Love Bug
PG
Pete/Chloe
A/U, no spoilers
Summary: Pete makes sure his Valentine's Day isn't like last year's and neither is Chloe's.
Pete wouldn't admit it to anyone but himself, but he was nervous. Chloe and he had been becoming closer than 'friend-friend' lately, but Chloe made it abundantly clear that they weren't dating, nor was she interesting in dating anyone, Clark Kent be damned.
But Pete REALLY wanted to ask Chloe to go to the Valentine's Day dance with him. It was cheesy, corny, and completely stupid, and Pete knew it. But Pete knew Chloe secretly loved the quaint ways of Smallville High.
He was just going to do it. He was going to be the intrepid one this time.
Pete gathered up his courage and strode into the cafeteria, grinning when he caught Chloe's eye. When she smiled back, his confidence upped a little. Pete grabbed a red chair and pulled it up to the grainy stained top and dumped out his lunch.
"Did you get me my food?" Chloe demanded hungrily.
"Yeah, yeah." Pete replied, sliding a burger her way. "I'd just like to take this minute to remind you that I TOLD you that you should have let me looked at your car MANY months ago when it FIRST started making that weird noise, so it wouldn't HAVE to go to the shop."
"I know. But that's why I have great friends like you---you cover for me when I'm not the brainiest in the bunch." Chloe retorted.
'Friends.' reverberated in Pete's mind, slightly chipping away at his confidence. He knew he had to get it out soon or they'd both be home alone on Valentine's Day.
"Did Lana tell you the theme they've coined for the V Day dance?" Pete asked cordially.
"Oh yeah---'Bitten by the love bug'. Doesn't leave much room for us single ones, does it?" Chloe replied, rolling her eyes in a good natured way as Lana made her way into the cafeteria with a poster under one arm and tape in the other.
"What if you could be non-single? Would you go then?" Pete asked, jumping in and hoping for the best.
"Pete, as sincere and convincing as that was---I'm not planning on going to any more dances any time soon. Opening wounds and pouring salt in may be even less painful." Chloe said.
"I understand. Maybe we could just make sure we do something together that night so we don't fall to deep into our dateless depression."
"That works for me. I've got to go talk to Ms. Steward before next period, so we'll talk about this later, alright?" Chloe asked, earning an affirmative nod from Pete as he saw Lana making her way into the cafeteria and a thought struck him.
"If Muhammad won't go to the mountain---" Pete smiled.
-end part one
PG
Pete/Chloe
A/U, no spoilers
Summary: Pete makes sure his Valentine's Day isn't like last year's and neither is Chloe's.
Pete wouldn't admit it to anyone but himself, but he was nervous. Chloe and he had been becoming closer than 'friend-friend' lately, but Chloe made it abundantly clear that they weren't dating, nor was she interesting in dating anyone, Clark Kent be damned.
But Pete REALLY wanted to ask Chloe to go to the Valentine's Day dance with him. It was cheesy, corny, and completely stupid, and Pete knew it. But Pete knew Chloe secretly loved the quaint ways of Smallville High.
He was just going to do it. He was going to be the intrepid one this time.
Pete gathered up his courage and strode into the cafeteria, grinning when he caught Chloe's eye. When she smiled back, his confidence upped a little. Pete grabbed a red chair and pulled it up to the grainy stained top and dumped out his lunch.
"Did you get me my food?" Chloe demanded hungrily.
"Yeah, yeah." Pete replied, sliding a burger her way. "I'd just like to take this minute to remind you that I TOLD you that you should have let me looked at your car MANY months ago when it FIRST started making that weird noise, so it wouldn't HAVE to go to the shop."
"I know. But that's why I have great friends like you---you cover for me when I'm not the brainiest in the bunch." Chloe retorted.
'Friends.' reverberated in Pete's mind, slightly chipping away at his confidence. He knew he had to get it out soon or they'd both be home alone on Valentine's Day.
"Did Lana tell you the theme they've coined for the V Day dance?" Pete asked cordially.
"Oh yeah---'Bitten by the love bug'. Doesn't leave much room for us single ones, does it?" Chloe replied, rolling her eyes in a good natured way as Lana made her way into the cafeteria with a poster under one arm and tape in the other.
"What if you could be non-single? Would you go then?" Pete asked, jumping in and hoping for the best.
"Pete, as sincere and convincing as that was---I'm not planning on going to any more dances any time soon. Opening wounds and pouring salt in may be even less painful." Chloe said.
"I understand. Maybe we could just make sure we do something together that night so we don't fall to deep into our dateless depression."
"That works for me. I've got to go talk to Ms. Steward before next period, so we'll talk about this later, alright?" Chloe asked, earning an affirmative nod from Pete as he saw Lana making her way into the cafeteria and a thought struck him.
"If Muhammad won't go to the mountain---" Pete smiled.
-end part one