Chapter 12

Chloe asked Lois to wait in the hospital lounge so she could have a talk with the doctor and see what advice he could give on the latest turn of events with Amnesia-girl.

Lois was getting a coffee at the vending machine. She turned when she heard someone call her name.

"Yes?"

"I've been trying to get your attention. Didn't you hear me?"

Lois stared blankly into the face of a petite brunette with green eyes.

"No, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. I'm a little out of sorts still, I guess. . . I had a fall recently and my head still a bit jumbled. . . Who are you?"

"I'm Lana Lang."

She recognized her as the fiancé of Lex Luthor from the newspapers that Clark had brought home for her.

"Nice to meet you Lana, I'm Lois Kent."

Lana's eyebrows shot up to her hairline when she heard Lois introduce herself as Mrs. Kent.

"What did you say? Do you mean you and Clark … are married? I knew it! I knew there was something going on between you two. And to think I thought you said you were my friend. I trusted you, confided in you. . . . When?"

"When?"

"When did you two tie the knot?"

"I don't know."

Just then Chloe came around the corner into the lounge.

"Hey Lana."

"Don't you 'hey Lana' me. I suppose you knew about this? When were you going to tell me?"

"Tell you what?"

"Don't play dumb with me Chloe! Of course you knew! Lois is your cousin. Were you going to tell me that Clark married Lois? When did it happen? Why didn't one of you tell me? Why were you keeping this from me? I thought we were all supposed to be friends."

Oh Crap! "Lana, we are friends. It was actually a bit of a shock to me when I first heard. I'm sure they--"

"Forget it Chloe, just forget it." Lana swirled around and flounced away without hearing any more of what Chloe had to say, tears streaming down her face.

"What's up with her?"

"She's Clark's ex-girlfriend."

"Re-ally?"


They drove along in silence for a while, Chloe's mind reeling with how she was going to break the news to Clark about running into Lana at the hospital. Of all the times to run into Lana, why today? Why not after I had a chance to talk to her first?

"Chloe, how come Clark and I eloped? He's Mrs. Kent's only son. Wouldn't she be upset with him for eloping and robbing her of the chance to see him get married?"

"I don't know . . . You guys never told me." She ad-libbed. She could tell that Lois wasn't buying it. "It was very sudden and romantic. Maybe you planned on having a big wedding at a later date. Or maybe Clark didn't want to make a big deal. He's a very private person."

"How long?"

"Er? How long--?"

"Have we been married? When did we elope? Lana seemed so shocked that I thought maybe it just happened."

"Oh! . . . Valentines Day--That's when it happened." Clark is going to kill me!

"Oh, that is kinda romantic." Well, at least that got Lois to be quiet. Think Chloe, think!