Author's note: Sorry for the long wait. I just started school and everything's been pretty hectic for me. I will try to keep this story going; unfortunately, I can't make any promises. Reviews are appreciated.
Thanks to everyone that reads and reviews, especially supernaturalsmallville, bely, TiffersLeAnn.
Oh, and Nightcrusader, who almost always (unknowingly) gives me a push to keep this story going.
Chapter Nine
Chloe smiled as she walked through Golden Gate Park; she was going to meet Clark there and they were going to hang out. She came to their meeting place, and sat down and waited. A few minutes later, he appeared.
"Did you bring your swim trunks?" she asked him. He nodded. "And your badass Kal clothes?" He shook his head.
"Oh well. No big deal," Chloe said. "I'll just have to buy you some clothes before we go out tonight." He sighed. There would be endless changes of clothes all day.
They walked out to the car, and Clark was puzzled. "How did this get here?" he asked, "And why s it green?"
Chloe laughed. "It's not mine; I borrowed it from a friend. So, you need to be extra careful."
He prepared to get in the small car. He was very tall, and it wasn't really built to accommodate people of his stature. As he sat down, he figured that Chloe must have had some interior work done, because he was completely comfortable. Chloe smiled; sometime she loved magic.
They pulled up to the Halliwell manor. Chloe had warned everyone in the house that she was going to have a guest, and Phoebe had offered her apartment, since the manor was usually where the most magical stuff happened and non-magical guests usually didn't stay over. Chloe declined and checked into a hotel, but she had to retrieve her belongings from the manor. She asked Clark to wait in the car and entered the house.
"Forgetting something?" a voice asked from behind her as she walked up the stairs. Chloe wrapped herself in her invisible shield, a nifty little trick she'd developed, and turned around, ready to fight. She came face to face with Piper, who was holding the bag that she was looking for. She smiled. "Thanks, Mom," she said playfully.
"Oh, and I'm going to be at P3 tonight," Chloe said. "See you there?"
Piper opened her mouth to protest, but she realized that if Chloe didn't go to P3, she'd go somewhere else... and that would suck. "Of course," Piper said. What harm could be done if Piper was there to keep an eye on her? Besides, Paige and Phoebe were always there anyway. All Piper had to do was let them know of Chloe's plans and all three would be on the lookout.
Chloe said goodbye and Piper closed the door behind her. Wyatt came ambling down the stairs, wiping at his eyes. "Hey, Wyatt? Are you hungry?" she asked her son as she picked him up and walked into the kitchen. Just then, Paige orbed in. Wyatt smiled at his aunt and he knew what was going to happen. He orbed up to his room.
"Such a good kid. Can't wait till he's old enough to help us with these problems," Paige commented. "Anyway, this is really bad."
"How bad?" Piper asked, raising an eyebrow. Paige took a deep breath.
"Bad enough that the Elders are pushing for the murder of an innocent," Paige said, a little ticked off.
"What?" Piper asked, alarmed. Paige sat down, and explained what was going on. The Elders had foreseen Chloe becoming a powerful evil, and strongly advised that the Charmed Ones kill her.
"What the hell?" Piper said, angry. "One of you needs to get your asses down here and give us more information!"
"It's no use Piper. They won't." Just then, Kevin the Elder came down.
"The rest won't, but I will. You deserve to know," he said. Piper looked at him; he'd grown up since the last time she'd seen him. She was glad that they'd saved his life and he'd gotten Ramus' powers.
"Chloe's power strongly rivals that of the Charmed Ones and the Ultimate Power--"
"So?" Paige asked. How was that a bad thing if the Charmed Ones were her mentors?
"And for some reason, the 'oh-so-important' rules of magic don't apply to her at all. She can do whatever she wants. So, you see, she's powerful beyond belief and outside the law. They fear that she will become the great evil that your eldest son was prevented from becoming."
"Oh," the sisters said in unison.
"What do you think we should do?" Paige asked.
"I don't know; that's something you have to decide," he said and orbed out.
Meanwhile, Chloe and Clark were doing some shopping. She wanted him to look hot when they were out. He smiled as she dressed him, although he wished that she would do just the opposite. Enough with those thoughts, he told himself. He was worried that he might start a fire, and then he'd have to explain himself to Chloe, who knew how that ability was triggered.
A few hours later, Chloe had decided on 8 outfits. She'd rationalized that Clark's stay was for three days, so he had two for each day, and two extras in case something happens to any of the others. Then, she decided to mess with his hair, which was very difficult because she couldn't cut it. She eventually gave up trying to cut it and toyed with it until she liked how it looked.
"I can't believe I let you do all of this to me," he said to her.
"It's for the best," Chloe said. "If I think you look good, the rest of the girls who see you are going to go crazy for you."
He smiled at her, and she laughed. "Okay, so let's go to the beach. I got you something," she said, pulling out a speedo.
"There is no way that I'm going to wear that," he said. She asked him to try it on, and she smiled as he left the bathroom.
"Wow," Chloe said.
"I feel ridiculous, and what if I have a "malfunction" and rip this?"
"You could always run away," she said, with a snicker. "Alright, put these on," she said, handing him a pair of swim trunks that she'd bought. "Better?" she asked from the other side of the door.
"Much," he said.
"Okay, so now you have to take... this outfit with you," she said, picking out an outfit for him and packing it away. "Hurry up," she said. "You're taking longer than I did!"
