Disaster Prone
Author: Sway
Rating: PG-13 (I think!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except for the whole Smallville cast. really! *sigh* ok so I should have stopped at 'nothing'.
A/N: This is set after Kinetic, cos that was the last episode I saw.
Chloe's arm had healed fast after she had been thrown out of Luthor's window, and she admired her ability to flex her fingers again. She was sitting in the Torch office after hours, Clark had just left and she was about to finish up for the night. She had just picked up her luke-warm coffee when the phone rung. She jumped and spilt the beverage all over her top.
Chloe picked up the phone 'Dammit Pete, I told you I'm okay on my own.', "Pete, I swear I'm fine!"
"That's good to hear." Her fathers voice responded.
"Dad! Hi. I was just packing to come home." She started packing things into her bag, she knew he hated it when she spent all night working at the school. He was in New York on business and wasn't due home til the next day so she thought she was safe.
"That's fine, I was just calling to tell you the weather here is horrible and the plane won't be able to take off. They don't think that its gonna clear up for another few days." He said apologetically.
"That's okay. I'm fine on my own." Chloe said wiping the spilt coffee off her top.
"Are you sure? Lex offered to take care of you until I get back. He feels awful that he made me leave so soon after your accident and now that I can't get home."
"NO! No. Noooo. I'm fine. No Luthor's." Chloe said.
"I thought you forgave him?"
"There was nothing to forgive. It wasn't his fault I got pushed out the window. It's just I don't think I could handle HIM babysitting me." Chloe admitted.
"Oh, well if that's all you're worried about." Gabe sighed. "Please?"
"I'm fine dad. Really."
"Well.I'll see you when I get back honey."
"Bye Dad." Chloe said and hung up the phone. Crisis averted. "Thank God." She mumbled to herself and packed up the rest of her things.
Twenty minutes later Chloe was sitting in her lounge room in her pink teddy bear pyjama's writing an article about how the chairs in classrooms should be replaced as they are a health hazard. She cursed Kwan for limiting what she could put in the paper. Who cares about chairs when there are meteor infected people walking around in our town? She sighed and closed her notebook as the doorbell rung.
"I swear if that is one more person checking up on me I'll." She opened the door. "Mr Luthor. What brings you here?" She looked down at her clothing. And then his. What a contrast. Pink bed clothes or a sharp Armani suit. Who's more intimidating? And the prize goes to.the man currently looming over her.
"Your father." He stepped inside, smirking as she backed up. "Nice slippers."
Chloe looked down at her footwear - white bunnies that reached her ankles. 'Perfect. Could this get more humiliating?' "Dad bought them for me. And speaking of dad, I spoke to him less than half an hour ago, he said that I could stay here. I'm fine on my own."
"I spoke to him less than 10 minutes ago," he held up his mobile. "He told me that I was to take you back to my place until he got back." At Chloe's infuriated look he added. "He sends his apologies, he said that if he had called you, you would have talked him out of it. I'll wait here while you pack."
"And I suppose there is no chance of you telling him I'm with you and I could just stay here?" Chloe begged.
"Nope, sorry. You're my responsibility for the next week." Lex shook his head.
"WEEK? He said a few days!" Chloe hung her head defeated.
"They just got the weather report, stop stalling and go pack." Lex ordered. It was nearly one in the morning. Even Luthor's needed sleep.
"Fine." Chloe stomped up the stairs and emerged a few minutes later with several bags.
"It's only a week." Lex said amazed at the amount of bags the girl was carrying down the stairs.
"I'm a girl. Leave me alone." Chloe said handing him two of the five bags.
When they arrived at the castle, Chloe stared at the window she was thrown out of. Lex saw her and cut the engine of the car. "Are you okay?"
Chloe broke her gaze and nodded. "I'm fine." She responded and got out of the car and headed to the boot where her bags were.
Lex waved her away. "I have servants for that sort of thing."
"You're gonna wake them up at this hour to carry five bags up to a room? I think not. Open the boot."
Lex shook his head. "It's called the night shift. I have people waiting up for this sort of thing and I told them to expect it. You'll disappoint them if you take it." He threw the keys to a man that emerged from the front door as they spoke.
"Oh." Chloe frowned. "Okay."
"Come on, I'll show you to your room." Lex said taking her up the stairs to a large room that was bigger than her lounge room and kitchen together. And they were big. There were fresh towels and a hotel style gown waiting on the bed.
"It's beautiful." She gasped. "I mean." she regained her composure. "It's not as homey as my room but it'll do."
Lex chuckled. "I suppose it will have to. Good night Ms Sullivan."
"Good night, Mr Luthor."
