The doorbell rang again as Chloe dried her eyes and made sure that it didn't look like she had been crying. "I'm coming!" She raced to the door and found a concerned looking Pete. "Are you sure you're ok, Chloe?" She gave him a weak smile as she responded, "Well, not yet, but I will be." Pete smiled, "If you need anything, just let me know. Anyways, the original reason I came over was to fill you in on everything that happened this afternoon." Chloe looked up, "Did they find Mr. Kent?" Pete grinned at her, "For once I have scooped our illustrious Ms. Sullivan! Not only did they find Mr. Kent, and that reporter Nixon that was with him, but Nixon was trying to kill Clark and Mr. Kent when Lex Luthor shot and killed Nixon. And, on top of all that, Mr. Kent and Lex have agreed to a try fresh start." Chloe was stunned. "Are they all ok?" "Well, they're banged up and shaken up, but they'll be fine." Chloe sat in silence. Pete went over to her and sat down. "Are you sure you're going to be ok?" Chloe looked up at him with tears in her eyes, "I don't know, my recently reaffirmed 'really good friend' was almost killed, I think it might take a while." Pete pulled her to him in a hug, "I know how it feels to have someone you love get hurt." Pete held her until she stopped crying. "Thank you Pete, I needed that." He gave her a sad smile as he got up to leave, "I did too." She gave him a confused look, "What do you mean?" Pete turned as he opened the door, "Good night Chloe." Chloe watched him go, then she went up to her room and sprawled out on her bed.
