Title: Return to Innocents
Disclaimer: You know I don't own SmallVille!
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"Lois... Clark... what a surprise." Lex said threw a fake smile. "What brings you to this part of SmallVille?"
"Clark was just taking me on a drive threw the country." Lois said, hanging on to his arm and smile. "He went into hero mode when he saw the "LUTHOR" on your cars license plate. He was all worried something happened to you."
"We didn't know about this... what are you doing?" Clark asked, eyeing Lex.
"We're eating lunch." Miki chimed in with a smile. "Dad and mom were just telling us one of their love stories." She added with a giggle.
Clark looked at Miki. She was so cute and innocent. There was a lot of her mother and even more of her father in those bright eyes. That tore him up on the inside. Only Chloe could have such a lovely child.
Chloe glanced at Lex before saying "So, would you like to join us for some lunch?"
"Oh, we couldn't-" Clark said.
"Well, of course! We'd love to! Wouldn't we, Clark?" Lois said, stepping on Clark's foot. He looks over at her and glares.
"If you don't want to it's fine..." Chloe said, Lex was glaring at her, too.
"Oh, no, no! We'd love to. It is so nice of you to ask. Maybe I could get your husband to give me an interview." Lois smiled hopefully at Lex.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lane, but we are on vacation." Lex said.
"Oh, to bad. I guess I'll just have to catch you some other time."
"I guess so." Lex rolled his eyes at Chloe who made an "I'm-sorry-but- remember-I-love-you" face as the group walked over to the blanket.
They all sat down and Chloe handed out the food. Clark watched her with loving eyes. Lex watched Clark with hateful ones. Lois was talking to Miki or rather Miki was bombarding poor Lois with questions most of which came to fast for her even to here.
"Miki, dear, eat your food." Chloe said, shaking her head.
"Yes, ma'am." Miki said, chewing on a cookie.
"You have such sweet children, Mr. and Mrs. Luthor." Lois said making Clark cringe.
"Please, Lois, call us by are first names. We are all friends here." Chloe said.
"Maybe not all of us." Lex muttered so only Chloe could here. She frowned and hit him in the arm. "Stop." She mouthed in a sneer.
Clark looked from the two of them before speaking to Chloe. "So were are you working now, Chlo?"
"Well, I'm writing a book." She said, smiling.
"Are you really? And here I thought you'd be a reporter still." Lois said.
"Well, I thought I'd own my own paper by now but things change. Dreams change. Life changes." She smiled at Lex who smiled at his kids. "Anyway, I thought writing children's stories would be a better use of my time. I have enjoyed it so far."
"Maybe we could do a article on your books. It might be just what you need to sell some. After all, you are Mrs. Lex Luthor now." Lois laughed a little with Chloe.
"Well, I would like to sell them on my own. That's why they'll be written under the name of Chloe Sullivan. I'd like to think people would buy it for my talent but you never know."
Clark was smiling. He could picture Chloe writing stories for little kids. "So what are they about?" He asked.
"Mostly about things Miki and Josh like to here. I'm even writing "The Princess and Demon" which is really Lex's story-"
"YOU wrote a children's story?" Lois and Clark asked together. Lex had to laugh a little at that.
"Well, it's not really a story I wrote. I just tweaked the story of how Chloe and me met and fell in love. Chloe said that since Miki and Josh loved the story so much it should be her first book." Lex said all this why smiling at Miki and Josh who were playing some game on the grass.
Clark wanted to die. Why had Lois said they would eat with them? He mad a mental note to pay her back for this, and not in a good way, either.
"Well, we really need to be going, right, Lois." Clark said, sternly.
"But, Clark, we just got here." Lois said.
"We need to get back to work on the Planet, remember?"
Lois sighed and then smiled at the Luthors. "It was nice chatting with you." She said. "And Mr. Luthor, if you re-think your interview you know who to call."
"Yes, I do." Lex said, trying to smile. "Good bye, Lois, Clark."
"Bye you guys." Chloe said as they walked down the hill. She turned to Lex. He wasn't looking at her; he looked upset and even a little mad. "Lex..." She whispered.
"I don't want to talk about it, Chloe." He said, sternly. "I just don't want to talk about it."
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Lex sat in his office. They had gotten back to Metropolis just the other day and life had gone on as normal. Only Lex was a lot more quite ten he used to be. He spent more time at work, and less time with Chloe and the kids. He didn't even understand why he was doing this.
Why was he feeling guilty? He hadn't done anything wrong. Shit, Clark was the wrong one. So... if that was true... why couldn't he convince himself of that?
There was a soft knock on the door. "Come in." Lex said, softly. The door opened and Chloe walked in. He looked up at her; neither said a word.
