Lex came back to watch Leah on Tuesday but something was wrong with her. She barely spoke a word the whole time he was watching her. Even though he kept asking her what was wrong she would ignore him and just keep playing with her toys. Finally after they had eaten lunch she finally started to tell him what was wrong.
"Fight." Leah told him after he had asked her what was wrong again.
"Who was in a fight?" Lex asked her seeing the sad look in her eyes.
"Daddy and Mommy." Leah told him as she put her head down.
Then Chloe walked through the door and Leah didn't get up to greet her. "What's wrong Leah?" Chloe asked her but Leah took off and ran up to her room. "Do you know what's up with her?" Chloe asked Lex wondering why her daughter didn't want anything to do with her.
"She heard you and David fighting. I just found out what was wrong with her." Lex told Chloe as he stood up and started heading towards the door.
"Lex please stay for dinner David isn't going to be home tonight, and Leah might act better if you are around." Chloe told him and then she headed up the stairs in search of her daughter. She had thought that their fight couldn't be heard by Leah. Chloe always went into a different room with David when they did fight.
Lex waited downstairs for awhile not sure what exactly they were talking about. He secretly hoped that Chloe was done with David. Once he heard footsteps coming down the stairs he stood up and looked at Leah. She seemed a bit happier and her smile came out when she saw that he was still there.
"Stay?" Leah asked him knowing that he was usually gone by now.
"I'm staying for dinner your mom asked me too." Lex told her and he saw her smile get brighter.
Then Chloe walked down the stairs. "I'm going to start getting dinner ready. You two can watch the television or something." Chloe then looked at Leah and gave her a small smile. Then she went into the kitchen to start dinner.
Lex watched some cartoons with Leah while Chloe was finishing their dinner. Once Chloe told them it was time for dinner they both went into the dining room. They all ate their dinner in silence until Lex spoke up. "Why doesn't she like to talk while she eats?" Lex asked Chloe he found it odd that Leah would talk nonstop at all times except when she was eating and obviously sleeping.
"I don't know she just loves to eat I guess." Chloe said as she looked at him and then continued to eat.
Lex glanced over at Leah who was playing with the food on her plate. He guessed that Chloe's explanation wasn't the truth. He decided not to say anything and he kept eating. Once dinner was done Chloe took their plates and started filling up the sink with water. "Do you need any help?" Lex asked her although he had never really done dishes before but he thought that he should ask.
"No I'm fine you and Leah can do something." Chloe told him as she put the dish soap in the sink.
"Alright." Lex said as he took Leah's hand and they went out to the living room.
Chloe could hear them talking for a little while and then there wasn't any sounds coming from the living room. Once she was done washing the dishes she went out to the living room and saw Leah laying on top of Lex and they were both fast asleep. She smiled at them and then walked over to them and picked Leah up which woke Lex up. "I'll be right back." Chloe whispered to him and walked up the stairs with Leah.
When Chloe came back down the stairs she saw Lex sitting up on the couch, looking like he had never been asleep at all. "We need to talk." Lex told her when he saw her.
"What about?" Chloe asked him as she sat down on the couch next to him.
"This fight that you had with David I don't think it has been your only one that she has heard." Lex told Chloe, he was worried about Leah and if David was making her sad then he wanted to know about it.
"I don't think that my relationship is any of your business." Chloe told him sternly she couldn't believe that he was accusing her of hurting their child. She had never meant for Leah to hear any of their fights.
"When it involves my child I think it is my business."
"Look I didn't mean for her to hear our fight and I most certainly didn't mean to hurt her."
"I didn't say that you did Chloe but if he is making her this upset then why are you still with him?" Lex knew that it had probably been David who was making Leah have bad dreams and making her very upset.
"I'm thinking about leaving him okay? But this house is his and we wouldn't have anywhere to go. He used to treat us with such kindness until you came into the picture. Not that you have done anything wrong."
"You can stay with me. Chloe if he is hurting the two of you I want you out of this place." Lex looked at Chloe and he really wanted to reach out and touch her to comfort her.
"I was going to tell her that you are her dad tonight but she fell asleep so I guess I'll tell her in the morning." Chloe said avoiding Lex about moving in with him.
"Thank you Chloe. I guess I will go then." Lex told her as he got up from the couch.
Chloe stood up with him and she realized that she didn't want him to go. Being around him this close just told her heart how much she still loved him. Lex looked at Chloe and he could see all of the emotions that she held in her eyes. Before he knew what he was doing he was pulling her close to him and pressing his lips on hers. After he had done this he felt Chloe push away from him. "I can't Lex." She told him as she crossed her arms and backed away from him.
"Chloe I can see how much you want this." Lex told her as he walked over to her.
"I'm not about to cheat."
"He treats you like crap he doesn't even deserve you." Lex told her as he moved even closer.
"How did you treat me Lex? Sure at the beginning you treated me just fine but in the end I think you could have cared less about me." Chloe glared at him and she couldn't believe that she was defending David but she was telling the truth about how Lex how hurt her.
