Chapter 24- Knowledge Can Be Fun!
"I'm very disappointed in you, Ms. Lang," Chloe said, coming down the stairs the next morning. She was surprised to see Clark and Pete at the table.
"And why is that?" Lana asked, her eyes twinkling.
Chloe narrowed her eyes at Lana. "Are we having a party?"
"Did you want to?" Lana asked suspiciously.
"What's the Scooby gang doing here?" Chloe asked, pouring herself a glass of orange juice.
"That's a new one," Pete said with a laugh.
"Yeah, well," Chloe said, sitting between Pete and Clark.
"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" Clark asked.
"I would have if I could have slept last night. I kept hearing something outside my window, funny thing is it stopped when Lana got home," Chloe said in mock confusion.
Clark flushed. "What do you think it was?"
"You really want me to answer that?" Chloe asked raising her eyebrows.
"Uh, no," Clark replied.
Pete laughed. "What are you two talking about?"
"It's better not to ask," Lana told him.
"Clark," Chloe said, covering it with a cough. "Excuse me, I had a frog in my throat."
Clark rolled his eyes. "Sure you did."
"You don't believe me? How rude!" Chloe teased. "What's the saying, a watched pot never boils?"
"Chloe," Clark urged. "Enough."
Chloe tried to stifle a laugh.
"Stop it," Clark pressed.
Chloe chuckled.
Lana shook her head in amusement. "So, that's why you're disappointed in me."
"You catch on quick," Chloe said, taking a sip of her juice. When Chloe looked at Pete she almost spit out her juice.
Lana looked where Chloe was looking and laughed outright.
"I am so confused," Pete muttered.
"Which is totally evident by the look on your face," Chloe replied with a grin.
"You lost me with the 'Scooby gang' crack," Pete admitted.
"Don't worry about it," Lana told him, patting his knee.
"Clark, you look as if you're floating on air," Chloe teased, emphasizing 'floating on air.' She was not ready to stop giving him grief.
"You're too much," Clark said with a small grin.
"You seem to be soaring above the clouds," Chloe continued, emphasizing 'soaring.'
"That's enough, Chlo," Clark insisted. "I get the point."
"I need to fly up to my room and change," Chloe said, trying her hardest not to laugh.
"I get it!" Lana exclaimed happily.
That was too much for Chloe, and she burst into a fit of laughter as she climbed the stairs. By the time she came back down the gang had moved into the living room.
"Hey Scoobies," Chloe said, plopping onto the couch next to Pete and Lana. "Ugh! I feel like a blimp!"
"You look like one, too," Clark teased.
Chloe shot Clark a dirty look.
"Ooh, you're gonna get it now," Pete told Clark.
Chloe threw a pillow at Clark. He grabbed it a second before it hit his face.
"Some reflexes you got there," Chloe said, narrowing her eyes.
"It comes from growing up on a farm," Clark replied smoothly.
"How do you figure that?" Chloe asked.
"I thought you knew everything about me," Clark teased.
"More than most," Chloe said throwing a look at Pete.
Clark became almost frantic. "What are you going to do?"
"Calm down, Farmboy! I'm not going to do anything. It was a joke. You can call me a blimp, but I make one joke about 'you know what' and you hyperventilate. Lighten up. It's up to you to talk about it, not me," Chloe said.
"Yeah, it's up to you," Lana said shooting Clark a look.
Chloe smiled contentedly. She had finally reached the place of 'start where you left off.' She felt like she had truly gone back, only now it was better. This is what she had been waiting for. The moment she had been hoping would come. Now, it was here. She felt like she was a part of the group again, and she was. She really was.
"I'm very disappointed in you, Ms. Lang," Chloe said, coming down the stairs the next morning. She was surprised to see Clark and Pete at the table.
"And why is that?" Lana asked, her eyes twinkling.
Chloe narrowed her eyes at Lana. "Are we having a party?"
"Did you want to?" Lana asked suspiciously.
"What's the Scooby gang doing here?" Chloe asked, pouring herself a glass of orange juice.
"That's a new one," Pete said with a laugh.
"Yeah, well," Chloe said, sitting between Pete and Clark.
"Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" Clark asked.
"I would have if I could have slept last night. I kept hearing something outside my window, funny thing is it stopped when Lana got home," Chloe said in mock confusion.
Clark flushed. "What do you think it was?"
"You really want me to answer that?" Chloe asked raising her eyebrows.
"Uh, no," Clark replied.
Pete laughed. "What are you two talking about?"
"It's better not to ask," Lana told him.
"Clark," Chloe said, covering it with a cough. "Excuse me, I had a frog in my throat."
Clark rolled his eyes. "Sure you did."
"You don't believe me? How rude!" Chloe teased. "What's the saying, a watched pot never boils?"
"Chloe," Clark urged. "Enough."
Chloe tried to stifle a laugh.
"Stop it," Clark pressed.
Chloe chuckled.
Lana shook her head in amusement. "So, that's why you're disappointed in me."
"You catch on quick," Chloe said, taking a sip of her juice. When Chloe looked at Pete she almost spit out her juice.
Lana looked where Chloe was looking and laughed outright.
"I am so confused," Pete muttered.
"Which is totally evident by the look on your face," Chloe replied with a grin.
"You lost me with the 'Scooby gang' crack," Pete admitted.
"Don't worry about it," Lana told him, patting his knee.
"Clark, you look as if you're floating on air," Chloe teased, emphasizing 'floating on air.' She was not ready to stop giving him grief.
"You're too much," Clark said with a small grin.
"You seem to be soaring above the clouds," Chloe continued, emphasizing 'soaring.'
"That's enough, Chlo," Clark insisted. "I get the point."
"I need to fly up to my room and change," Chloe said, trying her hardest not to laugh.
"I get it!" Lana exclaimed happily.
That was too much for Chloe, and she burst into a fit of laughter as she climbed the stairs. By the time she came back down the gang had moved into the living room.
"Hey Scoobies," Chloe said, plopping onto the couch next to Pete and Lana. "Ugh! I feel like a blimp!"
"You look like one, too," Clark teased.
Chloe shot Clark a dirty look.
"Ooh, you're gonna get it now," Pete told Clark.
Chloe threw a pillow at Clark. He grabbed it a second before it hit his face.
"Some reflexes you got there," Chloe said, narrowing her eyes.
"It comes from growing up on a farm," Clark replied smoothly.
"How do you figure that?" Chloe asked.
"I thought you knew everything about me," Clark teased.
"More than most," Chloe said throwing a look at Pete.
Clark became almost frantic. "What are you going to do?"
"Calm down, Farmboy! I'm not going to do anything. It was a joke. You can call me a blimp, but I make one joke about 'you know what' and you hyperventilate. Lighten up. It's up to you to talk about it, not me," Chloe said.
"Yeah, it's up to you," Lana said shooting Clark a look.
Chloe smiled contentedly. She had finally reached the place of 'start where you left off.' She felt like she had truly gone back, only now it was better. This is what she had been waiting for. The moment she had been hoping would come. Now, it was here. She felt like she was a part of the group again, and she was. She really was.