When Chloe awoke, the heavy scent of disinfectant assaulted her nostrils,
that irked her was that it was so familiar. She was in a hospital. 'my home
away from home.' she muttered. She then became aware of a ringing in her
ears, her numb stomach and heavy weight on her hand. She flexed her fingers
and the weight on her hand turned from pleasant heaviness to a death grip.
"Chloe?" a ragged male voice filled her ears.
"mmmmhhhm." She replied. On top of being in hospital, she was by no means a morning person, so she was not a happy girl.
"Chloe, honey its dad." The voice continued. "Your friends are here, can you remember what happened?"
'Lets see,' Chloe strained to remember. 'Lex, suitcase, kissing, that butler guy. the gun.
* The gunshot echoed in the air followed by a quick intake of breath. Lex checked his body for wounds and was delighted with the fact there were none, the man was still struggling beneath him, so he wasn't wounded, that left. Chloe. Lex's head snapped up and looked to where Chloe was collapsed on the floor, a pool of blood growing around her.*
"God I hate his house." Chloe mumbled.
Quiet laughter sounded from the far corner of the room. Chloe opened her eyes and was blinded by the sunlight shining in her room. Once she adjusted to the light she saw Lex leaning against the doorframe. Clark, Lana and Pete were by her right side and her father on her left. "So you remember?" her father asked.
"Yeah," Chloe tried to nod, but the pain level jumped the scale so she left the bodily movement for another time. "What happened after. that? Did they catch him?"
Lex stepped forward, gaining everyone's attention. "Yes, Chloe, they did."
*Lex jumped of Edward and ran over to the fallen girl, "Chloe!!" Edward jumped up and looked at what happened. "Oh my." He turned to run but Lex was faster, he grabbed the handcuffs that he had placed on Chloe's bedside table for memories, and pinned the man to the floor, cuffing Edward's hands to the bedpost. Lex ran over to Chloe again and whipped out his phone to place the emergency call.*
"He has confessed to being part of the robbery and gave us the name of the third. I got back all of the things they had taken." Lex continued. "I'll give you the details when your feeling better."
"Thanks Lex," Chloe mumbled as the pain killers started to kick in.
Clark leant forward and kissed her on the forehead. "I'm glad you're okay."
Chloe's father squeezed her hand again, "The doctors said you're going to be fine, you lost a lot of blood, and you had us all worried. The bullet missed your kidney by an inch."
Chloe tried to make that sink in, she had almost died - again - but she couldn't think straight and closed her eyes and the sunlight began to make her head ache. "Oh." Was all she could muster. "how long have I been.asleep?" she opened her eyes again to gauge their responses.
Off the tired expression on her fathers face and the combined looks of her friends, she'd gathered it had been quite some time, "Tell me." She demanded after no one offered a response. She had to have been knocked out for a while for the police - of THIS town - to have dealt with the robber - turned shooter - and to have discovered the identity and located the other one, AND to have retrieved all of the items that were stolen.
"A little under a week." Lana offered.
Clarks eyes grew clouded. "They weren't sure you were going to make it."
Chloe tried to lighten the situation a little. "That's what they said last time!" she smiled. and failed miserably at trying to raise the mood.
"I have to go. take a walk or something." Gabe said squeezing Chloe's hand and walking out of the room.
"He doesn't do well with hospitals." Chloe whispered stating the obvious. Before anybody could comment, a nurse bustled into the room to administer more drugs to take away any pain and ordered everybody out, at Lex's raised eyebrow she quickly excused him, but kicked everyone else out.
After she left, Lex walked forward and sat in the seat her father had just vacated a few moments ago. "I want a serious answer Chloe, how are you?" he asked taking her small hand in his.
"Before or after the pain killers kick in?"
"Serious."
"I'm gonna be okay." Chloe said truthfully.
"But."
"But I'm a bit sore now." At Lex's sorrowful glance at her stomach where the bullet had entered, she shook her head. "I don't blame you."
"They had to change the bandages so many times, you just kept bleeding. they didn't think that you were going to wake up." Lex told her without meeting her gaze, the worry evident in his voice.
"I'm stronger than I look." Chloe stated.
"I noticed."
"So."
"So."
"Lex, what's wrong. other than the obvious. You have something on your mind. Tell me."
"I was just thinking about what happened in the bedroom. before Edwards untimely appearance." Lex told her.
"Oh."
"Any regrets?"
"Nope."
Lex smiled and kissed her hand. "Your dad is going to kill me."
"Not to mention Pete, Clark, Mr and Mrs Kent and probably Lana." Chloe listed.
"Let's just call it the whole town."
"They wont exactly be happy with me either, a relationship is a two way thing."
Lex nodded. "True."
"But Clark and Pete will never be happy unless they get to pick who I'm with, then I probably won't be as happy as I could be with you."
"You think you could be happy with me?"
