A/N: Here is some of the background story on Lex and Chloe. I hope you
enjoy it. I made this chapter longer! I'm not sure when I'll get the chance
to update again, but I promise it will be soon!
Chapter Three: We meet again
Chloe sat at the table drinking her cup of much need coffee. She was up all night tossing and turning and thinking of the man whom hasn't crossed her memory in quite a long time. Suddenly her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she replied wondering who would be calling her so early in the morning.
"Chloe...we need to talk," came the husky voice from the other end.
"I don't have time for this, what were you doing yesterday? I thought I made it clear to you I didn't want to see you again." She was getting upset.
"I wanted to see you, and yes I know you told me to stay away, but Chloe you have to understand," Lex was cut off.
"I don't want to understand anything you have to say to me. Besides I think I had enough the last time we had a conversation.," she retorted angrily.
"NO CHLOE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND" Lex shouted trying to get her to be quiet long enough for him to speak. "We need to talk, face to face. Meet me at the Talon at noon." Lex hung up leaving no time for Chloe to respond.
Chloe hung up her phone and set it on the table beside her. She then began mumbling under her breath, "Of all the dumb, arrogant things. I swear things never change with that man. He's always thinking about himself and his own feelings."
"Chloe?" Bruce approached the kitchen cautiously. "Who are you talking to?"
Chloe jumped at the sound of his voice. "Huh? Who? Me? I uh, I'm just talking to myself." She glanced at the clock. 'Ok 11:42.wait why am I even thinking of meeting him.' She stood up with her bag in her hand and walked towards Bruce. "I have to do an errand. I'll be back soon ok?"
Bruce grabbed her arm softly and spun her around. "Not without this." He closed their space and cupped her face within his hands. His lips brushed against hers softly, opening her bottom lip with his tongue. She opened her mouth willingly. Their tongues running against each other, Chloe wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. After a few moments Chloe broke it, stepping back. "I really have to go. I promise I'll be back soon." She smiled at him and walked out the door.
Bruce ran his hand over his head, "And I thought I had secrets."
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Lex sat in his Porsche right outside of the Talon, waiting for Chloe to arrive. When he saw her walking up outside, he jumped out of the car and headed towards her. He came from behind and grabbed her arm, almost the same exact way Bruce had done earlier. He whirled her around till she was face to face with him. She was nearly an inch from him, and she could smell his scent clearly. It took her back to that day exactly one year ago.
There they stood outside of the mansion. She had to leave to finish her article for the torch, but he was hesitant to let her go. He wanted to ravish every inch of her body. He wanted to praise her like a goddess. His hand traced every curve of her face, slowly brushing his fingertips across her lips.
"Lex, I ..I really have to go." She retorted softly.
"Stay for awhile, you leave on Saturday," he whispered in her ear.
He moved in closer to her, pressing his lips against hers. Gentle at first, he maneuvered his tongue inside of her mouth. She gladly accepted the invitation and wrapped her arms around his waist. As the kiss deepened they both know where it was going to lead, and that's when she broke it off.
"Ok, now I really have to go. I'll call you later, I promise." She opened the car door to her little red Beatle and climbed in.
He leaned over as she rolled the window down, "I'll hold you to that promise." He gave her a kiss on the cheek and watched as she drove off.
She never did call him that night, and days passed. Before they knew it, the night before Chloe was leaving for Metropolis was upon them. Chloe stopped by the mansion to say her goodbyes to the man she would leave behind.
She was nervous when she knocked on the door. Surprisingly one of the servants had answered the door and led her to the study where she would wait for Lex. She didn't know how she was going to say goodbye to the man she gave her heart too. Sure he could visit but his home was here in Smallville.
He walked in to find her sitting in one of the chairs. "Chloe.... this is a surprise. What can I do for you?"
"I wanted to stop by to say goodbye, after all I'm leaving tomorrow morning," she replied.
"Oh is the day already here?" He walked over to her as she stood up. "Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a safe trip. If I stop by Metropolis I'll have to look you up and maybe we'll have lunch."
"Is that it? Lex I'm leaving tomorrow, why are you acting like this? I thought," her voice trailed off to a soft whisper. She was getting upset.
