2.04 - Red

It's Chloe's 18th birthday is happening and her cousin intends to throw a party in Clark's barn for her; Clark protests feebly but she asks him to "trust her" that nothing will go wrong.  (And it does.) She then takes Chloe around to the Talon where her cousin calls Chloe "Little Miss Reporter" and berates Lana (who has been possessed by Isobel) for not taking Chloe out shopping.  We find out that Clark badly wraps Chloe's present.*

Chloe opens up walking out of history yet again (as mentioned in Red and Lineage) talking about how "thinking you know the truth about someone only to find out that it may be a total lie."  She admits that Betsy Ross used to be a role model for taking a major role in shaping this country, but in first grade that feel apart when she learned she was just a "glorified seamstress."

When Whitney shows up, she confronts Lana about Lana's wardrobe crisis; Lana admits her feelings for Whitney came rushing back (similar to what Chloe noted about Clark to Lana in Heat).  Chloe claims that Lana might be falling for a "man in uniform" and Lana remarks that Whitney doesn't have "deep dark secrets."

Clark approaches Pete and Chloe later that week with his theory that Whitney is really Tina Greer; Chloe negates it by pointing out that she's running the story of Tina Greer's suicide on page two.  Clark asks if anyone checked the dental records, and it turns out Tina went homicidal on a fellow inmate to get out.

The sophomores at Smallville high are buying their class rings; Chloe pays for hers first and is skeptical about a ring so big - Clark tells her he thinks it looks great. Chloe immediately wonders why the ruby in their two hundred plus costing ring look fake, and rushes off to look into it from the opener.

Chloe is shown with Pete and Lana to be studying for their upcoming history test; when red!Clark suggests they all go out to a bar, she remarks on while Clark might have the ability to "commit academic Hari-kari" she and the others don't.  When she gets up for coffee, Clark takes the opportunity to x-ray through her clothes. He notes that Chloe has a birthmark on her cheek, which his scoping on Chloe upsets Pete.

Later, Chloe is in the Torch looking at a big chunk of meteorite she got from Hob's Pond.  While Pete questions her about Clark's odd behavior, she brushes it off as absurd - "Clark Kent would have to be on drugs to be on drugs"; instead she reveals her latest "expose" is on the red vein of meteorite found near the pond which were used a substitute rubies in the rings.