Just Shut Up Already!

Disclaimer: Mmhmm. Leave me alone. I'm sleepy. I don't own anything. Not the characters. Not the story. Not the computer that I'm typing on. Not even the cardboard box I sleep in.

Summary: Chloe is having trouble with this best friend thing. Clark is so obsessed with saving people, that he forgets about good ol' Chloe and ends up hurting her the most. Until he smiles… then who really cares what he does? And Lana… argh… don't even get her started on Lana.

A/N: Sometimes it's scary being me.

Don't even get me started on Lana!

"Oh Chloe. I didn't expect to see you here," she says to me.

Really? Because I've been told by many that they thought I actually lived in this room. No, no, no. Lana's right. I'm usually outside playing soccer or flirting with guys, not stocking up on my journalistic ambition.

Okay calm down before you speak. No need to get short with her because you are feeling angry.

"Oh, I-"

"I wanted to talk to you, Clark," she says. She goes into the 'Chloe isn't in the room' mode that she's so good at. "I know I've been distant lately."

"You don't need to apologize to me Lana. I know what you've been going through."

Going through? 'Oh no, I got a B on a test! Clark, hold me.'

"That doesn't excuse the way I've treated you. First with the accusations that you got Jason fired. And then getting angry with you because you still won't tell me whatever secret you've been hiding from me." Again, with this secret thing. For the love of God, I'm a journalist who is constantly seeking for the truth and even I'm over it. "But now that Jason is gone, I feel like I need some comfort, support, and lots of space."

What? That doesn't even make any sense.

"I'm so tired of being betrayed by people I trust. I loved Jason and he wouldn't even tell me the real reason he left. I thought maybe he would have talked to you before he left."

"Lana, you know he didn't"

"Ever since Paris he had been acting strange. I think he may have left Smallville for a different reason besides me."

Because why would anybody want to leave Miss Perfect Lang?

"I'll be searching for the answers to all of my questions." All while keeping her hair in it's perfect condition. " And I'd like you to help me."

Blah, blah, blah. Jason, Jason, Jason. Clark, Clark, Clark.

"Lana, you've already told this all to me. I promised I'd help you."

Don't laugh. Don't laugh. It is not funny. It isn't funny. I need to leave this room before I break into hysterics.

"Oh I know," she says matter- of- factly. " I just wanted to remind you."

"Oh" Clark says. Sweet dear Clark. Are you holding in laughter as I am now?

"We need to get to the bottom of this."

Just shut up already!

"I need to see why he betrayed me, why there has been a bitter pattern of heartbreak."

Stop thinking like this Chloe. She's your best friend. You're just angry because Clark is looking at her with the same love sick eyes that I give him.

"Lana," I say. "I'll help you if you want." See, I'm bigger then my anger.

My early New Years Resolution: stop being cynical.

"Oh Chloe. I forgot you were here!"

I'll start tomorrow.