"Thought that I would shed a tear? Chloe, your only going to Metropolis, it's not the end of the world," he said with a chuckle in his voice. There she stood, stunned and couldn't believe her ears. She thought they were in love and that he would actually miss her. She must have thought wrong. He was acting so cold towards her and she wasn't going to stand there and listen to any more.
"Ok, then. I'll see you when I get back then." She fought back the tears as she left the study and out of the mansion. She got in her car and that's when she let the tears flow. She couldn't help it. She was hurt and she felt betrayed. She gave her heart to this man, and in return he didn't care if she was leaving or not. Or so she thought.
He watched her drive off, a piece of his heart was leaving with her. He would never tell her how he felt because that's not the kind of person he was. He didn't care to show his feelings no matter how he felt about someone. It hurt him to act that way towards her, and even more when he watched her leave. Lex also knew that he would hold her back from what he knew she could become. So he let her leave. Walk out of his life, for what he thought was forever.
Chloe pulled her arm away and took a step back. "Ok, I'm here now what could you possibly have to say to me that you didn't twelve months ago."
"Don't be that way," he said as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry, is there a way you would like me to be? I didn't know I was my own person. Why are we even having this conversation." Chloe turned to walk away but Lex wouldn't let her. He stepped in front of her to stop her.
"Chloe, I asked you here because I wanted to see you and I wanted to apologize for the way I acted so long ago." he was sincere, and continued on before she began talking. "When you came to say goodbye I didn't mean to act the way I did. Chloe I loved you so much. I was scared of that and I didn't want to hold you back from what you wanted to accomplish, so I let you go."
Tears began to swell in her eyes. "Why. Why didn't you just tell me how you felt? That you were scared instead of hurting me."
"I wanted to Chloe, trust me. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you." He moved towards her, closing the space between them. "Chloe, while you were gone, I thought about you everyday. I wanted to see you, to feel you again, but I knew it was too late. I've missed you Chloe. More than you know."
"Lex, I..." She was confused.
"Don't say anything." Before she knew it he pressed his lips against hers and embraced his arms around her. He started to deepen the kiss when she stepped back and stopped it.
"No, Lex, I can't. I'm with Bruce now. This is wrong. I shouldn't be here. I have to go." She turned around and ran off towards the direction of her car. Once again he was left standing there watching her leave.
TBC
Chapter Three: We meet again
Chloe sat at the table drinking her cup of much need coffee. She was up all night tossing and turning and thinking of the man whom hasn't crossed her memory in quite a long time. Suddenly her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she replied wondering who would be calling her so early in the morning.
"Chloe...we need to talk," came the husky voice from the other end.
"I don't have time for this, what were you doing yesterday? I thought I made it clear to you I didn't want to see you again." She was getting upset.
"I wanted to see you, and yes I know you told me to stay away, but Chloe you have to understand," Lex was cut off.
"I don't want to understand anything you have to say to me. Besides I think I had enough the last time we had a conversation.," she retorted angrily.
"NO CHLOE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND" Lex shouted trying to get her to be quiet long enough for him to speak. "We need to talk, face to face. Meet me at the Talon at noon." Lex hung up leaving no time for Chloe to respond.
Chloe hung up her phone and set it on the table beside her. She then began mumbling under her breath, "Of all the dumb, arrogant things. I swear things never change with that man. He's always thinking about himself and his own feelings."
"Chloe?" Bruce approached the kitchen cautiously. "Who are you talking to?"
Chloe jumped at the sound of his voice. "Huh? Who? Me? I uh, I'm just talking to myself." She glanced at the clock. 'Ok 11:42.wait why am I even thinking of meeting him.' She stood up with her bag in her hand and walked towards Bruce. "I have to do an errand. I'll be back soon ok?"
Bruce grabbed her arm softly and spun her around. "Not without this." He closed their space and cupped her face within his hands. His lips brushed against hers softly, opening her bottom lip with his tongue. She opened her mouth willingly. Their tongues running against each other, Chloe wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. After a few moments Chloe broke it, stepping back. "I really have to go. I promise I'll be back soon." She smiled at him and walked out the door.
Bruce ran his hand over his head, "And I thought I had secrets."
