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"Crystal?" Chloe knocks on her door.
"Come in."
"Hey." Chloe starts
"-pink or blue skirt?" Crystal interrupts "Or neither? Black?"
"Uh…blue." Chloe answers
"Yea I like that one better anyway." Crystal replies taking the knee length baby blue skirt out of her closet along with a black tank top and a sheer black shirt to go over it and a pair of black boots. "So what's up?" She asks looking at Chloe in the mirror as she brushes her hair so it's smooth. As she waits for Chloe's reply she starts to apply make-up. "What time is it?"
"6:45" Chloe answers "So what I was wondering is….."
"6:45? Are you kidding me? I got to get dressed hold that thought." Crystal runs out of the room and into the bathroom. She runs back in 5 minutes later fully dressed. "My mom and I must been at Lana's house longer then I thought. Did you want to ask me something?"
"Yea tomorrow you think you could answer some questions I have about what happened today?" Chloe finally asks
"You want to write a story about it?" Crystal asks stopping.
"Yea, I like all these weird things that happen in Smallville. I want to add it-"
"To your wall of weird. I know, I saw it, everything from coach Walt to 3 year old Lana. No thanks Chloe but I don't want to be a part of your wall of weird" Crystal answers brusquely grabbing a black coat. "I have to go." She walks out of her room.
"Crys, Lex is here." Clark calls "He brought a limo. As least mom and dad will know he's not driving and wont drive off a bridge or something."
"I'm sure that's so comforting for them Clark, I hope you mentioned that." Crystal smirks walking out the door.
"So how'd it go?" Clark asks seeing Chloe
"I have everything on my board from Coach Walt to 3 year old Lana and she doesn't want a part of it."
"Ouch, but I did warn you."
"Oh don't worry Clark I can assure I will get that story." Chloe promises "I got to go, you know, do some research. Later."
"Bye."
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"What time is this art show over?" Jonathan asks Lex
"11:00, but with driving we should be back here by 11:30 maybe 11:45." Lex answers
"All right, be careful." Jonathan sighs
"I can assure no cars will be driven off bridges and as you can see I'm not driving." Lex smiles
"Can we go?" Crystal asks impatiently looking at her parents.
"OK, we get the hint. Come on Jonathan." Martha grabs his arm
"Oh and if Tom calls tell him I'm at the art show…with Lex." Crystal calls climbing into the car.
"Think they had a fight?" Jonathan asks jokingly
"Oh yea." Martha replies
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Lex and Crystal sit in silence for a few minutes of the ride, Crystal lost in her own thoughts, finally she realizes Lex is looking at her. "What?"
"Tell Tom I'm at the art show with Lex…." Lex says slowly smiling.
Crystal can't help but to smile back. "So?"
"Guess he didn't like our plans for tonight."
"No, so much that he blew out the windows of Whitney's car."
"When you say blew out?"
"I don't know, they just blew out, they think it had to do with pressure building up inside." Crystal replies
"Ah. This would be the reason for you tense mood?"
"Partly. One of Clark's friends likes to keep track I guess you could say of the weird things that happen in Smallville. So she wants me to be her next story, well me and Tom I guess."
"I see, you don't like the be in the spotlight?" Lex asks
"Not for those reasons."
"Understandable…..so Tom is your boyfriend."
"Yes he is."
"Another quarterback? Just like your friend Lana's quaterback."
Crystal laughs "He's a linebacker."
"Oh well then that's just worse."
"How do you figure?"
"You have all star quarterback and all star linebackers but everyone knows only the quarterback matters."
"You don't know much about football do you?"
"No more then you most likely." Lex replies
"Then I suggest you never place a bet on a game cause you would lose your money on my knowledge of the game."
"I'll keep that in mind. We're here." Lex says looking out the window. He gets out and holds the door open. "This is one of the plusses of having money." He tells her and leads her to the front of the line of people waiting to get in, shows the man at the door his tickets and they both go directly inside.
"Nice work"
"Beats waiting outside." Lex replies helping her take off her coat. "You're limping." He observes
"I fell today."
"When the car windows…blew out?"
"Yes."
"If you tire of walking let me know." Lex tells her taking her arm.
"I'll do that." Crystal replies looking around the room. "It's beautiful in here!" She gasps
"You really do have an appreciation for art. Where should we start?"
"Um" Crystal replies biting her lip. "Over there." She gestures towards a section.
"The work of Lassen*. One of my favorites" Lex comments
"My absolute favorite." Crystal replies she takes a step closer to the painting. "I love the colors he uses, they're always so vibrant and full of life, sometimes if you really lose yourself you can feel the ocean breeze or the warm waters of Hawaii, and the dolphins and whales and all the fish actually seem like they can swim right out of the picture." She stops and looks at Lex who is looking at her. "I'm babbling."
