Disaster Prone
Lex lay on the bed Chloe had spent most of the week in, breathing in her scent. He smiled faintly, she smelt of strawberries and coffee. Lex sat up. He had to see her again, but where would she be? Coffee, you're an idiot Lex, of course she'll be at a coffee shop. But should he bring the suitcase she forgot? No, he'd make her come back hopefully for a sequel to what happened on his bed. Heading out of the house he told his servants to wipe his schedule for the rest of the day, and to put only the important calls through to his cell. He was going to stake out the Talon.
When he arrived Lex realised there was no staking out to do; she was already there, sitting in the corner staring into her cup of coffee. He walked over to her and sat in front of the beautiful blonde. "Ms Sullivan."
"Mr Luthor." Chloe looked up surprised and settled back to her original position. "We've lived together, been handcuffed together and slept in the same bed together. I thought we were past using each others last names."
"Of course." Lex smirked. "What's got you down?" he asked. She hadn't looked up since he sat down.
"What makes you think I'm down?" Other than the fact that I've missed being at your place, in your bed and in your arms. Shut up Chloe.
"The fact you have been staring at your coffee since I walked in."
Chloe looked still didn't look at him, her expression unreadable even to the kind of unreadable expressions. ".yeah."
Lex reached over and put his fingers under her chin and lifted her face until she was looking at him. "Talk to me."
"How's the robbery sitch since I left." Chloe asked, avoiding what was actually on her mind.
"They caught Victoria. But she isn't exactly forth coming with the other two names." Lex replied, knowing she was avoiding his original question.
"Do you have any ideas who they could be?"
"No, but I will find out." He promised.
"Good."
Lex decided to fish around and see if he could come up with what was bothering her. Clark wasn't around because Lana wasn't working, so it couldn't be that. "Why aren't you at home, I thought you'd be glad to be back."
"Home is overrated." Chloe muttered.
"How so?" Lex inquired, pleased that he had found the source of the problem.
"I don't know. I thought you'd be happy to get me out of yours." Chloe said steering the subject in his direction.
Lex realised what the question meant. She was talking about the kiss. 'Tread carefully, Lex' he told himself. "It was my idea to have you there in the first place. And it was a pleasure having you."
Chloe stared at him. "I like being there, despite what I said a few days ago. Oh, and did you see another suitcase in my bedr- the bedroom I stayed in? I looked everywhere at home but I couldn't find it."
Lex shook his head. "No," he lied. "I haven't been in there."
Chloe faked a laugh. "Of course not. Why would you have been." 'He doesn't miss me.' Chloe whimpered on the inside. 'Stop it Chloe, it was one kiss. One hell of a kiss, but one nonetheless.'
"How about I drive you back to get it." Lex offered.
"Oh I brought my car." Chloe said automatically. She kicked herself when she realised what she'd just done. 'You idiot!! You just turned down a ride with Lex Luther, the guy you've been hung up on since HE kissed YOU!!'
"Well then I'll drive you back here when you've got it." Lex responded.
'Yes!!' "Um, if its not too much trouble." Chloe said innocently.
When they arrived in her old room Chloe saw the suitcase lying on the floor on the other side of the bed. She noted that the sheets hadn't been changed. Lex noticed that she'd noticed. "I guess the maid hasn't been in yet." He lied sitting on the bed. Lex had made a point of telling the servants to stay away from this room; he wanted it just the way she'd left it.
"Oh." Chloe said bending over to grab her bag, forgetting that she was wearing a skirt and that Lex was behind her. Suddenly she felt arms around her waist pulling her toward the man now standing behind her. Chloe straightened and felt their bodies pressed together. "Lex?"
"I've wanted you since last night. I lied when I said I couldn't get the cuffs undone." He whispered in her ear as he tightened his grip on her so she couldn't pull away.
"Why?" Chloe asked.
"Because I didn't want you to leave." Lex murmured trailing kisses down her neck.
"I didn't want to leave." Chloe admitted softly, feeling the heat both of their bodies created.
"What about now?" One of his hands lifted from her waist and slid it slowly under her shirt.
Chloe shook her head lightly. "Still don't want to leave."
"Good."
They fell back on the bed with Lex on top lifting Chloe's shirt over her head. When he started on the skirt she paused and broke her mouth away from his and whispered, "Lex I'm a."
