A/N: I dispise Valentines day... but that doesn't mean that I can't write a Chlexy fic about V-day right?....this is full of Chlexy goodness.... and there is alot of Coffee involved... Coffee & Chocolate.

Valentines Day

By S. Ann Smith

Chapter one: Coffee

He saw her sitting in the Talon, signature coffee in hand, reading a book. She was so predictable, he smirked to himself.

"Miss Sullivan." He said quietly behind her, purposely taking her by surprise.

"Luthor! You Ass!" She glared at him. "You almost made me spill my coffee!"

"One of the deadly sins if I ever heard one- 'Thou shalt not spill Chloe Sullivan's coffee'." he smirked.

"Where's... uh.... what's her name?" Lex looked at her confused. "Elaine? No that's not it...Hannah? no, not it either. Ellen? No.. sit down it might take a while to remember her name."

"Helen?' He asked taking the seat beside her.

"Yeah! That's it!" She smiled a fake smile.

Obviously she had pretended not to know the name of his current girlfriend.

"So why are you gracing my presence by catching air?" She tried to stop herself from finnishing that sentance. "I mean..." She looked down at ehr coffee cup, her cheeks stained the colour of the valentines that graced the walls of the Talon. "I'm sorry Luthor."

"It's alright. I'd even forget the names of the women I've Fu- dated."

"That's supposed to surprise me?" she conquered.

"No.So what are you doing for Valentines Day?" he asked quickly.

He didn't know quite why he enjoyed the few times they did talk. He also knew that their 'verbal-judo' sessions suited him quite well, adn left him feeling confident and fresh-not to sound like a toothpaste commercial- and that's what really mattered to him.

"Staying at home." she mumbled to her coffee.

"And why is that? Shouldn't you be at some fancy high school dance, doing some sort of coverstory for the Torch?" He smiled to himself when her eyebrows flew up at the mention of her paper. She quickly controlled her eyebrows.

"Pete's covering the dance for me." She said-once again-to her coffee cup. "If he's not covering some girl in the corner instead." Lex was secretly amused-though he wouldn't show it- at Chloe's incompetence to meet his eyes.

"And Clark?"

"Is with Lana..or drooling over Lana."

"Either way he's in Lana-Land?"

"I love him and all, but sometimes..." Her voice faded away.

"He just doesn't see what's right in front of him." He stated with a nod. This, as he had planned, caused her to look up from her coffee, she met his gaze with a look of understanding.

Chloe raised an eyebrow. "This is a really deep conversation for you Luthor. I'm surprised. Now, if you'll excuse me, my coffee is getting cold." Lex wasn't sure what she was getting at. Unsure, of course, until she gulped down the rest of the large coffee, without taking a break.

"Impressive. You know you could take that somewhere... A talent like that can make you go places...Frat parties for one." He smirked.

"Do I have any coffee on my face." She quickly asked after giving him a small dose of sarcastic laughter.

"Just a little." he reached across to her lips and, wiped off the small amount of coffee foam left on her face.

"All gone?" she asked, slightly taken back, she hoped he couldn't tell.

"All gone."he gave her a reassuring smile.

"Lex!" Clark's voice broke the almost euphoric state they were in.

Obviously glad he and Lana are going to the silly dance together. He thought to himself. He was silently and secretly smirking, although nobody could see it.

"Impeccable timing," he mumbled to himself. "Clark!" he turned to the very tall boy. He had turned his mumble into a cheerful greeting. Lionel, of course, had sent Young Lex to a school to learn how to do that too. Young Lex had been expelled by the end of the week.

Ah, the childhood memories. He smiled to himself.

"I need another coffee." Chloe stated, quickly standing up.

This was the first time Lex had realized what she was wearing. It was't usual Chloe attire-not that he checked out Gabe's daughter or anything-but it seemed more 'punky' than 'funky', and yet a happy mix of the two.

She wore red plaid pants, with black buckles along the side, which evidently, caused them to look tighter than they were, and a white shirt that had ha black japanese character on it. Lex began to wish he hadn't skipped Japanese Languages 101 in university, to sleep with that brunette-he couldn't even remember her name.

But of course, it wasn't as if he was checking out Chloe's ass or anything.

"Don't you agree Lex?" Clark asked.Clark was talking? He absently nodded, hoping that Clark would repeat what he had said previously. He didn't have the heart to tell Clark that he wasn't listening, because he was too busy not checking out Chloe.

"So you think I should ask Lana to the dance?"

"You'll be gawking at her anyways" He said very seriously. He was laughing inside, That's all? He was trying to look at Clark in the eyes, while simultaneously watch Chloe, who was walking towards them, steaming coffee in hand.

"Alright." his eyes lit up, much liek a puppy dog that was just rewarded with a treat. He got up and went to go chase Lana around.

"That was fast." she said watching Clark, who was now standing at the counter. She looked at the conspirical look on his face. "What did you tell him?" She raised her eyebrows suspiciously.

TBC

A/N: Is conspirical even a word?....... ok today is the thirteenth, tomorrow you'll all get the conclusion, is that alright with you? I thought so.... Part 2 is about Chocolate, from Chloe's POV