A Smallville Christmas Carol
~*~* Chapter Eight ~*~*
"So its Christmas Eve," Lex stated watching Chloe sit back down on the couch after playing with the fire. "Don't you have any Christmas Nazi plans?"
"Actually, no. With what happened after the show and before you apologised yesterday, I kinda did the overkill. You know, everything that was supposed to be done today - I did when I was angry with you." Chloe admitted, moving in so she was almost sitting on his lap.
Lex pulled her all the way on and kissed her, a deep soul-searching kiss, and when he pulled back to breathe he looked her in the eye, "But you're not anymore, right?"
Chloe pulled him in for another round, "Nope." She mumbled against his lips.
"Good," Lex pulled away earlier than necessary, leaving Chloe whimpering. "Then we can go get coffee at the Talon, seeing you're finished with the Christmas rush." He told her, pulling her up.
"I wanna stay here!" she whined as Lex put her coat over her shoulders and pulled her out the door.
"We need coffee. I know what you're like without it, and I don't want to face Decaffeinated Chloe this early in the relationship." Lex told her.
When they arrived, the closed sign was up. "They're closed??!! Can they be closed? They can't possibly be closed. Its Christmas Eve. How Can they be closed?" Chloe asked hysterically, beating Lex's arm with both her tiny fists on each 'closed'. She had expected her caffeine rush and a disappointed Chloe was not a happy Chloe.
"You forget, you're talking to the owner. The one with the key." Lex said holding his keys in one hand and Chloe's hands in the other to prevent further beatings.
When Lex opened the door and turned on the lights a whole crowed of people jumped out at Chloe and shouted "SURPRISE!!"
The small girl jumped back and crashed into Lex, who had his arms ready to catch her. "Oh. My. God." She whispered.
Clark, Pete and Lana ran up to meet her. Lana reached her first and enveloped her in a tight hug. "Merry Christmas Chloe!! We knew that Christmas was a really stressful time for you and the townspeople wanted to thank you for all the great work you did, and this is what we came up with." Lana pulled away and gestured to the large gathering of people squeezed into the small coffee shop. Pete picked up where Lana left off. After a brief hug he explained, "Practically the whole town wanted to come, to thank you for everything you have done, the shows, the carols, and all the work you do during the year. but these are only a few of the people, those who couldn't make it just want to tell you that you are doing great things for this town." Pete told her.
Clark gave her a hug that lifted her off the floor. "We don't want you to think that we don't appreciate the things you do. Because we all do. We all love you Chloe. And those Christmas Nazi jokes. we're just having fun."
"I know that Clark." Chloe smiled up at him. "Thank you. All of you!!" she said, gesturing to the huge crowd. Those that heard raised their beverage of choice in a toast to her.
"It wasn't easy, you know?" Lana said, taking her hand and guided her down the steps. Chloe looked around for Lex and spotted him getting coffees from Nell, so she returned her attention back to Lana who was still talking. "Its hard keeping secrets from the towns best reporter. I think we almost got busted several times."
"So this is what you guys were doing when you said you were busy!?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah," Clark nodded. "I almost died when you asked me to take over the interview yesterday, cos that's when we were setting everything up!"
"How'd you know I wouldn't come in here?"
"Cos, you were angry at Lex for some reason and you wouldn't talk to any of us about it. Why would you come into a shop owned by someone you didn't like, filled with people you didn't want to talk to?" Pete filled in. "And after you were talking to Lex again, he made sure not to take you here."
"You were in on this too?" Chloe asked her boyfriend, who had just returned with two caramel latte's.
"Of course." He nodded handing her a cup.
"Even when I hated you?"
"Even then."
Chloe saw that her friends had noted this was a conversation best not heard by best friends and had drifted away into the throngs of people. Chloe was glad, because Lex's statement had only confirmed her suspicions. "I love you." She said, and bit her lip, she wasn't sure what the consequences would be, but she wanted to get it out there.
Lex smiled and wrapped his free arm around her waist, "I love you too."
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That Christmas was the best the Sullivan household had seen for a long time. Chloe's father accepted the fact that she was dating his boss quite well and asked him to spend the day with the two of them. Lana, Clark, Pete, Mr and Mrs Kent and Mr and Mrs Ross each made cameo appearances and Christmas went off without a hitch. Everything in Chloe's life was perfect, right down to the perfect boyfriend.
