A/N: Another chappie yay

Chapter 8: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

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That afternoon Lex was surprised to receive a phone call from Mrs. Kent. "Hello Mrs. Kent what can I do for you this evening?" he asked curious as to what she needed.

"I need you to give your cook the night off because you and that adorable baby of yours is coming over for dinner tonight." He was even more surprised then.

"Mrs. Kent I don't thi-" he was cut off by Mrs. Kent "I won't take no for an answer Lex besides Chloe will be there, so you won't be without allies, and you two can come up with some kind of signal if you need to get out early." She said, and Lex could hear the smile on the older woman's face.

"Ok Mrs. Kent I'll be there." He smiled knowing that arguing with her would be foolish, plus he wanted to see Chloe, since he didn't have any definite plans to see her this week, and knew she'd want to Alex, and he wanted to spend time with her.

"That's great Lex, I need to get cooking I have a lot of people to feed tonight I'll see you later."

"Yes ma'am." He said teasingly for her mock authoritative tone. She chuckled and hung up.

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Lex had to admit it he was nervous, he was at the Kent's door, and was wondering if he should either knock or turn around and go home. "You thinkin' 'bout leavin' too huh." He was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't hear Chloe come up behind him. She was smiling softly, and her smile brightened when she saw Alex, who Lex was holding in front of him, the baby's back resting on Lex's chest. He smiled when he saw Chloe; reaching out to be held by the blonde. She reached out, and took the infant from his father, and held him the same way Lex had been holding him. "Yes actually, what am I doing here Chloe, why would they want to eat with me?" he asked.

"Because it's Mrs. Kent Lex, and she would give a hamburger to a homeless man, look if you really don't want to go give me Alex, and I'll drop him off when I go back to the loft." She gave him the out, and he knew that if he didn't walk into that house, the guilt at cancelling, and the disappointment on missing out on the good food and company would eat at him.

"Thank you Chloe, but I think I'll go in." she beamed at him, and reached behind him to knock on the door.

Mrs. Kent answered the door, whipping her hands on an apron and a smile on her face. "You came great I'm almost done in the kitchen." She said leading them into the yellow farmhouse. Chloe's stomach twisted in nervousness, the last time she had been here was when Lex had found her at the beanery, and they discovered that their significant others had left them, and she tearfully threw all her belongings that were here hastily into a box, and left without a word to a pleading Mrs. Kent begging her to explain. She looked around, and a lump formed in her throat once again, and then she saw Lois, and the lump lessened "Cuz! How ya been I feel like I never see you out of work your always with cue ball and his rug rat." She said hugging her closely, yet carefully, so she wouldn't crush said rug rat. "Lois please don't refer to my godson as a rug rat."

"I second that." Lex said with a small awkward smile on his face. Lois looked at him with surprise.

"Wow you actually showed up, Mr. Kent you owe me ten bucks." She shouted from where she was in the living room.

"Ok Lois." Was heard from upstairs, and Lois chuckled at the bewildered look on Lex's face.

"You took bets about whether I'd show up."

"Yup." Lois said, patting him on the shoulder as she moved passed him, to move into the kitchen, and the other two followed her.

"You need any help Mrs. Kent?" Chloe asked, and heard the older woman chuckle under her breathe.

"No offense Chloe, but I remember giving you a lesson to cook when you were what sixteen, we had to call the fire department, and the Center for Disease Control because what you had thoroughly cooked was moving." She teased her slightly, and went around the counter to where she was standing, and swooped up the baby, making faces at him, and that caused him to giggle. Jonathon came down the stairs then, and smiled when he saw his wife spinning around Lex Luthor's baby, and the rest of the group gathered around his table. "Martha honey, you're going to make him sick." He said walking up to her and kissing her cheek, and cooing at the baby for a moment.

"Food's done." She said, and the others began to help Mr. Kent set the table.

After the food was set out, and they all sat, Mr. and Mrs. Kent at the heads, Lex and Chloe on the left side by side, and Alex in the highchair on Lex's Left down filled up their plates, and said grace. After that was all done they ate in an awkward silence; until Lois decided to break the ice. "So cuz, what's new."

"I'm looking for an apartment, and let me tell you there are no decent places in Metropolis with rent control."

"You could still live at my place." Lex said, and everyone looked at him a moment with brief shock, Mr. and Mrs. Kent then looked at one another, with hidden smiles.

"No offense Lex, But I know I could never afford even half of your rent."

"You don't have to pay rent Chloe, as well as you wrote the article concerning my erm, my divorce, I should pay you to be my publicist." He said.

"Thanks Lex, but I really need to strike out on my own." She told him, and he could tell by the tone of her voice that he shouldn't push the issue.

The room descended into awkwardness once again. Until Mr. Kent said, "Lex how's your father?"

"He's good Mr. Kent, I'm actually quite pleased at how he is with Alex, and he seems to be considering retirement, so he can be Alex's full time nanny." Lex was genuinely surprised at the question, and who it came from, as far as he knew his father and Mr. Kent were not even on speaking terms, he made a mental note to ask his father about it. From then the conversation, stemmed evenly for the most part.

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After dinner Lex walked out to his car, with Alex, who was sound asleep, and saw Chloe kicking her car, and cursing it under her breathe. "Chloe what has your car done to you." He asked trying not to laugh.

"The damn thing won't start, and Mr. Kent promised to look at it tomorrow because it was too dark to hazard a guess at this moment." She explained.

"Well I'll take you home, just let me put Alex in the car." He told her, and she followed him to his car.

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They pulled up to the Talon, and he undid his seatbelt. "Let me walk you to the door." He said.

"What about Alex?" she asked.

"I'll only be gone three minutes. He's asleep he'll be fine."

"This is Smallville Lex, and I don't know which Meteor freak is out this week, please let me just go in, and all you have to do is watch me to make sure I get inside safely." She said, and he didn't like not knowing if she was going to actually be in her apartment. Then he noticed her chewing on her bottom lip, and on an impulse he lunged forward, and cupped her face, connecting his lips with hers. He doesn't know why he did it, but now he didn't want to stop, and his body was on fire.

Chloe's eyes widened in surprise, and then she let herself feel the kiss, and she kissed him back tentatively. Then Alex made a noise, and they yanked apart, and Chloe darted out of the car, and nearly sprinted to her apartment.

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A/N: Ok don't be mad I left it dangling from a cliff, and I don't do that terribly often, and I already have the new chappie in the works.