Lex stared at her. "Do you want to."
Chloe nodded and locked her lips to his again and Lex resumed unzipping her skirt. Suddenly a knock sounded on the door and a servant entered. "Mr Luth- oh, my. I'm sorry I-"
Chloe tried to salvage what was left of her dignity by trying to redress herself. The intruder had the good grace to turn around as Chloe redressed herself. Lex stood up pissed off that the man had walked in on them. "Edward. What is it?" Chloe stood when she was dressed and semi-hid behind Lex.
"Phone, sir." said the man extending the cordless phone with his left hand. A silver ring glinted in the light and Chloe gasped. He walked out of the room as soon as Lex took hold of the phone.
Lex dealt briskly with the phone call and hung up less than a minute later.
"Lex did you see.?" Chloe asked in shock.
Lex nodded once. "Edward is another one." He sighed on the inside. He knew it was an inside job, so he was expecting it. But now the mood was broken with Chloe and he didn't know how to repair it or even if she wanted it repaired.
Chloe stepped forward and put a hand on his arm. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah."
Suddenly the door opened again and Edward walked in holding the gun. "I know you got Victoria, but you won't get me. I have worked too damn hard here and I got nothing for it! I needed payback!"
Lex pushed Chloe behind him and stepped back, holding her hand while trying to negotiate. "I pay you well and you are treated excellently. I don't know what you mean."
"Most of the time I spend here I am running after you. I wished someone would kill me!" Edward shouted.
"Well if you close your eyes and wish real hard." Chloe muttered.
Lex would have laughed if the situation wasn't so serious. "That's what servants do Edward, they obey the wishes of their employers. If you didn't like it, you should have sought employment elsewhere."
Chloe threw up her hands sick of the situations she manages to get herself into. "I am so god damn sick of what goes on here. Every time I've come here something has gone wrong, whether its my unceremonious leap out windows, Lionel's presence, being handcuffed and now I'm held and gun point AGAIN, for the SECOND time this week." She ranted.
Edward looked confused and unsteady so Lex took this as his opportunity to wrestle for the gun. The servant had a strong grip and the two wrestled on the floor for quite some time until the gun went off.
Lex lay on the bed Chloe had spent most of the week in, breathing in her scent. He smiled faintly, she smelt of strawberries and coffee. Lex sat up. He had to see her again, but where would she be? Coffee, you're an idiot Lex, of course she'll be at a coffee shop. But should he bring the suitcase she forgot? No, he'd make her come back hopefully for a sequel to what happened on his bed. Heading out of the house he told his servants to wipe his schedule for the rest of the day, and to put only the important calls through to his cell. He was going to stake out the Talon.
When he arrived Lex realised there was no staking out to do; she was already there, sitting in the corner staring into her cup of coffee. He walked over to her and sat in front of the beautiful blonde. "Ms Sullivan."
"Mr Luthor." Chloe looked up surprised and settled back to her original position. "We've lived together, been handcuffed together and slept in the same bed together. I thought we were past using each others last names."
"Of course." Lex smirked. "What's got you down?" he asked. She hadn't looked up since he sat down.
"What makes you think I'm down?" Other than the fact that I've missed being at your place, in your bed and in your arms. Shut up Chloe.
"The fact you have been staring at your coffee since I walked in."
Chloe looked still didn't look at him, her expression unreadable even to the kind of unreadable expressions. ".yeah."
Lex reached over and put his fingers under her chin and lifted her face until she was looking at him. "Talk to me."
"How's the robbery sitch since I left." Chloe asked, avoiding what was actually on her mind.
"They caught Victoria. But she isn't exactly forth coming with the other two names." Lex replied, knowing she was avoiding his original question.
"Do you have any ideas who they could be?"
"No, but I will find out." He promised.
"Good."
Lex decided to fish around and see if he could come up with what was bothering her. Clark wasn't around because Lana wasn't working, so it couldn't be that. "Why aren't you at home, I thought you'd be glad to be back."
"Home is overrated." Chloe muttered.
"How so?" Lex inquired, pleased that he had found the source of the problem.
"I don't know. I thought you'd be happy to get me out of yours." Chloe said steering the subject in his direction.
Lex realised what the question meant. She was talking about the kiss. 'Tread carefully, Lex' he told himself. "It was my idea to have you there in the first place. And it was a pleasure having you."
