Title: Surprise, Surprise.
Author: Lucy Mars
Disclaimer: Banish the thought. They don't belong to me.
Rating: Hard "R." Kiddies, turn around and go home.
Chapter #11: Never Sorry.
"Since when do you like to brood?"
"Hey," Clark said looking up at Lana as she climbed the last few steps and joined him on his worn couch, "What are you doing here?"
"Just got off work," Lana explained looking out at the bright night sky, "I thought I'd check on you before going home."
"Check up on me?" Clark asked uncomfortably, "Why? I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Lana asked regarding Clark closely, "I mean, you looked really sullen at school today."
"It's nothing," Clark lied.
"Or, it's Chloe."
"Why would you say that?"
"Because I can see it in your eyes," Lana shrugged, having long ago stopped trying to figure their complicated relationship out, "You're worried about her."
It wasn't a question, but he would answer it anyway. "Yeah,"
"Because she's staying with Lex?"
"No," Clark denied, "Yes. Maybe. I don't know."
Laughing lightly, Lana stretched her legs out in front of her and shook her head. "Nice to know that you're not indecisive,"
"It's partly Lex," Clark confessed, "but it's more what she's keeping from me."
"What is she keeping from you?" Lana asked.
Sighing, Clark ran an agitated hand through his hair. "I don't know and that's what's bothering me,"
"So…you're not at all jealous?" Lana asked softly.
"Jealous?" Clark repeated, turning to look at Lana, "Why would I be jealous? What is there to be jealous of?"
"I could be wrong," Lana said hesitantly, "but I think that there's something going on between them."
"They're just friends," Clark said a little too quickly, "Lex told me that they're just friends."
"Oh. All right. If Lex said so."
"He did."
'And you believe him?' Lana wanted to ask, 'You believe him, even though you know he's lying?'
"They're just friends," Clark mumbled, trying to reassure himself, "Just friends."
"Yeah," Lana sighed, "Like us."
***
Looking down at the offending phone as its shrill ring broke her concentration and echoed through the quiet room, Chloe gave Lex a pleading look. She was too comfortable to move. She didn't want to get up and answer it.
"Don't look at me," Lex chuckled, never looking up from his book, "I'm perfectly fine with letting the machine get it. You're the one with the weird inability to let it ring."
Scowling when she realized that he wouldn't get it, Chloe swung her comfortably outstretched legs off of Lex and let them hit the cold floor. Shuffling across the room, Chloe grabbed the phone roughly and sighed dramatically for Lex's benefit, "Hello?"
"Do you miss me love?"
"Louis!" Chloe exclaimed happily, catching Lex's attention, "It's been ages since you've called. Where have you been?"
"So you have missed me, Pixie." Louis laughed triumphantly, "I was afraid that you would have forgotten all about me, with Lex to 'entertain' you."
Ignoring the insinuation Louis always seemed intent on lacing into their conversations, Chloe sat back down next to Lex and threw her feet back up on him. It was a position they often found themselves in. "I could never forget about you,"
With a melodramatic roll of his eyes, Lex propped his book against Chloe's ankles and went back to his reading.
"That's good to hear, pet."
"So where have you been?" Chloe demanded, "Lex and I have been placing bets on when you would call."
"I've been around," Louis answered vaguely, "Now tell me love, how have you been? How's life in the country?"
"Good," Chloe answered truthfully, "Great actually. I'm having a great time being back."
"So you're not coming home to me anytime soon?"
"Well," Chloe laughed nudging Lex playfully with her foot, "seeing how Lex has yet to kick me out, I don't think I'll be coming back to Meteropolis just yet."
"Isn't a bloody month enough time in the country? How much fresh air does one person need?"
"Louis," Chloe said drawing out his name playfully, "Keep it up and I'll start to think that you miss me."
"For an intelligent bird, you're awfully dim." Louis scolded, "Of course I miss you love! It's boring without you here to entertain me. There is no one here to mock others with me."
"Aww," Chloe laughed, "I miss you too, Louis."
"So you're not coming back to me?" Louis asked with pseudo and true sadness. He missed his little bird.
"I'm sorry Louis, but Lex has successfully stolen my heart," Chloe deadpanned, "I can't leave him."
"Damn right," Lex smirked, never looking up from his book.
