Hey, everyone! How's it been? Okay? Boring? Same? Well, here is another chapter, I know it took awhile to get this up, but it's kinda been a work in progress for a good week or so. But, anyway, it's up. It's here. So...
enjoy...
why me?
Lex continued to watch Lana and Chloe talk as Pete and Clark discussed the...finer points of football. Lex, himself, wasn't much of a fan. Painting bright colors across his chest as he screamed his lungs out didn't exactly appeal to him as it should.
"So, Lex what do yo think?" Clark asked, tilting his head so he'd be in Lex's view. Both he and Pete had given up on getting his attention after a few ill attempts, but now Clark thought it was time to involve Lex in something other than, well, whatever he was doing now.
"Think about what, Clark?" Lex asked, shifting his gaze from Chloe to Clark. He knew he wasn't hiding his apparent worry about Chloe very well, so he decided to indulge his friend by entering into their conversation.
"The team. You think they'll win this year?"
Lex just stared at him blankly.
"Football, Luthor!" Pete answered, looking at Lex at if he were some mental patient.
"Oh, yes, well, sure why not," Lex mumbled, taking a sip of coffee, his last sip. He was out.
"You don't have any idea what we're talking about, do you?" Pete asked, nudging Clark in the ribs. Clark in turn, gave Lex an apologetic look.
"You're talking about the Crows, right. The highschool football team you sometimes get to play for?" Lex answered, arching an eyebrow.
"Excuse me?" Pete questioned, giving him a look of complete and utter fury.
"Huh?" Lex asked, tilting his coffee to try and manage another sip. No such luck.
"They don't *let* me play, or, well, they do, in a way. But, that doesn't matter. I am a member, a key member, on the team. I'm..." But, Pete was but off when Lex interrupted.
"Look, I'd really like to continue this conversation, but right now, I need a refill. So...be right back," Lex walked over to the counter. Seeing that it was not currently occupied by anyone at the moment, he got his coffee himself.
"Get me a cup, too, while you're being useful," a voice demanded from across the counter.
Looking up from his cup, "Chloe, look, about earlier, I'm..."
"Sorry, I know. Don't worry about it, I'm fine. You're fine. We're both fine," she rambled as Lex handed her a cup filled with the object of her existence.
"I'm glad to see you're, that you've...recovered," Lex presumed, trying to decide how much more coffee Chloe was going to need.
"Excuse me?"
"That does seem to be the catch phrase, today," Lex comprehended, of course, the look on Chloe's face revealed that she didn't exactly see the humor.
"What are you talking about?" Chloe asked, taking a sip of her coffee, well a gulp, okay, okay, she inhaled the cup, "Mmmm..."
"I am, you know," Lex vaguely completed a sentence.
"You are, you know, what?" she was now looking imploringly at Lex's cup, which he instantly slid over to her.
"Sorry," Lex whispered, so no one but Chloe could hear him. She looked up at him for a moment, checking his sincerity and all. He passed.
"And I am, you know, fine," she said, "We both dished stuff out. I accused you of not being that much of a man, and you accused me of being one," she finished, laughing into her, his cup.
"Hey! You know I didn't mean any of that," Lex defended, "Now, you with the whole..."
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Yours was worse than mine," Chloe countered.
"Look. Let's just call it even," Lex suggested, "Like you said, we both said some things, it was necessary. If we'd been all...like we were last night, they probably would've had some questions."
"I suppose."
"I mean, who wouldn't have questions," Lex added, filling up another cup and handing it to Chloe. He glanced around the room, noting that Clark, Lana, and Pete were seated at a table across from the only other filled table in the place. Where was everyone?
"Let's have our next date tonight," Chloe blurted out.
"Date? So, now we're allowed to call them what they really are?" Lex asked, prodding Chloe into a reaction.
"So, that's what they were? Dates. All along?" Chloe inquired.
"Yes."
She thought about this for a moment, then, "Okay."
"So, where are we going tonight?" Lex pondered, raising his eyes to the ceiling, giving the impression of deep thought.
"It's a surprise," Chloe teased, her eyes shining.
"A surprise, huh? And where might this surprise location be?" Lex prodded, bringing her hand to his, enveloping it completely. Chloe reacted, at first, with a smile. But, that smile faded when she realized where they were. She retracted her hand so fast it felt as if she'd given him a rug burn. She quickly scanned the room, then relaxed as she saw that the others weren't paying attention.
