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A/N: Yah people read my story! Thanks! Also, I know nothing about cars and Joe said "speedometer" was a word so I apologize if it is not or if it is a word and I didn't use it correctly. Okay I just found that speedometer is a word and it is not pronounced "Speed - o - meter."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2 Skeletons in the Closet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lex put his foot on the pedal and ignored the trees and cows that went flying past him. He knew he was driving too fast and normally he would yell at himself remembering the incident on the bridge, but under these circumstances, he felt he had the right to drive as fast as he wanted. Ana was back in Smallville and he knew it had something to do with Lionel. The funny thing about Ana and Lionel was that Lionel loved her; honestly and truly loved her, more then he loves me, Lex thought, that's for sure. Ana was like a daughter to Lionel, and Lex never quite understood that. He figured it had something to do with the fact that Lionel had known Ana since before she was born, or the fact that she had been Lily's best friend's daughter, but even then, the pieces didn't all fit together.
"Fuck," Lex shouted stepping harder on the gas. This is why he never called her; Ana brought back too many unwanted memories. She was the only person he knew that could make all the skeletons he had worked so hard to hide reappear. He flipped on the radio and turned it up hoping that it would distract him from all these thoughts of Ana.
It's a new day
But it all feels old
It's a good life,
That's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same
Lex sped up the car to 80 mph and tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
"Alexes, why do u drive so fast? It's like your trying to run from something." A pretty girl with short blue hair says. She is putting on her make up with such ease and perfection, not even noticing the car has accelerated its speed.
The man next to her says nothing but grunts and keeps his foot on the gas, watching the speedometer as it hits 90.
"One day you're going to drive your car off a bridge because of your recklessness, I just hope I'm not going to be in the car with you." She chuckles putting on the final additions of her makeup.
"Do you want me to slow down?" He asks bitterly with out glancing in her direction.
"No," she says quietly, "why do we have to go Alexes? Visiting your father makes you irritable and I do not like being with you when you act this way your no fun. Why don't we go to Club Zero?" She says while starting to dance in the passenger side of the car.
Alexes looks over at her and smiles, then leans in and kisses her on the cheek. The girl laughs and yells playfully, "Alexander Luthor watch the road."
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me
You
Don't wanna be just like you (just like you)
This is the anthem
"Shit" Lex said swerving to avoid driving off the road. His left pocket had started to vibrate, and for a second he didn't know what was going on then everything came crashing back. "Lex." He said turning the radio off and answering his cell phone.
"Hello, Son, you have time for a quick conversation?" Lex immediately heard Lionel's voice and seriously regretted answering his phone.
"No Dad, actually I don't." Lex said brusquely
"What's wrong Lex?" Lionel sarcastically asked.
Lex was defiantly not in the mood for one of Lionel's games, so he got right to the point. "You and I both know that you called Ana and told her where I was, why? You know I'm involved with Dr. Bryce, now" Lex sped up the car; he could see the mansion in the distance.
"Lex, I have no clue what you're talking about. Ana who?" Lionel asked trying to sound as harmless as possible, which was extremely difficult seeing that Lionel was as harmless as a loaded pistol.
"Dad lay off the innocent act it doesn't suit you. Anastasia Romano." Lex shook his head in defeat, why did he continue to play these games with Lionel, he asked himself.
"Well thanks for telling me, Lex. Now that I know Anastasia is in Smallville, I'll just have to make a trip down to visit see her. Well see you soon, Goodbye Son."
Lex hung up the phone in disgust, great he thought just great, that's what he needed one more uninvited guest. He slowed down his car at the gate, and nodded to the guard. He pulled up into the driveway, and looked up at the castle in which he lived in, "Home Sweet Home," he whispered.
Chloe had been staring at her since Lex left. She was dumbfounded; she had never seen Lex look like that before. Chloe still didn't even know what "that" was; she did know that his look was in-between outrage and shock. What she also knew was that if she were that girl she wouldn't be sitting in a coffee shop working on her second hot chocolate, she would be at the mansion being yelled at by Lex Luthor, which Chloe hoped would never be something she would have to live through.
"I'm going to talk to her," Chloe said suddenly.
"What? Who?" Clark said startled he had been daydreaming once again about a certain somebody.
