"Sure." I said. "I'll give ya hand. " Chloe said. "Allison Chloe go up top I'll go on the bottom." Clark said. "1..2…3….." We lifted the bed. We quickly got it up stairs in to the guest room. "Are you sleeping in the master's bedroom?" He asked. "Yeah." I said. "Duh Clark." Chloe said. We laughed. "We first picked up the bed frame for the Master's room and Clark and I carried to up while Chloe brought the other box. Then Clark took up the box spring and I took up the mattress WE finally got the beds up. First I put the master's bed together. Then I made it. Then I walked into the room next to it and saw that Clark and Chloe had already finished making up the bed. "Thanks guys. Now the dresser." I said. The dresser was easy. "We're now done." I announced. I had already brought my dresser up and the Twin in the room next to mine was already up there. "There's 3 extra rooms with no beds what are you going to do with them?" Chloe asked. "Well I'm sleeping in the masters bedroom the one next to it is a guest room. The one next to that is a room for my 7 best friends to hang out in. The one after that is for my 3 guy best friends. The last is just for hanging out in." I said. "Very cool." Clark said. "And the clothes in the dresser of the guest room?" Chloe asked. "Do you know how many of my buds pack a pair of clothes for each day and then something accidental happens like they get their period." I said. I watched Clark's face turn bright red. "I get it" She said.

"Are you guys as tired as I am?" I asked. They both nodded. "You guys wanna stay and sleep?" I asked. "If ya want me to I could always go home." Clark said. "You can stay." I said. "I'm staying too." Chloe said. "you guys can sleep in the guest room ok?" I said. "Ok." Clark said. "Night." I said. "Night." I heard them both say. "Wake me if ya need anything." I said. "Ok." I heard them both say.0 I wandered into my new room. I knew I wouldn't see. I rarely do. Leigh my twin sister and one of my best friends thinks I have insomnia. I think she's crazy. See Leigh is 17 my other best friend Rachel is 16, Zoe is 18, Chilly is 18, Shawnee is 19, and Emily is 19 also. I've been best friends with Leigh the longest because she's my sister. Rachel I've know as long as Jamie. I love 'em so much. Then my guy best friends. I've known Sam since I was 11. Jo since I was 12. John since I was 13 or 14. I love them too. I met 'em at Chilly's friend's party. Jo has leukemia. I'm so scared. I'm going to give him a call to check up on him. I dialed his hospital's number on my cell. "Hello." A nurse said. "Hi Can you connect me to room 607 Jo Everet please." I said. "Sure ma'am." The nurse said. I heard him pic up the phone. "Hi Jo." I said. "Hey Allison How's Smallville?" Jo asked. I was so happy I could cry. "It's so great I miss you and everyone so much though." I said. "I miss you and I love you." He said. "I love you too. How ya feeling?" I asked. "Fine and everyone else is too." He said. "How's Sam?" I asked. "He's fine. He's here ya wanna talk to him?" He asked. "Sure." I said. "Hi." I heard Sam's familiar voice on the phone. I think his voice is so cute because he never lost his British accent. "Hi." I said. "What's up?" He said. "Well Sam I met these great people." I said. "That's cool." He said. "I miss you." I said. "Me too." Sam said. "Alright I've gotta go Love you." I said. "Ok Love you too here's Jo." He said. "Tell Jo I said Hi ok? I've must run. I love you guys so much!" I said. "Bye Love ya." He said. I hung up.

