"I'm With You"---by StormKait
Chapter Seven: No One Likes to Be Alone
Author's Note: I'm so happy people like my story!! I have vacation from school this week, so I'll try to update it a lot.
Clark stood in the office, trying to figure what had just happened. Was it some sort of practical joke the two were plotting against him? Lana walked in.
"What's wrong, Clark?" She kissed him on the cheek, but he pushed her away.
"It's Chloe."
"Is she okay?" Lana was scared. She hadn't talked to Chloe much last weekend, and didn't exactly know how she was coping.
"Yeah. oh, no, it's nothing like that. It's just. Lex sent her this fax that was like some sort of love letter, and Chloe blew up at me because I read it and just ran out of the room."
"You can't blame her, Clark. It's her personal life, something we shouldn't worry about. I know she's very unstable right now in that department, but I think we should be happy for her."
"I am, but. Lex has always been known for his ulterior motives," Clark reluctantly told his girlfriend.
"You make it sound as though no one should like Chloe. Like, it's difficult for you to understand that she's a girl just like me, and that guys can like her if they want to," Lana was becoming very agitated with Clark. "I can't really talk to you right now, Clark. I'm not too thrilled with you right now."
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It was 5:07. He was late. Sure, Chloe had been there since ten of five, but she needed an extra coffee so she could be her old happy self for her date with Lex.
He strolled in, looking around the Talon for her blonde hair. He was wearing a black suit, as usual, with a royal blue dress shirt. Chloe thought she was going to die, he looked so good.
"Miss Sullivan, I'm sorry. I had a conference call, and."
"It's okay, really." Chloe smiled. "You're just fashionably late."
"Yeah, that's it. Just fashionably late." He wanted to kiss her right then, but didn't feel it was appropriate. "So. what's it gonna be, Chloe? Cappuccino? Latte?"
"Uh. a latte if you don't mind." She smiled again. She'd been smiling all day, after reading Lex's fax. If only Clark hadn't seen it.
"What's on your mind, Chloe?" Lex was already back with the coffees.
"Well, you know how you sent me that fax this morning?"
"Oh. that. yeah, I remember."
"Clark saw it." Chloe was beginning to blush. "He got really mad and I haven't talked to him since. I don't know why he's mad; I mean, he does have his dream girl and all, but. oh God I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore." She started to cry again. She had promised herself she wouldn't in front of Lex again, and certainly not in public.
Lex pulled Chloe towards him, and began to run his fingers through her hair. "Chloe, I don't care if Clark saw it. Actually, I'm kind of glad he did. He needs to understand that although you may not be like Lana to him, you are still a beautiful young woman that plenty of guys would want to date." He thought for a minute. "Including me."
Chloe looked up, and was trying to stop her tears. Should I say something to that, or just let the moment be? Because knowing me, I'd screw the whole thing up if I said something.
But she didn't have to do anything, because Lex kissed her.
Chapter Seven: No One Likes to Be Alone
Author's Note: I'm so happy people like my story!! I have vacation from school this week, so I'll try to update it a lot.
Clark stood in the office, trying to figure what had just happened. Was it some sort of practical joke the two were plotting against him? Lana walked in.
"What's wrong, Clark?" She kissed him on the cheek, but he pushed her away.
"It's Chloe."
"Is she okay?" Lana was scared. She hadn't talked to Chloe much last weekend, and didn't exactly know how she was coping.
"Yeah. oh, no, it's nothing like that. It's just. Lex sent her this fax that was like some sort of love letter, and Chloe blew up at me because I read it and just ran out of the room."
"You can't blame her, Clark. It's her personal life, something we shouldn't worry about. I know she's very unstable right now in that department, but I think we should be happy for her."
"I am, but. Lex has always been known for his ulterior motives," Clark reluctantly told his girlfriend.
"You make it sound as though no one should like Chloe. Like, it's difficult for you to understand that she's a girl just like me, and that guys can like her if they want to," Lana was becoming very agitated with Clark. "I can't really talk to you right now, Clark. I'm not too thrilled with you right now."
***
It was 5:07. He was late. Sure, Chloe had been there since ten of five, but she needed an extra coffee so she could be her old happy self for her date with Lex.
He strolled in, looking around the Talon for her blonde hair. He was wearing a black suit, as usual, with a royal blue dress shirt. Chloe thought she was going to die, he looked so good.
"Miss Sullivan, I'm sorry. I had a conference call, and."
"It's okay, really." Chloe smiled. "You're just fashionably late."
"Yeah, that's it. Just fashionably late." He wanted to kiss her right then, but didn't feel it was appropriate. "So. what's it gonna be, Chloe? Cappuccino? Latte?"
"Uh. a latte if you don't mind." She smiled again. She'd been smiling all day, after reading Lex's fax. If only Clark hadn't seen it.
"What's on your mind, Chloe?" Lex was already back with the coffees.
"Well, you know how you sent me that fax this morning?"
"Oh. that. yeah, I remember."
"Clark saw it." Chloe was beginning to blush. "He got really mad and I haven't talked to him since. I don't know why he's mad; I mean, he does have his dream girl and all, but. oh God I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore." She started to cry again. She had promised herself she wouldn't in front of Lex again, and certainly not in public.
Lex pulled Chloe towards him, and began to run his fingers through her hair. "Chloe, I don't care if Clark saw it. Actually, I'm kind of glad he did. He needs to understand that although you may not be like Lana to him, you are still a beautiful young woman that plenty of guys would want to date." He thought for a minute. "Including me."
Chloe looked up, and was trying to stop her tears. Should I say something to that, or just let the moment be? Because knowing me, I'd screw the whole thing up if I said something.
But she didn't have to do anything, because Lex kissed her.