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Title: Accidents Happen
Author: scifichick774
Rating: NC-17
Category: Humor/Romance/Supernatural
Spoilers: No specific eppies that I can think of, but up to Rosetta in the second season to be safe.
Summary: Chloe and Lex are exposed to a chemical spill near kryptonite and develop the ability to hear each other’s thoughts and see some images inside each other’s heads.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no infringement intended, please don’t sue.
Feedback: YES!! REVIEW!! Geez, that sounded incredibly needy.
Archival: Sure – just let me know where.
Author’s Note: Oh man. You guys are going to kill me, but I needed to write a fluff fic. I’m sorry. I love writing my drama, romance, and angst stories, but I needed something that was just for fun. It’s not going to be a long story (probably only a few chapters) and it’s just for me, but if you guys like it too, then all the better. BTW, I don’t know Gabe’s secretary’s name or if he even has one, so just pretend that I know what I’m talking about. In case you’re not familiar with my writing – “represent spoken words” and ‘represent thoughts’.
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Chloe walked into her father’s office and gave the secretary one of her beaming smiles. The older woman smiled back at her.
“Hi Kathy,” Chloe greeted cheerfully as she swung her key ring around on her finger. “Is he ready yet?” Kathy shook her head.
“Sorry sweetie, he’s not here,” she answered. Chloe’s smile fell.
“His car is in the shop and I was supposed to pick him up. He could have at least called me and let me know that I didn’t need to drive all the way out here,” Chloe rambled. Kathy chuckled.
“I meant he’s not in his office,” she clarified. Chloe smiled.
“I knew that,” she said.
“He was called down to lab seven, something about one of the vats leaking,” Kathy said. “But you’re welcome to wait here if you want.” Chloe seemed to think about it and then shook her head.
“No thanks. I’m a little hungry. Can you tell me where the vending machines are?” She asked. Kathy went back to her typing.
“Down the hall and take a left,” she said without raising her head from the computer screen. Chloe turned around to head out the door and paused when Kathy spoke again. “Chloe?”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t let your father catch you snooping around down there,” Kathy said, knowing full well that Chloe couldn’t pass up the urge to find out about the vat leak. Chloe bit her lip as she smiled.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she replied in a faux innocent voice. Kathy grinned and kept typing as Chloe walked away. ‘Hmm, maybe I should have gotten directions,’ Chloe mused as she tried to make her way through the labyrinth of hallways. She smiled when she saw a sign next to a door indicating that it was the entrance to lab seven, but the smile quickly fell when she saw that it had a keycard and pad entry lock. “Damn,” she mumbled. As if by divine intervention, at least in Chloe’s mind, the door opened and one of the employees came walking through. She stuck out her hand to keep the door from closing. The older man smiled at her briefly and she smiled back.
He turned and walked down the hallway, paying her virtually no regard. Chloe tried to keep herself from laughing. Security controls were a good thing if the employees actually enforced them and an even better thing for her when they didn’t. She stepped into the lab and took a quick look around. She guessed that the small group of people huddled around a vat was probably where the spill was, especially since she could see Gabe and Lex standing with them. Lex looked out of place wearing his expensive suit and no lab jacket, but she figured that he rarely spent time in that section of the plant. She began to walk over there, disregarding the warning signs that said safety gloves and hats must be worn at all times in that area. Gabe spotted her and gave her a small wave.
“Hey sweetheart,” he said as she walked up to him. Chloe smiled.
“Hi Dad,” she replied. “Mr. Luthor,” she said with a nod of her head.
“Miss Sullivan,” Lex greeted. “What brings you to lab seven?” He didn’t look pleased that she was there. The last thing he needed was for her to do an article on the vat leak and end up having the EPA shut them down for a while. She shrugged as if it was no big deal.
“Kathy said that Dad was down here, and I’m picking him up from work today,” Chloe answered. Lex looked at her with suspicion, but accepted the excuse. Chloe turned to Gabe. “So are you ready yet?” Her dad frowned and looked at the floor, where a new puddle of the liquid from the vat was starting to form.
“I’m afraid not,” he said with a shake of his head. “Go ahead and go home. I’ll just catch a ride with someone from the plant.” Chloe crossed her arms.
“And you couldn’t have told me this *before* I drove all the way out here?” She asked with mock anger. Gabe grinned.
“Sorry sweetheart,” he said. Chloe shrugged.
“No problem,” she said. “See you when you get home.” Chloe hadn’t noticed that the puddle extended to where she was and when she turned to walk away, she slipped and fell. “Yuck!” The liquid was filmy and now covering her posterior and her hands. “What is this stuff?”
“I’d tell you, but I’m pretty sure you don’t want to know,” Gabe answered. Chloe made a disgusted face. She noticed that a couple of the small meteor rocks she had in her bag had fallen out and were now covered in film as well.
“As long as it comes off,” she said. On instinct, Lex reached out his hand to help her up, not paying attention to the fact that neither one of them was wearing gloves. Chloe picked up the rocks and then took Lex’s hand with her free hand. They yanked their hands away from each other after she was standing. “It’s burning!” Lex frowned at his now goop covered hand.
“You’re right,” he said with displeasure. “We’d better get to clean up.” Chloe nodded in agreement and dropped the rocks back into her bag. Gabe gave them a sympathetic grin.
“At least we know that it’s not toxic,” he called at them as they were walking toward the clean up area. “You should be fine.” Chloe rolled her eyes.
“That’s really comforting,” she said sarcastically. Lex chuckled and then noticed that she was looking down at her hands.
“Still hurts?” He asked. Chloe frowned.
“A little, but it seems to be going away,” she said. “You?”
“The same,” Lex said. He got a small smirk on his face as they finally reached the sinks. “So your Dad calls you sweetheart?” He teased. She shot him a glare out of the corner of her eye as they both pumped some liquid sanitizer onto her hands and ran them under the water.
