Title: Life, Love, And Destiny
Author: Chlark4ever92
Genre: Sci-Fi (this IS a Smallville fic after all)/Drama/Romance
Pairings: Will change as the story progresses. Will eventually be Chlark.
Rating: K+
Spoilers: Nothing major, except for Vessel.
Disclaimer: Smallville belongs to the WB which is soon to be the CW. I only own Martin, because one, he is just a figment of my imagination that has somehow gotten into my little story here, and two, I'm only thirteen so unfortunately I have no money to own something not made up. Well…I've just officially depressed myself… Disclaimer goes for all chapters of the story.
Summary: This story shows the process of Clark realizing and accepting his destiny. Along the way he learns a lot about himself, and how the people in his life are connected with his destiny. He realizes who will always be there for him, and who his real enemies are. I'm bad at summaries, but just give it a shot, please. You won't regret it!
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A/N: Thanks to girlofcandy, smallvillegirl92, and Synch14 for reviewing the last chapter! I'm glad you liked it. This chapter is just a filler, because the story switches between what's going on with Clark, and what's going on with Chloe, until they're reunited of course ;) So this chapter is, like I said, just a filler, though it is still important to the story. And it's got Smallville's favorite cousins in it. Now that that has been said…READ, REVIEW, AND ENJOY!
Life, Love, And Destiny
Chapter 6: Cousins
Chloe walked into The Talon, on a Saturday morning, a week after the day Fine had robbed Earth of all technology. Since then things were starting to get back to normal, though everyone was still trying to figure out how there was absolutely no power anywhere on Earth for twenty-four hours.
"Everyone that is, except for me, and Clark, wherever he is" Chloe thought to herself.
After being hospitalized three days for observation, after waking up, Chloe's doctor had recommended that she take it easy for a week. So Chloe had taken off from work, and decided to go visit Lois in Smallville.
She couldn't help but chuckle at that. Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around? Lois visiting her cousin in Smallville? Chloe smiled. She knew that even though Lois would never admit it, she really did like living in Smallville.
Chloe saw her cousin behind the counter handing a man his order. She walked quickly over to her, and gave her a hug. Lois was surprised to see her, but hugged her back.
"Hey, Chloe! Why aren't you in Metropolis?"
"I took a week off of work. I just wanted to relax, and visit my favorite cousin." Chloe said, smiling at her.
It was true, technically. She didn't want to tell Lois about her being hospitalized. It would just worry her.
Lois returned the smile. "Well, I'm glad you're here. To tell you the truth it's been a little boring lately without Clark around to torture. Where is he anyway? Mrs. Kent said something about him visiting an old friend."
"Oh, uh, yeah. He's in Wichita visiting an old friend of ours from high school" Chloe replied nervously. She didn't know where Clark was, and after asking Martha about him, she knew that she didn't either. She assumed that he was probably off somewhere being the hero again, and she smiled a little at that. "That man, and his hero complex" she thought to herself, shaking her head slightly.
Lois, who was helping another customer didn't notice this. "Oh. When will he be back?" Lois asked, while handing a man his order.
"You miss him already?" Chloe teased, and received a glare from Lois.
"Farmboy? Yeah right."
"Uh-huh, sure" Chloe replied sarcastically.
Lois handed the last customer her order, and turned to face Chloe. "You know-".
She stopped when she saw the bruise on Chloe's forehead. "Chlo…" She said her face turning from irritation to concern. "What happened to your head?"
Chloe's hand went quickly to her head, and her smile faded. "Oh, uh, nothing…I just bumped it against my desk" she lied.
"Pretty hard, apparently" Lois said crossing her arms, and giving her a disbelieving look.
"Uh, yeah." She diverted her eyes to the floor, so she wouldn't have to look at Lois.
Lois could tell something was up, but she decided to drop it. "So, what's up?" she asked.
Chloe looked up relieved, but then she remembered her latest problem, and frowned a little. "A lot" she thought to herself. "And now to top it all off, Martin just asked me out on a date! What am I thinking? This is ridiculous. I'm not cheating on Clark. We're not even together.
So, why does it feel like I am?
She snapped out of her thoughts, and saw Lois looking at her expectantly. "Uh, nothing really" she replied, the troubled look still on her face.
Lois looked at her suspiciously. Grabbing her by the hand, she led her over to the couch over in the corner. "Okay, spill."
Chloe sighed. Lois could always see right through her. "What do you mean?" she asked, denying it rather unconvincingly.
Lois rolled her eyes. "Come on, Chlo, I'm not stupid. I can tell when something's wrong. You know you can tell me anything. I'm your cousin. The worst thing I can do is record what you say, show it to everyone you know, and then post it on the internet for the viewing pleasure of millions of people worldwide." She smirked the infamous 'Lane smirk', and pressed on by saying "Seriously Chlo. You know that I would never judge you. I can be remotely helpful sometimes, and I-"
"Alright, alright! I get it Lois!" Chloe said, putting her hands up in surrender.
