A/N : Thanx to Merrie, Kristin and scifichick774 for reviewing and I don't mean to go on about it but can I please remind everyone that reviews are nice for writers to get and they are helpful too cos then I know if you lot all like where the story is going or not. That's all I have to say for now so on with the story...
Disclaimer : WB and DC Comics own all the characters - I only own the plot !
"Mrs Kent, is Clark there?" Chloe tried hard not to cry on the phone.
"I'm sorry, Chloe, he's gone out with is father. Is everything okay? You sound a little panicked" came the reply.
"No," Chloe lied, "Everything's fine, I'll call him later"
Martha was not even given a chance to say goodbye, before Chloe hung up the phone. If Clark wasn't around, that meant it was up to her to be the saviour today.
She grabbed her bag and her jacket from the chair that she had flung them on and ran down the stairs, towards the front door.
"Chloe? Where are you going, honey?" Gabe Sullivan called to his daughter from the living room.
"Er, I'm just popping out Daddy, I won't be long"
Before he could say anything else, he heard the front door slam and the sound of Chloe driving away - in his car! 'That'll teach me to leave my keys on the table in the hall' he told himself. He didn't mind Chloe borrowing the car, since hers had been wrecked in her accident, but he wouldn't have minded being asked!
Out on the road, Chloe's mind was in a frenzy. She was crying and the road was going in and out of focus. She knew she had to calm down. Last time she'd driven in a state like this she had landed herself with a two week stay at Smallville General. She checked her speed, blinked hard and concentrated. She had to get to the Luthor house in one piece if she was going to save Lex from himself.
'Come on Chloe, it's up to you to save him, you have to concentrate' she told herself, and with this in mind she found she could stay calm enough to make it to the mansion. She leapt out of the car, barely stopping to turn off the ignition. She ran to the front door and knocked.
"I need to see Lex!" she yelled as soon as the door opened.
"The young Mr Luthor," she was informed, by an annoyingly well-spoken man "is not at home"
Chloe wasn't sure whether to believe him or not.
"This is important" she told him, "I have to find him, so if he's here tell me, even if he's told you not to" she was hysterical by now, tears waterfalled down her cheek and she had no way of stopping them.
"Really, madam," the man remained calm, "Mr Luthor is not at home. He has gone driving in his Ferrari" and with that the man closed the door.
Chloe ran back to her car. If Lex had gone out in the Ferrari he could get to anywhere and he could get there fast. If she thought about it, she knew the odds of finding him were less than good, but she had to try, she just had to. She racked her brains to try and think of where he might go if he really wanted to......do what he implied he was going to do. Then it came to her.
The bridge.
Lex's car had gone over the bridge almost a year ago and he would have been dead if it weren't for Clark. He could have died then. Now, that was what he wanted, so it made sense that he would go back there. Chloe turned the car around and headed for the bridge, hoping against hope that she would get there in time.
Lex stood high up above the river. His car was parked right next to the bridge and whilst he stood in the centre of the structure, peering down into the murky water. The river had almost taken his life before, but he wasn't ready then. Now he was ready, ready to let go and give in. He hadn't planned it this way. When he left the house he was just going to keep driving. Just keep driving right off the bridge and into the water, but something had stopped him. Nothing physical, but something emotional. He couldn't stop thinking about Chloe. He kept wondering if she would care when he was gone. After what he had told her, he figured she probably wouldn't. His life had meant nothing, his death would mean less, he thought as he began to pull himself up onto the edge of the bridge.
"Lex, please don't do this" he heard a voice. Was he dreaming? Hallucinating?
"Please Lex, don't leave me just when I've realised how much I need you - how much I love you"
Lex turned to see the owner of the voice, but without moving away from the edge.
"Chloe..." he said quietly, "how did you know where I was?"
"I don't know, but I think, my heart led me here" she told him, "because I love you"
There was silence now. Lex still stood, precariously close to the edge of the bridge, contemplating his next move as Chloe looked on, not daring to move any closer for fear she would cause him to fall. Physically, there was only a few feet between them, but it might as well have been miles. She couldn't help him unless he wanted to be helped, so she had to convince him his life was worth living, and she only had one chance to get it right.
A/N : On the edge of your seats yet? If you wanna see more please review so I know it, and I'll post more soon. (Just two chapters to go after this one, I think)