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"What did Clark have to say?" Lex asked, after half an hour on the road. His hand left the steering wheel to rest in on Chloe's thigh, but she hardly realized - she was so deep in thought.
She didn't want to think about it, let alone discuss it. "A great load of nothing."
"Trust," Lex muttered. "You're okay with it?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Chloe snapped. Geez that kiss put her in a bad mood.
"You just seem a little... irritable. He didn't try anything, did he?" Chloe squirmed in her seat, and tried to focus on the passing trees and cars. "Chloe? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." She lied. Talk about an Academy award winning performance - but Lex wasn't buying it. She looked into his eyes... "He kissed me. Clark kissed me."
"And how do you feel about that?" Lex asked, in a surprisingly counselor- like way.
"I don't know yet." Honest. Truthful. Lex smiled. He took his hand off her leg and back onto the wheel, as Lex pushed his foot down onto the accelerator.
Chloe liked the feeling of the wind blowing through her hair, the buzz she got from the speed they were driving at. Lex leant forwards and turned the volume up on the CD player to the point where Chloe could feel the thick bass vibrating below her feet.
"If you need to talk about it," He almost-yelled, "You can tell me."
"I know!" she yelled back. If she was going to forget about Clark, now would be the best time. She grinned and put her arms in the air, enjoying the experience. She decided she didn't care about how she acted around Lex - she was just going to be herself, no masks, no layers, just herself. She had a week until she was going to see either Clark or Lana - she wasn't going to lose sleep over something as silly as a kiss that didn't mean anything. It was a nothing kiss, wasn't it?
At this point she had almost convinced herself the kiss she shared with Clark was meaningless. It sure had made her think, and re-think her feelings for Clark. What was it about that Farm-boy that made her like him so much? Sure, he'd saved her life a couple times... But, Lex would too, if the situation arose. Clark... Superhumanly good-looking, even to the point where he would have a career in male-modeling; incredibly sensitive. To any teenage girl other than her, he would seem to be the perfect guy. Except her.
Not to mention the Lana factor. Talk about the perfect couple. If they weren't born for each other, then pigs will fly. They looked the part, and, (when they weren't fighting,) acted the part too. Whether it was just an act, Chloe didn't know, but what she did know was that Clark had liked Lana for all his life, and probably in a couple of his past lives too. They say everyone has an obsession, a consuming passion - Lana had to be Clark's.
Chloe could see a fuel station up ahead. She leaned towards Lex, "Could we stop up here for a little, please?"
He nodded, and he turned into the petrol station. As he walked around the car he opened Chloe's door for her, "Coming in?"
"Certainly."
The two of them entered the Petrol station. An elderly woman stood behind the counter, watching them through her metre thick glasses that were big enough to have their own president. "What would you like to order this morning?"
"Hmm..." Lex said, contemplating the menu, which was written on a blackboard hanging above the drink machine, coffee machine and the hotdog holder. "I don't know, the petrol station down the road wasn't half as expensive as here."
The woman, who was wearing a red, navy and white "Hello, my name is Beth, how may I help you?" badge, raised an eyebrow. "I think you'll find that we have the best prices in town."
"Did you hear that, Chloe?"
"Did I hear what, Lex?" she asked, trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"This lady here, Beth, says that this is the cheapest petrol station in town," Lex said to Chloe, who was trying almost-unsuccessfully to hold back her laughter.
"No way. Maybe we should go back to that other, less expensive place up the road." They turned to leave, but Beth stopped them.
"Wait!" she yelled. "I'll... I'll give you a discount!"
"Half price." Lex bargained.
"No way, ten percent."
"Thirty."
"Twenty." Lex smiled. He loved having people just where he wanted them.
"With that in mind, I'll take a small coke. What do you want, Chloe?"
"Strawberry milkshake," she smiled.
