Category: Romance
Rating: R
Pairing: Chloe/Clark
Warnings: This chapter is rated R for sexual talk and a little solo Clark activity ;-)

Big thanks to Omega and sstray72 for their tremendous help and brilliant suggestions. They gave me a lot of good ideas!

Chapter 3

Summary: Clark and Chloe have been dating for 1 month. They both ponder their feelings, romantically and sexually.

Location: Kent Kitchen

Clark was feeling very nervous. He could barely eat anything at dinner, which was cause for some attention from the others because, well, Clark loved to eat. He just stared down at his plate and pushed the food around with his fork.

"Honey, are you okay?" asked Martha

Clark looked up, "Yeah Mom I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

Lois piped in, "Uhh, maybe because you normally put away more food than an entire herd full of cattle?" She couldn't resist the opportunity to make fun of Clark.

Martha gave Lois a disapproving look and then turned her focus back to her son. "Clark, is this about you and Chloe? You've been awfully nervous and fidgety since your last date with her."

"Martha," scolded Jonathan, "that is none of our concern." Turning to face Clark he continued. "Son, whatever is going on with you and Chloe is your own business. We trust that if you ever need to talk about anything that you'll come to us."

Martha and Jonathan picked up their plates and headed over to the kitchen sink to start cleaning up the dishes. Clark knew he could definitely not talk to his parents about 'this'.

Lois leaned across the table towards Clark and quietly said, "Well, as Chloe's cousin and surrogate sister I just wanna say something, because I feel it is my business. Chloe is under the impression that things are going awesome with the two of you and I don't want to see her heart get broken by you again. Got it Smallville?"

"Thanks Lois but just stay out of this one. The last thing in the world I would do is hurt Chloe again and I definitely don't need you to lecture me," Clark defended himself.

"Whoa, chill out Farm boy. I was just trying to look out for my cousins best interest," "What's going on with you?" She asked.

"Nothing. I'm going to my room." Clark said as he left his chair and headed up the stairs. He locked his bedroom door and laid on his bed thinking. Clark didn't want to discuss this with Lois either. Not only would she probably make fun of him but he didn't think it was right to talk about Chloe behind her back to her own cousin. The only person he was going to talk about this with was Chloe, herself. He just didn't know where to begin.

He had never felt this way about anyone before, ironically, not even Chloe. When they almost became a couple freshman year Clark knew he had feelings for her but now it was almost like he was becoming obsessed with her. No not obsessed, obsession had such a forceful meaning. He was addicted to Chloe. Her beauty, her intelligence, her wit, her confidence, and her smile had become as much a requirement for him as air.

Oh, and then there were a few less innocent things about Chloe that Clark was becoming addicted to. Like the way she would always push their make out sessions to the absolute limit until one of them cried proverbial uncle.

Chloe would drive Clark crazy with desire by taking them one step further every time they fooled around. They started out just kissing on his couch in the loft sitting side by side with the occasional 'misplaced' hand on a thigh or breast.

But, one night after about a week of these 'innocent' encounters Chloe did the most amazing and unexpected thing. She straddled Clark and rocked against him while they kissed and groped each other passionately. That incident had Clark taking cold showers for days.

Then their heated sessions started becoming even more intense. Chloe had started using her hand to rub him through his jeans while they made out.

But just when Clark thought there was no way Chloe could possibly want to go any further with him; she did the hottest thing that he had ever experienced. The other night while they were making out in her bed Chloe stopped rubbing Clark through his jeans and began rubbing him inside his jeans. She jerked him off and let him cum in her hand.

The reason Clark was so fidgety and nervous lately was because his every waking moment was possessed with sexual thoughts about Chloe, and tonight, he was going to take things to the next and final level. He was going to ask Chloe if she wanted to have sex with him.

Of course, he would completely understand if Chloe was not ready for that stage of their relationship. They had only been dating for a month. Besides, Clark was hooked on everything about Chloe and that definitely wouldn't change if she decided she didn't want to have sex with him. But even if she did want to wait longer he knew Chloe would appreciate him making the first move for once.

Clark always felt a little guilty about not being more aggressive with Chloe. Although he definitely loved seeing her take charge, he really wanted to gather enough courage to take over every now and then. Whenever they were in the heat of it all there was a fierce, carnal side of Clark that just wanted to lay Chloe down, slide his hand inside her jeans and watch her lose control beneath him.