"Sorry to shake you out of your Lana fantasy, I'm going to talk to her." Chloe said shaking her head in disbelief; she was hoping he would out grow his Lana phase soon.
"Who, Lana?" Clark asked he was completely confused.
"No, Clark not everything has to do with Lana." Chloe spat "As hard as that may be for you to believe. I'm going to talk to Lex's friend." Chloe was getting pretty annoyed with Clark and his one-track mind of everything having to do with Lana.
"What? No Chloe I don't think that's such a good idea, she looks deep in thought." Clark said looking over at the young woman in the corner of the shop.
"Too bad, she looks upset like she needs someone to talk to her" Chloe said abruptly, the real reason she was going over there was to find out who the mystery woman was and she knew Clark knew that.
"Chloe since when have you been so compassionate?" Clark asked, he knew Chloe and he knew how she acted when she became Reporter Chloe.
"Shut up Clark, I'm going to talk to her and you can't stop me." Chloe said standing up and walking over to the table where the mystery woman was sitting.
Anastasia knew that she should be in her car driving to Lex's, not sitting in the coffee shop drinking her second cup of hot chocolate but she just couldn't bring herself to leave yet. She needed a game plan, no more like a war strategy she thought. Normally, she would call up Jill and discuss her options but Jill would just yell at her and say I told you so. She had been right though, like always. Hey it doesn't mater anyways she thought, I got him mad enough to storm out me, which means that the ball is in my court. Anastasia was so deep in thought she almost didn't notice the blonde girl standing by the table.
"Hey, I'm Chloe." Chloe said, looking down at the mystery woman.
Anastasia was completely perplexed what just happened. Ana had always been one of those people, she thought, that people tried to avoid contact with at all costs, and Ana had always liked that. Now, she had this blonde girl standing in front of her starting a conversation.
Although Ana really didn't want to have a conversation with the girl she didn't want to be rude and she gave the kid a lot of credit for coming up to her. "I'm sorry what did you just say?"
"Hi, I'm Chloe" Chloe repeated, she noted Ana's accent defiantly not from around her she thought maybe somewhere up north.
"Hi I'm Anastasia, just call me Ana though, would you like to sit down?" Oh god she thought I am back in second grade. Hi my name is Ana can I borrow the green crayon, Ana thought and laughed silently to herself.
"I saw what happened with you and Lex. I must say you are the first person I have ever seen yell at Lex." Chloe felt stupid sitting her talking to Ana, maybe Clark was right she should not have came over here.
"Thanks I think." Ana laughed and Chloe smiled and beginning to feel more comfortable. "To tell you the truth I didn't have the intent on coming in here and yelling at him like that. However, as you and pretty much the rest of Smallville can see I did so now I must sit here and come up with a plan before heading off to war. I figure I'll let him sweat while I do it."
"I haven't known Lex that long but I don't think he sweats." Chloe jokingly said.
Ana was really starting to like this girl Chloe; she's kind of like a younger me she thought. "How do you know Lex?" Ana asked hoping to get some insight on this new Lex.
"Actually, it's a weird story my friend Clark saved Lex's life. Lex gave Clark a truck, Clark returned it, and they have been friend since. Lex is also my dad's boss, which makes things weird for me." Chloe said, thinking afterwards that's not really a weird story compared to Tina and all the other weird people and stories in Smallville.
"Who's this Clark kid I'd like to punch him. If I told Lex once, I told him a million times, you drive to fast and you're going to drive yourself right into a grave. Clark should have just let him die; it would have taught him a lesson." Ana realized afterwards what she said she only hoped Chloe knew she wasn't some psycho bitch coming to kill Lex.
"Well today's your looking day Ana because Clark's sitting over there." Chloe said pointing to where Clark was hunched over his book. "Although, I wouldn't suggest hitting him, Clark seems to be well invincible, so I doubt he'd feel it." Chloe laughed.
"That's Clark Kent?" Ana asked in astonishment, the kid looked like he was 16. When Ana had found out Lex had been saved by someone living in Smallville she figured, a football player, or someone like that saved him defiantly not a farm boy.
"Ya, he's kind of a town hero when ever danger strikes Clark Kent isn't too far behind to save the day. I know he doesn't look like your typical kid that would jump off a bridge to save some guy he didn't even know but Clark's just like that."