"You only hear what you want to hear." Chloe said rolling her eyes, feeling drowsy from the drugs. "I said I could be. I've been -with- you for 5 seconds."
"Let's hope it lasts a while then." Lex said watching her eyes close and holding her hand tightly.
"Chloe?" a ragged male voice filled her ears.
"mmmmhhhm." She replied. On top of being in hospital, she was by no means a morning person, so she was not a happy girl.
"Chloe, honey its dad." The voice continued. "Your friends are here, can you remember what happened?"
'Lets see,' Chloe strained to remember. 'Lex, suitcase, kissing, that butler guy. the gun.
* The gunshot echoed in the air followed by a quick intake of breath. Lex checked his body for wounds and was delighted with the fact there were none, the man was still struggling beneath him, so he wasn't wounded, that left. Chloe. Lex's head snapped up and looked to where Chloe was collapsed on the floor, a pool of blood growing around her.*
"God I hate his house." Chloe mumbled.
Quiet laughter sounded from the far corner of the room. Chloe opened her eyes and was blinded by the sunlight shining in her room. Once she adjusted to the light she saw Lex leaning against the doorframe. Clark, Lana and Pete were by her right side and her father on her left. "So you remember?" her father asked.
"Yeah," Chloe tried to nod, but the pain level jumped the scale so she left the bodily movement for another time. "What happened after. that? Did they catch him?"
Lex stepped forward, gaining everyone's attention. "Yes, Chloe, they did."
*Lex jumped of Edward and ran over to the fallen girl, "Chloe!!" Edward jumped up and looked at what happened. "Oh my." He turned to run but Lex was faster, he grabbed the handcuffs that he had placed on Chloe's bedside table for memories, and pinned the man to the floor, cuffing Edward's hands to the bedpost. Lex ran over to Chloe again and whipped out his phone to place the emergency call.*
"He has confessed to being part of the robbery and gave us the name of the third. I got back all of the things they had taken." Lex continued. "I'll give you the details when your feeling better."
"Thanks Lex," Chloe mumbled as the pain killers started to kick in.
Clark leant forward and kissed her on the forehead. "I'm glad you're okay."
Chloe's father squeezed her hand again, "The doctors said you're going to be fine, you lost a lot of blood, and you had us all worried. The bullet missed your kidney by an inch."
Chloe tried to make that sink in, she had almost died - again - but she couldn't think straight and closed her eyes and the sunlight began to make her head ache. "Oh." Was all she could muster. "how long have I been.asleep?" she opened her eyes again to gauge their responses.
Off the tired expression on her fathers face and the combined looks of her friends, she'd gathered it had been quite some time, "Tell me." She demanded after no one offered a response. She had to have been knocked out for a while for the police - of THIS town - to have dealt with the robber - turned shooter - and to have discovered the identity and located the other one, AND to have retrieved all of the items that were stolen.
"A little under a week." Lana offered.
Clarks eyes grew clouded. "They weren't sure you were going to make it."
Chloe tried to lighten the situation a little. "That's what they said last time!" she smiled. and failed miserably at trying to raise the mood.
"I have to go. take a walk or something." Gabe said squeezing Chloe's hand and walking out of the room.
"He doesn't do well with hospitals." Chloe whispered stating the obvious. Before anybody could comment, a nurse bustled into the room to administer more drugs to take away any pain and ordered everybody out, at Lex's raised eyebrow she quickly excused him, but kicked everyone else out.
After she left, Lex walked forward and sat in the seat her father had just vacated a few moments ago. "I want a serious answer Chloe, how are you?" he asked taking her small hand in his.
"Before or after the pain killers kick in?"
"Serious."
"I'm gonna be okay." Chloe said truthfully.
"But."
"But I'm a bit sore now." At Lex's sorrowful glance at her stomach where the bullet had entered, she shook her head. "I don't blame you."
"They had to change the bandages so many times, you just kept bleeding. they didn't think that you were going to wake up." Lex told her without meeting her gaze, the worry evident in his voice.
"I'm stronger than I look." Chloe stated.
"I noticed."
"So."
"So."
"Lex, what's wrong. other than the obvious. You have something on your mind. Tell me."
"I was just thinking about what happened in the bedroom. before Edwards untimely appearance." Lex told her.
"Oh."
"Any regrets?"
"Nope."
Lex smiled and kissed her hand. "Your dad is going to kill me."
"Not to mention Pete, Clark, Mr and Mrs Kent and probably Lana." Chloe listed.
"Let's just call it the whole town."
"They wont exactly be happy with me either, a relationship is a two way thing."
Lex nodded. "True."
"But Clark and Pete will never be happy unless they get to pick who I'm with, then I probably won't be as happy as I could be with you."
"You think you could be happy with me?"
"You only hear what you want to hear." Chloe said rolling her eyes, feeling drowsy from the drugs. "I said I could be. I've been -with- you for 5 seconds."
"Let's hope it lasts a while then." Lex said watching her eyes close and holding her hand tightly.