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A/N: Blue: Here's the big winner. Apparently you guys are ready for some drama. We hope you enjoy it!
A/N Sabby: Ironically enough, this was supposed to be a humorous piece, look what happened.
I am SO happy that this one won the poll. I’m not sure whether it’s because most people genuinely wanted drama, or whether it’s because I put in a plea to people to ‘vote for the angst’… but whatever the case, I am ECSTATIC that this one was the fic that you two started up next.
And Sabby, I was doubly excited when I heard that this was meant to me a fluff piece, but drama just happened to ‘sneak in’ in it. Those are the absolutely BEST kinds of dramas possible. The ones where the characters surprise the authors with the intensity of their reactions :D
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Chloe walked through the doors of Lex’s study and he looked up from whatever it was that he was doing at his desk. He seemed a little surprised but not as much as he should have been. Or as much as he would be in the next few minutes. And he’d get angry, too. And then the questions would start.
But Chloe had prepared herself for that. She’d mentally gone through all of the responses that the man could have. That didn’t mean that he wouldn’t pull out something that she hadn’t prepared for. But that was the chance that she was taking with what she had come here to do.
It had to be done, though. For his own good.
He started to get up from his chair but she wasn’t going to let him do that. If he did, he’d be able to physically push her out of the door. If she hit him with her opening line while he was still in his chair, he might be shocked into not standing up.
“I think you should call the wedding off.”
This was an excellent start to the review. And I can see what you meant when you said this was supposed to be a ‘humour piece’. It certainly sounds like that in the beginning.
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He'd done his research this time and knew the woman, Andrea, for more than a few months and he had made sure she wasn't out to kill him. This had to be a joke.
LOL at all the ‘criteria’ that Lex made his latest fiancé satisfy before actually proposing to her. It actually sounds like he genuinely TRIED to find a marriage match that worked without ending in flames, bullets and crashing planes. Which probably explains his inevitable humiliation and subsequent anger and over-reaction upon finding out he was WRONG yet again.
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“She’s a harpy and she’s all wrong for you,” she said. It had taken her awhile to figure that out. She’d given Andrea a chance at first. But something had not sat well with Chloe and she knew better than to ignore her instincts.
At this point, I had already noted that Chloe seemed to have a ‘certain’ amount of attraction for Lex (her ‘melting’ at the sight of his smile, for example)… And I was wondering whether her animosity towards Andreas was because of subconscious possessiveness or jealousy for Lex.
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Lex's eyes narrowed. “I happen to like the woman you call a harpy a great deal. We share a mutual respect, have a lot in common and happen to have mutual interests; she doesn't want to kill me and has plans for her future that are compatible to mine.”
sheeyeah right! *rolls eyes*
typical Lex Luthor criteras for ‘wife selection’. I didn’t know whether to laugh hysterically or scoff in disbelief at the cold way he was selecting a bride.
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This was the first he heard of it. Chloe seemed to be seriously crazy. There was no reason for her to believe that Andrea was anything but a suitable candidate for marriage. Sure he didn't 'love' her in that Soap-style that was expected for a couple about to get wed, but what the hell did that matter?
Even though she knew that Lex would kill her for thinking so, she almost felt sorry for him if that’s what he thought marriage was. Yes, there were couples that had it be some sort of business arrangement. But there were also couples that actually liked one another. He needed to get it out of his head that he could only be a member of the former kind.
I liked hearing both their points of view on this analytical way of selecting ‘Luthor wife no.3’. Lex felt perfectly justified, and probably even a sense of smug satisfaction at being able to setting his mind above his passions and sense of romance when selecting a life-partner.
And Chloe was just appalled that he had selected a woman that he didn’t even particularly LIKE to be his life-partner.
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Lex had asked her opinion of Andrea in his round about way. She’d told him, flat out, that she didn’t trust the woman or think that he should keep seeing her. He’d proposed a month later.
hmph! Well if he wasn’t planning on heeding her advice, why did he ask her? Stupid, arrogant Luthor!
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“She really is an unpleasant cunt, Lex.”
His jaw dropped before he could stop it. “What?”
He'd never heard Chloe speak in such a manner, she did cuss occasionally, especially when she had one of her klutzy moments, but he'd never heard her talk about another person that way.
What the hell was going on here? His friend was obviously not fully there. Couldn't be, if she talked like that. Maybe it was the meteors. Heaven knew the damn stones were involved with pretty much every weird thing happening in this bumfuck town.
