Chapter three: Awkward silence

They drove toward their destination in silence. Neither one of them wanting to break it with words. Finally though, Chloe noticed that they weren't heading toward Smallville.

"Uh…Lex?" she asked tentively.

"Yes Miss Sullivan?" Chloe felt herself flush slightly when he said her full name. It made her feel a little awkward.

"Call me Chloe, um, this isn't the way to Smallville is it?"

"No Chloe it isn't."

"Then do you mind telling me where we're going?"

She said as her hazel eyes looked over just in time to see a billboard out of the window. Advertising. Hadn't she seen that one…

Lex smirked widely at her. Seeing her reaction was funny. Well, at least it was to him.

"Metropolis."

"Oh…"

"You sound disappointed."

"I'm not, I mean…uh…"

Lex chuckled softly. His low voice making Chloe blush again. The blonde reporter tried to make herself looked less flustered but knew that it wasn't working.

"Shut up Lex."

"Now that isn't any way to talk to someone whose being nice out of the goodness of his heart."

"Goodness ha! Yeah right. Sides, you have a long way to go to atone for your sins of the past."

"Oh and you would know what they are?"

"I might."

Silence fell. Both trying to weigh what those two words meant. Chloe in reality did know about most of his past. She had done her research before she had talked to him the first time ever with Clark. She didn't like local Billionaires. They acted as though they owned everything.

"So tell me, Chloe. What DO you know about me that isn't public knowledge already?"

"Why should I tell you? Because then I'd be out of questions to ask you in a press conference."

Lex smirked a little. She was so confident. This fiery young woman talked back and it was fun, playing this 'verbal judo' with her. No one had ever been brave enough or intelligent enough to do it.

"Well, then I guess I'll have to wait huh?"

"Yep."

Awkward silence. Awkward silence. Awkwar-

"So tell me Chloe, what were you doing out in the rain on a night like this with your car half way off the road?"

Chloe blushed. Embarrassed slightly, but soon it was replaced with anger.

"None of your business."

She snapped at Lex, as he raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Does it have to do with Clark? And a certain young lady names Lana Lang?"

Chloe gritted her teeth together and glared at the road. Suddenly she turned to face Lex, though he kept an eye on the road he watched her. She looked angry…

"Dammit! Yes! Lex, yes. That stupid idiotic dense farm boy is all moony-eyed over that little miss perfect queen and I get stuck with nothing! I'm forced to listen to him drone on and on about how perfectly straight her teeth are; How soft her hair is! How brown her eyes are; UGH! If I hear another word about her I'm going to kill something! Namely, someone!"

She was almost shouting, she was so furious. Chloe couldn't believe what she had just said to Lex. But she was on a roll and wasn't about to stop until she was done ranting.

"And that's not all of it! That stupid boy!" she spat boy as an insult. "Doesn't even realize that there's someone else who loves him! He's just stuck on that prissy little wench!"

Chloe sat back in her seat and huffily glared out the window. Leaving a very surprised Lex staring at her. Finally her head turned to see him staring at her.

His mouth was open in shock. Nor was there any emotion showing on his face. He just looked, well a little smug.

"What!" she snapped.

"Chloe, when I asked if it was about Clark. I was expecting an answer that went along the lines of a straight yes. Or silence. Not a full lecture about his obsessions."

Chloe blushed, her face going red under the young man's gaze. But he continued as though he hadn't seen her expression.

"But I am a little surprised that you let it get underneath your skin as much that you drove all the way out her in the middle of the night like this."

"You have no idea…" she mumbled.

"Oh? You don't think so?"

"Yes I don't. I know for a fact that you've dated hundreds of girls. None of whom you've really cared about. You're a rich snobby playboy! Who breaks every girl's heart!"

"And you're a blind reporter who thinks everything revolves around Clark Kent! You can't even look around to see if there is anyone else you might like you for you!"

Lex couldn't believe he had just raised his voice at her. Something about 'Miss Sullivan' made him comfortable. It also brought out the worst in him.

Chloe was staring at Lex. Her eyes wide, as they both lapsed in silence, each retreating and thinking about what had just been said.