Author's Note: This story continues when Chloe has moved to Metropolis, 4
years after Smallville. She is still friends with Clark but they don't see
each other often. Nothing has happened with Lex…yet.
The dimly lit Metropolis street seemed perfectly to go with my dismal mood. I couldn't help but wonder why I had left Smallville, I had friends there, real friends. I totally ruined it for myself by following my dumb reporter dream. A car zoomed pass, my eyes remotely darting to it and back to the street ground. It reversed, probably a desperate guy with nothing better to do than drink and whistle at lonely girls.
"Chloe? Chloe Sullivan?" I heard a masculine voice call at me from the car. I looked up, then remembered that flashy silver car. How could I forget the man that drove it, he gave me courage everyday.
"You remember my name, Lex?" I asked sarcastically, smiling at him through the window of his car.
"Of course Chloe Sullivan…get in you look like you need a ride," he said, matter-of-factly.
"Okay, sure," I moved around to the opposite side of the car. I jumped in; boy was it cold outside.
He smirked that Luthor smirk that everybody who knew him knew. "You've definitely changed Chloe Sullivan."
"Oh, you mean the hair, long? Don't you think it suits me, I don't give off that dumb blonde aura, do I?" I smirked. I was freezing, though. God was it cold!
"You could never give off a dumb blonde aura, Chloe," I could see him sense my shivers, "Cold?" He said tossing a suit jack to me.
"Thanks, you always were the thoughtful type," I said sardonically.
"Look at that, my favorite Metropolis coffee shop and still open! However did I manage to drive this way? Want to get a drink?" Lex said, calmly.
"Why the hell not?" I threw up my arms trying to be funny. He laughed, success!
"When did little Miss Sullivan start using language like that?" Lex smirked, you gotta love that smirk.
"Since I moved to Metropolis, when did Mr. Luthor start taking his plant manager's daughter out for coffee?" I retorted.
"You win Chloe! Glad to see the personality hasn't changed, that's what I've always loved about you. Feisty Chloe Sullivan."
I smiled, he had me pegged all right, but he changed from day to day. Always a different mood, personality; still the same Lex.
"So Luthor, what are your intentions for tonight," I asked, half- expecting him ignore me. Instead he turned to me, as we were outside the café, and kissed me.
"Just to make sure what I have waited for all these years is still the same person I knew in Smallville."
"Lex, you know you don't have to put on an act for me, just to make me happy…you know right?"
"Of course I do Chloe Sullivan, but this is no act. I'll admit it…I've wanted you since the moment I saw you." He smiled, not smirked. It was the first time I had ever really seen a Luthor smile.
"Oh Luthor, you always knew how to treat a girl right." We sat down in a quiet corner table.
"So Chloe, why the change?" Lex stated, while looking me over, very thoroughly.
"A change, I didn't want to be known as the little reporter girl from Smallville anymore." I sighed. "Do you ever want to just change your identity completely, Lex?"
"Every single minute of my life." He said quietly. "But I like your change, definitely more…Metropolis."
"I was always a city girl at heart, I grew up here, I love it here." I smiled, happily.
"Same for me. So, how about Clark, have you seen him, he's definitely the small town boy."
"As I've said once before, you can take the boy from the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy. And yes, I've seen him occasionally."
"I knew all you wanted in Smallville was to be noticed in a certain way by that farm boy, he never saw the Chloe I do." Lex closed his eyes. I touched his arm gently with my hand.
"I always wanted the attention from you Lex." I said. Oh stupid me, I'll probably scare him away, right when we get like this.
"Chloe…you were still so young, then. I was attracted to you I just couldn't find a way to approach you. I just didn't think things could work out between us, you know."
"There were some obstacles Lex. But we don't have any obstacles now…" I leaned over and pressed my lips to his, this time he kissed me back. It was better than any other experience I had ever felt before. It was like magic. We drank our coffee and chatted about what I had missed.
"I have to get you home Chloe, it's almost midnight," he said.
"What's the rush Mr. Luthor?" I smiled.
"No rush," he said smoothly, "Just thought you might be needing to get home."
"I'm a big girl now Lex. I don't have a curfew."
"You definitely are grown up Chloe." We left the coffee place later; he drove me to my apartment. I asked him if he wanted to come up but he politely declined and asked for my phone number instead. I willingly wrote it on his hand. He said goodbye and so did I. Lex then kissed me on the cheek and jumped in his car. I waved but I couldn't see his response through the black tinted windows. I walked up to my small apartment and dropped on my bed, smiling like a fool in love.
