expect the unexpected...

Author: lisa j.
Rating: PG-13 (to be safe)
Category: romance
Disclaimer: they don't belong to me.
Feedback: i would love it!
Spoilers: "Kinetic"
Authors notes: this is my first smallville fanfiction. i just hope that i didn't write hit, ya know?

Chapter Two : The Best of Friends

Monday, March 21st, 2002

To say Chloe was surprised when Lex kissed her it would be the under statement of the century. She could still feel his lips on hers, taste his lips, they tasted like peppermints. She still remembered what he had smelled like, his scent reminded her of the woods, pine maybe.

They had kissed for what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a few seconds. Damn that boy coming out from the house and interrupting us. They had looked at each other like dear caught in headlights. But that ended when Pete had come outside right after the boy.

She ended up going back into the party and blowing out her cake. About an hour after Lex and Chloe had gone back into the party. Fireworks started going off in the field near by. Chloe searched for Lex, knowing that he had done it for her party. When their eye met from across the room he simply mouthed, "Surprise." She gave him a warm smile in return and mouthed, "Thank You."

And that's the last she had seen of the beautiful bald man that had changed her world in only a few hours. It was after school and she was at the Beanery drinking her free black coffee thanks to the certificate Lex had given her. She smiled again as she thought of the new computer and paraphinia that was in the torch office.

*I am falling for my fathers boss, I am going to burn in Hell...*

He couldn't get Chloe off his mind. She was there when he slept, when he was in meeting after meeting, and now she was on his mind at the Luthor mansion. All he wanted to do was find her and kiss her once again. Her lips had been softer then he ever could have imagined. She tasted like orange soda and smelt like strawberries. *God, I need to stop thinking about her...I have work to do.* A few minutes passed and he just couldn't take it anymore.

"Charles, I am going out. I will be back later."

She looked down at the paper in her hands and sighed in frustration. She had some sort of writers' block or something. She had been there for more then 3 hours and she hadn't written a single sentence that she liked. She fingered the necklace that Lex had given her and smiled again. She realized what she was doing.

"Get it together Chloe, stop thinking about him already."

"Thinking about whom?" A voice that she knew all to well asked from behind her. *Oh God, he heard that, what do I say?* She turned around and smiled. "Actually I was thinking about you." Lex smiled and sat down across from her at the table.

"Oh really. And what were you thinking about me?" He asked in a low husky voice that was bound to drive her crazy. She smiled flirtashally at him. "You'll never know," Lex smirked at her and picked up her coffee and proceeded to take a drink of it. "I bet I can get it out of you."

"I'd like to see you try Lex. I really would," Chloe said and she took her coffee back from him and took a drink herself. He smiled and winked at her. "OK, Chloe. How about this, would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"

Chloe smiled at him. "Lex Luthor, are you asking me out on a date?" Lex reached over and touched her hand that was on the table and watched as she blushed a pretty shade of pink. "Actually yes I was. Would you like to have dinner at my house tonight, Chloe?"

Chloe loved the feeling of Lex Luthor holding her hand in his. She blushed and nodded. "Yes, I will have dinner with you at your house." Lex grinned and squeezed her hand. "Well good. I will have someone pick you up at six," She looked at her watch. 5:05.

Lex stood up and walked over to Chloe, kissed her check and left without another word.

It was 5:55 and Chloe was a wreak. It's not like she had never been to the Luthor mansion, but then of course that little trip almost got her killed. It's just that she hadn't been back there since that guy throw her out the 3rd story window, and she was nervous about being all alone with a certain bald man who in a very short time had invaded her thoughts. She was worried that something would happen tonight that she wasn't ready for. Lex Luthor could be a very charming and sexual being.

The doorbell rang and she walked to the door expecting a shofer of some kind to be there but instead it was Lex Luthor himself. She looked at him with a shocked expression.

"What? You don't think a Luthor would show up to pick up his own date? I thought you knew me better then that Ms. Sullivan." He winked as he took her by the arm and led her to the limo. Chloe regained her thoughts. "Well Lex I guess I was wrong about you. You are a gentlemen." She stated with a wink and proceeded to get into the limo.

Once inside Lex took Chloe's hand in his and squeezed. "You don't have to be afraid of me Chloe. I won't hurt you, that's the last thing I want." He leaded over and kissed her on the top of the head and then settled back into his seat. She looked at him and smiled. "I know Lex." Then she put her hands on the sides of his head and brought his head down to meet hers.

This kiss was very different from their first. It was soft and sweet and all around wonderful. Lex's hand traveled up into her hair feeling the softness that resided there. As the kiss continued things began to heat up. Chloe hand that was on Lex's chest started it's ascend upward towards his head. No woman had ever caressed his baldhead like that before. Lex moaned and pulled Chloe closer to him.

Coughing to break them apart. "We are here, sir," They looked up to realize that they were indeed at the Luthor mansion. Lex exited the car and gave his hand to Chloe so she could do the same. They walked into the house to a candle lit dinner set for two. Chloe's face was that of surprise as Lex pulled her chair out so she could sit down. "I hope you like it."

She grinned at him and nodded. "I love it Lex. Thank you," Lex smiled at her and pointed to the small box next to her plate. "Open it. It's a present I got for you on my way back here from the Beanery."

She opened the box to find a beautiful silver bracelet inside. "To match your earrings and necklace. The set was beautiful, which made me think of you," Lex spoke as he took her hand for the second time that night. "Chloe, I want you to know that I care for you. Probably more then you know. After the accident I began to see how important you are. Not only to me but to everyone in your life. I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't pulled through. I don't even want to think of it. I just now that I want to get to know you better. Much better. Would you mind if I got to know you better Chloe?"

She smiled and put her other hand on top of Lex's hand. "I would like to get to know you, too," She looked down and then back up. "But there is the age thing, and the whole you are my fathers' boss thing. I don't think that he would want me dating you per say. If only I were a few years older," She looked down at her plate. "But I'm not. There is nothing more I would rather do then to get to know this wonderful, beautiful person sitting across from me, but I can't right now. I wish I could, but I can't. I hope that you understand this and aren't mad at me. I just don't think it's the right-"

"Time." Lex finished for her. *He has a knack for knowing what I am about to say, it's kind of strange...* She looked up at him and nodded sadly. He nodded his head in reply. "I understand Chloe. I do. I just wish things were different. I wish that you were older so we could explore this thing we have. But I know that you are right and this is not our time."

"I hope this is the right thing to do. I really do. Because if it's not I will regret it for the rest of my life. And I don't want that." Lex pulled his hand away from hers and they sat in awkward silence for a few moments. Both very wrapped up in their own thoughts.

"Can we still be friends?" Chloe asked in a small voice. Lex looked at her and grinned. "The best of friends Ms. Sullivan. The best of friends."

CHAPTER THREE TO BE ADDED VERY SOON...