"Got that?" he asked the woman, who flared her nostrils and threw a death stare at him. He handed her the correct change and she put it into the cash register, muttered something about the lack of respect for the elderly these days and turned to the milkshake machine where she started making Chloe's Strawberry milkshake.
Chloe and Lex went to sit down at a small round table, in the farthest corner from the counter.
"You have an incredibly big fortune, Mr. Luthor, and yet you still manage to cheat an old lady out of - how much was it, half a dollar? - of her well earned money."
"Your point being?" Lex asked, sarcastically.
"Oh, you're such a scab!"
The old lady arrived with Lex's coke in a cardboard cup, and Chloe's milkshake in a tall milkshake glass. She smiled at Lex, who passed her, what looked to be a wad of fifty dollar notes. Her eyes widened, which made her look like a frog of some sort due to the thickness of her glasses. She grinned, curtsied, and walked towards the counter as fast as her old legs would take her.
Chloe stared disbelievingly at him. He was such a mystery - whenever she thought she had him figured out he would do something that surprised her, and forced her to reevaluate what she though of him. She liked being around Lex - he was like no-one she knew.
"What did you have to say to Clark?" she asked, remembering what had happened earlier.
"Just had to tell him to keep the town in order while I was away." He lied.
"Are you and him fighting?" Chloe asked, realizing the bad grammar after she'd said it. Lex raised an eyebrow as if to say 'what gives you that idea?'. "He said some stuff, he asked me how I knew I could trust you and stuff, and I don't know whether he was just trying to be some kind of superhero or something... He's been acting strangely ever since him and Lana stopped talking."
"Trust," Lex said. "Give it a week and he'll be back to normal. If I was a gambling man," he paused, "I'd bet on it."
Chloe took comfort in his certainty. Lex sipped at his coke. "I sure hope Beth didn't spit in that."
He smiled, his mind thinking things he would never say out aloud, especially not in front of Chloe. He raised his eyebrows comically and Chloe laughed.
After they finished their beverages and a quick trip to the bathrooms, Chloe and Lex were back on the road.
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"What did Clark have to say?" Lex asked, after half an hour on the road. His hand left the steering wheel to rest in on Chloe's thigh, but she hardly realized - she was so deep in thought.
She didn't want to think about it, let alone discuss it. "A great load of nothing."
"Trust," Lex muttered. "You're okay with it?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Chloe snapped. Geez that kiss put her in a bad mood.
"You just seem a little... irritable. He didn't try anything, did he?" Chloe squirmed in her seat, and tried to focus on the passing trees and cars. "Chloe? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." She lied. Talk about an Academy award winning performance - but Lex wasn't buying it. She looked into his eyes... "He kissed me. Clark kissed me."
"And how do you feel about that?" Lex asked, in a surprisingly counselor- like way.
"I don't know yet." Honest. Truthful. Lex smiled. He took his hand off her leg and back onto the wheel, as Lex pushed his foot down onto the accelerator.
Chloe liked the feeling of the wind blowing through her hair, the buzz she got from the speed they were driving at. Lex leant forwards and turned the volume up on the CD player to the point where Chloe could feel the thick bass vibrating below her feet.
"If you need to talk about it," He almost-yelled, "You can tell me."
"I know!" she yelled back. If she was going to forget about Clark, now would be the best time. She grinned and put her arms in the air, enjoying the experience. She decided she didn't care about how she acted around Lex - she was just going to be herself, no masks, no layers, just herself. She had a week until she was going to see either Clark or Lana - she wasn't going to lose sleep over something as silly as a kiss that didn't mean anything. It was a nothing kiss, wasn't it?
At this point she had almost convinced herself the kiss she shared with Clark was meaningless. It sure had made her think, and re-think her feelings for Clark. What was it about that Farm-boy that made her like him so much? Sure, he'd saved her life a couple times... But, Lex would too, if the situation arose. Clark... Superhumanly good-looking, even to the point where he would have a career in male-modeling; incredibly sensitive. To any teenage girl other than her, he would seem to be the perfect guy. Except her.