Lois grinned triumphantly.
Chloe sighed, and began. "Okay, so let's just say that there's this girl-"
"You" Lois said, cutting Chloe off.
Chloe glared at her cousin, but chose to ignore her, and continued. "Who, uh, got asked out on a date by this guy who is-"
Lois cut her off yet again, when she scooted her chair closer to Chloe's and said in a teasing voice "Aww, my baby cousin got asked out on a date."
"Do you always have to interrupt!" Chloe said, clearly frustrated.
Lois looked amused, and responded by simply shrugging her shoulders. "So…who is he?"
Chloe sighed. "He works at the Planet. He's really nice, but-"
"So, what's the problem?" she asked, cutting Chloe off once again.
Chloe glared at her cousin, and if looks could kill, that was definitely the look to do it.
Lois smirked. "Careful, or your face is gonna freeze like that."
Chloe shook her head in frustration. Slowly, a smile began to form on her lips, as she thought of something. Picking up a pillow, she threw it at Lois, hitting her square in the face.
"Oh, you're going to pay for that, little cousin" Lois said picking the pillow up, and striking Chloe several times on the arm.
Chloe managed to grab the pillow away from her, and was about to hit her with it, when she noticed that their little scene had attracted the attention of many of the customers, and people were staring at them. Lois had noticed as well, and both of them sat there, trying to keep straight faces.
Once everyone had went back to what they were doing, the two cousins looked at each other, and burst out laughing.
"That's what you get for messing with an army brat" Lois said, with a large grin on her face, after they had stopped laughing.
Chloe grinned as well, but as her mind went back to what they had been discussing before, her smile slowly faded.
Lois noticed, and smiled sympathetically at her. "So, what did you tell him?" she asked, figuring that her cousin's sudden change in mood was about this date she had been asked out on.
"Well, he had two tickets to some concert, and he asked me if I wanted to go with him." She paused after that, and Lois motioned for her to continue. "I told him that I was busy that night."
"Oh" Lois said. "What are you doing that night?"
Chloe looked at the floor for a while, before looking up at Lois guiltily. "Nothing" she said, avoiding eye contact.
"The why did you tell him that? I thought you said he was nice?" Lois asked, confused.
"Well, truthfully, I just don't think it would work out" Chloe said finally meeting Lois' gaze.
"Why not?" Lois asked, looking confused.
"Well…" Chloe trailed off.
Lois looked at her expectantly, and Chloe decided to take a chance, and tell her. "It's just that…I'm still in love with Clark. You'd think that after all these years, I'd finally be able to let go…to accept that he doesn't feel the same" Chloe said, as she felt tears starting to well up in her eyes. She blinked quickly a few times to try to get it to stop. She didn't need to be breaking down in front of Lois more than she already was.
Lois looked at her sympathetically, and somehow she found the strength to continue.
"I've just given so much of my heart to Clark, and…I don't know if there's anymore left to give. Chloe felt a single tear fall down her cheek. Wiping it away, she turned to face the floor.
Lois put a hand on her shoulder understandingly. Chloe looked up at her cousin, and feigned a small smile.
"Hey" Lois said comfortingly. "I may not be an expert on this sort of thing, but if there's one thing I know about love, it's that love is infinite. You can never run out of it, and you can always make more of it."
"I know, but…" Chloe trailed off. She didn't know how to explain it.
"Did you ever think that maybe you could love someone besides Clark?" Lois asked her.
Chloe thought for a moment, and realized that she hadn't thought about that.
"No" she replied. "I guess I didn't."
"And now that you think about it, do you think you could?"
"I…I don't know. I mean, I want to, but…I don't know if I can."
"Well, don't you think that you at least owe it to yourself to try? Chloe, you deserve some happiness in your life too."
When Chloe thought about it, Lois was right. She had to at least try. She couldn't just keep waiting around for Clark. It was time that she tried to find herself some happiness.
"You know, Lois, you amaze me" Chloe said, looking at her older cousin with an appreciative smile.
"Not that I don't have that effect on everyone, but what do you mean?" Lois asked.
"Well, one moment you can be so carefree, and then you turn around, and you can be completely serious."
"Yeah, well, I don't do that for just anyone" she replied modestly. "Only for the people I love."
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A/N: I threw in a little Clois there. Well, it could be Clois depending on how you interpret it. It could just imply that she loves Clark like a friend. Interpret it however you like. I just threw it in, because I love how Lois does that for Clark. The thing is, she really doesn't do it for just anyone. Only the people she loves. Like Clark, and Chloe. She's only like that around them. Alright, I'm done rambling now. Like I said, this was just a filler chapter, but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless. The next chapter will be up soon. And don't forget…before you leave, press the pretty review button (It's calling out to you! Saying "Push me, push me!"), and…
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