Chloe sat back in her chair and thought over the interview just conducted. A smile finally came to her face as she sat up and typed away at her computer. "This is going to be great." she said pounding away at the keys. She didn't even notice Clark walk into the room. "Hey Chloe." He said. "Hey Clark." She replied still typing quickly. "I saw Vivian leaving. Did you get your interview?" he asked. "Oh yeah." she replied with a smile. "Did you find out why she disappeared?" he asked. "That's not important." Clark looked at her with confusion. "What is important is the story she gave me about her and Lex." Chloe said. Clark walked around the desk and looked at what she was typing. "Lex isn't going to like this story at all." Clark said reading over it as she typed. "This isn't his story to tell. This is Vivian's wild imagination twisting everything so that it fits into her fantasy image of him." Chloe said. "She thinks of him as some kind of Romeo." She added. "A lot of girls do. He can be a pretty nice guy." Clark said walking back to his desk and sitting down. "Yeah but… the way she talks about him is almost sickening." Chloe said. "Tell me about it." Clark said. "She practically threatened me last night." He said. Chloe stopped typing and looked at Clark with bewilderment. "I told her that I thought that Lex enjoyed her company and she got all weird. She told me that… that Lex loved her and there was no question on how much he enjoyed her company." He said. "Weird." Chloe said. "Yeah, I told Lex about it but he didn't seem very worried about it. Maybe that is just how she is. He's known her a long time." Clark said. "No, he knew her a long time ago. She's not spoken to anyone since he left Halton boarding school." Chloe said bring up a page on her computer. "She literally stopped speaking after she found out he was expelled." Chloe said. Clark shook his head. "He was her only friend. She must have been devastated." He said. "She seems fine now that she back by his side." Chloe said. Clark nodded then remembered what he'd come to tell Chloe about. "Oh, I came here to tell you about Catwoman." Clark said. Chloe looked at him. "I dropped that story." Chloe said. "Yeah, I saw her." Clark said. "Really?" Chloe asked with excitement. "She told me to stay out of her business." Clark said. "I wanted you to watch out. She might come after you too. We were both in on the story." He said. Chloe nodded. "Was she attractive like they say?" she asked changing the subject. "Yeah, there… there was something about her. Almost made me want to just… do whatever she wanted." Clark said. Chloe bounced in her seat. "But you won't run another story about her." Clark said. "Of course not. I'm more intrigued by Vivian and Lex." Chloe said. "Good." Clark said getting up and grabbing his backpack as the first bell rang. "I have to get to class." He said. "See you later." Chloe said beginning to type again.
Clark walked out into the hallway and ran into Lana who'd been about to turn into the Torch. "Hi." She said. Clark smiled. "I hear that Lex is looking into the water tower as the source for the radiation." Lana said. Clark nodded. "He's got his scientist's analyzing water samples and stuff." Clark said. Lana nodded. "I guess there goes my hope of a lower water bill." She said with a smile. "If they can find out what is causing the radiation I'm sure they can just… remove that and pump fresh water." Clark said. Lana smiled scrunching up her nose. Clark loved that smile and returned it. "I have to get to class. I just… wanted to know what was going on." She said. "Okay." Clark replied as she walked around him and towards her class. He watched her till she disappeared into the classroom before walking the opposite direction to his.
