Part 4
"Chloe, I've lived in Metropolis far longer than you have and I'm pretty sure this is not the way to the museum," Lex commented from the passenger seat of the convertible he where he was strapped in. He had no idea what possessed him to hand over his keys to this maniac. If he drove fast, this girl was the ultimate suicidal. His eyes took in the slants of her face and fell to her breasts, which swelled as she sucked in her breath in excitement. Okay, yeah. That was one of the reasons.
She threw him an amused glance and grinned. Lex's eyes widened and he reached for her cheek. And then slowly but firmly forced her to face the road again. "Relax, old guy! You're not dressed for the museum. I'm taking you where you belong with that outfit. What's with the rolling of the eyes? I can feel you doing it! Don't you trust me?"
Lex closed his eyes, telling himself to breathe because she would not put him in danger or humiliation. If he were not unspeakably in lust with this girl, he would not have gone through this. "Of course I trust you. I'm letting you drive me."
"You're safer with me than with yourself."
He could have chuckled at that because it was so true, in more ways than just in a car. Wasn't it that he had been strangling himself in darkness before that one night when he hurt her? He was going to make up for that all of their lives. "
"Are you being arrogant?"
"Learned from the master."
Lex was unfamiliar with the road she was taking. She made several sharp turns, making him grab at the glove compartment and her laugh at his actions. They joined the traffic in a bigger road that led to a large building and a wide parking space. Lex blinked in disbelief. "You're taking me to the mall?" He sighed. "If I get in there-"
"You are getting in there whether you like it or not, Lex," she replied as she searched for a parking space.
"If I get in there without too much struggle," he amended, earning a satisfied nod from Chloe, "will I be forgiven?"
She found the perfect space! It was not too far from the entrance. Chloe whooped and bit her lower lip in concentration as she moaned in pleasure. "It's perfect fit! Oh! Oh!" She turned off the engine and sighed in satisfaction. When she looked back at Lex, she saw him squirming in his seat with an odd look on his face. "What was that?"
Lex loosened his seatbelt and shook his head.
"Oh yeah. The forgiven thing. We both knew what we were doing, Lex. But if it makes you feel any better, then sure. You're going to be one step closer to forgiveness." Chloe clicked her seatbelt and freed herself.
"My car will be stolen in this open space," Lex muttered as he got out of the car. "But if it does, I'll just get another one," he finished when Chloe suddenly appeared worried.
What deranged mutation did he undergo when he slept with her, he wondered as he fell into step beside her on the way in. She looped her arm on his and Lex didn't mind at all.
It was another matter entirely of course when she pulled him into a small costume shop and pulled his baseball cap off his head. "Chloe!" he protested, knowing that one look at the shape of his head would identify him as Lex Luthor on a day that he was masquerading. She shut him up by tossing a very genuine looking cowboy hat on his head. "Are you done?" he asked wryly. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and thought that it was rather cool. He'd always wanted to be a cowboy before his father defined the class that cowboys belonged to-far lower than the Luthor one it seemed.
When she didn't answer, he turned around and found her digging through a box of plastic shades. "I need one with circular lenses," she muttered, going over each one. "With nice black rims."
"There's a Rayban right down the corridor," he suggested. "Their sunglasses are displayed and not piled. You'll be more comfortable in Raybans."
She looked up at him, a little confused. And then her face cleared. "It's not for me."
"Then for-" He stopped and then narrowed his eyes at her. "You're not giving it to Clark, are you?" She shook her head. "Pete?" She shook her head and smiled, making her face look beatific, the little demoness.
Lex turned around and walked out of the shop. Chloe dug in and found the perfect pair. She asked for another one of the same design and strolled outside. When she saw Lex, he was leaning against a column with his arms crossed in front of him. He scowled when she approached him. "I have something for you."
"No, Chloe."
She pressed the length of her body against his. He stilled his body against any reaction. Chloe reached inside the bag and slid the shades in place. And then she pulled him down for a kiss. His hand immediately rested on the small of her back, pressing her tighter against him. "We can do anything, anything at all, when you're in disguise," she told him, and then pulled away and took his hand, making him walk after her.
