"I need eleven copies of each by tomorrow morning." "and before my macchiato goes arctic." "Assistants just don't have the stamina they used to have." "Huh, excuse-me Ms. Lake, with all due respect, I'm not an assistant." "I'm a reporter." "Of course you are." "Unfortunately," "Sullivan, what matters is that I can see Gotham from my new office, and you oh, well you hon' you work below sea level." "At the risk of heresy, I would rather be snorkeling for the rest of my life than destroy a man's carrier based on a rumor." "I only print the truth." "And if you haven't noticed, I print it one page 1, section B, every week." "Ron, I know for a fact this guy is on steroids." "He's a juicer" "I can smell the slow roasting ink of tomorrow's headlines." "Well, you said you wanted someone with their finger on the pulse of the city." "Well, I just hit an artery." "Oh, that is Mr. steroid stallion" "What ?" "Don't you have some muscle cocktail mix to do ?" "You ruined my life." "And you don't even care, do you ?" "Oh, please." "If you didn't want to get red-rovered by the meteor's lineup," "Maybe you should have reconsidered jamming that needle into your tush." "You're pretty quick to get high and mighty." "I think those aminos are going to your head." "And I think you've destroyed enough lives." "I'm not gonna let you destroy anymore" ""Hydro"" "So I'm guessing you didn't dish prime time on your social calendar to come and help me research the dwindling pigeon population" "Chloe, um, Lex proposed." "And..." "And I haven't given him an answer yet." "I'm sure that's going over well." "Lex and I are in a very great place right now, but" "When I actually heard those words there is something that wouldn't let me say yes." "Something like Clark ?" "When I was with Clark..." "I would have say yes without hesitating." "I thought that chapter of my life was over" "Lana," "I think that you need to stop reading between the lines and actually talk to Clark." "before you're be gonna able to close this book on him forever." "Let's go." "Scoopgirl ?" "Hotshot-4-85 ?" "You've gotta be kidding me." "Look, I'm not the one up all night tooling the internet for Green Arrow pics." "Don't you have a boyfriend ?" "Do you have the photos ?" "You've got the cash ?" "I don't get it." "Of all the photographers of Metropolis, how is it that you end up with the first shots of our merry archer ?" "My connections." "No, really ?" "Oh, well," "The guy doesn't get out of a suicide slums much, so I just hang there for a few weeks in my car with my pepper spray and the doors locked.." "This is it ?" "A bunch of arms and legs ?" "Nice work hotshot." "I mean you didn't even manage to catch one shot of his face." "All this tells me about Green Arrow is that he needs a band-aid." "Well Lois, you got a good look at that." "Thanks." "Hey Chloe." "Have you seen the Daily Planet this morning ?" "No." "Okay." "God, I can't let you read this in the paper." "Lex proposed to Lana." "What did she say ?" "She hasn't given him an answer." "It says here it's because of me." "This is true ?" "Chloe ?" "I know better." "I gotta know better." "You know, I try so hard to let Lana go that..." "If she marries Lex, there is no going back." "Is it true ?" "I would double down on the fact that Lana is still in love with you." "I can't let her do this." "Oh Clark, wait a minute." "It's a lot more complicated now." "What could be more complicated than living your life with regrets ?" "You don't have to do that." "And I was feeling alone waiting for your answer." "I didn't realize I had so much company." "I don't know what to say." "Then let me." ""When I was with Clark" "I would have say yes without hesitating."" "You know the worse part of waiting was dwelling on all the reasons why you might be stalling." "This now I know." "Lex, I'm sorry." "Mr. Luthor." "You have a guest." "They said Lana was here." "She was." "I'm afraid you just missed her." "I'll come back later." "So you really think you can give the answer ?" "You think you can talk her out of making the biggest mistake of her life by marrying me ?" " We both know that you swept in after.." " After you crushed her ?" "You knew she was vulnerable, and you played her until she thought she was in love with you." "If you really see Lana as that naive, you obviously don't think as much of her as I do." "It must be hitting at you that she's hesitating." "wondering why she hasn't given you an answer." "I guess it would if I didn't know what the answer was gonna be." "You see I hardly doubt she'll say no, Clark." "Now that she's carrying my child." "So you're telling me you think the Metropolis' most worshiped meathead was murdered ?" "Hey now, that's my childhood hero you're talking smack about." "and the one baseball card I still can't manage to snag" "Still ?" "Yeah, it's an investment." "So ?" "Why the homicide hunch on this guy ?" "Well the hobbit writer left me Dawson's file to