A/N: Okay okay okay. So I've been a REALLY long time between updates, but
I've been extremely busy and...lots of other stuff. So here is another
chapter to our lovely tale. I actually write this author's note last, so I
wanted to finish up the story this chapter, but it didn't happen, so you
guys will just have to tell me where you want this one to totally go.
Um...For those impatient people, they can skip to the section break and
begin reading.
Thank you to all of those who reviewed the last chapter! I appreciated all comments!
Basics: (Why do I even put these on here????) I don't own them, I wish I did. The only reason that I use them is because I am not creative enough to come up with my own ideas for characters.
For the final time (I hope): This story takes place after Rosetta, yet before Visitor and focuses mainly on events found in Rush. (Learn the episode names people!!!)
And now....
~Remembering Rushes Past~
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Chloe was falling out of the loft opening and rushing towards the ground below. Clark watched the whole experience as if it were being played in slow motion. Using his super speed, he rushed down the stairs, around the front and caught Chloe on the way down.
Chloe's eyes fluttered as Clark caught her. She looked at him and wasn't sure if she wanted to kiss him, or to jump down and run away. She looked up into his deep green eyes, and rested her head against his chest, for she was still a bit dizzy. Clark carried her up the stairs back into the loft and set her down on a loose hay bale.
"I suppose I should say that you are my own personal superhero, huh?" Chloe inwardly laughed at her pun, yet outwardly looked at the floor and pretended to be incredibly interested in the grain of the hard wood. Clark merely smiled, yet a visibly forced smile.
"Chloe," he said as he was kneeling to her level, "I can never make up for not telling you. Honestly, it ate me away inside knowing you wanted so much to know what was off about me, and I'm sorry for that. I just hope that we can start over." He looked at her and waited for her reaction. He tilted her head up to look in her eyes and was startled to see the tears welling up in her eyes, about ready to overflow.
Chloe stared at him through teary eyes. By the time he was done with his speech, she was sobbing. "Oh Clark," she hugged him tightly around the chest. "I've always loved you. I even poured my heart out to you when you were sick." She let him go to free her hand as to wipe away a few tears.
"Chloe, if I had only known, and I'm sorry for what has passed. But now-"
"Clark, I don't know if I can take anymore. It's been a roller coaster of ups and downs for us for almost a year now." She stood up and looked out the door of the loft finally realizing how far it was to the ground. She turned and looked at him. "I can't do this anymore," she whispered. "I can't love you." She picked up her long forgotten purse.
"Chloe wait-"
"Clark, I can't stay here, it's like I don't even know you. It's like the best friend that I once knew is now someone entirely different. I don't know if I can ever view you in the same way again." She turned to Clark who was standing there with a look of pure astonishment on his face.
"That's just what Pete said," Clark thought to himself. Straightening his face and self up, he looked at Chloe square in the eyes. "You're not going to tell anyone are you?"
She was amazed that he could even ask that. This was new information, yes, but he was still her best friend. She could never tell. Knowing that if she opened her mouth, she would burst into tears and hysterical sobs, she merely shook her head and slowly descended the stairs. Clark watched her go with a heavy heart. She walked slowly to the end of the e driveway and called her father for a ride home.
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Clark positioned his telescope for the sky and looked out into the vast beyond, knowing that somewhere out there was the place where he was born. It no longer existed, he knew that, but was now destroyed.
He heard a creak on the steps and turned in time to see Lex's head pop up from the landing.
"Your mother told me that I'd find you here," Lex said. He walked over to the loft opening and looked up into the skies where Clark had his telescope positioned. "How's it been Clark? It has been a while since I've last seen you, not since the hospital."
"Things have been...rough, I guess," Clark pulled his eye away from the telescope and looked out at the fields of wheat that were growing. "Its hard to believe that these fields were once but a handful of seeds. Its amazing how things can grow."
