Summary and Disclaimer in Chapter 1
A/N - It's the epilogue at last guys! I got a lot of requests at n-s.net for a certain person to make an appearance, so I swapped 'Rush' and 'Prodigal Son' - plus it fitted really well with what I wanted to do here. Hope you like!
kris - lol! You have been so great throughout! Hope this tides you over 'til the sequel! Seriously, babe, I have been all over the place worrying whether this was any good, and you've been super supportive and made a real difference. Thanks so much! Also, get your butt over to naughty- seduction.net - you'd totally love it. Xx
Hi - Glad you like it. This is the end, unfortunately, but there will be a sequel with lots more Chlexy goodness, I promise!
domarer-de-drago - so happy you liked it, even though there was no Malfoy in sight! Shame, though, it might be fun if he were Lex's little brother. Anyway, totally agree, smutty Chlex is marvellous! Chloe isn't in the comics, though, and I suppose that in our darkest heart of hearts Chlex shippers would like her to have something to do with Lex's descent into evil. It looks as though Helen gets that dubious honor, however. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Epilogue - Two Conversations
Lana leant over the hospital bed to arrange the wildflowers that she had gathered. Long, sweet smelling hair brushed Chloe's arm and she opened her eyes.
"Hey!" Lana's face lit up as Chloe awoke. "I thought you were going to sleep right through my visit!"
"Hey." Chloe smiled drowsily in reply. "They sure knock you out here."
"How you feeling?"
"Not bad. My back is a little sore from where they took the thing out." A wince accompanied this, as Chloe shifted in bed.
"Do you remember anything?"
"Not really. I remember going to the cave with Clark, then..." she shook her head slightly, and Lana looked sympathetic.
"Hey, guess what! Did you know it was Lex that brought you in to the hospital?"
"You mean Clark didn't save me?" Without a trace of irony, they both allowed the strangeness of that concept to sink in.
"I know. Its so weird, like the natural order of things is off. Clark's been moping around town all day looking lost. I'd feel sorry for him if I wasn't so mad."
"What'd he do?" Chloe settled back on her pillow and let Lana drone on about Clark letting her down again. Eventually she drifted back to sleep.
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Lex steepled his fingers as he thought about the question that had just come from his speakerphone.
"Well? What are you going to do about it?"
"I was considering the question."
"And? She sounds perfect. Sexy, strong, smart... what more do you want for chrissakes?" The voice sounded amused.
"I can't trust her." He knew that it was probably a bad idea to give so much away, but the two of them had become unlikely confidants recently. Besides, there was no one else.
"So? Use her and lose her, like all the others."
"Its not that simple. And I'll thank you not to make sweeping generalisations about my love life."
"Come on, its common knowledge. Anyway, if you think you're not up to the challenge..."
"Don't go there." To anyone else, that would have been enough.
"All I'm saying is, the next time I'm in Smallville I might look her up. She sounds hot."
"You will do no such thing. I told you not to go there." Lex unconsciously touched the still-painful scratches on his face and winced slightly at the sensation.
"And who's going to stop me? You?" Lex's rising annoyance expressed itself in a low growl, and the voice immediately turned apologetic. "Hey, hey. I'm only messing with you!"
"This is a difficult situation. I don't need you complicating matters any further."
"Okay, okay!"
"I'll talk to you tomorrow, Lucas."
"Sure, later."
Lex hit the button to turn off his speakerphone.
A/N - It's the epilogue at last guys! I got a lot of requests at n-s.net for a certain person to make an appearance, so I swapped 'Rush' and 'Prodigal Son' - plus it fitted really well with what I wanted to do here. Hope you like!
kris - lol! You have been so great throughout! Hope this tides you over 'til the sequel! Seriously, babe, I have been all over the place worrying whether this was any good, and you've been super supportive and made a real difference. Thanks so much! Also, get your butt over to naughty- seduction.net - you'd totally love it. Xx
Hi - Glad you like it. This is the end, unfortunately, but there will be a sequel with lots more Chlexy goodness, I promise!
domarer-de-drago - so happy you liked it, even though there was no Malfoy in sight! Shame, though, it might be fun if he were Lex's little brother. Anyway, totally agree, smutty Chlex is marvellous! Chloe isn't in the comics, though, and I suppose that in our darkest heart of hearts Chlex shippers would like her to have something to do with Lex's descent into evil. It looks as though Helen gets that dubious honor, however. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Epilogue - Two Conversations
Lana leant over the hospital bed to arrange the wildflowers that she had gathered. Long, sweet smelling hair brushed Chloe's arm and she opened her eyes.
"Hey!" Lana's face lit up as Chloe awoke. "I thought you were going to sleep right through my visit!"
"Hey." Chloe smiled drowsily in reply. "They sure knock you out here."
"How you feeling?"
"Not bad. My back is a little sore from where they took the thing out." A wince accompanied this, as Chloe shifted in bed.
"Do you remember anything?"
"Not really. I remember going to the cave with Clark, then..." she shook her head slightly, and Lana looked sympathetic.
"Hey, guess what! Did you know it was Lex that brought you in to the hospital?"
"You mean Clark didn't save me?" Without a trace of irony, they both allowed the strangeness of that concept to sink in.
"I know. Its so weird, like the natural order of things is off. Clark's been moping around town all day looking lost. I'd feel sorry for him if I wasn't so mad."
"What'd he do?" Chloe settled back on her pillow and let Lana drone on about Clark letting her down again. Eventually she drifted back to sleep.
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Lex steepled his fingers as he thought about the question that had just come from his speakerphone.
"Well? What are you going to do about it?"
"I was considering the question."
"And? She sounds perfect. Sexy, strong, smart... what more do you want for chrissakes?" The voice sounded amused.
"I can't trust her." He knew that it was probably a bad idea to give so much away, but the two of them had become unlikely confidants recently. Besides, there was no one else.
"So? Use her and lose her, like all the others."
"Its not that simple. And I'll thank you not to make sweeping generalisations about my love life."
"Come on, its common knowledge. Anyway, if you think you're not up to the challenge..."
"Don't go there." To anyone else, that would have been enough.
"All I'm saying is, the next time I'm in Smallville I might look her up. She sounds hot."
"You will do no such thing. I told you not to go there." Lex unconsciously touched the still-painful scratches on his face and winced slightly at the sensation.
"And who's going to stop me? You?" Lex's rising annoyance expressed itself in a low growl, and the voice immediately turned apologetic. "Hey, hey. I'm only messing with you!"
"This is a difficult situation. I don't need you complicating matters any further."
"Okay, okay!"
"I'll talk to you tomorrow, Lucas."
"Sure, later."
Lex hit the button to turn off his speakerphone.
