To answer your question, noellesullivan, while I can't put an exact face to the character, I can describe Emmeline. She has a very petite figure and is average height, about as tall as Lana and Chloe. She has long, straight, medium-brown hair that is parted to the left and runs a bit past the middle of her back.


Emmeline had never met Jodi Melville, but that all changed when Pete and Chloe needed some help with algebra since Clark's mind was, no surprise, focused on Lana as her birthday was coming up.

The three of them found Jodi sitting in the library cutting up pictures and putting them in her notebook.

"Cutting the heads off supermodels," Chloe said as she leaned onto the desk. "It's kind of redundant, isn't it?"

Jodi smiled nervously and shut the notebook. "Just looking for outfit ideas. I still don't have anything to wear to Lana's party. What's up?" She looked over and saw Emmeline. "Hey, you're Emmeline, right?"

"Yeah, that's me. And you must be Jodi. It's nice to meet you," Emmeline said shyly.

"Uh, Pete and I were kind of hoping you could give us a quick algebra download," Chloe told Jody.

"I thought Clark usually helps you guys," Jodi said.

"He's a little preoccupied helping the birthday girl," Pete smiled.

"We'll even buy you lunch," Chloe said, hoping to convince her.

Jody looked at them and led them to her locker. She pulled out a thermos and poured out some thick dark green liquid. Emmeline could feel her breakfast rising up in her throat as she watched it flow from one holder to the other.

"That looks…appetizing," Pete grimaced.

"Losing weight is never pretty," Jodi said to him.

A boy Emmeline had seen around school came over to them. "Hey, Ross," he said to Pete. "We're getting a little game together. You want in, or you want to keep whale watching?"

Emmeline frowned at the boy as he and the other guy he was with started laughing together. Jodi looked over at the group in embarrassment.

"Dustin, back off," Pete said angrily.

"Ooh, chill out, cool guy. I didn't know you were a chubby-chaser."

Dustin threw the basketball at them and it hit Jodi's cup, spilling the drink all over her. The guys began laughing again and Jodi ran off in shame.

"Jodi, wait!" Pete called.

"Oh, man," Dustin said. "You'd think someone that big would have a thicker skin."

Pete threw the basketball at Dustin and hit him hard in the head.

"You'd think someone that stupid would have a thicker head," Chloe said to him sharply.

Emmeline wished she was bold enough to say things like that to people. Just once, she'd love to get in someone's face and tell them off for being a jerk. Maybe someday.

The next day, the usual group of four walked across school grounds as Clark told them about Whitney not being able to take Lana to her birthday party.

"Clark, I'm telling you. This is good news for you," Pete smiled.

"Kansas State gives Whitney a full scholarship and Lana gives him a tongue bath," Clark said sarcastically. "How is that good news?"

"Even I'm having a hard time following the skewed Ross logic," Chloe said.

"Lana's gonna be dateless for her own party," Pete explained.

"Hi, Pete," they heard as they passed the picnic tables. They all turned around to find Jodi standing up from the table. She looked…a lot different than the last time Emmeline had seen her.

"Jodi?" Pete said shocked. "You look…"

"Thinner?" she finished for him.

"I was still looking for a euphemism, but yeah," Chloe said as she walked over to them.

"Are you okay?" Clark asked.

"Never better," Jodi answered. "My diet's just starting to pay off. I bought some new clothes."

"You look great," Pete said with a broad smile.

"Thank you for sticking up for me yesterday. Most people wouldn't have done that."

"Most people can't stand Dustin."

"Yeah. Listen, I was wondering…do you have a date for Lana's party?"

Pete just stared at her still in shock. Clark poked him in the back to get him to do something. "No, he's still free," he answered for him.

"Would you like to go with me?"

Pete still just stood there smiling wider than ever. Clark poked him again harder and answered, "He'd love to."

"Great. Okay, well, I'll see you later."

"Bye," Pete said breathlessly as Jodi walked away. Emmeline resisted the urge to burst out laughing at how speechless he was.

"I don't get it," Chloe said as she stared after Jodi.