Just then, the room phone rang. "Miss Sullivan? There's a Miss Jenkins here to see you. We sent her up."
"Jenkins? Oh, Billie. Thank you." A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door, and Billie was standing in the doorway.
"Hey, Billie, what's going on?" Chloe asked. "Clark," she said, "I'm going to step out for a minute." She picked up the room key and stepped into the hallway.
"I was just about to call you and invite you to the beach," Chloe said.
"Really? I just came to check out your room and see if you wanted coffee." Chloe smiled. The two had forged a friendship; they could relate to each other because their powers were almost the same. Of course, Chloe's was more advanced, but the Halliwells never told them that.
"I don't have anything to wear to the beach," Billie said. Chloe took a look at Billie. "Come with me," she said. They entered the room and encountered Clark, who was looking at his new clothes. "Finally, you're out of the bathroom. You're such a diva," Chloe said, mockingly. Billie looked at Clark . He was hot; too bad he was gay.
What? Chloe thought as she gathered a few bathing suits.
Oops, Billie replied. Didn't mean to send that to you.
Well, he's not gay. He just happens to be comfortable enough with himself to let me dress him.
Billie laughed out loud; Clark looked from the two and shook his head. He figured she thought that his clothes were ridiculous.
"Sorry," Billie said as Chloe dragged her into the bathroom. Chloe poked her head out. "No peeping," she told Clark with a grin before closing the door. She turned to face Billie, and with a wave of her hand, Billie was wearing a one piece swimsuit.
"Nope, too Baywatch," she remarked and waved her hand again.
What are you doing? Billie asked her.
"What do you think?" Chloe answered out loud. "You want to come to the beach, so I'm giving you something to wear." It's not like I'm messing with anything major. Lighten up. Besides, they can't punish you because you didn't use your powers.
Billie smiled at her friend, until she was clad in a completely hideous bright pink swimsuit with ruffles. She was mortified. Chloe laughed.
"That's not funny!" she said. Chloe waved her hand and Billie was dressed in the perfect bikini. With another wave, Billie was wearing the perfect outfit.
"Thanks," she told Chloe. They smiled and emerged from the bathroom. Clark had put all of his clothes away in the closet, and he'd put Chloe's in as well.
"Oh, Billie's coming with us to the beach," Chloe said. "I forgot to tell you."
"Oh. That's cool," he said. He was a bit disappointed that he wasn't going to be alone with Chloe, but he also wanted to know what her new friends were like. He picked up the duffel bag that Chloe had packed and they made their way to the beach.
Phoebe rushed home to hear what her sisters needed to tell her. They explained what was going on with Chloe, and what the Elders wanted them to do.
"Okay, but if she's more powerful, then how the hell are we supposed to kill her?" Phoebe said. "That makes no sense! Why would they have us train her first?"
"I don't think they realized," Paige said.
Phoebe got up from the dining room table and headed upstairs. As soon as she touched the banister, she was pulled into a premonition.
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Chloe was closing in on a dark haired girl; she used her telekinesis to lift her in the air. She seemed to be choking her.
"This ends now," she said.
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"What did you see?" Piper asked.
"Chloe was about to kill someone."
At the beach, Clark, Chloe, and Billie enjoyed themselves. Clark and Billie were getting along really well, and he was splashing both girls in the water.
Billie liked Clark. When Chloe first told her about him, Billie assumed that he was her boyfriend, until Chloe told her about Jimmy. She smiled and flirted a little bit with Clark, and Chloe didn't seem to mind. However, it was when they went to get some snacks that she realized that Clark wasn't very interested. He kept watching Chloe whenever she got up, and when guys hit on her, Billie could see the hint of jealousy in his eyes. That's when it clicked in her mind. The two had feelings for each other, but kept it to themselves. She had an idea, and hoped that Chloe wouldn't kill her for it. She looked around, trying to expand on her idea. She turned around to see where Chloe was, and a few feet away from Chloe, she saw her good friend Tyler walking up to a girl on the beach. Then, she had the outline of a plan.
"I'll be right back," she told Clark. She went after Tyler, but tried not to look too suspicious. When she'd gotten a good distance away from Clark, she approached her friend and formulated her plan.
Billie hurried back to Clark. Chloe was now sitting with him at the table. They were sharing cheese fries. Actually, Clark seemed to have devoured two-thirds of them by himself. Billie looked at the cheese covered fries the two were eating and pretended to have a craving.
"I'll be back. I'm going to get some of those." Billie said, getting up. "Clark, do you want anything?" she asked.
"Yeah, but I'll just get them myself," he said and got up, intending on getting more fries. The two walked, and she saw Tyler and his date 'in position'. Action, she told herself and signaled them. She'd made sure that Chloe could see her and Clark. She turned to Clark.
"Clark, I need a really big favor. I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but.."
"What is it?" he asked, concerned.
Chloe watched her friends walk; she was glad that they got along. She was going to introduce Clark to the sisters at P3 that night as well. Then, when they got back to Smallville, she'd tell him about her powers. She wanted him to meet them and get to know them; she knew he might pass unfair judgment on them otherwise. She was glad Billie showed up. She snapped out of her thoughts and took a glance at the two, who were now kissing.
Shock ripped through her. How could she have not seen that Billie liked him? Jealousy surged through her.
She didn't feel so good about introducing them anymore.
To be continued.
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