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This week on "Lifestyles of the Buff 'n Shameless"...

Kent Pond, that weekend –

Chloe had snuck over to the Kent farm late the previous night to set up her hiding spot under the blueberry bushes. Today she studiously ignored the amount of spiders that had spun their webs in this small furrow where she now lay; the last thing she wanted was to get freaked out by imagining their icky bodies crawling in her hair. /shudders/ The slightly tall grasses that grew around the bushes would help shield her from detection by the two boys that were making their way across the fields without interfering with her photos. Each had a towel thrown over their shoulders, Clark's taller head much easier to track than Pete's. It wasn't long before she was able to hear their voices.

"Looks like it's going to be a pretty hot day today," Clark's voice filled her ears making her want to sigh dreamily.

"Looks like it," Pete agreed easily. "Have you noticed anything odd with the girls lately?"

Clark gave Pete a concerned look, "What do you mean? Odd how?"

Pete looked like he was gathering his thoughts, "It's nothing outright but it just feels like there's something off. It just seems like they're always whispering about something and they stop whenever I get close enough to hear anything, but when I ask they say it's nothing but girl talk."

Clark shot Pete an easy grin, "Sounds like they might like you and they don't want you to know. You should ask 'em out sometime."

Pete nudged Clark, "Oh yeah? What about you, when are you going to ask Lana out?"

Clark got moony eyed as he often did when thinking about Lana, "It's not like that Pete and you know it. She said she just needed time to figure out who she was. I'm perfectly happy giving her all the space she needs."

Chloe lay silently, watching and snapping the occasional photo as the two boys stripped down to their bathing suits and splashed around in the water. She shifted slightly trying to move off of a small rock that was making its presence known to her hipbone. A slow crawl forward on her belly solved the problem for her and then Pete moved back to the bank.

"Ready to time yourself?" Pete asked as he sat down on his towel.

Clark pushed back his hair out of his face with both hands, Chloe happily capturing the pose for posterity. "Yeah, I'll try and keep an eye on you under the water, wave when I hit five minutes if I'm still under."

"Think you can go for five minutes?" Pete asked cautiously.

"Sure, if something goes wrong then you'll come and get me and I won't have been under that long. Don't worry," he tossed a reassuring smile to his friend before taking a deep breath, expanding his broad chest to it's fullest /click/ and sank under the surface.

Chloe watched, curious as to how long Clark would stay under. Would he make it to the full five minutes? What if Pete had to go and save him? 'Mmmm, mouth to mouth,' she purred mentally. 'I'd be happy to save you Clark.'

Five minutes passed with agonizing slowness and Pete waved to the water to indicate that Clark's time was up. Clark pushed through the surface of the water, the water cascading down his body like so many tongues licking their way down his sculpted physique. He threw his head back to fling his hair out of his eyes sending an arc of wetness that Chloe couldn't help but capture on her camera. One broad hand came up to wipe his eyes clean and then he flashed one of his famous Kent smiles that seemed to make everything all better.

"How do you feel, Clark? Lightheaded or anything?" Pete asked while moving to his feet.

Chloe crept a slight bit closer to get a better shot as Clark replied, "Nope, I could go longer next time."

"Want to shoot for seven minutes?"

Something crawled up her right side under her shirt causing her to lurch to her left. Fortunately she suppressed the urge to shriek but snapped a low hanging branch on the bushes she was hiding under.

/Snap/

"What was that noise?" Pete asked while looking around.

Clark waded to the shore, "I don't know." He was quiet as he looked around.

Chloe could hear her heart pounding in her chest when Clark's gaze slid over her hiding spot, almost certain that he saw her.

Then with a shrug he said, "Lets go do something else, 'kay?"

Pete turned back towards Clark, "Sure, lets go do some dirt bike racing. My brothers left the tanks full this week."

Clark picked up his stuff and headed back towards the house, "Sounds good to me."

Once Chloe was sure they were out of sight and hearing she frantically brushed at her shirt while pulling herself out the backside of the shrubberies.

"Ewww, ewww!" she cried softly and she shuddered and raked her hands through her hair dislodging twigs and leaves. The things she went through to hone her skills. Relief filled her being when she finally made it back to her house and into the shower, the hot water soothing the crawling sensations on her skin.