Chapter 4 the Calm before the Storm
Disclaimer: I do not have anything to do with Smallville in terms of owning sad I know. But hey if one of you does, I am willing to trade my fat beagle Newman for Michael Rosenbaum. Someone who is not me owns all these characters but Anastasia is mine.
A/N: I know this chapter is short and I know I have not updated this story in over 6 months lol. I like this story I just have not had time to right and no one reviews ( so I do not know if anyone even reads this. That okay coz I like to write it and that is all matters. I really really need a beta reader so if you would like to be mine you can send me an email Shagadelicbabe14@hotmail.com Hopefully the next chapter will be longer I am expecting it to be. Also, the song in the story is Honey and the Moon by Joseph Arthur. Tell me what you think BTW I know that the title is such a cliché
P.S REVIEW it makes me happy!
Chapter 4 the Calm before the Storm
Ana woke up to a splitting headache and lots of confusion. She was lying on the floor surrounded by bottles with a horrible ringing sound in her ears. As her eyes adjusted to the bright lights surrounding her she realized that, the ringing was coming from her phone and that there were more important things to be dealt with first, such as where was the bathroom? After stumbling around she finally found it and just in time, after throwing up everything she ate yesterday and things she did not even remember eating. She collapsed in a heap of sweat and sickness on the floor.
"Fuck this is why I don't drink, I can hold my liquor that night but the next morning," she shook her head. Ana attempted to stand up again but it felt like she had thousands of rocks in her pockets holding her down.
After lying on the floor for what seemed like hours, she heard a loud pounding noise coming from the hall.
"MISS, MISS," the shouts of some sweet voice echoed in her head. " Miss," Ana could now identify the sweet voice as one of the maids, " Mr. Luthor sent me up to see if there was anything I could get you, but I see the only think you need right now is a nice hot shower and a warm bed."
The house cleaner lifted Ana up by her armpits and walked her across the hall to a huge exquisite bathroom. Normally Ana would have insisted on walking herself, but Ana could barely hold her head up, and as Ana could smell the bath had been especially prepared for her. "Rich Bastard," she mumbled as she collapsed into the warm bubble bath.
Lex was pacing back and forth he had not gotten much sleep and had canceled all his meetings for today. So he knew why she was here but he didn't understand it? She had made absolutely no sense last night. He made the maid go upstairs and make sure she was taken care of, if she was anything like she had been when they were younger she'd be crashed in the bathroom. He did not know what he was going to do with her. If her and Helena every got together it would be disastrous not so much for him, but Ana would chew Helena up and spit her back out. Maybe I should just go to the office he thought, Ana is not going to be in any mood to talk until much later, and he was not in the mood to talk just yet. He needed to strategize on how he was going to approach this. Lex grabbed his coat and his keys and stamped out of the mansion.
The bath is really helping, thought Ana, although I still cannot remember what happened last night. Then she saw it Lex's cold piercing eyes staring into hers.
"Shit," Ana shouted and a maid came running in. "Is everything fine miss?" Ana just nodded and flicked her away with her wrist. Ana knew she was being childish; the maid was only doing her job. Ana sank lower into the bathtub, so this is not going as planned she thought but that's okay, because I have a new plan."
Ana jumped out of the tub and ran into her bedroom. She was still dizzy but she wanted to make the arrangements while Lex was out of the house. The maid had already promised her Lex had gone to the office and was not expected back until much later.
Ana threw her feet onto the desk and leaned back in Lex's leather chair. She flipped purposely through his rolodex until she found what she was looking for then picked up the phone and dialed the number.
Lionel was sitting in his limousine outside of Luthor Corp when his cell phone rang; he immediately recognized the number but was surprised to hear her voice on the phone.
"Lionel?" Ana was unsure if she got the number correct.
"Anastasia it has been too long, what do I owe the privilege too?"
Ana hated the way Lionel talked he freaked her out. She always thought he was a strange man with magically powers but as she got older, she realized his magic powers were not magical at all.
"Well, as you know I'm at Luthor Mansion and I was wondering if you would consider attending a dinner party tonight? Lionel, it will be an event, you will not want to miss. I assure you of that." Ana pronounced every vowel perfectly and her words with determination. Lionel could play his games but she could play hers.
Lionel listened mesmerized by her voice, "Of course I'll be there, 7:00 fine?"
