"I'm With You"--- by StormKait
Disclaimer: Don't own any of it!!! Blah blah blah.
Author's Note: I'm so glad people like my story!!! : ) Here's Chapter 3. hope you all like it!!
Chapter 3: Everything's a Mess
When they arrived at Lex's mansion, Chloe realized that she had nothing with her, not even her purse. But by the time she climbed the spiral staircase to where Lex said she could sleep, she was already half asleep so it didn't matter.
~*~*~*~
She woke up with a start. It had been a horrible nightmare. She was on the dam again, only this time no one was there to save her. She let herself jump, and she hit the water with a sickening splash. It was freezing, and she couldn't swim. She wanted to get out, but a little voice in her head kept telling her that it was too late-she had made the decision to jump. That's when she awoke, crying.
Lex was in his study down the hall, and heard Chloe's sobs and came into her room.
"Chloe, are you all right?" he asked her.
"Does it look like I'm all right?! Geez, Lex, let's think now. I just tried to kill myself, the guy I'm in love with is now with his dream girl, and everyone's probably already forgotten about me. So, to answer your question: no, I'm not all right," Chloe snapped back bitterly, and continued to cry.
Lex, for the second time that night, didn't know what to say to her. With all his money, all his power, he couldn't do anything to fix her broken heart.
"Lex?" Chloe almost said it as a whisper. "Why are you doing this? I mean, you're like the most important guy in Smallville, yet you're helping a suicidal highschooler with her problems that must seem so little compared to those involved with running a major corporation."
He had to think for a minute. Then he said, "Goodnight, Chloe," and left the room.
That hadn't been the answer she was looking for. Sure, she was really vulnerable after the events of that day, but if he hadn't been so goddam nice to her she wouldn't have been so. her mind searched for the word. infatuated?
She tried to go to sleep, but Chloe was mad at herself for thinking about Lex. She was mad at herself because no matter how hard she tried, she kept seeing his smile when she finally stepped down from that ledge on the dam. She was mad at herself for thinking that his smile meant more than he had actually intended. But most of all, she was mad at herself for asking him that stupid question.
Why would he like me? I'm Clark's friend. I'm still in high school. I have crazy theories about meteor rocks ruining all the decent guys in this town. And I'm not a slutty brunette. Why would he like me? Chloe let her brain race through thoughts like this, and finally fell asleep for the rest of the night.
~*~*~*~
The next morning, Chloe went downstairs and, after much searching, found what she assumed to be the kitchen. The maid by the sink smiled and said, "Mr. Luthor's in his office."
"Thank you," Chloe said, and began to leave.
"Oh! Wait!" The maid called. "Mr. Luthor told me to give you this." She handed Chloe a cappuccino, and smiled again.
Chloe eventually made it to Lex's office, and found him typing away on his computer at his desk.
"I see you've finally woke up," he greeted her without even looking up from his work.
"What time is it, anyway?"
"Two," he answered, and went back to his computer.
"Holy shit! Seriously?! Then I should be getting home!" Chloe started to head out of his office when Lex's voice stopped her.
"You don't have to leave yet, if you don't want to. But if you want to talk to your dad, I'd understand that too." He finally looked up, and their eyes met.
Chloe looked away. "Well I shouldn't really be keeping you; I'm mean, you're Smallville's busiest man and I'd just get in the way. Plus everything's still such a mess. I really should be getting home."
"Well, can I drive you home at least?" Lex was almost pleading, and he was surprising even himself.
"Yeah, sure, whatever," Chloe replied, still not looking up. "I should probably call my dad, so he doesn't think I actually went through with it." "You never did that?! Chloe! What were you thinking?" Lex shot up from his chair and went to the other desk to get her the phone. He thrust it into her hand, and she dialed her number. He walked back to his desk, and finished typing something.
"Hi, Dad?" Chloe said into the phone. "Yeah, Dad, I'm alright. No, I'm fine. Really. I'm at Lex's. No, Dad, don't worry. Lex is gonna give me a ride home in a little while, okay?" She paused, listening to her dad. "Yes. Dad, I'm fine. Seriously. Don't worry. I'll be home in a little bit, okay?" And she hung up.
"Ready to go? I just wrapped something up."
"Uh, yeah. It's not like I brought anything." Chloe laughed and smiled.
"Great." They started to walk towards the front of the mansion, then Lex stopped Chloe. "Last night, when you asked me why I was helping you, and I didn't answer, it was because I didn't know what to say. When I saw you about to kill yourself last night, you scared me. I always thought of you as Clark's friend, the intrepid reporter, the one who is never going to need Clark to save her. But then I realized." He paused, and drew in a breath. ".I realized that you were trying to save yourself from Clark. And that even though you may never get over that feeling of loss, I was glad that I found you to save you. That may not answer your question, but it's all I have to say." He smiled, and put his hand on Chloe's shoulder, leading her to the car.