"Is he there?" Louis asked, hearing the third voice.
"At my feet," Chloe answered, wiggling her toes and getting his attention.
"I knew he was, but I never took you for the kinky sort, pet."
"Louis," Chloe warned, feeling her face heat up.
"What?" Louis asked innocently.
Purposely ignoring Lex's curious sideways glance, Chloe wondered, 'When did it get so hot in here?'
"So there's nothing I can do to persuade you to leave Lex and come back to me?"
"Sorry,"
"I'm going to go and drown my sorrows now." Louis told her humorously.
"In our dear friend Jack?" Chloe teased, remembering Louis fondness for whiskey.
"In Jack," Louis confirmed, "I'll talk to you later, love."
"Bye Louis."
"Jack?" Lex questioned, finally looking up from his book.
"Jack Daniels. Louis is heartbroken that I refused to leave you for him." Chloe grinned, stretching out like a cat. She could use a nap, "He got off the phone to drown his sorrows."
"Chloe Sullivan, heartbreaker extraordinaire." Lex grinned, taking the phone from Chloe and setting it down on the coffee table.
"Yeah," Chloe snorted, "that's me all right."
"Tired?" Lex asked resting his hand on Chloe's leg.
"Maybe,"
"Nap," Lex suggested going back to his book.
"What are you going to do?" Chloe asked looking up at Lex through sleepy screens.
Watch you sleep. "Read,"
"Party animal," Chloe smirked, letting her eyes drift closed.
***
Having long abandoned trying to read his book, Lex sat comfortably in the slowly darkening room and watched Chloe sleep. Her usually animated face was at rest and Lex could almost say that she looked peaceful. Almost, because peace wasn't an emotion he was well acquainted with. Who was he to assert if anyone was at peace?
Unlike the last time he'd watched her sleep in his arms, her body wasn't tense or shaken. Everything about her was calm and tranquil this time. Lex liked seeing her like this. He liked seeing her period.
It'd been a month since he'd brought her here and Lex found himself silently dreading the day she would leave. There was no doubt in his mind that she would leave, because everyone he cared about left him. Why would Chloe be any different?
Despite the dread though, Lex thoroughly enjoyed Chloe's company. She was like a breath of fresh air in his life. The manor was no longer a dark and sullen castle. It was home. A home that had Lex looking forward to returning to everyday and dreading leaving every morning. It wasn't because of the light that Chloe shone on everything, but just because she was there. Every night, Lex could expect a new adventure in the kitchen. Every night, Lex could expect laughter and banter. Every night, Lex could expect the hesitance in him and the internal battle about when to make his move.
The relationship he had with Chloe was a bizarre one. Their friendship had been struck in the most unusual of ways and built on the oddest of foundations. Lex didn't know where the lines were drawn in the sand and whether or not he was allowed to cross them. For the first time in his life, Lex was friends with a woman that he didn't want to risk losing for a quick tumble in bed.
The prospect of losing Chloe as his friend scared Lex in a way that he had never experienced before. Never before had a woman held such a firm place in his heart. Never since he lost his mother. Chloe was a pile of firsts for him. She teased him, cajoled him, and on occasion insulted him. More then once, when she noticed the stunned expression on his face, Chloe had to remind him that she didn't care what his name was. If he was being an ass, she would tell him. End of story. She filled the longing in his heart that had been there ever since Lex could remember. She was the only person who could break him out of a mood with a smile or a smirk.
She was the only person he could see himself loving for the rest of his life.
"Have you been sitting here the entire time?"
Moving his eyes from the far away corner over her shoulder to meet her bleary eyes, Lex said evenly, "You're awake,"
"Observant fellow you are," Chloe teased rubbing the last remnants of sleep from her eyes and pulling herself up into a sitting position, "How long have I been asleep."
"I'm not sure," Lex muttered a glazed look on his face.
Reaching over to touch his arm, Chloe asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"
His eyes focused but his face still holding that far away look, Lex looked down at Chloe's hand resting on his arm and smiled quietly.
"Lex?" Chloe asked closing the last bit of space between them. Studying Lex's face as a flurry of emotions flashed over his eyes, Chloe tried to figure out what was going on in his mind. Whatever it was that she was expecting from him, it wasn't the feeling of his lips against hers.
