Chloe sat at her computer in the Torch office. She knew something was different about Clark from what she had seen and heard over the past few days. She figured he was a meteor freak, but she knew the only way to find out for sure would be to ask him about it. But that was going to have to wait because she had something else on her mind right now. That was namely Clark's new friend Peter.
That was why she had gotten up this morning despite the lack of sleep from the night before and was currently sifting through articles from the Daily Bugle about Spiderman. She sipped the blessed caffeine from her coffee as she stared at the picture on her computer screen. Did Clark ever mention how he became friends with Peter? She didn't remember him saying anything about it.
I guess it is possible that they could be pen pals, Chloe thought. But I haven't been able to find an e-mail address for him anywhere on this site. I know that they didn't actually hand write letters to each other.
Chloe decided to review what she knew and what she thought she knew. Okay, so as far as I can tell there were only three people in the Foundry last night. I wouldn't think there would be anyone else that would just happen to be out there at the time. And Clark couldn't have had anything to do with Eric being knocked out because he was on the floor nearly knocked out himself.
The white stuff that was on Eric's arm looked the same as this white substance that is described in this article. It had to come from somewhere. I never saw Peter holding any type of device when he approached Clark so…… it must have come from him. Chloe thought about that for a moment for continuing on with her train of thought. How is that possible? I don't think he is a meteor freak because he lives in New York and I am pretty sure this is his first visit here. Just how does he manage to be in the right place at the right time to take all these pictures? Chloe sat there staring at the picture of Spiderman on her screen.
Clark woke up with the sun shining in the window feeling completely refreshed. He got out of bed and stretched. He decided to see if he was finally back to normal. He stared at the wall and on cue his X-ray vision kicked in and he was looking out over the farm. Then he vision switched back to normal on command and he was again looking at the inside of his room. Clark couldn't help but smile at this.
He took a shower and got dressed before heading outside to see if he could help his dad with anything. Jonathan was outside and was about to check on the cows when he saw the big grin on Clark's face. "And why are we so cheery this morning?"
The smile on Clark's face got any bigger. "Because, I am completely back to normal this morning."
"I'm glad to hear that, son" Jonathan put his arm around Clark shoulders. "I was going to go and check on the cows, but since your back, you want to help me with the tractor?"
"Sure."
"Okay, lift it up so I can tighten this bolt that has come loose."
A few minutes later Martha stuck her head out the door, "Breakfast is ready."