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AN: Hello peoples, this is my first attempted at writing a fan fiction that
will be posted here or read by other people. so please be kind. if not rip
it to shreds if you deem necessary. tank you.
As they drove, Lex pondered the questions which were flying around in his head, looking for an escape and their answers. However, not completely comfortable with his curiosity about this little tidbit of information he so accidentally came upon left the questions until he was sure he really wanted or cared to know, so he decided to just sit back and listen as Leigh rambled on in the back seat. Looking over at Chloe as she talked adamantly with her daughter he tried to wait patiently for a break in their conversation to ask were they wished to eat but quickly realised that with all the patients he had, he would wait until he was dead before they stopped, so deciding he would like to get this little guilt trip over with, because frankly these two were tiring, decided to interrupt.
"So, were would the two of you care to eat?" Lex asked as he looked imploringly at Chloe.
"Don't look at me, this impromptu breakfast outing was your idea. I was fine staying back at the house eating my waffles." Chloe huffed as she crossed her arms across her chest in an attempt at being annoyed, However that was proving to be a difficult task as long as her daughter was beside her. Lex looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"If you wish to go back and eat cold waffles, then by all means, I will take you back." As that was said there was a screech from the back seat.
"Okay, mister baldly, I thought I told you not to listen to mom, she is insane. she'll have me starve, she will." stated Leigh as her little hands grasped at Lex's insanely expensive suit jacket.
"Okay, did my daughter just refer to you as mister baldly?" asked Chloe as she tried not to laugh, resting her elbow on the window jam slightly covering her mouth with her hand as she looked over at Lex out of the corner of her eye.
"actually, back at the house, I was Mr. Bald Man." Lex stated, tightening his grip on the steering wheel and looking straight ahead.
"Well, then if you are not going to say anything to stop her, then I for one will not prevent her." she replied with grin that could have brought light to a brown out.
"Thank you very much." Lex replied tightly, not tearing his eyes from the road.
"So,"
"No, you cannot call me by the same." Lex stated, cutting off Chloe as predicted her next question.
"Oh fine, you big party pooper, I said it once and I will say it again, you Mr. Luthor, are no fun." Chloe pouted as she looked out the window. Lex chuckled at her antics but held fast to his decision, but started to wonder how much more he didn't know about Miss. Sullivan, then wondered if Clark knew about Chloe's other half.
"So Clark." Lex inquired.
"What about him."
"Does he know." Lex looked in the rear-view mirror at the little blond who looked a little put out at not being able to talk to anybody. Chloe followed his gaze to the back seat slouched a little in the plush leather chair and let out a slow deep breath.
"Truthfully, you are the only one who knows about her yet." Chloe answered ruefully.
"Really?" asked Lex a little shocked about this new revelation. "How exactly is that possible, is Clark not your best friend."
"One of them yes, but he's only known me from the time i've lived in Smallville, my life back in Metropolis is completely uncharted territory for the members of our leafy little hamlet here. To everybody here, I'm just the snarky high school paper editor and aspiring journalist who seems to know everybody's business." Chloe answered.
"A defence mechanism." Lex stated.
"What is?" Questioned Chloe, with what can only be gauged as a truly curious look setting upon her face.
"Knowing everybody's Business, It's a defence mechanism, It prevents you from being surprised or caught off guard, if you know everything, you can predict the possible outcome of something, and prevent yourself from getting into something you can't get yourself out of." Lex answered casually as he looked around and spotted the only diner in Smallville and parked his car. Getting out of the vehicle Chloe looked over the roof at Lex as he held the door open for Leigh.
"The problem is, that nobody can know everything Lex, and sometimes things happen that you don't expect." Chloe replied. To this Lex answered truthfully.
"That is correct, which is why you try to learn the most you can about everything you can, if when something happened to which you never in your life expected, you still will be able to land on your feet and take care of yourself." As he finished Lex looked across the car roof as Leigh grabbed a hold of her mothers hand and smiled brightly up at her and at that moment he thought he might truly understand the usually in understandable Chloe Sullivan just a little bit better then before. As he walked up the side walk and opened the door for the two to walk in before him, he wondered just what Clark and the rest of the Smallville populace would think when they met the miniature Chloe, and who the father is of this precocious little girl, And with that last thought, the door to the diner closed and they waited to be seated.
