A/N: ..... I just realized that Bruce asked Chloe out twice... lets just
pretend that he was clarifying, just for sanity's sake......Okay, here's to
Clarify for you Eve...I can't give any hints, lets just say that the dates
are...interesting... And my apologies to saibie because it was boring...
Masquerading
By S. Ann Smith
Chapter five: Seldom What They Seem
"Anyways?" Lana asked eagerly
Chloe opened her mouth to say something. She paused and quickly closed it. "I forgot."
Chloe could have sworn if they were in an anime book Lana would have fallen over, but she kept her mouth shut, and quietly sipped her coffee.
"So I'm guessing that Mr. Wayne there was one of those rich potentials you were talking about?" Chloe nodded into her cup of coffee, eyes transfixed on the window behind Lana, where Lex conveniently was walking by. "So who is the other one?" Lana asked as Lex noticed Chloe and stopped.
"What do you mean?" Lex was making silly faces at her, and she could have sworn that if her camera was here she'd probably take bribery pictures... because who wouldn't want those?
Lana turned around to catch Lex with his tongue out, and his thumbs in his ears. "It's Lex isn't it?" She asked quickly turning around, as if she was repressing from some traumatizing experience.
"Yes." She sighed looking down into her cup, while secretly stealing a glance in the now somber Lex Luthor's direction. "What am I going to do, I like Lex, and hell, I don't even know Bruce, Lois is just giddy with excitement for me, and all I can do is sit there with a grumpy look on my face, and hope Bruce doesn't notice." She took a deep breath and watched as Lex strode into the coffee shop. "Shhh here comes Lex."
"I gotcha ex-nay on the ex-lay" Lana smiled stealing a wink in Chloe's direction.
"Ex nay on me? Why? You aren't considering printing a story on me making a fool out of myself, are you? You aren't are you?" He looked at them seriously
"Of course not Lex, you have nothing to worry about." Chloe said pretending to sound convincing.
"Great. Now I have Smallville's finest coffee maker, and the Planet's finest journalist writing a story on me making faces at them." He said sitting down alarmingly close to Chloe, she slowly inched towards him subconsciously. It was only after she was practically sitting on him that she realized that she had been slowly moving.
Lex inconspicuously placed his hand on her thigh, and Chloe's eyes looked at him with slightly confused eyes, but she made no attempt to move it.
Lana on the other hand was watching the two of them with a small smile. "Chloe, you need to make a decision." She said quietly. Chloe shifted her gaze to Lana and nodded.
"But I think you already did." She shook her head.
"Decision on what?" Lex asked now extremely confused.
"Coffee." Chloe said quickly, "What kind of coffee I want to get dad for his birthday."
"French mocha" Lex said.
"And you know this how?"
"We Luthors know everything."
"Well I've gotta go finish my story on Mr. Wayne. I hate ditching you Lana, but my deadline's tomorrow morning."
"Not a problem, I can take Lana shopping for baby things." Lex said watching Chloe get up.
"But Pete-" Lana began.
"So don't tell him until after you're gone." Lex said with a small smirk.
Pete still had a very strong hatred for all things Luthor. Enough said.
"I don't know If I could lie to him, I mean I'd feel so bad."
"You're not lying really," Lex said like a small child.
"I'm leaving now, and Lana, you need to phone me later." Lana nodded.
"Bye Chlo'" She said watching Chloe leave. Chloe had a big decision to make, Lana just hoped that Chloe would make the right one.
TBC
Masquerading
By S. Ann Smith
Chapter five: Seldom What They Seem
"Anyways?" Lana asked eagerly
Chloe opened her mouth to say something. She paused and quickly closed it. "I forgot."
Chloe could have sworn if they were in an anime book Lana would have fallen over, but she kept her mouth shut, and quietly sipped her coffee.
"So I'm guessing that Mr. Wayne there was one of those rich potentials you were talking about?" Chloe nodded into her cup of coffee, eyes transfixed on the window behind Lana, where Lex conveniently was walking by. "So who is the other one?" Lana asked as Lex noticed Chloe and stopped.
"What do you mean?" Lex was making silly faces at her, and she could have sworn that if her camera was here she'd probably take bribery pictures... because who wouldn't want those?
Lana turned around to catch Lex with his tongue out, and his thumbs in his ears. "It's Lex isn't it?" She asked quickly turning around, as if she was repressing from some traumatizing experience.
"Yes." She sighed looking down into her cup, while secretly stealing a glance in the now somber Lex Luthor's direction. "What am I going to do, I like Lex, and hell, I don't even know Bruce, Lois is just giddy with excitement for me, and all I can do is sit there with a grumpy look on my face, and hope Bruce doesn't notice." She took a deep breath and watched as Lex strode into the coffee shop. "Shhh here comes Lex."
"I gotcha ex-nay on the ex-lay" Lana smiled stealing a wink in Chloe's direction.
"Ex nay on me? Why? You aren't considering printing a story on me making a fool out of myself, are you? You aren't are you?" He looked at them seriously
"Of course not Lex, you have nothing to worry about." Chloe said pretending to sound convincing.
"Great. Now I have Smallville's finest coffee maker, and the Planet's finest journalist writing a story on me making faces at them." He said sitting down alarmingly close to Chloe, she slowly inched towards him subconsciously. It was only after she was practically sitting on him that she realized that she had been slowly moving.
Lex inconspicuously placed his hand on her thigh, and Chloe's eyes looked at him with slightly confused eyes, but she made no attempt to move it.
Lana on the other hand was watching the two of them with a small smile. "Chloe, you need to make a decision." She said quietly. Chloe shifted her gaze to Lana and nodded.
"But I think you already did." She shook her head.
"Decision on what?" Lex asked now extremely confused.
"Coffee." Chloe said quickly, "What kind of coffee I want to get dad for his birthday."
"French mocha" Lex said.
"And you know this how?"
"We Luthors know everything."
"Well I've gotta go finish my story on Mr. Wayne. I hate ditching you Lana, but my deadline's tomorrow morning."
"Not a problem, I can take Lana shopping for baby things." Lex said watching Chloe get up.
"But Pete-" Lana began.
"So don't tell him until after you're gone." Lex said with a small smirk.
Pete still had a very strong hatred for all things Luthor. Enough said.
"I don't know If I could lie to him, I mean I'd feel so bad."
"You're not lying really," Lex said like a small child.
"I'm leaving now, and Lana, you need to phone me later." Lana nodded.
"Bye Chlo'" She said watching Chloe leave. Chloe had a big decision to make, Lana just hoped that Chloe would make the right one.
TBC
