Part 7: The Male Intelligence
´Okay, I may have been a little presumptious.´
Lex watched from his booth in the Talon as Chloe joked with her new
friends in the corner of the establishment. Ever since the paintbalmatch last
week, she and the jocks had been inseperable. Where ever she went, Jarod, Jamie
and Whitney couldn´t be far off. The Luthor hadn´t even gotten the chance to
talk to her. And he wasn´t the only one feeling abandonned. Clark and Pete were
sitting right beside him, also staring at the group longingly. The only time
they spent together was during the few classes they shared. They couldn´t even
approach her during the lunchbreaks, cuz she was always surrounded by the
highschool footbalteam. It was bordering on ridiculous.
"So....," Clark stretched, trying to steer their attention in
another direction. "Anyone do anything interesting?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"No, I´m being serious here!" Jamie defended himself, but the
others just laughed harder.
"We believe you," Whitney said, slapping his friend heartily on
the back and trying to keep a straight face. It didn´t work.
Jamie looked indignant. "But it´s true. Tell them, J-rod!"
Jarod just raised his hands in a defensive manner. "Hey, keep me
outta this, man."
Sighing, Jamie gave up. "God, I hate you guys!"
"We love you too, honey," Ace shot back in a sickeningly sweet
tone. Jarod had introduced the girl as his sister, and they´d been hanging out
ever since. It seemed that they actually had a lot in common. They were both
from Metropolis, liked the same music, had the same fashion-sense and shared
their caffeine-obsession.
That whole week, she´d been altering her opiniens. She used to think jocks
were the proof that evolution CAN go in reverse. However, all that changed
after getting to know the three guys that were cramped into the booth with her.
Yes, she always knew that Whitney was smarter than bait, but with Jamie.... She
used to think that if you stood close enough to him, you could hear the ocean.
But they actually turned out to be quite intelligent.
Glancing at the boys, she could just hear them exchange cheesy pick-up
lines and rolled her eyes. Okay, they were as intelligent as a guy could get.
"I´m gonna go get myself a refill? Anyone else want anything?"
"Nah."
"Still good."
"No thanx."
Jarod immediately jumped up. "Lemme help you," he offered her,
but Chloe pushed him back into his seat.
"I´m quite capable of getting a drink all by myself, thank you."
With a grin, she strode over to the counter to order another latté.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The three boys watched as Chloe made her way towards the counter. Clark
and Pete were about to head over there as well, when Lex spoke up. "Do you
think that´s such a good idea?"
The two teenagers gave him puzzled looks. "Why wouldn´t it be?"
Pete questioned.
Lex tilted his head slightly at the two. "How do you think she´ll
take to being cornered?"
"But we´re her best friends?" the farmboy said, now thoroughly
confused.
Luthor shook his head in feigned frustration. "Eventually, she´ll get
bored of those jocks and she's probably missing you already. Before you'll know
it, she'll come running back." When they looked like they were about to
say something, he quickly added. "On her own accord."
The boys just sat there in silence for a moment, before Clark began
speaking again. "But can't we speed it up a little. I mean, lunch breaks
just aren't the same without the Queen of Snark on a caffeine high." He
appeared to be deep thought, before his young face lit up, a bright smile adorning
it. "Why don't you go talk to her? You know, do that whole 'casual' thing
you're so good at. You could slip some remarks into the conversation about us
missing her, or something!"
A smirk tugged at the corners of Lex's mouth. 'Took him long enough,' he
thought. But not wanting to appear too eager, he began with, "I don't
think-"
"No, no! That's a great idea!" Pete amended.
"If you insist." Standing up, Lex tried not to grin as he made
his way towards the counter, where Chloe stood waiting for her order.
~TBC~
She's alive! She's ALIVE!! Yes, yes, I am. I know that I haven't been showing any actual signs of life lately, but guess what…….
I'm BA-ACK
Thanx to the extroardinary, phenomenal and ingenious Sabby, who got me to continue this fic.
