"Oh, I never told you. Chloe's cousin Lois and I planned a secret birthday party for Chloe a few months back. We just remembered this morning." He says and laughs.
"Good, maybe I'll get to know her better." Sophie says.
"Yeah. Hey, sorry this is kind of short notice but are you free tomorrow?" Clark asks.
"Yeah, what do you want to do?" She asks.
"I was thinking about flying to Ohio. Eldora speedway to be exact." Clark tells her. She laughs.
"Were just going to fly to Ohio? Are you going to wear a red cape too?" She asks and Clark smiles.
"Lex hooked me up with some tickets. He wants us to use his private plane." Clark says as if they are in for an opportunity of a lifetime.
"I would love to go! What's at Eldora?" She asks.
"You would have said yes to anything wouldn't you?" Clark asks her.
"As long as it's with you." She smiles and kisses his cheek.
"It's a dirt track. Sprint cars and late models are racing." He tells her.
"In non-racing english please." She says.
"Cars." Clark says with a smile.
"Come on!" She begs, slapping his arm.
"It's a professional series. It's where a lot of drivers get their start." He tells her.
"Ok, as if that helps." She says as Clark stops the car.
"I'll just have to show you huh?" He asks and kisses her lips.
"Yup." She smiles and opens the door.
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Clark and Sophie walk in to the restaurant hand in hand. Chloe and her dad, Gabe sit at a table in a corner. "Hey Clark!" Chloe greets him.
"Hey Chloe, hi Gabe. How's it going?" Clark asks, sitting down after pulling out a chair for Sophie.
"Good, and you?" He asks.
"Great. This is Sophie, my girlfriend." Clark introduces her to him and Chloe looks at him surprised at the title he gave Sophie.
"Hi." Sophie says shyly. "Happy birthday, Chloe." She adds.
"Thank you, that's very sweet of you." Chloe tells Sophie. The four of them eat dinner and talk. They're getting up to leave, and now it's Clark's time to lure Chloe to the party.
"Chloe, would you like to hang out at my house for awhile?" Clark asks, winking to Gabe. He already told him earlier. "Lana said she'd stop by later."
"Uh, sure. That sounds like fun. Your new car have a backseat?" Chloe asks, walking out with them.
"I don't know, ask Sophie. She should know." Clark says and Sophie giggles. Chloe just looks at Clark, shocked.
"Wow, you're at that step of the relationship now huh?" She asks, smiling.
"No. I was kidding, Chloe." Clark says. "Lois might be the proper person to ask." He says, under his breath, just loud enough for them to hear. This causes Chloe to stop.
"What? Since when!" Chloe demands.
"Easy Chloe, can you spell J-O-K-E?" Clark asks. Sophie is the one that looks less than amused.
"I think it's about time I met this Lois." Sophie says.
"College student hopped up on coffee. Nothing to see." Chloe tells her. Except a great body, Clark thinks. Whoa, where did that come from.
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"Let's go up to the loft." Clark suggests when they get home. He slides open the door and:
"Surprise!" A good-sized crowd shouts. Lois is in front. Lana and Jason are in the background. The barn is decorated in silver and purple streamers and music plays.
"For me?" Chloe asks, surprised. "Lois! Clark!" Chloe says, hugging them both.
"Happy Birthday, Chloe. Smallville here, and I decided to throw you a party." Lois says, referring to Clark.
"Thank you so much. Lana, Jason! Hi!" Chloe says and goes over to Lana.
"So, who's this hanging off your arm?" Lois asks Clark.
"Lois, this is Sophie. Her family just moved from Metropolis." Clark introduces them. They smile and say hi to each other.
"So, your Lois?" Sophie asks.
"Yup. You been talking about me, Clark?" Lois asks him, smiling.
"Oh yeah Lois. Your all I can think about." Clark says sarcastically.
"Watch it, Smallville." She points her finger at Clark and walks away.
"Would you like to go sit down?" Clark asks Sophie.
"Sure." She agrees and they sit down on some hay bales.
"You know… you're the one that I can't stop thinking about." Clark tells her, putting his hand on her leg. A little higher than he should of, but she didn't mind.
"You always know the right things to say." She tells him and kisses him. She puts her hand on his chest for support as their kiss begins to get more passionate, their tongues discovering each other.
"Should I come back later?" Lana asks, interrupting them. Clark looks up and Sophie looks away, embarrassed.
"No Lana, its ok. We were just… you know." Clark says with a smile.
"So Sophie, you seem moved right in now." Lana says, changing the subject.
"Yeah. It's nice here." Sophie tells her, looking at Clark. Clark can sense Lana feeling awkward from seeing them kissing.
"Well, I'm going to find Jason. I'll see you guys later." She says and rushes off.
"Did I say something?" Sophie asks.
"No, you didn't. I better go talk to her though." Clark says and heads into his loft, where he saw Lana heading.
"Hey, Sophie right? I'm Jason, Lana's boyfriend." He hears Jason starting to talk with Sophie. When Clark gets to the top of the stairs, he finds Lana staring out of the loft window.
"You ok?" He asks, walking up beside her.
"Yeah, I just have a lot on my mind." She tells him.
"Anything you want to talk about?" Clark asks her.
"No, not really." She says with a sigh. "Thanks for caring, Clark. But, nothing I can't handle." She says, smiling.
"Ok." Clark says.
"So you and Sophie love each other?" Lana asks.
"Yeah, I think we do." He smiles.
"Oh." She says with a hint of disappointment. Clark doesn't notice it of course. "Well, I'm happy for you." Lana says with a fake smile.
"Thanks. So, you ready to join the party again?" He asks.
"Sure." She agrees and they walk back down the steps. You can see Jason and Sophie talking and laughing. "Well, looks like somebody is getting along." Lana comments.
"Hey Clark." Sophie greets him and gives him a long kiss.
"Wow, what was that for?" Clark asks, surprised.
"What? I need a reason to kiss you now?" She asks.
"Of course not, come on." He says and leads her back up to his loft. He doesn't want to start making out in front of Lana again.
"What are we…" Sophie starts to ask when they get up there.
"Shut up." Clark tells her softly and kisses her deeply. He leads her over to his couch and falls back on to it, bring her with him. He miss-judges it and falls to the floor.
"Clark!" Sophie screams as they fall.
"You ok?" Clark asks her as there on the floor.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Miss the couch?" She asks.
"Yeah." He says smiling and helps her up.
"What happened?" Chloe's voice asks when they get up on to the couch. "We heard a crash downstairs." Chloe says, standing next to Lois.
"Yeah, uh… we fell." Clark tells her.
"Obviously. We can leave if you two wanna… you know." Lois suggests.
"Lois!" Clark says, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Sorry. You seemed to be in quite the frenzy." She comments. Clark gives her a look. "Ok, ok. Let's go Chloe." Lois says and leads her back down.
"Sorry, she's…" Clark apologizes.
"It's ok, we were probably getting carried away. This is perfect anyway." She says, snuggling up to Clark. Clark replies by kissing her forehead. Even with the music, it doesn't take long before they drift to sleep.