CHAPTER 5
Here's Chapter 5
THE NEXT DAY
Clark was getting ready to go with Lana while Lois was just sitting in her, well Clark's, room.
RING RING RING
"Hello." Lois answered.
"Hey Lo, what you up to today?" Chloe asked her cousin.
"Not much! What about you?"
"Well there is this concert type of thing today at the City Park and I was wondering if you wanted to go." Chloe asked.
"I'd love to go!" Lois shouted with way more enthusiasm than necessary. 'This has nothing to do with Clark or Lana' Lois repeated to herself. 'I just want to spend time with my favorite cousin.' But in the back of Lois' mind she kept hearing a voice say things like "Yeah Right!" "Keep telling yourself that!" and her personal favorite "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!"
"Woah cuz, calm down! What are you so excited about? It's just some local bands playing nothing real special." Chloe asked suspiciously.
"Oh. I'm just really excited to spend some time with my favorite cousin." Lois said as though she was partly convincing herself as well as Chloe.
"Ok, Lois. If you say so." Chloe said unconvinced but decided to let it drop. 'Yeah I'm sure that's the reason you want to go Lo. And it has absolutely nothing to do with Clark Kent and his "date" with Lana. Ya know maybe Mrs. Kent isn't too far off on setting these two up.'
CHLOE'S FLASHBACK TO YESTERDAY
Chloe was sitting at a table in the Talon drinking her cappacino as she waited for Lana to get off work. Mrs. Kent walked in and went right over to Chloe.
"Hi Chloe"
"Oh hi Mrs. Kent. Umm if you're looking for Clark he's not here."
"No Chloe I came her to see you. I kind of have a favor to ask of you." Martha asked as her grin went a mile wide.
"Ok, what can I do for you." Chloe asked with an uncertain but curious look. 'What is she up to?' Chloe wondered
"Have you ever noticed how Clark and Lois bickering is more like flirting rather than actually fighting."
"Yeah who hasn't" Chloe chuckled and so did Martha.
"Well that's kind of what the favor has to deal with. See I've noticed one thing with my son and that's that he seems happier and more comfortable around Lois, and we both know that Clark has a hard time being himself around people since there's a part of him he has to hide."
a/n: The Kent's know Chloe knows about Clark and Chloe knows everything.
Chloe nodded. "Yeah but I'm still not getting where I come in."
"I getting to it." Martha stated. "Well when I was Lois' age, I acted a lot like her: stubborn, sarcastic, down right obnoxious sometimes, and if you ask Mr. Kent, I can still act that way. Either way, Lois and Clark remind me a lot of when me and Mr. Kent met. We fought all the time but secretly really liked each other. It wasn't until this one girl asked Mr. Kent out that I realized I liked him. I really thought I had lost him after they started dating, but they were only together two months. It seemed like the day they broke up I told Jonathan everything because I didn't want to waste any more time. Well then he told me that I was the reason they broke up. Well Clark and Jonathan are a lot alike. Neither are willing to make the first move, that's why they need woman like me and Lois in there lives." Hearing Martha say that last sentence made Chloe laugh.
"OK. So what are you saying. That we should just tell them they are being stupid and should admit they like each other." Chloe said with a slight giggle.
"No. We both know they would deny it with all their might and would most likely stay apart just to prove us wrong." Chloe just nodded. "What I am saying is that, if we want them to quit with the we hate each other act, we're gonna have to play dirty."
Chloe became very intrigued by this last thought. "So what's the plan?" Chloe asked with a mischevious smile.
"Well I need you to tell Lana to ask Clark out. I here there is a concert up at the City Park tomorrow. Tell her to ask him there. And then I need you to get Lois up there also."
"Ok, but what is that going to do?" Chloe asked skeptically.
"From exprerience, I can honestly say that you don't usually know what you want til you can't have it. And when you know you want it, you'll jump at the first chance to get it."
"Ok, but why me and Lana?"
"Because despite what my son says he's over her and I trust you guys." Martha said as she began to leave but Chloe stopped her.
"Umm. Mrs Kent? What makes you so sure this is what they want?"
"Let's just say a picture says a thousand words." Martha just smiled and walked out. Leaving a very confused Chloe behind.
Lana walked up behind Chloe.
"Hey Chloe. I'm off. What were you and Mrs. Kent talking about?"
"Let's just say you and me need to talk." Was Chloe's only reply.
BACK TO CURRENT TIME. CHLOE AND LOIS ON THE PHONE.
"Hello Chloe!"
"What? Huh? Oh sorry Lois?"
"Where did you go?"
"Just got lost in thought I guess." Chloe tried to explain.
"Thinking about what."
"It's nothing. Ummm, so do you want me to come pick you up?"
'Clark is going to leave about 4:30 so I should probably leave after they go.' "How does 5 sound, Chlo?"
"Great I'll see ya then, bye." and Lois was left with nothing but dial tone.