Lex looked out to where Clark was looking. "Yes it is. My mother use to tell me that friendships grew and blossomed in the same way that a plant grows. With time, love and a whole lot of trust, both the plant and the friendship will survive."
Clark turned back to Lex, and smiled. "I never thought of it that way, thank you for sharing that."
Lex turned and began to descend the stairs. "I would like to feel that our friendship worked the same way as that wheat, Clark."
Clark smiled and realized that he had quite a bit to still explain and apologize for to Chloe.
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"Wait, he told you back in October?" Chloe almost choked on her no- fat no-foam latte. Pete sat across from Chloe at the back booth of the Talon, trying to keep her voice down and not attract attention. "I'm going to kill him."
"Honestly, you can't kill him, he's invulnerable," he pointed out.
Chloe set her cup down hard and the latte spilled a bit on the table. "Pete, I know that, I was just being sarcastic. I can't believe you knew this and didn't ever tell me."
"Chloe, it is a dangerous thing to know this. When I first found out, I became tied up and my life was threatened by a mad scientist." Pete took a sip from his cappuccino and looked at Chloe intently.
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Clark eased the truck to a stop in front of the Talon. He had asked Pete to bring Chloe here so he could get a chance to talk to her and try to explain a bit more about exactly what this secret would entitle her and try to clear the air.
He looked in the window and saw Pete and Chloe at the far booth drinking coffees. "Perfect" he thought as he parked the car and shut off the ignition. He took a deep breath and exited the car. He pulled open the Talon's heavy front door and stepped inside. Chloe had her back to him as he began to walk towards their table.
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Pete heard the bell over the door ring as Clark stepped inside the door. He had only agreed to this set up because he remembered what it had been like to be in Chloe's position. Besides kidnapping Chloe and holding her life hostage, he figured that this was the second best way to get the importance of the secret across.
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"It's now or never Kent," Clark thought as he made his way across the room. Chloe was just sipping her latte when he stopped just behind her left shoulder and waited for her to turn around.
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Chloe took another sip of her latte and set the cup down. She realized that she felt another person just behind her. She turned and saw Clark standing there with a serious face on.
"Chloe," he said, "We need to talk."
Thank you to all of those who reviewed the last chapter! I appreciated all comments!
Basics: (Why do I even put these on here????) I don't own them, I wish I did. The only reason that I use them is because I am not creative enough to come up with my own ideas for characters.
For the final time (I hope): This story takes place after Rosetta, yet before Visitor and focuses mainly on events found in Rush. (Learn the episode names people!!!)
And now....
~Remembering Rushes Past~
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Chloe was falling out of the loft opening and rushing towards the ground below. Clark watched the whole experience as if it were being played in slow motion. Using his super speed, he rushed down the stairs, around the front and caught Chloe on the way down.
Chloe's eyes fluttered as Clark caught her. She looked at him and wasn't sure if she wanted to kiss him, or to jump down and run away. She looked up into his deep green eyes, and rested her head against his chest, for she was still a bit dizzy. Clark carried her up the stairs back into the loft and set her down on a loose hay bale.
"I suppose I should say that you are my own personal superhero, huh?" Chloe inwardly laughed at her pun, yet outwardly looked at the floor and pretended to be incredibly interested in the grain of the hard wood. Clark merely smiled, yet a visibly forced smile.
"Chloe," he said as he was kneeling to her level, "I can never make up for not telling you. Honestly, it ate me away inside knowing you wanted so much to know what was off about me, and I'm sorry for that. I just hope that we can start over." He looked at her and waited for her reaction. He tilted her head up to look in her eyes and was startled to see the tears welling up in her eyes, about ready to overflow.
Chloe stared at him through teary eyes. By the time he was done with his speech, she was sobbing. "Oh Clark," she hugged him tightly around the chest. "I've always loved you. I even poured my heart out to you when you were sick." She let him go to free her hand as to wipe away a few tears.
