Disclaimer in part one
Flight from Smallville (2/3)
Chloe was almost in the sixth month of her pregnancy. However, except for a slightly swollen belly, she didn't show it. She was so depressed and had lost so much weight since she left Smallville. She sat on her bed, caressing her belly. 'Oh God, please allow me to forget his name. Allow me forget about that horrible guy who just used me to have different kind of sex that he used to have with the sluts from Metropolis.' She felt the tears running down her cheeks and thought about the man who had destroyed her life, made a baby that would never know a father and that she loved more and more with each passing day. Her love grew hand in hand with her baby. 'Oh God, Lex, why did you do this to me?'
Gabe wanted desperately to help his daughter, but he didn't know what else to do. She was so depressed that he had to take her to ER twice since they had moved to Everwood. She didn't eat well and her grades suffered. She didn't read mystery novels nor did she write anymore. All she did was cry and sleep. As a result, he came to a decision. They should move to a bigger city with more interesting things to do. Maybe this would make his little girl feel happier.
****
Lex Luthor had worked for about 5 hours straight. Since that disgusting day when he let the only good thing in his life get away, he threw himself into his work. When he went back at the mansion, he drank himself into a stupor that was the closest he could get to sleep. He was so pale and thin that he looked like a corpse. He knew these four painful months had aged him at least 10 years. 'Chloe, my love, where are you? I need you so much. I'll never going to stop looking for you. When I find you, I'll do anything to get your forgiveness, your hand, and your presence at my side.' He dried a tear from his face and started to work again.
****
After living in New York for two months, Chloe's outlook had brightened a bit. She stopped losing weight so easily. Her pregnancy made her beautiful.
Gabe sighed with this thought. His little girl was going to be seventeen during the following week and would be a mother within a month after that. He never knew what really happened in Smallville, but he was sure that some day, Chloe would be able to talk about it and move on. All that he wanted was for his daughter to be herself again, be happy again, and to see the sparkle in her eyes once more.
Just as he thought of taking a long bath, he heard a strange cry. It was like no other cry he had heard from his daughter. He entered in her room and his legs become like jelly when he saw Chloe crying in pain, hugging her big belly really hard, bleeding through her white pants.
He immediately called an ambulance and, 20 minutes later, he was sitting at the emergency waiting room.
He sat there for almost 7 hours when a beautiful doctor with big, bright, black eyes and a big smile entered the room and said happily: "Congratulations, Grandpa. You have a pretty and healthy granddaughter."
He was so exhausted from all the worry that he hugged the brunette doctor and cried.
She hugged him back and let him cry for several minutes. She could see for his tired face and from his daughter's depression that life hadn't been kind to these nice people.
After a while, he recovered his composure, dried his tears with his scarf and smiled at the doctor. "Thanks for the good news, Doctor. I really needed that. How is Chloe? Where is my granddaughter? When can I see them?"
The beautiful woman took his hand. She really wanted to make this man, who seemed so weak from the bad things that surely happen to his family, feel happy and relax a little.
"Please, call me Carol. Chloe is fine. She had a hard hemorrhage, so we decided to take the child out. The baby is really healthy, just a little small but really healthy. We gave your daughter a blood transplant, because she already was a little anemic before the bleeding. We thought it would help her recovery. And now, I'll lead you to the new mom who should be awake by now."
"Hi, Sweetie. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, Daddy. Really great."
He hugged her and kissed her head. "I love you, Chloe. And I love your daughter the same way. I'm proud of you, Dear. You are only sixteen years old but you did it all the pregnancy and the labor so well."
She smiled at him and for the first time, since they had left Smallville, she looked happy. "Where is my baby? I haven't seen her yet."
"She will be here in about half an hour, Chloe. I will leave you and Mr. Sullivan alone now." Dr. Carol said that already moving to the door.
"Please, call me Gabe." They smiled at each other and she left the room.
A glimpse of sadness appeared in Chloe's green eyes. The little talk between her dad and her doctor reminded her of the person that she shouldn't be thinking of, but she really wanted there now...her love, her daughter's father. Would he be a good father or would he be like Lionel?
"Chloe, dear, are you okay?"
"Yes, Daddy. I love you so much. Let's talk for a while until they bring the newest Sullivan to us?"
And they started to talk about good things, funny things and pleasure things.
****
Lex didn't know exactly he was feeling right now. Was this sadness? Was this relief?
