Secret
Chapter Four: The Confrontation
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On the way to Pete's house, Chloe went over what the e-mail had said. A secret like mine... Is he somehow linked to the meteor rocks? A freak of the week, just another someone that should be on my Wall of Weird? Thoughts rushed through her brain, trying to figure out his secret. Suddenly, she began to realize the small details about him that she never wanted to see... how he was so weird when he got his class ring, how he was always near the place the fires started a few years back, how he always missed the bus but got to school before it did... there were so many things that she had tried not to notice.
Chloe sped up, bits and pieces of information moving around in her reporter- mind. She had so many questions when she finally got to Pete's. She stopped the car and got out. Pete was sitting under a tree doing homework.
"Pete, we need to talk," she said. She stood above him, hands crossed, eyes focused.
He looked up. "This looks serious," he said, and offered her to sit down. She refused, so he set his paperwork and books aside and stood up. "What's so important?"
"I know that Clark has a secret, and I want to know if you know anything about it," she stated, determined to find out.
Pete obviously wasn't expecting it, because his eyes grew relatively wide and he was at a loss of words.
"I'll take that as a yes," she said. "Tell me." She wasn't going to let this get away.
"About him liking you, yeah. I'm the one that told you, remember?" It was clearly a cover-up for something big. Pete, the guy who never, ever got nervous, was nervous, proving that there was something he wasn't telling her.
"There's something else," Chloe said.
"I don't know what you mean," Pete said.
"I got an e-mail saying that Clark had a secret," she said. She purposely left out the part about her own secret. Sure, she was going to tell Clark, but she didn't want too many people to know. She was conservative like that. She probably shouldn't even tell Clark, but she needed to lose some of the stress and pressure involved, and Clark was the own to help with that.
"Did you print it? Let me see," he said. He held his hand out, waiting.
"No," she lied. She had been lying a lot lately, she noticed. "I was in too much of a hurry. Just tell me what you know."
"I don't know anything," Pete stated. If she pressed him much more, he might break, and Clark would never forgive him.
"Fine," she said, and went back to her car.
"Chloe," Pete called after her, but she was intent on getting to Clark's house to question the source himself.
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"Hello Chloe," Mrs. Kent greeted the girl at her door.
"Hi Mrs. Kent, is Clark home?" Chloe asked.
"Yes, he's up in his bedroom," she said. "Come on in."
"Thanks," Chloe said as she stepped into the small Kent farmhouse. "Is it okay if I go up and see him?"
"Go right ahead," Mrs. Kent smiled.
"Thanks again," she said. She slowly walked up the stairs to Clark's room. His door was open, and he was facing the opposite way and talking on the phone.
"She what?" Clark asked, shocked.
"Talking to Pete, I presume," Chloe spoke up. Clark turned around.
"Uh, Pete, I gotta go. I'll call you later," he said. He hung up the phone and moved towards Chloe. "Hey, what's up?" He tried to act cool, but Chloe noticed a small amount of sweat forming on his forhead.
"So. Clark," she said coolly. She took a seat on his bed. "How 'bout we talk about your little secret?"
"You're not acting like yourself, Chloe," he said.
"I know. Back to the subject at hand, though."
"What are you talking about?" he asked. She pulled the printed e-mail out of her pocket and tossed it to him. He read it quickly and looked back up at her. "Who sent you this?"
"I don't know. It was anonymous," she said.
"What's your secret?" Clark asked.
"I asked you first," she said.
"How can it be anything like mine?" he asked.
"You tell me," Chloe said. Her eyes twinkled.
"I guess I'll have to. But..." Clark said.
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I thought that would be a mean place to leave off, so that's where I left off. Lol. You'll find out Chloe's secret in the next chapter, I promise.
Also, please check out my Smallville website. It's not the best, but I think it's pretty good so far. Thanks.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/welcometosmallville
Chapter Four: The Confrontation
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On the way to Pete's house, Chloe went over what the e-mail had said. A secret like mine... Is he somehow linked to the meteor rocks? A freak of the week, just another someone that should be on my Wall of Weird? Thoughts rushed through her brain, trying to figure out his secret. Suddenly, she began to realize the small details about him that she never wanted to see... how he was so weird when he got his class ring, how he was always near the place the fires started a few years back, how he always missed the bus but got to school before it did... there were so many things that she had tried not to notice.
Chloe sped up, bits and pieces of information moving around in her reporter- mind. She had so many questions when she finally got to Pete's. She stopped the car and got out. Pete was sitting under a tree doing homework.
"Pete, we need to talk," she said. She stood above him, hands crossed, eyes focused.
He looked up. "This looks serious," he said, and offered her to sit down. She refused, so he set his paperwork and books aside and stood up. "What's so important?"
"I know that Clark has a secret, and I want to know if you know anything about it," she stated, determined to find out.
Pete obviously wasn't expecting it, because his eyes grew relatively wide and he was at a loss of words.
"I'll take that as a yes," she said. "Tell me." She wasn't going to let this get away.
"About him liking you, yeah. I'm the one that told you, remember?" It was clearly a cover-up for something big. Pete, the guy who never, ever got nervous, was nervous, proving that there was something he wasn't telling her.
"There's something else," Chloe said.
"I don't know what you mean," Pete said.
"I got an e-mail saying that Clark had a secret," she said. She purposely left out the part about her own secret. Sure, she was going to tell Clark, but she didn't want too many people to know. She was conservative like that. She probably shouldn't even tell Clark, but she needed to lose some of the stress and pressure involved, and Clark was the own to help with that.
"Did you print it? Let me see," he said. He held his hand out, waiting.
"No," she lied. She had been lying a lot lately, she noticed. "I was in too much of a hurry. Just tell me what you know."
"I don't know anything," Pete stated. If she pressed him much more, he might break, and Clark would never forgive him.
"Fine," she said, and went back to her car.
"Chloe," Pete called after her, but she was intent on getting to Clark's house to question the source himself.
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"Hello Chloe," Mrs. Kent greeted the girl at her door.
"Hi Mrs. Kent, is Clark home?" Chloe asked.
"Yes, he's up in his bedroom," she said. "Come on in."
"Thanks," Chloe said as she stepped into the small Kent farmhouse. "Is it okay if I go up and see him?"
"Go right ahead," Mrs. Kent smiled.
"Thanks again," she said. She slowly walked up the stairs to Clark's room. His door was open, and he was facing the opposite way and talking on the phone.
"She what?" Clark asked, shocked.
"Talking to Pete, I presume," Chloe spoke up. Clark turned around.
"Uh, Pete, I gotta go. I'll call you later," he said. He hung up the phone and moved towards Chloe. "Hey, what's up?" He tried to act cool, but Chloe noticed a small amount of sweat forming on his forhead.
"So. Clark," she said coolly. She took a seat on his bed. "How 'bout we talk about your little secret?"
"You're not acting like yourself, Chloe," he said.
"I know. Back to the subject at hand, though."
"What are you talking about?" he asked. She pulled the printed e-mail out of her pocket and tossed it to him. He read it quickly and looked back up at her. "Who sent you this?"
"I don't know. It was anonymous," she said.
"What's your secret?" Clark asked.
"I asked you first," she said.
"How can it be anything like mine?" he asked.
"You tell me," Chloe said. Her eyes twinkled.
"I guess I'll have to. But..." Clark said.
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I thought that would be a mean place to leave off, so that's where I left off. Lol. You'll find out Chloe's secret in the next chapter, I promise.
Also, please check out my Smallville website. It's not the best, but I think it's pretty good so far. Thanks.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/welcometosmallville