"Lex, can we talk?" Chloe asked.
"We can always talk." He replied.
"Lately it hasn't seemed like it." Chloe sat down across from him. "Look, Lex, whatever it is your going threw, whatever problems you have with Clark... we need to put them away. I understand that you are mad at him but your letting it effect everything in your life. Your job, your kids, ... me. I need you to come back, Alexander."
Lex looked at Chloe, really looked at Chloe, right in the eye. He saw all the hurt and pain he had promised himself years ago he would never be the cause of again. And yet, there it was. He had screwed up, again. He got up from his chair and in one swift movement picked her up and held her close.
"I'm so sorry, Chloe." He whispered. "I shouldn't have done this to you. Will you ever forgive me?"
"Lex, I love you. There's nothing to forgive." Chloe said, smiling. Now there's only one thing left to do... She thought.
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"Hey, Kent." Clark was brought out of his thoughts by Sally, one of his co- workers. "You've got a visitor." She pointed toward the door before walking off. Clark's mouth hung open as he saw a vision of blond beauty that stood there looking at him.
"Chloe?" He whispered to himself as she walked over. He smiled. "Chloe, what brings you here?" He asked. She crossed her arms and glared him down.
"We need to talk, Kent." She said, sternly.
"Umm... ok... what about?"
"About you and this thing you have agents me and Lex."
Clark gulped. He didn't like were this was going at all. "Chloe, were are you going with this?"
"It's like this, Kent," She said, putting emphases on his last name. "I know what you said to him. I know that you think he tricked me into loving him. I also know that he's been thinking about that since you "talked" with him. You see, he doesn't like that you and him aren't friends anymore. And I don't like it either. We used to be close. So close that we could tell each other anything. Well, now I'm telling you something. I am in love with Lex! That's it! That's all you need to know. He didn't trick me, he didn't pay me to love him, I just fell in love. If you were my friend you'd understand. You got it?"
They stared each other down. Chloe eyes filled with confidence, Clark's filled with sadness. At last, Clark sighed and looked at her.
"You're right, Chloe." He said. "I should understand. And I promise to try harder, ok?"
Chloe smiled, "Ok."
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Miki smiled as she snuggled into her covers. Chloe smiled down at her little girl. "Mommy, did you always love daddy?"
Chloe smiled. "I always did, and I always will."
THE END...?
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Ok, so that's it... Not really a great ending but I hope you liked it. Tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: You know I don't own SmallVille!
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"Lois... Clark... what a surprise." Lex said threw a fake smile. "What brings you to this part of SmallVille?"
"Clark was just taking me on a drive threw the country." Lois said, hanging on to his arm and smile. "He went into hero mode when he saw the "LUTHOR" on your cars license plate. He was all worried something happened to you."
"We didn't know about this... what are you doing?" Clark asked, eyeing Lex.
"We're eating lunch." Miki chimed in with a smile. "Dad and mom were just telling us one of their love stories." She added with a giggle.
Clark looked at Miki. She was so cute and innocent. There was a lot of her mother and even more of her father in those bright eyes. That tore him up on the inside. Only Chloe could have such a lovely child.
Chloe glanced at Lex before saying "So, would you like to join us for some lunch?"
"Oh, we couldn't-" Clark said.
"Well, of course! We'd love to! Wouldn't we, Clark?" Lois said, stepping on Clark's foot. He looks over at her and glares.
"If you don't want to it's fine..." Chloe said, Lex was glaring at her, too.
"Oh, no, no! We'd love to. It is so nice of you to ask. Maybe I could get your husband to give me an interview." Lois smiled hopefully at Lex.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lane, but we are on vacation." Lex said.
"Oh, to bad. I guess I'll just have to catch you some other time."
"I guess so." Lex rolled his eyes at Chloe who made an "I'm-sorry-but- remember-I-love-you" face as the group walked over to the blanket.
They all sat down and Chloe handed out the food. Clark watched her with loving eyes. Lex watched Clark with hateful ones. Lois was talking to Miki or rather Miki was bombarding poor Lois with questions most of which came to fast for her even to here.
"Miki, dear, eat your food." Chloe said, shaking her head.
"Yes, ma'am." Miki said, chewing on a cookie.
"You have such sweet children, Mr. and Mrs. Luthor." Lois said making Clark cringe.
"Please, Lois, call us by are first names. We are all friends here." Chloe said.
"Maybe not all of us." Lex muttered so only Chloe could here. She frowned and hit him in the arm. "Stop." She mouthed in a sneer.
Clark looked from the two of them before speaking to Chloe. "So were are you working now, Chlo?"
"Well, I'm writing a book." She said, smiling.
"Are you really? And here I thought you'd be a reporter still." Lois said.
