"Who have you known the longest?" Clark asked. "Rachel, Leigh and Sam." I said. "Cool." Clark said. "Leigh is my sister, Rachel I've known for 15 years and Sam I've know for 4 or 5." I said. "That's good." Clark said. "Yeah." I replied. We sat there in silence for a moment. I remember the last time I did that. I was in New York on September 12th. Right after The World Trade Center attacks we had a moment of silence. "What are we seeing?" I blurted out. "The Bourne Identity." Lex said. "Cool I loved the book." I said. "I didn't." Clark said. "Clark only didn't like it because it had sex in it." Chloe said. Lex laughed. "I'm not intending on having children." I said. "Good girl." Clark said. I smiled. I leaned towards Chloe who was sitting next to me and said, "I'm a good girl." Chloe laughed. "He's so dreamy!" Chloe said jokily. "Shut up Chloe." I muttered.

"You have a job?" Lex asked. "Yes I do." I said. "What do you do?" Clark asked. "I'm a country music songwriter. I've written After so long, My mystery man and See ya later." I said. "See ya Later By Shawnee Rutherford?" Chloe asked. "Yeah Me and Shawnee went in to the music business together around 15." I said. "Shawnee your best friend Shawnee?" Lex asked. "Yes." I said. "Wow! I love that song why did ya write it?" Chloe asked. "Well about 5 years ago I was at a concert and this really hott 20 year old guy asked me to dance. I was there with Ally and I asked Ally if I could dance with him and Ally said I couldn't But I never saw him again so I wrote it then. " I said. "Wow great story." Clark said. "What do Ally and Nick do?" Lex asked. "Ally does the same thing I do. She's written Moonlight Bar, The person I once knew and a few others." I said. "Nick is a crime scene investigator." I said. "I like Some one I once knew." Clark said. "I'll tell her that she enjoyed writing it." I said. "Nick like his job?" Lex asked. "Sometimes. Clark reminds me of him." I said. Clark smiled. "I'm glad my sister is marrying him. He's a great guy. Nick is really sweet all the time." I said. "Cute?" Chloe asked. "He would be if he wasn't my brother in law to be." I said. "He's 32 right?" Clark asked. "Yeah around there." I said. "Do you tell him you love him before you hang up?" Lex asked. "Yup and he says it back." I said. "How cute!" Chloe replied.

It was nearing 2:00 pm. "We have nearly 2 hours before we have to get Lana and Whitney." I said. "Yup." Clark said. "Sing for me Allison." Lex said. " No." I replied. "PLEASE" He said. "What do you want me to sing?" I asked. "Something you wrote." Lex said. "I write for other people not me." I said. "Sing Complicated by Carolyn Dawn Johnson." Clark said. " Ok." I whispered. "Go." Clark said. "I'm so scared that the way that I feel, Is written all over my face, When you walk into the room I wanna find a hiding place We used to laugh, we used to hug, The way that old friends do, But now a smile and a touch of your hand, Just make me come unglued, It's such a contradiction, do I lie or tell the truth, Is it fact or fiction the way I feel for you. It's so complicated; I'm so frustrated, I wanna hold you close, I wanna push you away." I finished. "That was wonderful Allison." Clark said. That song reminds about how I Feel about Clark. It probably reminds him of Lana or Chloe or some other lucky girl like that. "Beautiful Beautiful." Lex said. I beamed. "Thank you." I managed to whisper. "You've got talent cowgirl." Chloe said. I forced a smile and blushed. "I don't think I remember the rest of the words." I confessed. This sofa can get really cramped with 5 people on it. "It's ok you did great." Clark said. "Thank you." I said. "How much do you make a year?" Lex asked. "I don't know." I said. "Is this your only house?" Lex said. "No." I admitted. "Where else do you live?" Lex asked. "Do you really want to know?" I asked. "Yeah." Lex replied. "Ok I have a flat in London, an Apartment in New York City, my house in Vegas, My house in California and this one. I only own this one and the one in California." I said. "Oh My Gosh. "Clark said. "Wow!" Chloe said. "Pretty well off for a 17 year old." Lex said

