Several days had passed and not much had changed. Pete was talking to
Chloe, Chloe was still exploring Lex's house at night and Lex was still
catching her at insane hours of the morning.
But a few nights later, Chloe was being escorted back to her room by Lex after doing some exploring in one of the halls on the other side of the house, when there was a crashing sound echoing through the hall. Lex whipped his head around in the direction of the sound.
"Servants?" Chloe whispered.
"Gave them the night off." Lex whispered back heading down the hall. "Stay behind me."
"Oh, no way!!" Chloe shook her head. "I've seen this movie. The big strong hero figure goes first and then the helpless blonde gets kidnapped and the hero doesn't notice until a few minutes later when he realises that he's been talking to himself cos the girl isn't there." Chloe ranted, straightened her shoulders. "I'm going first."
Lex stared at her. "Stay behind me." He said pushing her behind him. "And if you're sure you're gonna get kidnapped - hold on to my shirt."
He smiled on the inside has heard Chloe followed him down the hall mumbling something about how big strong superheros are really just big strong dumb- ass's and how she wasn't scared she was just tired. until the second crash came followed by hushed muttering and he felt her grab his shirt tightly.
"How about we just go back to bed, they can take what they want and leave us alone." Chloe said turning around and walking back they way they were headed before.
"No, they are just around that corner, I won't allow anyone to intrude on my property." Lex said grabbing her arm and pulling her behind him.
The noise they created alerted the robbers and suddenly they heard a gun being cocked. "Oh boy." Chloe gasped.
Minutes later Chloe's left wrist was handcuffed to Lex's right and they were both gagged and pushed in the corner of his study as the robbers finished raiding the safe in his bookcase, the one with the gun kept it trained on Chloe's head until they were through. Then one of the three thieves came over to Lex and ran a hand over his bald head.
"Lex," a female voice purred.
Chloe was oblivious to the sound of the voice but Lex wasn't. 'Victoria.' He fumed.
The second came over and grabbed Victoria by the wrist. "Come on!" a non- descript voice hissed. A silver ring shone through the latex glove and both Chloe and Lex made a note of it.
The pair watched as the robbers vacated the building, still handcuffed. "Well this is just great." Chloe stated. "How are we gonna get these cuffs off?"
Lex who was still fuming over the further betrayal of Victoria didn't answer. Instead he strode over to his safe to note the damage.
"Hey, handcuffed to another body here! Some warning of movement wouldn't go astray!" Chloe exclaimed noting the red marks developing around her wrists. "Did you see where they put the keys?"
"Yeah, in Victoria's pocket." Lex replied slamming the door to the safe with his free hand.
"Victoria?" Chloe questioned. "As in Victoria - your girl of the month until she backstabbed you - Hardwick? How do you know?"
"The voice." Lex muttered. "And how did you know about that?"
"I'm a reporter. Guess."
Lex nodded. "So what do we do about these cuffs."
Chloe tried to throw up her hands but only succeeded with one. "Finally, something I'm concerned about. Who can we call?"
"Well," Lex ran a hand over his head. "We can't call a blacksmith, how could I explain a seventeen year old on my wrist? . How about Mr Kent?"
"Can I get a stopwatch first? Cos I wanna time how long it takes for him to grab his shot gun, get over here, shoot you in the head and release me."
"You're right." Lex sighed. "What do we do?"
An hour later, Lex and Chloe sat on the couch in Lex's theater watching 'The Bone Collector' still joined by the little piece of metal. Lex had made many calls, none of which made sense to Chloe, but she knew they were about the robbery. They had run out of idea's to unlock themselves and they both lied to each other about not liking the idea of sleeping in the same bed, so they decided to have a movie marathon to wait out the night, hoping an idea would come to them.
Chloe turned and looked at Lex. "Don't you have people for this kind of thing?"
"Despite the popular opinion, I'm not into the habit of handcuffing myself to young women." He paused. "At least not without the key nearby."
"Okay. Did not want to know that." Chloe shook her head to rid herself of the mental image.
"Your father is going to be home within 48 hours and when he sees what has happened." Lex realised.
"Oooh." Chloe bit her lip imagining her fathers face. "Hey, weren't you the juvenile delinquent type? Do you know how to pick a lock?"
"Do you have a hair pin? I'm not in the habit of keeping them around."
"Yeah up in my room!" Chloe jumped up, pulling Lex with her. She began to race to her room before Lex jerked her hand back.
"Is being tied to me really that bad?" Lex asked with a smirk.