“Your Dad doesn’t call you sweetheart?” She bit back. Lex laughed loudly.
“No,” he answered. “But my Mom used to call me ‘dumpling’.” Chloe laughed and smiled at him.
“I’ll have to remember that,” she said.
“Please don’t,” Lex said seriously. Chloe looked at her hands after drying them off. They were a little red, as if the top layer of skin had been burned off. She frowned and held them up for Lex to see.
“Is your hand red?” She asked. He looked down at his own hand.
“A little, but I’m sure it’ll be fine. At least it’s only one of my hands,” he said with a small smirk. Chloe gave him a forced grin and turned to leave.
“Whatever you say *dumpling*,” she threw over her shoulder. Lex cringed. He knew he shouldn’t have told her that.
Chloe waved goodbye to her dad and left to go home. The drive home was long and boring as usual, and Chloe started to daydream as she drove down the back roads. She told herself a million times that she was over Clark and that she had to stop thinking of him like that, but a few little fantasies weren’t going to hurt anyone, right? An image flitted through her mind of she and Clark making love and she smiled to herself as she pulled up in her driveway. Lex Luthor had a very different reaction. He was talking to Gabe and suddenly Chloe’s daydream appeared in his mind. He smiled inwardly at the image of Chloe being naked, but then saw Clark and he shook his head to try and clear the picture from his mind.
‘What the hell was that?!’ He thought to himself. Chloe furrowed her brow and looked around the room. She could have sworn she heard a man’s voice.
‘What the hell was what?’ She thought to herself as she kept looking for the man who she knew had to be there. Lex paled when he recognized Chloe’s voice in his head.
‘Chloe?’ He thought.
“Yeah, I’m right here,” Chloe said aloud. “Where are you? And more importantly, *who* are you, and what are you doing in my house?” Lex cringed, but did his best to compose himself.
“Gabe, I’m not feeling too well,” he said. “I’m going home. Can you handle this?” Gabe grinned and nodded.
“No problem.”
‘Gabe?’ Chloe thought. “My Dad’s at work,” she said to the air, hoping that the man would come out of hiding.
‘I’m at work too Chloe,’ Lex thought. ‘I think something happened to us.’ Chloe’s eyes grew wide when she finally recognized Lex’s voice, and realized that it was coming from within her own head.
‘Well fix it!’ She mentally yelled.
‘I’m on my way home now,’ Lex said. ‘I have the files on the chemical back at the house.’
‘Speed! I can’t have your voice inside my head Lex!’ She said. Lex pursed his lips, knowing that he would regret his next sentence.
‘It’s not just our voices,’ Lex thought.
‘What do you mean?’ Chloe made her way to the refrigerator and took out a small container of hot fudge topping. Her mind drifted to less than chaste thoughts of what she could be doing with Clark and the chocolate and Lex yelled at her.
“Stop it!” He practically screamed. Chloe furrowed her brow.
‘Stop what? I was just fixing myself some ice cream,’ she thought.
‘Stop fantasizing about you and Clark!’ Lex ordered. ‘Don’t get me wrong, the images of you are terrific, but I have no desire to see you having sex with another man.’ Chloe choked on the ice cream she just tried to swallow. A furious blush rose to her cheeks.
‘You – you ---’
‘Saw it. Yes. I told you, it’s not just our voices,’ Lex thought.
“Oh God,” Chloe groaned in embarrassment.
‘Just try and control yourself, don’t let it happen again,’ Lex told her. Chloe’s mouth opened a little. How dare he tell her what to think or not to think?
‘What’s the matter?’ She asked. ‘Jealous that it wasn’t you?’ Lex squared his jaw.
‘Don’t be ridiculous, I ---’ Lex’s thoughts drifted to a vivid image of he and Chloe making love on his bed. They were sweaty and writhing against each other with full passion. Chloe screamed her release and Lex tried to clear his thoughts.
“What the hell was that?!” Chloe yelled. Lex ran his hand around the back of his neck.
“Don’t get mad at me, you’re the one who suggested it,” Lex said. He frowned when he realized that he was arguing with her aloud even though she wasn’t there.
‘I – argh! Just find a way to fix it! And no more thinking about – you know – for either of us. Deal?’
‘Deal,’ Lex thought. He immediately regretted thinking it. He was certain now that he had an imprint of the two of them in that position in his mind that he would want to think about it frequently. He imagined himself kissing her passionately, their tongues maneuvering against each other in an erotic dance; him moving his hands under her shirt and ---
“Knock it off!” Chloe yelled. Lex snapped out of his thoughts.
‘Sorry,’ he thought. A small smirk crossed his lips.
“Knock what off?” Lana asked in confusion as she walked into the house. Chloe turned around to face her and offered her a nervous smile.
“Nothing, nothing’s wrong,” Chloe lied.
‘Who are you talking to?’ Lex asked.
‘Lana just got home,’ Chloe explained. She thought she heard Lex snicker and shook her head. “How was work?”
“Fine,” Lana said. “Kind of busy. But you’ll never guess what happened!” Lana seemed excited and Chloe sat down next to her.
“What happened?” Chloe asked.
‘What happened?’ Lex asked.
‘Shut up,’ Chloe thought. ‘I’m talking to Lana.’
“Okay, you know Damian Thomas?” Lana asked excitedly. Chloe nodded. “I think he likes you. He was asking all these questions about you, like if you were seeing anybody and stuff.”
“Really?” Chloe asked. Lana nodded happily.
“So what do you think? You want me to try and hook you two up?” She asked.
‘Would you please tell me what’s going on?’ Lex asked. ‘And who the guy is?’ Chloe ignored him.
“I – uh – maybe,” Chloe said. Lana rolled her eyes.
“Okay, well think about it and let me know,” she said. Chloe nodded and buried her head in her hands after Lana left the room.
