Title: Should the Teacher Stand So Near?
Part: 2/?
Author: Cam
Author's email: Camerada2006@yahoo.com
Pairing: Chloe/Lex
Summary: Lex tutors Chloe
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em
A/N #1: Thanks for the feedback . . . please continue to do so!
A/N #2: Because this part is so short, I'm posting it with part 3.
*~*~*~*
Chloe and Lex were on their third tutoring session when Pete began to notice something; Flirting.
It wasn't obvious – unless one watched closely – and Pete watched closely.
Lex leaned toward Chloe to murmur something, smiling. Chloe laughed softly, brushing a lock of hair out of her eyes. He pulled back, and began to flip through a bright blue folder. However intent he seemed to be on his work, the slightest crease between her eyebrows would cause him to ask (at least according to Pete's almost non existent lip-reading skills): "Need help?"
Chloe would shake her head in denial. Classic Chloe, Pete thought, never asking for help, always turning it down on the first offer. It had taken him a couple of years to learn that when it came to helping her, one had to be aggressive.
Except Lex wasn't aggressive. He gently tugged the pencil from her fingers, and it would fly over the paper, putting into words and symbols whatever it was Chloe wanted to know. When Chloe's mouth went round with surprise, Lex's shoulders shook with silent laughter.
Finally, it was 6 o'clock. The pain behind Pete's eyes compounded when Lex's hand settled on her back, and didn't ease until Lex walked out of the Talon. Of course, watching Chloe watch Lex with a little half-smile on her lips didn't help.
"Chloe," he said loudly.
She looked back at him, her smile spreading wider. Suddenly, the pain in Pete's head was gone.
"Hey, Pete," she said, walking toward him. "I got an A on my last test! Lex has been helping me so much."
"Yeah, I'll bet," Pete said angrily. "Chloe, what's the deal, here? What's Luthor getting out of this?"
"Peter Ross, if you are implying that I'm– "
"Chlo," Pete sighed. "I'm not implying anything. I'm just asking you to think."
"I AM thinking," Chloe said impatiently. "About math. Lex says he likes to help me."
"Lex Luthor is a businessman above all else. He's looking for something from you. He may not know what it is yet, but I promise, you're gonna pay one way or another."
"That's ludicrous."
But Pete could tell she was beginning to doubt.
"If you say so." Pete stood. "I gotta eat then hit the sack. Practice early tomorrow."
"Ok, Pete," Chloe said.
He turned, walking backward toward the exit. "It's only 'cause I care, Chlo."
She smiled then. "Yeah, I know."
Part: 2/?
Author: Cam
Author's email: Camerada2006@yahoo.com
Pairing: Chloe/Lex
Summary: Lex tutors Chloe
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em
A/N #1: Thanks for the feedback . . . please continue to do so!
A/N #2: Because this part is so short, I'm posting it with part 3.
*~*~*~*
Chloe and Lex were on their third tutoring session when Pete began to notice something; Flirting.
It wasn't obvious – unless one watched closely – and Pete watched closely.
Lex leaned toward Chloe to murmur something, smiling. Chloe laughed softly, brushing a lock of hair out of her eyes. He pulled back, and began to flip through a bright blue folder. However intent he seemed to be on his work, the slightest crease between her eyebrows would cause him to ask (at least according to Pete's almost non existent lip-reading skills): "Need help?"
Chloe would shake her head in denial. Classic Chloe, Pete thought, never asking for help, always turning it down on the first offer. It had taken him a couple of years to learn that when it came to helping her, one had to be aggressive.
Except Lex wasn't aggressive. He gently tugged the pencil from her fingers, and it would fly over the paper, putting into words and symbols whatever it was Chloe wanted to know. When Chloe's mouth went round with surprise, Lex's shoulders shook with silent laughter.
Finally, it was 6 o'clock. The pain behind Pete's eyes compounded when Lex's hand settled on her back, and didn't ease until Lex walked out of the Talon. Of course, watching Chloe watch Lex with a little half-smile on her lips didn't help.
"Chloe," he said loudly.
She looked back at him, her smile spreading wider. Suddenly, the pain in Pete's head was gone.
"Hey, Pete," she said, walking toward him. "I got an A on my last test! Lex has been helping me so much."
"Yeah, I'll bet," Pete said angrily. "Chloe, what's the deal, here? What's Luthor getting out of this?"
"Peter Ross, if you are implying that I'm– "
"Chlo," Pete sighed. "I'm not implying anything. I'm just asking you to think."
"I AM thinking," Chloe said impatiently. "About math. Lex says he likes to help me."
"Lex Luthor is a businessman above all else. He's looking for something from you. He may not know what it is yet, but I promise, you're gonna pay one way or another."
"That's ludicrous."
But Pete could tell she was beginning to doubt.
"If you say so." Pete stood. "I gotta eat then hit the sack. Practice early tomorrow."
"Ok, Pete," Chloe said.
He turned, walking backward toward the exit. "It's only 'cause I care, Chlo."
She smiled then. "Yeah, I know."