Ouch! I was ALSO surprise at hearing such vulgar language from Chloe. She can exhibit quite a potty-mouth in fanon, but it always feels wrong whenever she uses such language to demean or diminish another person… especially behind their back.
But I can see she was using vulgarity as a means of making a point to Mr. Lex Luthor who has been IGNORING all her other ‘more gently phrased’ warning before now. Stupid jerk!
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“But I have. And I’m not the only one.” Yes, the woman didn’t really seem to care about what anyone else saw. Chloe had to hand it to her that she knew Lex well enough to know that he made his own decisions.
I liked this part… It shows a little insight into Andrea’s personality as well as Lex’s. It seems like Andrea’s quite smart for a gold-digging tramp, as well as she had to be considering that she was able to pull the wool over Lex’s eyes so completely and effectively.
Are we ever going to ‘see’ Andrea? Find out a little more about her personality and past? Or is she gone and out of the fic just like her clothes?
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“She talks down to everyone,” Chloe started. Lex may be rich but he treated people with respect. “She makes fun of people when they're not around. She actually refers to the people that work for you as 'the help' and she made Lana cry. I'm not Lana's biggest fan, mind you, but she was out for blood.”
The woman had wheedled Lana for about five minutes on where she had gotten her outfit. Chloe had tried to jump in but Andrea was relentless. Lana hadn’t cried in front of the woman, Chloe had been proud of her for that, but she knew that it had happened later.
It was at this point where I started disliking this woman. She sounds needlessly cruel, bullying, malevolent and power-hungry. Lana might be annoying, but the poor girl is really too self-centred and oblivious to be considered anything other than an innocent. Kind of like pigeons. The damned things are annoying and constantly in your way on the sidewalk, but you certainly don’t want to see someone grabbing one and pulling the wings off the poor thing.
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“Plus, her tits are totally fake.” That might have been neither here nor there. But the woman prided herself on her looks and often said that she was just genetically blessed. Chloe had been able to dig up a variety of pictures of the woman from the past. She clearly had work done, and there was nothing wrong with that, but she wouldn’t admit it.
LOL at Chloe adding in this part… heh, as if it would make a difference to Lex.
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Chloe knew that that wouldn’t sway Lex so she went back to her complaints that had more substance to them. “She called Martha 'homely,'” Chloe knew how much Lex admired the matriarch of the Kent clan and that he wouldn’t take kindly to that remark.
“She threw Pete her car keys because she thought he was the valet. After she'd met him. Four times.” Pete wasn’t his favorite person but that was no excuse for her behavior, either. “She touches Clark for far too long and she's only really happy when you give her gifts.”
Somehow, Chloe had found herself in the chair facing Lex. “She's a gold digger.” The other things hadn’t really affected Lex that much. At least outwardly. So she’d get down to the business part of their arrangement. Being it was the only thing he was hanging this marriage on.
So far, it seems like Chloe has listed out a VERY valid bunch of reasons on why this woman is NOT fit to be a companion to Lex. And I find it horrible that Lex would have married her ANYWAY if Chloe had not brought up the proof that Andrea was planning on screwing him over. The stupid dunce!!! Why was he so desperate for a wife anyway?
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“Lex, I went through her finances, they're a mess.” His eyes had narrowed at that. Now she had his attention. She sat back a little in her chair, “Let me guess, the prenup is very generous to her.”
Lex had been waiting for the end of her rant to refute every single claim she made. Until the last part. He'd checked and double checked. And Chloe knew that. There was no reason she would bring up this last point. Unless she'd found something he hadn't.
“You're obsessed.”
It wasn't what he'd meant to say initially, but it was true none the less. She must have stalked Andrea and interrogated everyone she came in contact with to get all this information. Not to mention, she must have done a pretty thorough research, more thorough than his, for that last part.
Heh, Lex’s assessment of Chloe might not be pretty, but it sounds true. She IS obsessed! I wonder why she was so determined to find something wrong with Andrea.
Perhaps Chloe was just being… ‘Chloe’, and she was just stretching out her resources in protecting and covering ‘her friend, Lex’ just like she would have protected Clark or Pete from making a horrible life-altering mistake.
Or perhaps Chloe had an selfish and ulterior motive for wanting to keep Lex single? It ‘could’ just be subconsciously…?