Not to mention the Lana factor. Talk about the perfect couple. If they weren't born for each other, then pigs will fly. They looked the part, and, (when they weren't fighting,) acted the part too. Whether it was just an act, Chloe didn't know, but what she did know was that Clark had liked Lana for all his life, and probably in a couple of his past lives too. They say everyone has an obsession, a consuming passion - Lana had to be Clark's.
Chloe could see a fuel station up ahead. She leaned towards Lex, "Could we stop up here for a little, please?"
He nodded, and he turned into the petrol station. As he walked around the car he opened Chloe's door for her, "Coming in?"
"Certainly."
The two of them entered the Petrol station. An elderly woman stood behind the counter, watching them through her metre thick glasses that were big enough to have their own president. "What would you like to order this morning?"
"Hmm..." Lex said, contemplating the menu, which was written on a blackboard hanging above the drink machine, coffee machine and the hotdog holder. "I don't know, the petrol station down the road wasn't half as expensive as here."
The woman, who was wearing a red, navy and white "Hello, my name is Beth, how may I help you?" badge, raised an eyebrow. "I think you'll find that we have the best prices in town."
"Did you hear that, Chloe?"
"Did I hear what, Lex?" she asked, trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"This lady here, Beth, says that this is the cheapest petrol station in town," Lex said to Chloe, who was trying almost-unsuccessfully to hold back her laughter.
"No way. Maybe we should go back to that other, less expensive place up the road." They turned to leave, but Beth stopped them.
"Wait!" she yelled. "I'll... I'll give you a discount!"
"Half price." Lex bargained.
"No way, ten percent."
"Thirty."
"Twenty." Lex smiled. He loved having people just where he wanted them.
"With that in mind, I'll take a small coke. What do you want, Chloe?"
"Strawberry milkshake," she smiled.
"Got that?" he asked the woman, who flared her nostrils and threw a death stare at him. He handed her the correct change and she put it into the cash register, muttered something about the lack of respect for the elderly these days and turned to the milkshake machine where she started making Chloe's Strawberry milkshake.
Chloe and Lex went to sit down at a small round table, in the farthest corner from the counter.
"You have an incredibly big fortune, Mr. Luthor, and yet you still manage to cheat an old lady out of - how much was it, half a dollar? - of her well earned money."
"Your point being?" Lex asked, sarcastically.
"Oh, you're such a scab!"
The old lady arrived with Lex's coke in a cardboard cup, and Chloe's milkshake in a tall milkshake glass. She smiled at Lex, who passed her, what looked to be a wad of fifty dollar notes. Her eyes widened, which made her look like a frog of some sort due to the thickness of her glasses. She grinned, curtsied, and walked towards the counter as fast as her old legs would take her.
Chloe stared disbelievingly at him. He was such a mystery - whenever she thought she had him figured out he would do something that surprised her, and forced her to reevaluate what she though of him. She liked being around Lex - he was like no-one she knew.
"What did you have to say to Clark?" she asked, remembering what had happened earlier.
"Just had to tell him to keep the town in order while I was away." He lied.
"Are you and him fighting?" Chloe asked, realizing the bad grammar after she'd said it. Lex raised an eyebrow as if to say 'what gives you that idea?'. "He said some stuff, he asked me how I knew I could trust you and stuff, and I don't know whether he was just trying to be some kind of superhero or something... He's been acting strangely ever since him and Lana stopped talking."
"Trust," Lex said. "Give it a week and he'll be back to normal. If I was a gambling man," he paused, "I'd bet on it."
Chloe took comfort in his certainty. Lex sipped at his coke. "I sure hope Beth didn't spit in that."
He smiled, his mind thinking things he would never say out aloud, especially not in front of Chloe. He raised his eyebrows comically and Chloe laughed.
After they finished their beverages and a quick trip to the bathrooms, Chloe and Lex were back on the road.