Chapter 9- Party Time
"Chlo! Lex is here," Mr. Sullivan called to his daughter.
"Thanks, Dad! I'll be right there," Chloe called back. Chloe slipped her duster jacket over her tan shirt and black leather pants and half-ran down the hallway to meet Lex at the door.
"Hi," she said when she had opened the door.
"Wow! You look sensational," Lex said.
Chloe wagged her eyebrows at him with a grin. "Bye, Dad," she called picking up her overnight bag.
"Bye. See you tomorrow."
Lex's chauffeur opened the door for them and they climbed into the limo.
"You know, it takes at least five minutes to get to Pete's house," Chloe said suggestively. Chloe had convinced herself not to worry about who she was to Lex. She was just going to enjoy being anything to him.
"What will we do to pass the time?" Lex teased.
"I have an idea," Chloe said mischievously.
She wrapped her hand behind Lex's neck and pulled his head down for a kiss.
"Pushy," Lex teased, pulling back slightly.
"Who'd you think you were dealing with?" Chloe teased back.
Lex laughed and shook his head. "I didn't say it was a bad thing," he replied.
"Good," Chloe replied as they continued to kiss.
They didn't stop kissing until they reached Pete's house.
"I'll be right back," Lex said when the chauffeur opened the door.
Chloe laughed. "I'll do it. The sight of Lex Luthor stepping out of a limo might intimidate Mr. Ross," Chloe said her eyes twinkling.
"Good point," Lex said sitting back in defeat.
"Pete, let's go!" Chloe yelled opening the door.
"Hold on! I'm coming," Pete yelled from in the house. He grabbed his gym bag and jogged to the front door. "Wow," he said when he saw Chloe. "Are you rewarding Lex, or punishing Clark?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "You are so hilarious," she said sarcastically. "Let's go."
"Are we getting Lana or Clark next?" Pete asked after he was seated in the limo.
"Lana, then Clark," Lex replied.
"I don't hate you, Lex. It was your father who cheated us out of the creamed corn factory, not you," Pete explained.
"Thank you. I don't take it personally. You'd be amazed at how many people form opinions of me because of my father," Lex said.
Pete nodded as they pulled into Lana's driveway.
"Am I allowed to get Lana?" Lex asked Chloe.
Chloe chuckled. "Yes, you are."
"Lex Luthor asking permission? What was that about?" Pete asked.
"He was just trying to be cute," Chloe responded rolling her eyes and laughing one more time.
Lex slowly walked to the front door. Lana's aunt greeted him.
"Good afternoon Ms. Potter. I'm here to pick up Lana," Lex said.
"I'll get her," Nell said walking to the back of the house.
A moment later Lana came strolling to the front door.
"Lana, you look ravishing," Lex said taking in her black skirt, knee- high leather boots, and maroon velvet shirt.
"Thank you, Lex. Did you already pick up Pete and Chlo?" Lana asked grabbing her bag.
"They're in the limo," Lex replied escorting her down the stairs.
Lex politely turned away when Lana bent to enter the limo. After she had sat down, Lex climbed in to take his place next to Chloe.
"Hey, you guys," Lana said with a smile.
"Hey, Lana," Chloe replied as Lana sat next to Pete.
"Hey," Pete replied.
"Clark is our last stop," Lex said taking Chloe's hand.
Pete looked at Chloe. "Everything cool?"
"Yeah, as for now," Chloe replied with a smile. "Ooh. I have an idea," Chloe said. She leaned over to Lex and whispered in his ear.
"Fine with me," Lex told her.
"Lana, would Whitney like to come tonight?" Chloe asked. "I know he never really hangs out with us, but he might want to," Chloe finished with a shrug.
"He'd really appreciate the thought, but he and his mother went to Metropolis for the weekend," Lana replied.
"Maybe another time," Lex said as they pulled into the Kent's driveway. "I'll get Clark."
"No!" Chloe said startling her friends. "I'll do it. Be right back."
Chloe bounded up the front stairs and let herself into her best friend's house. "Clark? Where are you?" she called to the empty house.
"Up here," he called back from his room.
Chloe walked up the stairs and into Clark's room. "You gonna be okay tonight?" she asked.
"Yeah," Clark replied throwing his bag over his shoulder.