Chloe had the grace to blush before regaining her composure. 'No, the feeling that I wanna jump you is that bad.' Chloe answered in her head. These feelings had been there for the past half hour but she had shown no sign that they existed. "No, I'm just really tired." Chloe answered.
They continued the journey in silence. The feeling of Lex's hand brushing against hers with every step was killing her. 'Why am I always attracted to the men I can't have.' Chloe thought. 'First Clark, the man has secrets and is in love with my only female non-friend, oh and then there's the fact he's my best friend in the world, then there's Sean who only wanted me for my body heat, now Lex. Billionaire playboy, daddy's boss and the whole town's enemy. Maybe its me. Maybe I only want men I can't have. Well that's just great.'
Meanwhile Lex's thought pattern ran in a different direction, though headed to the same destination. 'She's so hot. I could take her right here. She's seventeen, she's legal. Maybe I will.' But before he could they arrived at Chloe's room and she had the pin in his hand within seconds.
Lex inserted the pin and found the catch, but realised that as soon as he unlocked them both she would go straight to bed and he would be left alone, Lex decided he could have more fun if he was tied to the small blonde that was staring at him expectantly. "It's been a while, maybe we should go back to the theater, I'll work on it there."
Chloe frowned but smiled on the inside, she didn't want to be left alone after her second attack at the Luthor mansion in the span of a month.
Back at the theater, Lex played around with the lock some more until he got sick of it. "I'm gonna stop for a while, my fingers are starting to cramp." When he got no response from Chloe he looked at her and noticed for the first time that her head was placed on his shoulder and her eyes were closed. A cute purring noise floated to his ears and he knew she was asleep. After some difficulty he managed to sweep her up in his arms without waking her or pulling on her wrist, and took her into his room which was closer than hers. After placing her on his usual side of the bed and tucking her in, he kissed her on her forehead. "Goodnight Chloe."
Chloe lay in Lex's bed stunned. She hadn't realised she had fallen asleep in the movie, but she awoke when he turned it off and picked her up. She'd pretended to still be asleep to see what he was doing and was surprised when she'd felt herself placed gently in his bed and the hands trailing down her body as Lex secured the blankets. But what floored her was the kiss. 'Wow.' Her body fought with her mind as she wanted to respond to his goodnight, but the logical part in her realised that he would have realised she was awake if she responded. Instead she lay in the bed quietly focusing on the point where his lips had made contact with her skin. And at the fact that she was on the wrong side of the bed.
But a few nights later, Chloe was being escorted back to her room by Lex after doing some exploring in one of the halls on the other side of the house, when there was a crashing sound echoing through the hall. Lex whipped his head around in the direction of the sound.
"Servants?" Chloe whispered.
"Gave them the night off." Lex whispered back heading down the hall. "Stay behind me."
"Oh, no way!!" Chloe shook her head. "I've seen this movie. The big strong hero figure goes first and then the helpless blonde gets kidnapped and the hero doesn't notice until a few minutes later when he realises that he's been talking to himself cos the girl isn't there." Chloe ranted, straightened her shoulders. "I'm going first."
Lex stared at her. "Stay behind me." He said pushing her behind him. "And if you're sure you're gonna get kidnapped - hold on to my shirt."
He smiled on the inside has heard Chloe followed him down the hall mumbling something about how big strong superheros are really just big strong dumb- ass's and how she wasn't scared she was just tired. until the second crash came followed by hushed muttering and he felt her grab his shirt tightly.
"How about we just go back to bed, they can take what they want and leave us alone." Chloe said turning around and walking back they way they were headed before.
"No, they are just around that corner, I won't allow anyone to intrude on my property." Lex said grabbing her arm and pulling her behind him.
The noise they created alerted the robbers and suddenly they heard a gun being cocked. "Oh boy." Chloe gasped.
Minutes later Chloe's left wrist was handcuffed to Lex's right and they were both gagged and pushed in the corner of his study as the robbers finished raiding the safe in his bookcase, the one with the gun kept it trained on Chloe's head until they were through. Then one of the three thieves came over to Lex and ran a hand over his bald head.
"Lex," a female voice purred.
Chloe was oblivious to the sound of the voice but Lex wasn't. 'Victoria.' He fumed.
The second came over and grabbed Victoria by the wrist. "Come on!" a non- descript voice hissed. A silver ring shone through the latex glove and both Chloe and Lex made a note of it.
The pair watched as the robbers vacated the building, still handcuffed. "Well this is just great." Chloe stated. "How are we gonna get these cuffs off?"
Lex who was still fuming over the further betrayal of Victoria didn't answer. Instead he strode over to his safe to note the damage.