"Women dig me," Pete said as he glared at Chloe. "Get used to it."

"No, I mean Jodi. It's like she lost that weight overnight."

"If she could, half the school would be after that secret," Clark grinned. "Come on."

"So, are you going to Lana's party?" Pete asked Emmeline as they walked to the Torch office.

"That's not really my thing," she answered. "Besides, I don't even have a date."

"But it would be better than sitting at home alone, wouldn't it?"

"Honestly? I'd rather lock myself in my room with my fantasy novels."

"You have got to branch out."

"I'll branch out when I'm ready."

"Well, that better be sooner rather than later."

Later that night, Chloe called up Emmeline and asked her to meet her at Clark's place the next morning because she had heard about an accident that was Wall of Weird material and wanted to bring her and Clark with her to check it out.

So sure enough, Emmeline found herself walking up to the loft with Chloe. They saw Clark peering through his telescope, which seemed odd to Emmeline since it was daytime.

"Getting your morning Lana fix?" Chloe asked, making Clark nearly jump three feet in the air. Oh, so THAT was why he was looking through the telescope.

"Chloe, don't either of you ever knock?"

"It's a barn, Clark."

"Is there a reason you're both here so early or do just enjoy busting my chops?"

"A little of both. Did you hear about the accident last night? A deer was hit out on Route 5."

"That's not exactly Wall of Weird material."

"Check out the paper." She handed him a copy of the newspaper. "Animal control said that the deer died of causes unknown."

"So?"

Chloe scoffed. "Well, not much unknown about a bumper at 60 miles an hour."

"I'd love to run down theories with you, but I've got chores to do. I still haven't figured out what to get Lana for her birthday."

"Well, you or your family knows people at animal control, right?"

"One of the perks of growing up on a farm."

"Well, I was thinking, maybe we could stop by there before school. You could use your pull. We could take a couple of pictures. We'll help you out with your gift-giving dilemma."

"Okay. But I want it to be something unique."

"Just don't make it as unique as what you gave me last year."

"And you're really okay with this?" Clark asked Emmeline."

"I'm just coming along for the ride," she answered.

The three of them went to Animal Control and Clark nearly cracked under the pressure of trying to get behind the desk.

"Very impressive use of pull," Chloe said sarcastically as they walked down the halls. "'Can I use your bathroom'?"

"I can't believe we're creeping around looking for road kill."

They passed by a window where antlers were sticking out of a sheet. "The deer's in there." She tried to the door, but it wouldn't budge. "The door's locked. Um, Em and I are gonna go find a maintenance worker."

"We're calling you 'Em' now?" Clark asked.

"It has a nice ring to it," Emmeline smiled.

She and Chloe walked away when Clark called, "Guys, it's open."

"How'd you do that?" Chloe asked as she came back around the corner.

"Kent charm."

They walked into the room and Chloe prepped her camera to take pictures of the dead deer while Emmeline closed the blinds.

"Lift it up. Go," Chloe said, elbowing Clark.

Clark sighed and lifted up the sheet and they all grimaced at the sight before them. "Looks like jerky," Clark remarked.

Chloe looked around and picked up a clipboard with several pieces of paper on it. "The lab report says the deer lost something like 80% of its body fat. It's like it's been lipo-suctioned to death."

"What do you think it is, Chloe? Some fat-sucking vampire in town?"

"This is Smallville, Clark. Land of the weird, home of the strange."

Chloe continued taking pictures of the drained deer. "Okay," Emmeline said. "Let's get out of here before I lose my breakfast."

"I second that," Clark said.

"You guys are wimps," Chloe frowned.

During free period, Chloe caught up with Emmeline as they headed to the Torch office. "Hey, Pete told me you're skipping Lana's party."

"I don't even know her very well, so why should I go anyway?"

"Because it's Lana Lang's party?"

"It's not my scene. I'm just going to stay home and read a good book."

"Suit yourself!"

They both walked into the room and stopped talking when they saw who Clark was conversing with.

"Mr. Luthor," Chloe said surprised.

