A/N: Thanks for the reviews, and PixieQueen1223 for her great suggestions, I think I may use some of them. Now on with the story.
Chapter 11: Bouquets and file folders
Chloe smiled tiredly as she flopped onto her perfectly placed couch she had finally gotten her last box to her new place. Thanks to Lois and an 'anonymous' moving truck it had only taken her two days to move. However lugging her boxes up three flights of stairs, despite the buff guys and you know Lois helping was still exhausting. She sighed, and was about to get up to find her cell phone so she could order a pizza, and open a beer from the six pack that Lois brought her as a house warming gift when her doorbell rang. She stretched as she walked over to her door, and opened it, there was Lex looking at her apartment with so much suspicion she wanted to look around for ninjas, or something that may be hiding behind her door. "Lex what…" she was cut off by Lex who said, "This is a bad neighborhood Chloe."
"This is what I could afford. Did you come here for a reason or just to criticize my new place which I am very happy with by the way." She said placing her hands on her hips, and blowing an errant hair out of her face.
"I brought you these." He said, and took what he held behind his back, and it was a bouquet of the most beautiful assortment of flowers Chloe had ever seen, and then she noticed he still had one hand behind his back, and she gestured to the hidden hand, and he smiled and revealed a file folder, "Here." She flipped through the contents
"Your divorce is final." She said then she flipped to the other papers, "adoption papers?" this was a whispered question.
"I was telling you the truth when I said I wanted you to be a mother to my son whether by marriage or through adoption, please Chloe adopt my son." she looked at him, and tears had filled her eyes, and she flew at him, and threw her arms around him, and whispered into his ear, "I would love to adopt your son Lex." A tingle of arousal swept down his spine, and through his body, as her voice washed over him, and her answer added to that because he was now tying Chloe to him permanently no matter what, and Alex would have the mother that the child truly deserved even if it wasn't his biological mother.
"Now this Saturday I am going to show up here," he once again looked around her apartment with suspicion, "around ten in the morning because by then my father will have Alex for the day, and we will have are first official date."
"We've had unofficial dates before now." She asked him jokingly.
"Well uh no not exactly." He was rubbing the back of his head, and looking a little embarrassed; after he retreated from their hug.
She just laughed harder, and then turned around, and pursed her lips, her vases were in boxes so she went to her sink, and put in the stopper, and began to run the water. After it had gotten a fourth of the way full she placed her flowers in the sink.
"Why don't I just order you a vase, and have it sent here?" Lex asked as he watched her move around, and dug through her jacket pockets, "and what are you looking for?"
"I have vases Lex, but them along with the rest of my stuff has been taken hostage by the large cardboard objects that is littering my living room, and I am looking for my phone because I want to order a pizza because I am too tired to cook, and I can eat pizza while I unpack." She said, and finally yanked her rather reluctant phone out of her tangled pocket in her hoodie.
"Oh." He said, "I guess I'll leave then."
"You can stay if you want unless you have work or Alex to attend too."
"I can stay my dad has Alex, and I finished my work for the day a couple of hours ago."
"Cool beans please have a seat, and are you thirsty I mean all I have is water and beer but…" she trailed off waiting for his answer.
"Uh beer I guess. Wait you're nineteen how did you-"
"Lois" she answered simply.
"Ah." He nodded taking the bottle from her, and taking a grateful swig. She did the same, and then flopped down onto the couch next to him, then took her phone and began to dial. Lex wrinkled his nose at the cheapness of the beer, but wasn't going to complain because it kept him occupied, since tonight he seemed to revert back into a high school student in front of her tonight. He was excited, and he hadn't been since Alex was born. He got her all alone to himself for a while, yet he had no idea what to say.
"How's Alex?" Chloe broke the silence that was surprisingly comfortable despite the fact that Lex was scrambling for something to
"He's great he's getting so big, oh his birthday is next week, and I'd like you to come, it's at the zoo, I've made it available for elephant rides for everyone at the zoo, plus Alex can touch the elephants if he wants too, won't that be great." Lex was babbling, and they both knew it, but Chloe didn't say anything she just smiled softly at the proud father speech. "-and he says dada all the time now, and I'm talking a lot, how are you?"
"I'm good, working, and moving. Thank you for the moving assistance by the way."
"Moving assistance?"
"You sent a truck to help me move my stuff didn't you."
"Wasn't me, weird, you should look into that."
"I probably will if it wasn't you then it was probably the Kents." She shrugged, to tired and hungry to be curious, then the doorbell rang, the pizza was there. They ate the pizza and discussed nothing and everything at once, and Lex felt care free. "Oh he has names for just about everyone now like Mrs. Kent has been dubbed as 'mimi' and Mr. Kent is 'pops' and my dad is 'papaw' it is so cute." They were each on their third beer, and the pizza was gone, and the unpacking had gone unaccomplished. Both of them were feeling a little buzzed, Chloe more than Lex mainly because he was used to stronger liquor. "He can't quite say your name yet though." He turned to her, and looked at her as she finished off her beer, "Well that makes sense my dad once said that I couldn't say my name 'til I was nearly two." She explained with a bit of a slur.
He wanted Alex to call her 'mom' but he didn't know well that would be received by Chloe, so he smiled at her. Then their eyes locked. They both moved in slowly, and their lips met tentatively, and both were lit on fire. Chloe whimpered as his lips moved over to the skin below her ear, "Chloe I want you, more than I have ever wanted any one please Chloe be with me." Then she lurched away from him, and he made a move to follow her, but she placed her hand on his chest. "Slow down Lex please." She was now completely sober, and breathing heavily.
"Chloe I'm sorry, I would never push you into something you do not want please believe me."
"I do Lex I'm sorry too. I just think that we should at least see how our first date turns out before I jump into bed with you. I have to work tomorrow I think I'm going to go to bed." Then she got up, and he realized that she was opening the door for him to go. He did not want to, he wanted to follow her to bed, but he got up, and looked at her, "I'll be here to pick you up on ten o'clock on Saturday." He said, and he left her small apartment.
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Saturday came far too quickly for Chloe, and Lex would call her throughout the week, and left little tips about what they were doing leaving her curious, and excited. She knew to dress comfortably, and she was dressed accordingly, but she thought she looked good. She jumped slightly spilling her coffee when she heard the knock on her door. She got up, and went to answer the door. When she swung the door opened, there was Lex in a dark blue sweater, and casual black slacks. Her mouth went dry when she saw him, and he grinned at her, "Shall we Miss Sullivan, and he held out his arm for her to take, she smiled at him and took the arm. "We shall Mr. Luthor."
They drove in relatively comfortable silence, and then she noticed how long they'd been in the car. "Lex where exactly are you taking me?"
"That would be telling, and it's a surprise." He teased. Smirking at her, and tentatively placed his free hand over hers, and she blushed and smiled.
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Every year there is a fair in Smallville because there wasn't enough room in the other surrounding towns and Metropolis, and Lex was never able to attend before, and he knew that Chloe enjoyed it so when they arrived he saw Chloe's whole face light up.
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A/N: That's it for now I have the first date chasing itself in my head and I will be working on it avidly please read and review I hope your enjoying yourselves.