Clark Kent watched the soft rays wash over his house as the sun rose up. Thoughts rushed throughout his mind as Lana's words the previous day ran over and over again. 'Chloe likes you! She's always liked you!' His best friend liked him. He had always supposed she had a little crush on her, but he had thought she had gotten over it. Or maybe he had hoped she had gotten over it. "God I'm such a jerk." He muttered. All the times he would confide in her about his relationship with Lana and she never…
"Clark?"
Martha Kent had been studying her son for the past five minutes. She had gone to check on him in his room only to find that he wasn't there. She discovered him sitting at her kitchen table staring out the window at the sunrise. She could tell the moment she saw him that something was bothering her son. For the past few days he had been the happiest she had seen him in a long time. And only one person came to mind when she thought about the cause of his happiness. Lana Lang. The sweet girl who lived down the way had been the object of his affections for so long. She only wondered what could break through his wonderful euphoria. As soon as she questioned his name, his head shot up and he gave her a bright smile, though it didn't meet his eyes.
"Hey mom." Martha smiled and walked over to the kitchen table and sat down.
"Good morning sweetie. Mind telling me what's got you up before dawn?" He sighed and looked back out the window.
"It's nothing." He muttered before looking down at the table. She lay her hand on his arm and gave him a smile.
"Honey, I know something's wrong. Maybe you'll feel a bit better if you tell me." Clark smiled and nodded.
"Mom, I'm so happy with Lana. You know that. For the first time in a long time it seems things are going right. Then Lana says something that completely blew me away. She said that Chloe liked me! And not in a friendship type of way."
Martha tried to hold back the laugh that was bubbling to the surface, but it was so hard to. It had been so obvious that the short, blonde haired girl, who Clark claimed was his best friend, liked Clark. Martha and Jonathon had spoken about it many times, but their son seemed to be completely oblivious to the blonde's affections.
"Mom are you laughing?" Martha gave a small giggle and smiled.
"I'm sorry honey, I just can't help it. Chloe has liked you for a long time, but you don't have to feel bad about it sweetheart." Clark jumped up and started pacing around the kitchen.
"Why not? Do you know how many times I've hurt my best friend? It's awful!! I love Chloe mom." Martha raised her eyebrow.
"Not in that way! She's my best friend, my sister. I love Lana mom, you know that. She's everything I've wanted and more. I just can't believe I hurt Chloe so much." Martha stood up and hugged her son.
"Honey, she knows you care for her." He nodded but tore away and continued to pace.
"And this whole Whitney thing is bugging me so much!" Martha stared at him in confusion.
"What Whitney thing?"
"Whitney and Chloe! Lana and I saw them talking and they were having fun!" Martha rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You love Lana and you love Chloe as a sister. Lana used to date Whitney and Whitney loves Lana? And...you're upset because Whitney and Chloe are getting along?"
"Well...when you put it that way." He said with a small laugh.
"Honey, talk to Chloe. If you two are truly two best friends, then you can fix it." Clark leaned down to hug Martha.
"Thanks mom."
"You're welcome honey."
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It was Sunday morning and Chloe Sullivan just wanted to sleep in, watch the 'I love Lucy' marathon, and pig-out on ice cream. However, her friends had different plans. Clark, Pete, and Lana had come knocking on her door at 8:00 in the morning with bright smiles on their faces. Chloe, still dressed in her pajamas, had given a weak smile at the three of them before letting them in. So, here she was in her room changing into a pair of jeans and a light blue t-shirt. Lana lounged on her bed flipping through one of Chloe's old photo albums.
"So Chloe I never did get to apologize about yesterday. You know Clark..." Chloe rolled her eyes as she brushed her hair.
"Yeah, I do. He only cares about something if it's a threat to him." She muttered. Lana winced at the bitterness in her voice.
"Look Chloe, I really like Clark, I could love him. I don't want you to...I've never had a sister and I've always considered you family."
Chloe sighed and turned to Lana with a sad smile. "Lana, I'm sorry. I know you like Clark and I KNOW he loves you. Don't feel bad about me okay? I'm doing better."
"Bu--" Chloe raised a hand with a smile. "No buts!" Lana smiled and reached out to pull the blonde into a hug. A knock to Chloe's bedroom door pulled the two apart.
"Lana? Chloe?" Clark's hesitant voice rang through. Chloe opened the door and gave him a smile.
"All ready?"
"Ready for what?" Chloe questioned curiously.
