Title: Confiding
Author: Ashleigh777
Rating: Strong R
Disclaimer: I do not own any of this. Although I wish I owned Lex. ;)
Category: Romance/Angst/Drama
Spoilers: Everything up to the third season.
Summary: Chloe is having a horrible day and needs someone to talk to. First fic so please be nice!
Feedback: Yes please!
Author's Note: This is my first attempt to anything Chlexy and even a fic so please be nice when reading!
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Chloe pulled into her driveway and turned off the engine. She sat there for several minutes, just thinking about her day. She got out of her car and slowly walked to the door. As she opened it, she noticed that something was different. There was her dad's briefcase lying in the hallway. She walked into the kitchen and saw a note posted on the fridge.
Honey. Had to go to a last minute conference in Metropolis. I will be back in about 3 days. Sorry for the short notice. Love Dad
'Well isn't this just dandy?' Chloe thought to herself. 'I had the worst day and I can't even come home to talk to anyone about it.' She sat down at the table and thought about her day. Usually, when she was younger, when she was upset she wrote in her diary about these things. But she was too old for that now. Starving, she decided to go back into town and grab something to eat. Maybe she would even see Clark or Pete or Lana, or hell, she wouldn't even mind seeing Lex, just so she could talk to someone.
As she got into her, it started to rain. She quickly shut the door and was off. When she finally got to the Talon, she started to put her keys away in her purse but dropped them into a huge puddle on the sidewalk.
"Fuck sakes. Could this day get any worse?" Chloe muttered to herself.
"I don't know. How bad has it been so far?"
Chloe turned around to see a wet, soaking Lex standing there with a smile on his face. She finally realized that it was because her pants had split down the middle as she was bending over to get her car keys.
"Fuck. Luthor do you have anything better to do than make fun of a teenage girl who is having the worst fucking day of her life?" She stood there, water droplets dripping off her nose. She was mad, he could tell and he didn't want to do anything more to upset her.
"I'm sorry Miss. Sullivan. I didn't mean to upset you even more. How about I make it up to you by buying you a coffee." His tone seemed genuine and Chloe thought why not, she did want a coffee, why not let someone else pay for it?
Chloe opened the door for Lex and quickly found the closest booth to sit in, trying to hide her pants. Lex ordered two coffees and then turned to talk to Chloe.
"So tell me about your day. Why was it so bad?"
'Why does he care?' Chloe thought to herself. 'It's not like he is really here to listen to my problems.' "Why does it matter Luthor? I know you only asked me to coffee to try and make me feel better. I know you don't really want to try and solve my problems for me. Let's just get our coffee, drink it, and keep the small talk to a minimum until we are done."
"I'm sorry Chloe but you are wrong there. I actually do want to know why you had such a bad day. No one can hold that much anger in and not want to talk to someone to get it all out."
He was right. She was dying to talk to someone. Dying to burst into tears and say I had a horrible day. I flunked a test, only had enough money to buy a small lunch which ended up on the floor when I tripped in the cafeteria, and almost got into a car crash when trying to get out of the parking lot at school. She looked up at Lex and just turned away, trying to hold back the tears starting to form in her eyes. Lex could see something was wrong so he leaned in and took Chloe's hand.
"Chloe it's alright. Tell me what happened."
"I can't. I…I just. I'm hungry." She said as she turned to face Lex. She wanted to change the subject, change it to anything, just off this topic.
"Well, why don't you come to the mansion. I have the cook prepare something for us and we can talk there, alone." His hand started to rub hers, as if he was trying to comfort her. Memorised by this, she stared at their hands, touching and let out a small yes. They got both got up, Lex behind her to help hide her pants from the other Talon customers.
As Chloe was about to get her car keys, he said, "It's ok. We can take my car. You leave yours here and you can get it after dinner or tomorrow morning."
Chloe nodded her head and got into the car. Lex closed her door and walked around the car to get into the driver's seat. As they pulled out, Chloe looked out of the window and thought to herself, she was going to be fine.