A/N : And here's the tenth chap.
Disclaimer : Guess what? Yes, that's right - they're still not mine!
Chloe's POV
I knew what school was going to be like before I even got there. Clark and Lana were at last a couple and the sickly sweetness of the whole affair made me wanna puke. No, I wasn't jealous of Lana, let's face it, if I wanted Clark I would still have him, but all this lovey-dovey stuff makes me nauseous.
The only decent conversation I got at school was with Pete, who told me how Clark had gone to the Talon (straight from my house, I guess) and confessed his undying love for Lana. This is when Little Miss Pom-Poms finally let the whole 'being there for Whitney' thing go and actually admitted she liked Clark too - at last! I think I was the only one who could see it. Clark was oblivious, evidently or he wouldn't have given up on the fairytale and gone out with me, his second best girl. Pete didn't see it either and he's usually pretty quick on the up-take. I guess it must have been female intuition along with the fact that liking Clark was the one thing Lana and I had in common.
Anyway, after school I went straight to Lex's mansion, desperate to avoid the Clark and Lana tongue-fest that seemed to be an all day event! I needed someone to notice me for a change, yes, I admit I was feeling left out but not because I was jealous and because I wanted Clark, I just wanted someone for me. That's the only thing that completely sucked about being with Lex - not being able to be with him. At school it was like all these little couples stuck together like glue so they kind of became one entity. There was Clark-and-Lana, and Pete-and-Erica, but it was only out of school that there could be a Chloe-and-Lex and even then being seen in public was a little risky. I knew my Dad would flip when he found out I'd dropped the farm boy and started going out with the millionaire's son who just happened to be his boss! Luckily when this all started he was out of town, giving me a few days to think of a way of telling him. Clark obviously knew about us and therefore, by default, Lana knew too. I had a hell of a time explaining it to Pete, as his hate for anyone named Luthor seems to over-ride any other thoughts, feelings and emotions he might normally. But I eventually convinced him that Lex made me happy and he just said;
"Well maybe Lex isn't as bad as his father" which I think was his way of accepting my new boyfriend.
So, from Lex's we went to the Talon. He'd had a hard day too, although he admitted he hadn't done an awful lot of work.
"Why not?" I asked him
"My mind was kind of pre-occupied" he told me, as he leant over and kissed me.
"I know what you mean" I replied as he moved away again.
We both needed caffeine and seeing as Lex owned the Talon it seemed like the perfect place to go. Unfortunately the dreaded Clark-and-Lana were there, still swapping saliva and fawning over each other. Don't get me wrong, love is a wonderful thing and there is nothing wrong with displaying your affection, even in public, but there are limits and these guys were going way above and beyond them!
"Hey, Clark!" I called, in an attempt to tear him away from the wondrous Miss Lang.
"Hey Chloe! Hi Lex!" he called back, then he turned his attention back to his newly acquired girlfriend. He was sitting on a stool by the counter and between fetching and carrying trays, Lana leant on said counter, sometimes talking to him, mostly kissing him. Lex suggested we go and join them and, like a sucker, I agreed to it.
It was pretty cool actually, watching Clark's gaze move over to me when he noticed Lex's arm around me. I'm not saying he was jealous, but it was probably just as weird for him to see me with my new guy as it was for me to see him with his new gal.
Between the four of us, we managed a half-decent conversation without anyone crying, yelling or hitting each other and that was quite an achievement, given the events of the last few days.
But there was something in the make of my mind that bothered me. This little voice that would not quit. It was like something was telling me to worry, to stay on my guard. I didn't know what I was meant to be concern me but evidently something was.
Something was going to happen, I just knew it and, unfortunately I didn't think it was going to be something good.
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