2.04, Red

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.