"Don't stop, I like seeing you appreciate this so much, Lassen's not very well known in the mainland, especially where we live."
"That's partly why I love his work so much." Crystal replies sitting on a bench looking at the pictures surrounding her. "It's a completely different world, it's such an escape." She says smiling.
"What's your favorite piece?" Lex inquires
Crystal turns to face him "Seriously? I don't think I could ever pick out one piece, I have so many favorites" Crystal sighs "I guess my favorite would be "In Another World" you know the one with those white horses and those bright orange majestic mountains in the background and the water it's so beautiful."
"I thought you were scared of horses." Lex comments
"Not those horses, never. So what's your favorite?"
"Oh I could never pick one." Lex answers
Crystal looks at him a smile playing on her lips
"I'm kidding, my favorite is "Ancient Rhythms" with the huge whales"
"Why?"
"Because it's obvious how powerful they are and how strong they are."
"Oh so it's power you want." Crystal jokes.
"I've been discovered." Lex jokes back.
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Meanwhile……Tom and Whitney are at Tom's house talking.
"So Crystal went tonight I heard." Whitney comments.
Tom runs his hands through his hair. "How do you know? Are you sure?" He asks irritated as he continues to pitch the hay in the stables.
"I'm positive, Lana called Clark to see if Crystal was ok and he said not only is she ok she's out with Lex." Whitney replies
Tom exhales and slams the bale of hay down. "I told her not to go." He put his hand on the stable fence, when the door to the stable they were near flew open almost flying of it's hinges. Tom and Whitney jumped back.
"What the hell is going on? This is the second time something like that has happened." Whitney exclaims
"I don't know man, listen why don't you go I need some time to get my head straightened out I got to much going on."
"Yea, sure I'll see you Monday." Whitney grabs his coat and leaves.
When Tom is sure Whitney is gone, he puts his hand on the bail of hay and sees if anything happens, nothing does and he sits down, "I must be going crazy, it's this whole thing with Crystal I can't believe she went" He mutters, the anger building up in him, when the bail of hail bursts out flying all over the barn. Tom jumps up. Finally piecing it together in his head. He smiles slightly, a new set of thought entering his head. As he walks away he ceases to notice the greenish colored sand covering the floor of his families stables.
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"So we have a little bit of time to kill before 11:30, a half hour to be exact." Lex says looking at his watch. "Want to go get some coffee?"
"How did you know I would?" Crystal smiles
"Actually I got a hint from your brother, he said you are addicted to the stuff and to get you decaf" Lex laughs as they walk inside the coffee shop.
"I see." As they take a seat "Thanks for tonight Lex, I had a really good time."
"So did I" Lex answers
"Even though we never left the Lassen section?" Crystal jokes "I guess we got caught up in it I'm sorry"
"I'm not, I had a great time, even though we never saw anything else" Lex assures her "We should do it again."
"Go to an art show?"
"Or just go out and hang out together."
"Yea I'd like that." Crystal agrees
"However we need to continue this conversation another day or we'll be late." Lex says checking his watch again.
"Then let's go." Crystal says getting up.
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"We're here." Lex says at the Kent house
"Lex, I had a really good time, a better time then I've had in a long time." Crystal says softly
"Well I'm glad to have provided you with one."
"Good-night"
"Crystal" Lex calls her she gets back in and Lex kisses her softly on the lips "Oh yea you forgot this" He holds out her purse.
"Thanks"
"I'll talk to you soon." Lex says before he closes the door.
"Bye Lex" Crystal walks inside her house as the limo pulls away
"Did you have a good time?" Martha asks as Crystal walks in
"Yes I did."
"We know" Clark says from the couch winking
"What's that mean?" Crystal asks smiling
"You do remember you have a boyfriend right?" Clark teases
"You mean cause we ki-" Crystal stops as Clark nods smiling "Oh shut up Clark."
"Well we're going up." Jonathan says getting up "Night guys"
"Don't stay up to late." Martha warns
"Did that see us?" Crystal whispers when their parents are out of earshot.
"Yes they did." Clark nods "So I'm guessing you had a good time."
"Actually I had a great time." Crystal smiles
"Well I'm happy for you-really." Clark says sincerely
"Thanks" Crystal replies as there's a knock at the door. "Who's here this late? It's probably Chloe who found an update on my fascinating- Tom! What are you doing here?" Crystal exclaims surprised to see Tom standing on the door-step.
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A/N:* Christian Riese Lassen is a real artist from Hawaii and those two arts I mentioned are really two of his pieces I didn't make him up….lol if your curious or anything like that his web page is www.Lassenart.com
"Crystal?" Chloe knocks on her door.