Chloe stared at him. "I like being there, despite what I said a few days ago. Oh, and did you see another suitcase in my bedr- the bedroom I stayed in? I looked everywhere at home but I couldn't find it."
Lex shook his head. "No," he lied. "I haven't been in there."
Chloe faked a laugh. "Of course not. Why would you have been." 'He doesn't miss me.' Chloe whimpered on the inside. 'Stop it Chloe, it was one kiss. One hell of a kiss, but one nonetheless.'
"How about I drive you back to get it." Lex offered.
"Oh I brought my car." Chloe said automatically. She kicked herself when she realised what she'd just done. 'You idiot!! You just turned down a ride with Lex Luther, the guy you've been hung up on since HE kissed YOU!!'
"Well then I'll drive you back here when you've got it." Lex responded.
'Yes!!' "Um, if its not too much trouble." Chloe said innocently.
When they arrived in her old room Chloe saw the suitcase lying on the floor on the other side of the bed. She noted that the sheets hadn't been changed. Lex noticed that she'd noticed. "I guess the maid hasn't been in yet." He lied sitting on the bed. Lex had made a point of telling the servants to stay away from this room; he wanted it just the way she'd left it.
"Oh." Chloe said bending over to grab her bag, forgetting that she was wearing a skirt and that Lex was behind her. Suddenly she felt arms around her waist pulling her toward the man now standing behind her. Chloe straightened and felt their bodies pressed together. "Lex?"
"I've wanted you since last night. I lied when I said I couldn't get the cuffs undone." He whispered in her ear as he tightened his grip on her so she couldn't pull away.
"Why?" Chloe asked.
"Because I didn't want you to leave." Lex murmured trailing kisses down her neck.
"I didn't want to leave." Chloe admitted softly, feeling the heat both of their bodies created.
"What about now?" One of his hands lifted from her waist and slid it slowly under her shirt.
Chloe shook her head lightly. "Still don't want to leave."
"Good."
They fell back on the bed with Lex on top lifting Chloe's shirt over her head. When he started on the skirt she paused and broke her mouth away from his and whispered, "Lex I'm a."
Lex stared at her. "Do you want to."
Chloe nodded and locked her lips to his again and Lex resumed unzipping her skirt. Suddenly a knock sounded on the door and a servant entered. "Mr Luth- oh, my. I'm sorry I-"
Chloe tried to salvage what was left of her dignity by trying to redress herself. The intruder had the good grace to turn around as Chloe redressed herself. Lex stood up pissed off that the man had walked in on them. "Edward. What is it?" Chloe stood when she was dressed and semi-hid behind Lex.
"Phone, sir." said the man extending the cordless phone with his left hand. A silver ring glinted in the light and Chloe gasped. He walked out of the room as soon as Lex took hold of the phone.
Lex dealt briskly with the phone call and hung up less than a minute later.
"Lex did you see.?" Chloe asked in shock.
Lex nodded once. "Edward is another one." He sighed on the inside. He knew it was an inside job, so he was expecting it. But now the mood was broken with Chloe and he didn't know how to repair it or even if she wanted it repaired.
Chloe stepped forward and put a hand on his arm. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah."
Suddenly the door opened again and Edward walked in holding the gun. "I know you got Victoria, but you won't get me. I have worked too damn hard here and I got nothing for it! I needed payback!"
Lex pushed Chloe behind him and stepped back, holding her hand while trying to negotiate. "I pay you well and you are treated excellently. I don't know what you mean."
"Most of the time I spend here I am running after you. I wished someone would kill me!" Edward shouted.
"Well if you close your eyes and wish real hard." Chloe muttered.
Lex would have laughed if the situation wasn't so serious. "That's what servants do Edward, they obey the wishes of their employers. If you didn't like it, you should have sought employment elsewhere."
Chloe threw up her hands sick of the situations she manages to get herself into. "I am so god damn sick of what goes on here. Every time I've come here something has gone wrong, whether its my unceremonious leap out windows, Lionel's presence, being handcuffed and now I'm held and gun point AGAIN, for the SECOND time this week." She ranted.
Edward looked confused and unsteady so Lex took this as his opportunity to wrestle for the gun. The servant had a strong grip and the two wrestled on the floor for quite some time until the gun went off.