. "My parents retired at 60 and 66. I get around 125$ a month plus my pay check." I said. "Thinking of buying anymore houses?" Chloe joked. "No All my friends are in California. Then there's you guys so I can't just pick up and leave." I said. "I share the California house with my parents and The Vegas one with my sisters." I said. "Oh." Chloe said. "Can we shut up about money?" I said. "Sure." Clark said. "How far are you from Buckingham palace?" Chloe asked. "Walking distance." I said. Clark had this shocked look on his face. He must be thinking I'm spoiled. "What does Leigh do?" Chloe asked. "She is going to be an FBI agent. And she's writing a book." I said. "Wow." Clark said. "I might have some of my buddies come down when everything is in order." I said. "Cool." Clark said. "I think Clark might develop a crush on Shawnee." I whispered to Chloe. "Got a picture?" Chloe asked. "Yeah." I said as I pulled out a picture of the 10 of us. "Is that you?" Clark said as he pointed to me. "Yeah." I said. "You're pretty Allison." He said then smiled. "Thank you." I said. "That's Shawnee." I said and pointed to my long blonde haired friend. "Who's that?" Lex said pointing to the other brunette in the picture. "Emily." I said. "How old is she?" Lex said. "Almost 20." I said. "Cool." Lex replied. "I don't think any of them are prettier then you." Clark said. I blushed and said "Thank you." "Prettier than Lana?" Lex asked. "Nope." He said. I smiled.

"Lex why do you always kiss me we're not dating." I said. "Maybe because I want you." Lex said replied sexily. My minds stopped. I'm almost 18 and he's 21! I opened my purse and put a piece of Winter fresh in my mouth. I waited for Clark to say something. My phone rang. Thank God I thought!

"Hi." I said. "Allison?" A crying girls voice answered. "Yeah." I said. "It's Lana." She said. "What's wrong?" "Whitney's father had a heart attack." She said. I covered my mouth with my hand. "Oh my gosh." I said. "He's ok for someone who had a heart attack." Lana said. "That's good." I said. "Whitney is crying his eyes out." Lana said. "Who you talking to?" Whitney snapped at Lana. "Allison." Lana replied. "His father is doing much better then expected." Lana said. "That's good." I said. "Here talking to him." Lana said. She handed the phone to him. "Hi." He whispered. It was obvious he had been crying. "Hey Whitney!" I said. "Allison. I'm scared he'll die." Whitney said. I heard Lana gasp. "Whitney!" I scolded! "What." He snapped. "Don't think that way." I said. "Alright I'm out of here." He said. "Bye Whit." I said. He hung up.

"We aren't going to the movies guys." I said. "Why not?" Chloe asked. "Whitney's dad had another heart attack." I simply said. "Oh My God." Clark said. " Is He ok?" Clark asked. "Yeah." I said. "Good How's Whitney?" Chloe asked. "Fine." I said. "Crying but fine." I said. "Good." Let's go to lunch." Lex said. "Ok." We agreed. "Pete too." Chloe said. "Ok fine." Chloe said. I was just about to pick up the phone when Clark asked sincerely "Allison will you go out with me on Tuesday night?" I nearly died. I guess dreams come true. I looked him in the eye and managed to say "Yeah Clark I'd like that." He smiled. I watched Lex stand and say "Let's go to lunch." We all got up. "Ruby's?" I asked. "Yeah it's the only decent place to eat here." Lex said. I missed my Cousin Josh Micorf a lot he was going through a rough time in Georgia last time I talked to him the lady who was cheating on her hubby with him fell out a window. What a klutz! We got in to the limo waiting for us. "Hey Steenie." I said. "Howdy Allison." He said. Clark and Chloe slid in around me. We drove around in silence until we arrived at Pete's house. Lex got out and came back with Pete. "Hi Pete!" I exclaimed. "Hey Everyone!" Pete said. "Pete how's it going with that girl?" Clark asked. "Trisha? We have another date on Tuesday." Pete said. "That's great." Chloe said. "What's she like?" Lex said. I felt kinda lost so I shut up. "She's a brunette with brown eyes and a great body." Pete said. "Cool she sounds pretty." Lex said. "Yeah." Clark said. "Kinda like That chick in Conway's Baby's got her blue jeans on"!" Chloe said. "Yeah." Pete said. "I wish I was pretty like that." Chloe said. "You are Chloe." Clark said. She blushed. "Trust me Chloe you're much prettier then me." I said. "Liar." Chloe said. "She is." Pete said. "Hey Pete that wasn't nice." Clark said. "Not that your not darling Allison I just think Chloe better looking!" Pete said. I laughed and said, "It's ok." We soon arrived at Ruby's Diner. We walked in. It was an old 50's restaurant everything's painted red. They're was this lady with light green eyes who walked up to Chloe and I and asked "Would you like me to tell your Fortune for a dollar?" Chloe shot me a look. I shrugged. "To heck with it. Sure!" Chloe said. The lady grabbed her hand and stared at it for a good 2 minutes. "You seem to have very good luck heading towards you with a dark haired man I believe." The old woman said. Chloe smiled. "You want to give it a go Al? I'll pay." Chloe said. The older woman smiled. "Sure." I said and passed the woman a dollar.