~The First Visitor~
Chloe lay in bed, curled into a ball. It had been two days since Lex had taken her out and the phone had not stopped ringing. Lex had sent flowers, cards and even coffee vouchers to get her to open the door again. 'Not a chance in hell.' Chloe had whispered.
Her father wanted to know what was going on - even though he was over seas he could tell from her voice something had happened, Chloe cursed her expressive nature - but she couldn't take telling him what she had done.what -he- had done. Lex told Clark that something happened, she wasn't sure how much, but it was enough for Clark to be beating down her door every five seconds. Like now.
Chloe got up and answered the door. "What?" she could tell Clark thought she was a mess but right now she could honestly care less about her long lasting crush. She noted the flowers in his hand. Daises. Cute. "Get in here." She said waving her hand to usher him in.
"I heard about you and Lex." Clark said hesitantly.
Chloe frowned. "How much did you hear?"
Clark shook his head. "Enough to know he screwed up and your pissed off. He didn't go into details. But he told me to tell you he's pissed at himself as well."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Like I care what he feels." They walked into her kitchen. "Want something to eat? I make some wicked French toast." Chloe kicked herself mentally and when that didn't work - physically. She hadn't even thought about making -that- food since -that- day.
Clark saw the foot kick the other one and thought about questioning it but decided that, with the mood she was in, the foot would sooner collide with his head than get a straight answer and he'd sooner kick his own head than eat her food anyway. He settled for a simple "no, I just ate." Even though it was a lie, it saved a lot of stomach ache and foot action.
Chloe sat down opposite Clark and stared him straight in the eye. "You wanna know what happened don't you?"
Clark nodded sheepishly and gave her the hundred watt smile that would have melted her heart any other day. "So do Pete, Lana, Mom, Dad."
The petite girl stood up snatched the flowers from clutching fingers and potted around the house, looking for a vase while explaining the deal to Clark. "Your little friend Lex decided to use me to take revenge out against his father, but I, unknowingly, went along with it because I thought 'hey, maybe Lex isn't the big bad everyone thinks he is and maybe I'll get an interview out of it!' But no. Lex HAD to go and prove me wrong. So I kinda stood up in the middle of the play and." she mumbled the rest of the sentence.
Clark know Chloe was an amazing woman, that was one of the reasons he was friends with her, but her ability to say that many words in one breath just floored him. "Once again slower and more coherent. Please."
"LEX IS A JERK AND I MADE THE WORLD REALISE IT!!!!!!!!" Chloe yelled. "Did you get that?"
Clark nodded mutely. Again with the amazing. He knew he would get yelled at again but he was a sucker for info and Lana and Pete would kill him if he didn't get all the facts. "How did you make the world realise it?"
"Oh, I yelled out that he wanted to have sex with me right at the climax of the play." Chloe beamed at him.
Clark sat back in his seat. "Right."
Chloe pouted, "He deserved it."
Clark nodded again. "I'm sure he did. But you realise what you've done."
Chloe frowned. 'who's side is he on?' "Who's side are you on?"
Clark held up his hands. "No ones. I just-"
"Get out." Chloe pointed at the door. She realised that she was being mean to Clark but she couldn't help it. He was taking Lex's side after all he had done to her.
"Chloe-"
The small girl walked into her room and blared her stereo system so she couldn't hear Clarks pleas. She watched out of her window as Clark left the house and headed back home.
_Clark_ That guy has messed up BIG. I hope he can get himself out of it, she can be a real b!tch when upset.
~Crazy~
That's what she was. Crazy. Chloe hadn't had her coffee fix in days and Coke just wasn't cutting it. Could she risk it? She weighed up the pro's and con's of each choice. On one hand Lex knew that she needed coffee so he could have the Beanery staked out as he knew she wouldn't go in the Talon just because he owned it. On the other hand - Coffee. Chloe grabbed her keys. 'Maybe if I hurry.' She grabbed a hat for luck.and cover.
As she pulled up outside the Beanery Chloe looked for Lex's car, there was no way any of his cars would blend in. Chloe took a breath and made a hasty entrance. 'In and out Chloe, in and out.'
She pushed open the door and focused on the counter, thanking any god out there that there was no queue. She placed her order and tapped on the counter impatiently as the waitress prepared her order. The girl was a trainee. 'God damn it.' Chloe shook her head. This was gonna take ages.
She had exited the building when Lex's car pulled up. Chloe took a quick second to weigh her options. Run and look like an immature idiot not to mention a baby. Or walk quickly and casually, Chloe style, to her car parked only a few feet away. She went with the second. Pity Lex was faster than her.