I got up and walked towards the guest room. The door was open. I walked in. I thought they were both asleep. "Hey Allison." I heard Clark whisper. "Hey Clark." I said. I noticed Chloe was in the twin. I guess he noticed what I was looking at he said, "She chose to sleep there." "Oh I had a feeling that cuz you're not selfish." I said. He smiled. "Thank you." He said. It was only around 6 am it I honestly didn't care if it was 2 am I enjoyed talking with Clark. "Sit down." He said. I sat on the bed next him. I saw his shoes sitting near the bed. "Jo's fine." I said. "That's good." He replied. "Everyone's calling me on my cell cuz it's brand new. It can be so annoying." I said. "I bet." He said. "How's school?" I asked. "Okay." He said. "Grades?" I asked. " 2 A's 2 B's 1 C's and 1 D." he said. "2.66 GPA?" I asked. "Yup." He said. "Go to sleep now ok?" I said. "Ok." He said. I slowly walked out of the room. My phone then rang. "Hi." I said approaching my room. "Hey." A voice said. "Lex?" I said. "Yeah." He said. "Wanna come over?" I said. "Nope got a business meeting at 8." He said. "Dang it." I said. "You have this way of making me feel guilty Allison. I'll stop by in 10 minutes." Lex said. "Ok." I said. "Bye." He said I hung up. I sat on my bed in silence for 10 minutes. The doorbell rang. I bolted downstairs. "Hi Lex." I said as I opened the door. "Hey Allison." He said. "What's up?" I asked. "I can only stay for 10 minutes. " He said. "Ok you hungry?" I asked. "No thanks why aren't you sleeping?" Lex asked. "Cuz I hate it." I said. "Oh I see." He replied. "How's everyone at the house?" I asked. "My father is being selfish as usual." He said. "Sucks don't it." I said. "I hate my father." Lex said. "No you don't." I said. "You've never met my father." Lex said. "I've never met Miss Kent but I know she's a great lady." I said. "Then you'll now how terrible my dad is." Lex said. He looked so depressed. Poor Lex! "I've gotta go sorry Allison." Lex said. "Bye." I said. He leaned over and kissed my cheek.

He walked out the door. Why does he always kiss me I wondered? I walked back upstairs. I walked into the guest bedroom. "Clark." I whispered. No reply. I went into my room. I said my watch alarm for 12 noon. When I woke up it was 10 am. I checked my voice mail. Nothing. Then I walked into the guest room. Clark was sitting cross-legged on the bed. "Hey." He said. "Hey When did you get up?" I asked. "20 minutes ago." He said. "Why didn't you get me up?" I asked. "You need your sleep too." He said. "Ya hungry?" I asked. "Not if you're not in the mood for cooking something." He said. "What do you want?" I asked. "Surprise me." Clark replied. "Ok Stay up here." I whispered. "Bye." He said. I walked downstairs. I took 2 of the bananas, 2 pears and some strawberries from the fruit Mrs. Kent gave me at set it on the kitchen counter. I got the ice out of the freezer. Then I got the milk out of the fridge. I peeled the bananas and I chopped the stems off the pears and strawberries. Then I chopped them all up. I took the blender out of the cupboard. Then I grinded the ice. Then I put half of the fruits in there. Then poured the milk in and turned it on. Then I waited for a few minutes. I poured half of it in a plastic cup and put it in the fridge for Chloe. Then I poured the rest in to a larger Cup for Clark. Then I made mine. I poured half into a plastic bowl. I went out side to Moose and Ben and feed them half my smoothie. And some dog food. I set his on the table across from mine. I then slowly walked upstairs. "Hi Clark." I called. "Hey." He said. "Breakfast is ready." I said. "Ok." He said. We crept downstairs. "I didn't make much." I said. "It's fine Allison." He said. "Thank you." I said. "You're welcome Allison." He said.

"Do you like Lex's dad?" I asked. "He's not the nicest person. My parents don't like him. Sometimes he can be cool." Clark said. "Ok." I said. My phone rang. Stupid Phone I thought! "Hi." I said. "Hi." Sam said. "Hey!" I said. "Who ya with?" Sam asked. "Clark. I made smoothies for us a little while ago." I said. I mouthed the word "Sorry" to Clark. He mouthed the words "It's Ok." "That's cool. John is with Jo." He said. "I miss you." I said. "Me too." He said. "Tell everyone I said Hey ok?" I said. "Yeah I will I'll let you get back to your smoothie now." He said. "Bye." I said. "I love you." He said. "I love ya too." I said and hung up. "I'm sorry." I said. "It's ok." He said. We both finished our smoothies about the same time. I kinda felt bad that I gave half of mine to the dogs but what Clark doesn't know won't hurt him.

