Chapter 14: Discovery number three
Lex poured some sort of non-scented shower gel in his palm then rubbed it over his chest till it was well lathered. Chloe had gone, of course. She had to be at school, she'd left a note but he couldn't help but feel disappointed that he didn't get to wake up with her in his arms. He knew he was acting like the main character in on of those pathetic cliché romance novels, but he really liked holding her. She had the perfect body to fit like a puzzle piece with his. She had to get as close to him as possible all the time, her fingers exploring each part of his body like she was utterly fascinated with every inch. He shook his head under the spray of the shower, trying to get rid of the Chloe and sex smell that seemed to have implanted itself inside every millimetre of his epidermis.
He gave his skin one last rub down before stepping onto the thick bathroom rug. He reached for a large fluffy towel and pressed it against the rivulets of water running down his stomach. Lex loved the feel of her beneath him, around him, and all over him. He relished the fact that he could shock her, scare her, thrill her, and make her scream out his name over and over, and she wasn't faking it. She was so real it kind of freaked him out. He was constantly surrounded by frauds and gold diggers, only interested in his bank balance, and meeting somebody like Chloe after all this time was like opening up a window to let the air in. Really refreshing.
"Sir" a knock on the door startled him
"Yes Sammuel?" he replied, wrapping a towel around his waist
"A Clark Kent here to see you"
"Take him to my office, tell him I've just got to get changed"
"Right away sir" Sammuel said efficiently. Lex heard him leave and opened the door. A cloud of steam followed him as headed in the direction of his bedroom.
*~*
"Clark, what can I do for you?" Lex asked, sinking into his leather chair, the perfect picture of efficiency and togetherness.
"I was wondering..." he trailed off, scuffing the ground with his abnormally large feet.
"Yes, you were wondering...what?" he prompted, waiting patiently for the teenager speak up.
"If I could ask some of your advice" he rushed out "normally I wouldn't ask you, you're really busy n' all, but this is kinda important, it doesn't really have anything to do with you, but I could really use some words of wisdom or whatever, actually I'll do this myself, doesn't matter OK seeya" Lex took admire how he said all this in one breath and raised to stop him from walking out.
"Clark, wait" Clark turned around slowly "I'm honoured you came to me for advice, sit down" he motioned to the chair "and tell me about it" Clark sat down quickly "Now, what's wrong?" Lex picked up his freshly brewed coffee and swallowed some.
"it's about Chloe" Lex felt the hot liquid rise up his throat and spray out his nose, covering his desk. He cursed colourfully and Clark rushed forward to help his friend.
"I'm OK Clark" Lex assured, dabbing his tingling nostrils with his handkerchief. He put the coffee aside, he'd have to have that later. Just then they heard a knock at the door, a very intimidated cleaner poked her head inside.
"Mr Luthor?" she said in a small voice.
"Yes, Margaret, come in please" he said, relieved at the interruption. She walked up to him, something in her hand "I found this on one of your pillows, I was just wondering what I should do with it" Lex looked at it and recognised it immediately as one of Chloe's earings, he looked at Clark and realised he had already seen it and was blushing profusely.
"Just give it to me" he snapped, snatching it off her "Go back to work" The cleaner left, she looked ready to cry.
"What were you saying?" Lex asked.
"Chloe-"
"Yes, what about Chloe?" Lex interrupted, drumming his fingers on the desk.
"She hasn't been herself lately" Clark shook his head, confusion etched clearly on his face.
"Oh?" Lex looked around, avoiding eye contact.
"Yeah, she keeps zoning out, I didn't see her all night..."
"why-why-why would I care?" Lex stuttered "I barely know her"
"Um, I thought you could offer some advice"
"Oh right, did you ask Lana where she was?" Lex asked nervously, hoping he did.
"Yeah, she said Chloe was at her house, but she wasn't there when I came over before school and-"
"Brandy, Clark?" Lex offered, filling up a large crystal glass. Clark frowned.
"Lex, you know I'm too young to drink" Lex forced a laugh.
"Oh right, silly me" he swallowed the drink in one gulp.
"are you OK Lex?" Clark asked, surveying his friend with concern.
"No actually, didn't get much sleep, you better go" he said, ushering Clark out the door, Clark turned around "Wait, what should I do about Chloe?"
"Uh, don't tell her she's fat, girls hate that" and with that, he closed the door in Clark's face.
