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When Lex got back to the mansion after his trip to Chloe's house he started reading Chloe's letters.
Lex,
I know I left you with a note but I couldn't take it anymore and you weren't here to talk to me. So I decided it was best if I just left and let you get on with your life. But now I have found out I am pregnant I want so much for you to be here. I know how much you wanted to have a child and now you can have one. Maybe this will help change things between us and if not I at least want you to be a part of your child's life. I will send you more as time goes on but please come I'm living in an apartment in Gotham. The address is at the bottom.
Hope to see you soon,
Chloe
This had been one of the first letters Chloe had written to him. He could barely control himself while reading it. If only he had gotten it he would have been with her again he would have been able to hold his baby sooner.
Lex read through some more letters that were just small updates on how the baby was doing. How the doctor told her that it was healthy and everything was going well. Then he found another letter that she had written when she was sixth months.
Lex,
I feel like I am writing to no one. I thought you would have showed up by now maybe these are just getting lost. I hope they are because I can't see you turning your back on this baby. By the way I found out the sex today. We are having a girl and I would like your input on names. Please see me Lex I have a feeling that I am going to need you here when I give birth. No one else will probably be there if you don't come. I know my father would have been if he was still here. Clark and Lois are still mad at me so they won't come especially since I am having your child. I really want to talk to you again and try to work this out.
Chloe
Lex couldn't believe that he had missed all of these that she had begged him to come back to her but he hadn't. 'I should have found her sooner.' Lex thought to himself. But he had waited so long because he knew that Chloe didn't want him anymore and he wanted to give her enough time to either move on with her life or come back to him. Lex realized that Chloe wanted him to come after her especially since she was going through this pregnancy alone. He glanced at the next letter.
September 21
Today I gave birth to our daughter. I thought that you would come. I made them wait for as long as possible thinking that you would be here. I've named our daughter Leah I hope you like that. I really want you to come see us and if you do I will forgive you for not being here sooner. Leah is going to need you and I want you to see her. She is so beautiful and very healthy. I'm still living in an apartment and I don't have very much for her so if you could at least send me a little bit of money I would be grateful. I really hope that you show up in person though Lex, because once you see her you won't be able to leave. I'm not about to give up hope yet.
Chloe
Lex couldn't help but wonder why all these letters that Chloe had sent to him hadn't made it. He was curious and decided to track Gary down and find out who he had given the letter too. He hadn't kept up on where Gary was because Gary had retired. Lex trusted him though and he knew that Gary wouldn't just give the letter to anyone. He couldn't help but wonder why Gary didn't just wait to give it to him instead of someone else. Lex put all the letters in his desk drawer and locked it hoping that the person who had taken the rest of the letters wouldn't have a key to take these ones.
After he had done this he got up and headed to bed he knew he would have to wake up early to be at Chloe's house on time. It took him awhile to fall asleep but once he did he was out cold. He didn't wake up until his alarm clock was ringing in his ears. So he quickly showered and got dressed and then went downstairs to do a little bit of work before he had to leave.
When he got into his office Lana was sitting in his chair starting at him. "You're up early."
"And you're in my house without permission." He looked her at her usually she waited until he at least invited her into the mansion when she randomly came over.
"Oh please Lex I'm sure that you don't really mind me being here." She got up from his chair and moved over to the couch.
"Actually I do mind Lana next time please ask before you just show up in here." Lex glared at her and then moved over to his computer chair and started doing the work that he had to do.
"Fine I will." Lana sat on the couch and stared at him.
"Is there something that you need Lana?" Lex asked while still doing his work. "I have to leave soon."
"Where are you going?" She asked him
"I don't think that is any of your business Lana." Lex finished the last thing that he needed to do and he stood up. "I'm going and I would like it if you leave as well."
Lana stood up and walked out of the mansion stomping her feet in the process. Lex was sorry that she was angry but she hadn't asked him if it was alright for her to come over. He got into his car and started to drive to Chloe's this time he wasn't as nervous.
Once he got to Chloe's house he knocked on the door and Chloe let him in. Once he came inside he was expecting to see Leah standing there as well. Chloe could see him looking for Leah. "She is eating in the kitchen." Chloe said and went into the kitchen and Lex followed. Once they went in he saw Leah eating her bowl of Cheerios.
"Hi." Leah said with her mouth full.
"Leah what did I tell you about talking with your mouth full."
Leah swallowed her food. "Sorry."
