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After the fourth time this happened, she reduced the volume on the phone and alarm clock. It hadn’t helped. After that, she placed her alarm clock and the phone in the drawer of the nightstand next to the bed. That only resulted in her attacking her nightstand before she was even fully aware of what she was doing. Claws out and viciously ripping into the wood. Chloe had to go to the hardware store for a new one and she cried as she put her newly bought nightstand together. She also found that she couldn’t stand the constant ticking of analog clocks. Chloe had to change every ticking clock in her home to digital. She only set the alarm clock in the living room and the volume was turned off on the phone in her room, but not in the living room.
More fascinating stuff! I love seeing all these little details on how Chloe’s new senses have disrupted her life, and how she has to make the most bizarre and radical adjustments to compensate. Personally, I never liked analog clocks… they never seem to give me a proper reference to the time… seeing that it’s only one minute to eight is a WHOLE lot different from a clock telling me to ‘relax since it’s ’only’ 7:59, LOL!
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The action of rolling over and answering her phone put strain on her side where she’d been shot. The wound had healed a month over the span of a day. “Fast healing makes no sense.” Sure most werewolf movies and lore say that werewolves healed quickly, but there was no scientific basis for such healing. It was one more thing she needed to know the hows for.
LOL! You gotta admire her pragmatic view, ROTFL!
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It was her father. His voice immediately calmed her. Whatever dark thoughts she had been thinking, whatever irritation she might’ve felt left her. Love and devotion was left in its wake. “Alpha.” Gabe Sullivan might not have been a werewolf and she was more than positive that killing him would be a trivial thing, but he was her father. He was still the boss of her, but it made her feel safe. She didn’t have to be afraid if her daddy was there. She definitely wasn’t alone despite the fact that he had a job in Metropolis. His voice called to mind every good thing, every bad thing that she had experienced with him. When he disciplined her. When he comforted her and told her stories. When he smiled at her. Superior physical strength meant nothing if the mental strength wasn’t there. And she was strong mentally when he was there.
squeeee! I wanted to hug this paragraph… squeeze it to tiny, oozing pieces! I loved it! I thought it was beautiful that even the Wolfy part of Chloe respected and was so devoted to Gabe that she deferred to his authority without putting up even the slightest bit of a challenge. LOL! The ONLY person in Chloe’s life that she would submit to is her father, and there is something so lovely about the love and trust implied in that.
LOL! I wonder if Lex will be bemused by the fact that Gabe was able to tame Chloe’s wolf without trying while HE had to jump through hoops to prove HIS subservience to her. :P This is of course, based on the huge a presumptuous assumption that Chloe will force Lex to submit when she wants him as her mate… It sounds likely (and hot), but it’s possible that Ava has something better in mind than my poor imaginings ;)
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Chloe was disappointed. She had been looking forward to going to Metropolis and being in her father’s home. He always smelled nice. She belonged with him. In his place. There were times when she thought it slightly ridiculous how much she depended on him for her emotional well-being but she felt she had a good excuse with the whole werewolf situation. The only consolation was that he didn’t sound enthused about missing dinner with her.
She made sure to inject her voice with levity. He couldn’t know that it hurt badly to miss this time with him, “I can’t believe you're ditching me for work. I’d skip work for you. It would be a sacrifice but I’d do it.”
Awww, so no werewolf-Chloe and Daddy-Gabe bonding sessions taking place soon, and Chloe has is really disappointed about the bonding opportunity vanishing. I guess it’s going to take place a little later in the story. I look forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Gabe chuckled a little, “I remember a certain delinquent daughter ditching me to chase leads on a story. Chloe, are you sure you’re ok? I feel like I’m missing something.”
"Unbelievable." It was scary how well her family knew her. “First Lois and now my father.” Chloe would be eternally grateful to whatever providence gave her people in her life that cared enough to worry and nag. Even if it was annoying sometimes. “It just means that if I die in my apartment my corpse will be found in a timely manner. None of those icky gas explosions for me.”
