Clark-

"It's getting pretty late, we should go." I told Lois as I stood up from the clingy hospital chair.

"You're probably right" she yawned, "I'll go get Ollie," I watched her disappear into the next hallway as I gathered our stuff to leave.

She rushed back angrily about two minutes later without Oliver.

"What happened, where's Oliver?" I asked confused.

"He's not coming" she said firmly, and walked in front of me grabbing her jacket in the process.

"Wait what do you mean?" I asked grabbing her hand stopping her from leaving.

"I mean, he is staying here and not going home."

"what why?" I asked loosening my grip.

"He said that he wasn't leaving until Tess woke up."

I could tell by her tone of voice that she was extremely concerned.

"Thats crazy, let me talk to him." I told her. Then I let go of her arm and walked towards Tess's room to talk to Oliver. I opened the door slowly, and saw Oliver sitting

it the chair next to Tess's bed, he was holding her hand while resting his head on his free arm against the rail of the bed,

"Oliver?" I asked quietly as I stepped into the room,

his head shoot up in surprise at my voice, and I could see from his red eyes he had been crying.

"What do you want?" he asked coldly,

"Oliver, Lois and I think you should go home and get some rest."

I took a step towards him, but he moved further away from where I was standing.

"I already told Lois, I'm not leaving until she wakes up, so don't waste your time."

I sat down in the chair beside him,

"look Oliver, I understand this is hard but…"

"NO!" He interrupted,

"You couldn't possibly understand, Clark… The doctor said she might not make it, and I am not going home just to get a call ten minutes later, saying that she died."

His eyes teared up at that last part, and I could see how much he was hurting.

"I'm sorry Clark, but I'm staying here."

I knew there was no convincing him and I got up from the chair, I heard my phone ringing and I left the room without another word.

Chloe-

I opened the large WatchTower doors, and headed for one of the many computers when I heard something tumble to the ground behind me, it made me jump but I

realized it was just a box of old papers and photos so I started to pick things up, when my eyes focused on a certain photo, I have not seen in years, I thought for a

moment about all the old memories, as I kept skimming the same photograph of me and Jimmy, tears then rushed down my face and everything about him that I

missed, and still miss came back to me. I continued to flip through the pictures, until a larger paper touched my hand,

"A certificate?" I thought,

I saw the names and realized it wasn't Jimmys name, but Olivers, but something didn't look right. It might have been the mere thought of giving myself to another man

after the heartbreak of Jimmy, but it wasnt. I stared, and stared, until I recognized the problem. It was a fake. It couldn't be, but it was, the feeling in my gut was

something I haven't felt before, not sadness, or pain, but that was the thing, it was nothing, I felt nothing, I picked up the phone, as I dialed a number I didn't r

ecognize. It was Jimmy's number, I must have dialed it out of habit. I hung up the phone, and then called Clark. He answered almost instantly,

"Chloe, hi, I'm heading to WatchTower, where are you?" he asked,

"I'm at WatchTower, and I found something I have to show you, please hurry."

I said trying my best not to let my voice crack from the crying sensation. I then hung up the phone, and turned my mind back to Jimmy, as Clark stormed in,

"Chloe, what's wrong?" he asked, as soon as he realized I was crying he

hugged me. I then explained what I just found out, he held me close, lied and said that everything was going to be alright. His comfort towards me was getting old.

Alicia-

"I've been told to kill you." I heard a voice say, snapping me out of my sleep,

"Well what's stopping you" I asked partly scared, but more angry,

"I can't kill someone, I never have, and don't plan on it." He said now looking more scared than me,

"If you can't follow an order then let me go" I now said gaining my courage, "If I let you leave you either kill my boss or leave Smallville forever."

I didn't know to take the offer, so I thought fast and about Clark and agreed right after I got the name,

"his name is Lex Luthor." He said unsure as if he was doing the right thing, before I left.

Once I got out my first thought was to find Clark, I checked the barn first, then the school, shortly after the Talon. He wasn't anywhere, I thought he must be looking

for me, I might have been gone a few days for all I know, I figured with Clark searching for me we would soon meet up, or I could keep looking later since I still need to

keep my promise if I want to stay in Smallville with Clark. As I went to to see Lex.

Lex-

"Alicia, what a pleasant surprise, I just love when my lab rats leave the lab"

"I'm not your rat Lex, and no one will ever be again." She said in a tone that was almost intimidating,

"And why is that?" I questioned,

"I have people who care about me Lex, as for you, you don't" with a gun soon rising from her hand,

"Alicia, who do you have left? Clark, he moved on" I told her as if I knew something more,

"Clark loves me, and is looking for me now"

"Loves you? See for yourself" I said while slipping the address to The Daily Planet in her hand, she was puzzled when she looked down, and put the gun away,

questioning the truth right before she teleported out, I almost felt bad, if I felt anything.

Tess-

"Tess!?" He cried, startled and slightly confused at what was happening as I removed his hand from mine,

he started to try talking to me, when I felt something, in my stomach. The pain meds must have worn off and I knew I was going into shock. Just then three doctors,

and two nurses ran in, interrupting his attempted to talk to me, they started checking my pulse, and fixing my charts, as I yelled his name at the top of my lungs

because I knew it might be the last thing I ever said. Then I could feel my mind going into shock as well as my body and I couldn't say anything. Oliver started to

scream as well, as my health grids went down, all I could do is watch the pain on his face grow with every second. The pain then then increased in my body, and there

was more pain in me than him, as my chest bumped up, down, up, down, from the shock and heat, and me still being helpless.

Moments later, I could move only parts of my body, at this point, I had my left arm, and head, but barely. Oliver, who looked worse than I was, then noticed the

movements and started to talk to me, even though I couldn't speak back.

He read me old love letters, journal pages, and even parts of conversations we had before the first heart break, once he was done he placed the pages next to me,

with me gripping the paper and a pen given from the first, last and only man I had, and will, ever love, I wrote down the only thing I could. "I'm sorry." He replied

slowly and consciously, with few, but meaningful words, "Tess, I know you, you're stronger than this, you are going to make it Mercy, I believe in you."

Clark-

"Chloe… I-I'm so sorry" I told her as I let her go from the hug.

"Clark I don't need your comfort, go save people who need it." she said as she pushed me out,

"Does Oliver know about this?" I asked, not allowing her to make me leave.

"No…not yet I just don't know how he might react, and with everything going on with Tess, I don't want to put anymore stress in his life." she told me and thats when

I realized that the invalid marriage wasn't the only thing making her upset.

"Chloe it's not Oliver that you're upset about… is it." I stated more than asked.

She looked at me and her eyes were watering. She shook her head and started to cry softly.

"its just it's been so long since I last saw his face…" she wiped her eyes with the side of her arm and then motioned to the neat pile of photos and papers.

I walked over to them and saw a picture of Chloe and Jimmy at the top, thats when I couldn't do it anymore I thought with Chloe seeing Oliver she had moved on and

was happy but that wasn't true... I had to tell her what I knew

"Chloe there is something you should know… its Jimmy… well he's alive…"