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"So Mr. Luthor, where excatly are you taking me?" Chloe brushed her fingers gently through her hair.
"Fasten your seat belt Ms. Sullivan;" he said as he backed his car out of the parking lot.
"Can't you just answer me?" She fastened her seat belt and stared at him.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked and stared back at her.
"I was just wondering…" she pointed out before he interrupted her.
"You're always wondering. You think to much Ms. Sullivan," he said.
She laughed. "I guess it's the reporter in me." Her face became serious. "As I was about to say, I was just wondering why a guy like you would want to do with a girl like me?"
He shrugged. "'Cause I like you."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Nah, you're lying. You want something from me, don't you?"
He smirked. "And what could that be?"
She bit her lower lip. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Then she became silent.
Chloe laid back in her seat. She looked out of the window and at the clear blue sky.
She sighed. Who ever would have thought she'd be spending the day with Lex Luthor, her dad's boss. She smiled and watched him from the corner of her eyes.
He seemed so concentrated and so serious. It was weird how he suddenly turned from playful to serious.
"How is you're dad anyway?" he said and broke the silence between them.
She moved her eyes from him. "He's fine. Actually he talks about you all the time."
He looked surprised. "Good or bad?"
"Mostly good, but I don't believe him." She teased.
He nodded and concentrated on the road again. He started regretting what he was going to do, what he had to do. He needed some information from her which he knew she had. But he had to make her trust him first, because there was no way she would tell him what he needed to know. They remained silent the rest of the drive.
*****
"Why didn't you tell me you were taking me to Metropolis?" she asked as she climbed out of his car.
"Because I wanted to surprise you," he answered.
"I'm surprised alright," she said, looking genuinely confused.
He chuckled. "Don't look so confused Ms. Sullivan." He grabbed her hand, making her jump a little by his actions. He dragged her with him and they ended up in front of a restaurant. Chloe's eyes widened.
"Are we going to eat here or something?" she asked, still confused.
"Only if you want to." He looked her in the eyes.
His eyes were so peaceful. Chloe didn't know how long they were standing there looking into each other's eyes, but it seemed like ages.
"Um…let's get a hotdog instead," she muttered, looking down.
He nodded as he took her hands in his and lead her across the street, where a hotdog stand was standing.
"You want me to order for you?" he asked still holding her hand.
Chloe smiled. "Only if you make it a big one."
"Anything for you Ms. Sullivan," Lex said with a smirk.
She breathed deeply. Why was he beeing so nice to her? He was probably after something.
"Stop it Chloe, you're beeing paranoid," she whispered to herself.
*******
They found a bench nearby and found themselves sitting down on it. Lex gave her the hot dog and a box of Pepsi.
"So Mr. Luthor, do you always take your date out for hotdog?" Chloe asked, tilting her head a little bit to the side.
"Only the ones I like," he flirted. "I wasn't the one who wanted hot dog though."
"No, you're right Mr. Luthor," she said, taking a huge bite of her hot dog and leaving a spot of ketchup on her nose. Lex laughed loudly and pointed at his nose.
"Why are you scratching your nose?" Chloe asked, obviously confused.
"You have ketchup on your nose," he smiled as he wiped her nose with his fingers.
"You're look so cute when you're confused."
Feeling her face turning red, she looked down.
" Thanks." She smiled and gazed up at him.
"I never heard you laugh that loud before," she said warmly." No, if I think about it I've never heard you laugh before."
His face became serious again. "It's not something I do very often."
"Why?" she asked.
"I just don't do it,"he answered softly.
Chloe studied his face closely. Maybe she was wrong about him. Maybe everyone in Smallville as wrong about him. Everyone said he was the main reason for all the trouble in Smallville. They said he was manipulative, and always after money and success. On his way to success he backstabbed all the people who trusted him, even his closest friends. Chloe had also gotten that impression of him, but the man beside her wasn't like that at all. The man beside her was nice and could never do anything terrible, at least that was what she felt.