"Chloe!" Lex called out.
She paused, having no idea why she did so. "It's Miss Sullivan to you." She said cattily.
Lex took a breath as he reached her. "You let me call you Chloe two days ago."
"Two days ago you weren't a lying cheating a$$."
Lex acknowledged the blow with a nod of his head. "I know what I did was unfair."
"Damn straight." Chloe yelled. "you messed up big."
"Let me make it up to you."
"Oh, can you take me to an ice show so you can ram a skate down my throat? Cos that's how I felt at Hamlet." Chloe blinked back tears. "You hurt me."
Lex was not a person that had much experience with emotional people. Let alone emotional wrecks like the girl in front of him. But he caused it and he promised Clark he would fix it - and what that boy wanted he usually got. Purely for the fact that Clark had saved his life. "It was wrong. I know. I knew. But you don't understand what position I was in."
"What about the position I was in? Huh? I was the ugly, underdressed girl from hicktown that had thought she made it to the big leagues cos her dad's boss asked her out. How do you think I felt?"
Lex was tiring of the situation, he hated himself because he actually had feeling for this girl, but every time he thought he had taken a step forward, Chloe would go on a rant that took him several steps back. "I'm sorry."
Chloe was stunned, but covered it by nodding. "So you are human. Who knew."
Six words. He was making progress. "Let me take you out again. I promise - no ice shows." He smiled. An actual smile.
Chloe opened the door to her car. "Not likely."
-Chloe- I hate him. I hate me. I wanted to accept! After embarrassing me -and- himself in front of everyone, after making me feel like an awful person.I wanted to go out with him. I am crazy. You know what's worse? When the phone rung later that night and the caller ID said it was him.I picked up. I blame it on the lack of caffeine.
Lex sat in his office rubbing his temples. He'd called Chloe and she'd picked up - he was making progress. She agreed to meet with him in the Beanery in half an hour for an interview. Which was now in ten minutes. Lex grabbed his keys and left his castle. "Here we go."
Chloe was doing the same thing. 'What the hell is wrong with me? No, wait, I really don't wanna know.'
Lex and Chloe arrived at the same time but walked in separately - Chloe almost ran ahead. When he reached the table she was seated at he noted the stone expression on her face, much like the one that was permanently on his. "So." Lex started.
Chloe rolled her eyes with holding the urge to kick him in the head. "Don't start with me Luthor. I'm here for the interview that's it." Lex nodded and Chloe begun questioning him.
"So, how long have you been a jerk?"
Lex shook his head. "I thought you wanted an interview."
Chloe nodded. "That was a question for the interview, answer it."
"Chloe-"
"Mr Luthor."
Lex sighed. "I know you hate me right now. And I know I screwed up. You got me back. Can we call it even?"
Speaking into the recorder in her hand. "Lex knows that he is a moron but refuses to answer how long he has been this way. Next question. I noticed that our incident - which by the way may appear in the Torch - has not been in the papers, seeing it was a Luthor incident and everything you do winds up in the papers, so how did you manage to elude them this time. Was it because I am an ugly farm girl or because your father paid them off?"
"You wouldn't put it in the Torch. It only shows that you're gullible." Lex regretted the comment as soon as it left his mouth.
Speaking into the recorder. "Ladies and Gentlemen the rumours are true. Lex has proved that he is in fact an a$$hole and I have it on tape." Chloe stood up turning the tape recorder off. "This interview is over Mr. Luthor. Never call me again." With that, the blonde stormed out of the coffee shop.
"Shit!" Lex ran after her, realising that she had power over him that his father couldn't manipulate. "Chloe give me the tape."
"No way Mr. Luthor. It's mine. You knew you were on the record when you made the comment." She reached her car.
"I mean it." He pulled her around and held onto her arm.
"So do I." Chloe tried to pull away but Lex had her backed up against the car.
Lex realised the position they were in and exactly how far away his lips were from hers, so he straightened and asked again. "Miss Sullivan, please."
Chloe bit her lip. She could give him the tape and he would back off or she could keep the tape, even though she really wasn't gonna use it - Lex was right, it would only make her look stupid. Suddenly Lex kissed her and her mind was empty. So was her hand.
When Lex pulled away he held up the recorder that was now in his hand and Chloe closed her eyes, defeated.
~Chloe~ So, I won, I lost and I kissed Lex Luthor. What could possibly be next? I can't figure out if I hate Lex or not. I mean he was a -really- good kisser!