Losing himself in the sea of blue that were her concerned eyes, Lex felt his heart constrict at the worry he saw. Concern for him. His heart drop kicking his conflicted brain over, Lex acted on impulse for the first time in his life. Huh, another first.
Pressing his lips against Chloe's, Lex felt his eyes shutter close at the surge of emotions rushing through him. It was like a tidal wave of sensations slamming into him and making him feel again. Her lips were so soft under his. He could stay in this place forever.
Surprise quickly dying away to pleasure, Chloe leaned into Lex and the kiss wholeheartedly. It was about damn time he made a move. She would have pounced him if she had to wait one more day.
Feeling her lips part against his in an invitation that he knew well, Lex felt himself tumble back down into reality. Whoa Nelly. Pulling away abruptly, Lex stared at Chloe in shock. Her chest was rising and falling as quickly as his and her eyes radiated with confusion. So this was what losing control felt like.
"Lex?"
Her uncertain voice cutting through his muddled senses, Lex forced himself to look at Chloe and not her red lips. Not her red and swollen lips. Not her well kissed…
"Lex?"
"I'm sorry," Lex blurted out, his fingers itching to reach over and touch Chloe. Just to reassure himself that it had actually happened. He did actually kiss her.
Waiting a beat, Chloe crossed her arms angrily and gave Lex a defiant glare. "Well I'm not."
"I shouldn't have done…Wait. What?"
"I'm not sorry," Chloe repeated, her eyes blazing with anger, "So don't expect me to say I am, jackass."
Lex was sure his mouth would have hung open in surprise if he wasn't so busy kissing Chloe. Attacking her lips with a passion that rivaled anything he was sure she'd ever felt before, Lex felt his head begin to spin when Chloe returned the kiss with more. Her fingers dug into his arms as she tried to anchor herself against him, while his own hands were tangled in her hair as he tried to pull her as close as possible.
Pinning Lex against the couch with her body, Chloe pulled away briefly to fill her deprived lungs with air. "You still sorry?" she demanded, her voice not as steady as before.
"I'll never be sorry," Lex murmured against her lips. He would never lie to her. He couldn't.
"Good." Chloe said simply before wrapping her arms around Lex and drowning herself in his kiss.
Feeling her tongue sweep over his lips, Lex parted his lips willingly. She didn't have to ask him twice.
***
Stumbling into his bedroom with Chloe attacking the buttons on his shirt, Lex moved blindly until her legs hit his bed. Tumbling down a mass of limbs, Lex looked into Chloe's shinning eyes and his heart threatened to burst under the sudden pressure it was feeling. Years of being dormant made it hard for his poor heart to suddenly take on the excess of sentiments and sensations he was feeling.
He could see every line of her face and body under the early evening light. He could feel the strength of her heart beats, solid and hypnotic under his hand. The texture of her flesh was baby soft and smooth, an intoxicating combination. Lex felt something he didn't think he'd ever felt in his life. The feel of her beneath his palm, beneath his fingers, it make him so alive his body was thrumming with the power of it.
Grabbing him by the collar of his shirt, Chloe pulled Lex down towards her and kissed him. Light feathery kisses that she knew would drive him crazy. Pushing his shirt open, she slid her hands over his smooth chest. She wanted to touch every inch of his smooth body. She wanted to explore his body with her hands, her eyes and her lips. All she had to do now was get his clothes off.
Sucking in his breath, Lex felt a raw jolt of desire slice through him the instant he felt Chloe's hands skim over his chest. He was going to lose it right here, right now. No, worse. He was going to embarrass himself like a teenager without resistant. Luckily for Lex, Chloe pulled away before he had a chance to engage himself in some pre-teen nightmare. However, as much as he wanted to avoid embarrassment, being away from Chloe was considerably worse.
Putting her finger over his lips, Chloe silenced him with a brazen smile. Pulling her hand away, she took her sweater off and threw over her shoulder in one fluid motion. "Lex?"
"Yeah?" Lex asked awe heavily laced in his voice. Never before in his entire life had he seen anything more beautiful then the site before him. He wanted to reach over and touch her but he couldn't move. There was no blood left in his veins.