"Wanna go for a walk?" Clark asked. "Sure let me leave Chloe a note." I said. Then I grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled "Going out" on it. He reached for my hand. I let him have it. I unlocked the door. We walked out. "Where we heading?" I asked. 'You wanna walk through the cornfields?" He asked. "Sure. I guess." I said. We first walked through the cornfields that were behind my house. "Tell me about California." He said. "Why?" I asked. "I've never been anywhere but here." He said. "Well maybe when I go to visit I'll take ya guys with me." I said. He smiled. "Anyways it's really sunny. I've never seen snow fall. The ocean is beautiful. They are these really huge mountains. The girls are pretty cool. The boys aren't very nice. Most the guys are sex crazed." I said. He blushed. "Do you want to go out with Lex?" Clark asked. This time I blushed. "He's five years older then me." I said. "So?" He replied. "Well that's a little old don't ya think?" I said. "True." He said. Then we passed his barn. "You can meet my parents now if you'd like." Clark said. "Thanks but I look absolutely terrible." I said. "No you don't come on." Clark said and pulled my hand towards his house. "Clark." I exclaimed. "Ok we won't." He said. "We've gotten this far." I said. Then we passed the loft. "That is where I hang out all the time." Clark said. "In the loft?" I asked. "Yup." He said. He then arrived at Clark's backdoor. He knocked.

"Come In." Clark's mom said. "Hi Mom." He said and leaned over and kissed her cheek. I can just picture as a little boy with his arms around his father's neck. "Hi." Mrs. Kent said. "Hi Mrs. Kent. I'm Allison Dock." I said. "Well Hi." She said. Clark's father stuck out his hand. I shook it. He said, "Hi Allison, I'm Jonathon Kent." He replied. I smiled. "I'm Martha. If you need anything you can drop on by anytime." She said. "Thank you Mrs. Kent." I said. "You're welcome." She replied. "Also thank you for the fruit." I quickly added. "No problem." Mr. Kent replied. I think it was now that Mrs. Kent realized that Clark had entwined his hand in mine. "Hey Mom Dad we have to get back. We left Chloe at the house with a note. Bye Love you." Clark said. "Bye. Love you too son." They both said. "Bye sir. Bye ma'am." I said. "See ya soon Allison." They said. We walked out. "Your parents are nice." I said. "Thank you." He said. "Lex and Chloe were Right." I said. He smiled. As soon as I finished that sentence I got a call form Chloe. "Hi." I said. "Where are you?" Chloe said. "Calm down were walking in the cornfields by Clark's house we're coming home." I said. "Meet his parents?" Chloe asked. "Yup they're good people." I said. "Yeah, Did you know they're not his real parents?" Chloe said. "No, I didn't." I said. "Clark doesn't like to talk about it but he was adopted around age 3." Chloe said. I paused. I'm not very god at things people don't like talking about. I seem to make them feel worse. Like Nick told me he was raped when he was nine. I said I was sorry to hear it and then I broke down and so did he and we cried in each others arms. My sister was kinda wierded out to see her boyfriend crying in my arms. That was a few months ago. "Who told you?" I said. "My mom along time ago." She said. "Oh." I said. I leaned over to Clark and whispered "Chloe parents both live with her and are alive right?" UI asked. He nodded. We arrived at my house to find Chloe at the back porch. "Bye." I said. She hung up. "Hey Chloe." I said as I approached. "What time is it?" I asked. "11:30 am." Chloe said. "Oh." I said. "So what's up Clark?" Chloe asked. "Nothing really Chloe how's mom and dad?" Clark asked. "Fine Fine." She said. "Hungry?" I asked. They both shook their heads. "Ok." I said. "You're holding hands." Chloe said. "So?" Clark replied. I was shocked I expected him to drop my hand and deny it. "Clark you're so sweet." Chloe said and put her hand on his face. He smiled. "Thanks Chloe." He said. I then had this quick vision of them kissing in my head. I was like Oh My gosh! "You're welcome Clark." She said. "You guys wanna go to the loft?" Clark said. "Sure." We both said. He started walking a bit ahead of us. "You like him don't you?" I said. "He's ok." She said. I half smiled. "You're not angry at me are you?" She asked. "For thinking he's cute? No Never I completely agree with you. " I said. "Ok good. " She said sounding relieved. "Hey guys what ya talking about?" Clark said slowing down. "You." Chloe said. "Boys." I said. Since we said them at the same time it sounded a lot like we said "Boo." "Oh Ok." He said. "Pete like Lex?" I asked. "No." Clark said. "Because Lex's dad bought out all of Pete's dad's company or some other business mumbo jumbo." Chloe said. "I wasn't going to asked why." I said. "Oh Well." Chloe said. "You guys only have one movie theater here?" I asked. "Yeah." Clark said. "Really? " I said. "Yup." Clark said again. "And Lex owns it." Chloe added. "Who owns Lex's house?" I asked. "His father Lionel." Clark said. "Cool." I said. I noticed Chloe starring off into space. "Hey girl you there?" I asked. "Yeah I'm with ya." She said. Clark smiled.