*~*
Chloe spotted Lana sitting alone at a table, reading a magazine and stirring her coffee absently, Chloe ran over to her and threw herself in the opposite her.
"You will not believe what I am about to tell you" she said excitedly, her cheeks flushed.
"What?" she said, magazine forgotten.
"Last night, me and Lex, we...did it" she whispered, Lana's eyes doubled in size.
"did it?" she whispered back "like, IT?"
Chloe nodded vigorously "Yes" Lana clapped her hands together once.
"Oh my fucking god" Lana muttered, Chloe looked at her like she just turned into a pair of ice skating Mongeese "I'm aloud to fucking swear" Lana said irritably "was it good?"
Chloe leaned in "It was fantastic, oh god it was great, he's so insatiable, he was touching me all over, between my legs, all over my breasts, he was biting me, licking me, and he just kept thrusting into me, god the pleasure was so intense I thought I would just die" she paused to take a breath, Lana was fanning herself with her hand "We just kept going and going, he was on top first and my legs were around his waist and he was shouting! Like, shouting, I couldn't hear him, though. When I orgasmed I just was like, shaking and I swear, his eyes rolled back into his head, and we did it again and again and again and..." Chloe broke off and sighed, she saw Lana and she looked quite flustered.
"Hey guys" Clark said miserably, sitting in the last remaining seat.
"What's wrong Clark?" Chloe asked, taking Lana's coffee and swallowing some.
"It's Lex"
Chloe coughed up all the coffee she drunk in a rather disgusting hiccup sound.
"Lex?" she choked, grabbing a napkin and wiping up the mess.
"Yeah, Chloe what's-" Lana looked frantic and interrupted him.
"Hey Chloe, you're only wearing one earing" Lana said, pointing to her ear.
"Darn" Chloe muttered "Hey Clark, can you see if you find an earing that looks like this one?" Clark looked at it. Then he looked. And looked. And then...
"You!" he pointed at Chloe, his eyes tripling the size of Lana's
"What?" Chloe and Lana said together in panicky voices.
"YOU!" he repeated "that earing, it all fits"
"What?" Whitney said, walking up to the table
"I think, this may be a little insane, I think" Chloe swallowed "Clark knows about me and Lex"
"Chloe" Whitney said through clenched teeth "He's right there"
"You and Lex?" Clark scrunched up his face, trying not to imagine her and Lex...too late.
"Ewwww" Clark jumped to his feet and wiggled around like he was covered in mice "Can open. Worms everywhere"
"Clark"
"what?" he snapped
Chloe paused "that's all I've got"
"I cannot believe this! You lie to me, you-you do unspeakable things with Lex! Lex!"
"What's wrong with Lex?"
"It's Lex!"
"So..."
"Yes?"
"You're with Lex?"
"Yes"
"So, you're in love?" Clark asked expectantly.
"It's just a physical thing" Whitney and Lana said together.
"You knew? You both knew?" Clark said angrily, he didn't give them a chance to reply and turned back to Chloe.
"a physical thing?" he threw his hands up "I cannot believe this!"
"Please Clark, this is a good thing for me" she pleaded, grabbing his hand, he didn't pull away but he still looked ready to kill. "this is the best relationship I've ever been in, Lex treats me well and we get along great, please just don't spoil it, please?" Clark was pensive for a moment. Chloe smiled when his tensed hand relaxed.
"So, who knows, besides Lana, Whitney and me" he sighed, tightening his hand around hers.
"No-one, not even Pete" Chloe said "and can you not tell anyone, we kind of don't want anyone to know about it yet"
Clark let go of her hand "I won't tell anyone, but I have to go" he hugged her, feeling closer to her than ever "Just don't let yourself get hurt"
"I won't" she promised, smiling at him as he walked away.
Whitney cleared his throat "I'll just get us some more coffee"
Lana grabbed Chloe's arm and sat her back on her chair "now, where were we?"
Chloe laughed "Well, the second time I was on top, he had his hands on my hips and he was pushing me down, I was in control that time, I felt so...in charge, y'know? And his tongue, oh god it seemed to go on forever..." Chloe stopped when Whitney came back with coffee, Lana seized the cups from Whitney's fist, slammed them on the table, and took his hand.
"Lana? What-" she pulled him roughly
"You know that 'next step' you were talking about" she growled, pulling him towards the door. Whitney didn't ask any more questions, he just turned slightly and mouthed the words 'thank you' to Chloe. She laughed and raised her mug towards the couple, sipping it contentedly.