"Hey, handcuffed to another body here! Some warning of movement wouldn't go astray!" Chloe exclaimed noting the red marks developing around her wrists. "Did you see where they put the keys?"
"Yeah, in Victoria's pocket." Lex replied slamming the door to the safe with his free hand.
"Victoria?" Chloe questioned. "As in Victoria - your girl of the month until she backstabbed you - Hardwick? How do you know?"
"The voice." Lex muttered. "And how did you know about that?"
"I'm a reporter. Guess."
Lex nodded. "So what do we do about these cuffs."
Chloe tried to throw up her hands but only succeeded with one. "Finally, something I'm concerned about. Who can we call?"
"Well," Lex ran a hand over his head. "We can't call a blacksmith, how could I explain a seventeen year old on my wrist? . How about Mr Kent?"
"Can I get a stopwatch first? Cos I wanna time how long it takes for him to grab his shot gun, get over here, shoot you in the head and release me."
"You're right." Lex sighed. "What do we do?"
An hour later, Lex and Chloe sat on the couch in Lex's theater watching 'The Bone Collector' still joined by the little piece of metal. Lex had made many calls, none of which made sense to Chloe, but she knew they were about the robbery. They had run out of idea's to unlock themselves and they both lied to each other about not liking the idea of sleeping in the same bed, so they decided to have a movie marathon to wait out the night, hoping an idea would come to them.
Chloe turned and looked at Lex. "Don't you have people for this kind of thing?"
"Despite the popular opinion, I'm not into the habit of handcuffing myself to young women." He paused. "At least not without the key nearby."
"Okay. Did not want to know that." Chloe shook her head to rid herself of the mental image.
"Your father is going to be home within 48 hours and when he sees what has happened." Lex realised.
"Oooh." Chloe bit her lip imagining her fathers face. "Hey, weren't you the juvenile delinquent type? Do you know how to pick a lock?"
"Do you have a hair pin? I'm not in the habit of keeping them around."
"Yeah up in my room!" Chloe jumped up, pulling Lex with her. She began to race to her room before Lex jerked her hand back.
"Is being tied to me really that bad?" Lex asked with a smirk.
Chloe had the grace to blush before regaining her composure. 'No, the feeling that I wanna jump you is that bad.' Chloe answered in her head. These feelings had been there for the past half hour but she had shown no sign that they existed. "No, I'm just really tired." Chloe answered.
They continued the journey in silence. The feeling of Lex's hand brushing against hers with every step was killing her. 'Why am I always attracted to the men I can't have.' Chloe thought. 'First Clark, the man has secrets and is in love with my only female non-friend, oh and then there's the fact he's my best friend in the world, then there's Sean who only wanted me for my body heat, now Lex. Billionaire playboy, daddy's boss and the whole town's enemy. Maybe its me. Maybe I only want men I can't have. Well that's just great.'
Meanwhile Lex's thought pattern ran in a different direction, though headed to the same destination. 'She's so hot. I could take her right here. She's seventeen, she's legal. Maybe I will.' But before he could they arrived at Chloe's room and she had the pin in his hand within seconds.
Lex inserted the pin and found the catch, but realised that as soon as he unlocked them both she would go straight to bed and he would be left alone, Lex decided he could have more fun if he was tied to the small blonde that was staring at him expectantly. "It's been a while, maybe we should go back to the theater, I'll work on it there."
Chloe frowned but smiled on the inside, she didn't want to be left alone after her second attack at the Luthor mansion in the span of a month.
Back at the theater, Lex played around with the lock some more until he got sick of it. "I'm gonna stop for a while, my fingers are starting to cramp." When he got no response from Chloe he looked at her and noticed for the first time that her head was placed on his shoulder and her eyes were closed. A cute purring noise floated to his ears and he knew she was asleep. After some difficulty he managed to sweep her up in his arms without waking her or pulling on her wrist, and took her into his room which was closer than hers. After placing her on his usual side of the bed and tucking her in, he kissed her on her forehead. "Goodnight Chloe."
Chloe lay in Lex's bed stunned. She hadn't realised she had fallen asleep in the movie, but she awoke when he turned it off and picked her up. She'd pretended to still be asleep to see what he was doing and was surprised when she'd felt herself placed gently in his bed and the hands trailing down her body as Lex secured the blankets. But what floored her was the kiss. 'Wow.' Her body fought with her mind as she wanted to respond to his goodnight, but the logical part in her realised that he would have realised she was awake if she responded. Instead she lay in the bed quietly focusing on the point where his lips had made contact with her skin. And at the fact that she was on the wrong side of the bed.