Then Clark said, "Basically, Yeah. But the world blew up. I tried to save it but…I was too late."

"Wait…are you saying that if they get together in this world too you're afraid this world will blow up?" Andrea asked a hint of fear in her voice.

"No. I took care of that big bad in this reality already."

"So what's the problem?" Andre asked relieved.

"I'm not sure." Clark said. Then George turned the communicator off.

Chloe stood frozen, unsure of what to do.

"Wow." George said baffled. "You're friend has an interesting…"

"He must have been talking about some crazy dream." Chloe added quickly.

"So Clark can see the future? That's one of his abilities too?" George asked, trying to wrap his mind around what was happening. Chloe could tell he had experience with strange things but finding out this was a little more then what he seemed to be used to.

"No. It wasn't this future. He talked about a world where he didn't exist." Chloe said.

In a world where Clark didn't exist she was with George. What did that mean?

"So in a world where he didn't exist we'd be engaged?" George asked looking a little unsettled about that, but at the same time hopeful.

Chloe sat down on the couch, feeling like she would fall on her face.

"Stranger things have happened." Chloe said staring out into space.

George sat besides Chloe pulling a stray blonde strand behind her ear.

"That's true."

"George don't look into it, ok. It's not a big deal." Chloe said dismissively.

"Of course not." Then George leaned in to kiss her.

Chloe stopped him.

"George I don't think this is such a great idea."

"Why not?"

"I just think we're moving too fast. I don't really know what this is. I just got out of a relationship through a letter. And all of this…"

"Then we take this slow."

George kissed Chloe's cheek, nibbling on it making his way to her lips. Chloe pushed him away. Chloe stood up still a little freaked out, folding her arms.

Then George stood up.

"I thought you said it wasn't a big deal?"

"It's not." Chloe said not looking directly at George.

"Clearly." George said sarcastically.

Chloe turned around facing George.

"Well, it's just…"

"Just what?" George waited for Chloe's answer. Chloe pursed her lips about to speak but saying nothing.

Then George said, "It's not just some crazy dream of Clarks. Is it?"

Chloe twitched her eyes looking at him. Not sure how to handle this. She felt panicked but she couldn't pin point the source of the panic on one thing. She was overcome by fear. Fear of getting something she never knew she wanted, fear of moving to fast, fear of the world ending, fear of a world with out Clark, fear of letting George into her world; a world he already had most of himself in.

Then she said, "No it's not. Clark told me about it."

"He did?" George asked taken aback.

"So you knew about us?"

"No, Clark left that part out, conveniently."

Chloe said irritated. And then she started thinking out loud.

"Come to think of it though, I think he tried to tell me, before. He acted kind of strange after he first met you, asking me if I liked you right away."

"Hmmm. Interesting." George said amused by the concept of Clark wonering if Chloe liked him.

"Yeah, I don't know what to think about all of this. I don't know what it means if it means anything at all."

"Then don't stress about it."

"You're right. Lets forget about the whole thing. It's late. We probably both should get some shut eye." Chloe said her nerves on the edge.

"Yeah." George said a bit down.

"It's been a long crazy day for the both us."

Then both got ready for bed. Chloe hoped into Lois' bed, George lied on the couch. As she laid down, Chloe felt awkward. She wanted to say more to George. But what could she say? This was kind of huge. It blew her mind that George- the guy who risked his career to protect her secret- was the same guy she ended up engaged to in a world where Clark didn't exist. She didn't know what it meant. Did it mean that George and her were meant to be together or just that in a world without Clark she would be with him. She didn't like thinking about a world where Clark never existed. She shuddered at the very thought. It physically hurt her to think about. She could remember how unbelievably frightened she thought for that brief second that Clark would just stop existing. A world without Clark Kent? That would mean the end of the world. Now everything that had happened weighed on her. Clark was doing the whole guilt thing earlier, blaming himself for her losing her freedom. But what if her life would be better without Clark? It was a frightening thought. She wondered how she met George in this world and how different their lives would be. It couldn't have been that great. The world ended, Lex Luthor was president, and the meteor infected were enemies of the State. Her life couldn't have been that great.

Chloe thought about George and all of the coincidences that surrounded him. How they met when they were kids, how she saved him, how he protected her secret, how he got him out of jail, and they both had super-powered best friends. Too many coincidences, too many similarities, too many goosebumps rising on her arms.

Chloe turned on her pillow watching George trying to sleep on the couch. He was moving around twitching. She wanted to go to him. She wanted him to come to her. But she was right earlier they were moving too fast. Chloe tossed around looking at the empty wall trying hard not to listen to the sleeping sounds that George wasn't making.