oh WOW!! Best. Boyfriend. EVER!!! He actually brought Chloe a supply of study-snacks when she might not have time to go shopping for herself?! That is going WAY above and beyond typical male consideration. Chloe is truly depressed and blinded if she thinks that this guy is getting ready to dump her!Lex nodded silently at Chloe's roommate, and let her inch out the door as he tiptoed in. He put the case of bottled water under his girlfriend's desk and slid it out of the way. Opening the cupboard next to her bookshelf, he hid two bars of chocolate and a bag of chips. With her study food topped up, he ducked outside the door and picked up the bag of food he brought for breakfast.
LOL! Best. Alarm. Clock. EVER! ROTFL! This was a beautiful way for anyone to be woken up. HOW does Chloe manage to keep herself from spending every night with Lex? How does she keep returning to the dorm when she has the option of spending the nights, and waking up in the mornings beside Lex?“Chloe, it's time to wake up,” he whispered. “I brought coffee, your favourite.”
She wiggled as if to turn away and drift deeper into sleep, and Lex tickled her side. “I can't let you go back to sleep, you'd kill me for making you late. Open those eyes,” he asked.
His mouth found hers, her neck slanting back. The light, soft kiss warmed her face and she touched his shirt buttons. The vague, sleepy motions became halting, and her eyes opened as she pushed away from him.
I am in awe of the level of attention and devotion Lex spends on Chloe. He not only brought her the perfect breakfast, but he even knew all the details about her exams and the kind of questions that would be asked in it. In fact, he even knew her special wake-up schedule for exam days. That is remarkable!He smiled gently. “It's not even time for your alarm. Relax for a few minutes and then we can eat breakfast together,” he said. “I brought some coffee and croissants, some yoghurt for you, and a berry sundae because you'll be working hard this morning. You have the literature exam today, don't you, the one with the long essay?”
ROTFL! Niiice! Extensive overdone bribery to get the room-mate out of the way. Dear God, if I can’t be Chloe, can I at least be Chloe’s room-mate?!Lex sat on the edge of the bed and nodded. “We colluded a little. I'm paying for her to take a limo to breakfast at her favourite restaurant, and she's getting out of our way so we can spend some time together. But I won't keep you from studying if you like. I'll just put the food out and you can read your books while I read the paper.”
Poor Lex… he went through so much trouble to provide the perfect romantic wake-up call, and he got himself a grumpy, suspicious girlfriend. So much for the fantasies about Disney Sleeping Princesses, LOL!“Did something happen,” she asked hoarsely. “Something bad?”
Lex turned to see her staring, and reached for her. She took his hand but kept distance between them.
“Nothing is wrong, but I'll be working out of Smallville until Christmas, so I won't see you until you're on break. I wanted to make sure you have everything you need and that you know where to find me. As an added bonus I got to smell your neck just as you were waking up.”
But he’s still being so sweet, cute and romantic despite her crabbiness. In fact, he even broke through her suspicious mood….
ROTFL! And the snark has returned. It’s nice to see her smiling at Lex again. I guess his romanticism this morning provided her with a ‘little’ bit of reassurance about his feelings towards her. If ONLY she could let go of the conviction that she’s on the threshold of being dumped.He rubbed her knuckles and she grinned. She wasn't getting dumped that day.
“You perverted neck sniffer. And yes, I have everything I need and I know where to find you in Smallville. It's the castle in the middle of nowhere, rising four stories high, right?”
heh, let’s hope that Chloe’s overly-paranoid state of mind doesn’t lead her to believe that Lex has planned a special cruelty of the ‘dumping of her’ as his ‘Christmas Surprise’.“I have something big planned for Christmas,” he told her. “It's a surprise. Do you think you could stay away from the castle until that morning?”
I’m still hoping that Chloe is NOT going to go down the paranoid thought of thinking the worst of Lex’s possible surprise… But I really wouldn’t be shocked if she did jump to the wrong conclusionHer nose wrinkled as she brought her cup to her mouth and found it empty. “You don't like holiday things.”
Lex folded his newspaper and helped her pack the food. Chloe stood up and sent crumbs flying down into the stiff dorm carpeting.
“I liked holidays once, and a lot of that was ruined for me. I think it's worth trying again. Your family seems to survive celebrating,” he said.
She rolled her eyes.
ROTFL! That was a Good Answer from Lex, and it was all the lovelier because it was sincere. And Chloe snarky response was hysterical, LOL!He knew the only answer to that muttered comment, and Lex even meant it. He had never seen Chloe looking less than wonderful since they'd started dating. “I've never noticed any fat on you,” he said.
She stroked down his cheeks and pecked his mouth. “Cataracts so early, too bad. At least I can eat all I want apparently,” she said. “You have to get out so I can get ready. Thank you for breakfast. I'll see you at Christmas and you'll hear from me before then.”
heh, Lex is really going all out in proving what a loving, devoted life partner he can be. His devoted attention this morning should have gone a long way towards soothing away some or most of Chloe’s insecurities. If he can keep himself from repeating the mistake of neglecting her ‘for her own sake’, they might be able to breeze through this troubled patch in their relationship with neither of them getting hurt. LOL! But then again, this IS a Nonky fic, and I’m sure she has something terrible in mind to crush Lex before she deems him worthy of a happy ending, LOL! Have fun, Nonky!Lex pulled on his coat and left with a swagger. He would be a good husband and Chloe was a fair, loving person who gave him as much praise as she could justify. She would write exams; he would shovel dirt and decorate a tree. They would meet on Christmas morning and never be apart again.
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