Sorry it was a while.

Chapter 3.

Chloe dashed acrosstown as fast as she could, holding her high healed shows in one hand and her purse steady in the other.

"I'm late!" She ran past a clock. She had arranged to meat Lois in the park at 1pm, it was now 1:10. "Nearly there!" She ran across the road forgetting to look. The next thing she heard was the screech of breaks. Turning round she found herself frozen to the spot as a car hurtled towards her at an alarming rate. Her mind went blank as she closed her eyes tight and looked away as though blocking the image would make it stop. She rose her hands, expecting to feel a heavy weight force her to the ground, but nothing came. She opened her eyes and saw to her relief that the car had been able to stop just in time. There was only cm between her and the vehicle. A tall man with dark hair came out of the car.

"I'm sorry. Are you alright?" he strode up to her, but came to a sudden halt when he saw her face.

"Chloe?"

She straightened her self up. "And who might you be?" She stared at his face, it looked familiar but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"It's Lex." He extended his hand which she shook.

"You can't be, Lex is bold!"

"Not anymore." He chuckled.

She forced a laugh out, feeling rather uncomfortable. She could never really make out Lex. He could be doing you a good deed one minute and the next pulling some sort of scam.

"Sorry." She apologized. "and thanks for not running me over." She smiled weakly. "Well, nice meeting you again. I'd better get going. I'm late enough as it is!"

Lex nodded his approval as she hurried off.

"Where is she? She should have been here 15 minutes ago!" Clark started pacing up and down, leaving a small hole in the ground of a local park.

"I'm sure she just lost track of time." Lois's normally calm voice came across with panic. She sat perched on the edge of a silver chair by a petit round table.

"Something's happened to her. I should go look."

"Woe, you don't want to freak her out. If she's just late late then you'll embarrass her." She said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You'll see, she'll be here in 20 secs."

Clark sighed and stared at his watch just to be annoying.

"15 seconds…..17……19…….tw……" Out of the corner of his eye he saw a ruffle of blonde hair.

"Sorry!" She flopped into a chair panting.

Lois just smiled at Clark. It had been exactly 20 seconds.

"Told you." She whispered to him so his super hearing could hear her.

Chloe stared between the two. "What did you say? You're not the only one who know about his hearing."

"Nothing. Anyway, why are you so late?" Lois grinned enjoying putting her cousin in the spotlight.

Chloe rolled her eyes. "Well, first of all, I just got caught up in something, and you know how it is, you don't notice the time because your just so fascinated. Then I tried to get here by running in high heels, not a good idea. I had to take them off. Look at my feet! Anyway, then I was nearly ran over by Lex….."

"Lex?" Clark and Lois both exclaimed together.

"Yes." She looked to and fro the pair as though she was trying to work out a riddle.

"Are you alright?"

"Did he try to run you over?"

The questions came flooding in.

"Hey, wait a minute." Chloe raised her hands in the air to calm them down. "Look, it's me, I'm here, I'm fine. No he didn't do it on purpose. And he has hair!"

"Oh yes, I think it's a wig." Lois leaned back in her chair acting like a know it all.

"It's real. " Clark glared. "And are you sure your alright?"

"Yes."

"He didn't try to hurt you?"

"No." She huffed. "Ok, there's clearly something going on here. Would anyone care to explain?"

The two just shuffled and pretended to be fascinated by the table.

"Listen. I know he was a jerk before. Clearly you tow don't like him so what's going on? Is he like an evil genius or something?" She lent across the table. Watching their eyes for any indication. But both remained perfectly unreadable. In the end she gave up and, wanting to get around the uncomfortable silence. Decided to change the subject.#

"You know. I might consider coming back to the Daily Planet."

"You're staying?"

"Oh no. I meant once I finished traveling." She said apologetically.

"Yes of cause. You going back to see that lad you liked? What was his name?"

"eerr John." She exchanged a look with Clark begging him not to tell her the truth. But Clark suddenly turned away. His ears picking up a faint cry. He gave a sorry look at the girls.

"Go on." Lois waved a hand, and he was off.

"On his way to save another day." Chloe watched him fly off. "So what's it like being married to a super hero?"

"Alright I suppose." She waved her hand from side to side. "Gets a bit sweaty after a busy day though."

"He sweats?"

"Even hero's have to."

"Ok, so what's it like being married to an alien?" She leaned forward as though she was about to take notes.

"Out of this world."

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