"Well, we haven't spent a lot of time together so..."
"So," Pete came strolling in. "Clark here decided that we all needed to all go out and have some fun!"
"What kind of fun?" Chloe asked hesitantly.
"Well, bowling." Lana answered with a cheery smile.
"And that's fun?" Chloe asked with a laugh.
"Heck yeah!!" Pete said with a smile as he wrapped his arm around Chloe's shoulders.
"Whatever, let's get going."
About 15 minutes later, the four of them entered the bowling lane. '
"It's kinda early to bowl don't ya think?" Chloe muttered looking around at the empty place.
"Who cares? Perfect way to wake our dear Ms. Sullivan up!" Pete exclaimed pulling her over to the shoe rental desk. Lana and Clark followed behind hand in hand. A few minutes later, Pete and Lana were setting up the teams.
"Okay, who wants to be on whose team?"
"Um, put me and Chloe on a team together." Clark said putting on his shoes. Chloe gave him an incredulous look before shrugging and tying her laces. Lana jumped up with a bounce.
"Pete let's go pick out our balls." She grabbed his hand and pulled him after her. Chloe sat next to Clark nervously and stared anywhere but at him.
"Um, Chlo?" She turned to him and sighed.
"Yeah?" Before she could do anything he grabbed her and engulfed her into a hug.
"I'm so sorry." Chloe pulled back to stare into his pain-filled eyes. "God Chloe, I've hurt you so much in the past year. I just... you liked me and I hurt you. I hurt you by coming to you so many times with my problems with Lana and you had to put up with that. You're my best friend." He pulled back and stared down at her.
"Uh...I uh...can't really talk about this right now okay?" She said averting her eyes and sniffing.
"We're back!" Lana cried holding up a bowling ball next to Pete who was grinning like a maniac.
"Hey you guys." Chloe said giving a fake smile. "Ready to start?" She questioned walking over to a different seat. Clark sighed and stood up. He smiled to his girlfriend and stood up.
"Yeah, let's get started baby!" Pete cried. "I'll go first!"
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An hour later, Pete and Lana wore big smiles and were highfiving each other left and right.
"We are so kicking ya'll's booties!" Pete cried with a grin. Clark laughed and Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Come on Chloe! Get into the mood. We never get to have fun with each other." Pete said flopping down.
"I'm fine Pete." He gave her a 'yeah right' kind of look.
"Come on Lana, I'm buying the winning team chocolate milkshakes." He said pulling the brunette up. Clark smiled after his girlfriend as she giggled with his best friend.
"You really love her don't you?" At Chloe's quiet question he turned to see her staring at him with a small smile that held a tinge of sadness.
"Yeah, I really do." Chloe sighed and looked at the ground.
"Chloe, you're my best friend. My sister. I love you. You're part of my family." Chloe wiped her eyes and smiled.
"At first I was sad and angry that you loved her. I guess I thought she would always be the only girl in your life and there was no room for me. I don't know. I just...I guess I always thought the whole thing with Lana was fake, an obsession. But, she likes you just as much Clark. I can tell. I don't want to get in the way of anything like that. Maybe the only reason I liked you was because I was jealous of her. You're my family too and I do love you. Maybe I was just deluding myself to think I loved you in that way. Does that make any sense at all?" She questioned helplessly with a small laugh. Clark smiled and nodded. "Yeah it does." He reached out and pulled her into a big hug.
"I want things to get better between us. I've missed spending time with you." She smiled and nodded into his shoulder.
"Me too." Lana and Pete walked back holding four milkshakes.
"Aww, you guys." Chloe smiled and wiped away a fake tear. Lana and Pete laughed handing Chloe and Clark their shakes.
"Well, we felt bad for the losing team." Pete stated. The four friends sat back in their seats.
"So Chloe, what's up with you and Whitney?"
"What?" She cried coughing on her milkshake.
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So I was surfing ff.net and I went to this user profile and saw that my story, Lonely Nights, was on their favorites list. Well, I felt so bad about it and decided to open the story up again. I want to finish it! I've never finished a fanfiction and I'm determined to finish this one! So... Whitney was killed since the last time I saw ya'll. I cried and cried! The hope of Chloe and Whitney was wiped out! *cries* I can't believe they killed him off. There was so much potential for that character.
Thanks to all of my reviewers! I hope ya'll enjoy this chapter. I know there wasn't any Whitney/Chloe action at all, but oh well. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things. This chapter is probably really boring, but I don't care! Love you guys!