LOL! It’s so much seeing how everyone is showing their support for Chloe in ways that none of us (including Chloe herself) would have imagined them capable of. She’s in shock about how people are putting aside their own issues to place her needs first, but it’s a GOOD kind of shock, which is great to see, LOL!
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Clark would distract her. Would make her back off when her judgment told her to strongly push forward. She couldn’t afford to dance around the answers she needed. She couldn’t let ethics or morality cloud her mind. Chloe needed to be unerringly ruthless in the pursuit of this truth. In the pursuit of Lex. This situation was as deep as the one she had found herself in with Lionel. She hadn’t gone too far in taking him down because Lex had. She let him do the dirty work so that she didn’t have one more thing to feel guilty about. Besides, in any endeavor with the Luthors plausible deniability became paramount to self preservation. Chloe still wanted to preserve that kernel of innocence that she had. The entire ordeal had taught her a very valuable lesson. “Life is like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today will burn your ass tomorrow.”
oh dear! I like that Chloe is taking a proactive approach to destroying the person she ‘believes’ to be responsible for her condition, but I think she’s moving too vicious, too soon. The wolfy aspect of her has gotten her blood boiling, so she can’t sit down a investigate in her usual cool, collected way.
But I do appreciate how she’s not automatically calling Clark for help. She IS calm enough to be able to judge that Clark will probably hold her back, distract her… AND she’d feel terrible asking him to betray his principles… even for her. Now THIS is why Chloe is such a wonderful friend, she would never take advantage of Clark’s love for her by asking him to do something that goes against his ideals.
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It was what happened when you willingly bound yourself to someone else. For that reason, she could feel pity for Lex. Chloe could almost track the exact moment that Clark stopped looking at Lex as a friend. It may seem like she was forever sacrificing herself on the altar of Clark Kent’s regard and getting nothing in return, but she was a willing participant. And at the end of the day, she got someone who loved her. No matter how dumb his execution was.
She knew her place in his life and the wolf made her content with it. Besides, when he needed help or needed anything he came to her. She had power over him. She just chose never to abuse it. Clark Kent was the kind of person destined for great things and that meant that sometimes the rules had to be brutally murdered in the town square. He was someone that came into being only once in millions of tries. Chloe knew that he was worth it and so she could never bring herself to resent whatever hold he had on her. She embraced it because the man he would become would inevitably be shaped by the people he was close to. It meant that no matter what he did or where he went she, Chloe Sullivan, had a hand in it. Great people were measured by their deeds, and those deeds were forged by the people who knew them best. In a round about way, that meant that when Clark Kent’s greatness was measured, they would actually be seeing her greatness. And Martha’s, Jonathan’s, Lex’s, and even Lana’s.
This was a beautiful, gorgeous monologue from Chloe. It was wonderful that, despite whatever problems she might have with the way Clark expresses his friendship, she can see that his friendship is a relationship worth fighting for. Not only that, but she also helped ME see why a person would hang onto Clark as a friend, despite all the difficulties associated with hanging out with a brooding hero-in-training.
I also loved how Chloe had a moment where she felt pity for Lex and how he is incapable of hanging onto a friend of any worthy calibre. It actually MUST be horrible and depressing going through life knowing that there’s no-one who loves you for yourself… No wonder Lex clings to people who show the slightest bit of inclination of liking just ‘Lex’ and not just wanting to hang out with ‘Lex Luthor’…
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The subject of her thoughts walked into view. He took the choice of meeting him right out of her hands. Never let it be said that Clark Kent lacked decisiveness. Once he had a course of action he bulldozed right on through to the end. His lack of focus and indecision would fade away with time and confidence. Every now and again she saw it in him. No doubt it was that spark that kept Martha and Jonathan, when he was alive, going and the people who knew him best. Clark Kent was going to be a legend.
squeee! This was a lovely picture painted of Clark. I love fics where Clark is shown as an actual young Superman rather than a whiny, broody, stupid, self-righteous, sanctimonious teen with some ‘superman-like’ powers.
