Chapter One: The Return of Chloe Sullivan
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"Wake up sleeping beauty," he chuckled as he brushed the hair out of her face. "Your home."
Chloe stretched her arms out and yawned. "Already? I must have slept the entire drive. I'm so sorry."
"It's ok. I enjoyed watching you," the gentleman replied smirking ever so slightly.
"You know, if I didn't like you as much as I do, I would think you were a perv!" She giggled as she grabbed his hand and held it tight in hers. "Are you ready to overcome everything that is Smallville?"
He took his free hand and touched her cheek, laying a soft, gentle kiss on her lips before replying. "With you, a man can learn to conquer the world." She started to blush as they pulled up to the Talon.
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"Three months and she's finally coming home. Did she say what surprise she had for us?" Clark said eagarly to Lana as he awaited the return of his best friend. "Only that it was big and a shocker. But you know Chloe she probably got this huge job offer in Metropolis and maybe she's moving back. I mean, she usually goes after what she wants and usually ends up getting it." Clark looked at her in confusion then said, "Well, not everything." Lana smiled softly and watched the limo pull up outside the Talon. "I wasn't expecting anyone famous. I thought Lex wasn't coming Clark?"
Clark glanced in the direction Lana was facing. "No, he said he was busy and that he'd stop by later. Besides Lex and Chloe aren't that great of friends. I mean, they never really got along."
Everyone inside was anticipating the mystery owner of the limo and when Chloe stepped out everyones jaw dropped to the floor. What was to come next nobody was expecting. Right behind Chloe emerged a young, handsome gentlemen. Hand in hand they entered the Talon.
"Hey stranger!" Chloe said as her and Lana took in an embrace. Lana was speechless. Chloe looked amazing, gorgeous even. "Wow, Chloe, you look great. Different even." Chloe couldn't help but smile. It was the reaction of Clark that made her giggle even a slight bit. "Yeah, well love does that to you," she said as she once again grabbed the hand of her young escort.
Clark approced the guy, and held out his hand. "Hey, I'm Clark. Nice to meet you."
"Names, Bruce. Bruce Wayne. Chloe told me all about you." He brushed past Clark and on to Lana. "You must be Lana. I've heard nothing but good things about you." Bruce smiled kissing Lana's hand grasping Chloe's once again.
Clark walked up and stood next to Lana. "So, Bruce how'd you meet Chloe?"
"It's a funny story actually, we...." Bruce was suddenly cut off as everyone turned towards the door yet again, to see Lex Luthor. Chloe's reaction was different. She seemed a little uneasy, uncomfortable. As Lex approced the four, Chloe slipped her hand away from Bruce and let it lay at her side. Her head towards the ground.
"Hey Lex!" Clark said in a relieved tone as he walked up to welcome his friend. Chloe slid her way over to Lana and whispered softly, "I thought you said he wasn't coming." Lana looked as shocked as Chloe,"He wasn't, I don't know why he's here." Bruce was puzzled, "Hey Chlo, you ok? what's wrong?"
'Wrong, why would anything..why should anything be wrong. I'm home, with my friends, Bruce is here, with me of all people. He came home with me, so why do I feel like this. Like I'm some how betraying him. It's not like anything's happening now.'
"Chloe?" Bruce took her hand once again. She was acting awfully wierd, different. "Yeah, sorry I must have slipped out somewhere for a minute. Back now," she said smiling. Lex approaced Chloe, not even acknowledging the man she was with. "Hey welcome back Chloe. Smallville missed you,"he leaned in to give her a small hug and whispered in her ear,"and so did I."
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"Wake up sleeping beauty," he chuckled as he brushed the hair out of her face. "Your home."
Chloe stretched her arms out and yawned. "Already? I must have slept the entire drive. I'm so sorry."
"It's ok. I enjoyed watching you," the gentleman replied smirking ever so slightly.
"You know, if I didn't like you as much as I do, I would think you were a perv!" She giggled as she grabbed his hand and held it tight in hers. "Are you ready to overcome everything that is Smallville?"
He took his free hand and touched her cheek, laying a soft, gentle kiss on her lips before replying. "With you, a man can learn to conquer the world." She started to blush as they pulled up to the Talon.
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"Three months and she's finally coming home. Did she say what surprise she had for us?" Clark said eagarly to Lana as he awaited the return of his best friend. "Only that it was big and a shocker. But you know Chloe she probably got this huge job offer in Metropolis and maybe she's moving back. I mean, she usually goes after what she wants and usually ends up getting it." Clark looked at her in confusion then said, "Well, not everything." Lana smiled softly and watched the limo pull up outside the Talon. "I wasn't expecting anyone famous. I thought Lex wasn't coming Clark?"
Clark glanced in the direction Lana was facing. "No, he said he was busy and that he'd stop by later. Besides Lex and Chloe aren't that great of friends. I mean, they never really got along."
Everyone inside was anticipating the mystery owner of the limo and when Chloe stepped out everyones jaw dropped to the floor. What was to come next nobody was expecting. Right behind Chloe emerged a young, handsome gentlemen. Hand in hand they entered the Talon.
"Hey stranger!" Chloe said as her and Lana took in an embrace. Lana was speechless. Chloe looked amazing, gorgeous even. "Wow, Chloe, you look great. Different even." Chloe couldn't help but smile. It was the reaction of Clark that made her giggle even a slight bit. "Yeah, well love does that to you," she said as she once again grabbed the hand of her young escort.
Clark approced the guy, and held out his hand. "Hey, I'm Clark. Nice to meet you."
"Names, Bruce. Bruce Wayne. Chloe told me all about you." He brushed past Clark and on to Lana. "You must be Lana. I've heard nothing but good things about you." Bruce smiled kissing Lana's hand grasping Chloe's once again.
Clark walked up and stood next to Lana. "So, Bruce how'd you meet Chloe?"
"It's a funny story actually, we...." Bruce was suddenly cut off as everyone turned towards the door yet again, to see Lex Luthor. Chloe's reaction was different. She seemed a little uneasy, uncomfortable. As Lex approced the four, Chloe slipped her hand away from Bruce and let it lay at her side. Her head towards the ground.
"Hey Lex!" Clark said in a relieved tone as he walked up to welcome his friend. Chloe slid her way over to Lana and whispered softly, "I thought you said he wasn't coming." Lana looked as shocked as Chloe,"He wasn't, I don't know why he's here." Bruce was puzzled, "Hey Chlo, you ok? what's wrong?"
'Wrong, why would anything..why should anything be wrong. I'm home, with my friends, Bruce is here, with me of all people. He came home with me, so why do I feel like this. Like I'm some how betraying him. It's not like anything's happening now.'
"Chloe?" Bruce took her hand once again. She was acting awfully wierd, different. "Yeah, sorry I must have slipped out somewhere for a minute. Back now," she said smiling. Lex approaced Chloe, not even acknowledging the man she was with. "Hey welcome back Chloe. Smallville missed you,"he leaned in to give her a small hug and whispered in her ear,"and so did I."
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