Chloe sighed and clicked on the remote for some channel surfing. Nothing good was on. An old episode of Spongebob that she had seen 100 times before, Some kids whining about being so pretty on 90210 and an episode of that Marykate and Ashley show that she would rather kill herself than watch. She decided to put on the news, atleast something interesting would be there.

"We have breaking news that Lex Luthor's plane was hijacked. It crashed near Tampa Bay, Florida. The police have nor yet found Lex Luthor's body but are still looking. He is presumed dead"

Chloe gasped in horror. Lex Luthor was dead? There had to be some mistake! She listened intensely to the reporter.

"There will be a memorial service for Lex Luthor tomorrow at the Smallville funeral home. In other news Lionel Luthor, who hired the pilot to drug his son and kill him was arrested today and taken to jail earlier this morning. He will go to court June 3rd. Lex's wife, Dr. Helen Bryce is now in Smallville hospital, the pilot, who has also been arrested, saved her and she made it out with nothing more than a broken leg. All us of here at 24 news send our deepest sympathy to Helen Bryce right now..."

Chloe turned the TV off in shock. Oh my God, she thought, Lex Luthor is dead. She turned the TV back on and changed the channel. It was on every channel that she saw. Oh God, What if Lana finds...

"Noo! Noooo!"

Chloe jumped up. She heard something crashing and Lana collapsing and crying on the ground. As if she had superspeed herself, Chloe ran up the stairs as fast as she could to Lana's room. She saw Lana's vase broken in pieces on the floor and Lana, up against the wall crying with her arms wrapped around her knees.

"No" she sobbed repeatedly

"Lana?" Chloe called softly "I'm so sorry"

Lana said nothing but sobbed some more.

"He's gone, Chloe" she said atlast "He's dead"

Chloe stared at Lana with concern; she had not seen Lana cry like that sense Whitney died. She walked over and knelt down by Lana. Who still had her head buried in her hands. She was softly sobbing.

"Lana?" Chloe whispered "I'm so sorry" she said again

Lana lifted her head up and sniffed. Chloe felt so sad just looking at Lana, who even when she looked horrible, she still looked beautiful. Chloe envied that about Lana, she envied a lot about Lana, her exotic looks, her boyfriend Clark Kent, who Chloe was still trying to get over. Lana was her female best friend and she loved her like a sister. Their friendship had its difficulties but always made it through in the end. Chloe always had to comfort Lana when she cried, it was just instinct, well except when she was mad at her or when Lana would cry at night. Chloe was too tired to talk to her but during the day, Chloe could not see Lana cry without doing something. Chloe sat down next to Lana and put her arm around her.

"I'm so sorry," Chloe said for the third time

Lana was still silent. She finally spoke up.

"I just can't believe I'll never see him again"

"I know" Chloe said, sighing

Chloe hugged Lana and the two girls were silent again.

"You should call Clark" Chloe told Lana

Lana sighed "Yeah.. He must be taking this hard, Lex was one of his best friends"

Lana got up and went to go dial the telephone.

"Hello?" Martha's sobbing voice was heard over the line

"Hi Mrs. Kent, It's Lana, Is Clark OK?"

"I don't know" she sobbed again "We just found out, I'm so sorry about it, I know you guys were friends.. Let me put Clark on the line"

"Thank you"

"Hello?" Clark's voice sounded so low and monotone that Lana had to spend a second to figure out if it was his or not

"Hey, It's Lana. I heard..."

"Have you been crying?" he asked

"Yeah"

"My mom is going over to see Helen, she's still in the hospital"

"Oh, Are you going to the service?"

"Yes"

"Can I please come over? Please?"

His voice softened up "Yeah, of course you can, you're my girlfriend"

Lana smiled "OK, I'll be right over"

Lana hung up and turned to Chloe.

"I'm going over to keep Clark company, OK?"

Chloe stared at Lana with concern "Are you going to be OK?"

Lana looked to the ground and crossed her arms "I don't know"

"You know if you need anything, I'm here for you"

Lana smiled and hugged Chloe "Thank you so much" she whispered, her voice starting to turn into a sob "Clark is the one you should be worried about now"

Lana took her purse and drove over to Clark's house. She walked up to the loft and saw him; he was sitting on the couch. He looked so depressed. He had just lost one of his best friends. Lana and Lex were good friends but Clark and Lex were so good of friends that Lex made Clark his best man at the wedding.

"Hey" Lana said quietly

"Hey" he said back, just as quietly

He looked at her, she had been crying, he could tell, Her eyes were red- rimmed and bloodshot. Both of them had depressed expressions.

"I just can't believe I'll never see Lex again"

His voice sounded exactly like it had yesterday when she had stopped him from leaving. So deepened with pain that it hurt her as well. She walked over to him and wrapped her arm around him. He hugged her too.

"I can't believe this is happening" she sobbed "Why him? Why now? He was finally happy?"

He rubbed her back as she cried "I don't know... That bastard Lionel Luther. I could kill him myself..." He was even suprised by his own rage

"Killed by his own father" Lana said almost robotically "Horrible"

She lied down on his chest "He is a bastard.. First, he tries to do an article on you.. Then he.. Kills his son, How could he be so spineless to do something like that"

"He's rotting in jail now"

"What if he bails himself out?"

Clark sighed "I don't know... Helen called today; she wants me to speak at his funeral. I suck a speeches"

Lana smiled "I could help.. Just think of how much he meant to you, how good us a guy he was... most of the time..."

Clark smiled "I'm still in so much shock.. This is so crazy"

She kissed him "I know... This sucks.."

Chloe did not watch TV for the rest of the day, She was afraid she would see more on Lex's death. She felt bad, although they were not close. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" She asked

"It's Pete"

Chloe walked over and opened the door.

"Hey, did you hear what happened?" He asked

"Yeah.. I can't believe Lex is dead"

"Yeah, me either.. I never really liked him but I still feel bad about it"

"Yeah me too, I just can't believe Lionel Luthor would do something so horrible as arrange his own son's death.." Chloe changed the subject "So, Lana and Clark are together"

"Yeah.. Are you okay?"

Chloe sighed "Yeah, I'm just trying to let him go.. You know, I never thought I would hear myself saying this but I would want to see what it would be like to have somebody.. I sound so desperate"

Pete laughed "No, you don't."

Pete looked at Chloe, he still had a crush on her, not that she noticed always drooling over Clark. She merely saw Pete as her buddy, partner in crime, nothing more than that but the way she was talking now.. Maybe he had a chance. Lex had died, nobody could have predicted that.. In that moment Pete realized something, You could die at any moment.. So why not live life to the fullest?

Chloe smiled "Yeah, I do... But Clark is happy with Lana.. You know, why am I thinking about my own troubles? Lex Luthor just died.. Can you believe that they haven't found the body yet?"

Pete shook his head "If they haven't seen the body, How do they know he is dead?"

Chloe shrugged "I don't know..."

Lana and Clark were lying on the couch in the loft, Her head on this chest. They were both so sad over the death of Lex that they just lied there in silence for the last 15 minutes. Just enjoying each other's company and glad that one of them was not on the plane.

"You're speech was beautiful" Lana said softly

Clark smiled "Thanks, I just tried to put all you told me in a 4 minute speech"

"Lex would have liked it"

Clark sighed, something did not seem right. The police said Lex Luthor was dead, his plane had gone down, and yet there was no body. Lex Luthor couldn't be dead! He was alive, Clark knew it, Clark felt it! He sighed again and ran his fingers through Lana's silky hair.