‘Thinking about it is the last thing I should do,’ Chloe thought to herself.
‘Thinking about what?’ Lex asked.
‘God! You’re nosier than I am,’ she thought. Lex grinned.
‘It’s a little hard not to be when we share each other’s thoughts,’ he replied.
‘I guess that’s a valid point,’ Chloe conceded.
‘So are you going to tell me what’s going on?’ He asked.
‘Lana thinks some guy – the guy in the mental picture – likes me and wants to try and set us up on a date,’ Chloe said. Lex was silent for a minute and Chloe got her hopes up that maybe their connection had worn off.
‘I don’t think it would be a good idea for either of us to date until we have this sorted out,’ Lex said. Chloe frowned.
‘I’m not going to give up the little social life I have just so you won’t feel uncomfortable,’ Chloe thought. Lex pictured them making love again. The image was strong and Chloe could feel herself becoming aroused at the very thought of it. ‘Okay, stop it! You made your point.’
‘Thank you.’
‘Whatever,’ Chloe thought shortly. ‘Just look over your files and see if there’s anything we can do to reverse this.’
‘Of course *sweetheart*,’ Lex replied.
‘Bastard.’
‘You can call me anything you’d like, as long as it keeps images of you with teenage boys out of my head,’ Lex quipped.
‘Fine. *Dumpling*.’
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Ch. 2
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It had been a trying evening. Chloe’s patience was wearing thin and Lex’s was now non-existent. Chloe finished up her harried meal with her dad and Lana and pushed herself away from the table.
“I’m going to get an early start on my homework,” Chloe said. Gabe arched an eyebrow at her.
“On a Friday night?” He asked with surprise. Chloe managed to fake a smile.
“Well, if I get it done now then I have the rest of the weekend free,” she explained.
“Ah,” Gabe said with a smile. Lana smiled at her also.
“So does that mean you’ve come to a decision about D-” she glanced at Gabe and then back at Chloe, “you know?” Chloe opened her mouth to speak, but closed it before saying anything. She smiled at Lana.
“I’ll have to get back to you on that,” Chloe said.
‘No,’ Lex reminded her. ‘I just got a mental image of that guy again, so I can infer that you were talking about going out with him, and the answer is no.’
‘You’re not my social director Lex,’ she thought as she made her way up the stairs.
‘As long as our minds are connected I am,’ he countered.
‘I was thinking ---’
‘No you weren’t, I would have heard you. Remember?’ Lex thought.
‘Would you shut up for just a second? God you’re annoying!’ Chloe was ready to drive over to his house and strangle him.
‘It’s the truth,’ he said.
‘I know it’s the truth that you’re annoying,’ she said with a smile. ‘I’m surprised to hear you admit it.’
‘Not that,’ Lex thought with aggravation. ‘The part about me hearing you.’
‘Maybe you don’t hear all my thoughts,’ Chloe mused.
‘If that’s the case, I’d be forever grateful if you’d filter out those ghastly images of you and Clark together,’ Lex said.
‘Ghastly? There’s nothing ghastly about ---’
‘Please,’ he said sarcastically. ‘Even in your fantasies you don’t look right for each other.’
‘Hey!’
‘I’m just pointing out the obvious,’ he thought.
‘Ugh! Ignoring you now,’ she thought. Lex scoffed.
‘Best of luck with that,’ he said.
‘I need some music to calm me,’ Chloe thought. ‘Maybe I can drown you out.’ Lex chuckled aloud and it came through his thoughts as well. Chloe glanced through her cds and picked one. She placed it in her cd player and selected the track she wanted. ‘Prepare to be drowned out,’ she thought. The music started playing and because Chloe was thinking about it, it came through loud and clear in Lex’s head.
You belong to my heart
Now and forever
Though our love had it's start
Not long ago
Well we were gathering stars
And a million guitars
Played our love song
When I said I love you
Every beat of my heart
Said it too
Was a moment like this
When I first found you
And your eyes threw a kiss
When they met mine
Now we own all the stars
And a million guitars
Are still playing
Now you are a song
And you'll always belong
To my heart
Now you are a song
And you'll always belong
To my heart
‘Chloe?’ Lex thought. Chloe lay down on her bed, closed her eyes, and groaned softly.
‘I hope you’re happy. I was almost able to convince myself that you weren’t inside my head,’ she said.
‘Sorry to disappoint you,’ Lex thought with a grin.
‘Whatever. Did you want something?’ Chloe thought.
‘We should at least *try* to be civil toward each other.’
‘That would kind of negate my homicide defense,’ Chloe thought. Lex smiled broadly.
‘The voices in your head made you do it?’
‘Well, it’s just the one if you want to be specific your honor,’ she thought. Lex chuckled.
‘So what were you thinking earlier?’ He asked.
‘You know what I was thinking earlier, you were sort of there,’ she said.
‘No, I mean the part you said that ---’
‘Oh,’ Chloe thought. ‘I was wondering if proximity might have anything to do with it.’
‘You think it might get better if we were further away from each other?’ He asked.
‘It’s worth a shot,’ she said. ‘Tomorrow’s Saturday. Maybe you could have a date with one of your model slash bimbos in Metropolis or something.’
‘Nice to know you think so highly of my taste in women,’ Lex said sarcastically.
‘Have you seen the women you go out with?’ She countered.
‘You just want me to go to Metropolis so you can go out with that guy that Lana wants to set you up with,’ Lex thought.
‘Damian,’ Chloe filled in for him. Lex rolled his eyes.
‘Damian,’ he repeated. ‘As in *The Omen*? I should think that would be a major hint that you shouldn’t go out with him right there.’ Chloe laughed.
‘I’ll mention it to him,’ she thought.
‘Before or after he tries to make you his demon bride?’ Lex quipped.
‘Funny,’ she said sarcastically. ‘So do you want to try the proximity idea or not?’
