Declaimer: I don't own any of the following characters. If I did Lana would have mysteriously vanished after eps 2 and Chloe would have a boyfriend. A boyfriend that like her eyes (because they are pretty not as a food sources)

Author note: sorry this part took so long I've been busy didn't even realize I had any review till a few days ago. This part is unbete. I'm on the hunt for one if anyone is interested send me a note. I tried to keep the character true. If they go a little OC I'll say now that I'm desperately sorry.

This goes AU some time during season 4 ep 1

Lies part 2

I knock on the door to Chloe's hospital room. There is a muffled reply to come in. I open the door to find Chloe is sitting up in bed supported by pillows there a laptop opened on a tray in front of her.

" Hey Clark it's about time you wander in"

I give her a smile as I hand her the flower. She sniffs them than places them next to her on the bed.

" Thank for the flower I'll find some water for them later" she runs a hand throw her hair

" So…"

" I stop by the Talon to bring you a cup of coffee"

Her faces slit in to a huge grin.

" Thank you Clark. I thought I would die of coffee deprivation before anyone noticed you can't keep coffee away from a coffee addict"

She snatches the coffee from me. I slump in to a chair by her bed.

" How long are you in for"

" They should be letting me out tonight. I wasn't hurt to bad just some bruised ribs. The doctors just want to make sure I'm as healthy as I say I am."

Some guy knocked her out. Beat her up. Ties her up. Than tried to kill her. She has suffered a serious assault. Only Chloe would think the doctor where being over curious. Of course there was no way to explain it so she would see it that way.

" Your cousin is still running around town"

Chloe chuckles

" Yeah she going to be in town for a little while. She stopped by earlier told me all about your first meeting. Naked in a cornfield Clark"

She raised any eyebrow. I blush

" I was suffering from amnesia at the time" I wonder if that sounds as lame to her as it does to me. She took a sip of her coffee. Closing her laptop she settled back in bed. She is choosing to ignore my excuse.

" Lex stopped by. He didn't mention your name once. You want to tell me what that's about"

I shrug "there nothing there to tell"

" Clark come on you were missing for most of the summer he was worried. This summer was really hard for him with his dad going to jail, him having to keep me hidden and than him getting sick. He couldn't even stop to rest he had to take over running Luthorcorp. It really sucked to be Lex Luthor this summer. The whole time he was worried that you were really going to stay gone and I mean me and your parents Pete and even Lana are pretty use to you being incognito during the summer months but he's not. Even when he wasn't talking about you he was thinking about you and then you final show up and he's as smooth as ice not one mention of your name. And when I do mention you his eyes kind of shut down." She pause to take a breath "so like I said hard summer for the rich boy"

" He was sick. Lex never gets sick. What the hell happened to make Lex sick"?

She shakes her head "that would be the only thing you notices about my whole speech."

" Chloe tell me"

" Can't Clark it's really not my business to tell"

" Chloe"

She shakes her head

" You want to tell me what split up the great awkward friendship"

Diversion good tactic if she doesn't want to talk about Lex being sick that's find I'll just have to ask him about it myself.

" It not really a slit it's more like a break that is mostly my fault. And before you can set in on me I would like to have you know Lana already did. I'm going to talk to him on Monday"

" Well that's a good first step. Don't tell him I told you about him being sick."

Lex had been sick this summer. He could still be sick. he didn't seem sick when I saw him at the talon. But this is Lex he problem doesn't know how a sick person should look. Who takes care of Lex when he is sick? I shift in my set I can feel Chloe watching me waiting for my to say something. I have nothing to say I can't pry my thoughts away from the idea of Lex sick and alone.

" Clark if I where to ask you a question would you tell me the truth"

Why does everyone suddenly want the truth? Does anyone understand that sometimes their needs to be secrets?

" I'll try my best Chloe"

" Are your secrets the main reason for the destruction of your friendship with Lex"

" Chloe I..." God did she have to say it like there was no hope of ever repairing it.

" Clark do not deny that you have secrets to keep. I understand that there are things you can't tell me. I have learned to deal with that. Just don't deny that there is something to tell"

" Fine there is something to tell and I can't tell you and I'm sorry"

She nod her head

" Good this is the first step in fix any friendship admitting you have a problem"

" You make it sound like I have a addiction"

" You do Clark a lying addiction but it's going to be fine because you're now on the road to recover" she gives me a cocky smile. I can't help but smile back. This telling the truth thing is really starting to feel good.

" So Clark, how much do you like Lex"?

" What?"

She rolls her eyes "oh come on Clark everyone knows you've got a thing for anyone with the initials L.L."

" You do realizes you cousin Lois and Lionel Luthor share those initials"

She lifts and drops her shoulder in a shrug.

"If they make you happy who am I to judge you"?

" It's not like that Chloe and you no it"

" I will tell you what I no. You hold a sweet spot for our resident manic on the hill and you suffer from severe denial"

" Chloe"

He likes you Clark and if you don't move fast he may decide all this grief is not worth the wait"

She turns watchful slightly hurt eyes on me. I cringe.

" Chloe it's really not like that"

" Don't worry Clark, you can confide in me that what best friends are for. Now answer my question do you like him"

" Yes" the word slipped out before I even finish thinking it. This truth telling was getting contagious. That wasn't really a bad thing. If I was going to start telling people the truth I need to start telling myself the truth. The truth is Lex is sex. There is no way to get around that .I can't not like him. The movements of his hips, the look in his eyes, the smirk on his lips, the tone of his voices. Miles of nothing but smooth pale skin, deep thoughtful eyes, pink soft lips. He is walking moving sex. No one could trustfully say that on some level they are not attracted to him.

" So you like him, he like you do something"

" I will"

She leans forward eyes searching mine " I believe you. Next time I see you Clark I want to know just how good a kisser Lex Luthor really is"

I blush "God Chloe do you have to say it like that"

She arches an eyebrow " there's another way to say it"

" Chloe"

She smirks as she wiggles in bed " I can't wait to get out of this stupid bed. Pete sent me an e-mail he going to come visiting soon he needs a place to stay that's not his dad's house so I offered him the Kent farm"

" He e-mailed you about stay at my house. Why didn't he just e-mail me"

" You never cheek you e-mail when you fighting with Lex"

I sat back in my chair this felt nice a little battering with Chloe and my world starts to shift back in to place. Now if I can just talk Pete into coming back and maybe work up the nerve to tell Lex I'm sorry my world would be as close to perfect as it can be for a teenager space alien who lives in Smallville with a crush on his best male friend.