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Chloe
I listened to the song...then my head dropped. It was Jesse McCartney singing Why Don't You Kiss Her? That has got to be Clark, he's the only one who knew. I vowed to get him back for this, he would pay. I lifted my head and pulled out of Lex's embrace, I knew he remembered too.
I went to the stereo and turned it off. Turning back to Lex, I saw the look of confusion on his face. Too bad for him, he should know. He had never actually told me his reason for leaving the hospital.
"Tell me Lex." I stared at him hard and I saw a look of recognition in his eyes.
"Chloe...I just can't."
"Lex." He had to tell me, he just had to.
"Chloe, I've done all I can to forget about that. I don't want to remember what it was like to...to.." He broke off and turned his head. I walked up to him, and with my hand, I turned his head to face me. He put his hand on mine, and leaned into my touch, closing his eyes. Slowly, a single tear fell from his eye. I wiped it away with my other hand.
"Lex," I said softly. He looked at me, opening his eyes. I saw the pain there, the hurt. "Lex what happened? Why are you acting like this? I'm fine, all I have is a scar. It wasn't your fault-"
"No!" he said forcefully, taking my head in his hands. He was an inch from my face, I saw all the anger in his eyes. For the first time, I was scared, scared of this man who was now no longer the Lex I knew. The grip he had on my head was punishing, painful.
"Lex, Lex your hurting me!" I said, a note of panic entering my voice. As he heard me his eyes lost their anger. He let go of me, and I looked at him, I saw the fear, he was scared now. I looked closer, no he was terrified, completely terrified of something. He backed away from me, looking at his own hands and then back at me.
A look of horror consumed his face. He shook his head and his eyes filled with tears. I didn't understand, what had happened? As far as I knew he had never actually hurt me physically, outside of karate of course, and just now. That wasn't bad. I walked toward him reaching to hug me.
"No! Chloe don't, just stay away from me!" I didn't listen, I hugged him, he stiffened for a moment. Then his arms settled around me, hugging me gently, as if he was afraid I would break. I pulled back from him and took his hand. I tugged his hand until he followed me to the couch. He sat next to me, but wouldn't face me.
"Lex, look at me." He turned, pain still consuming his eyes. "Lex, what happened?" He just looked away. "You can tell me, I need to know. I need to understand why you are doing this." He looked me straight in the eye.
"I know who shot you," he said softly. He did? What the hell! Why hadn't he ever told me? But I couldn't be mad at him now, he needed my support, and I would give it to him.
"Go on."
"It was a hitman hired by my father's enemies. He wasn't even supposed to hit you, he was supposed to kill me." I still didn't understand why he was so terrified of hurting me.
"Lex, just now, you were terrified of hurting me, why?"
"Because it was my fault you were shot! If I hadn't been dancing with you, that never would have happened! I was at the hospital for days. I just sat and stared at you. Your face was so pale Chloe, I could see all the pain you were going through, and I knew I had caused it."
As he said this, his hand went up to my cheek and lightly ghosted over it, barely touching me.
"Then I made my decision, I was going to stay away from you, that way you would never be hurt. I went in to say good-bye, and you woke up. You said my name, and tried to move. But it hurt you too badly, you cried out in pain and I ran! I couldn't bare to see you in so much pain knowing that I had caused it! I just ran..."
His head dropped, but I slipped my fingers under his chin and lifted his eyes to meet mine.
"Lex it wasn't your fault. I have never blamed you, only thought that you left me when I needed you most."
"I would never do that Chloe!" He looked so worried I had to smile.
"It's okay, I forgive you." I paused, letting that sink in. "Lex I always forgave you for everything, you can't be mad at someone you love. I love you Lex."
He looked up at me, and I felt his breath on my face.
"Chloe, I love you too." I smiled back at him and kissed him softly on the lips. He wrapped his arms around me and mine went around his neck. He deepened the kiss slowly, then pulled me forward until we were laying down with me on top of him. I moaned softly into the kiss, I felt all my pain disappearing. I completely forgave him in that moment, and my heart mended. With every passing second we were getting closer to the point of no return.
"Lex," I whispered, even as much as I wanted this, it couldn't be now.
"Hmm?" he mumbled into my neck.
"Too far..." I said breathlessly. He immediately pulled back, "Sorry," he said. I just laughed and he smiled. As we sat up slowly, keeping our arms around each other.
"Chloe," he said.
"Hmm?" I asked, enjoying the warmth of his embrace.
"Do you think we could just start over?"
"If we did, we wouldn't be who we are now." He smiled.
"You always were the intelligent one." I laughed at that.
"Chloe?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think you would want to be my girlfriend?"
