A/N : Back to Chloe's POV for Chapter 8.
Disclaimer : No, still not mine!Chloe's POV
I was glad Lex had called me and warned me Clark was going to come and see me. It gave me time to calm down and prepare what I was going to say. I was glad to hear that Lex had managed to talk some sense into Clark, make him see that he and I were not meant to ne together but maybe me and Lex were.
I knew, as I hung up the phone from Lex, that I had less than half an hour before Clark would show up. I tried to think of soething sensible to say, something like an apology or explaination but it seems Lex had akready done all that. He told me he'd explained that we wanted to be together and that neither of us menat to hurt anyone. It was the truyth and Clark had excepted it, but I still felt guilty, like I'd betrayed him.
Whatever happened next, mine an Clarks' relatonship would never be the same again, I knew that. For years we had been best friends, then I'd tarted to get crush on him. I thought I was in love with him, but I was wrong, I even managed to convince him he was in love with me, but it was too late. Within two weeks of our first date, I had experienced real love, I'd fallen for Lex. Now I thought, maybe Clark had realsied he wasnt in love with me either, it was better that way, it made me feel a little better, bt not much.
I heard a knocking sound and came out of my thoughts to see Clark tapping on the window. I opened the door and let hi in, in silence. He smiled at me, but all I could do was apologise.
"Clark, I really am sorry, I just..."
"It's okay, I understand. Lex expalined it to me and I realised that although we love each other we were never in love, were we?"
I shook my head. Tears ran down my face, I don't know why. I guess it was releof that the lies were over and that Clark had forgiven me but it might have been something else too. I'd wanted Clark for so long and when I finally got him, I let him go, it seemed ridiculous really, but I did love Lex.
"I wanted to tell you," Clark started to speak again, "I'm going to go and see Lana next. It's about time she knew how I felt"
I smiled. Now I had Lex, why shouldn't Clark have Lana. It was perfect. Except for Whitney, but joining the Marines was bound to change him, he might not even want Lana anymore and long distance relationships were complicated enough anyway.
"Do you mind?" he asked. I fought back more tears, still unsure why I cared so much about whether Clark asked out Lana or not.
"No, of course not, I'm going out to, to see Lex" I said, quietly. He was smiling now.
"You wanna walk together"
"No!" I said too quickly and abruptly. I couldn't be around Clark for a while, I needed to be on my own or with Lex, but not with Clark, not now.
"No" I repeated, more subtly this time, "You go, I'm gonna be a few minutes" I managed a smile, and so did Clark.
"Okay, I'm gonna go then" he sighed.
"Okay, I'll see you later" I called as he left.
I did love Lex, but part of me ached at the thought of Clark and Lana, together. There was only one thing I wanted to do.
I cleaned myself up, fixed my make-up, and did something with my hair, then I left for the Luthor mansion.
When I got there, I was surprised at how calm I was considering what I was about to do. The doorman let me in and took me to Lex's office. As I came in, he was standing by the window, looking out over the town. He turned as he heard me enter.
"Chloe, I didn't know you were coming. Did you talk to Clark?" The wound on his head did not look as bad now, in fact now he had been cleaned up, you'd hardly know Lex had been on the receiving end of Clarks fist at all.
"Yes, Lex, I've seen Clark, but that's not why I'm here. There's something I need to say..."
A/N : Ha ha! How mean am I leaving a cliffhanger like that! Don't worry, chapter 9 isn't far away - watch this space - don't forget, if you review I might post chapter 9 quicker!!!