"Actually," Ana stared at the kid Chloe said was Clark, "it doesn't surprise me one bit that he saved Lex. This is Smallville." Shit Ana thought looking down at her watch, I really need to get out of here and over to Lex's.
"Can you excuse me, Chloe?" Ana asked as politely as possible, she laughed silently to herself afterwards calling herself a dork.
"Yah sure." Chloe stood up.
"I'm just going to say hello to your friend over there and then head off to war." Ana said grabbing her purse. "Plus I left my dog in the car."
"No problem, Ana. I'll talk to you later." Chloe said unsure that she really would. Chloe kind of figured that Ana would be out of here by nightfall if what just happened at the Talon was a preview to what was about to occur at the mansion.
"Sure Chloe I will defiantly catch up with you before I leave." Chloe stood their watching Ana as she walked over to where Clark was sitting. Chloe just stood their memorized by her, wondering where she got her confidence.
Ana walked over to the Clark, and stood in front of the table where he was sitting.
"Hi, I'm Ana." She said, flashing him her friendliest smile.
Shoot, Clark thought, why did Chloe have to send her over to me. Clark looked up and straight into her face, thinking great everyone knows I'm a klutz when talking to girls.
"Hi," she said again.
Clark just stared at her, hypnotized by her eyes; they reminded him pictures of the ocean, greenish blue with so much depth almost as if they could see all your secrets. Ana pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Do you speak?" she asked jokingly, he wasn't the first guy to become tongue tied when she confronted them.
"Yah, I'm umm... I'm. Clark. HI" Clark instantly felt stupid, great he thought, I have just found a new power the ability to make a fool of yourself in front of pretty girls.
"Hi, I just wanted to," what she thought thank him for saving the worlds biggest asshole, yah sounds good she thought. "Well thank you for saving Lex's life all those times. As much as I hate him right now its better then him not being here"
"Yah, it was no problem." Clark said YAY he thought my speech is coming back just avoid eye contact.
"Well I should be going so goodbye Clark." Ana said standing up and extending her hand.
Clark looked at her hand for a moment then took it. "Goodbye" he said, looking into her eyes again.
She laughed; Ana had been standing there for a good minute with Clark just holding her hand. "Clark, my hand," she whispered.
Clark let go of her hand realizing that he had just been holding it not even shaking it; he put his head down on the table in embarrassment as she walked out of the Talon.
Chloe walked over and sat in the seat opposite Clark. "What was that about?"
"I don't know but I just embarrassed myself I know that much." Clark said covering his face with his hand
Chloe just shook her head in disbelief; it still amazed her how shy Clark could be when it came to the opposite sex.
Ana opened the door to her car, and plopped down into the driver's seat. Niki was sound asleep where she had left her. Ana sat there for a few moments, putting the final touches on her plan and then finally turned the car on. She hit the gas, not even looking up and almost drove right into Pete, she swerved right in time and just missed him screeching as she did it.
Chloe and Clark ran out of the Talon right in time to see the VW Bug speed off down Main Street, and too see Pete standing in the street in shock.
"Shit." Ana said to Niki who had been awoken in the commotion, "I'm starting to drive like Lex."
Lex was pacing around the mansion, he was sure she would have already been here by now. Maybe she changed her mind and drove back home he thought, but Lex knew it would take a lot more then just a little shout out in a coffee shop to make her go home. Hey, it would be nice if she did change her mind, and drive back home he thought.
"Get a hold of yourself." Lex mumbled.
Ana had, had a little encounter with the guard at the gate but finally she was able to convince him to let her in, and not call Lex. She walked into what the butler had said was Lex's office, to find Lex pacing with his back to the door and saying, "Get a hold of yourself." She smiled slyly; yes, she thought this is going to be perfect. She walked quietly up behind him.
Lex smelt it again, Lavender and Vanilla, but no, she was not in the mansion, because she would have had to get past the guard, and her name was not on the list. So they would have had to call up, right? "Get a fucking hold of yourself," he said under his breath.
Ana wrapped her arms around his waist and whispered into the startled man's ear. "You may not be able to get a hold of yourself but I can."