"I'm not leaving any room for uncertainties," Chloe whispered, catching Lex's chin and making him look at her, "I don't want you to have any doubts about where I stand on this."
"And where do you stand on this?"
Her palm smoothed over his thigh and slowly moved upwards. "I want you Lex," Chloe said against his ear, "Do you want me?"
"Yes," was all Lex was able to stutter before Chloe crushed her lips against his and pushed him down onto his bed.
***
The eyes that had begun to close flew open in stunned awakening. Her hips arched up, meeting his questioning lips just before the first flood of terrifying pleasure poured through her. Gasping, she reached for him, only to find her damp palms sliding off his skin as he moved over her, lighting fires where he willed.
The roaring in her ears prevented her from hearing herself call his name again and again. But he heard. Nothing he had heard before or would hear again would ever sound quite so sweet. She moved under him, bucking, twisting, trembling as he found and exploited new secrets. The dark taste of passion filled his mouth, driving him to find more, give more.
Her skin was hot and damp wherever he touched, making him mad with thoughts of how she would be when he filled her. Could she know how weak she made him? How completely she satisfied him? His mind teemed with thoughts of her, memories he knew would follow him until he died. Each time he took a breath he drew in the scent of her skin, sheened now with her passion and his. No other woman would ever tempt him again, because no other woman was Chloe.
She wanted to beg him to stop. She wanted to beg him to never stop. Each breath she dragged into her lungs seemed to clog there until she feared she would die from lack of air …or the surplus of it. Her eyes filled with tears, not from sorrow or regret but from the ache of a beauty so great she knew she could never describe it. Her strength ebbed and flowed, rushing into her like wildfire, then pouring out like a waterfall. But weak or strong, she had never known pleasure so deep. In some corner of her brain she wanted to know if he felt the same. But each time she began to form the words, he would touch her and send her thoughts spinning into a void of sensation.
When his lips came back to hers, she tasted desperation on them. Wanting to soothe, she answered with her heart, pulling him close.
He slipped into her, fighting with every fiber of his being to take her gently, struggling against every urge to plunge in to his own satisfaction. Sweat pooled at the base of his spine. The muscles in his arms quivered as he braced over her and watched, as he had dreamed of watching, her face as he made her one with him.
"Lex!" she cried out, but not in pain. Perhaps there was pain, but it was so smothered in pleasure that she couldn't feel it. Only him. She could feel one with him as he moved into her, became part of her. With her eyes open and focused on him, she matched his rhythm. Slowly…beautifully slow. Gloriously slow. The moment when they joined would be savored, like the finest of old wines, the purest of promises.
He bent to take her lips again and swallowed her sigh. He could feel her pulse around him as clear as he could feel her hands stroke down his back, When he thrust deep inside of her, she arched and that sigh became a moan. Now it was she who changed the rhythm and he who followed. It no longer mattered who was the rider, and who was ridden, as they raced together. His last thought as his pleasure burst into her was that he had finally found home.
***
His first, cliché-ridden thought was: This must be a dream.
His body was sated, languorous even, and Chloe was sitting atop the covers watching him with a whimsical smile on her face. Wearing only a crisp purple dress shirt, carelessly buttoned over her navel and gaping in all the right places, Lex had never seen anything sexier.
It took him a moment to get over the delighted shock and remember the events of the last few hours. There were no words that Lex could find in his extensive vocabulary to adequately describe the events that had occurred once he'd thrown caution to the wind.
It was quite clear to Lex, and to Chloe, if that soft smile on her face was any indication, that they were wonderful together. It didn't take Lex to come to the decision that they made an unstoppable team. Argue, banter, make love; the two of there were easily gold-medal material.
The more that he thought about it, especially that last thing that they tried, Lex wasn't entirely sure that a mere gold medal was enough. There needs to be a whole new awards system. Because he and Chloe were unique.
Luthor and Sullivan, lovers extraordinaire.
"Hi," Lex whispered rolling onto his side and propping his head on his hand to watch her.
"Hi," Chloe grinned her hair delectably mused, "I'm hungry,"
"You are insatiable, woman." Lex exclaimed, pulling Chloe back down into his arms, "I'm going to need a couple minutes."
Making no effort to pull away from him, Chloe hit his stomach playfully. "Don't be a dork. It's dampening my post coital glow."