Oh yeah, my e-mail account was deleted by accident so I have no way of knowing who my beta readers for this story are. If you would please e-mail me at rivillie@aol.com I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Rebecca
"Clark?"
Martha Kent had been studying her son for the past five minutes. She had gone to check on him in his room only to find that he wasn't there. She discovered him sitting at her kitchen table staring out the window at the sunrise. She could tell the moment she saw him that something was bothering her son. For the past few days he had been the happiest she had seen him in a long time. And only one person came to mind when she thought about the cause of his happiness. Lana Lang. The sweet girl who lived down the way had been the object of his affections for so long. She only wondered what could break through his wonderful euphoria. As soon as she questioned his name, his head shot up and he gave her a bright smile, though it didn't meet his eyes.
"Hey mom." Martha smiled and walked over to the kitchen table and sat down.
"Good morning sweetie. Mind telling me what's got you up before dawn?" He sighed and looked back out the window.
"It's nothing." He muttered before looking down at the table. She lay her hand on his arm and gave him a smile.
"Honey, I know something's wrong. Maybe you'll feel a bit better if you tell me." Clark smiled and nodded.
"Mom, I'm so happy with Lana. You know that. For the first time in a long time it seems things are going right. Then Lana says something that completely blew me away. She said that Chloe liked me! And not in a friendship type of way."
Martha tried to hold back the laugh that was bubbling to the surface, but it was so hard to. It had been so obvious that the short, blonde haired girl, who Clark claimed was his best friend, liked Clark. Martha and Jonathon had spoken about it many times, but their son seemed to be completely oblivious to the blonde's affections.
"Mom are you laughing?" Martha gave a small giggle and smiled.
"I'm sorry honey, I just can't help it. Chloe has liked you for a long time, but you don't have to feel bad about it sweetheart." Clark jumped up and started pacing around the kitchen.
"Why not? Do you know how many times I've hurt my best friend? It's awful!! I love Chloe mom." Martha raised her eyebrow.
"Not in that way! She's my best friend, my sister. I love Lana mom, you know that. She's everything I've wanted and more. I just can't believe I hurt Chloe so much." Martha stood up and hugged her son.
"Honey, she knows you care for her." He nodded but tore away and continued to pace.
"And this whole Whitney thing is bugging me so much!" Martha stared at him in confusion.
"What Whitney thing?"
"Whitney and Chloe! Lana and I saw them talking and they were having fun!" Martha rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You love Lana and you love Chloe as a sister. Lana used to date Whitney and Whitney loves Lana? And...you're upset because Whitney and Chloe are getting along?"
"Well...when you put it that way." He said with a small laugh.
"Honey, talk to Chloe. If you two are truly two best friends, then you can fix it." Clark leaned down to hug Martha.
"Thanks mom."
"You're welcome honey."
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It was Sunday morning and Chloe Sullivan just wanted to sleep in, watch the 'I love Lucy' marathon, and pig-out on ice cream. However, her friends had different plans. Clark, Pete, and Lana had come knocking on her door at 8:00 in the morning with bright smiles on their faces. Chloe, still dressed in her pajamas, had given a weak smile at the three of them before letting them in. So, here she was in her room changing into a pair of jeans and a light blue t-shirt. Lana lounged on her bed flipping through one of Chloe's old photo albums.
"So Chloe I never did get to apologize about yesterday. You know Clark..." Chloe rolled her eyes as she brushed her hair.
"Yeah, I do. He only cares about something if it's a threat to him." She muttered. Lana winced at the bitterness in her voice.
"Look Chloe, I really like Clark, I could love him. I don't want you to...I've never had a sister and I've always considered you family."
Chloe sighed and turned to Lana with a sad smile. "Lana, I'm sorry. I know you like Clark and I KNOW he loves you. Don't feel bad about me okay? I'm doing better."
"Bu--" Chloe raised a hand with a smile. "No buts!" Lana smiled and reached out to pull the blonde into a hug. A knock to Chloe's bedroom door pulled the two apart.
"Lana? Chloe?" Clark's hesitant voice rang through. Chloe opened the door and gave him a smile.
"All ready?"
"Ready for what?" Chloe questioned curiously.
"Well, we haven't spent a lot of time together so..."
"So," Pete came strolling in. "Clark here decided that we all needed to all go out and have some fun!"
"What kind of fun?" Chloe asked hesitantly.
