A/n: I'm so sorry that I haven't updated this in like a year you people have probably thought I have died or something, and I'm so sorry. Please review (Even though I don't deserve it)

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Chapter Two:

Six weeks that was how long Lana had been gone; Lex had found where she had ran away from him. Chloe was right Clark had stolen her from him they were on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean simply wasting the days away. He was angry at his wife at never even giving him a chance. He looked over at his son again playing in his play pin and guilt panged in his chest his son will go without a mother because his mother didn't love him and it was his fault. His son looked up at him with big blue eyes filled with trust, and he knew he'd do anything for his son.

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Chloe was awoken from her first fitful sleep in the eight weeks since Clark had left, by a pounding on her door and a squalling child. She tied her old robe over her pajamas and swung open the door. "Lex is he ok?" she said staring at the screaming child concern clearly written on her face. She hadn't seen Lex since that day at the Beanery and though she did miss spending time with her Godson she thought giving him space was a wise course of action.

"I don't know he hasn't stopped crying and its been three days Chloe; I'm sorry I just didn't know where else to go. The nanny is out of town for the last month helping her son move across the country, and dad is on a business trip. I've tried everything he isn't wet and he doesn't have a fever or tooth coming in and I just didn't know what to do." Chloe looked at the clearly frazzled man before her and decided to cut him a break.

"Hand him over Lex." the look of immense relief made Chloe smirk and he quickly handed over the howling babe. Chloe held him like she had done many times before and he almost immediately quieted down "Yeah that's a good boy you just missed your aunt Chloe didn't you honey." he looked up at her and smiled reaching up to pat her on the cheek. He then yawned and his eyes began to close.

"He's falling asleep Lex how about you two stay here tonight I'll lay him down on the extra bed."

"Thank you Chloe." his tone conveyed his gratitude more than his words and Chloe nodded and said, "No problem Lex."

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After he had made sure his son was sound asleep on the bed and securely surrounded by pillows so that there was no way he could roll off the bed he collapsed onto Chloe's couch. Burying his head in his hands and muffled a groan Chloe went to her kitchen and turned on her coffee machine heating up the leftover coffee. Lex leaned bck onto the couch closing his eyes momentarily.

He heard her move in front of him and he opened his eyes to her holding a cup of coffee out to him. "No offense Chloe because you make great coffee but do you have anything a tad bit stronger. He looked up into her face and saw her smirk before taking out the glass of vodka that she had hid behind her back knowing he would say something like that. He grinned at her and said thank you. She took the coffee that was originally offered to him. And got a better look at him he looked as if he hadn't slept in days his shirt looked as if it'd been slept in and his pants were similarly disheveled. "The couch pulls into a lumpy yet surprisingly comfy bed and you look like you're in desperate need of a shower."

"You're very astute Chloe I hope I don't smell or anything."

"No but you're not your usual quaffed self. Do you have a spare set of clothes or do you need to get some."

"Thank you and I have some in his diaper bag he spits up," he paused for a moment before asking the question that'd been plaguing him since he saw her again, "have you heard from her at all?" he knew that she knew who he had meant and he had to ask, but when he saw a darkness enter her expressive eyes he wished he hadn't.

"No I haven't she ran away with my fiancé that normally wouldn't warrant a postcard Lex." She deadpanned.

"Chloe I'm sorry I didn't mean-" Chloe cut him off "I'm not mad at you Lex I'm mad at them," she smiled softly at him, sighed, and patted his leg, "head off to the shower and we can talk some more if you want." he smirked the lopsided smirk he was known for and got up to go to the bathroom.

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After his shower he felt more like himself, and as he left Chloe's bathroom, he noticed her in bed already reading a book and had her hair pulled back in a small pony-tail. "You still wanna talk some more or do you wanna get some sleep." She said not looking up from her book. "Uh actually I need to ask you something Chloe." She looked at him a moment and the look on her face was almost wary, and Lex really can't blame her considering the nature of his last question. "It's nothing to do with them I promise." She smiled and, and said, "Shoot."

"Well the daily planet has been bothering me about making a statement regarding my future divorce," he noticed that she sucked in a breath when he mentioned his impending divorce, but he continued. "I haven't been able to give it much thought though because of Alex and Luthorcorp, but now I was able to think about, and you are the only person I would trust enough to even consider doing it because you know the score, and when my son asks later in his life he'll be able to find an article that tells how his dad did everything he could to make his mom stay."

Chloe sighted and looked at the man before her he looked tired, and had a resolute helplessness in his eyes. "Of course I'll do the interview Lex call my boss and ask for me, and he will tell me when."

Lex's lips quirked into his little smirk, and Chloe grinned back in return. "Thank you Chloe, I think I'm tired enough to go to sleep."

"Ok." Chloe reached up and turned out the light.

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"Sullivan!" her editor barked and she looked up at him with a questioning glance.

"Luthor finally agreed to give an interview about his wife leaving him, but he said he would only do it if you interviewed him, so be at his house tomorrow night at six."

"Yes sir." Chloe said feigning surprise. She went back to her assignment on her computer, smiling.

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A/N: again I know I don't deserve any but pleeeeease review this I live for them, and I'm so very sorry I haven't been updating lately.