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Chp 25

For the longest time he sat there caressing her head and without really thinking about it he kept going over one particular spot. When she finally fell asleep, Lex slipped out of bed, carefully to make sure he didn't wake her and shut the door ever so quietly behind him, made a phone call and arranged to meet the person on the other end in an hour. "I though you knew what you were doing" Lex yelled. The poor figure in front of him thought that Lex was going to kill him "She getting extremely painful head aches, and now a nose bleed, what is wrong with her and how can it be fixed?" "Nothing went wrong with the plate, the only thing that I could think of is that when she hit her head that hard it moved and something maybe a connection got loose... I told ... you knew it was still only experimental" he regretted talking to Lex in that manner "If I didn't think I'd need you in the future, I wouldn't hear that tone from you ever again. "So how can I help her?" Lex asked one last time "Take it out before it kills her" and the figure ran off into the night, never to be seen again. "Where were you Lex?" Pacifica's voice broke through the night. "Couldn't sleep, just went for a walk, how you feeling?" as he slid back next to her "Better now that your back" she kissed his neck the rested her head on his chest and fell back to sleep, Lex soon joined her. Lex was up before she woke, he couldn't sleep this mind kept replaying the words, what have I done to her, like a broken record.

Clark tried not to make Chloe to suspicious about, well any thing he said, coz he wasn't prepared to explain how he knew. He knew that he'd find Chloe at home sleeping at 10am on a Saturday there was nothing more she like to do on Saturday, other then have her fix of coffee. Clark came well prepared, Gabe let him in, asked him to lock the door as he was leaving and told him to be careful she's only been up for 5mins and no coffee yet, Clark flashed Gabe what was in the bag. "Smart my man, very smart" and with that Gabe left for the day. Clark tapped on her door gently "I'm up already daddy, you can leave now" she yelled from what sounded like under a pillow. Clark opened the door slowly to make sure he was right, then stopped thinking what if he was wrong and she was changing? "Think Clark, it's not as if you have them just for fun" he thought to himself, he scanned her room from the other side of the door, and he was right she was in bed under the covers. "Is that what I think it smells like" she said still under the covers "Come out and see" the voice said and she knew it wasn't daddy "Clark" she said in surprise in seeing him, in her room, in her PJ's "Umm fresh blueberry muffins and a large steaming cup of French Vanilla, your the man, now what can I do for you?" they both realized that she as purring at the coffee and what she just said. "Clark, now get your mind out of the gutter" she smiled through another slip of coffee. He continued to tell her the events of last night, how she was alive and completely well, how her head ached and her memories coming back to her, she called for her friend by name "You, Chloe" Clark had to help close Chloe's mouth it really wasn't becoming seeing the muffin in that manner, poor little thing. "Oh she remembers me" Chloe was so touched "Soon, but I do need some more help" he asked thinking that he'd get scolded, but didn't. He told her that Pacifica told him that she had an operation and a metal plate was put in her head, Chloe was shocked this was the first she heard of it. Clark conveniently forgot to tell Chloe when Pacifica told him and he was glad she never questioned that. "In any case could we check her medical records, I thing that the plate in her is now causing her pain" Chloe grabbed her lap top and searched, Clark actually fell asleep for a bit, and Chloe couldn't help but watch him for awhile, it was sweet seeing him like that, but she never lost track. "Nothing Clark" Chloe woke him and both acted like nothing happened. "If this plate is causing her the head pain, why not have it removed?" she asked thinking it was a simple thing. "Well she never told me what, why or how she has it, and she can't now" he once again kissed Chloe on the cheek and told her that he'd call and see if Pacifica would be up to see her.

Clark went to the mansion, looking to talk with Lex, who was gone for the after noon, but Pacifica was here he if he wanted to speak to her the butler told him. She greeted him at the front door and they walked the gardens, she didn't tell him about the nose bleed. "Do you really ever wonder why your head hurts just in that one spot?" he really didn't mean to ask but it just came out "Ya and I haven't found an answer, as if something is blocking it" she said "It could be" he said and she looked at him. "Clark if you know something that I should know please tell me, I have to know" she asked so seriously, he wasn't sure how to tell her what he saw, he wasn't sure if she remembered what powers he had. "Look, I had a nose bleed last night, I haven't told Lex yet, but I think it's related to my head pain and I'm really scared that something is seriously wrong with me now"

TBC