"Well, I thought I'd own my own paper by now but things change. Dreams change. Life changes." She smiled at Lex who smiled at his kids. "Anyway, I thought writing children's stories would be a better use of my time. I have enjoyed it so far."
"Maybe we could do a article on your books. It might be just what you need to sell some. After all, you are Mrs. Lex Luthor now." Lois laughed a little with Chloe.
"Well, I would like to sell them on my own. That's why they'll be written under the name of Chloe Sullivan. I'd like to think people would buy it for my talent but you never know."
Clark was smiling. He could picture Chloe writing stories for little kids. "So what are they about?" He asked.
"Mostly about things Miki and Josh like to here. I'm even writing "The Princess and Demon" which is really Lex's story-"
"YOU wrote a children's story?" Lois and Clark asked together. Lex had to laugh a little at that.
"Well, it's not really a story I wrote. I just tweaked the story of how Chloe and me met and fell in love. Chloe said that since Miki and Josh loved the story so much it should be her first book." Lex said all this why smiling at Miki and Josh who were playing some game on the grass.
Clark wanted to die. Why had Lois said they would eat with them? He mad a mental note to pay her back for this, and not in a good way, either.
"Well, we really need to be going, right, Lois." Clark said, sternly.
"But, Clark, we just got here." Lois said.
"We need to get back to work on the Planet, remember?"
Lois sighed and then smiled at the Luthors. "It was nice chatting with you." She said. "And Mr. Luthor, if you re-think your interview you know who to call."
"Yes, I do." Lex said, trying to smile. "Good bye, Lois, Clark."
"Bye you guys." Chloe said as they walked down the hill. She turned to Lex. He wasn't looking at her; he looked upset and even a little mad. "Lex..." She whispered.
"I don't want to talk about it, Chloe." He said, sternly. "I just don't want to talk about it."
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Lex sat in his office. They had gotten back to Metropolis just the other day and life had gone on as normal. Only Lex was a lot more quite ten he used to be. He spent more time at work, and less time with Chloe and the kids. He didn't even understand why he was doing this.
Why was he feeling guilty? He hadn't done anything wrong. Shit, Clark was the wrong one. So... if that was true... why couldn't he convince himself of that?
There was a soft knock on the door. "Come in." Lex said, softly. The door opened and Chloe walked in. He looked up at her; neither said a word.
"Lex, can we talk?" Chloe asked.
"We can always talk." He replied.
"Lately it hasn't seemed like it." Chloe sat down across from him. "Look, Lex, whatever it is your going threw, whatever problems you have with Clark... we need to put them away. I understand that you are mad at him but your letting it effect everything in your life. Your job, your kids, ... me. I need you to come back, Alexander."
Lex looked at Chloe, really looked at Chloe, right in the eye. He saw all the hurt and pain he had promised himself years ago he would never be the cause of again. And yet, there it was. He had screwed up, again. He got up from his chair and in one swift movement picked her up and held her close.
"I'm so sorry, Chloe." He whispered. "I shouldn't have done this to you. Will you ever forgive me?"
"Lex, I love you. There's nothing to forgive." Chloe said, smiling. Now there's only one thing left to do... She thought.
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"Hey, Kent." Clark was brought out of his thoughts by Sally, one of his co- workers. "You've got a visitor." She pointed toward the door before walking off. Clark's mouth hung open as he saw a vision of blond beauty that stood there looking at him.
"Chloe?" He whispered to himself as she walked over. He smiled. "Chloe, what brings you here?" He asked. She crossed her arms and glared him down.
"We need to talk, Kent." She said, sternly.
"Umm... ok... what about?"
"About you and this thing you have agents me and Lex."
Clark gulped. He didn't like were this was going at all. "Chloe, were are you going with this?"
"It's like this, Kent," She said, putting emphases on his last name. "I know what you said to him. I know that you think he tricked me into loving him. I also know that he's been thinking about that since you "talked" with him. You see, he doesn't like that you and him aren't friends anymore. And I don't like it either. We used to be close. So close that we could tell each other anything. Well, now I'm telling you something. I am in love with Lex! That's it! That's all you need to know. He didn't trick me, he didn't pay me to love him, I just fell in love. If you were my friend you'd understand. You got it?"
They stared each other down. Chloe eyes filled with confidence, Clark's filled with sadness. At last, Clark sighed and looked at her.
"You're right, Chloe." He said. "I should understand. And I promise to try harder, ok?"
Chloe smiled, "Ok."
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Miki smiled as she snuggled into her covers. Chloe smiled down at her little girl. "Mommy, did you always love daddy?"
Chloe smiled. "I always did, and I always will."
THE END...?
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Ok, so that's it... Not really a great ending but I hope you liked it. Tell me what you think.