"Chloe, if I had only known, and I'm sorry for what has passed. But now-"
"Clark, I don't know if I can take anymore. It's been a roller coaster of ups and downs for us for almost a year now." She stood up and looked out the door of the loft finally realizing how far it was to the ground. She turned and looked at him. "I can't do this anymore," she whispered. "I can't love you." She picked up her long forgotten purse.
"Chloe wait-"
"Clark, I can't stay here, it's like I don't even know you. It's like the best friend that I once knew is now someone entirely different. I don't know if I can ever view you in the same way again." She turned to Clark who was standing there with a look of pure astonishment on his face.
"That's just what Pete said," Clark thought to himself. Straightening his face and self up, he looked at Chloe square in the eyes. "You're not going to tell anyone are you?"
She was amazed that he could even ask that. This was new information, yes, but he was still her best friend. She could never tell. Knowing that if she opened her mouth, she would burst into tears and hysterical sobs, she merely shook her head and slowly descended the stairs. Clark watched her go with a heavy heart. She walked slowly to the end of the e driveway and called her father for a ride home.
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Clark positioned his telescope for the sky and looked out into the vast beyond, knowing that somewhere out there was the place where he was born. It no longer existed, he knew that, but was now destroyed.
He heard a creak on the steps and turned in time to see Lex's head pop up from the landing.
"Your mother told me that I'd find you here," Lex said. He walked over to the loft opening and looked up into the skies where Clark had his telescope positioned. "How's it been Clark? It has been a while since I've last seen you, not since the hospital."
"Things have been...rough, I guess," Clark pulled his eye away from the telescope and looked out at the fields of wheat that were growing. "Its hard to believe that these fields were once but a handful of seeds. Its amazing how things can grow."
Lex looked out to where Clark was looking. "Yes it is. My mother use to tell me that friendships grew and blossomed in the same way that a plant grows. With time, love and a whole lot of trust, both the plant and the friendship will survive."
Clark turned back to Lex, and smiled. "I never thought of it that way, thank you for sharing that."
Lex turned and began to descend the stairs. "I would like to feel that our friendship worked the same way as that wheat, Clark."
Clark smiled and realized that he had quite a bit to still explain and apologize for to Chloe.
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"Wait, he told you back in October?" Chloe almost choked on her no- fat no-foam latte. Pete sat across from Chloe at the back booth of the Talon, trying to keep her voice down and not attract attention. "I'm going to kill him."
"Honestly, you can't kill him, he's invulnerable," he pointed out.
Chloe set her cup down hard and the latte spilled a bit on the table. "Pete, I know that, I was just being sarcastic. I can't believe you knew this and didn't ever tell me."
"Chloe, it is a dangerous thing to know this. When I first found out, I became tied up and my life was threatened by a mad scientist." Pete took a sip from his cappuccino and looked at Chloe intently.
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Clark eased the truck to a stop in front of the Talon. He had asked Pete to bring Chloe here so he could get a chance to talk to her and try to explain a bit more about exactly what this secret would entitle her and try to clear the air.
He looked in the window and saw Pete and Chloe at the far booth drinking coffees. "Perfect" he thought as he parked the car and shut off the ignition. He took a deep breath and exited the car. He pulled open the Talon's heavy front door and stepped inside. Chloe had her back to him as he began to walk towards their table.
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Pete heard the bell over the door ring as Clark stepped inside the door. He had only agreed to this set up because he remembered what it had been like to be in Chloe's position. Besides kidnapping Chloe and holding her life hostage, he figured that this was the second best way to get the importance of the secret across.
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"It's now or never Kent," Clark thought as he made his way across the room. Chloe was just sipping her latte when he stopped just behind her left shoulder and waited for her to turn around.
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Chloe took another sip of her latte and set the cup down. She realized that she felt another person just behind her. She turned and saw Clark standing there with a serious face on.
"Chloe," he said, "We need to talk."