As they drove, Lex pondered the questions which were flying around in his head, looking for an escape and their answers. However, not completely comfortable with his curiosity about this little tidbit of information he so accidentally came upon left the questions until he was sure he really wanted or cared to know, so he decided to just sit back and listen as Leigh rambled on in the back seat. Looking over at Chloe as she talked adamantly with her daughter he tried to wait patiently for a break in their conversation to ask were they wished to eat but quickly realised that with all the patients he had, he would wait until he was dead before they stopped, so deciding he would like to get this little guilt trip over with, because frankly these two were tiring, decided to interrupt.
"So, were would the two of you care to eat?" Lex asked as he looked imploringly at Chloe.
"Don't look at me, this impromptu breakfast outing was your idea. I was fine staying back at the house eating my waffles." Chloe huffed as she crossed her arms across her chest in an attempt at being annoyed, However that was proving to be a difficult task as long as her daughter was beside her. Lex looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"If you wish to go back and eat cold waffles, then by all means, I will take you back." As that was said there was a screech from the back seat.
"Okay, mister baldly, I thought I told you not to listen to mom, she is insane. she'll have me starve, she will." stated Leigh as her little hands grasped at Lex's insanely expensive suit jacket.
"Okay, did my daughter just refer to you as mister baldly?" asked Chloe as she tried not to laugh, resting her elbow on the window jam slightly covering her mouth with her hand as she looked over at Lex out of the corner of her eye.
"actually, back at the house, I was Mr. Bald Man." Lex stated, tightening his grip on the steering wheel and looking straight ahead.
"Well, then if you are not going to say anything to stop her, then I for one will not prevent her." she replied with grin that could have brought light to a brown out.
"Thank you very much." Lex replied tightly, not tearing his eyes from the road.
"So,"
"No, you cannot call me by the same." Lex stated, cutting off Chloe as predicted her next question.
"Oh fine, you big party pooper, I said it once and I will say it again, you Mr. Luthor, are no fun." Chloe pouted as she looked out the window. Lex chuckled at her antics but held fast to his decision, but started to wonder how much more he didn't know about Miss. Sullivan, then wondered if Clark knew about Chloe's other half.
"So Clark." Lex inquired.
"What about him."
"Does he know." Lex looked in the rear-view mirror at the little blond who looked a little put out at not being able to talk to anybody. Chloe followed his gaze to the back seat slouched a little in the plush leather chair and let out a slow deep breath.
"Truthfully, you are the only one who knows about her yet." Chloe answered ruefully.
"Really?" asked Lex a little shocked about this new revelation. "How exactly is that possible, is Clark not your best friend."
"One of them yes, but he's only known me from the time i've lived in Smallville, my life back in Metropolis is completely uncharted territory for the members of our leafy little hamlet here. To everybody here, I'm just the snarky high school paper editor and aspiring journalist who seems to know everybody's business." Chloe answered.
"A defence mechanism." Lex stated.
"What is?" Questioned Chloe, with what can only be gauged as a truly curious look setting upon her face.
"Knowing everybody's Business, It's a defence mechanism, It prevents you from being surprised or caught off guard, if you know everything, you can predict the possible outcome of something, and prevent yourself from getting into something you can't get yourself out of." Lex answered casually as he looked around and spotted the only diner in Smallville and parked his car. Getting out of the vehicle Chloe looked over the roof at Lex as he held the door open for Leigh.
"The problem is, that nobody can know everything Lex, and sometimes things happen that you don't expect." Chloe replied. To this Lex answered truthfully.
"That is correct, which is why you try to learn the most you can about everything you can, if when something happened to which you never in your life expected, you still will be able to land on your feet and take care of yourself." As he finished Lex looked across the car roof as Leigh grabbed a hold of her mothers hand and smiled brightly up at her and at that moment he thought he might truly understand the usually in understandable Chloe Sullivan just a little bit better then before. As he walked up the side walk and opened the door for the two to walk in before him, he wondered just what Clark and the rest of the Smallville populace would think when they met the miniature Chloe, and who the father is of this precocious little girl, And with that last thought, the door to the diner closed and they waited to be seated.