scan his photo." "Preliminary investigations is calling it suicide, but how's a guy who's larger than life drown in two feet of water ?" "Well, his carrier was over, and Lake was right, the coroner report says that Dawson was juiced up on muscle mixers." "Chloe, come on, you gonna tell me that's someone on a 'roid rage is gonna lie down in a koi pond and calling it a day ?" "You said you have it ready by today" "But that was before you added the zen waterfall." "I have to get approval." "Approval ?" "Oh, please, this pulp rag lives or dies by my column." "Now you get it down by today, or you're gonna be decorating bathrooms in strip malls !" "Get out !" "Hum, Mr. Luthor." "Now, there is only one reason a celebrity pays me house call." "Right to the point." "Since you have the unique way of exhuming even the most carefully buried secret," "I have a little freelance assignment for you." "I quit doing freelance when I quit fetching lattes for pudgy-fingered newsroom vultures." "Well I'll let you decide what it's worth to you." "Fill in with ever number you want." "Just get me anything you can on Clark Kent and Lana Lang." "Ha..." "Okay !" "How long do I have to do this for ?" "What was it that you said ?" "Huh ?" "Yoga is glorified stretching with chats." "Little bit different perspective from down here." "Yeah, well, it's a good way to strengthen in your core, trust me." "I didn't realize that my core was in question." "You really wanna keep talking ?" "Hey !" "Oh it's a scratch." "Don't worry about it." "A scratch ?" "How does that happen ?" "Hum..." "It was a fencing accident." "With a real blade ?" "Huh, no, you know, the tips snapped off and cut me." "Trust me it doesn't look like it feels." "I promise." "Thank you for all the chakra reorganizing, but I have to go." "Well, you... you..." "Good bye !" "Smallville !" "Sorry about the article." "It's bad enough to have a broken heart, but have it splashed all over the newspapers.." "I guess that what reporters do, don't they ?" "OK, I think that little zinger just ricocheted off of Linda Lake and hit me." "Look, I'm sorry." "It's just people keep secrets for reason." "I don't know." "If you ask me I think a secret is just a big loophole in the whole "you shall not lie" clause." "There's just no gray area with you, is there ?" "Not when someone I thought I knew better than anyone, is being keeping the biggest secret of all." "Who are we talking about ?" "What would you do if one day you realize that just someone close to you had a serious hero complex ?" "Hero complex ?" "Hiding his true identity from everyone he supposedly cares about." "You can't tell we you wouldn't find something wrong with that ?" "Who exactly we're talking about ?" "Green Arrow." "a. k. a." "Oliver Queen !" "Oliver." "Jimmy snapped photos of Green Arrow getting slashed in the arm, exactly where Ollie's arm is cut." "Plus the time printed on the photos is exactly the same time Ollie disappeared on me that same night." "When are you planning to unload this theory on Oliver ?" "I need proof first." "Definitive proof." "That's why I thought you might come in handy." "Ha." "I swear I'm losing my scare reflex because of you." " Lois asked me..." " Oh please Clark..." "Are you gonna tell me why are you digging in Lois' purse, Snoop Dog ?" "Please, let me guess." "you are covering for the new pledge of your hero fraternity." "The last time Lois said she add a lead on Green Arrow, she was just bluffing." "Now, as Jimmy has shots it will help ID him." "Jimmy..." "He is moonlighting for Lois ?" "I guess we all have secrets keep." "You should know that better than anyone right now." "You knew that Lana was pregnant, didn't you ?" "Clark." "Before you unload your anger on me can I just said that I think this is incredibly unfair that everyone trust me to keep their secrets, and then they turn around and they throw me attitude for keeping someone else's secret." "Look I'm sorry that I had to take a two second breather from hiding the fact that you are an alien from an other planet to protect someone else for a change." "God !" "You had that coming, you know." "For the record" "I prefer intergalactic traveler over alien from an other planet." "Hey !" "Hey." "Thanks for finally returning one of my phone calls." "How much does Lana Lang's personal life boost newspapers sales these days." "OK." "I was expecting that." "But to be honest, I was kind of hopping you'd give the benefit of the doubt." "I guess there's a shortage of those today." "That article recites our conversation verbatim." "Do you honestly think I would betray you like that Lana ?" " What other explanation is there ?" " I'm not sure." "But the Lana Lang I know would at least give me a chance to find one." "After Clark, I guess I'm so jaded," "I don' even know what to expect from my friends anymore." "So I take it the conversation didn't go so well." "Conversation ?" "Clark left the Talon to