A/N : Thanx to those people who reviewed the thirteenth chapter. Here are the last two parts to this story. I hope everyone who reads it, enjoys it, and I hope you will review and let me know what you thought to it all.

(Disclaimer : see chapter 1)

"Chloe, please say something" I begged her, but she wouldn't even look at me.

"Please, Lex, just go" she all but sobbed and it broke my heart to se her that way.

"But Chloe, I..."

"I need to be alone right now, I'm sorry"

I understood, although I didn't like having to leave her side again. I did as she asked because I knew it was best for everybody if I did. I walked out of the room and back down the corridor to where I had left Clark standing.

"How is she?" he asked, immediately.

"Medically? She should make a full recovery" I told him, "Emotionally? Clark, I really don't know what's going to happen" I said, honestly.

"I guess I should go back to the farm" he said, looking at his feet and then the wall, as if he were scared that making eye contact with me might kill him "Lana will be wondering what's happening and besides I have to tell her..."

"Tell me what?" a female voice asked.

"Lana" Clark said with a surprised expression, which quickly turned to one of relief when she didn't press on with her curiosity and instead turned her attention to me.

"I had to come" she said, "I left the kids at the farm with your parents," she explained to Clark, before turning back to me "I just had to know if Chloe was okay"

"She's going to be fine Lana" I told her "Thanks for coming"

"You're welcome Lex, how're you doing?" she asked next with a distinctly concerned look that only Lana could achieve.

"I'll survive" I answered, simply.

"Can we see Chloe?" she wanted to know but given the situation I knew that would be a bad idea and the panic on Clark's face made an interesting picture.

"I know you'd both like to, but the doctors say she needs more rest right now. Maybe tomorrow" I made a quick excuse and, luckily, Lana excepted it without making a fuss.

"Okay, then we should go" Clark said quickly. I guess he though he should do as I'd asked him before I did it for him.

"Oh, okay. Bye Lex" Lana smiled, her sugary smile but I could not manage much of a smile back, as I said goodbye to both of them, not knowing when I would see either of them again, if ever.

It was a lot to take in, and part of me just didn't want to believe it but after an hour or so of tears and deep thought, I'd come to the conclusion that it was all for the best. It was obviously an advantage that I was not having Clark's child and I was beginning to see that it was also good news that Lex and I were not going to have a baby either. It was all I'd wanted for so long - a child that would be his and mine but given the state of our marriage at that moment I realised it was probably going to be easier to move on if there was no baby in the picture, not yet.

I'm not sure how many hours had past when Lex came back into the room.

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" he asked as he came back to sit on the edge of the bed.

"I'll be okay" I assured him, "and I'm sorry about making you leave earlier and I'm sorry about the baby too"

"You've got nothing to be sorry about" he whispered, "you were mistaken, it doesn't matter now and as for asking me to leave, I understand you needed some time to think"

"So what happens now?" I dared to ask. I needed to know if I still had a marriage to save or whether it was unfixably broken.

"Well, the doctors say you should be out of here in a couple of days and then I can take you home and look after you" he smiled and I was glad to hear his words but I didn't understand how life could be so simple after what had happened.

"Lex, what are we going to do about,..." I wanted to say Clark, but wasn't sure if I should, "about what happened before..." I said instead.

"I told you that didn't matter anymore. Now everyone knows the truth and I think it's time we moved on..."

"Everyone?" I interrupted, "What do you mean everyone knows?"

He looked away, and then back at me, as if he was nervous about saying what he had to say.

"When you ended up in here, I was in shock, I wasn't really up to talking to the doctors, so they called the first number on the speed dial of my cellphone..."

"Clark?"

"Yes, it was Clark. I told him I knew the truth and that, although it wouldn't be easy for any of us, that we should put the past behind us, but on one condition..."

"What was that?"

"He has to tell Lana what happened. I'm sorry Chloe, I'm not doing this to hurt you or him, really, I just think the only way this is ever going to work out is if there are no more lies about it"

"I understand, I just hope Lana does"

A/N : On to the last chapter...