breaking*part ten
"Mhhm." Chloe heard herself sigh against Lex's lips as he grabbed
her waist and pulled her closer to him, the sound escaping his lips
mimicking hers.
"Mhhm.Chloe." Lex said, leaning back and staring into Chloe's eyes.
Chloe grinned and grabbed his collar, pulling him back down to
meet...nothing.
Chloe sighed and rolled over in her bed to face Lex's bed, finding
it empty. Chloe lazily sat up and looked around the room; no one was
to be found. Chloe gazed at the clock on her bedside table, and her
eyes caught on a piece of the hotel's stationary that Chloe hadn't
put there. Chloe picked it up and read:
Chloe-
I'm off explaining our sudden disappearance to Whitney. I'll be back
by twelve; we all decided to start back at noon, since we didn't
know how late you would sleep. Lex and Clark should be around, but I
told them not to bother you. Later!
Lana
Chloe felt herself smile sleepily as she set down the paper. Who
knew Lana could be so sweet?
`After all this time, Lana has finally moved up to the same
wavelength as me.' Chloe thought to herself as she pulled her legs
out from under the comforter and took a minute to let her brain
fully re-start.
Chloe obviously didn't give her brain enough time, because one
minute, Chloe's gazing at Lex's bed mindlessly, and the next minute,
Chloe has herself buried in Lex's sheets, inhaling deeply.
Chloe sat up again, smiling broadly at the familiar sent of Lex's
cologne. Then Chloe heard something in the next room. Lex's voice.
Chloe hadn't said a word on the way back to the hotel the night
before, and once they arrived, Chloe changed and went straight to
bed, never looking anyone in the eye.
`Maybe he deserves an explanation.but what am I going to say? What
is my explanation?' Chloe asked herself as she walked closer to the
door.
`You know. You like him. You don't want to hurt anymore, but you
can't deny it.' Chloe's conscience screamed at her.
Chloe knew it was true. And she knew what she could do differently
this time around.
Tell him. Talk to him.
Chloe nodded her head defiantly and raised her hand to open the
door, but she stopped when she heard Clark's voice.
"Lex, I think we need to talk about last night before Chloe gets
up." Clark said. Chloe noticed the room whose door she had her ear
pressed too had suddenly became much quieter. She assumed Lex had
turned his full attention to Clark as he answered.
"What do you want to know about it?"
"Why were you making out with Chloe? Did you.was it.was it mutual?"
Clark asked hesitantly. Chloe was almost positive she heard a hint
of worry in his voice.
"Clark, Chloe just tried to thank me for.the movie and the dance. I
turned my head so she would hit my lips dead-on." Lex replied.
"Why would you do that?"
"I wanted you to notice. Clark, Chloe likes you. She wanted to go on
this trip for the conference, sure, but she wanted to ask you to
think Spring Formal. You seemed a tad preoccupied, so I hoped to get
your attention. Obviously I did. Why are you so worried anyways? If
I didn't know how wrapped up you are in Lana, I would think you're
jealous."
"Maybe I was.maybe I am. Watching you to so close.wasn't easy. Even
if Lana was right in front of me."
"Clark, be a man, Ask her out. Trust me; she isn't planning on
asking you anytime soon."
"But.you kissed her.a lot. Are you sure." Clark trailed off.
"Positive. In fact, if you don't ask her, I may never speak to you
again." Lex said, and Chloe could just see him grinning, even if she
couldn't actually see through the door.
"How horrible." Clark said laughter in his voice. "I think I'm going
to do it. You're not the only one who thinks I should."
`He doesn't feel the same.' Her mind screamed blocking out the rest
of the guy's conversation. Chloe shook her head to clear all Lex
thoughts from her head.
`Clark.formal.Clark.formal!'
Chloe smiled and backed away from the door, going to her suitcase
instead. She pulled out a slip of paper.
On Hold
Dress for Chloe Sullivan by MetropoStyle
Chloe knew she was right to put that pink dress she was looking at
on hold. Chloe put the paper back into her suitcase and grabbed some
clean clothes to change into.
*
(Two weeks later)
Chloe hummed softly as she swirled her coffee around in its cup,
staring blankly into space. Chloe blushed as she realized she
probably had one of those goofy, love struck type smiles on her face.
`Clark Kent asked me to the formal. Clark Kent asked me to the
formal.' Chloe's mind repeated over and over, trying to sink in
fully.
Chloe sighed happily and opened up her book she was assigned in
English.
"So, I perceive that contented sigh was the side effect of Clark finally getting
up the courage to ask you to the formal?"
Chloe looked up from her book to see Lex standing in front of her, a
steaming cup of coffee in his hands.
"Mind if I put this down, and sit along with it? The cup is
extremely hot." Lex asked.
"It's your coffee place Lex." Chloe offered with a smile, although
her mind was screaming at her again.
`You do not like Lex Luthor.you do not like Lex Luthor." Chloe
sighed inwardly.
Chloe didn't address the kiss that whole weekend, she was sort of in
Clark-Land, and when she tried to bring it up, Lex gave her the same
thing she heard him tell Clark. And while Chloe was blissfully
happy, she couldn't get rid of this feeling she had in the back of
her head.
She usually dismissed it as feeling guilty, as if kissing
Lex and then leaving him high and dry was sort of karma
suicide, but right now, while Lex is sitting in front of her, Chloe didn't
feel guilty.she felt.like kissing him again. Chloe looked down at
the table for a minute, unable to look at Lex any more, and her she
saw the picture of Clark and her from a few days ago, and Chloe
instantly felt better, and she raised her head to face Lex again.