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“She’s been married three times, Lex.” His eyes widened slightly. This was news to him. She was sure that he would have asked her how many times she’d taken that fateful trip down the aisle. The number she had given him did not jibe with three.
“Andrea was all of 16 when she got married the first time, Lex.” Chloe didn’t relish telling him all of this but it really was to prevent further damage to him later. “The groom was 42.” It still disturbed Chloe that her parents would allow this. But they seemed to know, even that early, that Andrea was their meal ticket.
ewww! Now I’m feeling a little sorry for Andrea as well as significantly disgusted by her. It sounds like the girl has been pushed and raised by her own parents into believing that she’s completely worthless except as a high-stakes, con-woman prostitute.
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She didn’t want Lex to think that she was having fun with this. She wasn’t. She wished that the man could just open up his eyes and pick someone who deserved him, who loved him. She wished that he would see that she fit those criteria.
Her tone softened, “Lex, I’m sorry. But, I couldn’t let you marry someone like that.”
Woah, WOAH! So it’s NOT just subconscious feelings, or a vague feeling of ‘aatraction’ that Chloe is aware of… She has actually acknowledged that she is completely in love with Lex Luthor??!! Incredible!
And it makes Lex’s choice of a ‘Marriage by Contract’ all the more unforgivable. He’s actually stupid enough to fall for the machinations of another gold-digger, when there is this LOVELY, intelligent, savvy, loyal woman underneath his nose just waiting for him to love her as she loves him??!! Stupid, blind ASS!
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“Prove it.” He folded his hands as he leaned over the table. “Bring me the papers that have the evidence on them.”
“Lex,” she said, exasperated, “I don’t have them down my pants.” He just sat there. That’s when she realized something. “You don’t trust me.” The words came out in a shocked tone of voice.
After years of being friends, she still hadn’t earned that. They’d gotten close during the craziness with his father and they’d stayed close after that. He was willing to marry some woman he didn’t know, take her word on issues, but from her he wanted proof.
It was at this moment where I felt a VERY intense flash of outrage, anger and even hatred for Lex. Surely he KNOWS that Chloe wouldn’t LIE about such things? That she wouldn’t make such accusations unless she had irrefutable proof?!
It seems like he was allowing his arrogance and pride to overcome his sense of fairness and common-sense. It wasn’t a matter of defending Andrea, because I don’t think he ‘cared’ enough for her to defend her honour… I think Lex was just unwilling to admit that he had made a mistake like this AGAIN!
Damned, arrogant, stubborn, Luthor Bastard!
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“Dankzegging, Gerritt.” And now was the time that she had to explain to him that they lived half a world away so their love could never be.
Lex looked at her aghast as she spoke Dutch with only the slightest accent audible. “You speak Dutch?” To say he was bewildered would be an understatement.
From what he could glean of the conversation, and the remnants of Dutch left in his own brain, she'd just called somebody that had to do with the bank and asked for specific account information to be faxed. And now she was explaining something about love and impossibilities and a big amount of salty water?
LOL! I also goggled in disbelief at the sight of Chloe speaking near-perfect Dutch. Where the hell did she pick it up from? And why? How many languages does has she gathered anyway?
Also, the whole interaction between Chloe and her infatuated Dutch hacker… verrrry cute :D
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One didn't learn Dutch in a few days, and with all the information she'd dumped in his lap... Lex still didn't want to believe, but the problem was that most of him already did. He wanted to hold on to the hope that this would all turn out a hoax after all. That he hadn't aimed in the wrong direction yet again. And he hadn't even let his feelings blind him this time around.
*snort* What feelings? He’s acting as if he’s actually got some affection for his fiancé. *scoff*
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All Chloe said in answer to his question was, “Awhile,” which wasn't exactly specific and then she had the audacity to 'hush' him. Not just that, but she was actually taking charge of his computer and he cursed himself for having forgotten to turn it off when she entered. It should have been habit to do so. Damnit.
I was also ROTFLMAO at the blasé and impudent way that Chloe just pushed Lex out of the way without so much as a ‘by your leave’ and took charge of his machine… undoubtedly filled with very sensitive material such a classified experiments, military secrets and his porn collection.
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Lex looked at the screen blankly for a moment, stumped by the wordless quasi manhandling she'd just submitted him to. Then he turned his attention to the screen and read. And narrowed his eyes. And read a little further.
