A/N: Okay, since chapter 3 is so short I have posted chapter 4 too. Hope you enjoy both chapters.
Thanx to rainyday88, Clexian Kismet and Clowreed for the new reviews. Just to clear up a point for Clexian Kismet, the kiss at the end of Chapter 2 was Chloe/Lex not Chloe/Clark.
Anyway, on with the show............and don't forget to review, please!
Our romantic entanglement was interrupted by the return of the footsteps and a voice. We kept very still and listened, our arms still around each other.
"Chloe!" the voice called my name. "Chloe, Lex, it's okay, you can come out. Where are you?"
It was Clark. I felt more guilty than I ever thought possible. I practically jumped out of Lex's grip and stepped as far back from him as I could. He didn't say a word, but he shot me a look that said it all.
The handle of the door began to move.
"Chloe, are you in there?" Clark called to me. I managed to find my voice and told him, yes, we were in there and that we were okay. Lex unlocked the door, still without saying a word to me or to Clark.
The door opened and Clark threw his arms around me. I faked a smile.
"Hey, how did you know we were in there?" I asked. He said, quietly, that he'd heard a noise - what had he heard? We weren't exactly talking in there! I didn't ask, it didn't matter.
It was weird, the way he held me, after Lex. He held me tight but it didn't feel the same, honestly, it didn't feel as good anymore. I glanced at Lex and he seemed to flinch as he was forced to watch Clark hold me as his own. I thank God he didn't kiss me, Clark I mean, I think Lex would have died.
As Clark finally let go of me, I noticed Lana behind him.
"Hey, Lana, are you okay? Only we kind of panicked when we heard you scream!"
Lana just looked at her feet and blushed so I looked to Clark for an answer. He stifled a smile as he explained.
"There was a spider in the bathroom and it gave Lana a fright".
I tried to hide behind Clark, away from Lana's view as a fit of giggles was determined to break out of me. One look at Lex made me serious again. He looked pained, seeing me so close to Clark. He did not even smile at the 'Lana and the spider' story.
He opened his mouth to speak and I was petrified that he was going to tell Clark the truth about what had happened but he didn't. He explained that we'd hidden because we had heard footsteps and shadows and, after Lana's scream, it had worried us. As it turned out, Clark was guilty of scaring us. It as him who made the shadows and the footsteps as he came to look for us, after 'rescuing' Lana.
The mystery was over, the storm had passed and it was getting late, so Clark and I, along with a very red Miss Lang, decided it was time to leave the Luthor Mansion. The last thing I saw before I left was Lex's face, and I knew that look of pain in his eyes would stay with me forever.