‘Can’t hurt,’ Lex thought.
‘Great! Now get out of my head so I can do my homework.’
‘Chloe, if I could get out of your head at will then I would have by now.’
‘You want to help me then?’ She asked.
‘Depends.’
‘On?’
‘What class are you doing homework for first?’ He asked.
‘Why does it matter? You’re going to be there through all of them,’ she retorted.
‘Not necessarily true,’ he said. He held up a glass of scotch in front of him and grinned. ‘I’m working on my second glass of scotch as we speak, so I could very well pass out and not think anything.’
‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ Chloe thought.
‘Because you’re underage? Or perhaps because your father and Lana are home and they wouldn’t look favorably upon you getting sloshed and passing out?’
‘The latter,’ Chloe said. ‘Of course if it works for you tonight, I may have to reconsider how much I value my image in the eyes of my dad.’ Lex laughed.
‘So which class is first?’
‘I’m not sure I want you to help me if you’re already well on your way to getting drunk,’ she answered.
‘I’m only on my second glass Chloe.’
‘Right. I forgot that you probably have a liver the size of Texas by now,’ she said with a smile.
‘What happened to being civil toward each other?’ Lex asked.
‘I never agreed to it,’ she responded.
‘Oh.’
‘Right. So – how are you at Health?’
‘What subject in Health?’ Lex asked in a suggestive voice. Chloe could practically see the smirk on his face.
‘We’re already passed human sexuality Lex,’ she said.
‘Damn. That was always my best subject,’ he replied.
‘Certainly the only one you probably paid attention to,’ Chloe thought. Lex pursed his lips and then took a drink of his alcohol.
‘Touché.’
‘We’re working on our CPR section now,’ Chloe said. Lex grinned. ‘And don’t even bother with the mouth to mouth remarks because I had to hear them all this morning from Pete and Clark.’
‘I’m sure you didn’t mind the latter,’ he thought.
‘Actually I did,’ she admitted. ‘He’s gorgeous, but sometimes he can be so ---’
‘Immature?’
‘So?’
‘What makes you think this Damian kid, or any teenage boy will be any better?’ Lex asked. He took another drink from his glass. He was almost done and would be ready to start on his third soon.
‘Well technically Damian has an edge, seeing as how the demon inside of him has probably lived for centuries,’ Chloe joked. Lex choked on some of his scotch as he started laughing. His laughing subsided and he headed toward the decanter set to pour himself a third scotch.
‘Chloe, may I ask you a question?’
‘Like I have a choice?’ She responded. ‘Speaking of which, I guess I could get all the information I need for any sort of inside article on you or your company now huh?’ Lex groaned.
‘I guess I’ll be calling in sick for a while,’ he said. Chloe laughed.
‘You do realize I was just joking right?’ She asked. Lex arched an eyebrow and sat down with his drink.
‘You were?’
‘Of course,’ she said. ‘How would I ever explain how I got my information?’ Lex looked thoughtful.
‘Good point.’
‘You had a question?’ She asked. She started to fill out the answers on her homework, which proved to be incredibly easy.
‘Do you even like Damian? Or are you just using him as a substitute for Clark?’ Lex asked. Chloe frowned.
‘Clark is my friend. I’ve accepted that ---’
‘Ah yes, I can tell that from the numerous pornographic images that I’ve had played in my head,’ Lex said sarcastically. Chloe smiled.
‘Well, look on the bright side. If I end up liking Damian, then I could fantasize about him instead.’
‘How is that a bright side exactly?’ He asked and then took a rather large drink from his glass. He was finally starting to feel the effects of the alcohol and his mind drifted to an image of him cupping Chloe’s face with his hands and kissing her. They slid their tongues against each other and only finally parted when they needed air. Chloe tried mentally screaming at him, but the images didn’t stop. Lex closed his eyes and thought about undressing her and slowly leaning her back against his bed. About them running their hands over each other and him taking one of her nipples into his mouth. Chloe’s skin felt heated. The imagery Lex was projecting was erotic and she couldn’t get him to stop it.
‘Lex!’ She tried again. Lex corresponded her yell to his fantasy. Her screaming his name as he entered her and began to thrust. Her wrapping her legs around him for better contact. Their breathing becoming shorter and faster as he pumped into her. Chloe felt the arousal spread through her body. She was so close to climax and they hadn’t really done anything. ‘This can’t be good,’ she thought. Lex didn’t hear her, or chose not to. Chloe’s real breathing became closer to that of the image as she seemed to feel everything that was going on. ‘Oh God!’ She felt her orgasm sweep over her and clung to the comforter on her bed. Lex had a similar reaction. He ran a hand over his face when he looked at the liquid and broken glass on the floor and the wetness in his slacks.
“Damn,” he muttered under his breath. Chloe’s eyes opened.
‘Okay, explain that, and explain it now,’ she thought. Lex’s eyebrows rose.
‘Did you ---?’ He asked, trailing off at the end of the question. Chloe blushed. She couldn’t lie to him because he would know.
‘Yeah,’ she thought. ‘You?’
‘Yeah.’ There was a small pause while they both absorbed the surrealism of the situation.
‘So this proximity thing isn’t such a bad idea right?’ Chloe asked.
‘I – sure. We can try it,’ Lex thought.
‘Okay,’ Chloe agreed. ‘But Lex?’
‘Yeah?’
‘Just don’t do that – you know – during my date okay?’ Chloe asked. Lex smirked.
‘I’ll do my best.’
TBC
*The song is You Belong to My Heart by Lara Agustin – I don’t own any of the rights to it either.
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Ch. 3
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A/N: Okay, skipping ahead time wise a little here to the night of the date. I know some of you were hoping for a nice dream sequence, but I know for a fact that I would go passed the strong R rating if I did that. *wink* I still think you’ll enjoy this chapter. Lots of banter, lots of Chlexy goodness.
