Started Writing: May 3, 2002
Finished Writing:
Last Episode Seen Before Writing: Drone/Crush/Obscura/Tempest
1 Author's Note: I would like to thank FindMe (a.k.a. Chandlercanfly, a.k.a. Kat) for helping me with this story! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to pull it together! I appreciate all the sane advice! You have been so much help! I can't thank you enough!! (Everybody…go read all her stories! NOW!)
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3 Past Expectations
Chapter 1- Alpha-Chloe
Chloe sat in a corner booth in the Talon. She had been sitting there for over an hour waiting for him to show up. She knew he would come, just like he always did. This time would be different. She was not going to let him get away without her speaking her mind. She was tired of liking him from a distance. She hated the angst most of all.
If he didn't know how she felt by now, then he was pretty dense. Chloe wasn't going to hint around anymore. She was going to 'take the bull by the horns', as her dad liked to say.
Chloe felt herself become more confident as she drank her ninth cup of coffee. Pete and Clark joked that she should be hooked up to an I.V. so she wouldn't have to waste her time drinking the brown fluid.
When he walked in her breath caught in her throat. It was doing that more and more these days. He immediately sought out Lana, like Chloe knew he would. Chloe watched as Lana seemed to light up at his attention. He sat down and Lana brought him a cup of coffee before going to wait on another table.
Chloe stood up, smoothed her pants, and walked purposefully over to his table. She placed one hand on her hip as she waited for him to set down his paper and look at her.
"Hello, Chloe," he said looking up at her.
"Hello," Chloe said coolly.
"Can I help you with something?" he asked innocently.
"I want you to ask me out," Chloe told him confidently.
"Excuse me," he asked almost choking on his coffee. He tried to hide his shock so as not to embarrass his friend.
"I want you to ask me out…on a date," Chloe repeated her confidence slipping a little.
"Chloe, will you go out with me?" he asked deciding to play along with her game.
Chloe had to stop herself from gasping as her breath left her. She didn't think that she would get this response. She had hoped for a 'no, I can't,' at the very best. "Yes," she answered.
"When?" he asked with a sly smile.
Chloe quickly wiped the shock from her face and squared her shoulders. "I'll call you," she said successfully gaining the upper hand. Chloe winked at him before turning to walk away.
"Do you have my number?" he asked to her retreating back.
"Lex, I'm a reporter. I have everyone's number," Chloe threw over her shoulder. She smiled smugly to herself as she left the Talon.
Lana walked to Lex's table and set her tray down. "Did you just ask Chloe out on a date?" she asked amazed.
"I…I think so," Lex said dazed. All he could do was stare at the door Chloe had just exited through.
Finished Writing:
Last Episode Seen Before Writing: Drone/Crush/Obscura/Tempest
1 Author's Note: I would like to thank FindMe (a.k.a. Chandlercanfly, a.k.a. Kat) for helping me with this story! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to pull it together! I appreciate all the sane advice! You have been so much help! I can't thank you enough!! (Everybody…go read all her stories! NOW!)
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3 Past Expectations
Chapter 1- Alpha-Chloe
Chloe sat in a corner booth in the Talon. She had been sitting there for over an hour waiting for him to show up. She knew he would come, just like he always did. This time would be different. She was not going to let him get away without her speaking her mind. She was tired of liking him from a distance. She hated the angst most of all.
If he didn't know how she felt by now, then he was pretty dense. Chloe wasn't going to hint around anymore. She was going to 'take the bull by the horns', as her dad liked to say.
Chloe felt herself become more confident as she drank her ninth cup of coffee. Pete and Clark joked that she should be hooked up to an I.V. so she wouldn't have to waste her time drinking the brown fluid.
When he walked in her breath caught in her throat. It was doing that more and more these days. He immediately sought out Lana, like Chloe knew he would. Chloe watched as Lana seemed to light up at his attention. He sat down and Lana brought him a cup of coffee before going to wait on another table.
Chloe stood up, smoothed her pants, and walked purposefully over to his table. She placed one hand on her hip as she waited for him to set down his paper and look at her.
"Hello, Chloe," he said looking up at her.
"Hello," Chloe said coolly.
"Can I help you with something?" he asked innocently.
"I want you to ask me out," Chloe told him confidently.
"Excuse me," he asked almost choking on his coffee. He tried to hide his shock so as not to embarrass his friend.
"I want you to ask me out…on a date," Chloe repeated her confidence slipping a little.
"Chloe, will you go out with me?" he asked deciding to play along with her game.
Chloe had to stop herself from gasping as her breath left her. She didn't think that she would get this response. She had hoped for a 'no, I can't,' at the very best. "Yes," she answered.
"When?" he asked with a sly smile.
Chloe quickly wiped the shock from her face and squared her shoulders. "I'll call you," she said successfully gaining the upper hand. Chloe winked at him before turning to walk away.
"Do you have my number?" he asked to her retreating back.
"Lex, I'm a reporter. I have everyone's number," Chloe threw over her shoulder. She smiled smugly to herself as she left the Talon.
Lana walked to Lex's table and set her tray down. "Did you just ask Chloe out on a date?" she asked amazed.
"I…I think so," Lex said dazed. All he could do was stare at the door Chloe had just exited through.