Lex slowly turned around to be face to face once again with Ana, he could not believe how beautiful she was. Ana saw the glow in his eyes that most people never saw, the look that made him Alexes. Then it was gone, and he was back to his cold Lex self.
"I'm glad you finally decided to show up, because of you I had to cancel 4 meetings." Lex spat out, Lex hated to lie to her but he had no choice, he walked over to his big leather chair, sat down, and motioned for her to sit in the chair in front his oak desk.
She smiled, "Well, Lex last time I checked you have a phone. You could have just called my cell phone and rescheduled so don't be annoyed with me because of your own senselessness." Ana said sitting down in the seat he had motioned to.
"Anastasia, I will be aggravated with you if I want to be. Who do you think you are, barging in to an establishment that I own and making a complete fool out of me? Things have changed I am not the same man you once thought you knew." Lex said raising his voice to just underneath a yell, and standing up.
"First of all man, how old do you think you are? You are 21 Lex; I hardly think that is a man. Secondly, whom I thought I knew, Lex you know that I knew you better then anyone else, you can pretend and say that I thought you were someone completely different but you know the truth. You are scared that I am going to come here and ruin everything for you by telling your deep dark secrets to Smallville. Well you are wrong; I didn't come to do anything of the sort." Ana's plan had failed, her plan had been simple don't get emotional or angry and she was both.
"No!" Lex exclaimed walking closer to the chair Ana was sitting in, "First of all you're wrong, I didn't think you were going to do anything of the sort why would I be scared of you and Secondly."
"Lex you of all people should know what Bull Shit is seeing that you work in a fertilizer plant, so don't give it to me." Ana said standing up, her and Lex we're only a few steps away from each other and she could smell his familiar cologne.
"How dare you interrupt me," Lex yelled.
"How dare I, how dare you, you didn't call me once while I was away. Who is the one who came and picked up your sorry ass almost every night because you were too drugged up or too drunk to drive yourself home, or who waited in the hospital all those times praying that you would wake up. Lex I am not one of you sorry girlfriends that you can treat like shit, I am your friend, or have you forgotten that."
"Well you never called ether so don't give me that. Friend Ana, last time I checked friends don't just get up and leave a note saying "Alexes, I'll talk to you later I'm off to the airport." Lex said cruelly.
Ana knew he was right she had done that, but she tried to tell him so many times and she just couldn't do it. She loved him, but they had decided long ago that they would always stay just friends, and then her step-dad called and asked her to go to Russia, and Lex had become more destructive to himself then ever before and he wouldn't let her help him. She had to get away, Lex was eating her up inside. Ana looked into Lex's eyes and turned around and began to walk out.
"Anastasia Romano do not walk away from..." Lex stopped himself. What Lex thought, me, here? Ana turned around and looked at him, cursing at herself not to cry since. She couldn't even remember the last time she had, but here he had almost at the point of tears. She couldn't deal with him, they we're having almost the same conversation they had a year ago. She thought she was ready to face him but she wasn't why hadn't she listened to Jill?
"Stay." Lex said. Ana didn't know what to do. The room now had an eerie silence to it and Ana knew she should just walk out the door but she knew that to walk out the door she would have to turn her back on him and that wasn't something she was willing to do just yet.
"Hello Lex." Helena's voice broke the trance that Ana and Lex had on each other. Neither of them had even noticed her walk in. "Are you ready?" Helena asked looking from Lex back to this strange girl standing a few steps from the door. Lex blinked he completely forgot he had promised to take her out tonight.
"Helena, I think I'm going to have to reschedule an old friend of mine is back in town." Helena watched as Lex's eyes fell into the corner where the strange girl stood. "Helena this is Anastasia." Anastasia walked up to Helena and extended her hand, which Helena shook politely. Anastasia then turned to Lex.
"Lex, you had plans I would feel horrible if you had to change them because of me I wouldn't want to be an inconvenience. You go out tonight I need time to unpack and become situated anyways. Ill be fine you too kids go out and have a good time."
Lex knew exactly what she was saying. That she needed time think over what had just happened "Fine," Lex agreed "but we will continue this conversation later, Anastasia."
