Chloe was sitting on a wooden kitchen table. Drinking coffee and talking to Oliver.

Then Oliver handed her a brown wig and said, "So what do you think?"

Chloe looked at it and scoffed, "It's not me. I can't really see myself as a brunette."

"Oh come on, Chloe, so did Dinah at first, but… it works for her."

Chloe looked at the brown wig.

"Well, I have to get some kind of disguise, sometime. I'll think I'll pass right now though. I have to lye low for a while until time passes and I can re-emerge into society. Tell Dinah, thanks for the loan by the way."

"Will do. Now Chloe are you sure you don't want me to talk to my lawyers…I could just…"

"No. Ollie. It's not like I've been wrongly accused of something I didn't do. I did it. I'm guilty. Of course I did it to save the world but the government will never know that."

"If you insist."

"Insist on what?" Clark said entering the dinning room.

Chloe stood up, "Oh nothing knew. I was just telling Ollie it would be a bad idea for his lawyers to…"

"Maybe his lawyers could do something."

"No. Clark, it's settled. We don't want anyone looking into the real reason I was hacking in a government satellite. It's not a big deal."

"Oh yeah, you losing your freedom is not a big deal at all. There has got to be something maybe if I told them…"

"No Clark absolutely not. It's done ok. End of discussion. So how did it go?"

Clark looked at Oliver and said, "Ollie can Chloe and I talk alone."

Oliver put his hands up in surrender. "Oh, fine. I love being dismissed in my own house."

Oliver left then Chloe said, "So Clark what's the verdict? Does he remember?"

"Well, he said he doesn't remember anything."

"Good." Chloe said. Clark detected a hint of slight disappointment in her voice.

"I think he was lying…"

"What? Why?"

"Well, by the way he was saying it. He looked kind of scared for you. And…I used my x-ray and saw him fiddling with a used bloody bullet in his pocket."

"Oh, that's not good. So he's probably looking into what happened."

Chloe sat down a bit stunned.

Clark sat next to her, "Chlo, I don't think that will be much of a problem."

"Why not?"

"Well, I checked. That's what he said in his police statement. He was lying, Chloe. He was lying for you."

Chloe sat there speechless.

Then Clark scooted closer to Chloe, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

Clark said awkwardly, "Do you…do you like him?"

"Clark, I barely met him."

"Haven't you ever heard of love at first sight?"

Chloe scoffed, "Please tell me, you still believe in that stuff."

Clark shrugged his shoulders, "Sometimes I do some times I don't. but Chloe I mean. You met him for like two seconds before you decided to risk your life for him that sounds like…"

"Clark, do you actually think I would just let someone die unless I was in love with them?"

Clark sighed, "Of course not. It just seemed like there were something between you… so you don't like him."

"Don't get me wrong Clark. He was kind of gorgeous and we did flirt a little. But he was just trying to pump me for info. And I was trying to distract him so he didn't expect my escape. It's not exactly stuff from fairy tales."

"Right. Of course."

"Why did you even mention it?"

Clark awkwardly looked the other way, "You see I…"

Clark tried to think of different ways to just tell her that this George guy was the same guy she was so happy with in that Alternate Universe but he looked at Chloe's intrugied eyes and he couldn't do it. He knew that now that he was in Chloe's life and after everything that was happening it would probably pretty much impossible for Chloe to get together with this guy. So why tell her that she was a lot happier in a world with out him. He just couldn't bring himself to do that.

"Well?" Chloe asked.

"It's nothing. Chloe."

"Clark you're not trying to set me-the fugitive- up with –George –the fugitive are you?"

"Of course not."

"Good. Because I don't think I'm going to date anyone for a while. Even when I do get my new identity and everything. I mean look how everything turned out with Jimmy. The next time I get into a relationship, the only chance I have is with someone who is as secretive as I am. But even then I think it will be a while."

"Yeah…that's probably good."

"Clark, can you do me another favor?"

"Sure."

"Can you go see this George guy again and make sure he's not looking into me? I can't worry about someone finding out my secret with everything else that is going on."

Clark moped, "I'm sorry I doomed you from having a happy life Chlo."

"Clark. That's not true. I'm happy. Saving the world is pretty satisfying, alright, so there is nothing to feel guilty about." Chloe said overly reassuring.

Clark nodded not believing a word she said. He could tell when Chloe was doing the whole fake happy thing. She did that a lot lately. It was kind of heart breaking.

"So, Chlo, I guess I'll see this George guy again and help protect your secret."

"Thanks." Chloe said and gave him a quick hug. Then Clark pulled her in for a bigger deeper hug. He wished he could make things better for her. He wished there was something he could do. Maybe there was. Maybe it wasn't too late to ensure Chloe's happiness. So he went to talk to George.