Despair *Chapter Four*
A/N: Sorry about the length, but that was the best I could do. Also, it flips between POV's and times so I'm not sure how confusing it might be. If you have any problems, just tell me and I'll be sure to edit it. I'm not really too pleased with this chapter, so if you have any suggestions to improve it, they'll be much appreciated.
Please tell me what you think of it, I really want to know what your opinions are.
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"Just out of curiosity, Miss Sullivan, how come you didn't leave a note?" It was the Saturday after Lex had found Chloe. She had been staying true to her word and calling every night. At first, Lex thought the calls would be stiff and uncomfortable, but he now found himself looking forward to them. The topics of conversation ranged so greatly and they were always sure to be interesting. This was Chloe's first visit to the mansion.
"If you hate the world enough to forcibly remove yourself from it, why would you want to say goodbye to it?" She said, as an explanation. "Let's say you're on the phone with someone and they really piss you off. You don't say an eloquent and well thought out good bye before slamming that phone back on the hook, you simply hang up." Once she finished she stretched herself out on the black leather couch in Lex's library. Lex was sitting across from her on a leather couch of his own. He seemed pretty comfortable in her presence also, in his own Luthor way.
Lex considered her reply for a moment before responding, "I suppose that makes sense." He said. "Although, personally, I would have gone for a long note listing all the things I had been to afraid to say in life, all the insults and pent up anger and frustration I had kept inside of me all that time. Who knows, by the time I had finished writing it I probably would have felt a lot better."
Chloe smiled a little at his statement and Lex couldn't believe that she was the same girl who had tried to kill herself only days before. This girl seemed just as happy as any other. Could she have realized how much life was worth living already?
Chloe stretched herself out on the couch, wondering how a man as smart as Lex could be so easy to fool.
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As she approached the large oak doors that led into Lex's mansion, Chloe slipped her mask on; she looked completely happy and content with the world, like a normal girl her age. It had become easier and easier to slip that mask on with each coming day, and that had scared her to no end.
She had become so good at hiding her emotions that no one, not even her father, was able to see through her façade. At first she was thankful that no one could tell, but as time wore on, she began to become more and more unhappy and began to think that because no one noticed, it meant that no one cared.
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Lex glanced down at his watch, it was 7:00. Chloe would be here any minute. This was going to be her second visit to the mansion and Lex found that he couldn't wait to see her again. He really enjoyed her company and he was amazed at the progress she had made, she seemed totally happy again. It seemed all she needed was to know that someone cared.
Lex figured that he might as well do something useful while he waited. He stuck his head into the doorway of his office, "Any new messages?" He asked his secretary Rebecca. She looked up at him and then back down at desk before replying, "Um, yeah. Miss Sullivan left one for you." Lex looked at her expectantly and then, blushing she continued, "Oh, sorry, here." She thrust a slip of paper at him.
He quickly unfolded the paper, wondering what it could be about. When he read the note, he gasped and dropped it to the ground, breaking into a run for his car.
I'm sorry, Lex. I suppose I'm not as strong as you thought.
Chloe
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A/N: Sorry about the length, but that was the best I could do. Also, it flips between POV's and times so I'm not sure how confusing it might be. If you have any problems, just tell me and I'll be sure to edit it. I'm not really too pleased with this chapter, so if you have any suggestions to improve it, they'll be much appreciated.
Please tell me what you think of it, I really want to know what your opinions are.
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"Just out of curiosity, Miss Sullivan, how come you didn't leave a note?" It was the Saturday after Lex had found Chloe. She had been staying true to her word and calling every night. At first, Lex thought the calls would be stiff and uncomfortable, but he now found himself looking forward to them. The topics of conversation ranged so greatly and they were always sure to be interesting. This was Chloe's first visit to the mansion.
"If you hate the world enough to forcibly remove yourself from it, why would you want to say goodbye to it?" She said, as an explanation. "Let's say you're on the phone with someone and they really piss you off. You don't say an eloquent and well thought out good bye before slamming that phone back on the hook, you simply hang up." Once she finished she stretched herself out on the black leather couch in Lex's library. Lex was sitting across from her on a leather couch of his own. He seemed pretty comfortable in her presence also, in his own Luthor way.
Lex considered her reply for a moment before responding, "I suppose that makes sense." He said. "Although, personally, I would have gone for a long note listing all the things I had been to afraid to say in life, all the insults and pent up anger and frustration I had kept inside of me all that time. Who knows, by the time I had finished writing it I probably would have felt a lot better."
Chloe smiled a little at his statement and Lex couldn't believe that she was the same girl who had tried to kill herself only days before. This girl seemed just as happy as any other. Could she have realized how much life was worth living already?
Chloe stretched herself out on the couch, wondering how a man as smart as Lex could be so easy to fool.
***
As she approached the large oak doors that led into Lex's mansion, Chloe slipped her mask on; she looked completely happy and content with the world, like a normal girl her age. It had become easier and easier to slip that mask on with each coming day, and that had scared her to no end.
She had become so good at hiding her emotions that no one, not even her father, was able to see through her façade. At first she was thankful that no one could tell, but as time wore on, she began to become more and more unhappy and began to think that because no one noticed, it meant that no one cared.
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Lex glanced down at his watch, it was 7:00. Chloe would be here any minute. This was going to be her second visit to the mansion and Lex found that he couldn't wait to see her again. He really enjoyed her company and he was amazed at the progress she had made, she seemed totally happy again. It seemed all she needed was to know that someone cared.
Lex figured that he might as well do something useful while he waited. He stuck his head into the doorway of his office, "Any new messages?" He asked his secretary Rebecca. She looked up at him and then back down at desk before replying, "Um, yeah. Miss Sullivan left one for you." Lex looked at her expectantly and then, blushing she continued, "Oh, sorry, here." She thrust a slip of paper at him.
He quickly unfolded the paper, wondering what it could be about. When he read the note, he gasped and dropped it to the ground, breaking into a run for his car.
I'm sorry, Lex. I suppose I'm not as strong as you thought.
Chloe
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