Note: this is the next chapter. I might make this a series of song-fics that are either C/C or C/W, just cuz I love Whitney. I don't know how often I'll update this either cuz my Muses need to learn time-management!
I also changed the name since I thought it sounded stupid.~Arwen
Disclaimer: Don't own Smallville nor the song. On My Own is from the play Les Miserables and belongs to the creators.
As she walked home, she noticed the clouds start to darken. A few minutes later, it began to rain.
"Just great" Chloe grumbled, but it wasn't at the rain. She had just passed the Talon and saw Clark and Lana kissing. Feeling her eyes water, she turned and ran off, not caring how long of a walk it was or that it was raining.
Chloe stopped for breath when she reached the end of the road and suddenly, remembered one of her mother's favorite songs. The blonde reporter began to sing, letting the memories comfort her.
And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend,
Without a face to say hello to.
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here
She began to walk again, singing to herself. That was her secret talent-her voice. No one, except for her parents knew how much she liked to sing.
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head.
She *was* living inside her head. Clark made it clear that she was just his friend,nothing else. She never would be like Lana.
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
Chloe ran faster, her thoughts interrupted by the voice taunting her in a refrain "Clark and Lana, Clark and Lana, Clark-and-Lana, ClarkandLana!"
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
Chloe smiled sadly to herself, imagining that what she saw wasn't real. That Clark would run after her, and tell her he didn't like Lana anymore. That he realized what he had right in front of him for all these years.
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
Chloe stopped. She dropped back to a walk and continued her journey towards home, her shoulders slumped in defeat. She loved Clark, but he would never love her back.
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known!
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own..............
A half an hour later, Chloe reached her house and went to her room. Clark's world would go right on turning, he'd be happy. Living blissfully unaware that his best friend was slowly dying inside. Chloe was sick of Clark mooning over Lana, and ignoring her whenever "Little Miss Perfect" came into the room.
Not anymore. The blonde stood up a little straighter and looked at herself in the mirror. She *wasn't* bad-looking, and tried a small smile. "It's time for a change Chloe. Tomorrow morning starts the beginning of a new era" she told herself.
Chloe Sullivan had finally realized that she would be alone.
I also changed the name since I thought it sounded stupid.~Arwen
Disclaimer: Don't own Smallville nor the song. On My Own is from the play Les Miserables and belongs to the creators.
As she walked home, she noticed the clouds start to darken. A few minutes later, it began to rain.
"Just great" Chloe grumbled, but it wasn't at the rain. She had just passed the Talon and saw Clark and Lana kissing. Feeling her eyes water, she turned and ran off, not caring how long of a walk it was or that it was raining.
Chloe stopped for breath when she reached the end of the road and suddenly, remembered one of her mother's favorite songs. The blonde reporter began to sing, letting the memories comfort her.
And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend,
Without a face to say hello to.
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here
She began to walk again, singing to herself. That was her secret talent-her voice. No one, except for her parents knew how much she liked to sing.
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head.
She *was* living inside her head. Clark made it clear that she was just his friend,nothing else. She never would be like Lana.
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
Chloe ran faster, her thoughts interrupted by the voice taunting her in a refrain "Clark and Lana, Clark and Lana, Clark-and-Lana, ClarkandLana!"
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
Chloe smiled sadly to herself, imagining that what she saw wasn't real. That Clark would run after her, and tell her he didn't like Lana anymore. That he realized what he had right in front of him for all these years.
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
Chloe stopped. She dropped back to a walk and continued her journey towards home, her shoulders slumped in defeat. She loved Clark, but he would never love her back.
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known!
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own..............
A half an hour later, Chloe reached her house and went to her room. Clark's world would go right on turning, he'd be happy. Living blissfully unaware that his best friend was slowly dying inside. Chloe was sick of Clark mooning over Lana, and ignoring her whenever "Little Miss Perfect" came into the room.
Not anymore. The blonde stood up a little straighter and looked at herself in the mirror. She *wasn't* bad-looking, and tried a small smile. "It's time for a change Chloe. Tomorrow morning starts the beginning of a new era" she told herself.
Chloe Sullivan had finally realized that she would be alone.