"Come in."
"Hey." Chloe starts
"-pink or blue skirt?" Crystal interrupts "Or neither? Black?"
"Uh…blue." Chloe answers
"Yea I like that one better anyway." Crystal replies taking the knee length baby blue skirt out of her closet along with a black tank top and a sheer black shirt to go over it and a pair of black boots. "So what's up?" She asks looking at Chloe in the mirror as she brushes her hair so it's smooth. As she waits for Chloe's reply she starts to apply make-up. "What time is it?"
"6:45" Chloe answers "So what I was wondering is….."
"6:45? Are you kidding me? I got to get dressed hold that thought." Crystal runs out of the room and into the bathroom. She runs back in 5 minutes later fully dressed. "My mom and I must been at Lana's house longer then I thought. Did you want to ask me something?"
"Yea tomorrow you think you could answer some questions I have about what happened today?" Chloe finally asks
"You want to write a story about it?" Crystal asks stopping.
"Yea, I like all these weird things that happen in Smallville. I want to add it-"
"To your wall of weird. I know, I saw it, everything from coach Walt to 3 year old Lana. No thanks Chloe but I don't want to be a part of your wall of weird" Crystal answers brusquely grabbing a black coat. "I have to go." She walks out of her room.
"Crys, Lex is here." Clark calls "He brought a limo. As least mom and dad will know he's not driving and wont drive off a bridge or something."
"I'm sure that's so comforting for them Clark, I hope you mentioned that." Crystal smirks walking out the door.
"So how'd it go?" Clark asks seeing Chloe
"I have everything on my board from Coach Walt to 3 year old Lana and she doesn't want a part of it."
"Ouch, but I did warn you."
"Oh don't worry Clark I can assure I will get that story." Chloe promises "I got to go, you know, do some research. Later."
"Bye."
********
"What time is this art show over?" Jonathan asks Lex
"11:00, but with driving we should be back here by 11:30 maybe 11:45." Lex answers
"All right, be careful." Jonathan sighs
"I can assure no cars will be driven off bridges and as you can see I'm not driving." Lex smiles
"Can we go?" Crystal asks impatiently looking at her parents.
"OK, we get the hint. Come on Jonathan." Martha grabs his arm
"Oh and if Tom calls tell him I'm at the art show…with Lex." Crystal calls climbing into the car.
"Think they had a fight?" Jonathan asks jokingly
"Oh yea." Martha replies
*********************
Lex and Crystal sit in silence for a few minutes of the ride, Crystal lost in her own thoughts, finally she realizes Lex is looking at her. "What?"
"Tell Tom I'm at the art show with Lex…." Lex says slowly smiling.
Crystal can't help but to smile back. "So?"
"Guess he didn't like our plans for tonight."
"No, so much that he blew out the windows of Whitney's car."
"When you say blew out?"
"I don't know, they just blew out, they think it had to do with pressure building up inside." Crystal replies
"Ah. This would be the reason for you tense mood?"
"Partly. One of Clark's friends likes to keep track I guess you could say of the weird things that happen in Smallville. So she wants me to be her next story, well me and Tom I guess."
"I see, you don't like the be in the spotlight?" Lex asks
"Not for those reasons."
"Understandable…..so Tom is your boyfriend."
"Yes he is."
"Another quarterback? Just like your friend Lana's quaterback."
Crystal laughs "He's a linebacker."
"Oh well then that's just worse."
"How do you figure?"
"You have all star quarterback and all star linebackers but everyone knows only the quarterback matters."
"You don't know much about football do you?"
"No more then you most likely." Lex replies
"Then I suggest you never place a bet on a game cause you would lose your money on my knowledge of the game."
"I'll keep that in mind. We're here." Lex says looking out the window. He gets out and holds the door open. "This is one of the plusses of having money." He tells her and leads her to the front of the line of people waiting to get in, shows the man at the door his tickets and they both go directly inside.
"Nice work"
"Beats waiting outside." Lex replies helping her take off her coat. "You're limping." He observes
"I fell today."
"When the car windows…blew out?"
"Yes."
"If you tire of walking let me know." Lex tells her taking her arm.
"I'll do that." Crystal replies looking around the room. "It's beautiful in here!" She gasps
"You really do have an appreciation for art. Where should we start?"
"Um" Crystal replies biting her lip. "Over there." She gestures towards a section.
"The work of Lassen*. One of my favorites" Lex comments
"My absolute favorite." Crystal replies she takes a step closer to the painting. "I love the colors he uses, they're always so vibrant and full of life, sometimes if you really lose yourself you can feel the ocean breeze or the warm waters of Hawaii, and the dolphins and whales and all the fish actually seem like they can swim right out of the picture." She stops and looks at Lex who is looking at her. "I'm babbling."