"I can make you laugh and I'm going to," she smiled softly as she took his hands in hers and motioned him to stand up. "Let's take a stroll through Metropolis," she said with a bad British accent.
"Drop the British accent Ms. Sullivan," he smiled.
"Ahh, there's that smile I've been waiting for Mr. Luthor." She looked up into his eyes and suddenly seemed distracted, eyes hesitant, somwhere he wasn't.
"Something in my face?" Lex asked wryly.
She shock her head. "I was just facinated by your bald head."
Lex raised an eyebrow. " I shave it everyday," he joked.
"What color was it, I mean your hair?" she wondered.
He rolled his eyes. "Red," he pointed out. "Let's go before it gets dark and I have to drive you home."
Chloe nodded and they started walking. The rest of the day, they spent talking and relaxing. He asked her questions about the school paper and why she liked writing. They talked mostly about her and her life, because Lex wasn't ready to share his peronal life with anyone. They went rollerblading, and Lex even laughed a couple of times. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had fun, must have been ages ago.
And when sun went down and it started to get cold, he offered her his jacket before they went back to his car and drove back to Smallville. When they reached her house, he made her stay in the car so he could go over to the other side and open up the door for her. Impressed by his manners, she almost asked him to join her for something to drink inside her house but she didn't want to seem to eager.
"Thank you for a lovely day Ms. Sullivan," Lex said gently.
"No, I should thank you. I had a really great time today."
"I better head home then." He took her hand in his and planted a kiss on top of it.
She nodded, although she secretly wanted him to stay and chat with her a little more.
Lex turned and walked slowly to his side of the car, not taking his eyes off her for one second.
"Good bye Lex," she called out. She could see a smile on his face. He had the cutest smile.
"You're cute Chloe," he smirked.
She laughed out loud. "But you're still not Lex."
Looking a bit hurt he said: "I had to try. At least we go by first names now."
With that, he opened the door and climbed into his car. He waved before he started the car and drove off into the dark.
Chloe still standing there, smiled peacefully. She felt warm inside and she didn't know why.
"So Mr. Luthor, where excatly are you taking me?" Chloe brushed her fingers gently through her hair.
"Fasten your seat belt Ms. Sullivan;" he said as he backed his car out of the parking lot.
"Can't you just answer me?" She fastened her seat belt and stared at him.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked and stared back at her.
"I was just wondering…" she pointed out before he interrupted her.
"You're always wondering. You think to much Ms. Sullivan," he said.
She laughed. "I guess it's the reporter in me." Her face became serious. "As I was about to say, I was just wondering why a guy like you would want to do with a girl like me?"
He shrugged. "'Cause I like you."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Nah, you're lying. You want something from me, don't you?"
He smirked. "And what could that be?"
She bit her lower lip. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Then she became silent.
Chloe laid back in her seat. She looked out of the window and at the clear blue sky.
She sighed. Who ever would have thought she'd be spending the day with Lex Luthor, her dad's boss. She smiled and watched him from the corner of her eyes.
He seemed so concentrated and so serious. It was weird how he suddenly turned from playful to serious.
"How is you're dad anyway?" he said and broke the silence between them.
She moved her eyes from him. "He's fine. Actually he talks about you all the time."
He looked surprised. "Good or bad?"
"Mostly good, but I don't believe him." She teased.
He nodded and concentrated on the road again. He started regretting what he was going to do, what he had to do. He needed some information from her which he knew she had. But he had to make her trust him first, because there was no way she would tell him what he needed to know. They remained silent the rest of the drive.
*****
"Why didn't you tell me you were taking me to Metropolis?" she asked as she climbed out of his car.
"Because I wanted to surprise you," he answered.
"I'm surprised alright," she said, looking genuinely confused.
He chuckled. "Don't look so confused Ms. Sullivan." He grabbed her hand, making her jump a little by his actions. He dragged her with him and they ended up in front of a restaurant. Chloe's eyes widened.
"Are we going to eat here or something?" she asked, still confused.
"Only if you want to." He looked her in the eyes.
