A/N : Here's the first chapter of the second 'episode' of this series. Thanx to Starburst, everYours and CandyCoated for the reviews of the first story.

Episode 1 can be found here; http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1201707 (and you might want to read this first if you haven't done already)

Like most of my stories, this is Chlex and it's a long way into the future fic.

Disclaimer : All characters belong to DC Comics and/or WB neither of which I am a part of.

CHAPTER 1

The phone on the desk rang into life and it's owner picked it up immediately, just in case it was an important source with a tip for a her latest scoop.

"Chloe Sullivan" she said into the receiver and she was surprised at the voice she heard reply.

"Chloe, hi, this is Lex Luthor"

"Mr Luth...Lex" she corrected herself.

Clark's super-hearing immediately kicked in. It had been almost a week since he had visited Lex and the billionaire had made threats against his alter-ego Superman. Lex knew the truth, that Clark and Superman were in fact the same person, that was bad enough, but what worried Clark equally as much or even more, was not knowing exactly Lex Luthor wanted with Chloe Sullivan.

She quite clearly thought Lex was calling her about their interview that never happened, but Clark knew it must be more than that. Was he going to seduce her and dump her like all the other women he'd had? Was he going to use her to get revenge on Clark and Superman? You could never tell what was going on inside Lex Luthors head and that scared Clark a little.

"I take it you're calling about our interview" Chloe said, excitedly. Of course that's what she's supposed to do, Clark sighed.

"Yes, Chloe, your interview" Lex agreed "and of course I was going to take you to dinner, wasn't I?"

"Well, that's not absolutely necessary" she told him, "but dinner would be lovely if that's what you want to do"

"Fine, then dinner it shall be" Clark could almost feel that smirk of his just from the sound of his voice and it made him feel as nauseous as any kryptonite could.

"Let's hope we have better luck this time" Chloe laughed lightly.

"Yes, indeed" the young Luthor answered smoothly and Clark waited, patiently listening for the when and where type details, but he didn't hear any.

"Kent!" Perry White, editor-in-chief called from the door of his office, "Kent, get in here now!" he yelled, and Clark almost fell off his chair. With his super-hearing engaged yelling was almost like a sonic boom to him.

"Coming, chief" Clark called, cutting short his eavesdropping, and hurrying to the office of his superior.

"So, how about I pick you up in the limo, from the Daily Planet, maybe bring a few body guards this time...?" Lex joked and Chloe was a little surprised that he knew how to.

"Yes, that sounds like a plan" she smiled.

"Is tomorrow okay?" he checked.

"Tomorrow is fine" Chloe agreed, she didn't know if she had plans, but she would break them for an interview with Lex Luthor! "Seven, like last time?" she asked.

"I'll see you then" he agreed, before hanging up.

Chloe put the receiver back in the cradle and wished she was alone so she could jump up and down with delight. She'd wanted this interview for so long and she thought she'd lost her chance after last time, but now it seemed her luck had changed for the better.

Over in Perry White's office, Clark was cursing himself inwardly for not hearing the rest of that phone conversation that had excited Chloe so much. He hoped she would divulge the information to him later anyway, in fact it was most likely that she would given that they were best friends and that Chloe would not be able to keep such exciting news a secret for long.

Clark tried to concentrate on what his editor-in-chief was saying to him, but his mind just kept wandering back to one question 'what was Lex Luthor's ulterior motive in all this?'

"Kent are you listening to me?!"

"Yes sir" Clark replied, although he hadn't heard a word the older man had said since he walked in.

"You see this is what I'm talking about" Mr White continued, "Your mind just seems to be somewhere else all the time. Is there anything you need to talk about?"

'Yes' thought Clark, 'my best friend and ex-girlfriend is going on a interview-date type thing with my ex-best friend who wants to destroy my alter-ego' They'd lock him up in the nearest asylum if he said that!

"No" he said instead, "I'm fine, I'm just tired, I guess"

"Well, can I suggest you do something about it if at all possible" said Perry, getting up from his seat and prompting Clark to do the same, "You're a good reporter, Kent, but you need to alert. Think you can handle that?"

"Yes sir" Clark nodded as he walked out of the door, "I'll be fine"

"That's good. Glad we straightened this out" Perry smiled, clapping the young reporter on the back, before walking away in the opposite direction, yelling "Olsen!"

Clark wandered over to Chloe's desk.

"Who was on the phone?" he asked, casually as he could.

"Lex Luthor himself" Chloe grinned from ear to ear, "He's picking me up in the limo tomorrow, from here, for a dinner/interview" she explained, "Let's just hope we actually get to the food and the questions this time"

"Yeah" Clark answered absentmindedly as he walked back to his own desk.

"I've got a lot of preparation to do for this" Chloe called as he walked away.

"So have I" her friend said to himself, "So have I"

A/N : Please review and I'll post the next chapter very soon.