"Glad to see you're okay with this relationship and not overreacting," Lex joked, half-heartedly. There's no way to express in words how he felt right now. He knew no one was allowed to know, but...
"Lex."
"Yeah."
"Wanna go check out the broom closet?" Chloe asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lex's eyes went wide, and his mouth opened a space.
"I'm kidding," Chloe 'assured', then she examined Lex's state, shook her head, and added, "Men."
Lex took a breath, not a sigh of relief, or was it? "I knew you were kidding, of course."
"Oh, please. You were ready to grab my hand and drag me in there regardless," Chloe protested, pushing her empty cup towards Lex.
"Yeah. Right. Believe me, if I were going to drag you anywhere, it sure as hell wouldn't be to the Talon's broom closet," he objected, while filling up her cup.
"Sure."
Lex stared at her for a moment, in the end deciding not to push this. He now knew she was just trying to 'lighten up the mood'.
"Were you..." Chloe started, "I mean, earlier..." she again trailed, Lex was eying her now, waiting for her to continue. "Earlier, when you said..."
"Said what?" Lex prodded.
"*Our relationship*?" she finished, glancing up at him like a puppy.
"You are so cute when you look up at me like that," Lex revealed, brushing some hair out of her face.
"Cute. You think I'm cute?" Chloe asked, smiling, and slightly blushing.
"Yes," Lex answered immediately, "And wouldn't you agree that we've progressed into relationship mode. Relationship relationship mode," Lex 'hinted'.
"Like dating. Courting. Wooing. Going steady. Escorting. Me girlfriend, you boyfriend," Chloe spelled out.
"One of those, yeah," Lex agreed, "So...which do you want?"
"Which do you?" Chloe repeated.
"Well..." Lex strung out, "I kind of liked them all."
Chloe nodded, "Me too," then she reached over, took his hand, and enclosed it in her own.
***
Okay, OKAY. i know. That was SO corny. Believe if I'd known i was gonna type that I woulda cut off my hands. But, now that I've done wrote it, it's done. It's there. It's just about uploaded. I know it's been...awhile since i last put a chapter up, but, hey, here it is. at least it's here, now. so...happy, happy, happy, right?
Anyway, i still totally enjoy the reviews you guys give. And, they're even better because I know you don't have to. So, thankyou.
I will see you later, alright? bye all
enjoy...
why me?
Lex continued to watch Lana and Chloe talk as Pete and Clark discussed the...finer points of football. Lex, himself, wasn't much of a fan. Painting bright colors across his chest as he screamed his lungs out didn't exactly appeal to him as it should.
"So, Lex what do yo think?" Clark asked, tilting his head so he'd be in Lex's view. Both he and Pete had given up on getting his attention after a few ill attempts, but now Clark thought it was time to involve Lex in something other than, well, whatever he was doing now.
"Think about what, Clark?" Lex asked, shifting his gaze from Chloe to Clark. He knew he wasn't hiding his apparent worry about Chloe very well, so he decided to indulge his friend by entering into their conversation.
"The team. You think they'll win this year?"
Lex just stared at him blankly.
"Football, Luthor!" Pete answered, looking at Lex at if he were some mental patient.
"Oh, yes, well, sure why not," Lex mumbled, taking a sip of coffee, his last sip. He was out.
"You don't have any idea what we're talking about, do you?" Pete asked, nudging Clark in the ribs. Clark in turn, gave Lex an apologetic look.
"You're talking about the Crows, right. The highschool football team you sometimes get to play for?" Lex answered, arching an eyebrow.
"Excuse me?" Pete questioned, giving him a look of complete and utter fury.
"Huh?" Lex asked, tilting his coffee to try and manage another sip. No such luck.
"They don't *let* me play, or, well, they do, in a way. But, that doesn't matter. I am a member, a key member, on the team. I'm..." But, Pete was but off when Lex interrupted.
"Look, I'd really like to continue this conversation, but right now, I need a refill. So...be right back," Lex walked over to the counter. Seeing that it was not currently occupied by anyone at the moment, he got his coffee himself.
"Get me a cup, too, while you're being useful," a voice demanded from across the counter.
Looking up from his cup, "Chloe, look, about earlier, I'm..."
"Sorry, I know. Don't worry about it, I'm fine. You're fine. We're both fine," she rambled as Lex handed her a cup filled with the object of her existence.
"I'm glad to see you're, that you've...recovered," Lex presumed, trying to decide how much more coffee Chloe was going to need.