"Your pillow talk really has me swooning here, Chloe."
Mirroring his smirk, Chloe gently pressed her lips against Lex's and pulled away when she felt him start to respond. Pouting adorably, she repeated, "I'm hungry,"
"Me too," Lex grinned rolling them over in one smooth motion.
"Lex," Chloe shrieked, her laughter quickly dying away to soft moans.
"Yes?" Lex asked, his lips scorching a pleasantly painful path down her throat.
"Oh," Chloe whimpered clutching Lex's arms as he bit her lightly.
"Yes?" Lex repeated a smug smile on his face.
Her eyes fluttering closed, despite her many attempts to keep them open, Chloe bit down on her lip as the first wave of agonizing pleasure swept through her.
Following the path had he had taken earlier, Lex kissed his way back up Chloe's body with a lover's knowledge. He paused in all the appropriate places and lavished attention where he knew she would appreciate it. After all, he was just returning the favor. Just thinking about last night and the things Chloe could do to him, made Lex blush. He was Lex Luthor and he was blushing. Somewhere, hell was freezing over.
Pressing his lips against Chloe's, Lex asked cheekily, "Still hungry?"
Growling deep in her throat, Chloe grabbed Lex's face between her hands and kissed him. All thoughts of food and coffee far from her mind.
***
"Are we going to do anything to confirm their suspicious, or are we just going to continue to let them speculate amongst themselves?"
After much coaxing, kissing and promise of compensation when they got home, Chloe had managed to drag Lex out of bed at an indecent hour so that they could spend their Sunday morning with the rest of the world. No matter how great, mind blowing and astounding a time they had together in bed, Chloe liked getting out to spend some time under the warm spring sunlight. Spring was finally in the air and the crisp chill of winter was finally gone. Lex's suggestion for what they could under the sunlight had promptly been vetoed. She was an adventurous woman, yes, but she wasn't a voyeur. At least not until Lex could convince her that they'd be far, far, far, far, away from prying eyes.
"Since when do you care what the town thinks?" Chloe asked, peering at Lex over her sunglasses.
"Since they began to stare more than usual," Lex smirked, gesturing discreetly at their audience.
Looking up from the flowers that she'd been admiring, Chloe laughed at the obvious crowd assembled at the farmer's market. "Maybe they're checking you out," Chloe teased, "You look hot today."
Rolling his eyes, Lex couldn't keep his lips from tilting upwards. "I doubt my clothing is what has them staring."
"Hey, maybe they're checking me out." Chloe laughed grabbing Lex's hand and pulling him along with her, "I look pretty hot today, don't you think?"
"Always,"
"Flirt," Chloe shot back, looking down at a basket of apples. Mmm, they looked good.
"Chloe, be serious for one second."
"I can try, but I make no promises."
"Chloe," Lex sighed stopping her with the graveness of his tone, "Are you embarrassed to let people know about us?"
Was that insecurity she saw on his usually unflappable face? Lex Luthor, insecure? Really? That was so cute.
"Chloe?"
Grinning impishly, Chloe dragged Lex out of the center of the market and pointed up at the cloudless sky.
"What?" Lex asked confused. He didn't see anything.
"Do you think we should hire someone to skywrite, 'Yes, Chloe is dating Lex.?'" Chloe asked seriously, "Or maybe a banner would work better. You know, it could fly around all day to make sure that everyone had a chance to see it. How about a red banner? I know you're partial to purple, but I like red. It's more eye catching anyway. What do you think?"
"I'm a simple man,"
Flattening her hands against his firm chest, Chloe looked up at Lex sweetly. A little too sweetly. "Yeah?"
"Yeah,"
"Do you wanna give them a show?" Now her hands were sliding up his chest seductively. "Kill two birds with one stone."
"A show?" Lex echoed, entranced by the wanton glint in Chloe's eyes.
Flashing him a quick smile, Chloe grabbed Lex's collar and pulled his mouth down to fuse with hers for a hard kiss. Thoroughly teasing him with her tongue and successfully satisfying the entire towns suspicions, Chloe pulled away breathless. Maybe she'd give that open field thing a try. It couldn't hurt.
