Secrets Chapter 4
Chloe's Pov
I quickly finish my article on Lex and the secret project and Ryan. I get up from my desk as it begins to print. I quickly pick it up and march up the stairs to world news floor and to the daily planet's editor in chief's office. I walk to her secretary desk and look at poor over worked Annette.
"Hi Annette is Ms. Kahn busy at the moment?" I ask her politely.
"She's in her office, but be quick she's angry she can't find a good story for tomorrow's paper" warned Annette.
"Thanks" I say giving her a small sad smile.
I open the office door quietly.
"What do you want?" says a voice from the turned chair. She looked at me with her glare of mixed feelings of frustration, angrier, and tiredness as she turned to look at me. It was the look she gave me when I first applied her. Pauline Kahn was not a woman to be messed with, but you could tell she was beat to the bone because all of the work she had done for the past forty or so years. I know why this lady has two Pulitzers and is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet.
"Ms. Kahn I have a perfect front page story for tomorrow" I say with confidence hopeful streaming through my voice so she could hear. She looked at me with how did you know I need a front-page story.
"What is it Ms. Sullivan?" says Pauline Kahn looking away out toward the window trying to hide her 'yeah right your not ready for a front page story' look.
"It's a article on what Lex Luthor has been doing during his campaign" I say as I put the article down in front of her.
She picked it up and put her reading glasses on. I waited patiently as she read my ten-page article. I watch her facial expressions to read what she think, but being a good reporter she never lets her feelings show until she wants them to be shown.
"I've told you this once we are not the Inquisitor I need facts to back this up," she says repeating her earlier statement when I handed her my piece on the blood thirst munch of sorority girls who drank booze and partied till they finally all feel over into a deep sleep.
"I knew you would say that so I took the liberty and printed out where a found this information about my article" I said placing a rather large folder in front of her. She took another ten minutes to read this and looked up at me with a smile.
"I don't know how you do it, but you managed to hack into the second hardest database to hack into next to the governments files," she said with a smile.
"Well I didn't even have to hack in I know Lex Luthor well enough to know all his passwords" I say truthfully, as I remember that his passwords have to do with Julian, which doesn't surprise me because Lex has always felt guilty about the death of his baby brother.
"I see, but what about Senator Kent adopting this Ryan kid, how do you know that?" she asked puzzled. Puzzled isn't a look you would normally see on Pauline Kahn face when you are one of the smartest reporters of all time.
"My best friend is Clark Kent and Martha Kent is like the mother I've never had" I tell her letting a smile cross my face as I say this.
"Really" she said quite intrigued by what I had just said.
"Yes" I say simply.
"This is the best I've seen in the last week and that's saying something since the Daily Planet only hires the best reporters and you are one of them kid" she says breaking into a brighter smile, I have never seen in the whole time I've been here.
"Thank you" I say.
"No thank you" she says.
"Welcome to the bullpen Ms. Sullivan, you deserve it" she says as she pulls her cat glass of her face to look me directly in the eye and gave me a look that I think says that she is proud of what I have accomplished in such a short time.
"Thank you" I say honestly and heartfelt about what she has done for me.
"Expect to see you tomorrow up here, nine a clock on the dot" she says.
"I have slight favor to ask" I say.
"What is it?" she asks placing her hand under chin.
"I need a week off for family problems," I say.
"Alright I'll see you next Tuesday then" she says. I walk out of her office with the biggest smile ever. I go to my old desk and start to gather stuff to, but in my cubicle upstairs. Huh how did this get here? I swear I got rid of this letter in sophomore after I read it to Clark. When I'm finished I sit the two boxes full of stuff on the desk and grab my cell phone.
Ring, Ring I hear right before the phone is answered.
"Hello Talon this is Lois speaking," said my older cousin. She sounds like she is worn out after a long shift and is about to close the Talon for Mrs. Kent.
"Hey Lois" I say happily.
"Hey cuz, what's up?" she asks and I beat she rubbing her eyes to keep awake right now.
"I need to crash at your place tonight because Lana and I are had a massive blow out" I say.
"Did it have to do with Smallville?" she asks and I swear her ears have perked up.
"Doesn't it always. I just took his side on that it's too dangerous to tell her and she said a few things and it got really bad," I say. A few bad things she turned everything on me and started to say I wasn't good enough for Clark. She finally shows the real Lana.
"I swear for someone that is suppose to stay on the sidelines you are always in middle of them," she says. In the middle when one best friend is yelling you aren't good enough for the other because Lana seems to think Clark and I could become a couple. Yeah like that's going to happen, that's like say Jason going to come back from the died and pronounce his undying love for Lana. I would love to see what would happen to Lana if Jason did come back from the died? I can imagine that and I beat she would have a heart attack! not saying I want her dead or anything it would just be one of those unexplainable things.
"I know it's a problem, it happens when your two best friends were a couple and now they wouldn't talk to each other. I swear there even worse then Lex and Clark were to each other in senior year" I say I remember watching Clark and Lex go through their drama about what Lex was trying to find out not that he isn't still, but he has a better place to hide it in his Luthor Corp tower.
"Worse then Lex and Clark that's got to be really bad to be in the middle of consider Lex and Clark were the worst I had ever seen" said Lois.
"Yeah it is true" I say agreeing.
"Lois did I tell you that I'm making front page news tomorrow?" I ask.
"No, what was article about to be front page news?" she asks in shock, surprise, and happiness for me.
"It's about Lex and all of his secret Luthor Corp. projects. I know it's alittle later then you would have liked, but I did dig up dirt on Lex" I say.
