Smallville: Power Plays
Shorter, yes, but its almost four in the morning where I am. Must.sleep.man, I need to eat some Kryptonite-laced cheerios that let me stay up all night. 'course, then Clark would have to come and kick my ass.all well.
Again, no ownage of anything except challengers on battle. net. :D
The halls were unusually crowded. Normally Chloe could find some air pocket from which to breathe, but with the students from John County High going to school there until a chem. spill from a LuthorCorp plant could be cleaned up, Chloe was going to have to deal with temporary asphyxiation.
At least, until after school so she could talk to Brad. That boy was all the oxygen she needed.
"Um Chloe?" Clark asked her, snapping that pleasant thought out of existence.
"Yeah, that's me, don't sound so confused."
"Didn't mean to. Hey, have you heard of a company called JLA? Jackson-Lake Agriculture?"
"Yeah, their a little confederation of farmers around Metropolis. You probably know more about them than I do."
"Well, I was hoping I could change that. You up for some after-school research?"
Chloe sighed. "Well, I was kind of hoping I could have the Torch office to myself today. Why?"
Clark cocked his head. "Why'd you want the office alone?"
Chloe was about to answer when the 1-minute warning bell rang. "Tell you what, I'll call you tonight, OK?" And with that she rushed off to Chemistry I to take one of the many finals that were scheduled for her today.
She almost noticed the strange look that Clark gave her. Almost.
Lex Luthor was not having a good day. He doubted any of his friends were either, but at least they didn't have to make life or bankruptcy decisions with their fathers watching over their backs.
At, least not to the best of his knowledge.
To make things worse, Heidi thought he needed aback rub.
"C'mon Lex, you walk back and worth to that barn almost every day, it cant be good for you! Besides, it's the least I can do for last night."
Lex sighed. What had happened last night had been a mistake, a result of too much brandy and too much Heidi. It was a bad enough idea for him to be sleeping with his father's secretary. It didn't help that she thought it had meant something.
"Heidi, you and I both know that what happened shouldn't have."
"Mmm-hm, but it did happen."
Lex sighed and rubbed his eyes. "If my father finds out about that, we would both be in a very bad position to argue our case."
"Oh, you know, I'll bet Lionel expected this to happen, Lex."
Really? Thought Lex. I sure as hell didn't see it coming.
"Heidi, please. No more back rubs, no more sweet talk."
"You know, you're just as bad as your father about this."
Lex' eyes shot open all the way. His father? And Heidi?
"Wait, when did this happen?"
"Not for a year now, Lex. And don't worry, you're better than he was, that's for sure. Look, Maybe I ought to take your advice. I've never seen a small town before, not like this anyway. I'm going to go site seeing. Meet you back here for dinner?"
Lex still didn't respond.
"I'll take that as a yes. Later lexie!" Heidi kissed him on his head, and pranced out the door to do whatever it was Metropolitans did in small towns. No one could have missed the way she swayed her hips in a way that a woman only ten years older would have crumbled vertebrae doing.
Lex was stunned. His father had sex with his secretary.the same secretary Lex had just had sex with.and had taken out to dinner. If Lionel Luthor had indeed seen this coming, his million-dollar tummy was likely rolling with laughter right now.
He pressed the intercom button. "Andy? Bring me a tea, chai, with sugar." Chai tea, sweetened. Oh yes, Lex was freaked out. "Oh man, Clark is going to have kittens over this," he thought, flipping through a personnel file. If he were his father, he'd have likely fired the worker out of sheer frustration. But then he wasn't his father.in fact at the moment, the biggest thing connecting the Luthor men was their weakness for tall blondes.
Shorter, yes, but its almost four in the morning where I am. Must.sleep.man, I need to eat some Kryptonite-laced cheerios that let me stay up all night. 'course, then Clark would have to come and kick my ass.all well.
Again, no ownage of anything except challengers on battle. net. :D
The halls were unusually crowded. Normally Chloe could find some air pocket from which to breathe, but with the students from John County High going to school there until a chem. spill from a LuthorCorp plant could be cleaned up, Chloe was going to have to deal with temporary asphyxiation.
At least, until after school so she could talk to Brad. That boy was all the oxygen she needed.
"Um Chloe?" Clark asked her, snapping that pleasant thought out of existence.
"Yeah, that's me, don't sound so confused."
"Didn't mean to. Hey, have you heard of a company called JLA? Jackson-Lake Agriculture?"
"Yeah, their a little confederation of farmers around Metropolis. You probably know more about them than I do."
"Well, I was hoping I could change that. You up for some after-school research?"
Chloe sighed. "Well, I was kind of hoping I could have the Torch office to myself today. Why?"
Clark cocked his head. "Why'd you want the office alone?"
Chloe was about to answer when the 1-minute warning bell rang. "Tell you what, I'll call you tonight, OK?" And with that she rushed off to Chemistry I to take one of the many finals that were scheduled for her today.
She almost noticed the strange look that Clark gave her. Almost.
Lex Luthor was not having a good day. He doubted any of his friends were either, but at least they didn't have to make life or bankruptcy decisions with their fathers watching over their backs.
At, least not to the best of his knowledge.
To make things worse, Heidi thought he needed aback rub.
"C'mon Lex, you walk back and worth to that barn almost every day, it cant be good for you! Besides, it's the least I can do for last night."
Lex sighed. What had happened last night had been a mistake, a result of too much brandy and too much Heidi. It was a bad enough idea for him to be sleeping with his father's secretary. It didn't help that she thought it had meant something.
"Heidi, you and I both know that what happened shouldn't have."
"Mmm-hm, but it did happen."
Lex sighed and rubbed his eyes. "If my father finds out about that, we would both be in a very bad position to argue our case."
"Oh, you know, I'll bet Lionel expected this to happen, Lex."
Really? Thought Lex. I sure as hell didn't see it coming.
"Heidi, please. No more back rubs, no more sweet talk."
"You know, you're just as bad as your father about this."
Lex' eyes shot open all the way. His father? And Heidi?
"Wait, when did this happen?"
"Not for a year now, Lex. And don't worry, you're better than he was, that's for sure. Look, Maybe I ought to take your advice. I've never seen a small town before, not like this anyway. I'm going to go site seeing. Meet you back here for dinner?"
Lex still didn't respond.
"I'll take that as a yes. Later lexie!" Heidi kissed him on his head, and pranced out the door to do whatever it was Metropolitans did in small towns. No one could have missed the way she swayed her hips in a way that a woman only ten years older would have crumbled vertebrae doing.
Lex was stunned. His father had sex with his secretary.the same secretary Lex had just had sex with.and had taken out to dinner. If Lionel Luthor had indeed seen this coming, his million-dollar tummy was likely rolling with laughter right now.
He pressed the intercom button. "Andy? Bring me a tea, chai, with sugar." Chai tea, sweetened. Oh yes, Lex was freaked out. "Oh man, Clark is going to have kittens over this," he thought, flipping through a personnel file. If he were his father, he'd have likely fired the worker out of sheer frustration. But then he wasn't his father.in fact at the moment, the biggest thing connecting the Luthor men was their weakness for tall blondes.