He tried to put his thoughts in order. He had driven to New York on that morning, for one of his father's early dawn meetings with another victim. Yes, Lionel didn't make business partners; he screwed people with his unscrupulous style, delighting in their falls from grace. It was truly disgusting.
As he left the hotel to go to the meeting, his cell phone rang. His father's plane had crashed. The old bastard had died immediately while the pilot was in the Emergency Room with some dangerous burnings. Poor Gerard. He was a good man.one who was a really good professional. Lex went to the hospital so he could do everything that was possible to save the friendly pilot's life and to support the worried family members who would be arriving at any time.
In his confusion, he wandered through the long corridors and thought about things for quite a while. When he stopped to try to determine his exact location, he caught sight of the nursery. He really could enjoy being near some innocent little people now. He was tired of being around unscrupulous men and women who only though about power and money. He smiled at this, because he realized that with Lionel's death, he could look for Chloe and become alive again.
He went to the nursery's window and started to look the babies. 'They're so tiny, so beautiful and so innocent."
Suddenly, he became startled when his eyes stopped into a red head baby, twisted in a pink blanket.
The girl (he presumed this by the color of the blanket) stared back at him with huge blue eyes, and had a little smile in the face.
He stared back at the baby and a shiver went down his spine. Recalling the pictures his mother had shown him, he had looked just like her when he was born.
"Good Lord, I need to see a psychiatrist soon because now it's official. I'm losing my mind."
He heard some footsteps behind him and listened to a male voice: "Excuse me sir, please?"
Lex stepped back to give the man some space. When he turned his head to talk to the probable new dad beside him, he saw a very shocked Gabe Sullivan staring the redheaded little girl.
"Gabe?"
"Mr. Luthor?"
The two men stood there, looking at each other, for a long time.
"Gabe, it's been too long. Are you okay? Why did you go away? What happened?" Lex was the first one to take some breath and talked with a tight voice. His desire was ask where was the only girl that he ever loved in his life.
"Hi, Mr. Luthor. I. I'm really sorry about that, I really liked to work at the plant; you were always a wonderful boss. But I had to leave. Family issues."
Then, the truth hit both like a punch in the face.
Gabe realized who the baby's father was...the red hair and piercing blue eyes. 'Jesus, I need to sit down.' He stumbled over to the nearest chair.
Lex finally understood Chloe's sudden departure. 'God. During that last night together, something was disturbing her. She said she needed to talk to me, it seemed pretty serious, but I didn't want to talk to her then. All I could think about was don't let her go until the next morning, when I had to give up my happiness for her safety.'
Gabe looked at the younger man, he seemed almost as depressed and pale as Chloe. 'What the hell is wrong with me? He's responsible for my daughter's sadness and poor health. I should thrash him.'
Lex saw the look in Sullivan's eyes and didn't know how to start. He never felt speechless in his life. Well, maybe before the meteor shower, but after that, he was always to any kind of unpleasant talks.
"Let me see her, Gabe. Please. I beg you."
The older man stood up, ready to vent at the bald, bastard, billionaire who screwed her daughter's life, when a soft feminine voice filled the air.
"Gabe, what's going on?" Dr. Carol asked, looking really worried.
"This.man, this repulsive man, is responsible for my daughter's condition. He's the reason for her tears, her unwillingness to eat, her depression and my granddaughter's premature birth. Before he crushed her heart--I'm not sure how because she never did talk about it--she was quite the reporter for the High School Paper. She was alive at that time. Now even her eyes are dark with sadness and disillusion. You took her light away."
Lex stood there with an open mouth.
Before he could react Dr. Carol smiled at him. "So, you're the famous Lex?"
Both man yelled at the same time, "What?"
The doctor laughed loudly. "I wasn't going to ask Chloe about it, but since Gabe 'introduced' you to me, I have to tell you something. While she was anesthetized, she kept moaning your name. I don't know what happened between you two, and it's not of my business, but I really advise the new daddy here to talk to Mommy." She pointed the room to him, and took Gabe's arm to force him to go to the cafeteria.
He opened the door and saw her. 'She really looks weak. She was more dejected than when she felt from that window. Her tummy isn't so big. But God, she's even more beautiful now that she was six months ago. His stomach was twisting of regret. I love her so much. I should have been with her during her pregnancy. I should have protected her and Gabe from that monster.'
He sat next her, took her hand and cried for almost an hour.
"Lex?"
