*Author's Note: Thanks again to everyone who reviewed. And big time props to Julie who beta'd. Good betas make the world go round. I got an interesting review from Mabon on my last chapter. Mabon said, "I wonder where this is going." And that made me realize that I really didn't know. The way I usually write is I get an idea and just write as ideas come to me. Kind of like the natural progression of life. Most of the time it works. And when it doesn't.... well...... (Ex: Like a Fine Wine. My Luke/Mara Star Wars story. Which I have not updated in forever. *sorry* I promise that I will finish it this summer.) Anyway. That made me realize that I could right like this anymore. So I sat down and wrote out the rest of the story progression for PDA. It feels good to know exactly what I'm going to be doing for the remainder of this fic. Anyway, just thought I'd share my epiphany with you all. Thanks for sticking in there with me.

-Leanne


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PDA Chapter 4: The Fight.



~Sullivan Residence~

"CHLOE SULLIVAN!!!!!"

[Oooh. Full name. Never a good sign.] Chloe Sullivan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She knew she would need all of the inner peace she could muster. When Lex had called he said that her father had left his office in a state of shock. Apparently -that- had passed. Chloe got up off her bed and walked toward the stairs.

[I can handle this. I'm a big girl. He's just my father.] Chloe held onto this thought until she reached the first floor of her house. The man waiting for her at the foot of the stairs was not her father. Her father was an easy going man with a big smile. This man was red-faced, shaking and he looked like he was going to be sick.

"Chloe, darling. Tell Daddy that you are NOT dating Lex Luthor. My BOSS!"

"Well, Daddy. I could tell you that, but it wouldn't be true."

"Oh Chloe. How could you do this to me? Did you even think about how this would effect me. Oh my god. My daughter is the town whore."

Fuck inner peace. "I am not a whore," Chloe screamed. "I care deeply for Lex. And besides, I'm legal. There's not much you can do about it."

"We'll see about that. From now on you are confined to this house. You will go to school, and then come back home. No friends, no Beanery, and no Torch."

"What?! You can't do that. The Torch is my whole life."

Gabe pleaded with her, " Chloe, can't you see that I'm doing this for your own good. lex Luthor is bad news. He doesn't love you. I don't even think that Luthor's can love. You're just one more in a long line of women he's bedded. In a few weeks he'll tire of you and you'll never see him again. By then, you'll be pregnant with his bastard, or he'll have given you some STD. With as much as he's slept around, I wouldn't doubt he has one.

"No. That's not true."

"It's more true than you want to admit."

"No. I won't stop seeing Lex."

"Then you can't live here. Get out."

"What?"

"You heard me. Get out. I don't want to look at you anymore. You can come back when you've seen things my way."

"Where am I supposed to go?"

"That's not my problem."

Chloe couldn't help it. She had tried so hard not to cry, but now, as though a flood gate had opened, the tears fell. There was nothing she could do about it. Chloe grabbed her purse and ran out into the night. [You know what would make this scene perfectly dramatic. If there was rain pouring down. But no. On the one night I get thrown out of my house over a star crossed love, the sky is perfectly clear. Figures.]

Chloe got into her car and started to drive. As she went faster and faster, the road started to blur. She could barely see through the tears. She didn't even see know where she was going. Chloe didn't see the dog until it was too late. Desperately, she attempted to swerve. The turn was too much. The car went up on two wheels and then tipped onto it's side with a sickening crunch. Chloe's eyes were closed so she couldn't see anything. He hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly that she thought that she was going to rip it right off. Chloe felt the car roll a couple more times. Then with a cloud of dust and a splash of water, the car came to a stop, upside down in an irrigation ditch. Chloe's last thought was that her head really hurt.

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~Luthor Manor~

Lex was worried. Chloe hadn't called him. Gabe should have been home two hours ago. She was supposed to call him and let him know how it went. [Get it together, Luthor. You're being paranoid.] Lex paced the room and flopped down on the calfskin armchair. The picked up the remote and turned on the TV. [Amazing. 400 channels and there's nothing to watch.] None of the shows could occupy his mind. He kept thinking about Chloe, wondering if she was alright. A million things could have happened to her. [No, It's been too long.] Lex grabbed his jacket and his keys from the desk, and ran out the front door.. He didn't even have to look around. He knew that either the Porsche, the BMW or the Ferrari would be parked just outside. One of his cars was always waiting for him, gassed up and ready to go, just incase. Lex attempted to justify his speed. [I'm not running. I'm moving with a perfectly rational amount of haste.]

Lex opened the door and jumped inside. Usually, driving made Lex feel relaxed. The car, unlike his life, his father, and Luthor Corp's stock price, was something over which he had complete control. This time, however, the increasing worry he was feeling for Chloe was beginning to turn into panic. At the same time. his emotions were very troubling to him. Chloe was fun and smart and curious and beautiful. That's all. Luthors do not get emotionally invested. It's bad for business. [I'm sure that I'm overreacting. There is nothing to worry about.]

Lex started the car and took off.. He passed field after field of corn. [Damn it. Don't these people grow anything else.] He had gone four miles before he saw the car in the ditch. [Ouch. Looks like a bad accident. I hope that everyone was okay.] Then he got a closer look at the car.

"Oh my god! Chloe....."

TBC.