"It's okay, please don't do it again though. Then Chloe turned towards Lex and handed him a piece of paper. "Here is my number and if she gets the slightest bit scared call, or you can call if you need anything. Also if you need to leave the house call me and tell me where you are going."
"Thank you Chloe but I'm sure we will be fine. And I know you have a fear about me taking her but I wouldn't do that to you Chloe. I will call though and tell you exactly where we are going. Also here is something for you." Lex took the number and put it in his pocket. Then he took out the check from his pocket and handed it to her.
Chloe stared down at the amount of the check and she glanced at Lex. "Are you serious?"
"I owe you for all the things you had to buy when she was a baby. Also I have to provide for her education that should get her into a good school and give her a college education. Plus it will provide for everything else she needs as she gets older. I know it won't make up the lost time but I needed to give you something I don't want to be one of those deadbeats."
"Thank you Lex, you don't know how much I appreciate this." Chloe smiled at him glad that he was proving that he could step up and be a good father. Something his dad hadn't been. "I already made lunch since I know how good of a cook you are." Chloe told him rolling her eyes at him. "I hope you can at least use a microwave."
"I think I can handle that much anything else?"
"Not that I can think of. I have to get going though." Chloe went over to Leah and kissed her forehead. "Bye baby be good okay?"
"I will." Leah told her smiling at her.
"Okay I will be back at two." Chloe looked to Lex and then back to Leah then she headed out of the house reluctant to leave.
When Lex heard the door close he turned to Leah. "So what do you want to do today?"
Leah shrugged then handed him her bowl. "All done." She told him and then walked out into the living room.
Lex looked down at the bowl and dumped the contents in the sink. Then he went out to living room to see what Leah was doing. She had a bunch of toys sprawled out all over the floor and was playing with some Barbie dolls. He then realized that he didn't really know much about girls Leah's age and how to play with her toys, especially since all of Leah's toys were girly and not something that he would ever dream of playing with.
Leah looked up at him and then looked at her Barbie's. "Want to play?" Lex sighed and shook his head yes. Leah looked around for a minute and grabbed a boy Barbie. "Ken." She said smiling at him.
"I assume that is his name?" Lex asked her as he took the doll from her.
"Yes." Leah said and then started brushing her Barbie's hair.
"What is your Barbie's name?"
"Barbie." Leah told him giggling
"That makes sense." Lex said laughing back he couldn't believe that he didn't know that.
Leah looked up at him and grabbed him the pink Barbie car that she had. "Ken drives." She told him like he should have known that and got the car himself.
"Ken drives a pink car?" Lex looked down at the car and thought that Ken should drive someone less girly.
"Yes."
"But Ken is a boy." Lex said hoping that she knew the difference between a boy and a girl which he thought that she did since she had handed him the boy doll.
"So?" Leah looked at him her eyes looking curious.
Lex laughed at her expression she looked just like Chloe at that moment. "Boys don't like pink things."
"Why?" She stood up and looked at him dropping her Barbie in the process.
"Because pink is a girl color."
Leah looked at him and then pointed to the lines on his shirt. "Pink." She told him and sat back down and started playing with her Barbie again.
Lex looked down at his shirt and he forgot he had been wearing it. "Well I guess it can be for boys too but it's more a girl color than a boy color." Leah looked down at her Barbie and put it aside then she got up and started going to her room. "Where are you going?" Lex asked her he knew that he had to be extra cautious while watching her so Chloe would trust him more.
"I need more stuff." She said and went up the stairs. Lex got up off the couch and followed her. He didn't see her once he hit the stairs though so he didn't know which room was hers. He went to the first open door he saw and noticed that it was Chloe's room. There wasn't much in it besides a bed and a dresser so he diverted his gaze and went back to looking for Leah's room. The next door that was open was her room and she was inside a toy chest throwing things out of it.
"Are you supposed to be doing that?" Lex asked her then thinking better of it knowing that children didn't always tell the truth especially when they knew that the person watching them didn't know the rules.
Leah looked over at the stuff she had thrown out. "No, I pick it up later." She told him and kept searching.
He was surprised that she had actually told him the truth. Then while she was rummaging he got a good look at her room. It was painted in pink but it had butterflies painted on the walls along with a few trees. He looked at her bed and could see stuffed animals spread all over it. His heart sank seeing all the toys that were in her room knowing that he hadn't gotten her a single one. Then he looked at a picture that was put up on a bookshelf, it was out of Leah's reach. He took it down and looked at the picture of Chloe holding Leah as a baby and he thought that he was going to cry. He thought back to all of the letters that he had read and he wished more than anything that he had gotten them. "You were a cute baby." He said and then put the picture back up on the bookshelf.