“That bitch!”
It was all true, all of Chloe's allegations in front of him as evidence in black and white. Andrea had more debts than a seasoned gambler and the damn prenup would have taken care of all of them.
Lex's face went stoic as he stared at the screen. His world didn't exactly crumble, but it was a hard hit to take. It was the third time that he'd taken up with the wrong woman. And he didn't even love her! What the hell was wrong with him?
Heh, is this a good moment for Chloe to start singing ‘I told you so’?
*sigh* Of course she’s not going to do that. No matter how tempting… or how much Lex deserves to hear those smug words.
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He hung up without saying a word and got up from his seat, then stalked towards the doors. He needed to get out. This was all just a little too much to ask of him right now. The wedding would have been in a week. Everything was arranged. The cake, the priest, the guests, the decorations, the party, the flowers. He'd had to take care of most of the goddamn things himself because Andrea had shown to be mostly inept. Not so surprising looking back and knowing her true motivations. What do you care which flowers are arranged for your wedding when all you want is the money you get out of the divorce.
ouch! I finally understood the full extent of Lex’s humiliation over here. At least he’s going to have the dubious ‘saving grace’ of being the one to call off the wedding. Does he take ANY comfort in being the ‘dumper’ instead of ‘dumpee’?
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And he'd made space in his closet for that. Had bought endless gifts and taken her out to dinner and done his best to be on his most perfect behavior and at his most charming.
And this part made it yet MORE clear on why Lex over-reacted the way he did. He might not have had his heart broken again, but he was still completely fooled, swindled, conned and tricked. It must have been mortifying for him to know that that, despite all the precautions he took this time, he was STILL made a fool of.
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She found him in what she assumed to be his bedroom. He was chucking clothes out of the window. Expensive, women’s clothes to be more exact.
“Lex, what are you doing?” Yes, the woman was the spawn of evil but it seemed such a shame to take it out on the clothes. They were gorgeous.
Priorities, Chloe, she reminded herself.
Yes, let us discuss priorities… such as the question whether ANY of those dressed come in MY size… hmmm, probably not, ok, burn them!
And I simultaneously scared and amused by the power of Lex’s temper tantrum. So much of a reaction for a bit of hurt pride? I think it might have done him some good to have a dent made in his smugness and arrogance.
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Chloe waited until he was in the closet and then tried again. She grasped the hands that were reaching for another hanger. “Just stop it. She doesn’t deserve anymore of your attention.”
Lex’s body was so tense that Chloe thought he just might snap at any moment, but he needed to hear this. “Not your rage or your disgust. She’s nothing, Lex. She never deserved you.”
There was actually a lovely, caring sentiment wrapped up in that lecture that Chloe was giving Lex. It’s too bad that Lex wasn’t in the best state of mind to appreciate undertones and subtleties in a conversation. He might actually have figured out WHY Chloe had saved him, and why she was ‘still’ trying so hard to save him from himself.
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This was very much unlike him. Well, unlike the him that he usually let people see. This was closer to what Chloe figured that Lex was actually like. He was a man who went through a great deal of emotions. He just never let them out and this was what happened when they were finally set loose.
Apparently there’s a good reason why people shouldn’t bottle up their feeling and emotions in this ‘Luthor-like’ fashion. It tends to boil over and shoot out hitting innocents at the ‘least’ little bit of provocation. Stupid Luthor!
Heh, nice bit of insight into Lex’s nature here, BS!
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She watched as he picked up some more of her clothes. “As for any items of hers, I wouldn’t touch them. They might burn my skin off.”
Lex smirked coldly as he tossed the last set of clothing out the window. “Oh they will burn, no doubt about that.”
Yeeep! It was here when I saw how far Lex was willing to take his temper outburst. He was planning to actually BURN the clothes?! He really had lost his mind. I’m grateful Andrea isn’t here right now, there’s no telling what Lex might have done to her.
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Maybe she was right. Maybe he was having a tantrum, but he didn't fucking care. He hadn't had a good tantrum in years and now was the perfect time. After all, his third attempt at a wedding had failed before he'd even gotten as far as the vows.
He had to get a little satisfaction where he could.
Lex stalked out of the room, not caring where Chloe went. He was going to make his way to the kitchen and get some gasoline and matches. And maybe marshmallows while he was at it. To add some flavor to the whole experience.