go talk to you." "About what ?" "Well..." "I don't..." "I've just put a bag over my head that says if you want to keep a secret, don't tell me." "What did he want to say ?" "You two need to O. K. Corral it on your own, because I've been blamed for putting words in people's mouths enough for one day." "I'm sorry I didn't trust you." "I just..." "I don't understand how every intimate detail of my life is being leaked in Linda Lake's column." "From what I've found out, her reconnaissance techniques aren't exactly from the journal's code of ethics." "I think it's time we turn the tables on our little resident voyeur." "Hey." "I've got your call." "What's the 911 ?" "I've been thinking." "Maybe your Oliver theory isn't so far out there." "And if he is the Green Arrow, you deserve to know the truth." "Really ?" "Because I've been doing some thinking on my own, and..." "Maybe I don't want to know." "I went through the articles on Green Arrow's crimes, and what if we just got off the wrong foot ?" "I mean the whole "rob from the rich to give to the poor" thing, now wins him some points, right ?" "Are you feeling okay ?" "No !" "I'm not all right, Clark !" "I think I'm in love with Oliver." "I don't know, but... how you've ever let Lana go if you felt this way, because" "I swear, the guy could tell me he was from Mars right now and I would find a way to dismiss it as an endearing quirk." "Lois, you're like a pit bull on a pant leg." "you're never gonna let this going to you until you know it for sure." "I hate that you know me like that." "But I can't just pull a Lois and ambush him." "What if I'm wrong ?" "What if you never need to confront him ?" "Is it this exciting ?" "Our first group movie night." "I mean don't you just love spontaneity ?" "Let me get it." "Clark !" "Come on in." "Let me get your jacket." "Thanks for having me over." "Lois, looks like you went all out." "Well, it's not a party until you..." "Oh no..." "I can't believe I did that." "We can't have cocktails without ice." "Don't worry, yours will be a virgin." "You know Lois, I'll run to the corner, I can grab..." "No." "I got it." "My party, my bad." "Think she suspects anything ?" "I think she is little preoccupied." "Then it's showtime." "Oliver." "They're chasing me." "I don't know how many they are." "Ten maybe." "I shouldn't have cut down the alley." "Oh my god." "Oliver !" "Help me !" "Hum, good one Lois." "Hey." "Need some help ?" "You didn't tell me there gonna be real thugs !" "Oh, they kinda made an impromptu appearance." "Get off !" "Let it go." "You secret's safe with me, Oliver." "You're hum..." "That's a hell of a thank you." " Whoa." " Did you just call him Oliver ?" "It was just a hunch." "Hum." "All right, Lana." "Are you ready for your close-up ?" "I can't believe this is so easy." "Okay, how are my pearly megapixels looking ?" "Cristal clear." "Since we're eavesdropping, can you find out what else she has on Lex and me ?" "Yeah, sure." "Do a little recon while we're at it." "Chloe, what is it ?" "Like tomorrow's headline ?" "And here I thought you hatred was just professional jealousy." "Who knew you were covering such a scandalous secret ?" "You're actually gonna stake your reputation on this tabloid garbage that's not even fit for the Inquisitor ?" "Nobody's gonna believe you." "Of course they will." "I have a very trustworthy source." "You." "No doubt if anyone goes looking for proof well, I think they're gonna find it." "But I must say I am impressed." "Here you were sitting on a story that could have earned you a major headline." "You chose to protect your friend instead." "Not a hard decision to make when you actually care about someone." "Well, that values like that that keep your career in the basement" "Don't you just love the Internet ?" "Do you know, that with just one touch on a button and I could be on every major talk show." "And everyone at YouTube will know that your farm boy friend is really an... alien." "Have the feeling your credibility might be at stake when you're locked up for Mike Dawson's murder." "Mike Dawson drowned." "Do your homework, it's in every police report." "Most police aren't from Smallville." "Remember Smallville, don't you ?" "You're a rookie reporter for KSCW." "who went for the second meteor shower ?" "Moth got a little too close to the flame and you news van took a nosedive into crater lake." "My guess is you walked out with some sort of special ability." "From what I found out, Dawson wasn't your first victim, was he ?" "Nobody likes an overachiever." "Hey, Sullivan !" "You wanna rise from the sea level, you better sharpen these teeth !" "Oh my god, she came out of nowhere." "It's okay." "She's gone now." "Woo, yes !" "Hey !" "How are the secret adventures of Lois and Jimmy ?" "Busted, huh ?" "Oh my god, what happened to your face ?" "Oh, you should see the other guy." "Who did that to you ?" "You can put your dueling pistol away." "It was just a workplace scuffle." "You were right about Lake." "Looks like we're two for two tonight, huh ?" "I want you to be the first one to take a look at this." "Check it out." "Green Arrow." "I got real pictures of him." "Face and all." "And this one's not yet rated." "Oh, I feel dirty." "Think about how Oliver feels." "Lois and Clark put ton that scheme together because they thought Oliver was Green Arrow" "And, pow !" "Poor sucker came round the corner, catch her sucking lips with leather daddy." "This, this is the real money shot." "Get ready to meet the Green Arrow." