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This chapter is a bit short so I'm posting two chapters at once.

Now sit back, relax and enjoy some more Chlex...

(Disclaimer : see chapter 1)

Chloe knocked Lex to the ground before turning back to yell at him, but she changed her mind when she realised he wasn't moving.

"Lex?" she said, leaning over him, "Are you okay?" She really hadn't meant to hit him quite that hard. He was practically unconscious. She knelt down beside him and tried to pull hi up into a sitting position by leaning his back against the said of the car.

"Lex, come on, talk to me?" she urged him and it seemed to work as he groaned back into life. He looked right into Chloe's eyes and gave her a small smile.

"You know whoever said 'love hurts' was right"

Chloe returned his stare but not his smile. 'Did Lex Luthor just said he loved me?' she thought to herself, 'he must be drunk or something!'

"Lex, I..." she began but he put his fingers to her lips and silenced her.

"I'm sorry if it's a shock to you and I know it's a cliché but I've loved you since the first moment I saw you" he told her in a tone barely above a whisper. Chloe had no idea what to say or do next and Lex moved his hand across her face and into her hair.

She didn't try to stop him because she found she didn't mind the fact that Lex Luthor had just admitted his undying love for her. She knew it was probably a sick joke or an after effect of a night of excessive alcohol intake 'but what if he means it?' she asked herself, realising she had inadvertently moved closer toward the man.

'What if he really does like me? I mean, I always thought he had the potential to be a good man if he wanted to be and, come on, I'm not blind! I can see why people find him attractive and...' As Chloe's mind rambled on to itself, she realised she was now even closer to the young Luthor, to the point where their lips were almost touching.

Chloe was apprehensive but Lex was not, his hand that was still in her hair, tipped her head just enough for their lips to meet, and then they were kissing. Lex was kissing Chloe and to his surprise, and hers, she was kissing him too.

A moment later they broke away and Chloe noticed that Lex looked pale. She opened her mouth to ask him what was wrong but the words were never spoken. Pain showed on the young man's face and he fell from his sitting position into a heap on the ground.

Chloe tried to wake him, but this time it was no use, he was completely unconscious this time. She jumped to her feet but then wasn't sure what to do. Again she asked herself, 'what is going on?'.

Remembering their earlier conversation, Chloe crouched down and fumble in Lex's pocket for his cellphone. She started to dial, not 911, but Clark's number. If it was drink or drugs that had caused Lex's strange behaviour, Chloe knew he would not want anyone to know about it, and that included the emergency services.

Besides, with Clark and his saviour complex, Chloe figured there would be no one better she could call at a time like this.

A/N : On to chapter 4.....