Lex poured some sort of non-scented shower gel in his palm then rubbed it over his chest till it was well lathered. Chloe had gone, of course. She had to be at school, she'd left a note but he couldn't help but feel disappointed that he didn't get to wake up with her in his arms. He knew he was acting like the main character in on of those pathetic cliché romance novels, but he really liked holding her. She had the perfect body to fit like a puzzle piece with his. She had to get as close to him as possible all the time, her fingers exploring each part of his body like she was utterly fascinated with every inch. He shook his head under the spray of the shower, trying to get rid of the Chloe and sex smell that seemed to have implanted itself inside every millimetre of his epidermis.
He gave his skin one last rub down before stepping onto the thick bathroom rug. He reached for a large fluffy towel and pressed it against the rivulets of water running down his stomach. Lex loved the feel of her beneath him, around him, and all over him. He relished the fact that he could shock her, scare her, thrill her, and make her scream out his name over and over, and she wasn't faking it. She was so real it kind of freaked him out. He was constantly surrounded by frauds and gold diggers, only interested in his bank balance, and meeting somebody like Chloe after all this time was like opening up a window to let the air in. Really refreshing.
"Sir" a knock on the door startled him
"Yes Sammuel?" he replied, wrapping a towel around his waist
"A Clark Kent here to see you"
"Take him to my office, tell him I've just got to get changed"
"Right away sir" Sammuel said efficiently. Lex heard him leave and opened the door. A cloud of steam followed him as headed in the direction of his bedroom.
*~*
"Clark, what can I do for you?" Lex asked, sinking into his leather chair, the perfect picture of efficiency and togetherness.
"I was wondering..." he trailed off, scuffing the ground with his abnormally large feet.
"Yes, you were wondering...what?" he prompted, waiting patiently for the teenager speak up.
"If I could ask some of your advice" he rushed out "normally I wouldn't ask you, you're really busy n' all, but this is kinda important, it doesn't really have anything to do with you, but I could really use some words of wisdom or whatever, actually I'll do this myself, doesn't matter OK seeya" Lex took admire how he said all this in one breath and raised to stop him from walking out.
"Clark, wait" Clark turned around slowly "I'm honoured you came to me for advice, sit down" he motioned to the chair "and tell me about it" Clark sat down quickly "Now, what's wrong?" Lex picked up his freshly brewed coffee and swallowed some.
"it's about Chloe" Lex felt the hot liquid rise up his throat and spray out his nose, covering his desk. He cursed colourfully and Clark rushed forward to help his friend.
"I'm OK Clark" Lex assured, dabbing his tingling nostrils with his handkerchief. He put the coffee aside, he'd have to have that later. Just then they heard a knock at the door, a very intimidated cleaner poked her head inside.
"Mr Luthor?" she said in a small voice.
"Yes, Margaret, come in please" he said, relieved at the interruption. She walked up to him, something in her hand "I found this on one of your pillows, I was just wondering what I should do with it" Lex looked at it and recognised it immediately as one of Chloe's earings, he looked at Clark and realised he had already seen it and was blushing profusely.
"Just give it to me" he snapped, snatching it off her "Go back to work" The cleaner left, she looked ready to cry.
"What were you saying?" Lex asked.
"Chloe-"
"Yes, what about Chloe?" Lex interrupted, drumming his fingers on the desk.
"She hasn't been herself lately" Clark shook his head, confusion etched clearly on his face.
"Oh?" Lex looked around, avoiding eye contact.
"Yeah, she keeps zoning out, I didn't see her all night..."
"why-why-why would I care?" Lex stuttered "I barely know her"
"Um, I thought you could offer some advice"
"Oh right, did you ask Lana where she was?" Lex asked nervously, hoping he did.
"Yeah, she said Chloe was at her house, but she wasn't there when I came over before school and-"
"Brandy, Clark?" Lex offered, filling up a large crystal glass. Clark frowned.
"Lex, you know I'm too young to drink" Lex forced a laugh.
"Oh right, silly me" he swallowed the drink in one gulp.
"are you OK Lex?" Clark asked, surveying his friend with concern.
"No actually, didn't get much sleep, you better go" he said, ushering Clark out the door, Clark turned around "Wait, what should I do about Chloe?"
"Uh, don't tell her she's fat, girls hate that" and with that, he closed the door in Clark's face.