"7:00 is perfect Lionel I will see you tonight." Before he could say, another world Ana hung up the phone she still had a lot to do. Next to call Helena, who Ana assumed, being the good doctor that she is would be at the hospital. Ana looked up the number and waited to be transferred calling to invite you to a dinner party tonight at Luthor Mansion."
Helena was surprised but curious seeing that Lex would not give her any details about the mysterious Ana. Helena was planning to see if she could work a double tonight, but this seemed more important in a way. "Yes, Ana that's sound nice, around what time would you like me to arrive?"
Ana rolled her eyes; already she hated this woman, "7:00 sharp. Say nothing to Alexander; I want it to be a surprise. Goodbye." Ana hung up the phone, and ran her fingers through her hair. She sighed, and walked to the door grabbing her keys and leaving a note for one of the maids to check on Niki.
Ana jumped in the car, put the key in the ignition, and turned on the radio. 10 minutes later, she pulled up in front of Smallville's general store. As she stepped out of the car she felt people staring at her, you would think she would be used to it, but it still made her feel uneasy.
Ana grabbed a carriage and set off to find what she needed. Her first stop was to get hair dye, as much as she loved her blue hair, she knew it was time for blue hair and mix matched clothing to be put aside. As she started to pace down the isle, looking at all the different colors, and product names she could choose from she heard her name being called.
"Ana, hey I'm surprised you are still here." This was the last place Chloe ever expected Ana to be, she seemed so much more refined then to be shopping in Smallville' s General Store looking at hair dye. Chloe was more in shock that she was still here, Chloe had never seen Lex angry but she could imagine what it had been like at the Luthor Mansion last night and yet here she still stands.
Ana smiled, "Well I'm not planning on leaving anytime soon, I have some business to deal with." Ana picked up a box of dye, Honey Blonde, she then looked at Chloe, "Chloe I need your advice," Ana laughed, "Which color?"
Chloe smiled no one ever-asked Chloe beauty tips that was Lana's department but it felt nice to have someone ask her advice on something other then the paranormal "Well, your hair is dark, so the only way you are going to get it blonde is to bleach it, I say just dye your hair brown." Chloe glowed, seeing reading Lana's beauty magazines did pay off.
"Sounds good. So now what brown do I use?" Laughing again, "I am not a hair person, I must admit I usually have professionals do this, but I'm thinking Smallville's barber shop isn't the best place to get my hair dyed."
"No, I don't think it is. I think you would have better luck with Luthor Corp dying your hair, although you might come out with green glowing hair. You will still have hair."
The two girls started laughing and Chloe offered to help her pick out the hair dye and to help her find the other things on her list. By the time Ana walked out of the general store she had three bags filled of all the things she needed, two boxes of brown hair dye, and a smile on her face.
Ana threw the shopping bags into her trunk and promised to meet up with Chloe for coffee later on. She sat in her car for a few moments just listening to the radio
"We're made out of blood and rust
Looking for someone to trust
Without
A fight
I think that you came too soon
You're the honey and the moon
That lights
Up my night"
Then Ana picked up the phone and called in an unused favor, "Hey Stacie, Yah its Ana, I need to call in that favor, I'm in Smallville on business, and I completely lost my suit case. Yah Bummer! I need two black dresses, a pantsuit, and some kakis and what ever else you have. Yah I am going to be here about a week, so I need enough clothes to last me about that long, you no casual, dress. Yah, I need them today, as soon as possible, I am staying at Luthor Manor so if you get them dropped off there any time before 4:00 that would be awesome. Yah, thank you so much, See them then. Bye." Ana hit end and checked her watch, 1:28.
Ana pulled out of her parking space, and speeded off towards the mansion, she only had a couple of hours; she hoped it would be enough time.
Lex had tried to sit in the office, but his mind was preoccupied and everything Gabe tried to tell him sounded like "blah, blah, and blah." Lex decided just to go to the Talon, get himself a cup of coffee, and then head back to the mansion. He hoped that Ana would be a wake and maybe he could find out what she was up to. She was pissing him off, Ana had no right to just show up, and expect everything to revolve around her. Ana was digging up past memories, memories he had forgotten and did not want to relive. As Lex, sat sipping his Cappuccino, he was flooded with more past memories. He barely noticed Lana put the check down on the table; he pulled out his wallet, and noticed something blue. Lex pulled it out and realized it was a gem, a small gem just the size of an earring, he had forgotten it was in there, but as he sat there rotating it between his finger pads he remembered where it came from.