Refilling her deprived lungs, Chloe ran her fingers over Lex's still lips and wiped off her lipstick. "It's a nice color on you,"
Smiling down at Chloe like a jolly fool, Lex shook his head. "You, Chloe Sullivan, are a wicked wicked woman."
"I try," Chloe beamed just before Lex brought his lips back down to dance with hers. Yeah, if he kept doing that thing with his tongue, she'd totally agree to his open field suggestion.
***
Watching the scene play out in front of him, along with the rest of the town, Clark felt a deep pang inside him, along with the haunting thought, "This isn't good."
***
"Clark, I'm telling you, you need to let this go." Pete said following Clark down the hall as he stormed through the crowd, "It's been weeks and frankly, you're starting to worry me."
"How can I let it go?" Clark demanded, "She's like this whole other person."
"People change," Pete sighed annoyed with Clark's stubbornness, "She grew up. What's the big mystery that you're trying to solve?"
"There's something else, Pete. I just know it. I can feel it."
Rolling his eyes, Pete grudgingly kept up with Clark's rapid pace. "You know, I'm starting to think that there are some kind of intoxicating fumes in the Torch office that make people crazy. I mean, you're starting to sound like Chloe. Clark Kent, on the hunt for a story that isn't there…because he can feel it in his bones."
"Except," Clark said halting his steps and turning around to face Pete, "I don't."
"Say what?"
"I don't sound like Chloe. Maybe I do sound like the Chloe we knew, but I sure don't sound like the Chloe that's here now." Clark said feeling a frown dominate his usually sunny face because he couldn't stop his suspicions, "The Chloe that's here now is with Lex."
"I thought that Luthor was your friend."
"He is…"
"Then shouldn't you be happy for him? I mean, Chloe's a catch."
"You're okay with their relationship?" Clark asked incredulously. Of all the people he knew, he thought that he could count on Pete to hate this new revelation with him.
"Who am I not to be okay with it?" Pete questioned, "Chloe's a big girl. I can't go around telling her who she can or cannot date."
"But it's Lex Luthor. I thought you hated him."
"I do," Pete shrugged, "but he makes her happy, Clark. I may not know this new Chloe as well as I did the old one, but I can tell if she's happy or not…and surprisingly enough, she is."
Clark couldn't argue with that. Chloe did look happy. But that didn't do anything to quell his suspicions with the entire situation. It was all too bizarre…and he lived in Smallville for Christ's sake.
"Luthor better appreciate what he's got," Pete threatened, "or I'll kick his ass and take the girl."
"Pete," Clark muttered shaking his head and resuming his brisk pace towards the Torch.
"What?" Pete asked running to catch up with Clark, "I'm not allowed to appreciate the fine specimen of woman that Chloe has become? Admit it Clark, she's hot."
Clark didn't disagree. He couldn't. Chloe was hot.
"Come on, Clark," Pete taunted, following Clark into the Torch office, "You know she's hot."
"Who's hot?"
"Chloe," Clark said feeling his face heat up, "What are you doing here?"
"Lana called me," Chloe said, sitting quite comfortably in Clark's chair, "and asked me to meet her here."
"Oh," Clark said stealing a quick glance at Pete, who was grinning like a fool at Chloe. Chloe though, seemed completely obliviously to the staring. Either that or she was used to it. Clark was willing to bet on the latter.
"Chloe," Lana said breezing into the Torch office, "Good, you're here."
Rising smoothly from her chair upon Lana's arrival, Clark was struck by how much Chloe's actions reminded him of a certain bald friend that he had. Her face was placid but her eyes were guarded. Her stance was in control and comfortable, but also prepared for battle. Even her clothes reminded him of Lex, especially the long black coat that flowed like water with her every move.
"Clark?"
"Huh?" he asked, finding three pair of eyes regarding him with amusement.
"Would you like to come to the Talon with us?" Lana repeated.
"Ah," Clark stuttered looking at Pete helplessly, "No, sorry. I've got work to do here."
"Okay," Lana said her face falling slightly, "We'll be there for awhile if you want to join us."
"Okay," Clark said nodding his head, "Yeah. Sure."
"Okay," Chloe said grabbing her bag and leading Lana out of the Torch office, "Let's go."
"Bye guys," Lana called out hurrying after Chloe as she briskly led the way out of the building.
