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Chp 7
Lex came down the stairs the next morning to hear laughter coming from the kitchen, there was Pacifica and the kitchen staff having breakfast and talking. Pacifica must not have slept long at all, coz he was up early and they didn't go to bed 'til late, but she was full showered and dressed and was going through the newspaper ads. It was a different site to hear and see for Lex, normally everything was quite the staff did what was needed and there was hardly ever any talking, that he heard. Lex joined them for breakfast, there in the kitchen and not in the dinning room like always, the staff didn't know what to make of it, but he was the boss. Pacifica asked Lex if she could use the study this morning to make phone calls to arrange to see some places. "Could you wait an hour, I need to use it" he said. She left the paper there while she went for a walk and when she returned the study was free for her to use, just like he said, she made her calls and went to see some places she returned to the mansion hours later and was down, every place she went to was already taken or they up the price so she couldn't afford it, "saying that people are bidding on the place" A couple of days had passed and the same things kept coming up, "Place is taken", even if the ad just came out, she gives them her name to make the appointment then hears it that it would be more to rent. She wasn't even leaving the mansion any more, there was no use, nothing to see.
She was bored already and it was only 10am, the full staff was given the day off, civic holiday, and pretty much everything was closed and of course Lex still went into work. Clark was busy with farm chores, Lana was running the Talon that was open, who couldn't live without coffee, Chloe and her father went to visit family, and Pete, well who knows there was just no answer at his place. So she made her way down to the Talon for breakfast and talked with Lana for as long as she could, it seemed that everyone was as bored as she was and were just hanging out there, so she was busy. Clark ended up coming to the Talon to drop off some baked goods for Lana that his mom made. They talked for just a bit when she was called away by a customer, Clark turned and left, when he saw Pacifica sitting having a coffee and looking through a magazine, "So how's life at the mansion?" Clark broke her from the magazine, they talked inside for a bit them walked out laughing together, Lana did not look too impressed, "But they are friends to" she thought. Clark had some time to hang out with Pacifica, he finished most of his chores fast and his dad was giving him a break, Not like I need it, "I'm not tired" he told him. Not too far from the Talon was this old little ice cream place and boy did Clark want some. Lex walked into the Talon all bent out of shape, not in a good mood at all. Lana asked why he was mad "It's funny what you find when you go though paper work, not easy to hide as on a computer" he shot at her, needed to release his anger. Lana still a bit jealous, she just happened to tell Lex how she saw Clark and Pacifica hanging out and having fun and she knew that it would make him madder. And she was right, for what ever reason it made Lex's blood hot. On his way back to the office Lex saw Pacifica and Clark, him having his ice cream and them talking and laughing and sitting very close to each other and playful poking at each other., it was all in fun, they seemed to be getting close again, even with her at the mansion. Clark offered to speed run her back to the mansion, and of course she took him up on his offer. It was hard for her to breath and she was glad she had her sunglasses on, but it of course was nothing like she thought it would be like, everything was such a blur and hard to see coz of course they were going so fast and in no time they were at the front door step of Lex's place. Clark wasn't even out of breath, Pacifica on the other hand, she was, her heart was pounding, blood seemed to be flowing so fast in her vein's but the smile on her face couldn't be wiped off, she was so glad for the feeling, it was so alive. Clark was so happy, just by her reaction, placed his fingers on her neck to catch her pulse, he was so curious as to her reaction mentally and physically, it felt so sweet for him to touch her in that manner and to feel her heart racing because of him, he started to feel a thrill of his own, that's when he thought he'd better leave, he turned to go but Pacifica stopped him, gave his a kiss on the cheek and thanked him for the ride home, they both looked around, no one was there and off he went. An hour later and Pacifica's pulse was still racing, not the same way, but still going. Clark was too excited from that touch that he just couldn't go back to work, so he stopped a few km's before the farm and just walked it off.