I love his smile I thought. I really do. It's so cute. In fact his whole face is cute. I haven't seen his whole body so I can't comment on it. I smiled at my own thoughts. "Why you smiling Allison?" Clark asked. "She's thinking about some guy." Chloe said. "Shut up Chloe." I said jokily. "I'm just thinking about stuff." I said. "Home sick?" Clark said. "I miss my friends but you guys are so cool." I said. "Thank you." Clark and Chloe said. "You're dad's cool too." I added. Chloe shot me a weird look. "I met him too." I said. "Oh ok." Chloe said and laughed. "How long till you turn 18?" Clark asked. "About 2 months." I said. "Good." They both said. "And you guys turn 17 when?" I asked. "3 months." Clark said. "2 and half." Chloe said. "Cool." I said. We arrived at the loft. There was Clark's telescope and a couch in it. How cool is that? It kinda reminded me of my old room. Clark gestured to sit. I did. He let go of my hand then. It didn't matter to me then. I was too busy starring into his great eyes. Allison." Chloe said. I didn't answer. "Allison." She repeated. "Allison." Clark exclaimed. He seemed to knock me out of my trance. "Yeah?" I said. "So Chloe Tell me about your life." I said. "I live with my parents. I write for the school newspaper." Chloe said. "She's good at it too." Clark said. What's with all these compliments? Tomorrow is school so I'm going to hang with Lex. My cell rang. "I Hate this phone." I said. "Hello." I said. I heard sobbing on the other line. My first thought was "its Jo. "Hello It's Christine." My friend said. "Chris! I thought something happened to Jo. What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm pregnant. " She said. "That's great. Why you crying?" I asked. "Don't want to know who the father is? Chris said. "Who?" I asked. "Tim Gaf." She said. "You had sex with him?" I said shocked. Clark's face turned cherry red. "Yeah. " I did. "Why you crying?" I asked. "I'm dating Richie Majin." Christine said. "One night craving sex stand?" I asked. "Yup." She replied. "You're screwed." I said. "I know I gotta run. Toddles!" She said and hung up. "That was my friend Christine in fact." I said. "What did she say?" Chloe asked. "Well she's having a baby with a guy that's not her boyfriend. Because her and her boyfriend have never had sex." I said. I looked into Clark's eyes.

"Wow." Clark said. "She's a total and complete slut." I said. I sat between Clark and Chloe. Chloe laughed at my comment and said "Lana and Whitney are virgins." I laughed. "You and Clark?" I asked. "Of course. Clark has this whole thing against sex. Are you?" She asked. "So do I. Yes I'm all." I said "Good." She replied. "Lex?" I asked. "Hate to say it but no Lex isn't a virgin." Chloe finished. I laughed. I was glad Clark didn't know what we were whispering about. "So Allison Tell me about Vegas." Clark said. "It's big and there's hookers on every corner. It's bright and loud. Its the opposite of California." I said. "Cool." He said. Chloe started running down the stairs. "Where ya going?" I asked. "To Clark's house." She said and bounded downstairs. I could tell Clark was nervous about something. "Where's Chloe?" I asked. "Probably visiting my parents." Clark said. "That's cool." I said. I reached in my ever so purse and pulled out my digital camera. "Smile." I said. He did.

