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Chapter 11:

Chloe hesitantly knocked on Lois' apartment door. She knew that her cousin probably already knew about the whole Travis thing. And she also knew that Lois would be freaked because Chloe put herself in so much danger. Chloe took a deep breath as the door began to open.

"Chloe…"

"Lois please don't say what I think that you're going to say. I'm a reporter it's what I do."

"Cuz, I just wanted to say congratulations."

A confused look crossed Chloe's face.

"What? You didn't see the paper?" Lois asked.

"No, why?"

"Oh, well take a look at this," Lois handed Chloe the paper and pointed to the bottom of the front page.

Chloe couldn't believe her eyes. Her article had made the front page. She felt the corners of her mouth pull into an ear to ear smile.

"Like I said, congratulations."

"Thanks Lois." Chloe pulled her cousin into a hug.

When they pulled apart Chloe was the first to speak, "I want to tell you something before you hear it from someone else. Clark and I…Clark and I are…dating." She said the last word quickly before turning around so that she didn't have to face Lois.

"Chloe I'm…I'm happy for you. I still don't know what you see in the flannel-wearing farm boy, but I'm happy for you."

Chloe turned back to face Lois, "Really?" She asked.

"Really."

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Clark was sitting in the loft typing out a paper for school when he heard one of the steps creak. He looked up, expecting to see his mom, Chloe, or Lois. But to his surprise, at the top of the steps, stood the familiar, dark haired girl that he had once loved.

"Lana?" He stood up abruptly, knocking over his chair as he did.

"I'm sorry, Clark, did I come at a bad time?"

"No, it's just…I'm surprised to see you here."

"Yeah, well I kind of surprised myself."

The stood in silence for a few moments before Lana spoke again, "Do you remember when you had that really bad fever a couple years ago?" Clark nodded so Lana continued, "Well I've been holding on to something that I think I should have given you a while ago, but kept it for selfish reason. However, now that you and Chloe are together and I think that the two of you are going to be together for a long time, I want you to have it."

Lana reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a very wrinkled, pink sheet of paper. "Here, Chloe wrote this for you when you were sick. I found it shortly after you recovered and, like I said, have been holding onto it ever since."

Clark reached out and took the paper from Lana.

"Well, I have to go. Take care of yourself Clark."

"You too."

Lana nodded and began to descend back down the steps.

"And Lana,"

Lana stopped and turned to Clark. "Yeah?"

"I really hope that someday we can be friends again."

"We will……..someday," she smiled and exited the barn.

Clark stared after her for a minute before remembering the paper in his hand. He quickly took a seat on the couch and unfolded the paper.

I want to let you in on a secret, Clark, I'm not who you think I am. In fact my disguise is so thin I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me.

I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend.

Sometimes I want to rip off this façade like I did at the Spring Formal. But I can't, because you'll get scared and you'll run away again. So I decided that it's better to live with a lie than expose my true feelings.

My father told me there are two types of girls, the ones you grow out of and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter.

I may not be the one you love today. But I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me. Because I think you're worth the wait.

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Jason was about to enter his hotel room when he heard Lex call his name. He finished unlocking the door and went into the hotel room, allowing Lex to follow him.

"Hello Lex. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Jason asked sarcastically.

"We need to talk," Lex replied.

"That's funny; I was just thinking the same thing."

"You go first." Lex said before taking a seat in a nearby chair.

"Well, I'm just going to say this quickly… I can't work for you anymore."

"May I ask why?"

"I've had a change of opinion. I'd like to get a job investigating, but not investigating Clark."

"Does this have anything to do with Lana?"

"What makes you say that?"

"The words out that you've been visiting Lana an awful lot."

"Maybe I have, but I still don't see what she has to do with this."

"Lana still cares about Clark and you know that. And if she found out that you were investigating Clark that would ruin your chances with her. Now this brings me to the reason I came. I want you to stay away from Lana. I don't think that you can be trusted with her."

"Oh, and you can? She told me all that happened between the two of you. I will see Lana as much as I want."

Lex stood up and walked towards the door. As his hand touched the handle he turned back to Jason.

"If you're not willing to stay away from Lana then I'll turn it around."

Jason raised his eyebrows and Lex continued, "Let's just say your mother didn't die in the meteor shower and you don't know Lana as well as you think you do." He smiled and exited the dorm, leaving Jason alone and confused.

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After knocking on the door Jason waited for Lana to answer. She opened the door, a smile forming on her face when she saw him.

"Hi, Ja..."

"Let me see your back," he demanded, cutting her off.

"What?"

"Let me see your back." Jason repeated. She gave him an unsure look, but lifted up her shirt.

"How long has the tattoo been gone?"

Lana sighed, now understanding his weird request.

"Um…The first time I realized it was gone was a couple days after the meteor shower. Why the sudden interest?"

"When was the last time that you were possessed by Isobel?"

"In China."

"Are you sure?"

"Why?"

"The tattoo being gone means that Isobel is gone. But I don't think that she would leave without doing what she came to do. When was the last time that you were with my mom?"

Lana's eyes widened and she turned away from Jason. "The…the night before the meteor shower."

"What happened?"

Lana sighed, "I um…I had just walked in my apartment door when I heard your mom's voice behind me. She told me that she wanted the stone that Lionel gave me. I started to tell her that Lionel never gave me the stone. But before I could even finish my sentence, she was holding a gun in my face. She told me that she was going to find it whether I helped her or not.

I had to think fast so I pulled the stone that you gave me out of my purse and held it up for her to see. She was distracted by it so I quickly kicked the gun out of her hand and started to run towards the door. But she grabbed me by my hair and threw me into a nearby shelf. She pulled me to my feet and began to hit me against another set of shelves. We struggled for a few minutes before falling to the floor. She happened to land on the top and before I could do anything she had her hands around my neck trying to strangle me.

The next thing I knew, I was sitting overtop of her, my hands covered in blood and Lex standing in the door way. It happened so fast I didn't even remember stabbing her…I'm so sorry."

"Lana don't you see? Isobel is gone because she got her revenge. You didn't kill my mom, Isobel did. That's why you don't remember actually stabbing her."

Lana sank to her bed, a relieved expressing crossing her face.

Why hadn't she thought of that before? Especially after seeing the tattoo disappear?

Lana again sighed, but this time it was because she felt relieved. So she hadn't killed anyone. She was innocent. She looked up at Jason. "What got you on the subject of Isobel and your mom?" She inquired curiously.

"Now it's my turn to fess up. Right after I moved back to Smallville I took a job working for Lex. Today he stopped by the hotel that I'm staying in to see me and he told me that he wanted me to stay away from you. When I refused he turned the tables and hinted that you had something to do with my mother's death."

As Jason spoke, Lana's jaw began to tighten. When he had finished she stood up and grabbed her purse.

"Where are you going?"

"To tell Lex once and for all to stay out of my life," with that Lana quickly exited the dorm.

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I did not write any part of Chloe's letter.