Disclaimer and everything else in chapter 1

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Chloe walked into the huge mansion, or castle as most people called it, and looked around. She couldn't believe that Lex lived here all by himself, well except for his servants and what not. She spun around as she heard Lex shut the gigantic door behind him.

"Make yourself feel at home, I will go and tell the cook to prepare us something hot and comforting, it seems like you need it."

"What the food or the comforting?" Chloe asked with a smirk on her face.

"Both."

Chloe stood there, still taking in her surroundings. She had never actually been invited into the Luthor mansion before, she decided to look around; she may never get this chance again.

As she walked into the den, she noticed a huge fireplace, pool table, and a massive television. 'What a life Lex must lead.' She thought to herself. She quickly sat down on one of the several couches in front of the TV and grabbed the remote. She flipped through the channels, she found a porn channel and decided it would be funny to watch, since they looked for fake anyways. Just as the couple on screen was getting really into it, Lex appeared at the doorway and cleared his throat. Chloe jumped up and tried to change the channel, but realized that she grabbed the wrong remote on her accent onto her feet.

"I'm sorry Lex. I just thought it would be funny to watch. You know these things, always totally fake…"

"No actually I wouldn't know. I don't watch this stuff. Too busy with my business and other affairs."

"WHAT?" Her voice sounded shock and actually seemed to shock Lex. "You are a guy and you don't watch porn? Everyone watches porn… even CLARK watches porn!"

"I seem to enjoy the real thing rather than watching two people get off in conditions that are… as you put it 'totally fake'. The real thing is much more exciting." His faced now showed a smirk that made Chloe laugh. As she laughed, she sat down on the couch, grabbed the correct remote and changed the channel. Lex sat down beside her, reached over her and took the remote from her hand.

"Didn't think of you as one of those 'The Remote Is Mine' kinda guys." She stated.

"I'm not. I just think we need to talk. You seemed really hurt back at the Talon, thought we could talk about it."

'There is that genuine tone of his again' Chloe thought. She turned to Lex and with an impulse, grabbed him in a hug.

At first Lex was stunned, but then quickly came back to reality and returned the hug. "It's ok Chloe, tell me, what happened today?"

"Oh nothing big I guess. Just one of those days where you wish you could have stayed home. Flunked a test, had no lunch. And almost got into a car accident, but as Lana would say 'Whatever'." Chloe released Lex from her grasp and turned to sit back in the couch.

"Dinner is ready Mr. Luthor," said a voice from the doorway. "Shall I bring it in here?"

"Yes please." said Chloe, totally forgetting she was at Lex's house. "Oh… I'm sorry Lex, I didn't mean to. It's your house, I just forget I was here for a moment there."

"It's ok. And yes, please bring it in here."

Chloe and Lex enjoyed their soup and soft drinks in front of the roaring fire. Chloe was warm, and felt safe here. She didn't know if it was because she was sitting next to Lex, or because she was in a castle with stone all around it, but she liked the feeling and didn't want it to go away.

As their plates were cleared, Chloe went to go lie on the rug in front of the fireplace. Lex looked down at her, the light from the fire flickering over her face. She looked like and angel. He didn't know what it was but something pulled him down to sit beside Chloe. She opened her eyes to see Lex staring at her, she sat up and stared back with a bright smile on her face. Lex looked at her lips. He felt this sudden urge and knew he had to go with it. He leaned in, within a few seconds, his lips reached hers, and they were entangled in a kiss.