"I've dreamed of nothing else for years."
"Is that a yes?"
"That's a yes." He smiled and kissed me again.
Lex
The third song was starting, and this one I recognized, it was the one from the dance. Damn Clark! He was the only one who knew everything that had gone on that night! I felt Chloe pull out of my arms.
She walked to the stereo and turned it off. What was she doing?
"Tell me Lex." Tell you what Chloe? Then it hit me, that night when she had come to my house. She had wanted to know why I left the hospital. Suddenly all those feelings, those horrible memories of what exactly had happened at the hospital, rose to the surface. I had tried to bury them for so long, tried to forget.
"Chloe...I just can't." My voice broke and I looked down at the ground. My eyes began to burn, I couldn't cry in front of her!
"Lex." She was stern, she wasn't going to just let this go. But there was something else in her voice. Desperation?
"Chloe, I've done all I can to forget about that. I don't want to remember what it was like to...to.." I looked back up at her but as I trailed off, I looked down. She came up to me and put her hand on my cheek. My hand automatically rose to cover hers, I leaned into her touch, enjoying the feel of her hand on my skin. But slowly one tear escaped from my eyes, I couldn't hold all that pain in.
"Lex," she said softly. I looked up and met her eyes. "Lex what happened? Why are you acting like this? I'm fine, all I have is a scar. It wasn't your fault-"
"No!" I said suddenly, raising my voice. It was my fault! I reached up and put my hands on either side of her face. I held onto her, trying so hard to make her understand! It was my fault! It always would be, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't change that! Couldn't she see I hated myself for what had happened to her!
"Lex, Lex your hurting me!" she said, I heard fear in her voice. I slowly came down from my anger. Oh no! What had I done? I took my hands off her, backing away. Looking down at my hands, and back up at her, my eyes filled with tears. She walked towards me, I couldn't let myself hurt her again!
"No! Chloe don't, just stay away from me!" She didn't listen, she never had followed orders. She hugged me and I let myself melt into that embrace. My arms went around her but I couldn't hug to hard, I couldn't hurt her again. Taking my hand, she pulled me to the couch and we sat down. I couldn't bring myself to look her in the eyes.
"Lex, look at me. Lex, what happened? You can tell me, I need to know. I need to understand why you are doing this." I had to give her this one thing, she wanted to know. I never could refuse her.
"I know who shot you," I whispered.
"Go on."
"It was a hitman hired by my father's enemies. He wasn't even supposed to hit you, he was supposed to kill me."
"Lex, just now, you were terrified of hurting me, why?" She still didn't get it!
"Because it was my fault you were shot! If I hadn't been dancing with you, that never would have happened! I was at the hospital for days. I just sat and stared at you. Your face was so pale Chloe, I could see all the pain you were going through, and I knew I had caused it."
I wanted to stop but once I started I couldn't stop. All that emotion came back and my hand went to her face. Lightly, I brushed the back of my fingers across her cheek.
"Then I made my decision, I was going to stay away from you, that way you would never be hurt. I went in to say good-bye, and you woke up. You said my name, and tried to move. But it hurt you too badly, you cried out in pain and I ran! I couldn't bare to see you in so much pain knowing that I had caused it! I just ran..."
My head fell, I knew she would never forgive me now. But she slipped her fingers underneath my chin, lifting my eyes to meet hers.
"Lex it wasn't your fault. I have never blamed you, only thought that you left me when I needed you most."
"I would never do that Chloe!" She couldn't think that!
"It's okay, I forgive you. Lex I always forgave you for everything, you can't be mad at someone you love. I love you Lex."
I looked into her eyes, I had waited so long to hear those words from her.
"Chloe, I love you too." She smiled at me and kissed me lightly on the lips. She had finally initiated the kiss, I slowly deepened it, giving her the chance to pull back. But she didn't, so I pulled her down on top of me. I heard her moan into the kiss, feeling the vibrations on my lips.
"Lex," she whispered.
"Hmm?" I mumbled into the spot on her neck I was currently kissing.
"Too far..." she said breathlessly. I immediately pulled back, not wanting her to be mad at me again.
"Sorry," he said. She laughed and we slowly sat up, not letting go of each other.
"Chloe," I said.
"Hmm?"
"Do you think we could just start over?"
"If we did, we wouldn't be who we are now." I smiled, how had this young woman learned so much wisdom?
"You always were the intelligent one." She laughed at that, God I loved her laugh.
"Chloe?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think you would want to be my girlfriend?" I swallowed hard, fearing her answer.
"I've dreamed of nothing else for years."
"Is that a yes?"
"That's a yes." I smiled at her, pulling her tight into my arms and kissing her lightly on the lips.
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