Erm… again, I’m really, really scared… and extremely amused by Lex’s over-reaction. He was planning on roasting marshmallows on the bonfire of his ex-fiancé’s clothes? He’s really gone far beyond the edge of sanity, reason and rational thinking.
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Chloe immediately got his intention. “Oh no you don’t,” she muttered as she ran after him. She watched as Lex purposely stalked down the hall and on the way to the stairs. “Lex, no burning. This is ridiculous.” Lex had ample reason to get upset but setting shit on fire was not going to make him feel any better. She had some personal experience with that and the clean up alone was more annoying than the actual relationship.
ROTFLMAO at Chloe’s wry (but apt) observation about how burning your ex-beloved’s stuff might seem like a very fine and satisfying thought at the time of burning only turns into a very charred mess that needs cleaning later.
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“Oh, yes,” he replied, not looking back at her, “It’s my private proper….what the fuck? Get off me!”
Chloe had taken the opportunity to leap onto his back. If he wasn’t listening to her words, this was her only recourse.
In the next moment, Chloe felt her back thump against one of the walls. Lex was trying to dislodge her. She held tight with her arms and her thighs.
And then I was ROTFLMAO at the visual that accompanied Lex’s indignant words ‘what the fuck? Get off me!’. Chloe actually jumped on Lex Luthor? I never thought I’d see such a thing… at least I never thought I would see any of this kind of ‘jumping’ when completely removed from any sexual context. LOL!
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He was furious. Scratch that, he was beyond furious. A new word was needed for the state he was in. All he wanted was to burn a fucking pile of clothes and his supposed 'friend' wouldn't even let him do that. Instead she was fucking accosting him and clinging to his goddamn back. “I'm not going to burn my own fucking house down! Now, get. OFF!”
She knew that Lex was mad. Not mad. Furious. And now he wasn’t just mad at his former paramour, he was mad at her. But she knew just how destructive he could be when he wasn’t thinking. She had seen it far too many times to count. Hell, she’d been there the next morning in order to help him pick up the pieces, whether it was actual physical pieces of a plant or mental.
I read these two paragraphs several times over. It was really intense seeing how powerful was Lex’s wrath, anger, hatred and loathing over here. It really helped me see why he would need to release all that emotion through something primal (albeit stupid and immature) like burning his ex’s stuff.
And I could ALSO understand why Chloe was so desperate to stop him… because she could SEE what he was doing was immature and stupid, and she knew that sometimes Lex’s anger, temper and passion got together with blindness and stupidity to make him do horrible things with horrible consequences.
She was not only trying to save Lex, but also any ‘innocent bystanders’ who might get hurt while he was blinded by his rage.
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Before she could get her answer, she felt her body being shifted and then almost lifted. The next thing she knew, she was on the ground, staring up at an enraged Lex, her ass stinging from landing on it.
He snapped. “I will not be coerced by a bloody nuisance of a fledgling reporter!” he roared as he bent over and hauled her over his shoulder, finally dislodging her from his back and sending her to the ground where she landed on her ass.
Why that… *sputter*… no-good, horrible, callous, cruel, heartless, arrogant BASTARD!!!!
He THREW Chloe off him?! And then he actually called her all those horrible things? A bloody nuisance?! A fledgling reporter?! The bastard would have known that THESE terms would have clawed right through Chloe’s psyche. Those words would have hurt her immensely!
The stupid asshole doesn’t deserve the care and concern of someone like Chloe… LET the bastard burn his house down!
Heck, at this point, I would have happily set fire to some wing of his manor and blamed it on his rampage. He wouldn’t have known the difference.
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Glaring down at her, he continued, “If I want to start a fucking bonfire in my backyard I'm going to goddamn do so and you,” he pointed at her, “Are not going to stop me.”
With a snarl, he started past her, stalking on, only to feel his feet being pulled from under him. With a roar of frustration, he landed on his arm, pain flaring up like lightning.
Chloe was now fairly certain that her own rage was at least almost matching Lex’s. That he had the audacity to say that. He had no idea how much time, energy and her own money had been spent to get the information that she had just given him. He wasn’t thinking about that now, but it didn’t matter. She was angry. And hurt. And now yelling.
“I am not a nuisance, I'm your goddamn friend you fucking asshole!” She yelled those words at a Lex that was down on the ground. She’d taken his feet out from under him when she’d seen the chance as she’d lain on her ass.