"I'm sorry I ever did that to you. I'm sorry I didn't come find you. I shouldn't have hurt you like that and I'm sorry Chloe. I can't help but think that he gets to spend all of this time with you and Leah. That he gets to touch you where I used to. And that he got to spend so much time with my daughter that, time that I can never get back."
"None of that is my fault alright and David and I haven't ever slept together. We have barely even kissed I've only ever been in love with one person." Chloe told him trying to keep her voice down so they didn't get caught by Leah.
"I never said that this was your fault it's mine. I don't know what I can do for you to forgive me, but I do know that you still want me back. Chloe I swear to you if you come back into my life I will never do anything to hurt you again. I love you and you are the only person that I have ever truly loved." Lex looked at Chloe he wasn't about to force her to love him again but he hoped that she would.
"Were you ever with anyone while I was gone?" Chloe looked at him she knew that she wanted to act on her feelings but she wasn't sure that she should. She didn't want to be left by him again and now she had Leah to think about as well. Although she was pretty sure Lex would never let Leah out of his life.
"No after you I could never be with anyone else. Although I think Lana has been after me ever since you left she has been showing up on my doorstep begging for attention. Not that I would ever want her I just wish she would go back to Clark and stop bothering me. You are the only person I think about and no one can change that." Lex looked at her surprised that he had told her about Lana hanging around he knew that she wouldn't like that.
"Not even the gorgeous Lana Lang can change your mind?" Chloe told him sarcastically she had never liked Lana and had only been nice to the girl because that was the kind of person she was.
"No Chloe it's always you that is on my mind no other women." He stepped closer to Chloe and this time she didn't back away from him. So he ran his fingers down her cheek and he could see the hurt in her eyes. "I'm so sorry." Then he kissed her passionately hoping to show her just how sorry he was.
Chloe pulled away from him but she still had her arms wrapped around his neck. "Make love to me Lex it's what we both want." Chloe told him as she pressed a kiss on his lips and then ran off up the stairs with Lex following close behind.
In the morning Chloe woke up laying on something. When she looked she realized that it was Lex and she remembered everything that had happened last night. She smiled at his sleeping form then got up and put her robe on. When she walked out into the hallway she almost walked right into David. Chloe looked up at David with surprise he wasn't supposed to be home until later.
"I come home to find you in bed with another man." David growled at her grabbing her arm forcing her to look at him.
"David I think we both know that things between us weren't working out now please let me go." Chloe said trying to pull her arm from his grasp.
"I knew that when he came back into your lives you would do this to me. Why do you think we have been fighting so much Chloe? It's all because of him and because you never stopped loving him."
"David I don't think we would have ever worked out okay so please just let go of me." Chloe looked at him wanting him to stop clutching her arm it was really starting to hurt.
David let go of her arm and glared at her. "No you just let me fall in love with your child right and now you want me to just step out of her life? Well let me tell you something I'm never going to let her go."
"I wasn't even suggesting such a thing David I know how much you love her and how much she loves you. I wasn't about to take her out of your life."
At that moment Leah stepped out of her room and looked at them. "No fight." Leah told them shaking her head at them.
"Leah honey I'm sorry we won't okay?" Chloe told her holding out her arms to Leah.
Leah started coming to her but David grabbed her hand then he sunk down to her level. "You don't want to leave here do you? Because that's what your mommy wants she wants to leave this house and never see me again." Leah glanced at her mother unsure of answer lately her daddy had been scaring her. David put his hand under her chin and made her look at him. "Don't look to her for answers look at me."
Leah looked at him and then she tried to get her arm out of his grasp. "Hurts." She told him and she started to cry when he wouldn't let go.
Chloe went over to him. "Let her go your hurting her." She tried to take Leah from his hand but he wouldn't let go.
David stood up still gripping Leah's hand and hit Chloe across the face. "She is my child and you are not taking her away from me."
Chloe looked at him holding her face. "You bet I am if you are going to do that especially in front of her now let her go."
Then Lex came out behind Chloe he had seen David hit her and he wanted to block the slap but he hadn't been fast enough. Lex walked over to David and even though he wanted to hit him so badly he knew he shouldn't in front of Leah. "Let her go now." Lex told David as he grasped David's arm and forced him to let go of Leah's arm. Then Leah ran to her mother still crying. "Stay away from them." Lex told David and then he looked at Chloe. "Go pack your things you aren't staying here any longer." Then Lex looked at David he wasn't about to let him stop them.
Chloe didn't usually take orders from people but she knew that Lex was right they needed to leave. So she took Leah into her bedroom and started packing all of Leah's things. Taking her clothes and all her favorite toys and then they went into Chloe's bedroom to pack all of her clothes. Chloe was surprised that David hadn't tried to stop them the whole time she had been packing.
