Clark walked down the stairs and into the living room. It had been a week since he kissed Lois and heard the news about Chloe and Oliver. He felt like the world around him was a blur. He wanted Chloe to be happy, but he hated himself for letting her go. He came to a complete stop when he saw Chloe sitting at the kitchen counter sipping a cup of coffee. He smiled was it just a dream. Had Chloe ever really left?
"Chloe,…" His smile faded as he noticed the big ring on her finger. "I guess congratulations are in order."
"Yeah. It all happened so fast. I still can't believe it." She said.
Clark poured him a cup of coffee and leaned against the sink facing Chloe. "I figured you wouldn't have time for me anymore."
"Don't be silly, Clark. I'll always be here for you. Anytime you need me."
Clark grinned. His heart was still breaking. But he was trying not to show it. "I hope so, Chloe. Life wouldn't be the same without my sidekick."
Chloe bit her bottom lip. She was afraid of the answer of the question she was about to ask. "Clark, can I ask you something?"
Clark walks over and leans onto the counter. "Sure."
"Why did you kiss Lois and leave? She said that your avoiding her now."
"I've always avoided her. She's annoying." He said as he stood back up.
Chloe stands up and looks into Clark's eyes. "Clark, you and Lois would be perfect for each other."
Clark leaned down into Chloe's space. "We would be great for each other, but now that's too late."
Chloe took a deep breathe. She knew then and there that Clark wasn't as ready as he thought he was to let her go. "Clark, have a seat we need to discuss something."
Clark didn't argue he just took a seat on the bar stool next to were Chloe stood.
"Clark, from the first day that I met you I loved you. I thought you hung the moon. And in the times that I kissed you I felt this warm and tingling feeling here in my heart. Then when Ollie and I became close and the first time he kissed me I felt myself rise above the earth and begin to float. I felt like the part of me that was missing was now filled with this amazing bright light that sat my soul on fire." She paused. "When you kissed me that day for the first time at your own will all I could do was think about Oliver. Clark, that doesn't mean that I don't love you. It means that I wasn't in love with you. Well maybe at first but not now. I know that you think that your in love with me. But you always think that when I find someone-else. It's because your afraid that your going to loose me and if all-else fails I want be there. Clark, you can't do that to yourself. You can't do that to me anymore. We both need to grow up and realize that your destined for greater things."
Clark looks at Chloe with tears in his eyes. "Chloe, you are the greater thing that I want. Your what I always wanted. I just I was too blind to see that. I love you, I'm in love with you."
Chloe wiped away his tears. "No, Clark. Your not. You've seen clearly up till now. I'm not the one for you, and neither was Lana. You see we were just two people that when combined we were the one person that you would love someday. Lois is Lana and me together. And sooner or later you'll realize it."
"So, I'm just suppose to pretend that it doesn't hurt to see you and Oliver all lovie dovie?"
Chloe smiled. "That's what I did all these years." She took a seat next to him and took his hand. "When I walked in to your house that day and I saw you sitting there with your parents and I saw Lana leaving,… Clark, I thought I was going to die. But you never knew that. I never let you."
"So, whatever we might have had I just let it fade away?"
"I'm afraid so." She stood up. "Clark, I'm married not gone."
Clark stood up and leaned down pulling his best-friend in for a hug. Maybe she was right, maybe he loved her so much as a friend he got distracted and thought it was more. Maybe he should do a little soul searching and see just what everyone else saw in Lois. Maybe he should let Chloe go. Let her live her life. It was just so hard to let her go.