Chapter 3
After the coversation with Chloe Chris felt like he would do anything for a cup of coffee. He would lick the coffee filter just to get some caffene into his system. Just talking to the blonde wore him out and he'd only said like five words to her if that. He felt sorry for Phoebe Chloe had latched on to her like a parana to a swimmer in shallow water. She talked insecently and no one else could get a word in edge wise.
Chris could barely keep up with to convo and Chloe's boyfriend was eying him supicously. Like he was interested in Chloe. Chris had begun to think that there were only two girls in that town to hook up with. He walked over to the counter Phoebe followed with Chloe still talking to her.
"I decided." He told Lana.
"Okay. What can I get ya." She said.
"Anything with caffiene." He said.
"At this point I'd lick a coffe filter." He told her.
He watched as she made a foamy mocachino.
"Throw in a couple of coffee grounds for later." He said grinning.
"How about sprinkles?" She asked.
"That will do " Chris said grudgingly.
Lana set his mochachino in front of him.
"How much do I owe you?" He asked.
"It's on the house. "Lana told him.
"I don't have any actual money but I know Phoebe's credit card number." He told her.
"You know my what?"Phoebe asked.
"How do you know my credit card number? "She asked.
"I'm not quite as dumb as I look. " Chris said.
"I'll try and remember that." Phoebe said.
"Please do. Where's your number one fan?" Chris asked taking a sip of his mochachino.
It was heaven he seriously wanted to marry the mochachino. He could live happily ever after with the mochachino.
"She saw something shiny outside and ran for it." Phoebe said.
"Hmm.." Chris said involuntarily whimpering at his previous sip.
He turned back to Lana who was looking at Lex and Clark who were in grossed in a coversation without her.
"How do you do it?" He asked.
Lana looked at him.
"Do what?" She asked. "Make the bestest mochachinos in the whole world." Chris said.
"It's really that good?" She asked wrinkling her nose in a cute way.
She reminded him of Bianca.
"Would I lie to you?" He asked waggling his eyebrows the way Phoebe often did.
"I don't know." Lana said blushing slightly.
"Let me see that." Phoebe said taking Chris' mochachino before he could protest she took a sip.
"OMG! I've got to have one." Phoebe said handing Chris his back.
She'd took a huge glup and half of it was gone.
He didn't protest he just took a long sip through the straw. There was commotion outside and Clark ran out. He was followed by Lex and then Lana and Phoebe. Chris hated having to drag his lazy but off that stool but the whiteligher in him had to see if he could help. So Chris walked out two minutes too late to have seen the show.
Lex and Phoebe were helping Clark get up. Pete was yelling and screaming for no reason Chris could see. Lana was holding Pete back almost as if there was some one to fight near by.
"What's going on?" Chris asked there was no concern in his voice because he really didn't care. Though he did notice that Clover or whatever her name was was gone.
"Chloe's been kidnapped again." Lana said with Pete flailing about in her arms but Lana didn't seem to notice or care. It was like she had superstrength or somehthing.
Lana didn't sound too concerned.
"Oh, okay. Did you say kidnapped again.?" He asked.
"Yep this is like the fourth or fifth time. All of us has been taken hostage once or twice. You live through it and you move on it happens again and you get used to it." Lana said.
Chris was used to it being taken over by demons having to save his mom and his aunts or his brother.
"I doubt you've been taken hostage by gangsters smoking Kryptonite." Pete said calmly and Lana released him.
"What?" Both Chris and Lana asked in unison.
Lex and Phoebe were dragging Clark over to them.
"We have to go after them." Lex said.
"My car is blocked in" Pete said.
"Mine too. What about your rent a car Phoebe?" Lex asked
"What?" Phoebe asked looking terrified.
Chris figured he'd better take this one. He looked around confused.
"Where is it? "Chris said more to himself than anyone else.
He went over to an empty space. "It's gone." He declared.
"What? You lost the rent a car already." Phoebe chimed in he figured she would.
"It started out so ingorant. We got into town I was like you know what I want me some Peanut M&M's. I just had to have them. I left the keys in the car. I guess some one took it." Chris said shrugging his shoulders.
"Oh well." He said singsongy.
That coffee had the wierdest affect on him. Clark seemed to recover from what ever had him on the ground and he was standing on his own.
"You lost our rent a car and all you can say is 'oh well'?" Phoebe said.
"Yeah. "Chris said pointedly. She winked at him none of the others saw it.
"We can take my truck." Clark said. Whatever was wrong with him before had worn off.
"Phoebe, You don't think I should call Piper?" Chris asked.
"Would it kill you to call her mom once and while."Phoebe said.
"Fine should I call my mommy." Chris said as he gave Phoebe a serious face.
"And have her look in the book under krypto...What was that you said man?" Chris asked,Chloe's boyfriend.
"I ain't say nothing." He said.
" Pete you did we heard you." Lana said.
"What's going on what are you hiding?" She asked looking at Pete with her intense green eyes.
Pete refused to meet her gaze.
"It's not my secret to tell." Pete said.
"What if your girlfriend gets hurt. We can help." Phoebe said stepping closer to Pete.
Chris knew she was using her empath power.
"You're right its not you secret to tell. It's Clark's. " Phoebe said looking at Clark.