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“I’m so glad that you decided to go out with Damian after all,” Lana chirped as she poured a refill for a customer’s coffee. Chloe resisted rolling her eyes.
“Yeah, and meeting at The Talon – how original,” she said sarcastically. Lana giggled.
‘I can’t believe you’re meeting him somewhere at all. Shouldn’t he have picked you up at your house?’ Lex thought.
‘You do realize that you sound like my Dad,’ Chloe retorted.
‘Gabe’s a smart man,’ Lex countered.
“You’ll go somewhere else afterward. He probably just wants a comfortable place to start out at,” Lana said. Chloe shrugged.
“I guess,” Chloe said.
‘You guess what?’ Lex asked.
‘Nothing,’ Chloe lied. ‘Aren’t you supposed to be on your way to Metropolis?’
‘I am,’ Lex said. ‘I should be there in another hour and a half.’
‘Damn,’ Chloe thought. ‘Are you sure?’
‘I’ve made this drive several times,’ Lex thought. ‘Yes, I’m sure.’
‘Really, really sure?’ Chloe asked. Lex sighed.
‘Well, I could span it out to another two and a quarter hours if you’re desperately concerned about my safety at driving this speed,’ he teased. ‘But your proximity theory was obviously flawed,’ Lex thought. Chloe frowned.
‘Maybe you’re just not far enough away,’ she thought hopefully. ‘You could go to Europe or something right?’ Lex chuckled.
‘So you can have a social life with *Damian*? I think not.’
‘Spoilsport,’ Chloe thought.
‘Well look at it this way Chloe; if your date turns out to be as brain dead as most of the Smallville community, then at least you’ll have good company in your head.’
‘I’m not sure I’d consider you good company,’ Chloe thought. She smiled at Lana when she came back from her waitressing rounds. Lex smirked.
‘Even after last night?’ he asked with a sultry undertone.
‘Especially after last night. You’re going to corrupt me, Luthor,’ she thought. Lex smiled broadly and then started laughing.
‘If that’s the way you feel about it, then maybe I should just swing the car around and ---’
‘Don’t you dare!’ Chloe thought. Luckily her own yelling at him drowned out the fact that he had done just that and was already on his way back to Smallville.
‘Come on Chloe. You don’t even like this guy,’ Lex said.
‘I don’t even know him. I just know *of* him. He could be nice. You don’t know,’ Chloe argued.
‘Yeah, but can he make you scream?’ Lex asked. Chloe buried her head in her hands to hide the color that was rising to her cheeks.
‘That was mortifying,’ Chloe thought. Lex furrowed his brow.
‘No it wasn’t,’ he thought. ‘It was fantastic.’ Chloe sighed.
‘Not that,’ she thought. ‘The after part where I actually screamed and my Dad and Lana both came rushing to my room because they thought I was being attacked or something.’ Lex started laughing again. ‘It’s not funny! I had to tell them that I had a nightmare and I don’t even think they believed me.’
‘Of course they didn’t – it wasn’t that kind of a scream,’ Lex said luridly. Damian walked in and tapped Chloe on the shoulder. She turned around and smiled at him. ‘Ugh,’ Lex thought with disgust. ‘Why do I have a picture of that damn kid in my head again, Chloe?’
‘Because he just showed up,’ Chloe thought. “Hey,” she greeted.
“Hey,” Damian said. He motioned toward the tables with his head. “You wanna get a seat?”
“Sure.”
‘Hey and sure,’ Lex thought. ‘He’s obviously a master of conversation to get such vivid responses from you.’
‘Will you shut up and let me enjoy my date?!’
‘Be nice or I’ll start fantasizing about you again,’ Lex thought. Chloe groaned and Damian shot her a concerned look.
“Is something wrong?” Damian asked.
“No, sorry. I just remembered that I forgot to do something I was supposed to do today,” Chloe lied. Damian smiled and nodded. ‘Ugh. He’s giving me the Clark look.’
‘Clark look?’ Lex asked.
‘You know? *I don’t know what you’re talking about, so I’m just going to nod and smile a goofy looking smile at you*?’ Chloe answered. Lex smiled.
‘Ahh, that look,’ Lex said. ‘So I gather that brain surgeon is not on young Damian’s list of career options?’
‘Not unless the demon inside him is calling the shots career wise,’ Chloe quipped. Lex smiled again, but it quickly fell.
‘I can’t hear anything you’re saying to him.’
‘Because I’m not saying anything,’ Chloe thought. Lex chuckled at her irritated tone. ‘Shut up. I have to put up with your side of the conversation with whatever gold digger you decided to take out tonight.’
‘Actually you don’t,’ Lex thought.
‘Why? Have you figured out a way to block your thoughts from me? And if so, could you do it now?’
‘Funny,’ Lex responded sarcastically. ‘Actually, I didn’t have a date for tonight. I only agreed to go to Metropolis because it seemed like you really wanted me to.’
‘Oh. Well, thanks then I guess.’
‘Anything for you *sweetheart*,’ Lex thought. Chloe started laughing and Damian looked at her like she had grown a third eye.
“I’m sorry, I was just thinking how awkward this is,” she lied. Damian took a breath and then released.
“Totally,” he agreed. “I was going to ask you out on my own, you know, after I found out a little more about you to see if we had anything in common. And then Lana totally jumps on the idea after I asked her two questions.” Chloe chuckled.
“She gets carried away sometimes,” Chloe said.
“So do you wanna see a movie or something?” He asked.
‘Do I wanna see a movie or something?’ Chloe thought to herself, mimicking Damian’s tone. Lex rolled his eyes.
‘I told you not to go out with him,’ he thought.
‘Maybe I should go see a movie,’ Chloe thought, ignoring Lex’s comment. ‘It might help muffle the sound of your voice in my head.’
