Author note: I'm sorry I think this is where the inventive titles dissappear...... They seem to fit the ch's tho... look for Ch 6 next week....this is a short chapter, but I promise you that the next one will be better. I promise
The Seeds of Evil
by S. Ann Smith
Chapter five: Discoveries
Pete, Chloe, Lana and Clark all had Biology together, and as Pete walked her to Class Chloe swore that she heard the Jockstraps' Cheerleader- girlfriends, whispering about her.
She could practically hear their whispered conversation:
"How did she go from Spring Formal-Date-Of-Clark Kent to Girlfriend-of-Lex Luthor?"
"Just going through the friends isn't she?"
"I want to know what he sees in her."
"Well we all know that she sees his money."
"Or may be his body, I wouldn't mind being her.Hey stop glaring at me."
Chloe stopped glaring when she entered the classroom. What right do they have when it comes to judging her when they are the most oblivious in the whole school?
When Pete and Chloe walked into the classroom, Lana and Clark were holding hands, and talking.
"I can't do this." Chloe mumbled, turning around. Pete firmly grabbed her small shoulders, and turned her around.
"Yes you can." He urged pushing her into her seat. "I know you can."
When the teacher came in Lana hurried into her seat beside Chloe. She beamed her, possibly, 100 watt smile full of adorable sweetness,of course, and Chloe tried her hardest to smile back just as big as one.
Chloe tried her damnedest to pay attention to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection and Evolution, but much to her dismay, the teacher's dull droning almost made her fall asleep. When the dismissal bell rang,
Chloe nearly ran out of the classroom, avoiding imploring eyes, and inquisitive glances from Lana.
Chloe was sure she almost broke the speed limit when she left the parking lot, but a ticket was worth it if her mother had moved, and wasn't still in Grandville.
She found herself at the Talon three minutes later.
Scanning the room as she walked through the big glass doors, Chloe saw Lex sitting at a small table reading the Ledger. He was wearing a black business suit, and shiny black shoes. On he table in front of him was a Manilla Envelope.
She silently walked over to him, and sat down.
"Hello Chloe." He said as he folded the newspaper. He placed it on the coffee table adjacent to them.
"Did you find anything on my mother?" she asked quickly. Chloe wasn't going to let him change her mind about this. Her mind insisted.
"Yes." He said handing her the envelope. He took a sip of his coffee and watched her open it.
Inside there was a marriage, birth, and death certificates, a report, and several pictures.
"Charlotte Marie Henning was born December 5, 1960, to the prominent Henning family of Metropolis." Lex repeated the first line in the report. "She lives in Metropolis and works for the Metropolis Inquisitor's publicity section." He watched Chloe's now expressionless face.
She was looking at the pictures of the woman she used to call mom. She had changed since the pictures that Chloe had in her cedar box. Charlotte's blonde hair was back in a ponytail and her face, so similar to Chloe's smiled vividly back at her.
"Can you take me to Metropolis Lex?" she asked quickly.
"Are you sure? She probably has her own life now Chloe." He said in his usual monotonic fashion.
"But you don't know that!" her voice was getting louder, and her temper flared. She stood up abruptly, causing her chair to scrape along the linoleum floor.
"Sit down Chloe." He said in the same tone, looking at her now enraged face.
"Will you take me to Metropolis?" she asked in a similar tone to his. She shifted her weight from one hip to another.
"Will you sit down?" He replied casually.
She sat down. "Take me to Metropolis," she said pausing, "Or should I just drive myself?"
"I'm not taking you to Metropolis Chloe; you're going to stay here." He said.
This wasn't good enough she decided getting up.
She pivoted on her heel and left Lex sitting there at the table with his mouth gaping. He closed his mouth and smiled.
A/N Like i said earlier, the next ch is longer. And there's a special Guest star in the next Ch.... But i'm not telling you who..... so you'll just have to wait, now won't you?