Chloe lay in bed, curled into a ball. It had been two days since Lex had taken her out and the phone had not stopped ringing. Lex had sent flowers, cards and even coffee vouchers to get her to open the door again. 'Not a chance in hell.' Chloe had whispered.
Her father wanted to know what was going on - even though he was over seas he could tell from her voice something had happened, Chloe cursed her expressive nature - but she couldn't take telling him what she had done.what -he- had done. Lex told Clark that something happened, she wasn't sure how much, but it was enough for Clark to be beating down her door every five seconds. Like now.
Chloe got up and answered the door. "What?" she could tell Clark thought she was a mess but right now she could honestly care less about her long lasting crush. She noted the flowers in his hand. Daises. Cute. "Get in here." She said waving her hand to usher him in.
"I heard about you and Lex." Clark said hesitantly.
Chloe frowned. "How much did you hear?"
Clark shook his head. "Enough to know he screwed up and your pissed off. He didn't go into details. But he told me to tell you he's pissed at himself as well."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Like I care what he feels." They walked into her kitchen. "Want something to eat? I make some wicked French toast." Chloe kicked herself mentally and when that didn't work - physically. She hadn't even thought about making -that- food since -that- day.
Clark saw the foot kick the other one and thought about questioning it but decided that, with the mood she was in, the foot would sooner collide with his head than get a straight answer and he'd sooner kick his own head than eat her food anyway. He settled for a simple "no, I just ate." Even though it was a lie, it saved a lot of stomach ache and foot action.
Chloe sat down opposite Clark and stared him straight in the eye. "You wanna know what happened don't you?"
Clark nodded sheepishly and gave her the hundred watt smile that would have melted her heart any other day. "So do Pete, Lana, Mom, Dad."
The petite girl stood up snatched the flowers from clutching fingers and potted around the house, looking for a vase while explaining the deal to Clark. "Your little friend Lex decided to use me to take revenge out against his father, but I, unknowingly, went along with it because I thought 'hey, maybe Lex isn't the big bad everyone thinks he is and maybe I'll get an interview out of it!' But no. Lex HAD to go and prove me wrong. So I kinda stood up in the middle of the play and." she mumbled the rest of the sentence.
Clark know Chloe was an amazing woman, that was one of the reasons he was friends with her, but her ability to say that many words in one breath just floored him. "Once again slower and more coherent. Please."
"LEX IS A JERK AND I MADE THE WORLD REALISE IT!!!!!!!!" Chloe yelled. "Did you get that?"
Clark nodded mutely. Again with the amazing. He knew he would get yelled at again but he was a sucker for info and Lana and Pete would kill him if he didn't get all the facts. "How did you make the world realise it?"
"Oh, I yelled out that he wanted to have sex with me right at the climax of the play." Chloe beamed at him.
Clark sat back in his seat. "Right."
Chloe pouted, "He deserved it."
Clark nodded again. "I'm sure he did. But you realise what you've done."
Chloe frowned. 'who's side is he on?' "Who's side are you on?"
Clark held up his hands. "No ones. I just-"
"Get out." Chloe pointed at the door. She realised that she was being mean to Clark but she couldn't help it. He was taking Lex's side after all he had done to her.
"Chloe-"
The small girl walked into her room and blared her stereo system so she couldn't hear Clarks pleas. She watched out of her window as Clark left the house and headed back home.
_Clark_ That guy has messed up BIG. I hope he can get himself out of it, she can be a real b!tch when upset.
~Crazy~
That's what she was. Crazy. Chloe hadn't had her coffee fix in days and Coke just wasn't cutting it. Could she risk it? She weighed up the pro's and con's of each choice. On one hand Lex knew that she needed coffee so he could have the Beanery staked out as he knew she wouldn't go in the Talon just because he owned it. On the other hand - Coffee. Chloe grabbed her keys. 'Maybe if I hurry.' She grabbed a hat for luck.and cover.
As she pulled up outside the Beanery Chloe looked for Lex's car, there was no way any of his cars would blend in. Chloe took a breath and made a hasty entrance. 'In and out Chloe, in and out.'
She pushed open the door and focused on the counter, thanking any god out there that there was no queue. She placed her order and tapped on the counter impatiently as the waitress prepared her order. The girl was a trainee. 'God damn it.' Chloe shook her head. This was gonna take ages.
She had exited the building when Lex's car pulled up. Chloe took a quick second to weigh her options. Run and look like an immature idiot not to mention a baby. Or walk quickly and casually, Chloe style, to her car parked only a few feet away. She went with the second. Pity Lex was faster than her.