"Chloe?" He dried his face and wiped his red eyes.
"How did you find me? Why are you here? Who told you?" She was really confused and scared by his presence.
"Not now, sweetheart. The only thing that matters is that I love you with all my heart.I always did. And I love our daughter already. She's so tiny and so beautiful. And I'm so sorry for all the pain that I made you feel. I will tell you everything later, but I'll make it up to you. I will make you so happy from now on that you will be able to forget about these horrible months."
The blonde was staring at him. She saw how older, paler and tired he looked. Maybe he was telling the truth. But screw him if he was suffering. She could feel her old disposition coming back.
"You know what, Mr. Luthor? Why don't you turn your ass around and go away from this room before I call the security?" Chloe felt the desire to punch him in the face.
"Chloe, please, trust me. I never meant to hurt you, I love you."
She started yelling at him. She let everything that was trapped in her throat away.
After a while, Lex interrupted the lecture and explained everything that happened that day.
Chloe listened the explanation with an open mouth. That Lionel really deserved his death. But he should have suffered before die. She realized that Lex was hurt about the situation, almost as hurt as she was.
"Lex. I really don't know what to say. I'm not sure I'll be able to forgive you. You should have protected me differently. Not expelling me from your life like I was a whore. I need time to think about everything".
" I know, Darling, I know. I hope you can forgive me someday". Lex murmured, with a pressure in his chest.
Suddenly, the door opened and a nurse placed the redheaded girl in Chloe's arms. She was mesmerized with the beauty of her daughter. She looked up to the bald daddy and he was almost shining from happiness.
"She's all you, Lex." She smiled at her baby.
"Yes she is. But she has your mouth. And I'm sure she will be as lovely as her mom". He sat on the bed with the two ladies he loved, embracing them.
"Lex?"
"Yes?"
"I thing that we should name her Lillian. What do you think? Would you like that?"
"You're amazing, Chloe. Every minute that I live, I love you more".
"I love you too. I always did. And I really want you to be part of Lillian's life. I don't know if I could ever be with you again, but I think my baby deserves her father around, to love and protect her. And I think that you deserve being around her too. You will be a wonderful dad, Lex, I can feel it".
He nodded and they stayed that way, hugging their daughter, for a long time.
Flight from Smallville (2/3)
Chloe was almost in the sixth month of her pregnancy. However, except for a slightly swollen belly, she didn't show it. She was so depressed and had lost so much weight since she left Smallville. She sat on her bed, caressing her belly. 'Oh God, please allow me to forget his name. Allow me forget about that horrible guy who just used me to have different kind of sex that he used to have with the sluts from Metropolis.' She felt the tears running down her cheeks and thought about the man who had destroyed her life, made a baby that would never know a father and that she loved more and more with each passing day. Her love grew hand in hand with her baby. 'Oh God, Lex, why did you do this to me?'
Gabe wanted desperately to help his daughter, but he didn't know what else to do. She was so depressed that he had to take her to ER twice since they had moved to Everwood. She didn't eat well and her grades suffered. She didn't read mystery novels nor did she write anymore. All she did was cry and sleep. As a result, he came to a decision. They should move to a bigger city with more interesting things to do. Maybe this would make his little girl feel happier.
****
Lex Luthor had worked for about 5 hours straight. Since that disgusting day when he let the only good thing in his life get away, he threw himself into his work. When he went back at the mansion, he drank himself into a stupor that was the closest he could get to sleep. He was so pale and thin that he looked like a corpse. He knew these four painful months had aged him at least 10 years. 'Chloe, my love, where are you? I need you so much. I'll never going to stop looking for you. When I find you, I'll do anything to get your forgiveness, your hand, and your presence at my side.' He dried a tear from his face and started to work again.
****
After living in New York for two months, Chloe's outlook had brightened a bit. She stopped losing weight so easily. Her pregnancy made her beautiful.
Gabe sighed with this thought. His little girl was going to be seventeen during the following week and would be a mother within a month after that. He never knew what really happened in Smallville, but he was sure that some day, Chloe would be able to talk about it and move on. All that he wanted was for his daughter to be herself again, be happy again, and to see the sparkle in her eyes once more.
Just as he thought of taking a long bath, he heard a strange cry. It was like no other cry he had heard from his daughter. He entered in her room and his legs become like jelly when he saw Chloe crying in pain, hugging her big belly really hard, bleeding through her white pants.