"What is bored school?" A small girl asks she is sitting on a hill picking at the grass.
"It's not bored school, its boarding school. It's a school where you live." A young boy maybe, ten, leans up against a tree, his head glistening in the sunlight. The boy has a black suit on with a black dress shirt underneath it and a black tie, but is not breaking a sweat.
"If you go to the bored school, does that mean I wont be able to see you any more?" The girl does not even turn to see his reaction; she just sits cross-legged folding the blade of grass repeatedly.
"No, I will see you, but not as often." The boy says the statement without any emotion; his eyes are focused directly in front of him, at the newly setting sun."
The girl stands up, and wipes her dress down, she is wearing a black dress that resembles a school uniform, she has black knee-highs that reach that hem of the dress, and the dress makes her creamy white skin seem almost translucent. The only thing stopping her from looking like she just stepped out of black and white movie is her bright eyes, which seem to be filled with to much sorrow for such a small person.
The girl walks over to the young boy, opens his hand, the boy looks down, and stares at her. "Alexes, I want you to have this, that way when you are away we will still be together." The girl drops a small blue gem into his hand. Stands on her toes and gives him a kiss on his check.
"Anastasia! Come one! You will see Lex, later." A deep voice bellows breaking the sweet silence of two children's' thoughts.
"Coming." Anastasia shouts back and starts to run towards the voice, Alexes grabs her arm stopping her.
"Thank You."
"Your welcome, Lex. I hope you have a good day." Lana Lang stood in front of him giving him change for his Cappuccino. He shook his head trying to regain where he was and what had just transcribed but it did not seem to be working. Lex looked down at napoleon. 2:00.
Ana sat in the bathroom, with dye in hair. She hoped this worked; she had dark brown hair so she hoped that the blue turned brown and everything worked out from there. She had never dyed her own hair, so she was nervous, but its just hair she said. She had already plucked her eyebrows, put a facial mask on for the hell of it, painted her nails, and called Jill. The house was quiet, the calm before the storm.
To be Continued..
Disclaimer: I do not have anything to do with Smallville in terms of owning sad I know. But hey if one of you does, I am willing to trade my fat beagle Newman for Michael Rosenbaum. Someone who is not me owns all these characters but Anastasia is mine.
A/N: I know this chapter is short and I know I have not updated this story in over 6 months lol. I like this story I just have not had time to right and no one reviews ( so I do not know if anyone even reads this. That okay coz I like to write it and that is all matters. I really really need a beta reader so if you would like to be mine you can send me an email Shagadelicbabe14@hotmail.com Hopefully the next chapter will be longer I am expecting it to be. Also, the song in the story is Honey and the Moon by Joseph Arthur. Tell me what you think BTW I know that the title is such a cliché
P.S REVIEW it makes me happy!
Chapter 4 the Calm before the Storm
Ana woke up to a splitting headache and lots of confusion. She was lying on the floor surrounded by bottles with a horrible ringing sound in her ears. As her eyes adjusted to the bright lights surrounding her she realized that, the ringing was coming from her phone and that there were more important things to be dealt with first, such as where was the bathroom? After stumbling around she finally found it and just in time, after throwing up everything she ate yesterday and things she did not even remember eating. She collapsed in a heap of sweat and sickness on the floor.
"Fuck this is why I don't drink, I can hold my liquor that night but the next morning," she shook her head. Ana attempted to stand up again but it felt like she had thousands of rocks in her pockets holding her down.
After lying on the floor for what seemed like hours, she heard a loud pounding noise coming from the hall.
"MISS, MISS," the shouts of some sweet voice echoed in her head. " Miss," Ana could now identify the sweet voice as one of the maids, " Mr. Luthor sent me up to see if there was anything I could get you, but I see the only think you need right now is a nice hot shower and a warm bed."
The house cleaner lifted Ana up by her armpits and walked her across the hall to a huge exquisite bathroom. Normally Ana would have insisted on walking herself, but Ana could barely hold her head up, and as Ana could smell the bath had been especially prepared for her. "Rich Bastard," she mumbled as she collapsed into the warm bubble bath.
