Chloe's letter

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Chloe Sullivan's letter (aka the "Fever letter") to Clark Kent was an emotional response to his severe illness following exposure to meteor rock spores featured in the Season 2 episode Fever.

Contents 1 Season Two 2 Season Eight 3 The Letter 4 Notes

[edit] Season Two

Faced with the prospect of losing Clark forever, Chloe Sullivan wrote down her feelings to read to him to "eliminate embarrassing eye contact."

She visited Clark at his home, asking Jonathan if she could just sit with him while he slept. However, after reading the letter to a sleeping Clark, he murmured Lana Lang's name in his sleep. In tears, Chloe did not say goodbye and left before Clark woke up.

Chloe threw the letter away in the office of the Torch. Lana found it and read it to herself, and discovered that Chloe was in love with Clark. After his recovery, Clark had no recollection of Chloe's visit or her revelation.

[edit] Season Eight

Somehow, the letter remains in Chloe's possession, as Jimmy finds and confronts Chloe about it. She said she wrote it at 15 before she had even met Jimmy. Later she finally admits to Clark that she wrote it six years before.

[edit] The Letter

The text of the letter is below:

I want to let you in on a little secret, Clark. I'm not who you think I am. In fact, my disguise is so thin, I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me. I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off this façade like I did at the Spring Formal, but I can't because you'll get scared and run away again. So I decided that it's better to live with the lie than expose my true feelings. My dad told me there are two types of girls: the ones you grow out of, and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me. Because I think you're worth the wait.

[edit] Notes

The letter contains several possible allusions to Clark's future alter-ego, Superman:

• "I'm not who you think I am..." - a reference to Clark's future double-life.
• "my disguise is so thin..." - a reference to Clark Kent's mild-mannered reporter. disguise, in which he simply wears glasses.
• "I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me" - a reference to Clark's x-ray vision.
• "one day you'll fly back to me" - a reference to Superman's ability to fly.
• "rip off this façade" - Superman rips off his shirt when he is going to change from Clark to Superman.