"Of course, Alexander I wouldn't dream of not," she said while walking out of the room. Leaving Lex to deal with all the skeletons screaming to be let out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Too Be Continued. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N: Yah people read my story! Thanks! Also, I know nothing about cars and Joe said "speedometer" was a word so I apologize if it is not or if it is a word and I didn't use it correctly. Okay I just found that speedometer is a word and it is not pronounced "Speed - o - meter."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2 Skeletons in the Closet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lex put his foot on the pedal and ignored the trees and cows that went flying past him. He knew he was driving too fast and normally he would yell at himself remembering the incident on the bridge, but under these circumstances, he felt he had the right to drive as fast as he wanted. Ana was back in Smallville and he knew it had something to do with Lionel. The funny thing about Ana and Lionel was that Lionel loved her; honestly and truly loved her, more then he loves me, Lex thought, that's for sure. Ana was like a daughter to Lionel, and Lex never quite understood that. He figured it had something to do with the fact that Lionel had known Ana since before she was born, or the fact that she had been Lily's best friend's daughter, but even then, the pieces didn't all fit together.
"Fuck," Lex shouted stepping harder on the gas. This is why he never called her; Ana brought back too many unwanted memories. She was the only person he knew that could make all the skeletons he had worked so hard to hide reappear. He flipped on the radio and turned it up hoping that it would distract him from all these thoughts of Ana.
It's a new day
But it all feels old
It's a good life,
That's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same
Lex sped up the car to 80 mph and tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
"Alexes, why do u drive so fast? It's like your trying to run from something." A pretty girl with short blue hair says. She is putting on her make up with such ease and perfection, not even noticing the car has accelerated its speed.
The man next to her says nothing but grunts and keeps his foot on the gas, watching the speedometer as it hits 90.
"One day you're going to drive your car off a bridge because of your recklessness, I just hope I'm not going to be in the car with you." She chuckles putting on the final additions of her makeup.
"Do you want me to slow down?" He asks bitterly with out glancing in her direction.
"No," she says quietly, "why do we have to go Alexes? Visiting your father makes you irritable and I do not like being with you when you act this way your no fun. Why don't we go to Club Zero?" She says while starting to dance in the passenger side of the car.
Alexes looks over at her and smiles, then leans in and kisses her on the cheek. The girl laughs and yells playfully, "Alexander Luthor watch the road."
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Y'all got to feel me, sing if you're with me
You
Don't wanna be just like you (just like you)
This is the anthem
"Shit" Lex said swerving to avoid driving off the road. His left pocket had started to vibrate, and for a second he didn't know what was going on then everything came crashing back. "Lex." He said turning the radio off and answering his cell phone.
"Hello, Son, you have time for a quick conversation?" Lex immediately heard Lionel's voice and seriously regretted answering his phone.
"No Dad, actually I don't." Lex said brusquely
"What's wrong Lex?" Lionel sarcastically asked.
Lex was defiantly not in the mood for one of Lionel's games, so he got right to the point. "You and I both know that you called Ana and told her where I was, why? You know I'm involved with Dr. Bryce, now" Lex sped up the car; he could see the mansion in the distance.
"Lex, I have no clue what you're talking about. Ana who?" Lionel asked trying to sound as harmless as possible, which was extremely difficult seeing that Lionel was as harmless as a loaded pistol.
"Dad lay off the innocent act it doesn't suit you. Anastasia Romano." Lex shook his head in defeat, why did he continue to play these games with Lionel, he asked himself.
"Well thanks for telling me, Lex. Now that I know Anastasia is in Smallville, I'll just have to make a trip down to visit see her. Well see you soon, Goodbye Son."
Lex hung up the phone in disgust, great he thought just great, that's what he needed one more uninvited guest. He slowed down his car at the gate, and nodded to the guard. He pulled up into the driveway, and looked up at the castle in which he lived in, "Home Sweet Home," he whispered.
Chloe had been staring at her since Lex left. She was dumbfounded; she had never seen Lex look like that before. Chloe still didn't even know what "that" was; she did know that his look was in-between outrage and shock. What she also knew was that if she were that girl she wouldn't be sitting in a coffee shop working on her second hot chocolate, she would be at the mansion being yelled at by Lex Luthor, which Chloe hoped would never be something she would have to live through.
"I'm going to talk to her," Chloe said suddenly.
"What? Who?" Clark said startled he had been daydreaming once again about a certain somebody.