Lex was pacing back and forth he had not gotten much sleep and had canceled all his meetings for today. So he knew why she was here but he didn't understand it? She had made absolutely no sense last night. He made the maid go upstairs and make sure she was taken care of, if she was anything like she had been when they were younger she'd be crashed in the bathroom. He did not know what he was going to do with her. If her and Helena every got together it would be disastrous not so much for him, but Ana would chew Helena up and spit her back out. Maybe I should just go to the office he thought, Ana is not going to be in any mood to talk until much later, and he was not in the mood to talk just yet. He needed to strategize on how he was going to approach this. Lex grabbed his coat and his keys and stamped out of the mansion.
The bath is really helping, thought Ana, although I still cannot remember what happened last night. Then she saw it Lex's cold piercing eyes staring into hers.
"Shit," Ana shouted and a maid came running in. "Is everything fine miss?" Ana just nodded and flicked her away with her wrist. Ana knew she was being childish; the maid was only doing her job. Ana sank lower into the bathtub, so this is not going as planned she thought but that's okay, because I have a new plan."
Ana jumped out of the tub and ran into her bedroom. She was still dizzy but she wanted to make the arrangements while Lex was out of the house. The maid had already promised her Lex had gone to the office and was not expected back until much later.
Ana threw her feet onto the desk and leaned back in Lex's leather chair. She flipped purposely through his rolodex until she found what she was looking for then picked up the phone and dialed the number.
Lionel was sitting in his limousine outside of Luthor Corp when his cell phone rang; he immediately recognized the number but was surprised to hear her voice on the phone.
"Lionel?" Ana was unsure if she got the number correct.
"Anastasia it has been too long, what do I owe the privilege too?"
Ana hated the way Lionel talked he freaked her out. She always thought he was a strange man with magically powers but as she got older, she realized his magic powers were not magical at all.
"Well, as you know I'm at Luthor Mansion and I was wondering if you would consider attending a dinner party tonight? Lionel, it will be an event, you will not want to miss. I assure you of that." Ana pronounced every vowel perfectly and her words with determination. Lionel could play his games but she could play hers.
Lionel listened mesmerized by her voice, "Of course I'll be there, 7:00 fine?"
"7:00 is perfect Lionel I will see you tonight." Before he could say, another world Ana hung up the phone she still had a lot to do. Next to call Helena, who Ana assumed, being the good doctor that she is would be at the hospital. Ana looked up the number and waited to be transferred calling to invite you to a dinner party tonight at Luthor Mansion."
Helena was surprised but curious seeing that Lex would not give her any details about the mysterious Ana. Helena was planning to see if she could work a double tonight, but this seemed more important in a way. "Yes, Ana that's sound nice, around what time would you like me to arrive?"
Ana rolled her eyes; already she hated this woman, "7:00 sharp. Say nothing to Alexander; I want it to be a surprise. Goodbye." Ana hung up the phone, and ran her fingers through her hair. She sighed, and walked to the door grabbing her keys and leaving a note for one of the maids to check on Niki.
Ana jumped in the car, put the key in the ignition, and turned on the radio. 10 minutes later, she pulled up in front of Smallville's general store. As she stepped out of the car she felt people staring at her, you would think she would be used to it, but it still made her feel uneasy.
Ana grabbed a carriage and set off to find what she needed. Her first stop was to get hair dye, as much as she loved her blue hair, she knew it was time for blue hair and mix matched clothing to be put aside. As she started to pace down the isle, looking at all the different colors, and product names she could choose from she heard her name being called.
"Ana, hey I'm surprised you are still here." This was the last place Chloe ever expected Ana to be, she seemed so much more refined then to be shopping in Smallville' s General Store looking at hair dye. Chloe was more in shock that she was still here, Chloe had never seen Lex angry but she could imagine what it had been like at the Luthor Mansion last night and yet here she still stands.
Ana smiled, "Well I'm not planning on leaving anytime soon, I have some business to deal with." Ana picked up a box of dye, Honey Blonde, she then looked at Chloe, "Chloe I need your advice," Ana laughed, "Which color?"
Chloe smiled no one ever-asked Chloe beauty tips that was Lana's department but it felt nice to have someone ask her advice on something other then the paranormal "Well, your hair is dark, so the only way you are going to get it blonde is to bleach it, I say just dye your hair brown." Chloe glowed, seeing reading Lana's beauty magazines did pay off.