"I'll take what I can get since he's probably going to get arrested in the morning" she with about the most happiness in her voice I have ever heard and I swear she's probably doing the happy dance, that she used to do when she had a happy moment.
"I swear you sound like your doing the happy dance," I say jokingly.
"We both know I stopped doing that when I was fourteen" she counters.
"Fourteen huh?" I say raising my eyebrow and I can tell by her breathing she knows I am.
"I frankly remember I time you told me you stopped when you were ten is someone trying to tell me something?" I ask.
"What would it be telling you?" she asks pretending to be curious, but she just hiding her embarrassment and secret.
"I believe that someone probably did the happy dance when she got asked out my what was his name? Oh I know what it was, Bobby" I say smiling the whole time.
"I did not, besides I turned him down," she says and I can fell that she blushing over the phone that's how well I know her.
"Right" I say into the phone.
"Come on Chloe let me have my fun for once," she says.
"I sorry I can't, what are cousins for?" I say.
"Cousins are for listen and talking," she says.
"Isn't that what were doing" I say mocking her.
"Ha, ha, you're so funny, Chlo" she says.
"I'd like to think so" I say countering her sarcasm.
"Well I better go so I can be there before eleven tonight" I say.
"Kay I'll see you soon and we will talk about this later" she says before I hit the end on my phone. Lois is such a liar I remember she went out with him for like three weeks, which was a long time when you were in middle school. I can't wait to find my sister and tell her everything I guess Clark and I have something in come in considering we both have always wanted siblings and he finally gets one and hope I can get one.
I have a long drive ahead of me. I walked out into the crisp night air and walked the block to my beetle, which is parked in the over park for the Daily Planet employees.
I get into my car and start the ignition. The radio comes on and Lifehouse's Everything comes over my speakers.
Find me here
And speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
that's leading me
to the place
where I find peace again
you are the strength
that keeps me walking
you are the hope
that keeps me trusting
you are the life
to my soul
you are my purpose
you're everything
and how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this yeah
you calm the storms
and you give me rest
you hold me in your hands
you won't let me fall
you still my heart
and you take my breath away
would you take me in
take me deeper now
and how I can
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this
and how I can
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
now could it be
any better than this
cause you're all I need
you're everything
everything
you're all I want
you're all I need
you're everything
everything
you're all I want
you're all I need
you're everything
everything
you're all I want
you're all I need
you're everything
everything
you're all I want
you're all I need
you're everything
everything
and how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this
and how can I
stand here with you
and not be moved by you
would you tell me
now could it be
any better than this
would you tell me
how could it be
any better than this
I remember when this used to be Lana's favorite song. I remember when I thought this could have been Lana and Clark's song because she liked it so much.
"That was Lifehouse's Everything, This is the Lifehouse hour next after the break Blind their new hit single" says the D.J.
"Great is the world trying to mock me," I say to no one.
The radio goes through the commercials pretty fast and now the song is starting.
I was young but I wasn't naïveI watched helpless as he turned around to leave
And still I have the pain I have carry
A past so deep that even you could not bury if you tried
After all this time
I never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you is Blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
A part of me died when I let you go
I would fall asleep
Only in hopes of dreaming
That everything would be like it was before
But nights like this it seems are slowly fleeting
They disappear as reality is crashing to the floor
This song is my theme song. The words sing true for what Clark and me have been through. He is so blind of my love for him and I know that he will never feel the same way.
After all this timeI never thought we'd be here
Never thought we'd be here
When my love for you is Blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I loved you more than you'll ever know
A part of me died when I let you go
After all this time
Would you ever wanna leave it?
Maybe you could not believe it
That my love is Blind
But I couldn't make you see it
Couldn't make you see it
That I love you more than you'll ever know
A part of me died when I had to let you go
And I loved you more than you'll ever know
A part of me dies when I let you goA tear threatens to fall from my eye. Final I let it fall and more come. I here my cell phone start to ring so I quickly blow my noise before answering the phone.
"Hello" I say softly.
"Hi, Chloe, it's Lana" she says.
I'm about to hang up when she says "Chloe don't hang up, I'm really sorry."
I can her the sincerity in her voice.
"Lan, can you give me a sec I'm on the highway so I need to switch to my head set," I say and I put my Black Berry in its deck on my dashboard and I clip in my head set.
"Okay what's is it Lana" I say alittle happier then when this conversation started.
"Chloe I had no right to say those things to you. Number one I shouldn't care who Clark dates I broke up with him. Number two we need to stop fighting over Clark because it's clear he loves you Chloe" she before I interrupt her.
"Lana what are you talking about he's loved you since he was five, I'm his best friend that he doesn't even know is a girl" I saying the truth.
"Chloe come on he went to Spring Formal with you in freshmen year " she says.
"Yeah he did, but he agreed with me to be friends" I say.
"Chloe what do you think would have happened if you hadn't said that?" she asks.
"Exactly what has happened he would have broken up with me and then gone straight to you, to tell you he's madly in love with you" I say.
"Chloe you do know how stupid that sounds, right" says Lana.
"I'm just telling what I think would have happened," I say.
"Chloe why don't you believe Clark might love you in a more then just platonic way" she say.
"Because I know him, it's impossible" I say.
"Just remember I told you so, have fun at Lois's, bye" she says.
"Bye Lana" I say as I hang up.
She's got to be kidding me. Is Lana's brain functioning okay. I keep driving and debate this. Maybe she's just trying to tell me something. The Lifehouse keeps playing and I tap along to it as I get closer to Smallville.