"Sorry to shake you out of your Lana fantasy, I'm going to talk to her." Chloe said shaking her head in disbelief; she was hoping he would out grow his Lana phase soon.
"Who, Lana?" Clark asked he was completely confused.
"No, Clark not everything has to do with Lana." Chloe spat "As hard as that may be for you to believe. I'm going to talk to Lex's friend." Chloe was getting pretty annoyed with Clark and his one-track mind of everything having to do with Lana.
"What? No Chloe I don't think that's such a good idea, she looks deep in thought." Clark said looking over at the young woman in the corner of the shop.
"Too bad, she looks upset like she needs someone to talk to her" Chloe said abruptly, the real reason she was going over there was to find out who the mystery woman was and she knew Clark knew that.
"Chloe since when have you been so compassionate?" Clark asked, he knew Chloe and he knew how she acted when she became Reporter Chloe.
"Shut up Clark, I'm going to talk to her and you can't stop me." Chloe said standing up and walking over to the table where the mystery woman was sitting.
Anastasia knew that she should be in her car driving to Lex's, not sitting in the coffee shop drinking her second cup of hot chocolate but she just couldn't bring herself to leave yet. She needed a game plan, no more like a war strategy she thought. Normally, she would call up Jill and discuss her options but Jill would just yell at her and say I told you so. She had been right though, like always. Hey it doesn't mater anyways she thought, I got him mad enough to storm out me, which means that the ball is in my court. Anastasia was so deep in thought she almost didn't notice the blonde girl standing by the table.
"Hey, I'm Chloe." Chloe said, looking down at the mystery woman.
Anastasia was completely perplexed what just happened. Ana had always been one of those people, she thought, that people tried to avoid contact with at all costs, and Ana had always liked that. Now, she had this blonde girl standing in front of her starting a conversation.
Although Ana really didn't want to have a conversation with the girl she didn't want to be rude and she gave the kid a lot of credit for coming up to her. "I'm sorry what did you just say?"
"Hi, I'm Chloe" Chloe repeated, she noted Ana's accent defiantly not from around her she thought maybe somewhere up north.
"Hi I'm Anastasia, just call me Ana though, would you like to sit down?" Oh god she thought I am back in second grade. Hi my name is Ana can I borrow the green crayon, Ana thought and laughed silently to herself.
"I saw what happened with you and Lex. I must say you are the first person I have ever seen yell at Lex." Chloe felt stupid sitting her talking to Ana, maybe Clark was right she should not have came over here.
"Thanks I think." Ana laughed and Chloe smiled and beginning to feel more comfortable. "To tell you the truth I didn't have the intent on coming in here and yelling at him like that. However, as you and pretty much the rest of Smallville can see I did so now I must sit here and come up with a plan before heading off to war. I figure I'll let him sweat while I do it."
"I haven't known Lex that long but I don't think he sweats." Chloe jokingly said.
Ana was really starting to like this girl Chloe; she's kind of like a younger me she thought. "How do you know Lex?" Ana asked hoping to get some insight on this new Lex.
"Actually, it's a weird story my friend Clark saved Lex's life. Lex gave Clark a truck, Clark returned it, and they have been friend since. Lex is also my dad's boss, which makes things weird for me." Chloe said, thinking afterwards that's not really a weird story compared to Tina and all the other weird people and stories in Smallville.
"Who's this Clark kid I'd like to punch him. If I told Lex once, I told him a million times, you drive to fast and you're going to drive yourself right into a grave. Clark should have just let him die; it would have taught him a lesson." Ana realized afterwards what she said she only hoped Chloe knew she wasn't some psycho bitch coming to kill Lex.
"Well today's your looking day Ana because Clark's sitting over there." Chloe said pointing to where Clark was hunched over his book. "Although, I wouldn't suggest hitting him, Clark seems to be well invincible, so I doubt he'd feel it." Chloe laughed.
"That's Clark Kent?" Ana asked in astonishment, the kid looked like he was 16. When Ana had found out Lex had been saved by someone living in Smallville she figured, a football player, or someone like that saved him defiantly not a farm boy.
"Ya, he's kind of a town hero when ever danger strikes Clark Kent isn't too far behind to save the day. I know he doesn't look like your typical kid that would jump off a bridge to save some guy he didn't even know but Clark's just like that."