Waiting for the two girls to be out of earshot, Pete turned to Clark, "I thought that you were done with this week's edition."
"I am," Clark said taking his seat and booting up his computer.
"Then what do you have to do?" Pete asked giving Clark a confused look.
Logging on, Clark gave Pete a serious look. "Research,"
***
"I was wondering how long it would take for you to haul me out for questioning."
Grinning, Lana made an impatient gesture for Chloe to hurry up. "Dish already,"
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything,"
"Way to narrow it down here, Lana."
"You want me to ask specific questions?"
"It would make the whole process go a lot faster," Chloe answered, pretending to dread the conversation, when in reality she was dying to talk to someone about it. It'd been a long time since she'd had girl talk with anyone. Between Louis and Lex, there weren't many late night gabbing sessions. With Louis there was mocking and drinking, and with Lex, she could do anything, but girl talk.
"Fine," Lana grinned, a mischievous sparkle in her eyes, "How is Lex in bed?"
Chocking on her coffee, Chloe looked up at Lana to find her smiling innocently. "Lana!"
"What? Come on, I'm dying to know."
Waiting a beat, Chloe put her mug down and shook her head. "Innocent farm girl my ass,"
"I live next door to a farm. Not on one. Now stop with the misdirection and answer the question already."
Taking a moment to absorb this side of Lana that she'd never seen before, and never knew existed, Chloe finally answered her question when she looked just ready to burst. "Think about how good you just know he is," Chloe ordered.
"All right,"
Smiling smugly, Chloe leaned back in her seat and didn't even bother to control the grin on her face. "And multiply it by infinity."
"That good, huh?"
"Better," Chloe assured her.
"Okay, now I'm jealous." Lana laughed.
"Sexual frustration sucks?"
"You even have to ask?"
"Either you've really changed," Chloe mused, "or you've always been like this."
Giving Chloe a brazen smile, Lana shrugged her shoulders delicately. "Even the good girls need to have some fun,"
"I doubt that you'd have any trouble getting some fun," Chloe smirked, watching Lana blush, "You could have any guy you wanted."
Looking down into her mug, the playfulness suddenly gone, Lana sighed, "Not any guy."
"I don't get it," Chloe frowned, "Why haven't you and Clark gotten it together already?"
"Who said it was Clark?" Lana asked, blushing furiously.
Rolling her eyes, Chloe drank her coffee. "I am neither stupid nor blind. Don't treat me like I am. So tell me, why haven't Lana Lang and Clark Kent become the cutest couple of the year yet?"
"Because you and Lex are,"
"Lana."
Exhaling slowly, Lana meet Chloe's concerned gaze with a doleful one. "I have no idea."
***
"You're cheating," Chloe accused, watching Lex take her queen.
"I am not," Lex grinned holding her white marble statue in his hand like a prized possession. How symbolic was it that she was the purity on the board and he was the darkness? His pieces outnumbered hers, but he could never take her king. Lex would rather forfeit then take Chloe's king. It was just fun letting her think that he would. He loved the way her face scrunched up when she frowned down at the board.
Looking down at her outnumbered pieces and back up to Lex, Chloe held her hand over the chess board expectantly. He could afford to give it back to her. They both knew that she was outmatched the first time they played. Chess wasn't Chloe's game. The whole sitting patiently and looking over the whole board was driving her crazy, but she was sitting here and playing because she loved the way Lex looked when he was studying the tiny pieces and forming a strategy in his mind. It was the sexiest thing she'd ever seen.
Maybe that was why she was losing. The whole being turned on thing was distracting her from playing the game. Who was she kidding? Just being around Lex was a distraction.
"What?" Lex asked feigning confusion.
Raising an expectant eyebrow, Chloe held her hand out impatiently, "Lex,"
"Chloe," he mimicked with great amusement.
"Give it back,"
"This?" Lex asked holding the cool queen between warm fingers as his eyes sparkled with mischief.
Well two could play at this game. "Lex, I'm giving you fair warning." Chloe said getting up coming around to where Lex was sitting.
"For what?" Lex asked, grinning at Chloe as she ran her hand over his chest, "You think you can distract me enough to get your queen back?"
"Can't I?" Chloe whispered, biting Lex's ear affectionately.
