know, I need to check with you to make sure that she will like it." Clark said as her handed Chloe a small box.
Chloe opened the small black box and saw that it was a star necklace.
"Lois use to have one like this. It was from her mom, but Lois doesn't have it any more."
"Yeah, she said that she lost it when she moved."
"Yeah, Lois was pretty mad at herself for loosing it. It was the last gift that Lois got from her mom before she died." Chloe said as she looked at the necklace.
"She never told me that it was the last gift that she received from her mom."
"Yeah, well it was. It was pretty special to her." Chloe said as there was a short silence in the room.
"Well, it's pretty cool that you found one like it." Chloe added with a smile.
"It's not a similar one. It's the same one that her mom gave her."
"What?" Chloe questioned not fully sure of what Clark had just said.
"Look on the back of the necklace."
Chloe looked at the back of the necklace and saw the engraving on the back.
"Wow! It's really the same necklace! Where on earth did you find it?" Chloe said quite surprised.
"You can be surprised what is on Ebay." Clark replied.
Chloe grinned at that and carefully placed the necklace back into the black box.
"So do you think that she will like it?" Clark asked after a moment.
"Clark, she'll love it." Chloe said with a smile.
TBC
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