breaking*part eight
"Let's go get this party started!" Chloe yelled over the pounding
music, making her way over to the mass up people dancing and singing
and looking like they were having the best time.
"Let's get a table first, ok?" Lex said, grabbing her arm.
"Right. Those two probably won't be able to keep up with me all
night long." Chloe grinned over her shoulder at Pete and Clark, both
of which had their mouths hanging slightly open as they all walked
up stairs. "But what about you, Lex? Will you be able to keep up?"
Chloe asked, facing Lex again.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to be coy with
me!" Lex said, chiding Chloe mockingly as they sat at a table.
"It's what the big city does to me!" Chloe said, then Chloe shook
her head and stood up, leading Clark and Pete away from the balcony
overlooking the throbbing people and steering them to the table
where Lex sat.
"Guess we'll be taking a lot more trips to Metropolis this summer.
Poor, deprived boys have never even seen the inside of a club that
wasn't on TV."
"Well, it's not like Smallville is known for being the best place to
party down." Pete shot back.
"Whatever. Clark, you alive?" Chloe asked, waving her hand in front
of Clark's still awe-stricken face.
"What could be that entrancing?" Chloe asked, turning around in her
seat to see what Clark was staring at.
`Lana and Whitney making their way up the stairs.coming closer.Lana
and Whitney are sitting down.what? Oh, Lana's talking to me.'
Chloe's thoughts screamed at her.
".those are really cute pants Chloe! We need to come back here soon
and go shopping together!" Lana said, smiling widely at Chloe. Chloe
pasted on the biggest grin she could muster and nodded her agreement.
`Can I lock you in one of the dressing rooms? Maybe then I'll have a
fighting chance with Clark.' Chloe grumbled inwardly.
"Lana, I've got to hit the john. Be right back." Whitney said,
unlatching himself from Lana.
"This is the best song! I want to dance! Clark, dance with me? Just
until Whitney comes back?" Lana asked, batting her still-perfect-as-
they-were-this-morning eyelashes at Clark.
"Uhm.sure." Clark said, his hesitancy almost non-existent. Lana
grinned and put her hand in Clark's outstretched hand, then they
started down the stairs to the dance floor.
"I believe I have found myself the girl of my dreams. Later guys."
Pete said, then took off to tail some girl or another.
"Well, Chloe, I'm thinking it would be appropriate for me to ask you
to dance. Would you like too?" Lex asked, standing up.
"Why not? It's not like there's a whole lot else to do." Chloe said,
mustering up a small fracture of a grin to soften her words.
Lex smiled back, and led me down the stairs and we immediately got
swept up in the atmosphere. Chloe and Lex danced like nobody's
business, they danced like they never had before, and probably would
never dance again. A few minutes later the loud beats faded into a
slightly softer remixed version of a popular love song. Lex offered
his arm to Chloe and she accepted, seeing nothing but Clark putting
his arms around Lana over Lex's back.
"No wonder she spends so much time in the bathroom. Those eyelashes
of hers are freaking lethal to all other members of the male
race." Chloe rambled to herself, not realizing she was saying all
this right into Lex's ear.
"Well, if you're going to ramble, I might as well see who it is
you're talking about, although I'm thinking you're referring to Ms.
Lang." Lex said as he spun Chloe around and they ended up facing the
opposite way they were before.
"Mhh, perceptive yet again. Ms. Lang really gets me sometimes. She's
so sweet, but she can't be totally oblivious to Clark and Whitney's
feelings, can she?" Chloe said, pulling back to look at Lex.
"And even if she hasn't picked up on either of their mental vibes,
she has to get where I'm coming from. It's supposed to be a girl
thing. She's supposed to understand and back off! It's an unwritten
rule in the girl's guide to being a girl.or something." Chloe ducked
her head at her weak ending, which was all she could come up with
after she realized how crazy she sounded. "Sorry, that was my `take
no prisoners mode'. You sorta got caught in the cross fire." Chloe
looked up at Lex, hoping what she had just said would serve as an
adequate apology.
"If it's any condolence, I understand what you're going through, and
I know it isn't much fun." Lex offered.
"Well, thanks." Chloe said, squeezing Lex's shoulder. "But it's not
helping." She grinned.
"I tried." Lex shrugged.
"I know. So, if I give you a `thank you' kiss in the middle of all
these people, what's the chance of our picture being on the front
page of the Inquisitor tomorrow?" Chloe asked.
Lex smiled and shrugged again, struck with sudden inspiration, and
not wanting to spoil it with a blunder of words.
"Forget the Inquisitor! I'm sure you can pay them off anyways."
Chloe grinned as she stood on her toes and brought her lips to Lex
cheek. Chloe had to extend herself so far up on her tiptoes, that
when Lex moved his head and they were suddenly and a lip-to-lip
position, Chloe had to grab on to Lex to keep from falling over.
Lex grabbed Chloe's waist and steadied her, but neither broke the
kiss. Lex hands loosened around her waist, and Chloe's death grip
became a gentle circling motion on the back of his head.
Suddenly the soft love song changed into a fast-paced head banger,
and Chloe and Lex tore away from each other as the light began
bouncing around the room again.