"Well, bowling." Lana answered with a cheery smile.
"And that's fun?" Chloe asked with a laugh.
"Heck yeah!!" Pete said with a smile as he wrapped his arm around Chloe's shoulders.
"Whatever, let's get going."
About 15 minutes later, the four of them entered the bowling lane. '
"It's kinda early to bowl don't ya think?" Chloe muttered looking around at the empty place.
"Who cares? Perfect way to wake our dear Ms. Sullivan up!" Pete exclaimed pulling her over to the shoe rental desk. Lana and Clark followed behind hand in hand. A few minutes later, Pete and Lana were setting up the teams.
"Okay, who wants to be on whose team?"
"Um, put me and Chloe on a team together." Clark said putting on his shoes. Chloe gave him an incredulous look before shrugging and tying her laces. Lana jumped up with a bounce.
"Pete let's go pick out our balls." She grabbed his hand and pulled him after her. Chloe sat next to Clark nervously and stared anywhere but at him.
"Um, Chlo?" She turned to him and sighed.
"Yeah?" Before she could do anything he grabbed her and engulfed her into a hug.
"I'm so sorry." Chloe pulled back to stare into his pain-filled eyes. "God Chloe, I've hurt you so much in the past year. I just... you liked me and I hurt you. I hurt you by coming to you so many times with my problems with Lana and you had to put up with that. You're my best friend." He pulled back and stared down at her.
"Uh...I uh...can't really talk about this right now okay?" She said averting her eyes and sniffing.
"We're back!" Lana cried holding up a bowling ball next to Pete who was grinning like a maniac.
"Hey you guys." Chloe said giving a fake smile. "Ready to start?" She questioned walking over to a different seat. Clark sighed and stood up. He smiled to his girlfriend and stood up.
"Yeah, let's get started baby!" Pete cried. "I'll go first!"
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An hour later, Pete and Lana wore big smiles and were highfiving each other left and right.
"We are so kicking ya'll's booties!" Pete cried with a grin. Clark laughed and Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Come on Chloe! Get into the mood. We never get to have fun with each other." Pete said flopping down.
"I'm fine Pete." He gave her a 'yeah right' kind of look.
"Come on Lana, I'm buying the winning team chocolate milkshakes." He said pulling the brunette up. Clark smiled after his girlfriend as she giggled with his best friend.
"You really love her don't you?" At Chloe's quiet question he turned to see her staring at him with a small smile that held a tinge of sadness.
"Yeah, I really do." Chloe sighed and looked at the ground.
"Chloe, you're my best friend. My sister. I love you. You're part of my family." Chloe wiped her eyes and smiled.
"At first I was sad and angry that you loved her. I guess I thought she would always be the only girl in your life and there was no room for me. I don't know. I just...I guess I always thought the whole thing with Lana was fake, an obsession. But, she likes you just as much Clark. I can tell. I don't want to get in the way of anything like that. Maybe the only reason I liked you was because I was jealous of her. You're my family too and I do love you. Maybe I was just deluding myself to think I loved you in that way. Does that make any sense at all?" She questioned helplessly with a small laugh. Clark smiled and nodded. "Yeah it does." He reached out and pulled her into a big hug.
"I want things to get better between us. I've missed spending time with you." She smiled and nodded into his shoulder.
"Me too." Lana and Pete walked back holding four milkshakes.
"Aww, you guys." Chloe smiled and wiped away a fake tear. Lana and Pete laughed handing Chloe and Clark their shakes.
"Well, we felt bad for the losing team." Pete stated. The four friends sat back in their seats.
"So Chloe, what's up with you and Whitney?"
"What?" She cried coughing on her milkshake.
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So I was surfing ff.net and I went to this user profile and saw that my story, Lonely Nights, was on their favorites list. Well, I felt so bad about it and decided to open the story up again. I want to finish it! I've never finished a fanfiction and I'm determined to finish this one! So... Whitney was killed since the last time I saw ya'll. I cried and cried! The hope of Chloe and Whitney was wiped out! *cries* I can't believe they killed him off. There was so much potential for that character.
Thanks to all of my reviewers! I hope ya'll enjoy this chapter. I know there wasn't any Whitney/Chloe action at all, but oh well. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things. This chapter is probably really boring, but I don't care! Love you guys!
Oh yeah, my e-mail account was deleted by accident so I have no way of knowing who my beta readers for this story are. If you would please e-mail me at rivillie@aol.com I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Rebecca