Chloe skimmed through a People magazine in the waiting room. She sighed
heavily.
"I have to talk to her," she said, getting up.
Pete pulled her back into her seat "She's not even awake. Calm down she'll be fine"
"Yeah, but I need to know why. Why did she do something as stupid as slit her wrists"
"I don't know"
Chloe's fists closed up "That stupid jerk, I can't believe he would do something like this"
Pete defended his friend "Hey, C'mon, cut Clark some slack"
"No, I will not! I don't know why he is being such an idiot"
Pete sighed; keeping Clark's secret could be hell sometimes. His thoughts were interrupted by four doctors rolling a hysterical woman into the hospital.
"No!" She cried, "He's going to die!"
Chloe looked at the woman.. Was that? No, It couldn't be Dr. Bryce! She was on her honeymoon far away from here. This woman looked so much like her though.
"No!" The woman screamed again, "My husband was still on the plane! Lex is going to die!"
Pete and Chloe gasped, It was Dr. Bryce!
"Shh" the doctor said soothingly to her
"Don't you hear me?" Helen sobbed "My husband is on a plane with no pilot! Oh God! Oh God! Lex is going to die!" She sobbed hysterically "Lex! Oh God! Lex!"
"She has a few broken bones but she'll be OK" One of the doctors yelled over to another
"She's hysterical. Give her some tranquilizers!"
"No, please! You have to save him!" Helen cried
The doctor took a needle and injected it into Helen's arm. It worked immediately and she passed out.
"Get her into a room" The doctor whispered to the other
The other doctor nodded and wheeled Helen into one of the rooms. Chloe and Pete walked up to the doctor.
"What happened?" Chloe asked
The doctor sighed "Some sicko pilot drugged them both on the plane on their honeymoon. He took her and jumped out of a plane with a parachute. The cops caught him and he is in jail"
"But Lex Luthor is still on the plane?"
"Yeah, Oh God, If he dies.. " the doctor trailed off "Look, I can't talk right now. I have to go.. Bye"
"Bye" Chloe and Pete said
The doctor went to leave, but turned around.
"Oh, you guys are here to see Lana Lang right? She has been asking for Chloe Sullivan.. are you her?"
Chloe nodded "Yeah"
"You got 5 minutes until there are no visitors allowed"
Chloe turned to Pete "What should I say to her?"
Pete shrugged "Just be gentle"
Chloe smiled and walked in to the room where Lana was. Lana looked like she had been crying,
"Please don't hate me" Lana whispered before Chloe could say anything
"I'm more worried about you" Chloe said, giving her a reassuring smile "Why did you do that?"
Lana sniffed "I'm sorry.. I feel so stupid.. It was like I wasn't even awake.. God, I just saw the razor and shoved it in my wrist" she winced "I don't even know why I did it, Chloe" Lana started to cry "I'm so sorry!"
"Don't be" Chloe said, holding Lana's hand "You never meant to take your life.. did you"
"No, never!" She sobbed "I don't even know why I did it!"
"The blade didn't cut to far, just thank God you used a crappy razor"
Lana smiled "I'm scared, I'm worried, I'm in pain.. I'm a mess"
"All because of that jerk, Clark Kent" "Clark's not a jerk" Lana said
Chloe sighed "Yes, He is! He takes off without even telling anybody!"
Lana shrugged "I'm worried about him"
"Hey, you know what.. When you get out of the hospital.. We'll have a girl's night out. We'll go shopping and we'll have fun"
Lana smiled "I'm looking forward to it already"
"Well, I better go.. Don't ever do anything like this again:
Lana smiled "I won't don't worry"
Chloe left and Lana closed her eyes. Clark, as much as I hate you now, I love you, Please be OK, she prayed. She drifted off to sleep.
Chloe walked out to Pete.
"Hey how is Lana?" Pete asked
Chloe nodded "She'll be OK, She's worried about Clark"
"Clark will be OK, The guy can look out for himself" Pete said reassuringly "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Just checking.. You know.. If Clark.. Can't see how great you are.. then he is an idiot"
Chloe looked at him weirdly "Are you OK, Pete? You're acting weird"
Pete sighed, He couldn't take hiding his true feeling for Chloe anymore. It was now or never.
