I smiled as Chloe walked towards me, smiling softy.
"Lex, things have changed between us. You know, and i know, and I think it's time we do something bout it." Chloe said as she neared me. All I could do was nod in agreement.
"I've been thinking..." Chloe started, but I couldn't stop myself long enough to listen. I leaned down and brought my face to her, grinning against her mouth...
And awoke with a start.
"Always right at the good part..." I said to myself, rolling over to peer at the red numbers on the clock next to my bed. The clock. The bed. Hotel room. Clark. Lana. Pete. Chloe. The phone was ringing...
***
"Mr. Luthor, nice to see you," I grinned as I came from behind him and stood next to him, peering out his office window over Metropolis. "I hate it when you call me that," Lex replied, turning to face me.
"I know, but..." I was silenced as Lex brought his face down to meet mine. My eyes widened and I felt my face break into a smile...
And then a phone rang.
'Phone. Hotel. Clark. Lana. Pete. Lex Luthor!' My mind screamed at me. The phone persisted, but the last thought seemed to have paralyzed me before I even moved.
***
I looked over at Chloe and realized the phone hadn't woken her up. I reached over and picked up the phone, knocking over an empty cup we forgot to leave outside for room service.
"Hello?" I answered, leaning over the side of my bed to pick up the cup.
"Good morning, this is Ms. Sullivan's 7:30 wake up call." A professional sounding woman's voice came over the line.
"Yes, thank you." Lex said, then hung up the phone.
'The convention doesn't start until ten, what is she doing making us up at seven...ok, waking me up at seven? I do not want to entertain these four..." Lex rambled in his mind as he looked at the teens in the other beds in the huge room he had arranged for them.
Lex's thought caught on the word 'teen'. As in, illegal. Don't cause a scandal. As in, she lives in a completely different realm than me. Don't cause a scandal...
*** 'Ok, Chloe, now you're going to roll over and face Lex, looking like the angelic, perfect female you are!' Chloe thought to herself, trying to gather enough to turn over and address Lex.
'Alright, enough of this super girly-ness. If I'm going to survive a weekend with Lana and her sugary sweet self, I must maintain control. Turn over, open eyes, good Chloe!' " 'Morning!" Chloe whispered, but despite her soft voice, Lex jumped a little. " 'Morning. Sleep well?"
"Of course. This room is amazing...everything is amazing! And thanks for covering Clark's butt with the tickets and all. I've been planning on this convention all year."
"What's the point of being obscenely wealthy if you can't share it with other?" Lex grinned.
"I wouldn't know, you don't pay my Dad enough...ok, sorry, joking!" Chloe said when Lex shot her a look. "But you didn't have to share your lips with me last night...I can't believe Pete sometimes...so thanks. I will never play truth or dare with him again."
Lex shrugged the last comment off. "I'm glad for Clark. This weekend without that jock boyfriend of Lana's hanging around could be a major turning point in their relationship."
"I didn't think deciding the whole Torch staff needed to tag along was just to help 'up the journalistic quality' for our lovely little high school."
"What's the point of being extremely perceptive if you can't force your veiws on others?"
"So Pete's dare just played right into your plan didn't it?"
"Or maybe I paid him to dare Clark and I to kiss one of you girls and I just hoped Clark would pick Lana."
"Pete accepted money from you?" Chloe gasped quietly, trying to forget the fact that Clark picked Lana over her.
"You'll never know, will you?"
"I am a journalist. Do not under-estimate my resourcefulness." Chloe grinned, looking Lex in the eye, as if to challenge him. Chloe held her gaze longer than she should have, but Lex didn't.couldn't.look away. Both of them shifted their gazes when Clark mumbled in his sleep.
"Well, I plan on taking those two boys to do some shopping for city appropriate clothes to wear to the convention, so I'm taking a shower. Try to wake them from the dead while I'm in there, ok?" Chloe said, getting out of her bed and digging in her suitcase.
"This is going to be a long morning, isn't it?"
"You should have known what you were taking on Luthor!" Chloe grinned as she grabbed clothes and her toiletry bag and headed towards the suite's bathroom.
"Pete's dare did fit right in with everything...except I never planned on being so preoccupied with Chloe's lips." Lex sighed to himself as he heard the water turn on.
