A/N:She did only see her mom that one time in Metropolis... I thought I should post this before I left on my trip... I'll be back by the fifth, and should have an update for you peoples by the sixth, if I don't get crazy homework :)

The Flowers of Destiny

By S. Ann Smith

Chapter two: Visions From the Past

She was running, she didn't know exactly where she was running, all she knew was that she was running, and that it was dark. Not only was it dark, but it was also very, very cold. The ground was surpisingly soft as she ran, if, of course, it was ground.

She saw a bright yellowish light and turned towards it. As she got closer, the luminously bright light got farther away until it disappeared again, only to reappear to her left. This time it did the same thing, teasing her once again only to leave her in the dark, alone.

"Charlotte." She heard her mother's name spoken faintly. She turned to see her parents in their Metropolis kitchen, oh so long ago. "She doesn't need this right now." It was the first time she'd ever seen her dad cry freely, it scared her. Alot.

"She's so young Gabe, if I stay, she'll be just as messed up as Lucy is!" Her mother cried.

"Chloe's not gooing to turn out like your sister, but how could you ever think that she'd be better off without her mother?"

"She'll have you." Charlotte stood up and grabbed the brown suitcase on the floor. "I can't watch my daughter turn into her! Good bye GAbe." She closed teh door behind her.

"What about breakfast?" He said to the air. "How am I going to do this? He sat down at the small round table.

The kitchen darkened and Chloe found herself in the cold darkness again.

~*~*~*~

Chloe awoke witha start, sunshine happily streaming down on her face.

"Well that was...weird." She mumbled to herself, as she looked over to the clock on Lex's side of the bed. It was mid afternoon now, and she had slept most of the morning, and figured Lex would still be in his office.

They were living in a rather large Metropolis apartment, that could probably house half of if not all of Britain. They had left Smallville after Chloe graduated from High School, because of 'Luthor Issues' that Lex had with Lionel. Now Lionel was dead, and they were returning after almost seven years, to discuss legal matters with both Lionel's lawyers and Lukas, who was now top of his class in Buisness Economics, and often came to Chloe and Lex's for holiday dinners.

Yesterday, after the funeral, Lucas had met with them and they went out to dinner at one of the fanciest restaurants in Metropolis, and had discussed the mansion in Smallville.

She crept down the to Lex's office, and caught him staring off to space towards Smallville. "Boo!" She said wrapping her arms around him quickly.

"Hi" He said after embarassing himself by jumping at the sudden touch. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine, I just think I was over tired, that's all." She smiled. "What were you thinking about just now?"

"Us." He turned towards her.

"And what did you see?"

"I can't tell you it's a secret."

"Please?" She gave him her best impression of a puppy face she could possibly give him, and he kissed her nose.

"Later, you'll find out later." He said kissing her again. "Lucas called too, he said he'll see us at the mansion at seven. I figured we could go out to dinner before and meet him there after."

"Sounds good." She said leaning into him.

~*~*~

An hour later they were in the LexCorp jet, towards Smallville.

Lex was holding her hand protectively, as they flew over the surrounding towns, and suburbs of Metropolis.

They took the limo from the Smallville Airport, which was still in the same spot, and looked like it had the same pavement on it from the last time Chloe was in Smallville, for Pete and Lana's wedding, to the restaurant, where Lex kindly held the door for her.

When they entered they were greeted by a group of people singing some strange song that Chloe didn't recognize, it was creepy. She decided. They led them to a table, and continued to sing the strange song as if it was a chant. It had the same beat to it as 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', but the words were different. Lex seemed amused, so she decided to play along.

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A/N: Yeah so I'm going away until the fifth, to Mt. St. Helens on our School's annual Earth Science 11 trip. *yay camping with the most annoying students in our student body, and a kind of scary teacher*