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Chapter 28: You're never alone.  (Epilogue).

Lex walked down the beach with Chloe's hand in his, she had just graduated and he had brought her to Barbados as a gift.  The sun beat down and he was happier than he had been in years.  Ever since his father's death nearly a year ago, the company had grown stronger, he'd even renamed it LexCorp to remove the association with Lionel.  As he and Chloe walked he heard a voice that sounded familiar, he looked around to see a young woman being chased by a guy about her age, she was laughing and shrieking and, Lex realised too late, headed straight for them.  She blasted into the young lovers and all three hit the floor followed within moments by the guy who'd been chasing her.

"I'm sorry."  She said breathlessly as she got up.  "I don't know why I don't just ring a bell so people can hear me coming."

"That's alright."  Chloe said brightly, she looked at the girl and smiled.  "I'm Chloe and this is Lex."

"Cat and Danny."  She said indicating herself and the young man.  "Pleased to meet you."

"Well, maybe we'll bump into each other again sometime."  Lex said, with a trademark smirk.

"I doubt it."  She replied returning the smirk.  "C'mon, I'll race you to the bar."  She said to her companion.  They raced off again pushing each other in an attempt to be the winner.

Lex sighed.

"She looks happy, and at least you know where she is if you ever want to contact her."  Chloe said taking his hand and starting to walk.

"The only family I have just pretended we'd never met.  I can't help but feel lonely and rejected."  He said, regret playing at the edge of his voice.

"What did you expect Lex, a big tearful reunion?  She's not like that, she's a Luthor, and Bruce found that out to his cost, as did Lionel.  I'm not an idiot I know he did what the Roman generals used to do."

"Oh.  I thought you might blame yourself for it."

"Why, it was all his own fault?"

"I know but she just avoided me, we were close and it was all a lie, she told me that you know.  It's me, she hates me, just like Dad."  Lex looked angry.

"It's not you per se, it's that she probably doesn't want to think about what happened, it must have hurt that her father only wanted to use her as a whore.  She had a pretty weird relationship with most of her family, maybe she just figures they're more trouble than they're worth."  Chloe stopped and embraced him warmly.  "Anyway, how can you say you're lonely when you have me?  If you don't start appreciating me, I'll have to find another millionaire playboy to seduce."  She said, starting down the beach again.

"Will it be the swing dance technique again?"  He asked catching her up.

"Well it worked with the last one."  She replied as he took her hand again.

"I'd better get you back to the hotel and 'appreciate' you then hadn't I?"

"It'd be an idea." 

He grabbed her and lifted her into a passionate kiss, before throwing her over his shoulder and carrying her in the direction of the hotel, while she giggled and hit him playfully trying to get him to put her down.

From the bar the young girl watched them, a rueful smile on her lips.

"You alright?"  Asked her companion.

"Fine."  She replied snapping out of her thoughts.

"You don't know them do you?"  He asked.

"No."  She said.  "They remind me of people I knew once."

"Any one important?"

"No, just people."  She turned and went back into the bar. 

Fin.

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I hope you all liked the story, I know there wasn't much Chlexiness, but as I wrote it took a different slant than I intended.  I thought about several different endings, in a couple Catherine ended up evil, others she gave up business, but I felt that she should always walk away from Lex and what he represents.  I thought that both Lex and Catherine should end up in the same situation. 

I'm currently working on some more fic, and it should be up soon.

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