A/N: Another one yay. Oh and I'm reminding myself and everyone else Alex is nearly a year old
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Chapter 5: Dinner and a Show
After Chloe finished changing Alex she brought him into the living room where both Lex and Lionel were sitting in the living room on opposite ends of the couch studying their laptops as if they had all the secrets of the universe. The young reporter sighed and set the toddler in his play pin, and sat between father and son. While she knew they would never have a normal father/son relationship this tense silence is ridiculous, plus it was edging towards dinner time and she was getting hungry. "So Mr. Luthor what's new?"
"Not much Miss Sullivan what about you?" he replies not even looking up from his computer.
"Oh you know this that, watching you too take over the world for Alex while I slowly starve to death." Chloe saw him smile, and Lex chuckled under his breath.
"Was that your subtle way of saying you're hungry Miss Sullivan?"
"I was being subtle?" she said coyly smiling. "C'mon we're hungry, and I know at least one of you has to be too," when she said that she heard both of the very proud men's stomachs growl. She looked at Lex, who was actually blushing a slight bit. She got up, and went over to Alex swooping him up into her arms. She walked towards the kitchen not looking back to see if they were following her. She set Alex into his high chair, and locking his tray into its place. He was smiling at her as she reached into the shelf to grab his food, which someone had rudely placed just out of reach. She felt a warm hand on her waist, and she jumped, startled. "Sorry Chloe I was trying to help you out." Lex said, and grabbed the jar of baby food; handing it to her. She smiled shakily and wondered why her waist was still burning where his hand was.
Lionel fed Alex while Chloe and Lex foraged for food. They looked in the fridge, and saw frozen lasagna, "Must have been Maria the maid." Lex explained as he helped Chloe finagle it out of the fridge. On top of the dish was a post-it giving instructions on how to reheat it. They follow the instructions, and then sit down, and an awkward air settles over the four of them once again. Chloe rolls her eyes, and threw her hands in the air, "This is ridiculous you two actually get along have an actual conversation even if it's about the damn weather." She said loudly. Lex looked at her a moment then at his father. "How's your weather control device coming dad."
"About as well as to be expected son; does this satisfy you Miss Sullivan?" Chloe face-palmed, and shook her head. Then Alex began to get fussy because he had been in the chair too long. Lex quickly removed him from the high chair and held him babbling things to him in baby talk, and Chloe just looked at him interact with his son smiling at him, neither noticed Lionel looking at both of them with a soft small smile on his face.
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That night after dinner had been eaten, and dishes put away, Chloe realized something. "Lex I have no pajamas, and I hate to be picky, but if you give me any of her nighties I will punch you in the face." She said looking completely serious.
""I wouldn't do that to you Chloe." He motioned for her to follow him, and she found himself in his bedroom, she felt decidedly uncomfortable, and he felt her unease, "I redecorated it recently."He said. She looked at him and knew he redecorated after her departure, and that made her uneasiness melt away. He handed her an old sweatshirt that had 'Yale' printed on it in blue and old sweatpants that had 'Harvard' down one leg in red. She quirked one eye brow, "I wore these on campus at Princeton once just to see what would happen." He was smirking at her as he handed her the clothing. "Thanks Lex." Then she left going to her guest room, and going to the en-suite bathroom to shower.
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Lex and Chloe were awoken to Alex screaming. They both jumped out of bed, and ran to the child's room. Lex reached him first. He picked him up, and whispered in his ear then Chloe came up, and touched the child gently then noticed something, "Lex he's burning up." Lex just nodded, and handed Alex to Chloe before leaving the room briefly, and coming back with his cell phone. He dialed a number rapidly. "My son is ill doctor," his voice was sharp and direct. Chloe just watched him, and placed her lips on Alex's too warm forehead, calming him for now, his cries had been reduced to whimpers. Lex answered a series of questions, and Chloe could tell that his patience was running thin. "Yes I have the Tylenol drops." He ground out. Then he angrily hung up the phone Chloe knew he would have thrown it if Alex had not been in the room upsetting him further. He then turned around, and went to Alex's changing table rooting around until he found the drops that the doctor had mentioned. "He's teething we need to give him this every four hours until the fever breaks; if it doesn't in twelve hours then we have to take him to the doctor." He explained while he gave the drops to his son. Then he takes his son back from the blonde woman, and begins to walk back to his room, Chloe follows him. She lays him down. "I'm staying Lex please let me." He looked at her a moment, and regarded her wonder for a moment then said, "You truly love my son don't you?" she looked at him in shock for a moment then told him in a tone that suggested that he should have noticed this before-hand. "Of course I love him, I couldn't love him more if he was truly mine." She didn't let him say anything else, just pulled back the covers, and got in next to a now sleeping Alex. Lex crawled on the other side of his son, and stared at the blonde as he fell asleep.
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A/N: Ok after this I'm officially lost with a few branched I can go off to so I'm completely open to suggestions so please give me some.