Chapter 2
Always, always, always, always,
Always, always, always,
I just can't live without you.
"Lex, I'm sorry, but I can't be with you anymore," Lana said, trying to contain the fluttering of her heart in her chest.
Lex glanced up. "Excuse me?"
Lana took a deep breath, focusing on the air entering and leaving her lungs. "I'm breaking up with you," she repeated, wondering exactly when she had become so afraid of Lex.
"No, you aren't," Lex said calmly, resuming his typing.
"Yes, I am," Lana said with more determination. She stepped forward a step.
"No, you aren't," Lex repeated, not paying attention to her.
Lana put her hand on the glass top of Lex's desk. "Listen to me, Lex," she said gently.
Lex looked up, emotion flitting across his face. "I forbid you to leave me, Lana."
Lana almost gasped at the edge to his voice. "You forbid me? Lex, what's happened to you?" she said, backing away as if she was afraid the ice in his heart would somehow transfer to hers.
"I've become the man I always wanted to be," Lex answered smugly.
"No, you've become the man your father wanted you to be," Lana said, clenching her jaw so she wouldn't start to cry.
Lex stood and raised his hand as if to slap Lana. Lana flinched back, turning her head to absorb the blow, but it never came. When she looked back up Lex was standing behind his desk, breathing hard.
"Don't you ever talk to me like that," Lex said, his temper flaring. "After all I've done for you, how can you betray me by leaving?"
Lana stepped backwards again, trying to distance herself from Lex. "I don't mean to hurt you, Lex. I'm sorry."
"Yes, you better be," Lex answered, sitting back down. "I'm glad that you're over it now. Get me a bottle of water." Lex sat back down at his computer.
"No, Lex," Lana said softly.
"No?" Lex asked, looking up. "No?! You say no to me?"
Lana nodded. "I'm sorry, Lex, but I have to go. I'm sorry," she repeated, hurrying from the room.
"You'll regret it, Lana! If you leave now you'll regret it," Lex shouted after her. "Believe me, you will!"