"Don't stop, I like seeing you appreciate this so much, Lassen's not very well known in the mainland, especially where we live."
"That's partly why I love his work so much." Crystal replies sitting on a bench looking at the pictures surrounding her. "It's a completely different world, it's such an escape." She says smiling.
"What's your favorite piece?" Lex inquires
Crystal turns to face him "Seriously? I don't think I could ever pick out one piece, I have so many favorites" Crystal sighs "I guess my favorite would be "In Another World" you know the one with those white horses and those bright orange majestic mountains in the background and the water it's so beautiful."
"I thought you were scared of horses." Lex comments
"Not those horses, never. So what's your favorite?"
"Oh I could never pick one." Lex answers
Crystal looks at him a smile playing on her lips
"I'm kidding, my favorite is "Ancient Rhythms" with the huge whales"
"Why?"
"Because it's obvious how powerful they are and how strong they are."
"Oh so it's power you want." Crystal jokes.
"I've been discovered." Lex jokes back.
*****************
Meanwhile……Tom and Whitney are at Tom's house talking.
"So Crystal went tonight I heard." Whitney comments.
Tom runs his hands through his hair. "How do you know? Are you sure?" He asks irritated as he continues to pitch the hay in the stables.
"I'm positive, Lana called Clark to see if Crystal was ok and he said not only is she ok she's out with Lex." Whitney replies
Tom exhales and slams the bale of hay down. "I told her not to go." He put his hand on the stable fence, when the door to the stable they were near flew open almost flying of it's hinges. Tom and Whitney jumped back.
"What the hell is going on? This is the second time something like that has happened." Whitney exclaims
"I don't know man, listen why don't you go I need some time to get my head straightened out I got to much going on."
"Yea, sure I'll see you Monday." Whitney grabs his coat and leaves.
When Tom is sure Whitney is gone, he puts his hand on the bail of hay and sees if anything happens, nothing does and he sits down, "I must be going crazy, it's this whole thing with Crystal I can't believe she went" He mutters, the anger building up in him, when the bail of hail bursts out flying all over the barn. Tom jumps up. Finally piecing it together in his head. He smiles slightly, a new set of thought entering his head. As he walks away he ceases to notice the greenish colored sand covering the floor of his families stables.
*******************
"So we have a little bit of time to kill before 11:30, a half hour to be exact." Lex says looking at his watch. "Want to go get some coffee?"
"How did you know I would?" Crystal smiles
"Actually I got a hint from your brother, he said you are addicted to the stuff and to get you decaf" Lex laughs as they walk inside the coffee shop.
"I see." As they take a seat "Thanks for tonight Lex, I had a really good time."
"So did I" Lex answers
"Even though we never left the Lassen section?" Crystal jokes "I guess we got caught up in it I'm sorry"
"I'm not, I had a great time, even though we never saw anything else" Lex assures her "We should do it again."
"Go to an art show?"
"Or just go out and hang out together."
"Yea I'd like that." Crystal agrees
"However we need to continue this conversation another day or we'll be late." Lex says checking his watch again.
"Then let's go." Crystal says getting up.
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"We're here." Lex says at the Kent house
"Lex, I had a really good time, a better time then I've had in a long time." Crystal says softly
"Well I'm glad to have provided you with one."
"Good-night"
"Crystal" Lex calls her she gets back in and Lex kisses her softly on the lips "Oh yea you forgot this" He holds out her purse.
"Thanks"
"I'll talk to you soon." Lex says before he closes the door.
"Bye Lex" Crystal walks inside her house as the limo pulls away
"Did you have a good time?" Martha asks as Crystal walks in
"Yes I did."
"We know" Clark says from the couch winking
"What's that mean?" Crystal asks smiling
"You do remember you have a boyfriend right?" Clark teases
"You mean cause we ki-" Crystal stops as Clark nods smiling "Oh shut up Clark."
"Well we're going up." Jonathan says getting up "Night guys"
"Don't stay up to late." Martha warns
"Did that see us?" Crystal whispers when their parents are out of earshot.
"Yes they did." Clark nods "So I'm guessing you had a good time."
"Actually I had a great time." Crystal smiles
"Well I'm happy for you-really." Clark says sincerely
"Thanks" Crystal replies as there's a knock at the door. "Who's here this late? It's probably Chloe who found an update on my fascinating- Tom! What are you doing here?" Crystal exclaims surprised to see Tom standing on the door-step.
TBC'd soon Please R&R
A/N:* Christian Riese Lassen is a real artist from Hawaii and those two arts I mentioned are really two of his pieces I didn't make him up….lol if your curious or anything like that his web page is www.Lassenart.com