"Actually," Ana stared at the kid Chloe said was Clark, "it doesn't surprise me one bit that he saved Lex. This is Smallville." Shit Ana thought looking down at her watch, I really need to get out of here and over to Lex's.
"Can you excuse me, Chloe?" Ana asked as politely as possible, she laughed silently to herself afterwards calling herself a dork.
"Yah sure." Chloe stood up.
"I'm just going to say hello to your friend over there and then head off to war." Ana said grabbing her purse. "Plus I left my dog in the car."
"No problem, Ana. I'll talk to you later." Chloe said unsure that she really would. Chloe kind of figured that Ana would be out of here by nightfall if what just happened at the Talon was a preview to what was about to occur at the mansion.
"Sure Chloe I will defiantly catch up with you before I leave." Chloe stood their watching Ana as she walked over to where Clark was sitting. Chloe just stood their memorized by her, wondering where she got her confidence.
Ana walked over to the Clark, and stood in front of the table where he was sitting.
"Hi, I'm Ana." She said, flashing him her friendliest smile.
Shoot, Clark thought, why did Chloe have to send her over to me. Clark looked up and straight into her face, thinking great everyone knows I'm a klutz when talking to girls.
"Hi," she said again.
Clark just stared at her, hypnotized by her eyes; they reminded him pictures of the ocean, greenish blue with so much depth almost as if they could see all your secrets. Ana pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Do you speak?" she asked jokingly, he wasn't the first guy to become tongue tied when she confronted them.
"Yah, I'm umm... I'm. Clark. HI" Clark instantly felt stupid, great he thought, I have just found a new power the ability to make a fool of yourself in front of pretty girls.
"Hi, I just wanted to," what she thought thank him for saving the worlds biggest asshole, yah sounds good she thought. "Well thank you for saving Lex's life all those times. As much as I hate him right now its better then him not being here"
"Yah, it was no problem." Clark said YAY he thought my speech is coming back just avoid eye contact.
"Well I should be going so goodbye Clark." Ana said standing up and extending her hand.
Clark looked at her hand for a moment then took it. "Goodbye" he said, looking into her eyes again.
She laughed; Ana had been standing there for a good minute with Clark just holding her hand. "Clark, my hand," she whispered.
Clark let go of her hand realizing that he had just been holding it not even shaking it; he put his head down on the table in embarrassment as she walked out of the Talon.
Chloe walked over and sat in the seat opposite Clark. "What was that about?"
"I don't know but I just embarrassed myself I know that much." Clark said covering his face with his hand
Chloe just shook her head in disbelief; it still amazed her how shy Clark could be when it came to the opposite sex.
Ana opened the door to her car, and plopped down into the driver's seat. Niki was sound asleep where she had left her. Ana sat there for a few moments, putting the final touches on her plan and then finally turned the car on. She hit the gas, not even looking up and almost drove right into Pete, she swerved right in time and just missed him screeching as she did it.
Chloe and Clark ran out of the Talon right in time to see the VW Bug speed off down Main Street, and too see Pete standing in the street in shock.
"Shit." Ana said to Niki who had been awoken in the commotion, "I'm starting to drive like Lex."
Lex was pacing around the mansion, he was sure she would have already been here by now. Maybe she changed her mind and drove back home he thought, but Lex knew it would take a lot more then just a little shout out in a coffee shop to make her go home. Hey, it would be nice if she did change her mind, and drive back home he thought.
"Get a hold of yourself." Lex mumbled.
Ana had, had a little encounter with the guard at the gate but finally she was able to convince him to let her in, and not call Lex. She walked into what the butler had said was Lex's office, to find Lex pacing with his back to the door and saying, "Get a hold of yourself." She smiled slyly; yes, she thought this is going to be perfect. She walked quietly up behind him.
Lex smelt it again, Lavender and Vanilla, but no, she was not in the mansion, because she would have had to get past the guard, and her name was not on the list. So they would have had to call up, right? "Get a fucking hold of yourself," he said under his breath.
Ana wrapped her arms around his waist and whispered into the startled man's ear. "You may not be able to get a hold of yourself but I can."
