A/N: This is really short, but since I dunno how long the whole story will be, it suits.

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Lex was sitting at his desk on two days away from Valentine's, when his manservant brought him the daily mail. Ignoring the serious documents, he pawed through until he found the copy of the Torch.

Flipping it open to page three, he found that Chloe had printed her article without much editing. The list was there in its entirety, plus a short column on the futility of cheesy gestures. Lex read on and found that Chloe had written under a pen name. Although he didn't see the façade lasting long, he could see why she hadn't signed her name.

The last of the article was very much a declaration of abstinence from all things cheesy and romantic, citing the futility of the entire pretense. 'Whoever got to know anybody that way, anyhow?' was the last line of her article.

Surprised at Chloe's depth of feeling on the subject, Lex was perplexed to find himself objecting to Chloe's downhearted attitude on the whole subject.

While Lex found himself frequently irritated with some of the woman he dated, he still found that wooing a worthwhile girl more then justified the effort. The fact the Chloe obviously had never experienced the fun of that experience disturbed him.

She was beautiful, vivacious, challenging and intriguing all at the same time. That no one else had even noticed was plain and Lex decided that if he had to be the one to show her, so be it. It wasn't exactly a chore...