"Sounds good. So now what brown do I use?" Laughing again, "I am not a hair person, I must admit I usually have professionals do this, but I'm thinking Smallville's barber shop isn't the best place to get my hair dyed."
"No, I don't think it is. I think you would have better luck with Luthor Corp dying your hair, although you might come out with green glowing hair. You will still have hair."
The two girls started laughing and Chloe offered to help her pick out the hair dye and to help her find the other things on her list. By the time Ana walked out of the general store she had three bags filled of all the things she needed, two boxes of brown hair dye, and a smile on her face.
Ana threw the shopping bags into her trunk and promised to meet up with Chloe for coffee later on. She sat in her car for a few moments just listening to the radio
"We're made out of blood and rust
Looking for someone to trust
Without
A fight
I think that you came too soon
You're the honey and the moon
That lights
Up my night"
Then Ana picked up the phone and called in an unused favor, "Hey Stacie, Yah its Ana, I need to call in that favor, I'm in Smallville on business, and I completely lost my suit case. Yah Bummer! I need two black dresses, a pantsuit, and some kakis and what ever else you have. Yah I am going to be here about a week, so I need enough clothes to last me about that long, you no casual, dress. Yah, I need them today, as soon as possible, I am staying at Luthor Manor so if you get them dropped off there any time before 4:00 that would be awesome. Yah, thank you so much, See them then. Bye." Ana hit end and checked her watch, 1:28.
Ana pulled out of her parking space, and speeded off towards the mansion, she only had a couple of hours; she hoped it would be enough time.
Lex had tried to sit in the office, but his mind was preoccupied and everything Gabe tried to tell him sounded like "blah, blah, and blah." Lex decided just to go to the Talon, get himself a cup of coffee, and then head back to the mansion. He hoped that Ana would be a wake and maybe he could find out what she was up to. She was pissing him off, Ana had no right to just show up, and expect everything to revolve around her. Ana was digging up past memories, memories he had forgotten and did not want to relive. As Lex, sat sipping his Cappuccino, he was flooded with more past memories. He barely noticed Lana put the check down on the table; he pulled out his wallet, and noticed something blue. Lex pulled it out and realized it was a gem, a small gem just the size of an earring, he had forgotten it was in there, but as he sat there rotating it between his finger pads he remembered where it came from.
"What is bored school?" A small girl asks she is sitting on a hill picking at the grass.
"It's not bored school, its boarding school. It's a school where you live." A young boy maybe, ten, leans up against a tree, his head glistening in the sunlight. The boy has a black suit on with a black dress shirt underneath it and a black tie, but is not breaking a sweat.
"If you go to the bored school, does that mean I wont be able to see you any more?" The girl does not even turn to see his reaction; she just sits cross-legged folding the blade of grass repeatedly.
"No, I will see you, but not as often." The boy says the statement without any emotion; his eyes are focused directly in front of him, at the newly setting sun."
The girl stands up, and wipes her dress down, she is wearing a black dress that resembles a school uniform, she has black knee-highs that reach that hem of the dress, and the dress makes her creamy white skin seem almost translucent. The only thing stopping her from looking like she just stepped out of black and white movie is her bright eyes, which seem to be filled with to much sorrow for such a small person.
The girl walks over to the young boy, opens his hand, the boy looks down, and stares at her. "Alexes, I want you to have this, that way when you are away we will still be together." The girl drops a small blue gem into his hand. Stands on her toes and gives him a kiss on his check.
"Anastasia! Come one! You will see Lex, later." A deep voice bellows breaking the sweet silence of two children's' thoughts.
"Coming." Anastasia shouts back and starts to run towards the voice, Alexes grabs her arm stopping her.
"Thank You."
"Your welcome, Lex. I hope you have a good day." Lana Lang stood in front of him giving him change for his Cappuccino. He shook his head trying to regain where he was and what had just transcribed but it did not seem to be working. Lex looked down at napoleon. 2:00.
Ana sat in the bathroom, with dye in hair. She hoped this worked; she had dark brown hair so she hoped that the blue turned brown and everything worked out from there. She had never dyed her own hair, so she was nervous, but its just hair she said. She had already plucked her eyebrows, put a facial mask on for the hell of it, painted her nails, and called Jill. The house was quiet, the calm before the storm.
To be Continued..