I took the picture. "Come on let's find Chloe." Clark said. We walked downstairs and out of the loft towards Clark's house. We opened the backdoor. "Hi guys." I said and gestured towards Jonathon and Martha. I noticed Chloe sitting near them. I waved she waved back. "Sit with us." Chloe said and pulled out a chair. Jonathon pulled out one for Clark. We sat. "I have a feeling you're going to yell at me. Are you?" He said. "Heavens no Clark!" Martha said and laughed. "What's up Allison?" Jonathon asked. "My friend is sick and another is having a baby." I said. "Tell your friend Congrats and your other friend I hope they get well." Clark said. I smiled. It was the only way I could hide the fact that I knew Jo wasn't going to get better. Leukemia killed people. "Well my friend who's having a baby Christine cheated on her boyfriend Tim with a guy named Richard. I don't know who she'll confess." I said. ""Yikes." Martha said. That reminded me. "Chloe you have a smoothie in the refrigerator at my house." I said. Chloe and Clark laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. "What the heck reminded you?" Clark asked. " I was thinking about how Martha raised you to be good then I thought of the fruits and that reminded me that I made a smoothie for Chloe too." I said. "Oh." Clark said. It's about 1:00. "Alright we're going to Lex's." Clark said. "Bye Clark." His parents called. "I'm so angry!" Chloe said. "Why?" I asked." I got a B- on my English paper ion Friday." She said. "No big deal." I said. "True but I worked for a week and expected better." Chloe said. We walked to Clark's car. He opened the door for us. Chloe and I both climbed in the back. "You can sit in the front if ya want." Clark said. "No thanks." We replied. There was a newspaper on the floor. Its headline read Mysterious kidnappings continues. "Can I read this paper?" I asked. "Yeah it's today's I tossed it back there." Clark said. The article went on to say that three girls our age have been kidnapped in Smallville with in the last month. "That's creepy." I said. "What is?" Clark asked. "Three girls are age were kidnapped no suspects." I said. "Wow." They both said in Awe. We arrived at Lex's. I rang the doorbell.

He answered. "Hi Chloe, Clark and Allison." He said. "Hi Lex!" I said. "Hi." He replied. "Lex what's up?" Clark said. "Nothing really I just finished what a normal person would call a business meeting and what I would call bickering with my father. " Lex concluded. "Hey did you hear about the three girls who got kidnapped?" Chloe asked. "Yeah, I read about it in the paper." Lex said. "Kinda scary if ya think about it." Clark said. "Yeah." Chloe said. "Hey Lex Ever heard the song "The Balloon Song"?" I asked. "Yeah, Mark Wills I have the CD I think That song is depressing though." Lex said. "It's only about 1:30 we've got Two hours before we have to get Lana and Whitney." I said. "Yup." Clark said. "You miss California?" Lex asked. "Sometimes I like it here though." I said. He smiled. I noticed Clark was starring into space. Probably thinking about Lana I thought. "So Clark." I said. "What?" He asked. "Nothing you were just starring off into space. I just wanted to see if you were with us." I said. He brushed his hair out of his eyes. "Just thinking." He said. "About?" Chloe asked. "Life." He said. Lex smiled. I like Lex's smile too. Clark has this goofy grin though. It's like a little kid's smile. It's sexy! "Hey Allison What's you're best friend's name?" Lex asked. "Rachel, Zoe, Chilly, Shawnee, and Emily and Leigh are my girl best friends name. "Sam, Jo and John are my guy best friends. Nora will not be seen with my guys. She's completely homophobic. " I said. "You have 10 best friends?" Lex said. "Yup!" I said.