a warm sunny day

by Chase Binder

chapter 4

Authors note: Hey, i reorganized it into chapters now so it would be more convenient to go through.

Disclaimer: Smallville and Superman are not a manifestation of my creation, they are sole property of Joe, Jerry, Alfred, Miles, the WB and maybe even a guy named Bob. But they're not mine Oki.

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Green farm fields stretched beyond until it touched the sky that was curiously darkening, and around them were small hills protruding gently on the barren verdant landscape. An unimportant tree stood alone.

They walked, both eyes stared above, admiring what they saw. The entire portrait felt abandoning to each.

"So this is it?" Clark questioned, dropping the bags on the grass.

"Yeah, pretty much." Chloe replied, kneeling down, unpacking. Her hands took out a large blanket, tie-dyed in blotches of numerous blue, and unfolded it, placing it on the grass promptly. She quickly set up the rest of the contents from inside mysterious blue bag which appeared to be for the sole purpose of a picnic; taking out glasses and plates that had pictures of sunflowers posterized on its surface.

"I figured in some way that this was a picnic, you know that." Clark declared, as he knelt down too, taking the blue bag from Chloe so he could lend a hand with the preparation.

Smiling she replied, "The picnic was pretty much a given, but the plan doesn't end there." Briskly, she took her leather bag, in an obvious display of pace, it seemed Chloe was more than eager to finally tell the entire arrangement.

Digging deep, a laptop was pulled out from its contents and placed down on the blanket. A switch and a flicker, the computer displayed colour and focused on an image.

"Here," handing the console to Clark. "See for yourself."

Keenly Clark stared at the screen, reading its contents with commitment as it displayed information that finally curbed his curiosity. Both of his eyes grew as what he read imbued some fascination in him.

"An eclipse?" he said, smiling while still looking surprised. "I guess it makes sense now, with the sky being dark and all. I thought it was going to rain and we were supposed to frolic."

"That's a mighty plan Clark Kent," she quipped. "But don't get your hopes up."

"I figured," she added, sitting down snugly on the blanket, settling. Clark decided to be at her left. He sat close. "Having that violating telescope on your window meant a lot about your fascination of what's above. And about six months ago I came across the news about this unique moment that would happen thirty minutes from now. I thought it would one of those things where I should carpe the diem."

Holding on an apple and staring into Chloe's eyes Clark remarked, "For what its worth," he bit the fruit. "I think it's really sweet of you for doing this. I mean I was really surprised, on my head was sandy shoes and Frisbees. I even brought that Speedo just in case. That's why I'm kinda relieved that were not going there."

"Wait a minute," there was a drop of sarcasm in her voice. "I remember that Speedo," as she laughed in small hysterics. "That was four years ago. You seriously were going to wear that bikini?"

"I couldn't find any of my shorts!" Clark at last admitted. "And it's NOT a bikini!"