~*~* Chapter Eight ~*~*
"So its Christmas Eve," Lex stated watching Chloe sit back down on the couch after playing with the fire. "Don't you have any Christmas Nazi plans?"
"Actually, no. With what happened after the show and before you apologised yesterday, I kinda did the overkill. You know, everything that was supposed to be done today - I did when I was angry with you." Chloe admitted, moving in so she was almost sitting on his lap.
Lex pulled her all the way on and kissed her, a deep soul-searching kiss, and when he pulled back to breathe he looked her in the eye, "But you're not anymore, right?"
Chloe pulled him in for another round, "Nope." She mumbled against his lips.
"Good," Lex pulled away earlier than necessary, leaving Chloe whimpering. "Then we can go get coffee at the Talon, seeing you're finished with the Christmas rush." He told her, pulling her up.
"I wanna stay here!" she whined as Lex put her coat over her shoulders and pulled her out the door.
"We need coffee. I know what you're like without it, and I don't want to face Decaffeinated Chloe this early in the relationship." Lex told her.
When they arrived, the closed sign was up. "They're closed??!! Can they be closed? They can't possibly be closed. Its Christmas Eve. How Can they be closed?" Chloe asked hysterically, beating Lex's arm with both her tiny fists on each 'closed'. She had expected her caffeine rush and a disappointed Chloe was not a happy Chloe.
"You forget, you're talking to the owner. The one with the key." Lex said holding his keys in one hand and Chloe's hands in the other to prevent further beatings.
When Lex opened the door and turned on the lights a whole crowed of people jumped out at Chloe and shouted "SURPRISE!!"
The small girl jumped back and crashed into Lex, who had his arms ready to catch her. "Oh. My. God." She whispered.
Clark, Pete and Lana ran up to meet her. Lana reached her first and enveloped her in a tight hug. "Merry Christmas Chloe!! We knew that Christmas was a really stressful time for you and the townspeople wanted to thank you for all the great work you did, and this is what we came up with." Lana pulled away and gestured to the large gathering of people squeezed into the small coffee shop. Pete picked up where Lana left off. After a brief hug he explained, "Practically the whole town wanted to come, to thank you for everything you have done, the shows, the carols, and all the work you do during the year. but these are only a few of the people, those who couldn't make it just want to tell you that you are doing great things for this town." Pete told her.
Clark gave her a hug that lifted her off the floor. "We don't want you to think that we don't appreciate the things you do. Because we all do. We all love you Chloe. And those Christmas Nazi jokes. we're just having fun."
"I know that Clark." Chloe smiled up at him. "Thank you. All of you!!" she said, gesturing to the huge crowd. Those that heard raised their beverage of choice in a toast to her.
"It wasn't easy, you know?" Lana said, taking her hand and guided her down the steps. Chloe looked around for Lex and spotted him getting coffees from Nell, so she returned her attention back to Lana who was still talking. "Its hard keeping secrets from the towns best reporter. I think we almost got busted several times."
"So this is what you guys were doing when you said you were busy!?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah," Clark nodded. "I almost died when you asked me to take over the interview yesterday, cos that's when we were setting everything up!"
"How'd you know I wouldn't come in here?"
"Cos, you were angry at Lex for some reason and you wouldn't talk to any of us about it. Why would you come into a shop owned by someone you didn't like, filled with people you didn't want to talk to?" Pete filled in. "And after you were talking to Lex again, he made sure not to take you here."
"You were in on this too?" Chloe asked her boyfriend, who had just returned with two caramel latte's.
"Of course." He nodded handing her a cup.
"Even when I hated you?"
"Even then."
Chloe saw that her friends had noted this was a conversation best not heard by best friends and had drifted away into the throngs of people. Chloe was glad, because Lex's statement had only confirmed her suspicions. "I love you." She said, and bit her lip, she wasn't sure what the consequences would be, but she wanted to get it out there.
Lex smiled and wrapped his free arm around her waist, "I love you too."
~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**~~**
That Christmas was the best the Sullivan household had seen for a long time. Chloe's father accepted the fact that she was dating his boss quite well and asked him to spend the day with the two of them. Lana, Clark, Pete, Mr and Mrs Kent and Mr and Mrs Ross each made cameo appearances and Christmas went off without a hitch. Everything in Chloe's life was perfect, right down to the perfect boyfriend.