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Ch. 2 Persistant

Lex

The bell rang, signaling the end of class. Chloe got up fast, racing towards the door. But I kept up with her.

"Chloe!" I grabbed her arm and spun her around.

"What!" she spat out at me.

"Hey don't talk to me like that!" I wasn't used to this.

"I'll talk to you however I want!"

"What the hell did I do?" I hadn't done anything to deserve this kind of treatment. She sighed, I seemed to have gotten through to her.

"You're right, I'm sorry, I'm just not in the best of moods." Yeah I noticed.

"So how about I buy you a coffee?" She laughed.

"You just don't give up do you?"

"Oh, you'll find I can be very persistent." I smirked at her, expecting her to say yes.

"Well let's see how long you can hold up then, shall we?" She smiled back at me and walked off. I just stared after her, wow. Just...wow.

Chloe

The bell rang and I ran out of class as fast as I could. I heard Lex running after me, he just didn't know how to take no for an answer.

"Chloe!" He grabbed my arm.

"What!" This guy was getting on my nerves, which I guess was kind of easy to do these days.

"Hey don't talk to me like that!" This guy needed to get knocked down a level or two.

"I'll talk to you however I want!"

"What the hell did I do?" I sighed, I guess he hadn't done anything except hit on me.

"You're right, I'm sorry, I'm just not in the best of moods."

"So how about I buy you a coffee?" I laughed, this guy really didn't know how to give up.

"You just don't give up do you?"

"Oh, you'll find I can be very persistent." He smirked at me. He looked kind of cute when he did that, oh no! Chloe stop it! You know where those kind of thoughts lead! Heartbreak! Yeah, yeah, I know.

"Well let's see how long you can hold up then, shall we?" I smiled at him and walked off. I grinned to myself, this guy was persistent.

Chloe

"Please Chloe? Just one date?" He gave me the puppy dog eyes. Damn him!

"No!" I screamed at him, running away. I ran as fast and as far as I could. I was in the woods next to the campus. I collapsed to the ground. How had I let him get to me like this? How could this one rich, snobby, - make me feel this way? I put my head in my hands. This had gone on for three weeks. Three weeks of him begging me for a date and three weeks of me refusing.

I didn't know if I could last much longer. I wouldn't be in this position if it hadn't been for Clark! He had abandoned me for Lana, I'd decided that I would leave and forget about him. So why hadn't I forgotten? I'd sworn I would never get close to anybody ever again. I couldn't give in to Lex, I just couldn't!

About two hours later I walked back to campus, back to my dorm. It was dark by now and I needed to get to bed.

I stared at the ceiling, unable to get to sleep. Tears started to fall, I made no sound, I had learned better than that. All I could think about was Clark. Finally all my dreams had come true, Clark had asked me on a date. He had promised that this time, unlike the previous six attempts, he wouldn't bail at the last minute. Then, it had all come crashing down. The tears increased as I recalled that horrible night.

I walked into Clark's barn, he'd told me to meet him at the Talon. I'd waited for three hours before finally deciding to come see where he was.

"Clark?" I called. But he wasn't here.

He wasn't in the house either. So I went home and as soon as I opened the door I froze. Clark was here, with Lana, on the couch. And they were kissing! He must have heard the door because he pulled back from Lana.

"Chloe! What are you doing here?" He stood up and walked over to me. I looked up at him, barely holding back from crying.

"What am I doing here? I live here Clark!" My tone was icy and Clark took a step back, looking hurt, but I didn't care. "What are you doing here?"

"Lana called me, she just found out that one of her cousins died."

"Oh well I'm very sorry Lana," I said to her, my tone saying I meant anything but. I directed my gaze back up at Clark. "And why didn't you call me?" He just looked at me curiously, he really didn't remember. I decided to jog his memory. "I waited at the Talon for three hours Clark, and then went to your house to see where you were," I paused and glanced at Lana. I glared back at Clark,"I guess I found out." I headed for the door.

"Chloe wait!" said Clark, grabbing my arm. I yanked it away from him.

"No Clark! We both know who's more important to you! This is the last time I let you do this to me! Good-bye Clark!" I ran to my car and headed to Metropolis, and the airport.

I was crying uncontrollably now, still silent, but by now, my pillow was half-soaked with salty tears. This was the part of me I let no one see, the weak part of me. The part of me that Clark had always missed, he'd missed the fact that I'd needed him.

"Why Clark? Why?" I whispered into the darkness. No answer came back.

Lex

"Please Chloe? Just one date?" I gave her my infamous puppy dog eyes, guaranteed to convince any woman to stay.

"No!" Chloe screamed in my face. She ran off and by the time I started to follow, she was already gone. I walked back to my dorm and sat on the couch. I flipped on the T.V. but didn't really see what I was watching.

What was with this girl? Three weeks I had begged her to go out with me. Each effort met with a resounding refusal. Nothing would make this girl crack. I had never met this type of rejection and I was finding it hard to deal with. Part of me was angry, part of me disappointed, part of me sad, and another part of me was filled with some emotion I couldn't name.

Why this girl? Why did I keep going after this one girl? I could go get any other girl on campus, but I chose to keep being rejected by Chloe. Why? Because she's something I can't have, she's a challenge, and that makes her worthy of me. I think...

Chloe

"Chloe!" Oh God please no! I turned around and of course, it was Lex.

"If I go out with you do you promise to leave me alone?" I had finally had enough, I was tired, classes were piling up, and Lex was just one more cause of stress in my life.

"Yes, I promise!" He looked ecstatic that I'd said yes.

"Good, just say when and where."

"Tonight, seven o'clock, and it's a surprise." He walked away and left me smiling. He was so pathetic, yet somehow still managed to be charming. I glanced at my watch, crap! It's almost six! I ran for my dorm to get ready.

As soon as I got to my dorm the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Dress up." And then they hung up. I laughed, Lex you dork!

Lex

"Chloe!" I yelled, racing after her. I almost colliding with her as she stopped abruptly and turned to face me.

"If I go out with you do you promise to leave me alone?" Oh wow? Did she just say what I think she said?

"Yes, I promise!" Well I said that, but you know how good Luthor promises are.

"Good, just say when and where."

"Tonight, seven o'clock, and it's a surprise." I walked away quickly.

When I got back to my dorm I dialed her number.

"Hello?" Wow, even her voice made me smile.

"Dress up." I said, then I hung up, figuring she would know who it was. And I knew exactly where to take her.

Chloe

I heard a knock on my door, I took a deep breath and opened the door. There he was, standing in the sun light. He smiled at me.

"Hey, Chloe."

"I cannot believe you talked me into this."

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad."

"Well we'll just see about that." I smiled and walked past him. He followed me to his car and rushed ahead to open the door for me. "Oh, thank you."

"You're welcome." He smirked and I smiled back at him.

"So where are we going?" I asked as he drove.

"I told you, it's a surprise." I rolled my eyes and looked out the window.

Lex

I drove over to Chloe's dorm and knocked on the door. When she opened it my breath caught in my throat. She was in a small black dress that hugged her curves perfectly. It was simple, just a V-cut in the front and knee-length. But somehow she made it seem so much more than that.

"Hey, Chloe."

"I cannot believe you talked me into this."

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad."

"Well we'll just see about that." She shot me that brilliant smile of hers as she walked past me. She slipped on her coat but not before I caught a look at the much, much deeper V-cut in the back. I raced ahead of her to open the door. "Oh, thank you."

"Your welcome."

"So where are we going?" she asked. I shook my head.

"I told you, it's a surprise." I glanced sideways and caught her rolling her eyes, I smirked.