A/N : This is the last chapter - hope you like it!
(Disclaimer : see chapter 1)
It was three days after Chloe had woken up, that she was finally allowed to come home and even then she was instructed to stay in bed. We managed to steer clear of the subject of Clark and Lana the whole time. I didn't want to think about what the poor girl was going through, and don't think Chloe dared to mention either of their names in case she upset me. Finally, the curiosity and worry must have got the better of her because as I went into the bedroom I found her on the phone to what I later found out was Mrs Kent, Clark's mother.
She hung up the phone and I could see tears in her eyes.
"Honey, what's wrong?" I asked, moving to sit beside her and putting my arm around her shoulders.
"That was Mrs Kent, Martha, on the phone. I'm sorry Lex, I just had to know what was going on..." she sobbed.
"It's okay" I comforted her, "What did she say?"
"Lana's gone. She said after Clark told her about what happened she just packed her bags, grabbed the kids and left. They have no idea where she's gone"
I never thought that would happen, that Lana would leave Clark. However angry or upset I felt, I could never have left Chloe. I realised just how strong we had become as a couple, these last few years.
"It's all my fault" she continued to cry in my arms and I held her tightly.
"No, it's not all your fault. Clark should have known better too. Nobody's perfect, Chloe, nobody can be, but us two together is as close to perfect as anything can be. I would never leave you, you know that don't you?"
I felt her nod her head and I sighed to myself. I had made Clark tell Lana the truth and now it seemed their marriage was over. I was sorry, I really was, but I'll admit there was a part of me, the part of me that I suspect genetically came straight from my father, that was glad Clark was suffering. I'm not proud of that part of me, but I'm willing to admit it was there. I'm only human after all.
On some level, I think I knew that their break-up wouldn't last, anymore than mine and Chloe's could have. Clark and Lana were meant for each other just as Chloe and I were, and that is how I knew that the day would come when all four of us could be happy again.
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I had made a lot of wishes in my life. As a child, I'd spent hours wishing my Mom would come home, later in life I'd dream about being a reporter and, strangely enough, about marrying Clark. That day, the day I called Martha Kent, I made two more wishes. I wished for the happiness of my friends, Clark and Lana and their children, and I wished for happiness to return to my own family. Maybe my other wishes hadn't come true - my Mom never came home, I never worked for the Daily Planet and I never married Clark, - but those two wishes that I made that day, I was lucky enough that they did come true.
It took a while, in fact it was almost a year before we were all in the same room again, but we were all happy and that night, as we all sat at the table in the main dining room at the Luthor Mansion, I hoped to make my husband even happier.
"Okay, I have a little speech to make now" I said, standing up and interrupting the general conversation of the group.
"I know we've all had our ups and downs, and I don't want to dwell on that," I said quickly, "but, I do want to say, that I'm glad we came through it all and that we're all here today, because I have something very important that I want you all to hear"
They all waited in anticipation, their eyes fixed on me.
"The truth is, I went to see the doctor the other day..." I noticed a particularly worried look on Lex's face as I said that so I hurriedly finished my sentence, "and he assured me that I'm going to have a baby" I smiled, hoping that everyone would be as happy as I am.
"Congratulations" Lana and Clark said together, but Lex did not say a word. I sat back down in my seat and leaned over to him.
"Lex, we're going to have a baby" I repeated, just wishing he would make some sort of response, "Aren't you happy?" I said, increasingly worried about the reaction I was going to get.
"Happy?" he repeated, "No, I'm not happy...I'm ecstatic!"
He flung his arms around me causing us both to almost fall off of our chairs, but I didn't care. Finally everything looked like it was going to work out right.
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I couldn't believe it when she told me. Finally, I was going to be a father and Chloe was going to be a mother. We were going to have a child to call our own and I could not have been more happy. I knew we would make excellent parents, because we loved each other so much and we would love our child so much too. I was proved right. I knew from the first moment I held my daughter in my arms that life from then on, could not be anymore perfect.
"I can't believe we made this" I whispered to Chloe as looked down at the new born child in her arms.
"I know what you mean" she answered quietly, exhausted by efforts of bringing our baby into the world.
"Y'know she looks like you" I said, noticing the similarity between mother and child.
"Well, if she's going to have my looks, then her name has to come from you" she said, smiling. I looked at her, slightly confused, but she just giggled.
"*Alexis* Sullivan-Luthor" she said proudly, "Then she can be Lexi, like her father" she grinned.
"How about, Alexis *Chloe* Sullivan-Luthor?" I offered.
"Yes" she nodded and smiled, "That's perfect"
And she was right, it was perfect. She was perfect, everything was perfect, because despite all the trouble that had occurred in our lives, I knew nothing could stop us being happy now. We had each other, we had our friends, and finally, we had our baby. We were, and we are, therefore, the happiest family, that we could possibly be.
A/N : And that's it - The End! If you read this, please review because I'd love to know what you thought. I know the end was probably a little rushed but I had a choice of ending it quickly or dragging out for god knows how many more chapters and I really didn't want to make it go on for too long. Also it could have easily turned into a Clana story and I didn't want that to happen either. This is a Chlex story first and I didn't want it to lose it's focus. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story and I hope you review for me.