Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Smallville nor Superman...I just like to borrow Clark, Chloe, and Lex every now and then.

Chapter 2: Houston, we have a problem!

Lex pulled up to the Talon, in his car of the week. As he got out of the silvery-blue Spyder, he felt eyes on him. He had felt eyes on him all day; at the plant, walking to his car, even in the shower.(A/N: hmm..Lex in the shower..) As he walked through the door of the Talon everything quieted, all you could here were the hushed whispers of the customers. Clark walked over to Lex and pulled him into a both with him. "Is there something, you want to tell me Lex? The whole town is buzzing with rumors that you and Chloe are dating." Clark asked.

"Right now is this the right time nor place to discuss this. Come back to my office and I'll try and explain." With that Lex got up from the table and walked back to his office with Clark in tow.

"Listen Clark. Chloe wanted to keep our relationship discreet until she graduated, but I'm guessing she just couldn't resist telling you." Lex said with a slight edge to his voice.

"Lex, the thing is I didn't hear it from her," Clark said quietly. "People were talking about it in school, the Talon, everywhere."

Lex sat there, thinking, then he muttered, "Shit," under his breath. 'If she didn't say anything and I didn't, then who could've? When I find out who has I'm going to kill...DAMN HIM! The nerve of that bastard. So dad wants to play games, does he?' Lex thought.

Clark snapped Lex out of his thoughts. "Lex? Are you even listening?"

"What? Oh sorry, I was just thinking about, Chloe" Lex lied easily.

Clark managed to stifle his eye roll. "I said, don't you think you might be a bit old for Chloe?"

Lex's anger was about to boil over. "Clark of all people, I thought you'd be happy for us. And that age wouldn't mean anything, but I guess I was wrong." Clark tried to clean up what he had said but Lex wouldn't give him the time of day. "For your information, Chloe is no longer a little girl, what she is is a woman who can make her own decisions, without your influence or anyone else's for that matter." Lex yelled at Clark.

"Sorry Lex it's just that if you do anything to hurt her, I will kill you." Clark said with a smile.

"I understand Clark and with my reputation I would worry too. But I have no intentions of hurting her." Lex said sincerely.

"Okay, well I've got to get home, chore ya know. Tell Chloe I said 'hi'. Bye Lex." With that, Clark stood and left Lex's office in the Talon.