Picturing part of this chapter was enjoyable :chlexsign2: . More worried/jealous Clark .
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Chapter IV : Shadow
Clark couldn’t stop thinking about Lex and Chloe, because he couldn’t believe they were dating. He even spoke about it with Jonathan and Martha. Jonathan was a little worried about it, but both he and Martha told Clark to stop worrying. He wanted to, but just couldn’t. Clark didn’t want Lex to break Chloe’s heart, but strangely, he also felt a little jealous. He had his chance, but he instead decided to keep trying for Lana’s heart.
When Clark entered The Talon, he saw Chloe and Lex together at a table. Instead of approaching them, he sat down at the counter. Lana was working as usual.
“Hi Clark,” Lana brought him his usual.
“I haven’t seen you much lately.”
“I’ve been busy,” Clark took a drink of his coffee.
“Have you heard about Lex and Chloe?”
“Ya,” Clark gave them a glance.
He wasn’t the only one. There were a few other people glancing at the couple. Both Lex and Chloe were just ignoring them, while holding hands. They finished the show, by giving each other a long kiss, and taking off in Lex’s Porsche
“Well, everyone should know now,” Lana wiped the counter.
Clark took few more drinks of his coffee, and said bye to Lana. He wanted to do something to get his mind off his love bird friends.
After leaving The Talon, Lex took Chloe to a remote spot by a lake. Before he met Chloe at The Talon, he had set up a romantic picnic for them. Lex had Chloe keep her eyes shut until they arrived.
“Oh Lex,” Chloe just stood by the car in aw.
“No one’s ever done this before,” Chloe gave Lex a kiss.
“Is that good or bad?”
Chloe punched Lex in the arm, he laughed. They sat down on a lovely blanket, covered in food. There was wine, noodle and potato salad, roast beef and turkey sandwiches, nacho cheese and barbeque chips, and strawberries with whip cream.
“I wanted to make sure we had enough food.”
“I can see that,” Chloe poured them both some wine.
“Have you been here before,” Lex grabbed one of the glasses from Chloe.
“Ya to swim, you?”
“No,” Lex took a sip of the wine.
Chloe grabbed half of a roast beef sandwich, and took a bite.
“Want one?”
Lex took a bite of Chloe’s, “No.”
After a bit, Chloe began to feed Lex some of the strawberries dipped in the whip cream. As with the Inquisitor Reporter, they didn’t know they were being watched.
When no one was watching, Clark had sped off from The Talon after Lex’s Porsche. He just couldn’t keep himself from looking at and thinking about Lex and Chloe. Clark stayed behind a tree, until they left. After Lex and Chloe were gone, Clark made himself go home.
On the way back to The Talon, Chloe asked Lex a question.
“Have you ever been to a karaoke bar?”
‘What,’ Lex wondered what brought this up.
“No, why?”
“I thought maybe we could go to one. I’ve always wanted to, unless you feel uncomfortable going?”
“No, and if you want to do that, then we will,” Lex gave Chloe a quick kiss.
The next day, Clark was hiding outside Chloe’s house. As he had hoped, Lex pulled in front, and picked up Chloe. When they drove off, Clark carefully followed them. Unknown to him, Lex and Chloe were heading for Metropolis.
Clark was surprised to see Lex pull in front of a karaoke bar. Since you had to be over 21 to enter, Clark wondered how Chloe would get in. Since Lex was a party animal when he was in high school, he knew were to get a good fake ID. Chloe was a little worried it wouldn’t work, but she believed Lex could get her in. Being the good boy and chicken he is, Clark waited outside.
Chloe and Lex found an empty table close to the stage. Being the gentlemen he is, Lex pulled out Chloe’s chair for her. Lex jestered for a waiter.
“Can you get me a Scotch, and a…”
“Bloody Mary,” Chloe took her coat off.
“Can I see some ID ma’am?”
“Of course,” Chloe took out the ID Lex made for her.
The waiter looked at it and her.
“Ok,” he gave it back to Chloe.
“One Scotch and one Bloody Mary coming up,” the waiter left and came back with their drinks.
Chloe took a drink, “I guess you were right.”
“Of course,” Lex smiled.
“So were you planning to sing, or did you just want to hear others?”
“I wanted us both to sing, together or apart,” Chloe looked around. The place wasn’t that full. It shouldn’t be too embarrassing.
“Well, I guess I’ll go first,” Lex took a drink of his Scotch, and walked onto the stage.
He sang, Hey Leonardo by Blessed Union of Souls. To Lex’s surprise, everyone in the place loved it. Lex sat back down at their table. He took a big drink of Scotch.
“Your turn.”
Chloe took in a deep breath, and stepped onto the stage. She didn’t get as great of applause after singing, Beautiful Day by U2. Chloe quickly sat back down.
“I sing horrible.”
“No you don’t,” Lex put his chair closer to Chloe’s.
“Well I’m not good as you,” Chloe drank some more of her Mary.
“Yes you are, they just don’t know a good singer when they her it,” Lex gave Chloe a kiss.
“Ya sure. I’ll be back; I need to go to the Ladies Room,” Chloe got out of her chair, and asked a waiter were the bathroom was. Lex finished his Scotch, and got back onto the stage. With some awesome dance moves, Lex sang, Sooth Criminal by Michael Jackson. When Chloe came out of the bathroom, she heard people cheering. When she got a clear view of the stage, Chloe saw Lex singing. Her Million Dollar smile went across her face. When she got back to the table, Lex finished singing.
“I didn’t know you could dance like that.”
“Neither did I. I just moved to the music,” Lex sat back down.
“Wanna give it another try?”
“Nah,” Chloe finished her Mary.
“Let’s give other people a chance.”
The rest of the night, Chloe and Lex just listened to other people sing. When they left, Clark thought, ‘About time.’ He followed them back to Chloe’s, and went home after Lex left.
When Clark got home, Martha and Jonathan were waiting for him.
“We just got a call from Chloe.”
‘Oh no,’ Clark thought.
“She said she’s seen you following her and Lex around.”
Clark sat down, “Why would I do that?”
“You did mention you were worried about them having a relationship together. Maybe you just want to make sure nothing happens to Chloe.”
“It’s her life Clark; you don’t have to act like a big brother to her.”
“Ok,” Clark headed for the stairs.
“Clark, can you promise us you’ll stop following Chloe and Lex?”
‘No.’
“Yes, I promise I’ll stop following them,” Clark went up to his room.
‘I’ll try to stop, but I could never promise I would.’
Like he did the night before, Clark went to sleep thinking about Chloe and Lex, especially Chloe.
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