His eyes were so peaceful. Chloe didn't know how long they were standing there looking into each other's eyes, but it seemed like ages.
"Um…let's get a hotdog instead," she muttered, looking down.
He nodded as he took her hands in his and lead her across the street, where a hotdog stand was standing.
"You want me to order for you?" he asked still holding her hand.
Chloe smiled. "Only if you make it a big one."
"Anything for you Ms. Sullivan," Lex said with a smirk.
She breathed deeply. Why was he beeing so nice to her? He was probably after something.
"Stop it Chloe, you're beeing paranoid," she whispered to herself.
*******
They found a bench nearby and found themselves sitting down on it. Lex gave her the hot dog and a box of Pepsi.
"So Mr. Luthor, do you always take your date out for hotdog?" Chloe asked, tilting her head a little bit to the side.
"Only the ones I like," he flirted. "I wasn't the one who wanted hot dog though."
"No, you're right Mr. Luthor," she said, taking a huge bite of her hot dog and leaving a spot of ketchup on her nose. Lex laughed loudly and pointed at his nose.
"Why are you scratching your nose?" Chloe asked, obviously confused.
"You have ketchup on your nose," he smiled as he wiped her nose with his fingers.
"You're look so cute when you're confused."
Feeling her face turning red, she looked down.
" Thanks." She smiled and gazed up at him.
"I never heard you laugh that loud before," she said warmly." No, if I think about it I've never heard you laugh before."
His face became serious again. "It's not something I do very often."
"Why?" she asked.
"I just don't do it,"he answered softly.
Chloe studied his face closely. Maybe she was wrong about him. Maybe everyone in Smallville as wrong about him. Everyone said he was the main reason for all the trouble in Smallville. They said he was manipulative, and always after money and success. On his way to success he backstabbed all the people who trusted him, even his closest friends. Chloe had also gotten that impression of him, but the man beside her wasn't like that at all. The man beside her was nice and could never do anything terrible, at least that was what she felt.
"I can make you laugh and I'm going to," she smiled softly as she took his hands in hers and motioned him to stand up. "Let's take a stroll through Metropolis," she said with a bad British accent.
"Drop the British accent Ms. Sullivan," he smiled.
"Ahh, there's that smile I've been waiting for Mr. Luthor." She looked up into his eyes and suddenly seemed distracted, eyes hesitant, somwhere he wasn't.
"Something in my face?" Lex asked wryly.
She shock her head. "I was just facinated by your bald head."
Lex raised an eyebrow. " I shave it everyday," he joked.
"What color was it, I mean your hair?" she wondered.
He rolled his eyes. "Red," he pointed out. "Let's go before it gets dark and I have to drive you home."
Chloe nodded and they started walking. The rest of the day, they spent talking and relaxing. He asked her questions about the school paper and why she liked writing. They talked mostly about her and her life, because Lex wasn't ready to share his peronal life with anyone. They went rollerblading, and Lex even laughed a couple of times. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had fun, must have been ages ago.
And when sun went down and it started to get cold, he offered her his jacket before they went back to his car and drove back to Smallville. When they reached her house, he made her stay in the car so he could go over to the other side and open up the door for her. Impressed by his manners, she almost asked him to join her for something to drink inside her house but she didn't want to seem to eager.
"Thank you for a lovely day Ms. Sullivan," Lex said gently.
"No, I should thank you. I had a really great time today."
"I better head home then." He took her hand in his and planted a kiss on top of it.
She nodded, although she secretly wanted him to stay and chat with her a little more.
Lex turned and walked slowly to his side of the car, not taking his eyes off her for one second.
"Good bye Lex," she called out. She could see a smile on his face. He had the cutest smile.
"You're cute Chloe," he smirked.
She laughed out loud. "But you're still not Lex."
Looking a bit hurt he said: "I had to try. At least we go by first names now."
With that, he opened the door and climbed into his car. He waved before he started the car and drove off into the dark.
Chloe still standing there, smiled peacefully. She felt warm inside and she didn't know why.