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Lex sat in his Porsche right outside of the Talon, waiting for Chloe to arrive. When he saw her walking up outside, he jumped out of the car and headed towards her. He came from behind and grabbed her arm, almost the same exact way Bruce had done earlier. He whirled her around till she was face to face with him. She was nearly an inch from him, and she could smell his scent clearly. It took her back to that day exactly one year ago.
There they stood outside of the mansion. She had to leave to finish her article for the torch, but he was hesitant to let her go. He wanted to ravish every inch of her body. He wanted to praise her like a goddess. His hand traced every curve of her face, slowly brushing his fingertips across her lips.
"Lex, I ..I really have to go." She retorted softly.
"Stay for awhile, you leave on Saturday," he whispered in her ear.
He moved in closer to her, pressing his lips against hers. Gentle at first, he maneuvered his tongue inside of her mouth. She gladly accepted the invitation and wrapped her arms around his waist. As the kiss deepened they both know where it was going to lead, and that's when she broke it off.
"Ok, now I really have to go. I'll call you later, I promise." She opened the car door to her little red Beatle and climbed in.
He leaned over as she rolled the window down, "I'll hold you to that promise." He gave her a kiss on the cheek and watched as she drove off.
She never did call him that night, and days passed. Before they knew it, the night before Chloe was leaving for Metropolis was upon them. Chloe stopped by the mansion to say her goodbyes to the man she would leave behind.
She was nervous when she knocked on the door. Surprisingly one of the servants had answered the door and led her to the study where she would wait for Lex. She didn't know how she was going to say goodbye to the man she gave her heart too. Sure he could visit but his home was here in Smallville.
He walked in to find her sitting in one of the chairs. "Chloe.... this is a surprise. What can I do for you?"
"I wanted to stop by to say goodbye, after all I'm leaving tomorrow morning," she replied.
"Oh is the day already here?" He walked over to her as she stood up. "Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a safe trip. If I stop by Metropolis I'll have to look you up and maybe we'll have lunch."
"Is that it? Lex I'm leaving tomorrow, why are you acting like this? I thought," her voice trailed off to a soft whisper. She was getting upset.
"Thought that I would shed a tear? Chloe, your only going to Metropolis, it's not the end of the world," he said with a chuckle in his voice. There she stood, stunned and couldn't believe her ears. She thought they were in love and that he would actually miss her. She must have thought wrong. He was acting so cold towards her and she wasn't going to stand there and listen to any more.
"Ok, then. I'll see you when I get back then." She fought back the tears as she left the study and out of the mansion. She got in her car and that's when she let the tears flow. She couldn't help it. She was hurt and she felt betrayed. She gave her heart to this man, and in return he didn't care if she was leaving or not. Or so she thought.
He watched her drive off, a piece of his heart was leaving with her. He would never tell her how he felt because that's not the kind of person he was. He didn't care to show his feelings no matter how he felt about someone. It hurt him to act that way towards her, and even more when he watched her leave. Lex also knew that he would hold her back from what he knew she could become. So he let her leave. Walk out of his life, for what he thought was forever.
Chloe pulled her arm away and took a step back. "Ok, I'm here now what could you possibly have to say to me that you didn't twelve months ago."
"Don't be that way," he said as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry, is there a way you would like me to be? I didn't know I was my own person. Why are we even having this conversation." Chloe turned to walk away but Lex wouldn't let her. He stepped in front of her to stop her.
"Chloe, I asked you here because I wanted to see you and I wanted to apologize for the way I acted so long ago." he was sincere, and continued on before she began talking. "When you came to say goodbye I didn't mean to act the way I did. Chloe I loved you so much. I was scared of that and I didn't want to hold you back from what you wanted to accomplish, so I let you go."
Tears began to swell in her eyes. "Why. Why didn't you just tell me how you felt? That you were scared instead of hurting me."
"I wanted to Chloe, trust me. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you." He moved towards her, closing the space between them. "Chloe, while you were gone, I thought about you everyday. I wanted to see you, to feel you again, but I knew it was too late. I've missed you Chloe. More than you know."
"Lex, I..." She was confused.
"Don't say anything." Before she knew it he pressed his lips against hers and embraced his arms around her. He started to deepen the kiss when she stepped back and stopped it.
"No, Lex, I can't. I'm with Bruce now. This is wrong. I shouldn't be here. I have to go." She turned around and ran off towards the direction of her car. Once again he was left standing there watching her leave.
TBC