Author note: Okay i've written the first few chapters of this story, but haven't finnished typing them so I hope you enjoy this.... My comp is skrewed so the BOLD UNDERLINE and ITALICs aren't working...I'll download a new word processor soon... then I'll re upload for u ppls... Feed back on the first chapter is always appreciated... ^-^... New chapter to be posted soon....

The Seeds of Evil

by S. Ann Smith

Chapter one: Trouble in Chloe-ville

Chloe Sullivan didn't even have to see him in the corner of her eye to know that he was behind her.

What does he want now? Her mind questioned angrily, as she pretended not to hear his pleading voice call her.

But how could she? The he in question was of course, the Magnificent Clark Kent,swimming jock-superstar ,her best frend, her heart urged, begging her to for once listen to it. But Chloe couldn't forgive him, her minds logic nature told her. It was him that had walked out on her at the Spring Formal, the disobeying mind continued, convieniently leaving out the point about saving Lana. But now... she had caught him in a moment of weakness. When he saw her there.... No,.. she couldn`t think about that now... her achingly broken heart urged. But how could she block out what she had just witnessed?

Clark and Lana in the Torch office. Her mind rambled ignoring her pleas to stop. They were just outside the room where her Wall-Of-Weird dwelled insanely peaceful and ignorant to what was surrounding it. But worse of all, Chloe reflected with a tinge of angst in her cynical mind, they were kissing. Her thoughts blurred with the image she had been fighting, her vision was blurred by the sudden outburst of tears coming straight form her broken heart.

But none the less, both of their eyes had seen Chloe standing there. Her best friend, and her roommate,and new friend, together. although Chloe had known that it was inevidable, she still felt betrayed, and hurt.

All four of them(Pete included) had known Chloe's feelings towards Clark, but only Chloe and Lana had known Lana's well hidden feelings towards Clark.

The image of them kissing in Chloe's office was not only stuck in Chloe's mind, like a pesky Polaroid photo that kept coming back to haunt her, and also the thought of the two of them just plain made her stomache churn angrily.

Chloe shook her head tying to clear the damned image from her mind.

"What's wrong Chloe?" She heard from somewhere in front of her. There was a tinge of earnestness and a note of something she couldn't quite recognize. She didn't even have to look up to know who the voice belonged to.

Lex Luthor stood infront of her, with a look of complete sincerity, or at least the most sincere look the twenty-one year old bald, billionaire, play-boy could muster, that is.

He had come to Smallville high to contribute money to Clark's next swim meet, and of courese to raise a little high school.

But he had spotted the mournful look on Chloe's face. Something was obviously wrong.

"Lex, what are you doing here?" Chloe asked, quickly rubbing the tears from her reddened tearstained cheeks, avoiding his question. She tucked a blonde lock behind her ear.

"Answer my question." He urged monotonally.

"It's nothing." Chloe looked to the grass.

"Chloe!" Clark had noticed the two of them standing in the middle of the student parking lot. But who hadn't noticed the richest, most powerful man in Smallville talking to the distressed, sassy, and most cynical reporter in the Smallville High Torch's history.

Clark rushed over, but stopped when Chloe spoke to him.

"Go away Clark, I con't even want to have to look at you right now." She spat angrily to her now hurt best friend. He turned and walked away, his head turned shamefully towards the cement path back to the school.

"So, 'it' involves Clark." Lex said mischieviously looking into Chloe's hazel eyes.

"Yes." Chloe said painfully looking up from the uninterestingly green grass tio meet his gaze.

She cleared her throat indicating the awkward feeling that had begun to grow from deep in her stomache. All she could feel was the fire in Lex's eyes.

Lex is Dad's boss.... Why is he looking at me like that?...Could he..... no, he couldn't.... her usually keen mind babled to her.

"Let me take you to dinner tonight." Lex said looking at her.....What the hell? her mind was now officially confused, and her face obviously had shown it."you look like you need someone to talk to."He finnished carefully.

Chloe had nothing to say, due to the sheer amount of shock that was now coursing through her entire body.

"Alright." Her voice decided not to make strange noises of disbelief and listen to it's superior , the mind. Besides, Chloe thought quickly reassuring herself that Lex was right, she did need someone to talk to, and Pete really wouldn't understand.

"I'll pick you up at seven." Lex said, a smile creeping onto his face.

Chloe looked deeply into the eyes of the richest, eligible bachelor in all of Smallville, and possibly the entire world. "My house," Her voice continued still in disbelief,"Do you know where it is?"

"Yeah." She looked at him with a new look of shock." I drove Lana home last week from the Talon."

"Right." She found her eyes wandering from Lex's mysterious eyes, and soon found herself looking at the silken fabric of his light blue shirt, to his fitted black slacks, and Oh God was she checking out her Dad's boss? She quickly looked back up to Lex's perfectly oval face.

It was then Chloe realized she was staring. She blinked back to reality, it seemed, and smiled selfconciously.

" Good," He smiled. Does he know I was staring? Her mind continued aimlessly blabbering once again. "I'll see you then." He seems to be skiping away humming, she mused.

Chloe avoided Clark and Lana for the rest of the day, and avoided the whispers from the student body that had witnessed Chloe talking to Lex.