I’m glad to see Chloe returned the favour by felling Lex to the ground. AND that she stood up for herself and drilled into him for all those horrible things he just said about her. The bastard DID need to be reminded that Chloe just did him a favour by acting her part as the loyal friend in protecting him, and he actually had the nerve to throw her effort back in her face. Not only that, but he had the nerve to condemn her for her loyal and heroic actions.
All because his pride was hurt. Bastard!!!
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“A fucking friend would have been a lot more tactful! A friend would have come to me earlier than on the last fucking week before the wedding! A friend would not have jumped on my fucking back and almost broke my arm!”
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Chloe yelled over her shoulder. “I tried tact. It didn’t work. I tried telling you I didn’t like her. That didn’t work. I left you clues and that didn’t work, either.” Lex wasn’t a whiner so she really must have hurt his arm. She’d apologize for that later. Right now, she was more concerned with finding the lighter fluid that he might be after.
I am completely on Chloe’s side over here. Which is obviously because her side represents rational thought, reason and sense. But I get the feeling that Lex is NOT in a fair and rational state of mind… and he’s certainly nowhere near ready to admit that Chloe was right all along in her instincts about Andrea, that she was right in following up on her research on the woman AND that he owes her his most profound thanks for saving him.
Stubborn, arrogant, pride-filled bastard!
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By the time it was in her hands, they were both doused with the fluid. She saw that there was a box of matches at Lex’s feet. “I wouldn’t if I were you,” she panted out as she gestured to the matches, “we’ll both go up.”
Lex glared at her, chest heaving. He was doused in lighter fluid and she'd just effectively managed to take away his last joy of the day. “Great! Just marvelous!”
I snorted with laughter at this part. Although I was a ‘little’ anxious about whether or not Lex was actually going to listen to even THIS bit of rational thinking. For a moment, I got horrible visions of angst coming from Chloe trying to heal from severe burns.
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He threw away the matches, and started stalking off. “Do me a favor, just get the hell out and leave me alone.”
I felt equal parts relief, seeing Lex throwing away the matches… and also outraged indignation at seeing him DISMISS Chloe so callously and cruelly after she has actually saved him from another treacherous wife. Bastard!
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Chloe watched him go. She wanted to go after him but she knew better. Lex was good and pissed and wound up…and injured. She couldn’t forget that part of it, either. He should probably get some medical attention. It was more likely that he would do so without her around.
I still say Chloe is being too nice and tactful. After all those horrible, hurtful things Lex said… she’s still willing to give him time and space?
*sigh* It’s the right thing to do. He IS feeling humiliated, and perhaps he WAS a little hurt about being betrayed… even if it WAS by a fiancé he cared nothing about. And he DOES need the time and space to recover properly before Chloe can talk to him again. Hopefully, once he recovers, he’ll be able to THANK Chloe for her efforts instead of shooting her for being the bearer of bad news.
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Chloe quickly exited Lex’s house and wondered when and if she’d be back. Yes, she’d saved him from his latest marriage but, in the process, she might have decimated their friendship.
Once her car was started and on the road, she made her way to Lana’s house. She’d promised to let her know how it had gone. She didn’t get very far. Once she saw Lana she started crying.
Bastard! He made Chloe CRY???!! Oooooh! And I bet later, when he finally comes to his senses and apologizes, Chloe is NOT going to mention how much he hurt her. She’s going to forgive him immediately, and tell him that she wasn’t affected by his cruel comments and actions… not the least bit.
Lex most definitely doesn’t deserve a friend as loyal and true as Chloe Sullivan.
Hmmm, I JUST noticed that this fic is actually in the angst section. Which means that the conflict and drama is far from over. EXCELLENT!
Does this mean Lex is going to be an ass for a while longer? But HOW is he going to justify holding a grudge against Chloe for saving him??!!
Or perhaps, he’ll try to apologize, but Chloe will just not be able to trust him as a friend again…? That makes more sense. After all the things he said and did, I don’t think I’d want a fair-weather friend like Lex either. I can’t believe he didn’t believe Chloe right off the bat… and that he wanted PROOF before he took her word about his fiancé being less than completely trustworthy. Stupid, arrogant, bastard!
I look forward to seeing how this fic progresses. Once again, I am SO happy about the drama and angst factor in this one, and I bow down to this gift of a fic. Please update soon!