Chapter 9: So this is goodbye?
*knock knock* Chloe entered the guest room to find Bruce packing his bags. He didn't bother to look up, he knew it was her.
"Did you find something more to say Chloe because honestly I don't think I can take anymore. I think I've heard enough."
She took another step towards him. "Bruce, don't go. I told you I was sorry. I didn't know...I mean Lex and I are..."
"Don't even say it Chloe. Don't say your just friends because I've seen it. I've seen how you look at him. You love him Chloe. You love him like I love you, the only difference is he loves you back the same way. I can't compete with that." He continued to throw things in his suitcase. Walking back and forth, gathering every last piece of his existance in Smallville.
She grabbed his hand and held it for a moment, stopping him from packing. "There's nothing to compete with. Please...stay. Don't leave like this. It's not over between us."
"I know we both have said things that we regret, but this isn't working. If I stay I'll always wonder if you were thinking of him when your with me. I can't help that. Besides we both live in two different worlds. Yours is bright surrounded with your friends and family. Mine is dark and alone. Maybe it's supposed to be this way. Your a special woman Chloe and I want you to be happy. I just really wish I could've been the one for you."
Chloe's eyes swelled up and a tear ran down her cheek. Bruce wiped it away with his thumb as he cupped her face. He placed a small kiss on her cheek.
"Bruce, I do love you."
He smiled at her, and turned to grab his suitcase. As he passed by her on his way out, he stopped briefly at the door to reply, "Sometimes love isn't enough Chloe."
He turned back and headed out. At that moment she broke down. Bruce touched a part of her that no man ever did and she knew she would hold him close to her heart for that. However every man she has been with including Bruce never held a candle to the one man she compared everyone too.
Walking over to her window, she pulled the drapes to the side and watched the limo drive off, kicking dust up behind it.
"Goodbye Bruce."
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Next morning
Chloe didn't wake up until well after noon. It wasn't like her at all. She had turned her cell off and took her main phone off the hook so she wouldn't be bothered. Her mind was racing and it was giving her a headache. Last night with Lex was amazing and it was something that she wanted to do since she came back, but the feeling of guilt and loss wouldn't leave her alone. She never thought she would cheat on anybody, least of all Bruce. He was an amazing man, sure he had secrets, most people do. He disappeared all the time but when he was around he made her happy.
She rolled out of bed and made her way downstairs. Grabbing a cup of coffee from the kitchen she headed into the living room plopping down on the oversized couch.
"Hey you, so Bruce left. I'm sorry." Lana sat down next to her.
"Hey Lana, aren't you supposed to be at the Talon?"
"I'm leaving in a few, I just wanted to see how you were doing."
Chloe shrugged,"Well you know, I'm fine. Worse things have happened."
"Did you love him?"
Chloe looked confused, it seemed she was thinking about something else,"What? Love who?"
"Chloe....Bruce! Did you love him?"
"I think so, I mean yes."
"You don't so sure. Well, now he's gone what are you going to do? Do you plan on going back to Metropolis or are you going to stay her and try things with Lex again?"
"God, Lana, what's with the twenty questions. I don't know ok. I have to think about it. Just don't worry about it!"
Chloe set her cup down on the table, and ran upstairs. She had enough things on her mind and now with Lana hounding her with all the questions, she didn't know what she wanted.
Chloe sat on her bed and reached in the drawer beside her dresser. She pulled out a photo of her and Lex from last year. Tracing the outline of his face with her index finger she shed one single tear. Falling back on her bed she stared at the ceiling, the photo still grasped in her left hand. Did she want to try having a relationship with Lex again, or did she want to run after Bruce.
TBC
*knock knock* Chloe entered the guest room to find Bruce packing his bags. He didn't bother to look up, he knew it was her.
"Did you find something more to say Chloe because honestly I don't think I can take anymore. I think I've heard enough."
She took another step towards him. "Bruce, don't go. I told you I was sorry. I didn't know...I mean Lex and I are..."
"Don't even say it Chloe. Don't say your just friends because I've seen it. I've seen how you look at him. You love him Chloe. You love him like I love you, the only difference is he loves you back the same way. I can't compete with that." He continued to throw things in his suitcase. Walking back and forth, gathering every last piece of his existance in Smallville.
She grabbed his hand and held it for a moment, stopping him from packing. "There's nothing to compete with. Please...stay. Don't leave like this. It's not over between us."
"I know we both have said things that we regret, but this isn't working. If I stay I'll always wonder if you were thinking of him when your with me. I can't help that. Besides we both live in two different worlds. Yours is bright surrounded with your friends and family. Mine is dark and alone. Maybe it's supposed to be this way. Your a special woman Chloe and I want you to be happy. I just really wish I could've been the one for you."
Chloe's eyes swelled up and a tear ran down her cheek. Bruce wiped it away with his thumb as he cupped her face. He placed a small kiss on her cheek.
"Bruce, I do love you."
He smiled at her, and turned to grab his suitcase. As he passed by her on his way out, he stopped briefly at the door to reply, "Sometimes love isn't enough Chloe."
He turned back and headed out. At that moment she broke down. Bruce touched a part of her that no man ever did and she knew she would hold him close to her heart for that. However every man she has been with including Bruce never held a candle to the one man she compared everyone too.
Walking over to her window, she pulled the drapes to the side and watched the limo drive off, kicking dust up behind it.
"Goodbye Bruce."
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Next morning
Chloe didn't wake up until well after noon. It wasn't like her at all. She had turned her cell off and took her main phone off the hook so she wouldn't be bothered. Her mind was racing and it was giving her a headache. Last night with Lex was amazing and it was something that she wanted to do since she came back, but the feeling of guilt and loss wouldn't leave her alone. She never thought she would cheat on anybody, least of all Bruce. He was an amazing man, sure he had secrets, most people do. He disappeared all the time but when he was around he made her happy.
She rolled out of bed and made her way downstairs. Grabbing a cup of coffee from the kitchen she headed into the living room plopping down on the oversized couch.
"Hey you, so Bruce left. I'm sorry." Lana sat down next to her.
"Hey Lana, aren't you supposed to be at the Talon?"
"I'm leaving in a few, I just wanted to see how you were doing."
Chloe shrugged,"Well you know, I'm fine. Worse things have happened."
"Did you love him?"
Chloe looked confused, it seemed she was thinking about something else,"What? Love who?"
"Chloe....Bruce! Did you love him?"
"I think so, I mean yes."
"You don't so sure. Well, now he's gone what are you going to do? Do you plan on going back to Metropolis or are you going to stay her and try things with Lex again?"
"God, Lana, what's with the twenty questions. I don't know ok. I have to think about it. Just don't worry about it!"
Chloe set her cup down on the table, and ran upstairs. She had enough things on her mind and now with Lana hounding her with all the questions, she didn't know what she wanted.
Chloe sat on her bed and reached in the drawer beside her dresser. She pulled out a photo of her and Lex from last year. Tracing the outline of his face with her index finger she shed one single tear. Falling back on her bed she stared at the ceiling, the photo still grasped in her left hand. Did she want to try having a relationship with Lex again, or did she want to run after Bruce.
TBC