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“Because I know that you want to help me take down Luthor and I can’t let you.”
Chloe knew the exact moment when Clark shut down on her. The exact moment she knew that he was gonna dig in and be as hard-head, as stubborn as a mule. Worse than a mule. “Maybe a camel.” It was when his impressive jaw clinched and set into a hard expression. She remembered when they were younger and he would do that. It was so adorable. Now, however, it wasn’t. He was a man now.
LOL! I actually liked that Clark was going to put up a fight about not being included in Chloe crusade. I would have been horribly disappointed if Clark had just accepted Chloe’s orders to ‘stay put’ without arguing that she needs back-up.
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Chloe knew where he was coming from. She’d be hard pressed to accept such a rejection if she were in his shoes, but she had to stay firm on this, “Because Lex is either a massive blind spot or he flares too brightly in your view. Your judgment has never been right when it came to him.”
This was AWESOME! I loved it! I loved Chloe’s astute and spot-on analysis on how Clark has this weakness of perception when it comes to Lex. AND she managed to phrase it beautifully in a short, cutting, brief statement. Awesome writing, Ava!
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Clark enveloped her in a hug. He held her tight as if she would slip away, “You’re the best person I know, Chloe. I don’t know what I would do without you. One of the worst moments of my life came when I thought I had lost you forever that summer. I always expect you to come back to me. And it’s only recently that I realized that you’ve never left me.”
awww, dear sweet Clark… When he finally gets it into his head to start paying attention to his friends, he is unbeatable when it comes to loyalty and unwavering support. Which makes sense, because he learned everything he knows about being a friend from Chloe :D
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It took Chloe and Lois three hours to get the results they were looking for. Chloe had denied Lois access to the information she had helped her acquire. She didn’t want her cousin deeply involved until she knew the depth and width of the opposition. Lois pouted. She threatened, and whined until Chloe’s eyes flashed gold. That shut her up in record time. “I should abuse the fun eye change more often.”
That is great! I was concerned that Chloe was just rushing off blindly and hotly to beat the heck out of Lex, without taking a moment to research, think or strategize beforehand. But it seems like the wolf’s blood-lust has not overcome to cool, ruthless reporter within… not yet.
But Chloe was calm enough to commit herself to research, AND take along a assistant with her, LOL! I’m sure Lois must have been livid about being forced to carry papers without being fully informed about everything in them, ROTFL! Chloe would have KILLED Lois if Lois had tried to pull a stunt like that on her… I guess a pair of vicious, killer eyes go a long way to making the opposition shut up, LOL!
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Chloe left Lois with vague promises of filling her in later and headed home. As she sat and read her computer screen, the world faded away. A quarter of the way through, Chloe let loose a roar of rage. She didn’t care about neighbors hearing. They’d probably think it was the radio anyway. Chloe had only felt this out of control the first time she had changed into the wolf. She couldn’t control this. Her heart was racing, her breathing was rapid and she knew that the change was at the surface. Chloe ran from her apartment, gunned her car engine and pointed it in the direction of Lex Luthor’s mansion. There were no thoughts in her mind. Only fury and pain. She was going to murder him and paint his walls red with his blood.
“Lex Luthor will die for this.”
oh dear Heavens! What the heck was in those papers? WHAT could have produced this kind of a blood-lusting, violent reaction from Chloe… She not only wants to hurt him (which is understandable) or even kill him (which is extreme, but a possible outcome) but she actually wants to torture and rip him apart. Part of the viciousness of her emotions might be from the Wolf, but I think there must have been something TERRIBLE in those files to have driven Chloe to this state.
I can’t wait to find out all the details on whatever Chloe discovered during her research. Not to mention the upcoming Lex and Chloe confrontation? AWESOME!!! Please update soon!