A/N : Here we are on the final chapter. I am sad to end this fic really cos I have had so much fun writing it, but I'm out of ideas for it at the moment and I've got several other fic ideas that I am writing / am going to write now for Smallville and other stuff too. Thanx (for the last time in this fic) to my wonderful reviewers for chapter 15; Gemini, scifichick774, selua, Kristin, nana, Queen_of_Tact, kj, Merrie - you lot are the best, hope you all like the way this turns out, if your a true Chlexer, you should love it. Now on with the story...
Disclaimer : For the last time on this fic, these characters aren't mine!
"What are you doing?!" Lex yelled, as Chloe defiantly pulled herself over the side and balanced on the edge.
She was petrified and she really didn't want to die, but this was the only way she could make him see how much she loved him.
"If you're going, I'm going too" she told him, glancing between the water and his face. She seriously did not want to do this, but she couldn't think of any other way to make him come to his senses.
Before she could say or do anything else, Lex was safely back away from the edge and running over to her.
"I'm not letting you do this!" he told her, grabbing hold of her and lifting her back to safety. She looked up at him and smiled through her tears.
"I knew you wouldn't let me do that" she told him. "I knew you loved me"
"Of course I love you!" he said, wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"And I love you," she said, hugging him back, "and that's how I know you're not the bad person you think you are. If you were you wouldn't be capable of loving me and you wouldn't have felt guilty enough be on the edge of this brigde in the first place!"
Lex pulled away from her.
"You're an incredible person, Chloe, I wish I could see the world and the people in it the way you see them. I never wanted to be the bad guy I just wanted my father to love me..." he trailed off. The very thought of is father gave him a strange feeling of sadness, anger, guilt and pain.
"It's okay," Chloe told him, as if she knew exactly what he was feeling. "I understand, but your father's gone now Lex, and it was his own fault. All you have to do is make sure you don't become him in the future" Chloe was relieved to see a smile come to Lex's face.
"Somehow, I don't think you'd let that happen" he said.
"You got that right, Mr Luthor" she replied, with a playful giggle. His smile grew.
"Well, Miss Sullivan, in that case you're just going to have to marry me!"
Chloe was shocked, happy, but shocked. She couldn't think of anything to say so she just laughed and Lex wasn't sure whether he should be insulted or not. He gave her a hurt look which made her feel guilty.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Lex but I'm sixteen! We only got together two days ago! We haven't even had our first date yet! You can't be serious!" she tried to control her laughter and her surprise. She found it easier to stop laughing when Lex went own on one knee. This definitely wasn't a joke.
"Chloe, I love you more than I ever knew was possible and I know we haven't been together long and we don't know everything about each other but we do know that we love each other and you saved my life today. We can wait as long as you want but I need to know, will you marry me?" Lex was completely sincere. For the first time in his life, he was truly in love. He knew Chloe was the one he was meant to be with - forever.
This time, Chloe didn't laugh, she just smiled as she answered.
"Yes Lex, I love you and I will marry you!"
He leapt up and pulled his new fiancee in for a long kiss.
In the distance, a truck approached the bridge and the driver and passenger were surprised to see both Chloe and Lex's cars parked there. As they came closer, Jonothan and Clark saw the kissing couple right in the middle of the bridge.
"Stop the truck, Dad" Clark said to his father. He knew Lex couldn't have been guilty of the crimes he had blamed himself for but he was curious to know what had really happened.
"Hey Chloe! Hey Lex!" he called, bringing the couples focus off of each other and onto the owner of the voice.
"Hi Clark, how are you?" Lex asked, in a perfectly general and normal tone.
"I'm fine, you?" Clark replied, somewhat confused. Lex smiled at Chloe, who answered for him.
"We've never been better, Clark" she said, with a huge smile on her face. "And we'd love to stop and chat but my fiancé and I have some stuff to sort out" she added, emphasising the word fiancé. She grabbed hold of Lex's hand and pulled him towards their parked cars, leaving Clark standing alone, completely confused, but smiling.
Jonothan got out of the truck and came to stand behind his son.
"What's going on with those two?" he asked, as he and Clark watched Chloe and Lex kiss each other before climbing into their respective cars and driving away one behind the other.
"I don't know Dad," Clark said to his father, "it's just another one of Smallville's mysteries!"
A/N : Did you like that? I hope you did. I have a couple of ideas for new Smallville fics so watch out for a new story soon.