Leah peered out of the toy chest at him and shook her head. "Found it." Leah said happily and pulled out the tiniest little dog toy that Lex had ever seen.
"That's all you were looking for?"
Leah shook her head and handed it to him. "Here." She said laying it in his hand and then going over to all the toys she had thrown on the floor. She would grab four or five toys at time and dump them into her toy chest. Once she had cleaned up she looked around to see if she could find anything else that needed to be placed into the chest. When she didn't see anything she went up to Lex and took the little dog from him. "All done." She said and then went down the hallway to the stairs.
Lex followed her again. "That was all you went up there for?"
She looked down at the dog and looked back at him. "For now." She said with a smile and started moving the dog around and barking.
Lex couldn't help but laugh at her he had never seen anyone do this before although he was sure that many children did this. He stopped laughing when Leah gave him a harsh glare. "So is this what you do all day?"
"No we go to park and backyard." Leah told him
"Oh okay well do you want to do any of that instead?" Lex didn't really know how to play with these toys and he thought that maybe doing something else would be easier.
"No." Leah said not looking up at him.
Lex tried to play with Leah but he was still unsure how to act around her and how exactly to play with all the toys he had out. Before he knew it, it was time for lunch since he could hear Leah's belly rumbling.
"I'm going to go heat up your lunch. Why don't you sit in the kitchen while I get it ready?" Lex told her and then stared at the mess all over the living room floor he knew that he would have to have her clean it all up before Chloe got here.
"Okay." Leah said and ran into the kitchen.
Once Lex got into the kitchen he opened the fridge and found the macaroni and cheese, hotdogs, and green beans. He took them out and put the hotdogs in the microwave. He looked at the machine and he couldn't figure out how to get the thing to start. Lex pushed all sorts of buttons before he finally by chance pushed the right one and was able to heat the hotdogs and eventually the rest of the food. "Where are your plates?" Lex asked as he started going through some cupboards. He looked over towards Leah as she pointed to the one near the sink. He opened it and got out two plates, and then he fixed them their lunch. He placed Leah's plate in front of her and then sat down in the chair next to her.
"Milk please." Leah said as she looked over at him.
"Oh sorry I forgot about those." He remembered seeing the cups in cupboard he had randomly opened before. Once he found it again he took out two cups and got the milk from the fridge and poured the drink making sure to not give Leah as much as him. "Here you are." Lex said setting the milk next to her.
"Thank you." She said and she started eating. He started to eat as well and by the time the two of them were done it was almost two o'clock.
"Let's go pick up the living room before your mom gets home." Lex didn't want to get in trouble for leaving Chloe's house a mess and he really had to prove that he could handle babysitting Leah.
Leah thought about it for a moment not really wanting too. She knew however that if she didn't her mommy would get mad at her. "Alright."
Then they both made their way into the living room and started cleaning up all of her Barbie stuff. All the Barbie stuff went into a container that was able to fit underneath Leah's tiny bed. He had seen another one under there before. Then Lex found the tiny dog that Leah had dug out from her toy box. "Where do you want this?"
"Toy trunk." She told him and held out her hand for it. Which he gave to her and then he closed the container of Barbie stuff and brought it upstairs to her room. He slid it underneath her bed next to the other container full of other toys. Leah then turned to Lex and smiled. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He said smiling back at her. "Let's go downstairs and wait for your mommy." Leah started heading down the stairs, and Lex followed her then they both sat down on the couch.
After a few more minutes Chloe came home and Leah ran to her again just as she had yesterday. Then Chloe looked around and smiled everything was cleaned up. She also noticed that Leah was just as she left her. "Well thank you Lex or watching her and keeping the house clean."
"It's what I'm supposed to do." Lex told her and then he smiled at Leah. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Good I likes you." Leah smiled back at him and gave him a small hug on his legs. "Bye." She said softly wishing that he didn't have to leave.
"See you tomorrow Lex." Chloe said and then closed the door when he was gone. "So you didn't mind Lex watching you today."
"No mommy."
"I'm glad you had fun." Chloe had never seen Leah hug anyone that she had just met before. "We are going to go out for dinner tonight so you can go play for awhile."
"Daddy coming?"
"Of course he is sweetie." Chloe smiled at Leah she was happy that Lex had taken good care of her today and she hoped that things would stay that way.