"Chloe, I can't do this anymore"
He sat down on the hospital stairs, they were outside, she followed him.
"What's going on Pete?" she asked
"I've tried to tell myself that it would never happen.."
"Pete, are you OK?"
He shook his head "I have feelings for you, Chloe"
What was he saying? Why was he saying this now?
"Pete.. Why are you telling my this?"
"all this time.." he stalled "I've stuck by you when you got hurt by Clark.. over and over again.. I can't keep my feeling for you a secret!"
She sat down next to him "So.. so what are you saying? That you wanna be with me or something?"
"I thought my feeling for you were under control.. but then it just hit me like a ton of bricks..."
Chloe stared at the face of her best friend. Her best guy friend was revealing his feelings for her. It was so sudden, so unexpected. She had to say something.
"Oh, Pete.."
Before she could say another word, he kissed her. To her suprise.. She liked it! She really did! She kissed him back. It released a sort of happiness Chloe had thought was long gone.
"Wow" She said as they broke apart
"Sorry" he apologized
"No, no.. I liked it.. Wow, Pete, this is so unexpected.."
"I know.. but, doesn't it feel so right?"
Chloe nodded "Yes, It does... It feels so right"
He looked at the ground "So, um, what is going to happen now?"
Chloe shrugged "I don't know.. Do you think it would be awkward if we, um, went out?"
"You mean like a boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"I don't know. .this is all so sudden.. Do you want to um, give it a try?"
Pete smiled "That would be nice"
"Great" Chloe smiled back "Well, I should leave and tell my dad everything is all right"
"Bye, Chloe"
"Bye Pete"
Chloe walked home with to her suprise, a mega-watt grin on her face. What had come over Pete for him to just reveal his feeling for her like that? That took guts. Who knew that kissing him could be so great. Maybe he'd make a good boyfriend. Best of all, he didn't want Lana Lang.
"I have to talk to her," she said, getting up.
Pete pulled her back into her seat "She's not even awake. Calm down she'll be fine"
"Yeah, but I need to know why. Why did she do something as stupid as slit her wrists"
"I don't know"
Chloe's fists closed up "That stupid jerk, I can't believe he would do something like this"
Pete defended his friend "Hey, C'mon, cut Clark some slack"
"No, I will not! I don't know why he is being such an idiot"
Pete sighed; keeping Clark's secret could be hell sometimes. His thoughts were interrupted by four doctors rolling a hysterical woman into the hospital.
"No!" She cried, "He's going to die!"
Chloe looked at the woman.. Was that? No, It couldn't be Dr. Bryce! She was on her honeymoon far away from here. This woman looked so much like her though.
"No!" The woman screamed again, "My husband was still on the plane! Lex is going to die!"
Pete and Chloe gasped, It was Dr. Bryce!
"Shh" the doctor said soothingly to her
"Don't you hear me?" Helen sobbed "My husband is on a plane with no pilot! Oh God! Oh God! Lex is going to die!" She sobbed hysterically "Lex! Oh God! Lex!"
"She has a few broken bones but she'll be OK" One of the doctors yelled over to another
"She's hysterical. Give her some tranquilizers!"
"No, please! You have to save him!" Helen cried
The doctor took a needle and injected it into Helen's arm. It worked immediately and she passed out.
"Get her into a room" The doctor whispered to the other
The other doctor nodded and wheeled Helen into one of the rooms. Chloe and Pete walked up to the doctor.
"What happened?" Chloe asked
The doctor sighed "Some sicko pilot drugged them both on the plane on their honeymoon. He took her and jumped out of a plane with a parachute. The cops caught him and he is in jail"
"But Lex Luthor is still on the plane?"
"Yeah, Oh God, If he dies.. " the doctor trailed off "Look, I can't talk right now. I have to go.. Bye"
"Bye" Chloe and Pete said
The doctor went to leave, but turned around.