Once she was done packing Chloe came back into the hallway holding two suitcases and Leah's hand. Lex looked at David one last time and then he went with them to his car. Luckily Leah's car seat had still been in the hallway so they hadn't had to go into David's car to get it. Chloe hooked the car seat up in Lex's car while he put their bags in the back. David watched them from the front yard his eyes looked so angry and Lex was glad to get them both out of there. He knew that before today David had never hurt Leah or Chloe. Chloe would have gotten them both out of there in a second if he had done that.
Lex drove away from the house and for most of the drive they were all silent. Lex was afraid to say something since they were both pretty upset by what had happened. When Lex glanced back at Leah halfway through the drive he noticed that she was sleeping and so he looked over at Chloe and took her hand. "Are you okay?" He asked and then turned his gaze back on the road still holding her hand.
"I'll be alright." Chloe looked back at Leah her heart was full of sadness that she had let someone into their lives that had hurt her little girl.
"You didn't know he was going to hurt her Chloe don't blame yourself." Lex told her rubbing her hand.
"I think I did Lex and even if I didn't think he was going to hurt her I thought he might hurt me. I was going to leave sooner or later I just wanted to make it easier for her." Chloe looked down at Lex's hand she never thought that he would be touching her again.
"Don't blame yourself alright everything is going to be okay she isn't going to hate you. She loves you so much she could never hate you."
"I hope you're right." Chloe pulled down the flap of the car that held a mirror and looked at her cheek where David had hit her. It was bruised but not badly. After that she threw the flap back up and looked out the window.
"Is this going to be weird for you to live with me? I mean I can give you your own room if you want."
"Lex ever since I left the only thing I have ever wanted was for you to come after me. I want to be with you just I'm not going to trust you as much as I used to. It's going to take time for me to rebuild that trust in you that I had before."
"I can understand that. Trust takes seconds to break and years to rebuild." Lex looked over at Chloe and gripped her hand tighter. He knew how she must feel since he didn't trust his own father for things he had done.
"It sure does but with Leah being around I have had to trust you a lot more. In a way some of my trust in you has come back." Chloe smiled at him and then looked back to make sure Leah was still sleeping.
"If I had known that you were pregnant Chloe I would have come after you sooner. I didn't come after you right away because I wanted you to make your own choices I didn't want to make them for you. I wanted to know where you were so badly but I knew if I had someone track you down and they told me where you lived, I wouldn't have given you the choice. Instead I would have made the choice for you."
"I wonder what happened to all of those letters I sent. I believe that you didn't get them I know how much you wanted a child, and I know that you wouldn't have read them and not come to get us." Chloe had started to believe that he would have come back for them if he had known.
"I tried to find Gary to find out what happened to the one that you brought to the mansion but he passed away." Lex looked over at Chloe seeing the love for him that was in her eyes. He never thought that he would see them look like that again.
"That's awful I really liked Gary what happened to him?"
"He had a heart attack." Lex said as he pulled into the driveway of the mansion and parked.
Chloe looked back at Leah who was still fast asleep. "I'll get her can you get the bags?" Chloe asked him as she started to head to the backseat to get Leah.
Lex grabbed Chloe and Leah's bags from the backseat and then headed into the mansion with Chloe holding Leah beside him. Once they got through the doors Lana was standing with the butler since Lex had told Jim that he didn't want Lana to wander the mansion without him being there.
"Chloe." Lana said with surprise when she saw them.
"Hi Lana." Chloe said trying to be nice even though she didn't like the girl who was standing in front of her.
"What are you doing back here?" Lana asked she had hoped that Chloe would never come back to Smallville.
"Lana what do you want?" Lex said pretending that he hadn't heard the question that was meant for Chloe. "We have had a long drive and we all would like some rest." Lex glared at Lana wishing she that she hadn't come.
"I just wanted to go get another book and then go to my room." Lana told him smiling smugly at Chloe.
"Your room?" Chloe asked looking at Lex.
"Go to the library and get something." He told Lana and he watched her leave. Then he turned to Chloe. "I let her read in one of the guest bedrooms that's what she meant she has never stayed here overnight."
"Why would you do that?"
"I felt sorry for her I guess. Why don't we go to the study so you can lay Leah down?" Lex told her as he walked into his study. Chloe laid Leah down on the sofa and then she walked over to Lex.
"How long has she been coming here?"
Lex looked up at Chloe in surprise he thought that she trusted him when it came to Lana. "She started coming about a week after you left. Why?" Lex looked at Chloe sure she had a purpose to her questions.
"Where is her reading room?"
"It's near the library." He told her and then he saw her starting to turn away. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to it." Chloe told him and she walked to the library with Lex on her toes. "Which door is it?" She asked when they got near the library.
"This one." He said pointing to the open door that led into the room that he had given Lana permission to use. Chloe walked into the room and started going through the dresser drawers. "Chloe what on earth are you doing? There is nothing in any of those drawers."
"Oh really?" Chloe said pulling a pile of papers out that were crammed into the back of one of the drawers. Lex looked at the papers and Chloe handed them to him. "I'm going to kill her." Chloe said through gritted teeth.