Lex watched Chloe out of the corner of his eye; she was done with idly
staring out the window and had moved up to tapping her thigh impatiently.
"Could you drive any slower?" She asked as her tapping increased speed.
"Let's see." Lex slowed his car from the break-neck speed he had been driving, to about 10 miles an hour when his gates were insight.
"Lex. I swear to god, if you don't get there soon I'll-"
"You'll what? Walk?"
"Well, it'll be faster than this!" Chloe exclaimed.
Lex sped up to his usual speed and smirked, wondering why he hadn't gotten to know her better sooner.
"So." Chloe started when Lex was driving at a speed that suited her. "What possessed you to smuggle out the coffee bags for me?"
"Aside from the fact that I knew you would have rammed that spoon down my throat?"
"That was because you were being an asshole." Chloe reasoned. "Not for closing the Talon."
"Right. Well then, I thought it was time that we got to know each other better." They were just outside the gates and Chloe was all but out of the car. "Hold on." Lex said reaching over to grab her hand to prevent her from opening the door. Her hand was moving to unbuckle her seat belt and his hand landed on her thigh.
"You couldn't wait to get out of the car to get to know me better?" Chloe smirked.
Lex smirked back. "Your hand moved. Now could you wait until we are inside the gates until you make a run for the coffee?"
"I think I can. But hurry."
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Once they were seated inside and Marc, one of Lex's servants, was making their latte's, Lex begun his round of coffee conversation. "So, why are you so desperate to have coffee, aside from the obvious addiction?"
"Well, I was working on the Torch all yesterday, and decided that I could last a day without coffee. And then today I found out that you had closed the Talon for three days, I thought I was going to die without four days of coffee." Chloe explained.
"Right." Lex accepted his cup from Marc, but watched as Chloe drank half the beverage in one gulp.
Marc smiled, not waiting for orders, and went about making another.
"Whoever invented coffee should be made a god." Chloe closed her eyes, savouring the taste.
"I think whoever it is would be dead by now." Lex responded softly, watching her sit happily in his house, his kitchen, with her favourite drink and realised he was falling for her. Every instinct in his body was telling him to push her away, but she was too good to lose.
"May they rest in peace." Chloe laughed opening her eyes.
Lex averted his eyes quickly and made more light talk, so he could watch her expressions change as she spoke. About an hour into the conversation, they had moved to what passed for a living room, and Lex had taken to watching her hands. They flew in the air around her when she was talking about anything that she had a strong views on, and they rested lightly on her star necklace when he would ask a question that she viewed as too personal to be answered, and a soft reply that Lex would often recognise as something that he would say would follow. But when she was shy, the hands ceased all movement and rested in her lap.
As they were right now. Lex hadn't said anything for awhile, so he knew he wasn't responsible, so he wondered what was coming.
"I haven't thanked you for this have I?" Chloe smiled at her hands. "Thank you." She looked over at him and gave him a bright smile.
Lex moved over on the sofa they shared, so he was sitting right next to her. "There are no thanks necessary." 'It's time to lay your cards on the table,' Lex thought. He picked up her hand and played with the silver ring on her middle ringer. Off her confused look, he continued. "It's time that I confessed." He looked her in the eyes. "I have feelings for you. I have since I saw you in the torch office, the first day I met you, and they've grown with everyday that I saw you. I've only now figured out that I like you, as more than my snarky reporter friend, I can only hope you feel the same."
"Wow. Okay, this is headed in a different direction that I thought it was." Chloe admitted. She saw Lex close his eyes and realised he was expecting to be rejected. So she leant forward and placed a light kiss on his lips. Just as she was about to pull away, he leaned forward and placed his hands on her back and pulled her closer to him.
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I'm update soon... As soon as I get over my writers block
"Let's see." Lex slowed his car from the break-neck speed he had been driving, to about 10 miles an hour when his gates were insight.
"Lex. I swear to god, if you don't get there soon I'll-"
"You'll what? Walk?"
"Well, it'll be faster than this!" Chloe exclaimed.
Lex sped up to his usual speed and smirked, wondering why he hadn't gotten to know her better sooner.
"So." Chloe started when Lex was driving at a speed that suited her. "What possessed you to smuggle out the coffee bags for me?"
"Aside from the fact that I knew you would have rammed that spoon down my throat?"
"That was because you were being an asshole." Chloe reasoned. "Not for closing the Talon."
"Right. Well then, I thought it was time that we got to know each other better." They were just outside the gates and Chloe was all but out of the car. "Hold on." Lex said reaching over to grab her hand to prevent her from opening the door. Her hand was moving to unbuckle her seat belt and his hand landed on her thigh.
"You couldn't wait to get out of the car to get to know me better?" Chloe smirked.
Lex smirked back. "Your hand moved. Now could you wait until we are inside the gates until you make a run for the coffee?"
"I think I can. But hurry."
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Once they were seated inside and Marc, one of Lex's servants, was making their latte's, Lex begun his round of coffee conversation. "So, why are you so desperate to have coffee, aside from the obvious addiction?"
"Well, I was working on the Torch all yesterday, and decided that I could last a day without coffee. And then today I found out that you had closed the Talon for three days, I thought I was going to die without four days of coffee." Chloe explained.
"Right." Lex accepted his cup from Marc, but watched as Chloe drank half the beverage in one gulp.
Marc smiled, not waiting for orders, and went about making another.
"Whoever invented coffee should be made a god." Chloe closed her eyes, savouring the taste.
"I think whoever it is would be dead by now." Lex responded softly, watching her sit happily in his house, his kitchen, with her favourite drink and realised he was falling for her. Every instinct in his body was telling him to push her away, but she was too good to lose.
"May they rest in peace." Chloe laughed opening her eyes.
Lex averted his eyes quickly and made more light talk, so he could watch her expressions change as she spoke. About an hour into the conversation, they had moved to what passed for a living room, and Lex had taken to watching her hands. They flew in the air around her when she was talking about anything that she had a strong views on, and they rested lightly on her star necklace when he would ask a question that she viewed as too personal to be answered, and a soft reply that Lex would often recognise as something that he would say would follow. But when she was shy, the hands ceased all movement and rested in her lap.
As they were right now. Lex hadn't said anything for awhile, so he knew he wasn't responsible, so he wondered what was coming.
"I haven't thanked you for this have I?" Chloe smiled at her hands. "Thank you." She looked over at him and gave him a bright smile.
Lex moved over on the sofa they shared, so he was sitting right next to her. "There are no thanks necessary." 'It's time to lay your cards on the table,' Lex thought. He picked up her hand and played with the silver ring on her middle ringer. Off her confused look, he continued. "It's time that I confessed." He looked her in the eyes. "I have feelings for you. I have since I saw you in the torch office, the first day I met you, and they've grown with everyday that I saw you. I've only now figured out that I like you, as more than my snarky reporter friend, I can only hope you feel the same."
"Wow. Okay, this is headed in a different direction that I thought it was." Chloe admitted. She saw Lex close his eyes and realised he was expecting to be rejected. So she leant forward and placed a light kiss on his lips. Just as she was about to pull away, he leaned forward and placed his hands on her back and pulled her closer to him.
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I'm update soon... As soon as I get over my writers block