"It's Lex," the man said with a smile that would make most women go weak at the knees. "Let's see, you're Chloe, so you must be Emmeline." He shook her and Emmeline's hands. "Clark was just telling me your meteor theory. I like it. Especially since most people think my company is secretly behind everything that goes wrong in Smallville."

"That's the reigning theory."

"Are you the only on that blames the meteors instead of me?"

"Pretty much. Well, there is Mr. Hamilton."

"Except most people don't have too high a regard for a guy who sells plastic meteor chips to tourists," Clark said.

"Doesn't exactly inspire confidence," Lex said smoothly. He looked over at Chloe. "Call me when you're looking for a summer job. I've got friends over at The Inquistor." Then he looked over at Clark. "I'll see you tomorrow. I hear you're escorting the birthday girl. Nice work."

"We're just going as friends," Clark said defensively.

"Sure you are. Hope you got her a nice gift."

"Yeah…"

"So that's Lex Luthor?" Emmeline said. "He's a lot different than I pictured him. He's not so…scary."

Clark and Chloe laughed. "To you, everyone's scary at first," Chloe said.

"I'd argue against that, except I know it's true."


When Clark told his friends what happened to Dustin, no one wanted to believe it was true.

Chloe, of course, wasted no time in getting all the facts. "I called the hospital this morning," Chloe said to Clark and Emmeline as they tried to find a table to eat their lunch. "Dustin's in a coma. His body went into shock from the loss of fat. He hasn't told the police anything."

"Time to revisit the fat-sucking vampire theory," Clark said.

"You know, if you hadn't been there, he probably would have died, Clark."

"Clark Kent saves the day again," Emmeline half-smiled.

"What I can't figure out is why anybody would want to steal body fat," Clark said.

"I know," Chloe agreed. "It takes eating disorders to a whole new level."

The three of them saw Jodi sitting alone and sat down to join her. "Jodi."

"Hi, guys, what's up?" Jodi said happily.

"Uh, study group, remember?" Chloe told her.

"Totally slipped my mind."

They all looked at Jodi as she dug into her food ravenously. "So, no more veggie shakes, huh?"

"Are you feeling okay?" Clark asked. "Pete said you felt sick yesterday."

"Oh, that. I'm fully recovered."

"I guess it's safe to say that the diet's finally over," Chloe remarked.

"Mmm, I'm starving. I haven't eaten anything all day." She looked up to find all three of them staring at her. "I'm just a little nervous about the party tonight."

"Yeah," Chloe said softly.

"So, um, I'll see you guys tonight." Jodi grabbed several snacks from her tray and bolted off.

"Okay, what was that about?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know," Clark answered. He looked at his watch. "I gotta fly. We'll talk about this later?"

"Okay. Hey, where are you going?"

"I'm still working on Lana's birthday gift."

"Any hints?"

"Yeah, it's not a gift certificate."

Emmeline rolled her eyes. "How are either of us supposed to have a shot with him if he's going to seek out every spare moment of the day to squeeze in 'Lana time'?"

"Story of my life. Are you sure you're not going to the party tonight?"

"I'm sure."

"Alright. Your choice."

That night, Emmeline dressed down in a loose shirt and sweatpants and pulled out her book with a bag of chocolate next to her. As she sat in her room thinking about what was happening at Lana's party, there was a knock on her door. "Emmeline?" her mother said as she came into the room. "You have a visitor."

Chloe came into her room behind her. "Hey, Em."

"Chloe, what are you doing here?"

"I was not about to let you spend tonight alone. So get dressed. We're going out to grab a coffee and maybe catch a movie."

Emmeline smiled. "Really?"

"That's what friends are for."

"Oh, did you ever find out was going on with Jodi?"

"Oh gosh, she was eating vegetables grown around meteor fragments which made her lose weight way too fast so she couldn't keep up just by eating regular food. She sucked the fat out of the deer and Dustin. Clark went after her because we were both worried about Pete."

"Is he alright?"

"As far as I know."

"I told him he was going to be next."

Chloe laughed lightly. "Come on, Em." She laced her arm around Emmeline's. "You're not going to spend so much time alone anymore."