A/N: people ask when Clark and Lana come back, and they will be, but it may be a while the timing has to be perfect this story has created life of its own I just type it.
Chapter 10:
It was a week before Chloe was better, but Lex would call her every day and ask if she was better, and when she finally was better, and she went back to work there was a large bouquet of flowers on her desk. She smiled knowing they were from Lex, and as she sat down her phone rang. "Chloe Sullivan." She answered smiling when he heard Lex's voice say. "Good you're better now how's about our date." Chloe could tell he was smiling, and she couldn't help but smile back, but it faded quickly as she knew that her answer wasn't the one he wanted.
"Lex I'm not sure dating you would be a good idea for all the reasons I told you the other night. We are still healing from our past relationships, and quite frankly I need a little more time. I'm sorry." She could practically feel him deflate over the phone, and hear his teeth gnashing. "Chloe please at least let me buy you dinner tomorrow, it's Saturday, and Mrs. Kent has acquired my son's company once again for that evening, and we'll both be bored so let's entertain the idea of dinner with one another to toil away the hours." He said hoping she'd say yes, but knowing she wouldn't.
"Lex I'm sorry, but my boss just summoned me into his office, and I really need to go can we discuss this later?" she asked, knowing that he didn't buy her excuse at all.
"That's Fine Chloe." They then hung up. Chloe sighed in relief. Then turned to her in-box filled to the brim with papers to be fact checked because even with the article on her interview with Lex she still had to do the menial things that a new employee had to do, and she was trying to keep her mind off of a certain bald billionaire, that seemed to make her stomach float with the amount of butterflies that crowd in it, it's not that she didn't want to go out with Lex, but something in her told her to hold back, and that it would never work, and that he only wanted her because of how much she cared about his son. She was about half way through the fact checking when her stomach growled loudly, and her coffee cravings began to act up yet again. She gathered her purse and wallet in her arms, and began to walk briskly to the elevator to go to the small coffee kiosk outside the lobby, and the hotdog stand next to that. When she exited the building however Lex was there leaning against the car with his arms crossed buried in his pockets, and one ankle crossed over the other. Staring at her intently, "You and I are getting lunch so we can settle the air right now." He said, and his tone was one of finality, Chloe's stomach flipped at the intensity in his eyes. Then she narrowed her eyes, "Lex I was only gonna be gone like fifteen minutes because I have a lot of work to do."
"No you don't I already called your editor and told him that you and I are going over the details of my press release regarding some sensitive Luthorcorp. projects that are coming out very soon, and I would like you to cover them. She gaped at him. Then he turned slightly, and opened the door and moved aside to let her in, and Chloe could see Alex in his car seat, and she grumbled under her breath about his unfairness to bribe her by using his own son, but she hadn't seen the toddler in a while and she crawled into the seat next to Alex. Who smiled upon seeing her and lifted his hand to hold onto her finger. "I've e-mailed you the information to give to your editor so he knows we conducted business." He explained. Looking at her interact with his son, and his heart raced, and he knew he needed to tread through the following conversation carefully because now knew what her lips tasted like, and he had to experience all of her. They pulled up to his pent house, and both got out, Chloe expertly removing his son from his car seat. Lex took him so Chloe could get out of the car. "I figured we could eat lunch then put Alex down for his nap, and then we can discuss our future relationship, and if there will even be one." He said, as he handed her back Alex, and then they proceeded to go up to his pent house. "So Alex was a bribe you know technically this right here is kidnapping." She saw his lips twist wryly, and she grinned back at him. The elevator dinged, and they entered his pent house in silence then Chloe noticed something. "Lex I think someone needs a diaper change I'm gonna go do that," then she turned the baby to face her, "yes let's go get you changed buddy." She said in baby talk. Walking down the hall to his room and Lex stared after them his heart picking up speed. She placed him on the changing table, and he yawned sleepily, and Chloe smiled down at him softly humming something to him as she changed his clothes, a task Alex normally fussed through and now was no exception. "There you go sweetie all done, she picked him back up, and sat in the rocking chair knowing Lex would get her once the food was ready. She gently rocked Alex until he fell asleep. When she placed him in his crib, and when she walked over to the door she stopped and saw Lex the intensity in his eyes made a shiver sweep through her. "The food is ready." He said, and cleared his throat. Moving aside to let her through the door, but he stood close enough to her for her to brush passed him. They walk into the kitchen, and Chloe smirked when she saw two grilled cheese sandwiches cooked to perfection sitting at the small island in the kitchen across from one another. She looked at him a moment, then he explained, "I haven't stayed here in a while, so the staff wasn't here, and this is one of the few things I know how to cook, I made them with my mom when she was pregnant with Julian because she craved them for the entire nine months she was pregnant, then uh after she got sick I made them for her to make her feel better." He said sitting down and staring at his sandwich not feeling very hungry anymore. He hadn't meant to reveal so much, but he for some reason he did not have the desire to fight the compulsion to tell her about his preference for the cheese grill bread. Sympathy welled inside Chloe, but knew mentioning it would only agitate Lex so she sat down across from him, and took a small bite from her grilled cheese. "I want to date you Chloe hopefully have a relationship, and I want you to be Alex's mother either through marriage or adoption, and I'm hoping both." He was still staring at his sandwich, and his arms were outstretched onto the table, so Chloe placed her hand on his, "Lex I need to ask you a few questions before I even consider going out with you. For starters do you even like me for me or do you want to be with me because you know I won't abandon Alex."
"Chloe I'm not going to lie I did begin to feel my attraction to you when I saw how you interacted with my son, but then you would be doing something like typing on your laptop and there is this look on your face when you're trying to get the wording perfect, Chloe you are staggering, and its time someone showed you that. It would be my honor if you would let be that person."
Chloe stared at him for a moment both of their grilled cheeses forgotten, and her heart was pounding. Then she thought of something else. "Lex is your divorce even final yet."
"No it would have been by now, but since she is on an island in international waters the mail is running a bit late it should be in a couple of weeks."
"What if they come back, and she's in love with you again."
"I no longer love her, I don't think I ever really did, and I certainly couldn't after the way she treated her own son." He said vehemently. "but what if they do come back and he finally realized he couldn't ever do better than you."
"I couldn't go back to him I can't respect anyone that runs off with another person's wife."
"Do you still love him?"
"I'm slowly falling out of love with him, and when your divorce is final I will go to dinner with you." She said smiling shakily.
A/N: phew this is a long one guys I hope you enjoyed it sorry for the wait. Any advise/ideas for a first date.