"Chloe!" Lex called out.
She paused, having no idea why she did so. "It's Miss Sullivan to you." She said cattily.
Lex took a breath as he reached her. "You let me call you Chloe two days ago."
"Two days ago you weren't a lying cheating a$$."
Lex acknowledged the blow with a nod of his head. "I know what I did was unfair."
"Damn straight." Chloe yelled. "you messed up big."
"Let me make it up to you."
"Oh, can you take me to an ice show so you can ram a skate down my throat? Cos that's how I felt at Hamlet." Chloe blinked back tears. "You hurt me."
Lex was not a person that had much experience with emotional people. Let alone emotional wrecks like the girl in front of him. But he caused it and he promised Clark he would fix it - and what that boy wanted he usually got. Purely for the fact that Clark had saved his life. "It was wrong. I know. I knew. But you don't understand what position I was in."
"What about the position I was in? Huh? I was the ugly, underdressed girl from hicktown that had thought she made it to the big leagues cos her dad's boss asked her out. How do you think I felt?"
Lex was tiring of the situation, he hated himself because he actually had feeling for this girl, but every time he thought he had taken a step forward, Chloe would go on a rant that took him several steps back. "I'm sorry."
Chloe was stunned, but covered it by nodding. "So you are human. Who knew."
Six words. He was making progress. "Let me take you out again. I promise - no ice shows." He smiled. An actual smile.
Chloe opened the door to her car. "Not likely."
-Chloe- I hate him. I hate me. I wanted to accept! After embarrassing me -and- himself in front of everyone, after making me feel like an awful person.I wanted to go out with him. I am crazy. You know what's worse? When the phone rung later that night and the caller ID said it was him.I picked up. I blame it on the lack of caffeine.
Lex sat in his office rubbing his temples. He'd called Chloe and she'd picked up - he was making progress. She agreed to meet with him in the Beanery in half an hour for an interview. Which was now in ten minutes. Lex grabbed his keys and left his castle. "Here we go."
Chloe was doing the same thing. 'What the hell is wrong with me? No, wait, I really don't wanna know.'
Lex and Chloe arrived at the same time but walked in separately - Chloe almost ran ahead. When he reached the table she was seated at he noted the stone expression on her face, much like the one that was permanently on his. "So." Lex started.
Chloe rolled her eyes with holding the urge to kick him in the head. "Don't start with me Luthor. I'm here for the interview that's it." Lex nodded and Chloe begun questioning him.
"So, how long have you been a jerk?"
Lex shook his head. "I thought you wanted an interview."
Chloe nodded. "That was a question for the interview, answer it."
"Chloe-"
"Mr Luthor."
Lex sighed. "I know you hate me right now. And I know I screwed up. You got me back. Can we call it even?"
Speaking into the recorder in her hand. "Lex knows that he is a moron but refuses to answer how long he has been this way. Next question. I noticed that our incident - which by the way may appear in the Torch - has not been in the papers, seeing it was a Luthor incident and everything you do winds up in the papers, so how did you manage to elude them this time. Was it because I am an ugly farm girl or because your father paid them off?"
"You wouldn't put it in the Torch. It only shows that you're gullible." Lex regretted the comment as soon as it left his mouth.
Speaking into the recorder. "Ladies and Gentlemen the rumours are true. Lex has proved that he is in fact an a$$hole and I have it on tape." Chloe stood up turning the tape recorder off. "This interview is over Mr. Luthor. Never call me again." With that, the blonde stormed out of the coffee shop.
"Shit!" Lex ran after her, realising that she had power over him that his father couldn't manipulate. "Chloe give me the tape."
"No way Mr. Luthor. It's mine. You knew you were on the record when you made the comment." She reached her car.
"I mean it." He pulled her around and held onto her arm.
"So do I." Chloe tried to pull away but Lex had her backed up against the car.
Lex realised the position they were in and exactly how far away his lips were from hers, so he straightened and asked again. "Miss Sullivan, please."
Chloe bit her lip. She could give him the tape and he would back off or she could keep the tape, even though she really wasn't gonna use it - Lex was right, it would only make her look stupid. Suddenly Lex kissed her and her mind was empty. So was her hand.
When Lex pulled away he held up the recorder that was now in his hand and Chloe closed her eyes, defeated.
~Chloe~ So, I won, I lost and I kissed Lex Luthor. What could possibly be next? I can't figure out if I hate Lex or not. I mean he was a -really- good kisser!