"Lex, things have changed between us. You know, and i know, and I think it's time we do something bout it." Chloe said as she neared me. All I could do was nod in agreement.
"I've been thinking..." Chloe started, but I couldn't stop myself long enough to listen. I leaned down and brought my face to her, grinning against her mouth...
And awoke with a start.
"Always right at the good part..." I said to myself, rolling over to peer at the red numbers on the clock next to my bed. The clock. The bed. Hotel room. Clark. Lana. Pete. Chloe. The phone was ringing...
***
"Mr. Luthor, nice to see you," I grinned as I came from behind him and stood next to him, peering out his office window over Metropolis. "I hate it when you call me that," Lex replied, turning to face me.
"I know, but..." I was silenced as Lex brought his face down to meet mine. My eyes widened and I felt my face break into a smile...
And then a phone rang.
'Phone. Hotel. Clark. Lana. Pete. Lex Luthor!' My mind screamed at me. The phone persisted, but the last thought seemed to have paralyzed me before I even moved.
***
I looked over at Chloe and realized the phone hadn't woken her up. I reached over and picked up the phone, knocking over an empty cup we forgot to leave outside for room service.
"Hello?" I answered, leaning over the side of my bed to pick up the cup.
"Good morning, this is Ms. Sullivan's 7:30 wake up call." A professional sounding woman's voice came over the line.
"Yes, thank you." Lex said, then hung up the phone.
'The convention doesn't start until ten, what is she doing making us up at seven...ok, waking me up at seven? I do not want to entertain these four..." Lex rambled in his mind as he looked at the teens in the other beds in the huge room he had arranged for them.
Lex's thought caught on the word 'teen'. As in, illegal. Don't cause a scandal. As in, she lives in a completely different realm than me. Don't cause a scandal...
*** 'Ok, Chloe, now you're going to roll over and face Lex, looking like the angelic, perfect female you are!' Chloe thought to herself, trying to gather enough to turn over and address Lex.
'Alright, enough of this super girly-ness. If I'm going to survive a weekend with Lana and her sugary sweet self, I must maintain control. Turn over, open eyes, good Chloe!' " 'Morning!" Chloe whispered, but despite her soft voice, Lex jumped a little. " 'Morning. Sleep well?"
"Of course. This room is amazing...everything is amazing! And thanks for covering Clark's butt with the tickets and all. I've been planning on this convention all year."
"What's the point of being obscenely wealthy if you can't share it with other?" Lex grinned.
"I wouldn't know, you don't pay my Dad enough...ok, sorry, joking!" Chloe said when Lex shot her a look. "But you didn't have to share your lips with me last night...I can't believe Pete sometimes...so thanks. I will never play truth or dare with him again."
Lex shrugged the last comment off. "I'm glad for Clark. This weekend without that jock boyfriend of Lana's hanging around could be a major turning point in their relationship."
"I didn't think deciding the whole Torch staff needed to tag along was just to help 'up the journalistic quality' for our lovely little high school."
"What's the point of being extremely perceptive if you can't force your veiws on others?"
"So Pete's dare just played right into your plan didn't it?"
"Or maybe I paid him to dare Clark and I to kiss one of you girls and I just hoped Clark would pick Lana."
"Pete accepted money from you?" Chloe gasped quietly, trying to forget the fact that Clark picked Lana over her.
"You'll never know, will you?"
"I am a journalist. Do not under-estimate my resourcefulness." Chloe grinned, looking Lex in the eye, as if to challenge him. Chloe held her gaze longer than she should have, but Lex didn't.couldn't.look away. Both of them shifted their gazes when Clark mumbled in his sleep.
"Well, I plan on taking those two boys to do some shopping for city appropriate clothes to wear to the convention, so I'm taking a shower. Try to wake them from the dead while I'm in there, ok?" Chloe said, getting out of her bed and digging in her suitcase.
"This is going to be a long morning, isn't it?"
"You should have known what you were taking on Luthor!" Chloe grinned as she grabbed clothes and her toiletry bag and headed towards the suite's bathroom.
"Pete's dare did fit right in with everything...except I never planned on being so preoccupied with Chloe's lips." Lex sighed to himself as he heard the water turn on.