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." "This is not happening." "I had his face in the cross hairs !" "How can he be one second and just gone like the nineties." "Gone as in "faster than a thousandth of a second shutter speed" ?" "Yeah." "Weird." "Always thought he was supercool, I didn't realize he was superhuman." "Clark." "What's going on ?" "Um, Lois was just telling me about her exciting night last night." "Yeah, I don't know where you disappeared last night, Smallville, but it turns out I was wrong about Oliver." "He's not the Green Arrow." "Can you believe that ?" "Luckily Oliver showed up when our hero was still around, but it looks like you were way off base about him." "and the craziest part is he shocked a guy across an alley, right ?" " Oh yeah." " And then supersped away." "I mean, who does that ?" "To cut things when Oliver showed up when he did, then you know for sure." "Oh, she knew before he showed up." "You did ?" "Ask her how." "How ?" "I kissed him ?" "Isn't that romantic ?" "Oh, I'm sorry Lois." "Finish the story." "This is the best part." "Well, he was holding me in his arms." "And, Ollie's a good kisser, don't give me wrong, but that Green Arrow he could teach Ollie a thing or two." "Hey !" "You took of early last night." "You okay ?" "I just keep running what happened through my head." "Lana, you can't blame yourself." "It wasn't your fault." "That part I'm pretty clear on." "Look, nobody wanted to see her die, but if you hadn't come when you did, it would have been my obit on the front page." "Maybe, of section D." "Anyway, uh, thank you." "Again." "How do you do that ?" "Just brush it under the rug as if nothing happened ?" "Lana..." "Linda wasn't the first freak of nature who went psycho." "No." "I mean whatever it is you're protecting about Clark." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Yes, you do." "Some secret about a farm boy made you take a hammer to her computer before I could hear the rest" "Come on Chloe." "I'm not that naive." "Whatever it is you two have been hiding do you really expect me to keep looking the other way ?" "Linda was grasping at straws." "She's always desperate for her next story." "You know that better than anyone." "Lana..." "I would never do anything to hurt you." "It's what Clark always says." "Sorry that you had to find out like this." "It's okay." "You..." "You don't have to tell me every little detail of your life anymore." "Clark, we both know that a proposal is more than a little detail." "And, as messed up as it is, you are the first person I wanted to tell." "Is that suppose to make me feel better ?" "Clark, you said that you didn't love me anymore." "And tried to cut everything off but I'm not made that way." "Even if we're not talking, you're still a part of my life and" "I'm not trying to deny it anymore." "I am trying to put it into perspective." "I guess we both need to do that." "Chloe said that you came by to talk to me." "What was it about ?" "Whatever secret Chloe is helping you to protect, Clark" "Please." "Just once." "Just trust me." "It doesn't matter now." "Clark, don't do that." "I know about the baby." "Lex told me." "Everything 's changed." "Even the fact that you told me that you look back at the past and regret it every day ?" "Has that changed too ?" "I guess that I can't ask you to see me the same way." "Lana." "I hope Lex makes you very happy." "A million dollars for your thoughts." "Sorry." "My comic timing is the first to go after my nerves." "You know in all my life that" "I never made an offer when I was afraid of the answer." "Till now." "You've been so patient." "It doesn't feel like it." "I went to see Clark." "And ?" "And I love him." "I love both of you and maybe I always will." "Lex, I couldn't say yes to you knowing that I might look back with regrets." "You deserve better than that." "Lana, with the life I've led" "I go to bed praying every night that I don't get what I deserve." "You get bitter, and vengeful," "and then you meet someone who's so good" "that she might be the one person who could learn to love you" "I would wait forever for that." "You don't have to." "I'm done looking back." "I have someone right in front of me." "who I know trusts me." "and who lets me see sides of him no one else does." "So just for a clarification" "Yes, Lex Luthor." "I will marry you."