Author: Sway
Rating: PG-13 (I think!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except for the whole Smallville cast. really! *sigh* ok so I should have stopped at 'nothing'.
A/N: This is set after Kinetic, cos that was the last episode I saw.
Chloe's arm had healed fast after she had been thrown out of Luthor's window, and she admired her ability to flex her fingers again. She was sitting in the Torch office after hours, Clark had just left and she was about to finish up for the night. She had just picked up her luke-warm coffee when the phone rung. She jumped and spilt the beverage all over her top.
Chloe picked up the phone 'Dammit Pete, I told you I'm okay on my own.', "Pete, I swear I'm fine!"
"That's good to hear." Her fathers voice responded.
"Dad! Hi. I was just packing to come home." She started packing things into her bag, she knew he hated it when she spent all night working at the school. He was in New York on business and wasn't due home til the next day so she thought she was safe.
"That's fine, I was just calling to tell you the weather here is horrible and the plane won't be able to take off. They don't think that its gonna clear up for another few days." He said apologetically.
"That's okay. I'm fine on my own." Chloe said wiping the spilt coffee off her top.
"Are you sure? Lex offered to take care of you until I get back. He feels awful that he made me leave so soon after your accident and now that I can't get home."
"NO! No. Noooo. I'm fine. No Luthor's." Chloe said.
"I thought you forgave him?"
"There was nothing to forgive. It wasn't his fault I got pushed out the window. It's just I don't think I could handle HIM babysitting me." Chloe admitted.
"Oh, well if that's all you're worried about." Gabe sighed. "Please?"
"I'm fine dad. Really."
"Well.I'll see you when I get back honey."
"Bye Dad." Chloe said and hung up the phone. Crisis averted. "Thank God." She mumbled to herself and packed up the rest of her things.
Twenty minutes later Chloe was sitting in her lounge room in her pink teddy bear pyjama's writing an article about how the chairs in classrooms should be replaced as they are a health hazard. She cursed Kwan for limiting what she could put in the paper. Who cares about chairs when there are meteor infected people walking around in our town? She sighed and closed her notebook as the doorbell rung.
"I swear if that is one more person checking up on me I'll." She opened the door. "Mr Luthor. What brings you here?" She looked down at her clothing. And then his. What a contrast. Pink bed clothes or a sharp Armani suit. Who's more intimidating? And the prize goes to.the man currently looming over her.
"Your father." He stepped inside, smirking as she backed up. "Nice slippers."
Chloe looked down at her footwear - white bunnies that reached her ankles. 'Perfect. Could this get more humiliating?' "Dad bought them for me. And speaking of dad, I spoke to him less than half an hour ago, he said that I could stay here. I'm fine on my own."
"I spoke to him less than 10 minutes ago," he held up his mobile. "He told me that I was to take you back to my place until he got back." At Chloe's infuriated look he added. "He sends his apologies, he said that if he had called you, you would have talked him out of it. I'll wait here while you pack."
"And I suppose there is no chance of you telling him I'm with you and I could just stay here?" Chloe begged.
"Nope, sorry. You're my responsibility for the next week." Lex shook his head.
"WEEK? He said a few days!" Chloe hung her head defeated.
"They just got the weather report, stop stalling and go pack." Lex ordered. It was nearly one in the morning. Even Luthor's needed sleep.
"Fine." Chloe stomped up the stairs and emerged a few minutes later with several bags.
"It's only a week." Lex said amazed at the amount of bags the girl was carrying down the stairs.
"I'm a girl. Leave me alone." Chloe said handing him two of the five bags.
When they arrived at the castle, Chloe stared at the window she was thrown out of. Lex saw her and cut the engine of the car. "Are you okay?"
Chloe broke her gaze and nodded. "I'm fine." She responded and got out of the car and headed to the boot where her bags were.
Lex waved her away. "I have servants for that sort of thing."
"You're gonna wake them up at this hour to carry five bags up to a room? I think not. Open the boot."
Lex shook his head. "It's called the night shift. I have people waiting up for this sort of thing and I told them to expect it. You'll disappoint them if you take it." He threw the keys to a man that emerged from the front door as they spoke.
"Oh." Chloe frowned. "Okay."
"Come on, I'll show you to your room." Lex said taking her up the stairs to a large room that was bigger than her lounge room and kitchen together. And they were big. There were fresh towels and a hotel style gown waiting on the bed.
"It's beautiful." She gasped. "I mean." she regained her composure. "It's not as homey as my room but it'll do."
Lex chuckled. "I suppose it will have to. Good night Ms Sullivan."
"Good night, Mr Luthor."