He immediately called an ambulance and, 20 minutes later, he was sitting at the emergency waiting room.
He sat there for almost 7 hours when a beautiful doctor with big, bright, black eyes and a big smile entered the room and said happily: "Congratulations, Grandpa. You have a pretty and healthy granddaughter."
He was so exhausted from all the worry that he hugged the brunette doctor and cried.
She hugged him back and let him cry for several minutes. She could see for his tired face and from his daughter's depression that life hadn't been kind to these nice people.
After a while, he recovered his composure, dried his tears with his scarf and smiled at the doctor. "Thanks for the good news, Doctor. I really needed that. How is Chloe? Where is my granddaughter? When can I see them?"
The beautiful woman took his hand. She really wanted to make this man, who seemed so weak from the bad things that surely happen to his family, feel happy and relax a little.
"Please, call me Carol. Chloe is fine. She had a hard hemorrhage, so we decided to take the child out. The baby is really healthy, just a little small but really healthy. We gave your daughter a blood transplant, because she already was a little anemic before the bleeding. We thought it would help her recovery. And now, I'll lead you to the new mom who should be awake by now."
"Hi, Sweetie. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, Daddy. Really great."
He hugged her and kissed her head. "I love you, Chloe. And I love your daughter the same way. I'm proud of you, Dear. You are only sixteen years old but you did it all the pregnancy and the labor so well."
She smiled at him and for the first time, since they had left Smallville, she looked happy. "Where is my baby? I haven't seen her yet."
"She will be here in about half an hour, Chloe. I will leave you and Mr. Sullivan alone now." Dr. Carol said that already moving to the door.
"Please, call me Gabe." They smiled at each other and she left the room.
A glimpse of sadness appeared in Chloe's green eyes. The little talk between her dad and her doctor reminded her of the person that she shouldn't be thinking of, but she really wanted there now...her love, her daughter's father. Would he be a good father or would he be like Lionel?
"Chloe, dear, are you okay?"
"Yes, Daddy. I love you so much. Let's talk for a while until they bring the newest Sullivan to us?"
And they started to talk about good things, funny things and pleasure things.
****
Lex didn't know exactly he was feeling right now. Was this sadness? Was this relief?
He tried to put his thoughts in order. He had driven to New York on that morning, for one of his father's early dawn meetings with another victim. Yes, Lionel didn't make business partners; he screwed people with his unscrupulous style, delighting in their falls from grace. It was truly disgusting.
As he left the hotel to go to the meeting, his cell phone rang. His father's plane had crashed. The old bastard had died immediately while the pilot was in the Emergency Room with some dangerous burnings. Poor Gerard. He was a good man.one who was a really good professional. Lex went to the hospital so he could do everything that was possible to save the friendly pilot's life and to support the worried family members who would be arriving at any time.
In his confusion, he wandered through the long corridors and thought about things for quite a while. When he stopped to try to determine his exact location, he caught sight of the nursery. He really could enjoy being near some innocent little people now. He was tired of being around unscrupulous men and women who only though about power and money. He smiled at this, because he realized that with Lionel's death, he could look for Chloe and become alive again.
He went to the nursery's window and started to look the babies. 'They're so tiny, so beautiful and so innocent."
Suddenly, he became startled when his eyes stopped into a red head baby, twisted in a pink blanket.
The girl (he presumed this by the color of the blanket) stared back at him with huge blue eyes, and had a little smile in the face.
He stared back at the baby and a shiver went down his spine. Recalling the pictures his mother had shown him, he had looked just like her when he was born.
"Good Lord, I need to see a psychiatrist soon because now it's official. I'm losing my mind."
He heard some footsteps behind him and listened to a male voice: "Excuse me sir, please?"
Lex stepped back to give the man some space. When he turned his head to talk to the probable new dad beside him, he saw a very shocked Gabe Sullivan staring the redheaded little girl.
"Gabe?"
"Mr. Luthor?"
The two men stood there, looking at each other, for a long time.
"Gabe, it's been too long. Are you okay? Why did you go away? What happened?" Lex was the first one to take some breath and talked with a tight voice. His desire was ask where was the only girl that he ever loved in his life.
"Hi, Mr. Luthor. I. I'm really sorry about that, I really liked to work at the plant; you were always a wonderful boss. But I had to leave. Family issues."
Then, the truth hit both like a punch in the face.
Gabe realized who the baby's father was...the red hair and piercing blue eyes. 'Jesus, I need to sit down.' He stumbled over to the nearest chair.
