Disclaimer: see Chapter 1.
A/N: Here´s a new two-part instalment to start you thinking. I know it isn´t much but You´ll get some insight into Chloe and Lex´s feeling after their reunion, and an interesting chat between our favourite reporter and her dad Gabe, which will give you some food for thought.
I´ve also corrected some typos in the previous chapters.
Enjoy and keep those reviews coming !
CHAPTER 3: Resolutions
LEX´S GUESTROOM AT WAYNE MANSION
Lex was stretched on the bed still wearing his formal outfit minus the jacket, tie and shoes. His mind was in a whirl after the events of the night. Chloe Sullivan. Who would have thought their paths would cross again in Gotham after almost ten years?
He remembered he had taken an instant liking to the teenage reporter. He had admired her tenacity, her commitment, her loyalty and that infinite capacity of giving without asking for anything in return. He couldn´t understand how Clark could have been so blind not to see the amazing girl he had had straight under his nose, a girl who worshipped the ground he walked on. Lex had seen the promise latent in the petite blond but nothing had prepared him for the woman who crossed Wayne´s door. Her beauty wasn´t manufactured or skindeep; it went beyond her looks. And Lex knew by just looking into those green eyes again that she was still beautiful inside. And, for the first time in months, he felt not everything was lost.
CHLOE´S FLAT
Chloe arrived at the flat around three o´clock in the morning, kicked off her shoes and went straight into the kitchen to plug in the coffeemaker. She needed a large cup to control the emotional upheaval she was in. She felt like shouting, crying or smashing things to give vent to her tension, but she couldn´t- she wasn´t alone in the apartment, and giving explanations was the last thing on her mind.
She hated herself for being so weak when it came to Lex. She considered leaving a message for him on Wayne´s answer phone or writing a letter backing out, but she knew he wouldn´t let it rest. He would demand an explanation and she wasn´t ready to lie, least of all to him who could read anyone with those implacable blue-grey eyes of his. More than three years before she had seen those orbs light up with tenderness and so many other emotions. He believed they hadn´t met in ten years and she didn´t have the courage to correct him, not if it meant hurting him like she knew she would, if he ever found out the truth. She had done what she thought was best for everyone involved.
Lex couldn´t know how it hurt to hear him ask her about the willingness to compromise even at the expense of sacrificing one´s happiness. She was aware he wasn´t talking about her because he didn´t know what had happened forty-five months before, but that didn´t make things any easier. By the look in his eyes, Chloe had realised there was something that was eating him, and she craved to help him but didn´t want to make her offer too obvious. She wished she could repay him for everything he had given her- ´repay´, what an awful word for something so precious. Chloe told herself she had accepted his invitation because she owed him, but she knew in her heart that it was because she loved him- even if he´d never love her back.
Mm... What do you think of their musings? Don´t stop here; there´s another short chapter ahead.