~*TBC*~
Disclaimer: Don't own any of it!!! Blah blah blah.
Author's Note: I'm so glad people like my story!!! : ) Here's Chapter 3. hope you all like it!!
Chapter 3: Everything's a Mess
When they arrived at Lex's mansion, Chloe realized that she had nothing with her, not even her purse. But by the time she climbed the spiral staircase to where Lex said she could sleep, she was already half asleep so it didn't matter.
~*~*~*~
She woke up with a start. It had been a horrible nightmare. She was on the dam again, only this time no one was there to save her. She let herself jump, and she hit the water with a sickening splash. It was freezing, and she couldn't swim. She wanted to get out, but a little voice in her head kept telling her that it was too late-she had made the decision to jump. That's when she awoke, crying.
Lex was in his study down the hall, and heard Chloe's sobs and came into her room.
"Chloe, are you all right?" he asked her.
"Does it look like I'm all right?! Geez, Lex, let's think now. I just tried to kill myself, the guy I'm in love with is now with his dream girl, and everyone's probably already forgotten about me. So, to answer your question: no, I'm not all right," Chloe snapped back bitterly, and continued to cry.
Lex, for the second time that night, didn't know what to say to her. With all his money, all his power, he couldn't do anything to fix her broken heart.
"Lex?" Chloe almost said it as a whisper. "Why are you doing this? I mean, you're like the most important guy in Smallville, yet you're helping a suicidal highschooler with her problems that must seem so little compared to those involved with running a major corporation."
He had to think for a minute. Then he said, "Goodnight, Chloe," and left the room.
That hadn't been the answer she was looking for. Sure, she was really vulnerable after the events of that day, but if he hadn't been so goddam nice to her she wouldn't have been so. her mind searched for the word. infatuated?
She tried to go to sleep, but Chloe was mad at herself for thinking about Lex. She was mad at herself because no matter how hard she tried, she kept seeing his smile when she finally stepped down from that ledge on the dam. She was mad at herself for thinking that his smile meant more than he had actually intended. But most of all, she was mad at herself for asking him that stupid question.
Why would he like me? I'm Clark's friend. I'm still in high school. I have crazy theories about meteor rocks ruining all the decent guys in this town. And I'm not a slutty brunette. Why would he like me? Chloe let her brain race through thoughts like this, and finally fell asleep for the rest of the night.
~*~*~*~
The next morning, Chloe went downstairs and, after much searching, found what she assumed to be the kitchen. The maid by the sink smiled and said, "Mr. Luthor's in his office."
"Thank you," Chloe said, and began to leave.
"Oh! Wait!" The maid called. "Mr. Luthor told me to give you this." She handed Chloe a cappuccino, and smiled again.
Chloe eventually made it to Lex's office, and found him typing away on his computer at his desk.
"I see you've finally woke up," he greeted her without even looking up from his work.
"What time is it, anyway?"
"Two," he answered, and went back to his computer.
"Holy shit! Seriously?! Then I should be getting home!" Chloe started to head out of his office when Lex's voice stopped her.
"You don't have to leave yet, if you don't want to. But if you want to talk to your dad, I'd understand that too." He finally looked up, and their eyes met.
Chloe looked away. "Well I shouldn't really be keeping you; I'm mean, you're Smallville's busiest man and I'd just get in the way. Plus everything's still such a mess. I really should be getting home."
"Well, can I drive you home at least?" Lex was almost pleading, and he was surprising even himself.
"Yeah, sure, whatever," Chloe replied, still not looking up. "I should probably call my dad, so he doesn't think I actually went through with it." "You never did that?! Chloe! What were you thinking?" Lex shot up from his chair and went to the other desk to get her the phone. He thrust it into her hand, and she dialed her number. He walked back to his desk, and finished typing something.
"Hi, Dad?" Chloe said into the phone. "Yeah, Dad, I'm alright. No, I'm fine. Really. I'm at Lex's. No, Dad, don't worry. Lex is gonna give me a ride home in a little while, okay?" She paused, listening to her dad. "Yes. Dad, I'm fine. Seriously. Don't worry. I'll be home in a little bit, okay?" And she hung up.
"Ready to go? I just wrapped something up."
"Uh, yeah. It's not like I brought anything." Chloe laughed and smiled.
"Great." They started to walk towards the front of the mansion, then Lex stopped Chloe. "Last night, when you asked me why I was helping you, and I didn't answer, it was because I didn't know what to say. When I saw you about to kill yourself last night, you scared me. I always thought of you as Clark's friend, the intrepid reporter, the one who is never going to need Clark to save her. But then I realized." He paused, and drew in a breath. ".I realized that you were trying to save yourself from Clark. And that even though you may never get over that feeling of loss, I was glad that I found you to save you. That may not answer your question, but it's all I have to say." He smiled, and put his hand on Chloe's shoulder, leading her to the car.
~*TBC*~