"Mhhm." Chloe heard herself sigh against Lex's lips as he grabbed
her waist and pulled her closer to him, the sound escaping his lips
mimicking hers.
"Mhhm.Chloe." Lex said, leaning back and staring into Chloe's eyes.
Chloe grinned and grabbed his collar, pulling him back down to
meet...nothing.
Chloe sighed and rolled over in her bed to face Lex's bed, finding
it empty. Chloe lazily sat up and looked around the room; no one was
to be found. Chloe gazed at the clock on her bedside table, and her
eyes caught on a piece of the hotel's stationary that Chloe hadn't
put there. Chloe picked it up and read:
Chloe-
I'm off explaining our sudden disappearance to Whitney. I'll be back
by twelve; we all decided to start back at noon, since we didn't
know how late you would sleep. Lex and Clark should be around, but I
told them not to bother you. Later!
Lana
Chloe felt herself smile sleepily as she set down the paper. Who
knew Lana could be so sweet?
`After all this time, Lana has finally moved up to the same
wavelength as me.' Chloe thought to herself as she pulled her legs
out from under the comforter and took a minute to let her brain
fully re-start.
Chloe obviously didn't give her brain enough time, because one
minute, Chloe's gazing at Lex's bed mindlessly, and the next minute,
Chloe has herself buried in Lex's sheets, inhaling deeply.
Chloe sat up again, smiling broadly at the familiar sent of Lex's
cologne. Then Chloe heard something in the next room. Lex's voice.
Chloe hadn't said a word on the way back to the hotel the night
before, and once they arrived, Chloe changed and went straight to
bed, never looking anyone in the eye.
`Maybe he deserves an explanation.but what am I going to say? What
is my explanation?' Chloe asked herself as she walked closer to the
door.
`You know. You like him. You don't want to hurt anymore, but you
can't deny it.' Chloe's conscience screamed at her.
Chloe knew it was true. And she knew what she could do differently
this time around.
Tell him. Talk to him.
Chloe nodded her head defiantly and raised her hand to open the
door, but she stopped when she heard Clark's voice.
"Lex, I think we need to talk about last night before Chloe gets
up." Clark said. Chloe noticed the room whose door she had her ear
pressed too had suddenly became much quieter. She assumed Lex had
turned his full attention to Clark as he answered.
"What do you want to know about it?"
"Why were you making out with Chloe? Did you.was it.was it mutual?"
Clark asked hesitantly. Chloe was almost positive she heard a hint
of worry in his voice.
"Clark, Chloe just tried to thank me for.the movie and the dance. I
turned my head so she would hit my lips dead-on." Lex replied.
"Why would you do that?"
"I wanted you to notice. Clark, Chloe likes you. She wanted to go on
this trip for the conference, sure, but she wanted to ask you to
think Spring Formal. You seemed a tad preoccupied, so I hoped to get
your attention. Obviously I did. Why are you so worried anyways? If
I didn't know how wrapped up you are in Lana, I would think you're
jealous."
"Maybe I was.maybe I am. Watching you to so close.wasn't easy. Even
if Lana was right in front of me."
"Clark, be a man, Ask her out. Trust me; she isn't planning on
asking you anytime soon."
"But.you kissed her.a lot. Are you sure." Clark trailed off.
"Positive. In fact, if you don't ask her, I may never speak to you
again." Lex said, and Chloe could just see him grinning, even if she
couldn't actually see through the door.
"How horrible." Clark said laughter in his voice. "I think I'm going
to do it. You're not the only one who thinks I should."
`He doesn't feel the same.' Her mind screamed blocking out the rest
of the guy's conversation. Chloe shook her head to clear all Lex
thoughts from her head.
`Clark.formal.Clark.formal!'
Chloe smiled and backed away from the door, going to her suitcase
instead. She pulled out a slip of paper.
On Hold
Dress for Chloe Sullivan by MetropoStyle
Chloe knew she was right to put that pink dress she was looking at
on hold. Chloe put the paper back into her suitcase and grabbed some
clean clothes to change into.
*
(Two weeks later)
Chloe hummed softly as she swirled her coffee around in its cup,
staring blankly into space. Chloe blushed as she realized she
probably had one of those goofy, love struck type smiles on her face.
`Clark Kent asked me to the formal. Clark Kent asked me to the
formal.' Chloe's mind repeated over and over, trying to sink in
fully.
Chloe sighed happily and opened up her book she was assigned in
English.
"So, I perceive that contented sigh was the side effect of Clark finally getting
up the courage to ask you to the formal?"
Chloe looked up from her book to see Lex standing in front of her, a
steaming cup of coffee in his hands.
"Mind if I put this down, and sit along with it? The cup is
extremely hot." Lex asked.
"It's your coffee place Lex." Chloe offered with a smile, although
her mind was screaming at her again.
`You do not like Lex Luthor.you do not like Lex Luthor." Chloe
sighed inwardly.
Chloe didn't address the kiss that whole weekend, she was sort of in
Clark-Land, and when she tried to bring it up, Lex gave her the same
thing she heard him tell Clark. And while Chloe was blissfully
happy, she couldn't get rid of this feeling she had in the back of
her head.
She usually dismissed it as feeling guilty, as if kissing
Lex and then leaving him high and dry was sort of karma
suicide, but right now, while Lex is sitting in front of her, Chloe didn't
feel guilty.she felt.like kissing him again. Chloe looked down at
the table for a minute, unable to look at Lex any more, and her she
saw the picture of Clark and her from a few days ago, and Chloe
instantly felt better, and she raised her head to face Lex again.