‘What did I tell you about being nice?’ He warned in a half joking manner. Chloe scoffed.
‘Please,’ she said sarcastically. ‘If I have sex with you in my brain then it’s the only action I’m getting tonight.’ One corner of Lex’s mouth curled upward.
‘So poor Damian doesn’t have a chance?’ He asked a little too hopefully. Chloe faked a smile at Damian.
“A movie sounds good. What did you have in mind?” She asked.
“They have a new war movie out,” Damian said with a little too much enthusiasm. Chloe frowned and Damian furrowed his brow. “You don’t like war movies?”
‘Who the hell likes war movies?’ she thought. Lex shook his head. Damian really didn’t have a chance with Chloe, even if Lex wasn’t sharing thoughts with her. “I’m sorry, it’s just with Whitney and ---”
‘Good cover,’ Lex thought.
‘Thanks. It’s the truth.’
“Oh yeah, I forgot that you were friends with him, huh?” Damian asked.
“Not really,” Chloe said honestly. “More like friends of friends.” Damian nodded. ‘Kind of like you and me, huh Lex?’
‘I give you an orgasm so powerful that your dad and Lana rushed in the room to see if you were alright when you screamed and you don’t consider me a friend on my own merits? I think I’m hurt, Chloe.’
‘Not to mention the fact that we’re in each other’s heads,’ Chloe thought. ‘That’s what you were going to say next right?’
‘You make it sound like it’s a bad thing,’ Lex said.
“Okay, well how about Army of Doom?” Damian asked. “It’s supposed to have some great special effects.”
‘Army of Doom,’ Chloe thought. ‘I guess that’s technically not a war movie.’
‘Nor a movie that any male with a brain cell would take a first date to,’ Lex thought. ‘Is he on drugs? Check his pupils.’ Chloe coughed to cover her laughter.
‘It might not be that bad,’ Chloe thought. ‘It just seems kind of weird that he would suggest a war movie and then a horror movie. I wonder if he has some sort of death wish or something.’
‘I could accommodate it,’ Lex said. Chloe smiled.
‘And how would you do that?’ she asked. Lex pictured Damian getting shot and the blood spraying over the wall behind him. ‘Charming.’ Her sarcasm was heavy.
‘You asked,’ Lex argued.
‘And how would you get away with this obviously well thought out plan of yours?’ Chloe asked.
‘I had no choice, your honor; the voice in my head made me do it,’ Lex said with a bright smile. Chloe inwardly laughed and Lex continued. ‘What exactly did the voice tell you to do son? Oh, she said that she was having a very bad date and I needed to get rid of him before I could take her back to my house and ravage her.’
Chloe snorted. ‘You wish.’
‘Several times,’ Lex replied with a smirk. Chloe reached across the table and placed her hand on top of Damian’s, oblivious to the fact that Lex sped even faster to get home and had just pulled up outside the building.
“I’m sorry Damian, I just don’t think this is going to work,” she said.
“How do you know? We could have *something* in common,” Damian pointed out. Lex walked into The Talon and spotted the table Chloe and Damian were sitting at. “We haven’t even really gotten to know each other yet.” Lex arrived at the table and grinned at Chloe.
“And you never will,” Lex responded to Damian. The boy looked at him in confusion.
“Who are you?” Damian asked. Lex briefly let his eyes glance at him.
“Jealous boyfriend,” Lex said dryly. “Take a hike.” Chloe arched an eyebrow and Lex grinned at her. ‘Play along,’ he thought. “Did you think I wouldn’t find out about him?” Lex asked. “Lana should have known better than to try and push you away from me.” His tone was menacing and Chloe was surprised that he was able to pull it off. He held out his hand to help her out of her chair. ‘You want out of this date from hell or not?’ Lex thought. “No one takes you away from me. You’re mine.”
Chloe took his hand and stood up. She gave Damian a somewhat forced apologetic look.
“Sorry Damian, but he has violent tendencies.” Her mind replayed Lex’s image of shooting Damian. “And I wouldn’t want you to get hurt.” Damian frowned. Lana never mentioned that Chloe had a boyfriend, let alone one who looked like he was ready to kill him just for sitting with her.
Someone caught the corner of Chloe’s eye and she smiled. “But hey! I know Stacey really likes war movies, and she’s getting off shift in a little bit. Maybe this will all work out for the best.” Damian looked over at Stacey and smiled.
“Maybe,” he agreed. “I guess you just never know how fate’s going to work out, huh?” He gave her another Clark look and Lex grinned tightly. Lex wrapped his arm around Chloe’s back possessively.
“You just never know,” Chloe said through a clearly faked smile. She looked up at Lex. “Come on *dumpling*, we should get out of here before you start trying to kill people.”
Lex smirked at her and then ushered them to the front doors. He held the door open for her and placed his hand on the small of her back as she was walking through.
Chloe sighed when they reached his car. “You do realize that I’m never going to get a date again don’t you?”
Lex arched an eyebrow and motioned to The Talon with his head.
“And that’s a bad thing?” he asked. Chloe rolled her eyes.
‘Of course not. It’s not like I have any need for any sort of social life or anything,’ she thought sarcastically. Lex stepped closer to her and began to lean down.
‘You just never know how fate’s going to work out,’ he thought. She creased her brow ever so slightly and Lex brushed his lips against hers. Chloe’s eyes widened.
‘Lex!’
‘Problem?’ He asked and continued to be persistent with the kiss. His tongue wove its way into her mouth and Chloe let out a small moan. His hands rested on her hips and Chloe ran her hands up his chest. Their tongues slid against each other.
‘You know we can’t do this,’ she thought.
‘Why?’ he asked.
‘Because sex in our heads is one thing,’ she thought. ‘Sex in reality is something else entirely.’