Lex grinned, following where she directed. She looked back at him and he saw her wearing the same design. "You have any idea where we're going?"
She pointed to the small amusement park right inside the mall. "Maybe to the ghost train or the ferris wheel. We can make out," she grinned. "I adore the idea of putting rides in here, don't you?"
"I should since this is my investment." Chloe felt the cold air against the skin of her hand when he pulled away his. It was replaced at once by his arm around her shoulders so she settled back against his warmth.
"Well your investment will be put to good use."
"There's no ghost train or haunted house there, Chloe." He led her to the token booth. "Just kiddie train."
When he reached for his wallet, she slapped his hand away. "This is my treat." She placed the bills on the counter. "Two for the train please."
The lady in the booth looked up and smiled at them. "Will one of you be escorting a child?" she inquired politely. "We encourage chaperones in the train."
Chloe was about to say no when Lex spoke up, "Oh I am. I'm twenty two and she's eight."
Chloe giggles and pulls Lex away from the token lady, who in her amusement was fluttering her lashes at Lex. She was in no way tied to Lex, but she wouldn't appreciate a woman flirting when she was present.
"Can I kiss you?" he asked, tipping her chin up.
"Ummm, sir," the token lady called out, apparently still within hearing distance. "This is a family park."
"Don't we know it." Chloe took the tickets from Lex and handed them to a kid eating ice cream. "Knock yourself out," she told the boy. Lex looked at her puzzled. "We can't make out in a kiddie train, Lex, fantasies or not."
And so they ended up walking around the mall, stopping by a hidden stairway to kiss and laugh, clinging to each other like a couple of high school students exploring first loves. Chloe didn't like the thought because love was not in question. It did not sit well with Lex on the point that he was not a student.
When Lex forced her to agree that he was paying for lunch, she made him allow her to choose where.
"The sky's the limit."
Chloe ordered the most expensive meal, and asked for larger Coke and fries to go with her Big Mac.
"Chloe, I've lived in Metropolis far longer than you have and I'm pretty sure this is not the way to the museum," Lex commented from the passenger seat of the convertible he where he was strapped in. He had no idea what possessed him to hand over his keys to this maniac. If he drove fast, this girl was the ultimate suicidal. His eyes took in the slants of her face and fell to her breasts, which swelled as she sucked in her breath in excitement. Okay, yeah. That was one of the reasons.
She threw him an amused glance and grinned. Lex's eyes widened and he reached for her cheek. And then slowly but firmly forced her to face the road again. "Relax, old guy! You're not dressed for the museum. I'm taking you where you belong with that outfit. What's with the rolling of the eyes? I can feel you doing it! Don't you trust me?"
Lex closed his eyes, telling himself to breathe because she would not put him in danger or humiliation. If he were not unspeakably in lust with this girl, he would not have gone through this. "Of course I trust you. I'm letting you drive me."
"You're safer with me than with yourself."
He could have chuckled at that because it was so true, in more ways than just in a car. Wasn't it that he had been strangling himself in darkness before that one night when he hurt her? He was going to make up for that all of their lives. "
"Are you being arrogant?"
"Learned from the master."
Lex was unfamiliar with the road she was taking. She made several sharp turns, making him grab at the glove compartment and her laugh at his actions. They joined the traffic in a bigger road that led to a large building and a wide parking space. Lex blinked in disbelief. "You're taking me to the mall?" He sighed. "If I get in there-"
"You are getting in there whether you like it or not, Lex," she replied as she searched for a parking space.
"If I get in there without too much struggle," he amended, earning a satisfied nod from Chloe, "will I be forgiven?"
She found the perfect space! It was not too far from the entrance. Chloe whooped and bit her lower lip in concentration as she moaned in pleasure. "It's perfect fit! Oh! Oh!" She turned off the engine and sighed in satisfaction. When she looked back at Lex, she saw him squirming in his seat with an odd look on his face. "What was that?"
Lex loosened his seatbelt and shook his head.
