*Sniff* What? No, no I'm not crying, there's something in my eye. You know I feel just as bad for Lucas as I do for Chloe. What a horrible situation to be in. Ok, heading off to the Romance forum. I need some fluff in my life right about now.Originally posted by Catheryne@Nov 15 2003, 08:37 AM
He placed her hand, open palm, to his chest and waited. There was a long moment of silence while the heart in his chest beat steadily against her hand.
And again, as if Lex’s presence on that rooftop, built around her, she heard the voice. “When I gave you my heart, I gave you all of me. This heart is yours, Chloe. My heart will always beat for you.”
Comprehension dawned and was chased away by betrayal. The man that Lionel promised she would meet. The letter that said that if she wanted to see the man who now had Lex’s heart, she should come to the rooftop because he wanted to thank her personally. And now, under his palm, she felt her Lex’s heart beating in her friend’s chest. Lucas lived and Lex did not.
“No,” she said firmly. Chloe ripped her hand away, chilled not by the temperature but by the still throbbing feeling of Lex’s heartbeat. She wanted to tear open his chest and take Lex’s heart out, because Lex promised her his heart. The Luthors did not have the right to take it as they pleased.
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