A/N : Nothing much to say here so, here's chapter 7...

Disclaimer : No, still not my characters!

"So," Clark changed the subject "who's your room-mate?" he asked gesturing towards the empty bed next to Chloe's own.

"You won't believe this, Lex Luthor!" Chloe grinned. Clark looked worried and somewhat ashamed.

"Is he okay. I've spent so much time with Lana I had no idea you two were in here. What happened to him?"

"Clark, calm down" Chloe urged him, "I'm okay, Lex is okay. Lana was the most injured out of all of us, she probably needed you more. Besides, I was pretty out of it until this morning. Lex isn't too badly damaged, I think he's probably only been kept here this long because he had a head injury, for observations and stuff"

As if on cue, Lex entered the room.

"Hey, glad to see your awake again" he smiled at Chloe as he came in, "You know you missed a great lunch" he added sarcastically.

"Lex, look who finally came to visit" Chloe smiled back as Clark stood up and faced his friend.

"Clark, long time no see" Lex continued to smile as he made his way over to his bed and sat down.

"What happened to you?" Clark wanted to know, but Lex didn't want to talk about it. He didn't even want to think about it and he had found not thinking about it easier since his time with Chloe.

"I'm fine Clark, just a bump on the head. Where have you been all this time? I mean your friend here's good company but man she sleeps a lot" he joked.

Chloe let out a girly giggle and immediately felt embarrassed about it. She was not a girly girl, like Lana or the cheerleaders, she was a reporter, she was sensible but Lex just seemed to have this effect on her recently. It had been a couple of days since she'd come round and over those two days she and Lex had talked, laughed, she'd never seen him so relaxed and despite the fact she was in a hospital, she found she was relaxed too. She held Lex responsible for her happiness, but she didn't tell him that.

As Chloe sat, dreamily thinking about Lex, Clark was explaining about Lana and why he hadn't visited his friends sooner. Lex said he was sorry about Lana's condition and obviously he was glad she was now awake. A few minutes later, after a general friendly chat, Clark said he should be getting home. Jonathan, his father had got caught out in the storm and although he wasn't very badly hurt, the doctors had told him to rest up and now Lana was conscious and Whitney had returned, Clark could get back to the farm and help his mother.

When Clark had gone, Lex turned to talk to Chloe.

"So how are things with you two?" It was a bit of a personal question, Lex knew that, but he and Chloe had got closer over the last two days so he dared to ask it.

"There is no 'us two' Clark likes Lana and we agreed to be just friends" Chloe said, more cheerily than Lex would have expected her to be.

"And you're okay?" he checked.

"Absolutely. I guess I realised that Clarks a good friend but he's not who I want to be with. I s'pose I finally managed to see there were more guys out there than just Clark" Chloe said, only slightly hinting that she meant Lex. He smiled at her and she wasn't sure whether he'd really caught her meaning or not. For just a moment, there was silence as the two just looked and smiled. It was Lex who decided to break the silence, and the moment. He was a little uncomfortable with the feelings he was starting to have for Chloe. She was only sixteen after all and with her father being his employee it could all get a bit complicated, but it didn't stop him feeling drawn to her.

"Anyway," he said, deciding to change the subject completely, "I am out of here tomorrow" Unfortunately, this did not change the subject quite as much as he'd hoped.

"Oh," Chloe sighed, "I'm going to miss you"

Lex felt himself blush and so turned to face the window instead of Chloe.

"Yeah, well, it'll be weird to go home after spending like a week here, with you" he wanted to say so much more to her, like the fact that he was going to miss her too, that he liked her, that he thought maybe he was falling in love with her, but he didn't know where to begin. He knew he had to say something and for once in his life he had to be honest. He took a deep breath and turned to face Chloe again.

"Chloe, I..."

A/N : Okay, okay, calm down! I know it's a major cliffhanger but hey, I'm just mean like that. Let's make a deal - the more reviews I get on these two chapters the faster I will update! It's up to you lot now - so how eager are you to find out what he says...???