*~*
Chloe spotted Lana sitting alone at a table, reading a magazine and stirring her coffee absently, Chloe ran over to her and threw herself in the opposite her.
"You will not believe what I am about to tell you" she said excitedly, her cheeks flushed.
"What?" she said, magazine forgotten.
"Last night, me and Lex, we...did it" she whispered, Lana's eyes doubled in size.
"did it?" she whispered back "like, IT?"
Chloe nodded vigorously "Yes" Lana clapped her hands together once.
"Oh my fucking god" Lana muttered, Chloe looked at her like she just turned into a pair of ice skating Mongeese "I'm aloud to fucking swear" Lana said irritably "was it good?"
Chloe leaned in "It was fantastic, oh god it was great, he's so insatiable, he was touching me all over, between my legs, all over my breasts, he was biting me, licking me, and he just kept thrusting into me, god the pleasure was so intense I thought I would just die" she paused to take a breath, Lana was fanning herself with her hand "We just kept going and going, he was on top first and my legs were around his waist and he was shouting! Like, shouting, I couldn't hear him, though. When I orgasmed I just was like, shaking and I swear, his eyes rolled back into his head, and we did it again and again and again and..." Chloe broke off and sighed, she saw Lana and she looked quite flustered.
"Hey guys" Clark said miserably, sitting in the last remaining seat.
"What's wrong Clark?" Chloe asked, taking Lana's coffee and swallowing some.
"It's Lex"
Chloe coughed up all the coffee she drunk in a rather disgusting hiccup sound.
"Lex?" she choked, grabbing a napkin and wiping up the mess.
"Yeah, Chloe what's-" Lana looked frantic and interrupted him.
"Hey Chloe, you're only wearing one earing" Lana said, pointing to her ear.
"Darn" Chloe muttered "Hey Clark, can you see if you find an earing that looks like this one?" Clark looked at it. Then he looked. And looked. And then...
"You!" he pointed at Chloe, his eyes tripling the size of Lana's
"What?" Chloe and Lana said together in panicky voices.
"YOU!" he repeated "that earing, it all fits"
"What?" Whitney said, walking up to the table
"I think, this may be a little insane, I think" Chloe swallowed "Clark knows about me and Lex"
"Chloe" Whitney said through clenched teeth "He's right there"
"You and Lex?" Clark scrunched up his face, trying not to imagine her and Lex...too late.
"Ewwww" Clark jumped to his feet and wiggled around like he was covered in mice "Can open. Worms everywhere"
"Clark"
"what?" he snapped
Chloe paused "that's all I've got"
"I cannot believe this! You lie to me, you-you do unspeakable things with Lex! Lex!"
"What's wrong with Lex?"
"It's Lex!"
"So..."
"Yes?"
"You're with Lex?"
"Yes"
"So, you're in love?" Clark asked expectantly.
"It's just a physical thing" Whitney and Lana said together.
"You knew? You both knew?" Clark said angrily, he didn't give them a chance to reply and turned back to Chloe.
"a physical thing?" he threw his hands up "I cannot believe this!"
"Please Clark, this is a good thing for me" she pleaded, grabbing his hand, he didn't pull away but he still looked ready to kill. "this is the best relationship I've ever been in, Lex treats me well and we get along great, please just don't spoil it, please?" Clark was pensive for a moment. Chloe smiled when his tensed hand relaxed.
"So, who knows, besides Lana, Whitney and me" he sighed, tightening his hand around hers.
"No-one, not even Pete" Chloe said "and can you not tell anyone, we kind of don't want anyone to know about it yet"
Clark let go of her hand "I won't tell anyone, but I have to go" he hugged her, feeling closer to her than ever "Just don't let yourself get hurt"
"I won't" she promised, smiling at him as he walked away.
Whitney cleared his throat "I'll just get us some more coffee"
Lana grabbed Chloe's arm and sat her back on her chair "now, where were we?"
Chloe laughed "Well, the second time I was on top, he had his hands on my hips and he was pushing me down, I was in control that time, I felt so...in charge, y'know? And his tongue, oh god it seemed to go on forever..." Chloe stopped when Whitney came back with coffee, Lana seized the cups from Whitney's fist, slammed them on the table, and took his hand.
"Lana? What-" she pulled him roughly
"You know that 'next step' you were talking about" she growled, pulling him towards the door. Whitney didn't ask any more questions, he just turned slightly and mouthed the words 'thank you' to Chloe. She laughed and raised her mug towards the couple, sipping it contentedly.