I spent the next hour at the Talon, trying to find the answer to it all in a coffee mug. It was too much to comprehend. Chloe walked over but I didn't notice her in my fog. "Earth to Lana." I adjusted my eyes and looked up at her. "Oh Chloe, I'm sorry." Chloe sat down eyeing me strangely, with a big coffee mug in her hands. "So which one is it? I can probably guess". I tried to put on my best poker face and act like I knew nothing of what she was talking about. She sat there with a smirk and took a sip of her mug. "The one you're desperately in love with. Its Lex isn't it? Cause Jason left and you haven't bothered to contact him. And you and Clark, well ….So through very sophisticated process of elimination came to Lex." I quickly scanned the room for anyone who could have heard her. "Shh. God Chloe. No." Could Chloe know? Was it obvious, she always said my poker face sucked. I felt horrible lying to Chloe she's like a sister to me, but I wasn't even sure about my feelings for Lex. "Don't worry I can take a hint and I can keep a secret." Chloe said rolling her eyes and sipping her coffee. What did she think we were planning some secret wedding? Come on it's not that big a deal. But Chloe has some soap opera drama implanted in her head. "Chloe nothing is there and if there were something there we couldn't act on it, not here." Chloe face moved from surprised to a big grin growing. "What?" I asked her but of course she'd jump to conclusions, she was born with it in her. "Did you tell him?" she said. I gave her a real questioning look because I didn't know what she meant. "Tell him what?" That I liked him. No. I don't know how I felt. Well I do but it's to complicated. I looked back to Chloe and she had that all knowing smirk on her face. She was my friend and pulling a Clark on her right now and it's not fair. I looked to both my sides and made sure no one could hear us. "Ok he said there is something between us. That we can't act on it, at least not here. He said never in this town." Chloe looked at me puzzled. "Never in this town? What does he mean? Lana you need to talk to him. He's probably scared to death you don't feel the same." I looked at her with knowing eyes. "I'm not sure how I feel. Besides he's probably already packed for metropolis." Chloe had the shine in her eyes. "…and no I'm not going with him." I added quickly to erase that idea from her reporter head. "Why not? She had a perfectly good question. "And don't use that I don't know how I feel excuse cause that's a lie your heart knows the truth. Maybe you can surprise him show up at his hotel room or stow away in his trunk." Ok she has read one too many mystery books. "I'm not going there, which is like four hours away for something so small." Chloe sighed. "Girl haven't you learned it's less than two in Lex's car." I huffed growing annoyed I couldn't find a good reason not too. "No." I said sternly. Chloe's eyebrow grew she sensed my fore coming surrender. "Lana. I dare you."
