A/N : Okay, I know this story has been a little confusing but I've had positive feedback so I'm guessing you lot must like being confused!!! Ha ha!
Thanx for the latest reviews;
to purfectchild - glad you're enjoying the story
to Merrie - sorry for the confusion, but it keeps you reading, doesn't it?!
to Lrnd - sorry if it's getting a bit much for you but here are the last two chapters and you will finally see who Chloe chooses and how it all ends up
to Kristin - thanx for the encouragement, hope you like the way this story turns out
Okay, that's everything I need to say. Thankyou to all my reviewers (of all chapters), your support means a lot.
Anyway, here is the penultimate chapter.......
Disclaimer : My characters? As if!
Chloe's POV
Well, the fighting didn't get too out of hand but it continued, only not just between Lex and Clark...
When we got to Lex's I wondered if I should mention what had happened with Clark. 'Should I confess that I kissed Clark or confess that I know he knows or...' my mind was full of questions that only I could answer, but I baffled myself!
I told myself to be calm and sensible, I was a reporter after all, I just had to treat this like a reporters interview and everything would be fine.
"So, Lex, what have you been up to today?" I asked, as calmly as I could.
"Made a few deals, fired a few idiots and visited my extremely gorgeous girlfriend" he replied, coming towards me. I knew he planned to kiss me but I couldn't allow that. My head was enough of a mess already. If he kissed me, I knew there would be a complete meltdown of rational thoughts and it was important for me to sort this out first. I steered past him and walked over to the window. I gazed out at the view but continued to talk to him.
"Then later you visited Clark" I stated the obvious, just to see how he reacted.
"That's right" he said simply.
"What were you guys talking about?" I ventured, hoping he would tell me the truth so I could forgive him and this whole thing would be over with.
"Y'know, guy stuff"
Guy stuff?! I knew what that meant. Guy stuff is sport and girls, so technically he wasn't lying, he had been discussing a girl with Clark - me!
"That means girls then, anyone in particular?"
"This is beginning to sound dangerously like an interview, Miss Sullivan" he emphasised my name and not in a nice way. I turned to look at him.
"What's going on? What's with the interrogation?" he looked really mad and he was getting kind of loud. 'Why is he mad at me?' I thought, 'I'm the one who should be mad, he just threatened my best friend!' On the other hand I had to remember that I had kissed his best friend and that was the reason for the threats. I got mad anyway and that's when it all came out.
"This is not an interrogation, I was just asking! And if it was an interrogation could you really blame me?! I'm only trying to get the truth out of you and stop you lying to me!"
"Me, lying?!" he yelled at me. I felt sick but I kept going. It was like I couldn't stop myself.
"Yes, you! You saw me kissing Clark and you didn't say anything - then you threatened Clark about it!"
As soon as the words were out of my mouth I regretted them. I'd just admitted that I'd kissed Clark and that I'd lied too and furthermore, that I had listened in on Lex's conversation with Clark. Lex stared at me. I knew he was mad but so was I. We'd both done things wrong and I kind of hoped we could just forgive each other and call it quits. I did still love him and I wanted him to forgive me, but I still wondered how he could threaten Clark the way he did. They were supposed to be best friends.
Lex still stood staring, not saying a word. I was calmer now, so I began again.
"Lex, I'm sorry about what happened with Clark, it was a mistake and I should have come clean when it happened. I'm also sorry that I eavesdropped on you and Clark but there's one thing I have to know whether we are going to stay together or not, why did you threaten to hurt Clark?"
I swear I saw tears forming in his eyes as I spoke. I never thought I'd see the day when Lex Luthor cried, especially over something I had said or done, but it looked as though that may have been the day.
"Chloe, I accept your apology and I forgive you, I'd have forgiven you anyway. I love you and it doesn't matter if you don't feel the same way, I will always love you and there is nothing and no-one that can change that"
I suddenly realised I was crying. I wasn't sure whether it was sadness or joy that made the tears fall but they were definitely falling.
"And Clark?" I managed to say, barely above a whisper.
"I told you, nothing is going to stop me loving you, not even Clark" By now, he Lex was crying too. I remember thinking how pathetic we must have looked. Standing a few feet apart, staring at each other, both with tears running down our cheeks. I sniffed and spoke again, forcing my voice to have some kind of volume.
"Lex, I know you love me and I love you, believe me, I don't think I've ever loved anyone this much, not even Clark, but you have to control your temper, or this is never going to work out..." I fresh bout of tears stopped me saying anymore.
"I'm sorry" was all Lex could say. He walked over and put his arms around me. I hugged him tight and we both continued to cry, now more tears of joy than sadness.
After a few minutes, I pulled away.
"There's something I have to go and do now" I told Lex, who had also stopped crying now.
"What?" he asked softly.
"I have to go and tell Clark what I went to tell him before. That I love you and that I only want him as a friend"
Lex nodded.
"Okay, are you going now?" he asked me.
"No, we're going now!" I smiled, "I want you to apologise to him" I said with a little more confidence than I actually felt. He smiled at me and agreed it was I good idea.
"I'd do anything for you, Chloe" I kissed him on the lips and he held me tight, just like the first time we'd 'got together'. We parted and he left the room to go and fetch the car to take us to the Kent Farm.
I was incredibly happy, but I was still worried. What was going to happen when we saw Clark? Would he be angry, sad, shocked, upset. I didn't know but I was about to find out.
A/N : On to Chapter 15 if you want to find out too........