"Tonight, if you get upset or need to talk to me, just tell me," Chloe told him. Chloe wanted Clark to be able to talk to her if she was doing something that made him uncomfortable.
"I will, stop worrying. Let's go, everyone's waiting," Clark said walking down the stairs.
Chloe followed him, allowing him to step into the limo first. When Clark took the seat next to Lex Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Clark," she half-whined, half-warned.
"I'm kidding," Clark said with a grim, moving to sit next to Lana. "Lighten up."
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"I'll let everyone get settled in their rooms first," Lex said leading the group up a large staircase. "Dinner is at six forty-five. That gives everyone about half an hour. If we all meet at the bottom of the stairs at six forty-five, then I'll show you where the dining room is."
"Good. I would get hopelessly lost if I had to find it on my own," Lana exclaimed.
"It's not that hard once you go through it a couple of times," Clark told her.
"Pete, this will be your room," Lex said gesturing to a door. "Lana, yours is right next to it. There is an adjoining door between the two rooms, so be careful about which door you are opening."
Lana laughed, and Pete said, "Oh, I'll be careful."
"Pete!" Lana exclaimed with a laugh.
The group laughed before Lex went on. "Clark, this will be yours. Chloe, that's yours," Lex said gesturing towards two more doors. "They also have an adjoining door."
Lana narrowed her eyes at Chloe. Chloe laughed and mouthed, "I won't do anything."
"I wasn't worried about you," Lana mouthed back and the girls burst into laughter.
"So, that's everyone," Lex said choosing to ignore the girls outburst.
"Where's your room?" Chloe asked.
"Chloe!" Lana exclaimed.
"I didn't mean it that way, Lan. This is Lex's house, so if something happens we would need to be able to find him," Chloe said exasperated.
"That is a good point, though," Lex agreed. "Mine is the seventh on the left after Lana's."
Chloe rolled her eyes at Lana and the five friends went to their separate rooms to get ready for dinner.
Chloe shut her door and tossed her bag to the floor before throwing herself across the king-size bed. She felt exhausted from the prior week. Before she knew it she was fast asleep.
"Chlo! Lex is here," Mr. Sullivan called to his daughter.
"Thanks, Dad! I'll be right there," Chloe called back. Chloe slipped her duster jacket over her tan shirt and black leather pants and half-ran down the hallway to meet Lex at the door.
"Hi," she said when she had opened the door.
"Wow! You look sensational," Lex said.
Chloe wagged her eyebrows at him with a grin. "Bye, Dad," she called picking up her overnight bag.
"Bye. See you tomorrow."
Lex's chauffeur opened the door for them and they climbed into the limo.
"You know, it takes at least five minutes to get to Pete's house," Chloe said suggestively. Chloe had convinced herself not to worry about who she was to Lex. She was just going to enjoy being anything to him.
"What will we do to pass the time?" Lex teased.
"I have an idea," Chloe said mischievously.
She wrapped her hand behind Lex's neck and pulled his head down for a kiss.
"Pushy," Lex teased, pulling back slightly.
"Who'd you think you were dealing with?" Chloe teased back.
Lex laughed and shook his head. "I didn't say it was a bad thing," he replied.
"Good," Chloe replied as they continued to kiss.
They didn't stop kissing until they reached Pete's house.
"I'll be right back," Lex said when the chauffeur opened the door.
Chloe laughed. "I'll do it. The sight of Lex Luthor stepping out of a limo might intimidate Mr. Ross," Chloe said her eyes twinkling.
"Good point," Lex said sitting back in defeat.
"Pete, let's go!" Chloe yelled opening the door.
"Hold on! I'm coming," Pete yelled from in the house. He grabbed his gym bag and jogged to the front door. "Wow," he said when he saw Chloe. "Are you rewarding Lex, or punishing Clark?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "You are so hilarious," she said sarcastically. "Let's go."
"Are we getting Lana or Clark next?" Pete asked after he was seated in the limo.
"Lana, then Clark," Lex replied.
"I don't hate you, Lex. It was your father who cheated us out of the creamed corn factory, not you," Pete explained.
"Thank you. I don't take it personally. You'd be amazed at how many people form opinions of me because of my father," Lex said.
