Chloe couldn't help but to stare at her old best friend. There was something drastically different about him. He seemed pale, weak and lost. It was like his soul was missing. Like the one thing that made him human, that made him Clark Kent was gone. Perhaps he had been right that evening in the watch tower. Perhaps, Clark Kent was really dead.

"Clark,… I asked you not to find me." She said with her voice cracking.

"I know and if I were given any other choice, believe me, Chloe…." He paused. "I would have stayed away."

Chloe took a seat on the stool by the black, marble counter. Her heart racing and her knees had grown weak. She didn't want to risk falling flat on the floor and having him swoop in to save the day. Only at this moment in time, he would have probably let her fall. "Clark, whatever it is, I'm sure Oliver will be glad to help you with it."

Clark closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I wish with all of my heart, that he could. That I didn't have to come here. I know that you're better off without me. I suppose, that I have always known that."

The Chloe jumped at the sound of the front door opening and slamming shut. She stood carefully to her feet. "Clark,…"

"Chloe,…" Lois screamed throughout the house.

Chloe closed her eyes trying to fight back her tears. When she re-opened them Clark had disappeared as fast as he had appeared. She wrapped her arms around her waist trying to close the wound that she thought had healed many years ago. It felt fresh and raw and as if someone was pouring salt and lemon juice in to it. She had tried to hide from this part of her life, to forget all the pain that she had endured. However, seeing him made her realize that she was just living a pretend life.

"Chloe,… " Lois said entering the kitchen. "Didn't you hear me calling you? I swear this place is too big for the two of you."

"Lois,…" She wiped away her tears and turned to Lois with the biggest, façade smile ever. "What brings you all the way here."

"Well, I got this phone call that told me to be at the airport this morning. I got on a private plane and flew all the way here just for you cuz."

"What's going on?"

"Let's just get you ready and you will see." Lois smiled, holding up two dress bags.

On the way to where ever the limo was taking them, Chloe searched every corner and every street for Clark. She couldn't help but to feel like a he was there with her. Following her as they drove down the road. She adjusted her black strap on her dress and turned to look at Lois.

"Lois,…"

"I'm not telling you where we are going, Chloe. You will just have to wait and see."

Chloe smiled. "I wasn't going to ask you too."

"Then what is it?"

Chloe didn't know how quite to ask Lois. She took a deep breath and just went with it. "Have you seen Clark lately?"

"Chloe,…." Lois paused. "Please don't do this. Not today."

"I'm not doing anything. I just want to know that he is okay. That he is happy."

Lois pushed the one twig of Chloe's hair out of her face. "I haven't seen or heard from him in over a year. I am sure though, that he is happy. That he is okay. But I know more than anything that he wants you to be happy."

The car stopped.

"Let's go and make your dreams come true."

Chloe had no idea to what Lois was referring to, she remembered a time when her dreams coming true, was having Clark realize that she was the one for him. The look in his eyes that morning told her that that was never a possibility for them. She followed Lois into the Hotel and down the long hallway to the ball room. Flowers and white linen decorated every table. White rose petals lined the marble floor, candles flickering like the stars in the sky, and the most beautiful love song played ever so slightly in the background. Chloe searched the hundreds of face that stood staring at her, for the one familiar face that she had come to love over the last three years.

"You look amazing,…" He whispered into her ear, leaving goose bumps all over her body.

She turned to face him, "What is all of this?"

"Why it's a party."

"I can see that." She smiled. "For whom?"

"For us."

"Us?"

"You're not going to make this easy for me are you?" He kissed her hand, and slowly got down on one knee.

Chloe could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She had dreamed of this day a million times, only the guy on his knees was never Jimmy who she had married for a brief moment. Nor was it the gut that she loved now. It was always Clark Kent. The one guy that hurt her the most. She tried to shake the thought from her head.

"Chloe, when you walked into my life or bumped into my life, spilling my very hot coffee on my suite. I looked into those hazel eyes and I said, 'Bruce this is the girl that is going to make you the happiest guy in the world some day." He took a blue box from his jacket and opened it to reveal a four karat diamond ring. "So, I ask you, here in front of all of our friends, " He glanced over to Lois and smiled. "… and family. Chloe, make me the happiest guy in the world and marry me."

Chloe nodded yes. She begin to wipe away her tears. "Yes." She choked. "Yes, I will marry you, Mr. Wayne."