Closer
Chloe loved Paris. She'd visited Versailles with Lex and even got him to do the campy tourist thing with her in Montmartre: street artists sketched their pictures. She'd gone to the Moulin Rouge with Lana and Amy and had a great time amongst the other tourists. As much as Lana tended to annoy her, Chloe knew that she'd miss the girl when she was gone.
"I can't believe two weeks has gone by," Chloe sighed and packed more clothes back into her suitcase. Lex was leaning in the doorway in the stance she'd dubbed "pose #14", listening to her rant. "It's like we just got here. As crazy as Lana drives me, I'm going to miss her. Amy too. Remind me to call her if I ever go to Canada." Lex smiled and nodded.
"I've been talking to Dominic," Lex told her, aiming for casual. Chloe wasn't fooled though, she knew who Dominic was.
"What did Beelzebub have to say?" Chloe asked him, folding her opera gloves neatly and tucking them carefully into the bag.
"My father's filed an appeal," Lex told her. "It goes to court tomorrow."
Chloe took a deep breath and turned away from him. "So do I need to testify again?" she asked, concentrating on folding a sweater into a perfect square.
"No, my lawyers have told me that neither of us will have to attend," he assured her. When she didn't say anything he walked over to the bed, standing beside her. "Chloe?"
"Yeah?" she put on a bright smile, obviously false. He looked down at her uncertainly, probably wanting to comment on her nonchalance. Predictably, he averted his gaze when any emotion threatened to spread onto his face.
"I have some friends in London that I've been meaning to visit," he told her. She believed that he knew people in London, but she doubted that he'd had any plans to visit them. "As long as we're here, I thought it might be a good time to visit. What do you think?"
"I think that it's quite a coincidence that you remembered your English friends about the same time that we want to avoid going home," she smirked weakly.
"Do you want to go or not?" he asked her, slightly impatiently.
"I do," Chloe nodded. "I've always wanted to go to London."
Lex nodded too. "Okay, we'll go tomorrow," he told her, his relief barely concealed. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning."
He touched her forearm gently before leaving the room. "Goodnight," Chloe called after him.
"Goodnight," he left and she finished packing, a slight smile on her face.
Fin.
Next time on Smallville:
..."Chloe this is Bruce Wayne"...Chloe shook his hand...
..."For a guy you're supposed to be friends with you don't really seem to like him very much"...Lex smirked slightly...
..."This is you restraining yourself?" she asks Lex..."Yes"..."I'd love to see you go wild"...He smirks. "I doubt that"...
..."You're going to Pandemonium?" a girl asks Chloe..."So this place is fancy?" Chloe asks her..."It's expensive"...
...Hundreds of camera flashes went off...Chloe smirks defiantly over the rim of her glass...
..."Did you get security to follow me?" Chloe asks into a cell phone, studying a reflection in a store window...
..."Get out of there now"...A familiar man in a black suit leers at Chloe...
..."Chloe?"..."He's right behind me!"...
Chloe loved Paris. She'd visited Versailles with Lex and even got him to do the campy tourist thing with her in Montmartre: street artists sketched their pictures. She'd gone to the Moulin Rouge with Lana and Amy and had a great time amongst the other tourists. As much as Lana tended to annoy her, Chloe knew that she'd miss the girl when she was gone.
"I can't believe two weeks has gone by," Chloe sighed and packed more clothes back into her suitcase. Lex was leaning in the doorway in the stance she'd dubbed "pose #14", listening to her rant. "It's like we just got here. As crazy as Lana drives me, I'm going to miss her. Amy too. Remind me to call her if I ever go to Canada." Lex smiled and nodded.
"I've been talking to Dominic," Lex told her, aiming for casual. Chloe wasn't fooled though, she knew who Dominic was.
"What did Beelzebub have to say?" Chloe asked him, folding her opera gloves neatly and tucking them carefully into the bag.
"My father's filed an appeal," Lex told her. "It goes to court tomorrow."
Chloe took a deep breath and turned away from him. "So do I need to testify again?" she asked, concentrating on folding a sweater into a perfect square.
"No, my lawyers have told me that neither of us will have to attend," he assured her. When she didn't say anything he walked over to the bed, standing beside her. "Chloe?"
"Yeah?" she put on a bright smile, obviously false. He looked down at her uncertainly, probably wanting to comment on her nonchalance. Predictably, he averted his gaze when any emotion threatened to spread onto his face.
"I have some friends in London that I've been meaning to visit," he told her. She believed that he knew people in London, but she doubted that he'd had any plans to visit them. "As long as we're here, I thought it might be a good time to visit. What do you think?"
"I think that it's quite a coincidence that you remembered your English friends about the same time that we want to avoid going home," she smirked weakly.
"Do you want to go or not?" he asked her, slightly impatiently.
"I do," Chloe nodded. "I've always wanted to go to London."
Lex nodded too. "Okay, we'll go tomorrow," he told her, his relief barely concealed. "I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning."
He touched her forearm gently before leaving the room. "Goodnight," Chloe called after him.
"Goodnight," he left and she finished packing, a slight smile on her face.
Fin.
Next time on Smallville:
..."Chloe this is Bruce Wayne"...Chloe shook his hand...
..."For a guy you're supposed to be friends with you don't really seem to like him very much"...Lex smirked slightly...
..."This is you restraining yourself?" she asks Lex..."Yes"..."I'd love to see you go wild"...He smirks. "I doubt that"...
..."You're going to Pandemonium?" a girl asks Chloe..."So this place is fancy?" Chloe asks her..."It's expensive"...
...Hundreds of camera flashes went off...Chloe smirks defiantly over the rim of her glass...
..."Did you get security to follow me?" Chloe asks into a cell phone, studying a reflection in a store window...
..."Get out of there now"...A familiar man in a black suit leers at Chloe...
..."Chloe?"..."He's right behind me!"...