Part 2



Chloe sat and watched as Lana and Clark started talking.

She really didn't want to hear Lana telling Clark about what happened between her and Whitney, so she did the only thing she could think of. She grabbed her stuff and stood to leave.

"Excuse me guys I have to go. Just lock up when you leave Clark." said Chloe as she walked toward the pair by the door.

Clark and Lana stopped talking and looked over at her. Chloe could tell by the look on Clark's face that he had forgotten she was still in the room. this hurt her even more than before.

"Chloe..., "Clark started as he finally realized what he had done.

"Clark just lock up when you leave." said Chloe as she brushed past him and into the hallway. She had to leave before she started to cry.

"Chloe please.."said Clark ,staring at the young blond woman who was rushing down the hall and out the front doors of the school.

"What was that all about Clark?"asked Lana turning away from the hallway and giving Clark a large smile.

Clark just looked blankly at her. He couldn't really hear her, his mind was on his best friend. He couldn't believe what he had just done. He had totally ignore Chloe as soon as Lana came into the picture. and if that wasn't bad enough he had totally forgotten she was even in the room never mind that they had been talking.



***Oh God I am so stupid.*** thought Clark as he sat on a chair and he wondered exactly when he had turned so stupid over Lana Lang.

"CLARK !!! I was talking to you, were you even listening to me?" yelled Lana with a mad look on her face. She did not like being ignore, especially by Clark.



Clark came out of his thoughts as he watched a flash of anger crossed Lana's face. "Lana I have to go and talk to Chloe." said Clark as he shrugged into his coat and grabbed his keys not really thinking about what he was doing only knowing that he had hurt Chloe badly and he really didn't like that thought .

He bundled Lana out of the Torch office before she could utter a single complaint and locked the door.

"Lana I'll talk to you later I really have to find Chloe." said Clark as he moved away from her and headed out after Chloe.



Leaving Lana, who was getting mad at Clark for brushing her off, alone in the hallway .***Why does he have to go chasing her? ***thought Lana ***Clark has always been half in love with me and now that I'm free and about to let him know that ,the blond witch has to screw it up.*** thought Lana to herself.







Meanwhile Clark had run out of the school and was looking around for Chloe. ***She has to be here somewhere, thought Clark, she only had a few minutes head start on him.***

He looked to his left then to his right and saw that her car was missing. ***Where would she have gone? ***thought Clark. Then it came to him The tree house was the one place Chloe had always gone when she was upset. So off Clark ran. He couldn't use his super speed in case he did come across Chloe on her way to the tree house.



Clark was right, Chloe was on her way to the tree house.

The tree house was on Kent property, but it was further away from the house, nestled in some trees on the side of the farm. It was there that Chloe Pete and Clark had spent there younger days, before Jonathan had built Clark his fortress of solitude.

It was the same tree house Chloe had taken refuge in after her mom had died. She went there when she wanted to be alone. The boys had stopped coming here a while ago, but not Chloe ,this was her refuge.

With tears streaming down her face she climbed out of her car and walked towards the tree. She headed up the ladder and climbed inside. Everything was exactly where she had left it.

She went and sat in the been bag chair in the corner and leaned her head against the wall and tried to calm down. It wasn't her fault that everytime Lana was around Clark forgot about her, she thought.

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