"Excuse me?"
"That does seem to be the catch phrase, today," Lex comprehended, of course, the look on Chloe's face revealed that she didn't exactly see the humor.
"What are you talking about?" Chloe asked, taking a sip of her coffee, well a gulp, okay, okay, she inhaled the cup, "Mmmm..."
"I am, you know," Lex vaguely completed a sentence.
"You are, you know, what?" she was now looking imploringly at Lex's cup, which he instantly slid over to her.
"Sorry," Lex whispered, so no one but Chloe could hear him. She looked up at him for a moment, checking his sincerity and all. He passed.
"And I am, you know, fine," she said, "We both dished stuff out. I accused you of not being that much of a man, and you accused me of being one," she finished, laughing into her, his cup.
"Hey! You know I didn't mean any of that," Lex defended, "Now, you with the whole..."
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Yours was worse than mine," Chloe countered.
"Look. Let's just call it even," Lex suggested, "Like you said, we both said some things, it was necessary. If we'd been all...like we were last night, they probably would've had some questions."
"I suppose."
"I mean, who wouldn't have questions," Lex added, filling up another cup and handing it to Chloe. He glanced around the room, noting that Clark, Lana, and Pete were seated at a table across from the only other filled table in the place. Where was everyone?
"Let's have our next date tonight," Chloe blurted out.
"Date? So, now we're allowed to call them what they really are?" Lex asked, prodding Chloe into a reaction.
"So, that's what they were? Dates. All along?" Chloe inquired.
"Yes."
She thought about this for a moment, then, "Okay."
"So, where are we going tonight?" Lex pondered, raising his eyes to the ceiling, giving the impression of deep thought.
"It's a surprise," Chloe teased, her eyes shining.
"A surprise, huh? And where might this surprise location be?" Lex prodded, bringing her hand to his, enveloping it completely. Chloe reacted, at first, with a smile. But, that smile faded when she realized where they were. She retracted her hand so fast it felt as if she'd given him a rug burn. She quickly scanned the room, then relaxed as she saw that the others weren't paying attention.
"Glad to see you're okay with this relationship and not overreacting," Lex joked, half-heartedly. There's no way to express in words how he felt right now. He knew no one was allowed to know, but...
"Lex."
"Yeah."
"Wanna go check out the broom closet?" Chloe asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lex's eyes went wide, and his mouth opened a space.
"I'm kidding," Chloe 'assured', then she examined Lex's state, shook her head, and added, "Men."
Lex took a breath, not a sigh of relief, or was it? "I knew you were kidding, of course."
"Oh, please. You were ready to grab my hand and drag me in there regardless," Chloe protested, pushing her empty cup towards Lex.
"Yeah. Right. Believe me, if I were going to drag you anywhere, it sure as hell wouldn't be to the Talon's broom closet," he objected, while filling up her cup.
"Sure."
Lex stared at her for a moment, in the end deciding not to push this. He now knew she was just trying to 'lighten up the mood'.
"Were you..." Chloe started, "I mean, earlier..." she again trailed, Lex was eying her now, waiting for her to continue. "Earlier, when you said..."
"Said what?" Lex prodded.
"*Our relationship*?" she finished, glancing up at him like a puppy.
"You are so cute when you look up at me like that," Lex revealed, brushing some hair out of her face.
"Cute. You think I'm cute?" Chloe asked, smiling, and slightly blushing.
"Yes," Lex answered immediately, "And wouldn't you agree that we've progressed into relationship mode. Relationship relationship mode," Lex 'hinted'.
"Like dating. Courting. Wooing. Going steady. Escorting. Me girlfriend, you boyfriend," Chloe spelled out.
"One of those, yeah," Lex agreed, "So...which do you want?"
"Which do you?" Chloe repeated.
"Well..." Lex strung out, "I kind of liked them all."
Chloe nodded, "Me too," then she reached over, took his hand, and enclosed it in her own.
***
Okay, OKAY. i know. That was SO corny. Believe if I'd known i was gonna type that I woulda cut off my hands. But, now that I've done wrote it, it's done. It's there. It's just about uploaded. I know it's been...awhile since i last put a chapter up, but, hey, here it is. at least it's here, now. so...happy, happy, happy, right?
Anyway, i still totally enjoy the reviews you guys give. And, they're even better because I know you don't have to. So, thankyou.
I will see you later, alright? bye all