Yes. "Nope. Sorry,"
Blazing a trail down his neck, Chloe knew he was putty in her hands. "You're not sorry,"
"Sorry for you," Lex managed to get out, his hormones in overdrive, "if you think that you're getting your queen back."
"Screw the queen," Chloe replied, biting down on Lex softly.
"Are you marking me?" Lex asked feigning shock, as Chloe brought her face up to his.
"Scandalous, isn't it?" Chloe asked between kisses.
"Appalling," Lex agreed, letting the queen fall forgotten to the floor, "What will the town say?"
Grinning devilishly, Chloe gently traced the hollow of Lex's throat with her fingers. "How about I give you a big hickey and we find out?"
Swallowing hard, Lex watched as Chloe swung a leg over his lap and pushed their bodies flush together. She was going to be the death of him. There was no doubt in his mind.
He couldn't think of a better way to die.
"Lex?"
Swallowing in a vain attempt to find his voice, Lex asked evenly, "How about we don't and say we did?"
"Where's the fun in that?" Chloe smirked straddling Lex, "You know you want me too," she whispered a wicked smile on her face.
"I know I want you," Lex answered, trying to distract Chloe by running his hands up and down her back. As appealing as having Chloe suck on his neck was, Lex wasn't too thrilled about the idea of having a hickey in plain site.
Faltering slightly, Chloe felt Lex slip his hand under her shirt. "Now you're just trying to distract me," Chloe pouted, pulling her face away from his neck.
"Is it working?" Lex asked pulling Chloe closer to him so that he could feast on her lips and work his way down.
"Yes," Chloe sighed, tightening her grip on Lex's shoulders.
Lex didn't know if she was answering him or just voicing her pleasure, but he'd take it.
Pulling his face back up to hers, Chloe kissed Lex fervently. No matter how many times they kissed, Chloe could never get enough. Ever kiss with Lex was like an adventure. No kiss was ever alike. Unlike other men, Lex never became predictable or boring. His lips could be passionate and possessive one second and loving and tender the next. Chloe never knew what to expect but the faintness that always seemed follow Lex's kisses. At first Chloe attributed it to the lack of oxygen to her brain, but now she knew better. Now she knew that even the shortest kiss from Lex could make her swoon.
"We should take this to the bedroom," Chloe said, her voicing sounding husky to her own ears.
"We've got a couch right here," Lex reminded her, his hands working the complicated buttons on her jeans with a fervor that didn't surprise him anymore.
Gripping the lapels of his shirt, Chloe kissed him hard before releasing him so that she could pull his sweater off. "God you're brilliant." Chloe declared, pushing Lex down onto the couch.
Breathless, Lex looked up at Chloe's flushed face and found himself entranced as she tried to tug his t-shirt off. What did he ever do to deserve this woman?
Feeling his hands stop their struggle with her jeans, Chloe looked down at Lex to find him watching her with a serene smile on his face. Titling her head to the side, Chloe let her hair cascade down like a golden sheet and brush against Lex's chest. "What?" she asked him, softly tracing the soft contours of his face.
"You're beautiful," Lex whispered, running his fingers through her golden locks with one hand and intertwining their fingers together with his other. The sunlight streamed through the window behind them and cast an eternal glow around Chloe. Her face was rosy with pleasure as she smiled down at him. His own little angel, right here in his arms.
"So are you," she beamed lightly brushing her lips over his. A ghost of a kiss that made his heart flutter. Fluttering. Another new emotion to add to the books.
"I'm beautiful?" Lex chuckled, batting his eyelashes at Chloe.
"Gorgeous," Chloe deadpanned nuzzling on his ear, "Drop dead gorgeous."
Shivering as her warm breath washed over his ear, Lex instinctively pulled Chloe impossibly closer to him. There wasn't a whisper of space left between them. He wanted to hold onto her and never let go.
"You're cuddly today," Chloe commented happily, "I like it when you're cuddly."
Closing his eyes, Lex buried his face in Chloe's hair and murmured so faintly that she was afraid she'd misheard him, "I like it when you're here."
"Yeah?" Chloe asked, a ball of emotion suddenly taking up residence in her throat.
"Yeah," Lex confirmed, just before swallowing Chloe in a kiss that set her entire body on fire.
She liked it when she was here with him too.
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TBC.