‘I agree,’ he thought as they kissed. He slid one hand up the back of her shirt and Chloe gasped. ‘Sex in reality can only be better.’
~*~*~*~*~
Ch. 4
~*~*~*~*~
Damian walked out of the coffee shop and saw the two kissing. He shook his head and walked away. How could Lana *not* know that Chloe had a boyfriend?
Chloe pulled away from Lex and Lex furrowed his brow.
“We can’t do this,” she repeated aloud. Her breathing was heavy and Lex smirked, taking a step closer to her to fill in the gap she left when she ended their kiss.
‘Chloe,’ he thought. Lex watched as she looked behind him and her eyes grew wide. He turned around. ‘Damn. Perfect timing as always Clark,’ he thought sarcastically. Chloe smiled and inwardly laughed. Lex smiled at her.
“Hey guys,” Clark greeted. He observed how close his friends were standing to each other and narrowed his eyes at them suspiciously. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing,” Chloe said with a forced smile. Clark frowned and stepped a little closer to Chloe.
“Are you okay Chloe? You looked kind of flushed,” Clark said. Chloe tried desperately to keep the blush from rising to her cheeks and Lex grinned evilly.
“You do,” Lex agreed. “Maybe I should take you home.”
‘My dad’s at home moron,’ Chloe thought.
‘I didn’t say *your* home,’ Lex countered. Clark watched as Chloe and Lex eyed each other. It was like they were having their own conversation without words, and Clark couldn’t say why, but it set him on edge for some reason.
“Oh, that’s okay Lex, I can take her home,” Clark offered. Lex glared at him and Clark raised his eyebrows in surprise. Lex quickly changed his expression.
“Don’t you need to meet Lana?” Lex asked.
‘Way to change the subject,’ Chloe thought.
‘The sooner we get rid of him, the sooner we can ---’
‘Shut up.’
‘Why?’
‘I already told you we can’t, that’s why,’ Chloe thought.
‘But you never gave me a reason why we can’t,’ Lex countered.
“Guys? Guys!” Clark waved his hand in front of them to try and get their attention again. They were staring at each other and Clark’s discomfort with the situation was growing. Something was definitely going on. Chloe looked over at him.
‘What?’ She thought. Lex chuckled.
‘He can’t hear you *sweetheart*. You have to use your voice,’ Lex thought. Chloe looked at Lex again.
‘You want a reason we can’t? Because we hate each other. Is that enough of a reason for you?’ She asked.
“I don’t hate you,” Lex said to her. Clark furrowed his brow.
“What?” Clark asked. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “Something is going on with you two and you’re going to tell me right now.” His voice was authoritative and Chloe bit her lip to keep from laughing. She was laughing on the inside though and Lex smiled.
‘Clark Kent – drill sergeant,’ Chloe thought.
‘He’s been spending too much time with his dad,’ Lex thought.
‘He did sound remarkably like him,’ Chloe agreed. Clark cleared his throat and they both looked over at him again.
“Sorry Clark,” Chloe said. “You see, there was an accident and ---”
“And I’m sure that Clark doesn’t want to be bothered with all of the details,” Lex interrupted, shooting a warning look at Chloe.
‘He has a right to know Lex,’ she thought.
‘Does he have a right to know what you’ve been *thinking* about him as well?’ Lex thought. Chloe blushed and immediately her mind flitted to an image of her and Clark undressing each other. Lex shook his head to try and clear the picture. “Stop it!” He yelled.
“You brought it up!” Chloe retorted. Clark opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.
“Stop what?” Clark asked in confusion. He looked back and forth between his friends who were now glaring at each other. “You guys ---”
“This doesn’t involve you Clark,” Lex said without looking at him. ‘Well, it sort of does,’ he thought. Chloe sighed.
‘It doesn’t,’ she argued. ‘It’s not my fault that you brought up the whole fantasizing about him thing. You should be more careful when you tease me.’ Lex grinned when she said ‘fantasized’ and pictured himself and Chloe together again. Chloe’s eyes grew wide.
“No, no, no!” She shouted. “You are not doing this here!” Lex’s image was persistent and grew more and more vivid. Chloe could feel a warm tingle of arousal start to spread through her body.
“Chloe?” Clark asked with concern. Chloe pushed the image away and glared at Lex, who in return frowned at her.
“Just for that, I’m telling him,” Chloe said.
“Telling me what?!” Clark asked in frustration. Lex sighed and looked at him.
“Chemical spill,” Lex started.
“We can hear each other’s thoughts,” Chloe continued.
“And see some images inside each other’s heads,” Lex added.
“And, um,” Chloe paused and looked unsurely at Lex. He tilted his head at her.
“I don’t think he needs to know that much Chloe,” Lex said.
“You’re right,” she agreed.
“You admitted that I’m right?” Lex asked in astonishment.
“What are you doing?” Clark asked as he watched Lex look up in the sky.
“Looking for the four horsemen of the apocalypse,” Lex answered tongue in cheek. Chloe hit his arm playfully.
“Jackass,” she said with a smile. Lex smiled back at her. Clark looked at the two wide eyed.
“So you can read each other’s minds?” Clark asked in disbelief. He wasn’t sure whether to believe it or not, but it would certainly explain how they were acting – well, except for the kind of flirty undertones they were taking on, but Clark surmised that part could just be in his head. Chloe smiled at Clark.
“You sound like you don’t believe us,” she observed. Clark opened his mouth to speak, but Lex interrupted.
“If it helps, I could tell you what Chloe’s really been thinking about you,” Lex said with a teasing glance at Chloe. Chloe reached up and clamped her palm over Lex’s mouth.
“Don’t even think it,” she warned him. Lex’s eyes gleamed with pure mischief and Chloe couldn’t help but smile. Clark watched the entire scene with some amusement, until his earlier trepidation about them flirting kicked in.
“Um, guys, I might be totally off here, but ---” he started. Chloe jerked her hand away from Lex’s mouth and stared at it.