"Oh yeah. The forgiven thing. We both knew what we were doing, Lex. But if it makes you feel any better, then sure. You're going to be one step closer to forgiveness." Chloe clicked her seatbelt and freed herself.
"My car will be stolen in this open space," Lex muttered as he got out of the car. "But if it does, I'll just get another one," he finished when Chloe suddenly appeared worried.
What deranged mutation did he undergo when he slept with her, he wondered as he fell into step beside her on the way in. She looped her arm on his and Lex didn't mind at all.
It was another matter entirely of course when she pulled him into a small costume shop and pulled his baseball cap off his head. "Chloe!" he protested, knowing that one look at the shape of his head would identify him as Lex Luthor on a day that he was masquerading. She shut him up by tossing a very genuine looking cowboy hat on his head. "Are you done?" he asked wryly. He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and thought that it was rather cool. He'd always wanted to be a cowboy before his father defined the class that cowboys belonged to-far lower than the Luthor one it seemed.
When she didn't answer, he turned around and found her digging through a box of plastic shades. "I need one with circular lenses," she muttered, going over each one. "With nice black rims."
"There's a Rayban right down the corridor," he suggested. "Their sunglasses are displayed and not piled. You'll be more comfortable in Raybans."
She looked up at him, a little confused. And then her face cleared. "It's not for me."
"Then for-" He stopped and then narrowed his eyes at her. "You're not giving it to Clark, are you?" She shook her head. "Pete?" She shook her head and smiled, making her face look beatific, the little demoness.
Lex turned around and walked out of the shop. Chloe dug in and found the perfect pair. She asked for another one of the same design and strolled outside. When she saw Lex, he was leaning against a column with his arms crossed in front of him. He scowled when she approached him. "I have something for you."
"No, Chloe."
She pressed the length of her body against his. He stilled his body against any reaction. Chloe reached inside the bag and slid the shades in place. And then she pulled him down for a kiss. His hand immediately rested on the small of her back, pressing her tighter against him. "We can do anything, anything at all, when you're in disguise," she told him, and then pulled away and took his hand, making him walk after her.
Lex grinned, following where she directed. She looked back at him and he saw her wearing the same design. "You have any idea where we're going?"
She pointed to the small amusement park right inside the mall. "Maybe to the ghost train or the ferris wheel. We can make out," she grinned. "I adore the idea of putting rides in here, don't you?"
"I should since this is my investment." Chloe felt the cold air against the skin of her hand when he pulled away his. It was replaced at once by his arm around her shoulders so she settled back against his warmth.
"Well your investment will be put to good use."
"There's no ghost train or haunted house there, Chloe." He led her to the token booth. "Just kiddie train."
When he reached for his wallet, she slapped his hand away. "This is my treat." She placed the bills on the counter. "Two for the train please."
The lady in the booth looked up and smiled at them. "Will one of you be escorting a child?" she inquired politely. "We encourage chaperones in the train."
Chloe was about to say no when Lex spoke up, "Oh I am. I'm twenty two and she's eight."
Chloe giggles and pulls Lex away from the token lady, who in her amusement was fluttering her lashes at Lex. She was in no way tied to Lex, but she wouldn't appreciate a woman flirting when she was present.
"Can I kiss you?" he asked, tipping her chin up.
"Ummm, sir," the token lady called out, apparently still within hearing distance. "This is a family park."
"Don't we know it." Chloe took the tickets from Lex and handed them to a kid eating ice cream. "Knock yourself out," she told the boy. Lex looked at her puzzled. "We can't make out in a kiddie train, Lex, fantasies or not."
And so they ended up walking around the mall, stopping by a hidden stairway to kiss and laugh, clinging to each other like a couple of high school students exploring first loves. Chloe didn't like the thought because love was not in question. It did not sit well with Lex on the point that he was not a student.
When Lex forced her to agree that he was paying for lunch, she made him allow her to choose where.
"The sky's the limit."
Chloe ordered the most expensive meal, and asked for larger Coke and fries to go with her Big Mac.