It was so quite in his big place all by herself, so she blasted the music, knowing that she'd not disturb a soul. She thought she heard the phone rang so she turned down the music and heard the last two rings, then it rang again, she debated on whether or not to answer it, she did "Luthor residence," "Who is this" the voice on the other side said, Pacifica didn't want to give her name out "Who are you calling for and your name please" she answered back "This is Lex, who the hell is this?" Lex was only getting madder by the second, "Oh hi Lex, it's Pacifica" stunned that she answered, "Why are you answering the phones?" he asked. "Well no one is here and I thought it may be important" she wondered if she did the right thing. "I called to make sure cook was going to make dinner before leaving, I forgot that I let everyone go last night. I'll order take out when I get back" he said in defect, "When are you coming home" she asked "At 7pm," "Good, I'll have everything ready for when you get back home, see you soon Lex" and she hung up. "Home" he thought that was strange for her to ask and yet it was nice to know that she was waiting for him, until the thoughts of seeing her and Clark together came back to him and he got made again. It finally hit him as he just sat at his desk "I really like her" he was so comfortable having her at the mansion and he made sure she'd not leave too soon. She scrambled through the kitchen, he'd be home in an hour and a bit, she made dinner and was keeping it warm 'til he came home. She heard him come in at exactly 7pm, just he said, boy was he punctual. She greeted him and grabbed him by the arm and escorted him to the dinner table, barely letting him do or say anything. It was dim in the dinning room lit by two candles glowing on the table, everything was set up beautifully, he looked at her "Oh take out" with the award winning smirk, she smirked back at him "Not take out, home made, smart ass" . Honey chicken, roasted baby potatoes, veggies and a salad, it was not what he was used to eating, but it was still good, a homemade dinner and was not prepared by a well known chef, she did good. They talked though dinner, when it started to rain, his mood towards her was lifted by the time they finished eating, she asked what he'd be doing now and of course to the study to work for a bit. So she went and washed the dishes, while it was pouring, thundering and lighting outside the lights started to flicker just as she finished washing, she found some emergency candles and lit them it just in case, and with good reason too, the lights went out, she grabbed another candle and made her way to Lex. There he was in the study cursing at the lights, she tried to lighten the mood but he wanted to finish, but without the computer on there wasn't anything for him to do, she thought "Well now that you brought me the candle I can read this report" shit she thought "How many pages is it?" "about 10 pages or so, why?" he questioned "I'll see you in a bit" and she walked out, he thought nothing more about it and starting reading the report. She made her way to his room, felt funny in there without him, drew a bubble bath, lit some candles around the massive tub and grabbed her sounds c.d. She went back to Lex, "Still reading?" "One more page" he said, so she just sat down and quietly and patently waited for him. He looked up from his report and watched her as she watched him, he smirked at her and she knew that he was done, she smiled as she walked up to him extended her hand for him to take. "Where are we going?" "trust me" was all she said, still with her hand extended to him, he grabbed her hand, stood up, walked around the desk and let her lead him. She took him upstairs and her own stomach was dropping, just because she thought what he might thinking, especially when she lead him through his own bed room doors. He wasn't sure what his own thoughts were telling him, he somewhat stopped in the middle of his room, she didn't turn around and just whispered "Trust me" They walked to the bath room, where she opened the door to a illuminated glow from the candle around a hot bubble bath, he was taken back, almost speechless. "You've been working really hard the last couple of days, and I haven't seen you rest and take it easy, so now that the power is out nothing for you to do, but relax, so enjoy" and she started to walk out. "What are you going to do now?" he asked, "I don't know, maybe I'll draw a bubble bath for myself as well" and she again started to walk away. "There's more then enough room here" he blurted out, he thought to himself "I can't believe what I just said to her, where did that come from". Pacifica's stomach dropped twice a much as when they first walked into his room. She wasn't sure she heard him right, but took a minute to think about it and she did hear him right, before she even put a second thought into it she turned to him and said "I'd love too" "Oh my God what did I just say, that's not like me to be like that" she thought. Then wanting to lighten the mood coz it was a little weird she said "This way I don't have to make my own" and smiled at him.
TBC