'Mmmm, I am definitely going to have to do that,' Clark thought to himself. He let out a little grunt at the pleasant friction his jeans were creating against his hardening crotch. Suddenly an image formed in Clarks mind of Chloe straddling him right now on his bed. He then adjusted this mental picture so that they were now both naked and Clark was buried deep inside of her. Clark let out a little yelp, "uhh!". Yeah that was definitely an amazing mental picture. He undid his jeans and freed his hard, swollen erection from its cage. He sure was doing a lot of this lately.

"Hmmp" Clark choked back the groan as his hand made the first stroke down his long shaft. He slid his hand up and down rhythmically while closing his eyes to at least imagine it was Chloe's touch and not his own. He tightened the grip on his swollen dick and started pumping harder and faster. Clark had always enjoyed jerking off, but ever since he'd been with Chloe it was quickly becoming his most dedicated hobby.

He began thinking about every touch he'd shared with her in the last four weeks. Her soft skin was tantalizing and it was also so sexy the way her voice got all deep and scratchy when she was horny. But the most amazing thing that Clark loved about fooling around with Chloe was the way she smelled when she was really aroused. "Mmm, oh God! Uhh!" and with that Clark's body shook and he let his juices spill out onto his stomach. God he hoped Chloe was ready for that stage of their relationship.

Sometimes Clark couldn't believe how much things had escalated in the past month. Ever since that night when Clark realized that he wanted to be with her it was hard to imagine not being Chloe's boyfriend. He was so extremely grateful that he had found her letter or who knows if they would have ever had the jump start to kick things off. Even their friendship probably would have deteriorated if she had kept her feelings a secret much longer.

Since that night at the Talon they hadn't really discussed Chloe's letter in any amount of detail. She had said it didn't matter anymore because Clark knew how she felt and he had decided to just leave it at that. But he did have the feeling many times like Chloe wanted to tell him something and just continued to withhold it. 'Maybe she doesn't know how to put what she's feeling into words,' Clark thought as he walked into the bathroom and prepared to shower for their date.

Location: Sullivan house

She definitely knew how to put what she was feeling into words. Chloe had wanted to tell Clark that she loved him many times in the past month but never felt like the time was right, So, instead of waiting for the time to be right Chloe decided that there were other, less talkative ways, to show him how she felt. No, she didn't want to write Clark another letter. As much as she was thankful to have written the letter that was effectively responsible for their current couple-hood status, she had discovered a different approach to subtlety.

Chloe had been physically showing Clark that she loved him.

There was just something so basic and uncomplicated about physical expression. It was like an art form; an art form that she was beginning to master. A familiar philosophy that she thought to be true was that actions speak louder than words and well; Chloe's actions were speaking loud and clear. But, it's not that she was afraid of verbal intimacy. She just really enjoyed the amazing physical chemistry between her and Clark.

Chloe stepped out of the shower, wrapped a towel around her wet body and walked into her bedroom to begin dressing for her date with Clark. Ring Ring Chloe dropped her towel and went to retrieve her buzzing phone.

"Hello? Oh hey Clark I was just getting ready for our date. Oh it's sold out? Darn, I really wanted to see that movie. Well why don't you just come over to my house and we'll curl up and watch T.V. Or something. I know it sounds a bit cliché but my Dad is working the graveyard shift tonight so we'll have the house all to ourselves." Chloe smiled at how fortunate she was that the movie was sold out. Now her and Clark would have all night to 'physically express' themselves. "Okay, see you at 8. Oh, and Clark? I'm standing completely naked in my room right now thinking about you." Chloe hung up before Clark could respond and giggled to herself. She could just imagine how hard he was blushing right now.

Back in Clark's room

'Grrrr! How can anyone be so sexy?" Clark wondered. He despised how flustered Chloe could get him. Sometimes he felt like she was trying to artfully kill him with her teasing. 'I wonder if sexual frustration is Earth's deadly equivalence to kryptonite.' He jokingly thought to himself. He was very happy that they were going to have the chance to do some talking tonight. Clark finished dressing and headed over to Chloe's house.

To Be Continued…….