Lex finally understood Chloe's sudden departure. 'God. During that last night together, something was disturbing her. She said she needed to talk to me, it seemed pretty serious, but I didn't want to talk to her then. All I could think about was don't let her go until the next morning, when I had to give up my happiness for her safety.'
Gabe looked at the younger man, he seemed almost as depressed and pale as Chloe. 'What the hell is wrong with me? He's responsible for my daughter's sadness and poor health. I should thrash him.'
Lex saw the look in Sullivan's eyes and didn't know how to start. He never felt speechless in his life. Well, maybe before the meteor shower, but after that, he was always to any kind of unpleasant talks.
"Let me see her, Gabe. Please. I beg you."
The older man stood up, ready to vent at the bald, bastard, billionaire who screwed her daughter's life, when a soft feminine voice filled the air.
"Gabe, what's going on?" Dr. Carol asked, looking really worried.
"This.man, this repulsive man, is responsible for my daughter's condition. He's the reason for her tears, her unwillingness to eat, her depression and my granddaughter's premature birth. Before he crushed her heart--I'm not sure how because she never did talk about it--she was quite the reporter for the High School Paper. She was alive at that time. Now even her eyes are dark with sadness and disillusion. You took her light away."
Lex stood there with an open mouth.
Before he could react Dr. Carol smiled at him. "So, you're the famous Lex?"
Both man yelled at the same time, "What?"
The doctor laughed loudly. "I wasn't going to ask Chloe about it, but since Gabe 'introduced' you to me, I have to tell you something. While she was anesthetized, she kept moaning your name. I don't know what happened between you two, and it's not of my business, but I really advise the new daddy here to talk to Mommy." She pointed the room to him, and took Gabe's arm to force him to go to the cafeteria.
He opened the door and saw her. 'She really looks weak. She was more dejected than when she felt from that window. Her tummy isn't so big. But God, she's even more beautiful now that she was six months ago. His stomach was twisting of regret. I love her so much. I should have been with her during her pregnancy. I should have protected her and Gabe from that monster.'
He sat next her, took her hand and cried for almost an hour.
"Lex?"
"Chloe?" He dried his face and wiped his red eyes.
"How did you find me? Why are you here? Who told you?" She was really confused and scared by his presence.
"Not now, sweetheart. The only thing that matters is that I love you with all my heart.I always did. And I love our daughter already. She's so tiny and so beautiful. And I'm so sorry for all the pain that I made you feel. I will tell you everything later, but I'll make it up to you. I will make you so happy from now on that you will be able to forget about these horrible months."
The blonde was staring at him. She saw how older, paler and tired he looked. Maybe he was telling the truth. But screw him if he was suffering. She could feel her old disposition coming back.
"You know what, Mr. Luthor? Why don't you turn your ass around and go away from this room before I call the security?" Chloe felt the desire to punch him in the face.
"Chloe, please, trust me. I never meant to hurt you, I love you."
She started yelling at him. She let everything that was trapped in her throat away.
After a while, Lex interrupted the lecture and explained everything that happened that day.
Chloe listened the explanation with an open mouth. That Lionel really deserved his death. But he should have suffered before die. She realized that Lex was hurt about the situation, almost as hurt as she was.
"Lex. I really don't know what to say. I'm not sure I'll be able to forgive you. You should have protected me differently. Not expelling me from your life like I was a whore. I need time to think about everything".
" I know, Darling, I know. I hope you can forgive me someday". Lex murmured, with a pressure in his chest.
Suddenly, the door opened and a nurse placed the redheaded girl in Chloe's arms. She was mesmerized with the beauty of her daughter. She looked up to the bald daddy and he was almost shining from happiness.
"She's all you, Lex." She smiled at her baby.
"Yes she is. But she has your mouth. And I'm sure she will be as lovely as her mom". He sat on the bed with the two ladies he loved, embracing them.
"Lex?"
"Yes?"
"I thing that we should name her Lillian. What do you think? Would you like that?"
"You're amazing, Chloe. Every minute that I live, I love you more".
"I love you too. I always did. And I really want you to be part of Lillian's life. I don't know if I could ever be with you again, but I think my baby deserves her father around, to love and protect her. And I think that you deserve being around her too. You will be a wonderful dad, Lex, I can feel it".
He nodded and they stayed that way, hugging their daughter, for a long time.