Lex slowly turned around to be face to face once again with Ana, he could not believe how beautiful she was. Ana saw the glow in his eyes that most people never saw, the look that made him Alexes. Then it was gone, and he was back to his cold Lex self.
"I'm glad you finally decided to show up, because of you I had to cancel 4 meetings." Lex spat out, Lex hated to lie to her but he had no choice, he walked over to his big leather chair, sat down, and motioned for her to sit in the chair in front his oak desk.
She smiled, "Well, Lex last time I checked you have a phone. You could have just called my cell phone and rescheduled so don't be annoyed with me because of your own senselessness." Ana said sitting down in the seat he had motioned to.
"Anastasia, I will be aggravated with you if I want to be. Who do you think you are, barging in to an establishment that I own and making a complete fool out of me? Things have changed I am not the same man you once thought you knew." Lex said raising his voice to just underneath a yell, and standing up.
"First of all man, how old do you think you are? You are 21 Lex; I hardly think that is a man. Secondly, whom I thought I knew, Lex you know that I knew you better then anyone else, you can pretend and say that I thought you were someone completely different but you know the truth. You are scared that I am going to come here and ruin everything for you by telling your deep dark secrets to Smallville. Well you are wrong; I didn't come to do anything of the sort." Ana's plan had failed, her plan had been simple don't get emotional or angry and she was both.
"No!" Lex exclaimed walking closer to the chair Ana was sitting in, "First of all you're wrong, I didn't think you were going to do anything of the sort why would I be scared of you and Secondly."
"Lex you of all people should know what Bull Shit is seeing that you work in a fertilizer plant, so don't give it to me." Ana said standing up, her and Lex we're only a few steps away from each other and she could smell his familiar cologne.
"How dare you interrupt me," Lex yelled.
"How dare I, how dare you, you didn't call me once while I was away. Who is the one who came and picked up your sorry ass almost every night because you were too drugged up or too drunk to drive yourself home, or who waited in the hospital all those times praying that you would wake up. Lex I am not one of you sorry girlfriends that you can treat like shit, I am your friend, or have you forgotten that."
"Well you never called ether so don't give me that. Friend Ana, last time I checked friends don't just get up and leave a note saying "Alexes, I'll talk to you later I'm off to the airport." Lex said cruelly.
Ana knew he was right she had done that, but she tried to tell him so many times and she just couldn't do it. She loved him, but they had decided long ago that they would always stay just friends, and then her step-dad called and asked her to go to Russia, and Lex had become more destructive to himself then ever before and he wouldn't let her help him. She had to get away, Lex was eating her up inside. Ana looked into Lex's eyes and turned around and began to walk out.
"Anastasia Romano do not walk away from..." Lex stopped himself. What Lex thought, me, here? Ana turned around and looked at him, cursing at herself not to cry since. She couldn't even remember the last time she had, but here he had almost at the point of tears. She couldn't deal with him, they we're having almost the same conversation they had a year ago. She thought she was ready to face him but she wasn't why hadn't she listened to Jill?
"Stay." Lex said. Ana didn't know what to do. The room now had an eerie silence to it and Ana knew she should just walk out the door but she knew that to walk out the door she would have to turn her back on him and that wasn't something she was willing to do just yet.
"Hello Lex." Helena's voice broke the trance that Ana and Lex had on each other. Neither of them had even noticed her walk in. "Are you ready?" Helena asked looking from Lex back to this strange girl standing a few steps from the door. Lex blinked he completely forgot he had promised to take her out tonight.
"Helena, I think I'm going to have to reschedule an old friend of mine is back in town." Helena watched as Lex's eyes fell into the corner where the strange girl stood. "Helena this is Anastasia." Anastasia walked up to Helena and extended her hand, which Helena shook politely. Anastasia then turned to Lex.
"Lex, you had plans I would feel horrible if you had to change them because of me I wouldn't want to be an inconvenience. You go out tonight I need time to unpack and become situated anyways. Ill be fine you too kids go out and have a good time."
Lex knew exactly what she was saying. That she needed time think over what had just happened "Fine," Lex agreed "but we will continue this conversation later, Anastasia."
"Of course, Alexander I wouldn't dream of not," she said while walking out of the room. Leaving Lex to deal with all the skeletons screaming to be let out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Too Be Continued. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~