Disclaimer in chapter 1

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Lex carried Chloe back up the staircase and put her down to open the door.

"Any real man would have opened the door while carrying the lady." Chloe said as she smiled and leaned against the wall.

"Well what can I say, I am a whole new breed of man." After the door was opened, Lex captured Chloe's mouth in a kiss, but was interrupted when they heard a distant ringing coming from the bedroom.

"That is my cell," Chloe stated as she walked into the room and looked for her bag. "It could be my dad I need to get it." Chloe quickly found her bag and answered the call. "Oh hey dad. You're coming home tomorrow night? Ok great. See ya tomorrow then. Love you too. Bye." Chloe ended the call and was about to walk over to Lex, who was now on the bed, but was interrupted by yet another call. "Listen dad, I will see you tomorrow. Ok?"

"Chloe? Hey it's Pete! I need help with some homework and I thought that you could come over and help me."

"Pete… today is Saturday, can't this wait till tomorrow or Monday morning?"

"Umm no it can't. I have busy all tomorrow and Monday I have… practice." Pete said as he waited a mile or so from Lex's house.

"Ok I will be right over." Chloe looked over at Lex who was now doing his top back up after he started to undo it.

"I will meet you at the Talon actually, say in 5 minutes. Ok great bye!" Pete hung up the phone and sat back in his car.

Lex walked over to Chloe and kissed her on her head. "It's ok I understand. How about you make it up to me by us going out for dinner tonight? Ironically enough, Clark mentioned a great restaurant that he said he wanted to take Lana to. How about I pick you up at 7?"

"Ok, be there at 7…sharp!" With that, Chloe grabbed her bag, kissed Lex goodbye and walked out the door to the limo that was going to take her home.

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Chloe arrived at the Talon in about 5 minutes but didn't see Pete anywhere. She walked through the Talon and spotted Lana standing behind the counter. "Hey Lana. Have you seen Pete?"

"Yea, he left though. Said something came up and said he was really sorry." Lana continued to wash the cups, but quickly had to leave when a customer started yelling for more coffee. "You'd think this place was a bar sometimes, the way some people act."

Chloe got into her car and drove home. It was now 5:30 and she wanted to have a bath before her date with Lex.

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Lex got out of the shower and started to put his suit on when his butler came up and knocked on his door.

"What is it?" Lex yelled as he opened the door.

"There is someone on the lawn Mr. Luthor."

"Can't this wait? Handle it yourself, I am getting ready for dinner."

"Bu Mr. Luthor, you said you wanted to be informed immediately when Mr. Ross was on the premises."

Lex stood there in shock. "I can't believe he even had the nerve to show up here." Lex quickly ran down the stairs and saw that indeed, Pete was standing on the lawn yelling for Lex. "Call the police right away. I warned Mr. Ross this morning about visiting a jail cell if he showed up here." Lex walked outside and looked at Pete. "I warned you Pete. The police have been informed about your being here."

"That's fine Lex. I only have one thing on mind."

Lex thought that the one thing Pete was thinking was of course getting revenge on him. However, what was on Pete's mind was that the second part of the plan had already begun.

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Chloe sat on the couch flipping through the channels. 'How come there is never anything on when you actually want to watch TV?' Chloe had been waiting for now over 45 minutes for Lex. It was now 7:45 and she hadn't even gotten a phone call from him saying he would be late.

Just as Chloe was about to grab the phone and call him to see if everything was alright. There was a knock at the door.

"Clark, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to take you on a date!" Clark stood on her porch with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

"I have a date with Lex tonight." Chloe was confused, but tried to be as nice as possible.

"Oh. I just thought that with him on a date already, you would want to go with me. I thought I could cheer you up!"

'WHAT?' Chloe yelled to herself. "He's on a date? How do you know?"

"I saw him at his house letting a lady in and kissing her. I was on my way over to say sorry for earlier and I saw him with her. So I thought, I would go home, make myself look good for a date and ask you. You didn't know? Oh I feel so stupid!" Clark knew what he was doing and he could see it on Chloe's face.

"I am going to call him." Chloe ran to the phone and dialed Lex's number.

"Umm, Mr. Luthor is… busy at the moment with a personal matter. May I take a message?"

"No thanks." Chloe said as she hung up the phone. She couldn't believe it. Clark was right, Lex was either cheating on her, or broke up with her and just hadn't informed her about it yet. 'Fine. You want to play that game Luthor. I'm in.' Chloe linked arms with Clark and smiled. "Sure Clark I will love to come with you on a date."

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Lex thanked the police for finally showing up. After an hour, Lex looked at his watch and notice that it was now quarter after 8. He ran for his jacket and got into his car.

After a very fast drive to Chloe's he ran to the door and banged, hoping she would be there. 'Maybe she went to the restaurant and thought I would meet her there.' Lex thought to himself. He got back into his car and drove off, praying that Chloe would be there and not be mad that he was over an hour late.

Lex entered the restaurant and looked around the room for Chloe. He wasn't prepared for what he saw though. There, in the corner booth, was Chloe and Clark eating a salad and laughing together. He was enraged. 'How could Chloe do this to me? She knows how I feel about Clark and her being together.' Lex sat down at the nearest table, not realizing that there was a blonde-haired woman sitting at the table eating a steak dinner.

"Can I help you?" She asked

Lex looked over and then got, what he thought, was a brilliant idea. "You sure can." Lex introduced himself and ordered dinner. 'If Chloe wants to be with Clark, fine.' Lex bought the blonde a bottle of wine and was ready to play Chloe's game.

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Chloe excused herself from the table to go use the bathroom. She was actually having a good time. She forgot how much fun she could have with Clark. But knowing that Lex was with someone else was eating at her. She decided to call him one more time to try and get everything sorted out. As she walked to phones, she heard a lady laughing out loud. However, it was the man's voice caught her attention. She walked over and saw Lex holding the hand of a beautiful blonde woman.

Lex felt something cold on the back of his neck and turned around to see Chloe glaring at him. She just stood there, her hands to her sides, frozen. Lex could see the tears start to build in her eyes. As he got up to stand, she gave him a look so evil that if looks could kill, he would have died 100 deaths. Lex started to walk towards to her, Chloe ran out of the restaurant, tears streaming down her face. Lex ran after her knowing it was his fault that she was crying.