“You licked me!” She exclaimed in surprise.
‘I could be doing a lot more than that,’ Lex thought suggestively. Chloe laughed and Clark arched an eyebrow at her.
“You guys are doing it again, aren’t you?” Clark asked. Both Lex and Chloe whipped their heads around to look at him and Clark noticed Chloe blushing. He looked at her suspiciously before turning his attention to Lex. “Could you just not do that whole ‘mind reading’ thing when you’re around me? It’s kind of creepy.” Lex smiled but Chloe rolled her eyes.
“If we could turn it off, don’t you think we would have by now?” She asked. Clark gave her an apologetic smile.
“You’re right,” Clark said. “I guess I wasn’t thinking.”
‘Understatement of the decade,’ Chloe thought. Lex coughed to hide his laughter.
‘Be nice,’ Lex thought. ‘This *is* the boy you’ve been dreaming about.’
‘Shut up,’ Chloe thought.
‘Of course, you haven’t done that for a whole ten minutes now,’ Lex teased. Chloe blushed and Clark looked back and forth between his friends again. Lex noticed him out of the corner of his eye and smirked at Chloe. ‘Are you sure you don’t want him to know? I think it would be really enlightening for him.’ Chloe narrowed her eyes at him.
“Okay, you asked for it,” she said aloud. She pictured herself grabbing Clark’s face with her hands and kissing him senseless. Lex frowned.
“That’s enough,” Lex said. Chloe continued her forced fantasy. She began to unbutton Clark’s shirt and lightly kiss his chest. Lex squared his jaw. “That’s enough Chloe,” he repeated. Clark furrowed his brow at them. Obviously Chloe was thinking something that Lex didn’t want to see or hear, but what could it be? Chloe unknowingly took a few steps toward Clark and Lex got an evil smirk on his face. He could play just as dirty as she could. Lex altered the image in her mind so when she looked up to kiss Clark it was him instead. Chloe glared at him, but Lex shrugged it off and let the picture continue.
“Lex! No!” Chloe yelled. Her mind flitted to the image he was projecting and she couldn’t push it out of her head. He was nibbling at her neck as he slowly backed her onto his bed. Chloe clenched her hands into fists, trying not to give in, but she felt the familiar warmth begin between her legs and groaned.
“Chloe?” Clark asked. “Are you okay?” He closed the small distance between them and wrapped his arm around her for support. Chloe closed her eyes as she leaned her head against his chest. Clark looked up to glare at Lex, but Lex’s eyes were closed. Clark creased his brow in confusion again.
“Oh God,” Chloe murmured in pleasure. Clark’s eyes grew wide at the sound. He glanced down to find Chloe breathing harder against his chest and starting to rub herself against him. Clark blushed and quickly looked around to see if anybody else was witnessing it, but thankfully the streets seemed to be bare. Chloe whimpered as her body and mind started to give into the image that Lex was projecting. Lex pictured her moving on top of him, her face contorted in ecstasy. Lex and Chloe’s breathing both became ragged and Chloe found herself gripping onto Clark’s arms for support. Clark wrapped both his arms around her and felt her body start to shake. Chloe felt her orgasm rolling through her body and let out a deep moan of delight. She clung onto Clark’s arms and crashed against him just as Lex moaned out his own release. Clark tightened his arms around Chloe. He was completely aroused by her rubbing herself against him as she moaned.
Chloe allowed Clark to lift her chin with his hand, but her eyes were still closed and she was still picturing herself in the daydream. Clark started to lean down to kiss her when Lex cleared his throat loudly. Chloe opened her eyes and they grew large with the realization that she was in Clark’s arms. She jumped away from him.
“Oh Clark, I’m so sorry,” she said while shaking her head and holding her hands out in front of her. Clark tried to step closer to her, but she kept backing away.
“Chloe ---”
“I don’t suppose we could just forget the fact that I just mortifyingly embarrassed myself in front of you?” Chloe asked hopefully. Clark looked surprised.
“You didn’t – I mean,” Clark stammered. Lex observed the two interact and an unsettling feeling came to rest in his gut. He recognized it, although he hadn’t felt it very many times in his life – at least not in this capacity. Jealousy. Lex frowned.
‘Why would I be jealous of Clark?’ He thought. Chloe turned to look at him.
‘You’re jealous of Clark?’ She thought.
‘I – no,’ Lex lied. ‘Time to change the subject.’
‘I can hear you,’ Chloe reminded him. Lex walked over to them.
“I think Chloe and I should get going now,” Lex told Clark. Clark looked at Chloe.
“But ---”
“We need to meet with the people at my lab to see if they can find an antidote,” Lex said smoothly.
“Oh, that makes sense,” Clark said in a disappointed voice.
‘No it doesn’t,’ Chloe thought. ‘Since when do your scientists work on Saturday nights?’
‘Since I pay them very well to do so,’ Lex thought. Chloe let out a small sigh and looked at Clark.
“So we’re going to forget this whole thing ever happened, right?” Chloe asked Clark hopefully. Clark shoved his hands in his pockets and looked up from the ground with puppy dog eyes.
‘Oh great,’ Lex thought sarcastically.
“I ---”
“Of course he’ll forget about it Chloe,” Lex interrupted. “He’s your friend. Right Clark?” He gave Clark a pointed look and Clark smiled and nodded.
“Yeah, no problem,” Clark said. Chloe smiled in relief and stepped closer to him. She gave him a friendly hug, causing Clark to grin and Lex to frown. She pulled back and walked over to Lex.
“I’ll call you later, okay Clark?” She asked. He nodded.
“Yeah, tell me how you like being a guinea pig,” he joked. Chloe rolled her eyes and Lex opened his car door for her. Clark watched them drive away with a smile on his face. His brief experience with Chloe had been enlightening.
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