Neither knew whether Clark, or anyone else had seen them, for that
matter, but with all the other thoughts running through their mind,
there wasn't enough room to think about who had seen them.
music, making her way over to the mass up people dancing and singing
and looking like they were having the best time.
"Let's get a table first, ok?" Lex said, grabbing her arm.
"Right. Those two probably won't be able to keep up with me all
night long." Chloe grinned over her shoulder at Pete and Clark, both
of which had their mouths hanging slightly open as they all walked
up stairs. "But what about you, Lex? Will you be able to keep up?"
Chloe asked, facing Lex again.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to be coy with
me!" Lex said, chiding Chloe mockingly as they sat at a table.
"It's what the big city does to me!" Chloe said, then Chloe shook
her head and stood up, leading Clark and Pete away from the balcony
overlooking the throbbing people and steering them to the table
where Lex sat.
"Guess we'll be taking a lot more trips to Metropolis this summer.
Poor, deprived boys have never even seen the inside of a club that
wasn't on TV."
"Well, it's not like Smallville is known for being the best place to
party down." Pete shot back.
"Whatever. Clark, you alive?" Chloe asked, waving her hand in front
of Clark's still awe-stricken face.
"What could be that entrancing?" Chloe asked, turning around in her
seat to see what Clark was staring at.
`Lana and Whitney making their way up the stairs.coming closer.Lana
and Whitney are sitting down.what? Oh, Lana's talking to me.'
Chloe's thoughts screamed at her.
".those are really cute pants Chloe! We need to come back here soon
and go shopping together!" Lana said, smiling widely at Chloe. Chloe
pasted on the biggest grin she could muster and nodded her agreement.
`Can I lock you in one of the dressing rooms? Maybe then I'll have a
fighting chance with Clark.' Chloe grumbled inwardly.
"Lana, I've got to hit the john. Be right back." Whitney said,
unlatching himself from Lana.
"This is the best song! I want to dance! Clark, dance with me? Just
until Whitney comes back?" Lana asked, batting her still-perfect-as-
they-were-this-morning eyelashes at Clark.
"Uhm.sure." Clark said, his hesitancy almost non-existent. Lana
grinned and put her hand in Clark's outstretched hand, then they
started down the stairs to the dance floor.
"I believe I have found myself the girl of my dreams. Later guys."
Pete said, then took off to tail some girl or another.
"Well, Chloe, I'm thinking it would be appropriate for me to ask you
to dance. Would you like too?" Lex asked, standing up.
"Why not? It's not like there's a whole lot else to do." Chloe said,
mustering up a small fracture of a grin to soften her words.
Lex smiled back, and led me down the stairs and we immediately got
swept up in the atmosphere. Chloe and Lex danced like nobody's
business, they danced like they never had before, and probably would
never dance again. A few minutes later the loud beats faded into a
slightly softer remixed version of a popular love song. Lex offered
his arm to Chloe and she accepted, seeing nothing but Clark putting
his arms around Lana over Lex's back.
"No wonder she spends so much time in the bathroom. Those eyelashes
of hers are freaking lethal to all other members of the male
race." Chloe rambled to herself, not realizing she was saying all
this right into Lex's ear.
"Well, if you're going to ramble, I might as well see who it is
you're talking about, although I'm thinking you're referring to Ms.
Lang." Lex said as he spun Chloe around and they ended up facing the
opposite way they were before.
"Mhh, perceptive yet again. Ms. Lang really gets me sometimes. She's
so sweet, but she can't be totally oblivious to Clark and Whitney's
feelings, can she?" Chloe said, pulling back to look at Lex.
"And even if she hasn't picked up on either of their mental vibes,
she has to get where I'm coming from. It's supposed to be a girl
thing. She's supposed to understand and back off! It's an unwritten
rule in the girl's guide to being a girl.or something." Chloe ducked
her head at her weak ending, which was all she could come up with
after she realized how crazy she sounded. "Sorry, that was my `take
no prisoners mode'. You sorta got caught in the cross fire." Chloe
looked up at Lex, hoping what she had just said would serve as an
adequate apology.
"If it's any condolence, I understand what you're going through, and
I know it isn't much fun." Lex offered.
"Well, thanks." Chloe said, squeezing Lex's shoulder. "But it's not
helping." She grinned.
"I tried." Lex shrugged.
"I know. So, if I give you a `thank you' kiss in the middle of all
these people, what's the chance of our picture being on the front
page of the Inquisitor tomorrow?" Chloe asked.
Lex smiled and shrugged again, struck with sudden inspiration, and
not wanting to spoil it with a blunder of words.
"Forget the Inquisitor! I'm sure you can pay them off anyways."
Chloe grinned as she stood on her toes and brought her lips to Lex
cheek. Chloe had to extend herself so far up on her tiptoes, that
when Lex moved his head and they were suddenly and a lip-to-lip
position, Chloe had to grab on to Lex to keep from falling over.
Lex grabbed Chloe's waist and steadied her, but neither broke the
kiss. Lex hands loosened around her waist, and Chloe's death grip
became a gentle circling motion on the back of his head.
Suddenly the soft love song changed into a fast-paced head banger,
and Chloe and Lex tore away from each other as the light began
bouncing around the room again.
Neither knew whether Clark, or anyone else had seen them, for that
matter, but with all the other thoughts running through their mind,
there wasn't enough room to think about who had seen them.