"Oh, you guys are here to see Lana Lang right? She has been asking for Chloe Sullivan.. are you her?"
Chloe nodded "Yeah"
"You got 5 minutes until there are no visitors allowed"
Chloe turned to Pete "What should I say to her?"
Pete shrugged "Just be gentle"
Chloe smiled and walked in to the room where Lana was. Lana looked like she had been crying,
"Please don't hate me" Lana whispered before Chloe could say anything
"I'm more worried about you" Chloe said, giving her a reassuring smile "Why did you do that?"
Lana sniffed "I'm sorry.. I feel so stupid.. It was like I wasn't even awake.. God, I just saw the razor and shoved it in my wrist" she winced "I don't even know why I did it, Chloe" Lana started to cry "I'm so sorry!"
"Don't be" Chloe said, holding Lana's hand "You never meant to take your life.. did you"
"No, never!" She sobbed "I don't even know why I did it!"
"The blade didn't cut to far, just thank God you used a crappy razor"
Lana smiled "I'm scared, I'm worried, I'm in pain.. I'm a mess"
"All because of that jerk, Clark Kent" "Clark's not a jerk" Lana said
Chloe sighed "Yes, He is! He takes off without even telling anybody!"
Lana shrugged "I'm worried about him"
"Hey, you know what.. When you get out of the hospital.. We'll have a girl's night out. We'll go shopping and we'll have fun"
Lana smiled "I'm looking forward to it already"
"Well, I better go.. Don't ever do anything like this again:
Lana smiled "I won't don't worry"
Chloe left and Lana closed her eyes. Clark, as much as I hate you now, I love you, Please be OK, she prayed. She drifted off to sleep.
Chloe walked out to Pete.
"Hey how is Lana?" Pete asked
Chloe nodded "She'll be OK, She's worried about Clark"
"Clark will be OK, The guy can look out for himself" Pete said reassuringly "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Just checking.. You know.. If Clark.. Can't see how great you are.. then he is an idiot"
Chloe looked at him weirdly "Are you OK, Pete? You're acting weird"
Pete sighed, He couldn't take hiding his true feeling for Chloe anymore. It was now or never.
"Chloe, I can't do this anymore"
He sat down on the hospital stairs, they were outside, she followed him.
"What's going on Pete?" she asked
"I've tried to tell myself that it would never happen.."
"Pete, are you OK?"
He shook his head "I have feelings for you, Chloe"
What was he saying? Why was he saying this now?
"Pete.. Why are you telling my this?"
"all this time.." he stalled "I've stuck by you when you got hurt by Clark.. over and over again.. I can't keep my feeling for you a secret!"
She sat down next to him "So.. so what are you saying? That you wanna be with me or something?"
"I thought my feeling for you were under control.. but then it just hit me like a ton of bricks..."
Chloe stared at the face of her best friend. Her best guy friend was revealing his feelings for her. It was so sudden, so unexpected. She had to say something.
"Oh, Pete.."
Before she could say another word, he kissed her. To her suprise.. She liked it! She really did! She kissed him back. It released a sort of happiness Chloe had thought was long gone.
"Wow" She said as they broke apart
"Sorry" he apologized
"No, no.. I liked it.. Wow, Pete, this is so unexpected.."
"I know.. but, doesn't it feel so right?"
Chloe nodded "Yes, It does... It feels so right"
He looked at the ground "So, um, what is going to happen now?"
Chloe shrugged "I don't know.. Do you think it would be awkward if we, um, went out?"
"You mean like a boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"I don't know. .this is all so sudden.. Do you want to um, give it a try?"
Pete smiled "That would be nice"
"Great" Chloe smiled back "Well, I should leave and tell my dad everything is all right"
"Bye, Chloe"
"Bye Pete"
Chloe walked home with to her suprise, a mega-watt grin on her face. What had come over Pete for him to just reveal his feeling for her like that? That took guts. Who knew that kissing him could be so great. Maybe he'd make a good boyfriend. Best of all, he didn't want Lana Lang.