"Ok, boys, can you guys sit down? And Clark, don't glare at me. I should be
glaring at you. And Lex, don't shoot Clark dirty looks, ok? You guys.I
think I have a little bit of explaining to do." Chloe said, forcing each
boy into a seat and taking one herself.
"Ok, Clark.I was so upset at you, I have been ever since I left. And Lex was here, and.well, lemme explain." Chloe said, taking a deep breath.
*
"Whatcha writing?" Lex asked as Chloe continued to type furiously on her laptop.
"Not telling," Chloe answered, not even bothering to look up from her screen.
"That's horrible. I drive you a gazillion miles from Smallville and you won't even tell me what you're typing away at like you have six minutes left to live?" Lex sighed, trying to get a better look at Chloe's laptop.
"Fan fiction, ok?"
"Fan fiction?"
"I knew you wouldn't even know what it was! And I know I'm such a dork for writing about a stupid TV show."
"Chloe! I read fan fiction."
"You're joking! You're.you're mocking me!"
"No, I'm not. I belong to about five X-Files Yahoo groups."
"Me, too!" Chloe grinned, blushing. "I won't tell if you won't." Chloe said, sticking her pinkie out in the childish manner she never outgrew. Lex studied her pinkie from the corner of his eye.
"Chloe, didn't you stop pinkie swearing right after you fell out of love with Hanson?" Lex grinned, stealing a glance at Chloe.
"Very, very funny. C'mon, I always make everyone pinkie promise me. And if you break the pinkie promise, I break your pinkie, capic?" Chloe said, staring at Lex, daring him too disagree with her.
"Fine, ok, you win." Lex replied, locking his pinkie with hers. "Now, read me some of your fan fiction."
"What? After you made fun of my Hanson loving days? I'm thinking no!" Chloe cried, grinning.
"C'mon, please?" Lex said in a voice so close to a whine it shocked him. "Look at that, now you've got me whining like a member of Hanson. Just read what you have so far, I won't laugh."
"Well, fine. But I'm holding you too that." Chloe relented, knowing she was never going to hear the end of it if she didn't read him something. "The story's called 'Once In A Blue Moon', and.whoa, Lex! Hello! Car, driving, freeway? What are you doing?" Chloe cried as Lex swung off to the side of the road and cut the engine.
"You're.I'm.I think you're the girl of my dreams." Lex sputtered.
"Whoa, back UP! Lex, what on EARTH are you talking about?!" Chloe asked, getting frightened. What did she really KNOW about Lex anyways? What if he had been shooting up the night before, or drank to wake himself up.things her father could have missed when they were 'getting to know one another;.
"You're sugarandspice. I'm another_bald_man." Lex replied hoarsely. Chloe's mouth dropped open.
"Lex, you can't." Chloe didn't have time to finish before Lex lips were on hers.
"I've stopped myself from feeling anything for sugarandspice because I thought she wasn't real. I never thought I'd.but I should have known. I love her like.like I love you." Lex said when he pulled away.
"Lex.stop. You can't.you don't know what you're saying!" Chloe said as a tear dripped down her face.
"Chloe? Don't cry.why are you crying?" Lex asked, instantly becoming compassionate like Chloe had never seen.
"It's what.I've always wanted. I pictured it as Clark though. I just don't.I can't."
*
"Last stop. Everybody out." Lex deadpanned when they reached Lois's apartment.
"Thanks for.everything, Lex." Chloe smiled as she picked up her laptop and went around to the trunk.
"You know I'm not giving up, right?" Lex asked when he joined her to help unload her bags.
"I know.but I just can't."
"For God's sake, I'm not asking you to sleep with me, Chloe!" Lex sneered.
"I know." Chloe sighed as Lex set her last bag on the concrete.
"I'll be back. Say hello to Lois for me." Lex said as he jumped into his car.
"Welcome to Metropolis.where anything can happen." Chloe said witlessly as she started up the stairs to her cousin's apartment building.
"Ok, Clark.I was so upset at you, I have been ever since I left. And Lex was here, and.well, lemme explain." Chloe said, taking a deep breath.
*
"Whatcha writing?" Lex asked as Chloe continued to type furiously on her laptop.
"Not telling," Chloe answered, not even bothering to look up from her screen.
"That's horrible. I drive you a gazillion miles from Smallville and you won't even tell me what you're typing away at like you have six minutes left to live?" Lex sighed, trying to get a better look at Chloe's laptop.
"Fan fiction, ok?"
"Fan fiction?"
"I knew you wouldn't even know what it was! And I know I'm such a dork for writing about a stupid TV show."
"Chloe! I read fan fiction."
"You're joking! You're.you're mocking me!"
"No, I'm not. I belong to about five X-Files Yahoo groups."
"Me, too!" Chloe grinned, blushing. "I won't tell if you won't." Chloe said, sticking her pinkie out in the childish manner she never outgrew. Lex studied her pinkie from the corner of his eye.
"Chloe, didn't you stop pinkie swearing right after you fell out of love with Hanson?" Lex grinned, stealing a glance at Chloe.
"Very, very funny. C'mon, I always make everyone pinkie promise me. And if you break the pinkie promise, I break your pinkie, capic?" Chloe said, staring at Lex, daring him too disagree with her.
"Fine, ok, you win." Lex replied, locking his pinkie with hers. "Now, read me some of your fan fiction."
"What? After you made fun of my Hanson loving days? I'm thinking no!" Chloe cried, grinning.
"C'mon, please?" Lex said in a voice so close to a whine it shocked him. "Look at that, now you've got me whining like a member of Hanson. Just read what you have so far, I won't laugh."
"Well, fine. But I'm holding you too that." Chloe relented, knowing she was never going to hear the end of it if she didn't read him something. "The story's called 'Once In A Blue Moon', and.whoa, Lex! Hello! Car, driving, freeway? What are you doing?" Chloe cried as Lex swung off to the side of the road and cut the engine.
"You're.I'm.I think you're the girl of my dreams." Lex sputtered.
"Whoa, back UP! Lex, what on EARTH are you talking about?!" Chloe asked, getting frightened. What did she really KNOW about Lex anyways? What if he had been shooting up the night before, or drank to wake himself up.things her father could have missed when they were 'getting to know one another;.
"You're sugarandspice. I'm another_bald_man." Lex replied hoarsely. Chloe's mouth dropped open.
"Lex, you can't." Chloe didn't have time to finish before Lex lips were on hers.
"I've stopped myself from feeling anything for sugarandspice because I thought she wasn't real. I never thought I'd.but I should have known. I love her like.like I love you." Lex said when he pulled away.
"Lex.stop. You can't.you don't know what you're saying!" Chloe said as a tear dripped down her face.
"Chloe? Don't cry.why are you crying?" Lex asked, instantly becoming compassionate like Chloe had never seen.
"It's what.I've always wanted. I pictured it as Clark though. I just don't.I can't."
*
"Last stop. Everybody out." Lex deadpanned when they reached Lois's apartment.
"Thanks for.everything, Lex." Chloe smiled as she picked up her laptop and went around to the trunk.
"You know I'm not giving up, right?" Lex asked when he joined her to help unload her bags.
"I know.but I just can't."
"For God's sake, I'm not asking you to sleep with me, Chloe!" Lex sneered.
"I know." Chloe sighed as Lex set her last bag on the concrete.
"I'll be back. Say hello to Lois for me." Lex said as he jumped into his car.
"Welcome to Metropolis.where anything can happen." Chloe said witlessly as she started up the stairs to her cousin's apartment building.