Chapter 12- Wake Up Call
When Lana took her turn at two o'clock she grinned when she saw all three guys asleep in various chairs around Chloe's bed. She walked quietly to Chloe's side. When she bent over Chloe she noticed a dark stain on the silk pillowcase.
"Chloe? Wake up," Lana said gently shaking her friend. "Guys! Pete, Clark, Lex!"
"Wha-" Pete said groggily.
"Lana?" Clark asked sitting up.
"What is it?" Lex asked waking up quickly.
"She's bleeding again," Lana told them.
Lex was at Chloe's side in second. "Chlo, you need to wake up."
Chloe moaned and opened her eyes. "Ohh, my head," she moaned.
Lex put his good arm under her and helped her sit up. "Clark, in the bathroom is antiseptic wash and towels. Will you get them?"
"Yeah," Clark said jogging out of the room.
"Pete, the fourth door on the right is a linen closet. Will you get a clean pillowcase?" Lex asked.
"Sure," Pete said leaving the room.
"What can I do?" Lana asked.
"Here," Lex said getting up. "Sit beside her while I wash her cut."
Lana took Lex's place beside Chloe. When she slipped her arm behind Chloe's back Chloe leaned into her gratefully.
When Clark and Pete came back Lex moved to take the towels and wash.
"I'll do it," Pete said taking the things from Clark. "You can't do it with one hand, Lex."
Lex nodded and Pete stood over Chloe. "This will hurt, Chlo," Pete warned before pouring the liquid over her head. Chloe gasped in pain and reached out for something to hold onto.
"Uhh…" Lana cried when Chloe latched onto her bandaged wrist.
"Lana!" Clark said rushing to her side. "Chloe let go."
"Sorry, Lan," Chloe said through the waves of pain.
"It's okay. You didn't mean to," Lana said wincing.
Lex picked up the bedside phone and pressed a button. "I need an icepack, a basin of water, and three clean towels in Miss Sullivan's room immediately," he said before setting the phone in its cradle.
Lex sat on the bed in front of Chloe and faced her. He picked up the towel Clark had brought and put it to the back of her head. Chloe moaned and lay forward, resting her head on his good shoulder.
"How's your shoulder?" Clark asked, changing the pillowcase.
"Fine," Lex said as the servant came in. "Put them on the table."
"Yes, sir."
Lex wet one of the towels and used it to wipe Chloe's head. He had never touched something so gently or with such tenderness before. "Lana, would you stay in here with Chloe the rest of the night? I want to keep an eye on your wrist. It would make me feel better if you girls stayed together."
Lana saw the hurt in his eyes and it made her want to hug him. "Of course, that way I can keep an eye on Chlo, too."
Clark helped Lana into bed. He pulled the covers up around her and laid a pillow on he stomach. "Lay your wrist down," Clark told her before setting the ice pack onto her wrist.
"Ooh, that's cold," Lana said.
"That's why they call it an icepack," Pete chimed in, trying to lighten the mood.
Lana laughed. "I guess you're right."
"Chloe, you're not bleeding anymore. Do you want to sleep?" Lex asked pulling Chloe away to look into her eyes.
"Please," Chloe replied.
Lex nodded and gently laid her back against the now-clean pillowcase. "You girls try to get some sleep, okay?"
"Mmm hmm," Chloe murmured closing her eyes.
"We will," Lana replied as Clark kissed her forehead.
When Lana took her turn at two o'clock she grinned when she saw all three guys asleep in various chairs around Chloe's bed. She walked quietly to Chloe's side. When she bent over Chloe she noticed a dark stain on the silk pillowcase.
"Chloe? Wake up," Lana said gently shaking her friend. "Guys! Pete, Clark, Lex!"
"Wha-" Pete said groggily.
"Lana?" Clark asked sitting up.
"What is it?" Lex asked waking up quickly.
"She's bleeding again," Lana told them.
Lex was at Chloe's side in second. "Chlo, you need to wake up."
Chloe moaned and opened her eyes. "Ohh, my head," she moaned.
Lex put his good arm under her and helped her sit up. "Clark, in the bathroom is antiseptic wash and towels. Will you get them?"
"Yeah," Clark said jogging out of the room.
"Pete, the fourth door on the right is a linen closet. Will you get a clean pillowcase?" Lex asked.
"Sure," Pete said leaving the room.
"What can I do?" Lana asked.
"Here," Lex said getting up. "Sit beside her while I wash her cut."
Lana took Lex's place beside Chloe. When she slipped her arm behind Chloe's back Chloe leaned into her gratefully.
When Clark and Pete came back Lex moved to take the towels and wash.
"I'll do it," Pete said taking the things from Clark. "You can't do it with one hand, Lex."
Lex nodded and Pete stood over Chloe. "This will hurt, Chlo," Pete warned before pouring the liquid over her head. Chloe gasped in pain and reached out for something to hold onto.
"Uhh…" Lana cried when Chloe latched onto her bandaged wrist.
"Lana!" Clark said rushing to her side. "Chloe let go."
"Sorry, Lan," Chloe said through the waves of pain.
"It's okay. You didn't mean to," Lana said wincing.
Lex picked up the bedside phone and pressed a button. "I need an icepack, a basin of water, and three clean towels in Miss Sullivan's room immediately," he said before setting the phone in its cradle.
Lex sat on the bed in front of Chloe and faced her. He picked up the towel Clark had brought and put it to the back of her head. Chloe moaned and lay forward, resting her head on his good shoulder.
"How's your shoulder?" Clark asked, changing the pillowcase.
"Fine," Lex said as the servant came in. "Put them on the table."
"Yes, sir."
Lex wet one of the towels and used it to wipe Chloe's head. He had never touched something so gently or with such tenderness before. "Lana, would you stay in here with Chloe the rest of the night? I want to keep an eye on your wrist. It would make me feel better if you girls stayed together."
Lana saw the hurt in his eyes and it made her want to hug him. "Of course, that way I can keep an eye on Chlo, too."
Clark helped Lana into bed. He pulled the covers up around her and laid a pillow on he stomach. "Lay your wrist down," Clark told her before setting the ice pack onto her wrist.
"Ooh, that's cold," Lana said.
"That's why they call it an icepack," Pete chimed in, trying to lighten the mood.
Lana laughed. "I guess you're right."
"Chloe, you're not bleeding anymore. Do you want to sleep?" Lex asked pulling Chloe away to look into her eyes.
"Please," Chloe replied.
Lex nodded and gently laid her back against the now-clean pillowcase. "You girls try to get some sleep, okay?"
"Mmm hmm," Chloe murmured closing her eyes.
"We will," Lana replied as Clark kissed her forehead.