TBC…
The dimly lit Metropolis street seemed perfectly to go with my dismal mood. I couldn't help but wonder why I had left Smallville, I had friends there, real friends. I totally ruined it for myself by following my dumb reporter dream. A car zoomed pass, my eyes remotely darting to it and back to the street ground. It reversed, probably a desperate guy with nothing better to do than drink and whistle at lonely girls.
"Chloe? Chloe Sullivan?" I heard a masculine voice call at me from the car. I looked up, then remembered that flashy silver car. How could I forget the man that drove it, he gave me courage everyday.
"You remember my name, Lex?" I asked sarcastically, smiling at him through the window of his car.
"Of course Chloe Sullivan…get in you look like you need a ride," he said, matter-of-factly.
"Okay, sure," I moved around to the opposite side of the car. I jumped in; boy was it cold outside.
He smirked that Luthor smirk that everybody who knew him knew. "You've definitely changed Chloe Sullivan."
"Oh, you mean the hair, long? Don't you think it suits me, I don't give off that dumb blonde aura, do I?" I smirked. I was freezing, though. God was it cold!
"You could never give off a dumb blonde aura, Chloe," I could see him sense my shivers, "Cold?" He said tossing a suit jack to me.
"Thanks, you always were the thoughtful type," I said sardonically.
"Look at that, my favorite Metropolis coffee shop and still open! However did I manage to drive this way? Want to get a drink?" Lex said, calmly.
"Why the hell not?" I threw up my arms trying to be funny. He laughed, success!
"When did little Miss Sullivan start using language like that?" Lex smirked, you gotta love that smirk.
"Since I moved to Metropolis, when did Mr. Luthor start taking his plant manager's daughter out for coffee?" I retorted.
"You win Chloe! Glad to see the personality hasn't changed, that's what I've always loved about you. Feisty Chloe Sullivan."
I smiled, he had me pegged all right, but he changed from day to day. Always a different mood, personality; still the same Lex.
"So Luthor, what are your intentions for tonight," I asked, half- expecting him ignore me. Instead he turned to me, as we were outside the café, and kissed me.
"Just to make sure what I have waited for all these years is still the same person I knew in Smallville."
"Lex, you know you don't have to put on an act for me, just to make me happy…you know right?"
"Of course I do Chloe Sullivan, but this is no act. I'll admit it…I've wanted you since the moment I saw you." He smiled, not smirked. It was the first time I had ever really seen a Luthor smile.
"Oh Luthor, you always knew how to treat a girl right." We sat down in a quiet corner table.
"So Chloe, why the change?" Lex stated, while looking me over, very thoroughly.
"A change, I didn't want to be known as the little reporter girl from Smallville anymore." I sighed. "Do you ever want to just change your identity completely, Lex?"
"Every single minute of my life." He said quietly. "But I like your change, definitely more…Metropolis."
"I was always a city girl at heart, I grew up here, I love it here." I smiled, happily.
"Same for me. So, how about Clark, have you seen him, he's definitely the small town boy."
"As I've said once before, you can take the boy from the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy. And yes, I've seen him occasionally."
"I knew all you wanted in Smallville was to be noticed in a certain way by that farm boy, he never saw the Chloe I do." Lex closed his eyes. I touched his arm gently with my hand.
"I always wanted the attention from you Lex." I said. Oh stupid me, I'll probably scare him away, right when we get like this.
"Chloe…you were still so young, then. I was attracted to you I just couldn't find a way to approach you. I just didn't think things could work out between us, you know."
"There were some obstacles Lex. But we don't have any obstacles now…" I leaned over and pressed my lips to his, this time he kissed me back. It was better than any other experience I had ever felt before. It was like magic. We drank our coffee and chatted about what I had missed.
"I have to get you home Chloe, it's almost midnight," he said.
"What's the rush Mr. Luthor?" I smiled.
"No rush," he said smoothly, "Just thought you might be needing to get home."
"I'm a big girl now Lex. I don't have a curfew."
"You definitely are grown up Chloe." We left the coffee place later; he drove me to my apartment. I asked him if he wanted to come up but he politely declined and asked for my phone number instead. I willingly wrote it on his hand. He said goodbye and so did I. Lex then kissed me on the cheek and jumped in his car. I waved but I couldn't see his response through the black tinted windows. I walked up to my small apartment and dropped on my bed, smiling like a fool in love.
TBC…