Pete nodded as they pulled into Lana's driveway.
"Am I allowed to get Lana?" Lex asked Chloe.
Chloe chuckled. "Yes, you are."
"Lex Luthor asking permission? What was that about?" Pete asked.
"He was just trying to be cute," Chloe responded rolling her eyes and laughing one more time.
Lex slowly walked to the front door. Lana's aunt greeted him.
"Good afternoon Ms. Potter. I'm here to pick up Lana," Lex said.
"I'll get her," Nell said walking to the back of the house.
A moment later Lana came strolling to the front door.
"Lana, you look ravishing," Lex said taking in her black skirt, knee- high leather boots, and maroon velvet shirt.
"Thank you, Lex. Did you already pick up Pete and Chlo?" Lana asked grabbing her bag.
"They're in the limo," Lex replied escorting her down the stairs.
Lex politely turned away when Lana bent to enter the limo. After she had sat down, Lex climbed in to take his place next to Chloe.
"Hey, you guys," Lana said with a smile.
"Hey, Lana," Chloe replied as Lana sat next to Pete.
"Hey," Pete replied.
"Clark is our last stop," Lex said taking Chloe's hand.
Pete looked at Chloe. "Everything cool?"
"Yeah, as for now," Chloe replied with a smile. "Ooh. I have an idea," Chloe said. She leaned over to Lex and whispered in his ear.
"Fine with me," Lex told her.
"Lana, would Whitney like to come tonight?" Chloe asked. "I know he never really hangs out with us, but he might want to," Chloe finished with a shrug.
"He'd really appreciate the thought, but he and his mother went to Metropolis for the weekend," Lana replied.
"Maybe another time," Lex said as they pulled into the Kent's driveway. "I'll get Clark."
"No!" Chloe said startling her friends. "I'll do it. Be right back."
Chloe bounded up the front stairs and let herself into her best friend's house. "Clark? Where are you?" she called to the empty house.
"Up here," he called back from his room.
Chloe walked up the stairs and into Clark's room. "You gonna be okay tonight?" she asked.
"Yeah," Clark replied throwing his bag over his shoulder.
"Tonight, if you get upset or need to talk to me, just tell me," Chloe told him. Chloe wanted Clark to be able to talk to her if she was doing something that made him uncomfortable.
"I will, stop worrying. Let's go, everyone's waiting," Clark said walking down the stairs.
Chloe followed him, allowing him to step into the limo first. When Clark took the seat next to Lex Chloe rolled her eyes.
"Clark," she half-whined, half-warned.
"I'm kidding," Clark said with a grim, moving to sit next to Lana. "Lighten up."
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"I'll let everyone get settled in their rooms first," Lex said leading the group up a large staircase. "Dinner is at six forty-five. That gives everyone about half an hour. If we all meet at the bottom of the stairs at six forty-five, then I'll show you where the dining room is."
"Good. I would get hopelessly lost if I had to find it on my own," Lana exclaimed.
"It's not that hard once you go through it a couple of times," Clark told her.
"Pete, this will be your room," Lex said gesturing to a door. "Lana, yours is right next to it. There is an adjoining door between the two rooms, so be careful about which door you are opening."
Lana laughed, and Pete said, "Oh, I'll be careful."
"Pete!" Lana exclaimed with a laugh.
The group laughed before Lex went on. "Clark, this will be yours. Chloe, that's yours," Lex said gesturing towards two more doors. "They also have an adjoining door."
Lana narrowed her eyes at Chloe. Chloe laughed and mouthed, "I won't do anything."
"I wasn't worried about you," Lana mouthed back and the girls burst into laughter.
"So, that's everyone," Lex said choosing to ignore the girls outburst.
"Where's your room?" Chloe asked.
"Chloe!" Lana exclaimed.
"I didn't mean it that way, Lan. This is Lex's house, so if something happens we would need to be able to find him," Chloe said exasperated.
"That is a good point, though," Lex agreed. "Mine is the seventh on the left after Lana's."
Chloe rolled her eyes at Lana and the five friends went to their separate rooms to get ready for dinner.
Chloe shut her door and tossed her bag to the floor before throwing herself across the king-size bed. She felt exhausted from the prior week. Before she knew it she was fast asleep.