Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Author: Sezza
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this fic
Rating: PG
Pairings: Chlex and Candy.
Spoilers: Season 1 of Smallville and 1 & 2 of Roswell
Summary: Chloe is in love with Lex, Lex is in love with Chloe but meets Maria
and finds himself attracted. Michael is in love with Maria who is fighting with
Michael, who is Chloe’s sort of brother. Confused? Then read.
Authors note: This idea came from Marcia over at Kraving Candy who inspired
me to write this. I hope I didn’t disappoint.
Email: sezza43@hotmail.com
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**Smallville, Kansas**
“Roswell, of all the places we’re going to Roswell?” Lex asked
for the hundredth time.
Chloe rolled her eyes. “Yes Roswell, did you not listen to me the first hundred times you asked that question”
“But why Roswell? I doubt there are any meteor freaks in Roswell Chloe” Lex told her as he turned the corner out of Smallville.
“Well why not Roswell? Anyway I have a sort of foster brother there I haven’t seen in ages and he said we could stay with him” Chloe explained as she flicked through Lex’s CD collection.
Lex arched his brow. “Sort of foster brother?”
Chloe nodded. “Yeah a while back, before we lived in Metropolis, we lived in Roswell for a few months and took in a foster child, Michael, anyway we became close and I consider him my brother sooo,” she trailed off.
“So are we’re staying at his apartment?” Lex asked. He wasn’t too sure about staying in some old apartment maybe a hotel was better.
“Yes, and no, we are not staying in a hotel.” Chloe said earning a smirk from Lex.
“Tell me again why I decided to come?” Lex groaned.
Chloe smiled. “Because we are friends and we both need a holiday.”
Lex looked at her seriously. “Remind me to get new friends when we get back to Smallville” Chloe whacked him in the arm.
**Roswell, New Mexico**
“Michael do you think it’s a good idea letting her stay here?”
Max asked. He and Isabel had gone straight to his place when they heard Chloe
was coming.
Michael nodded. “Yeah it’s not like she’s FBI or something, look, just as long as none of us use our powers we’ll be fine.”
“Well what about her friend?” Isabel inquired.
Michael shrugged. “She didn’t say much about them just that they were her friend. Look if anything goes wrong I’ll handle it ok but nothing will.”
Max nodded. “Fine, just watch out ok, so when do they get here?”
Michael looked at his watch, “Soon I should think. They were leaving pretty early this morning.”
“Well we’d better go, family fun day and all” Isabel said rolling her eyes. Max left to go start the car. “Oh Michael have you thought about what to do with Maria yet?”
Michael nodded. “Yeah sort of, I have a plan”
Isabel smiled. “I hope it works, see ya”
Michael shut his apartment door and went to his phone. He had to put his new plan in action.
**Lex’s car**
“This is it?” Lex asked standing outside the apartment. Chloe nodded.
“Are you sure we can’t go to an hotel?”
Chloe shook her head. “No, look be nice ok, this is an holiday, try to have fun”
Lex shrugged his shoulders. “I make no guarantees” Chloe rolled her eyes as they walked up the stairs and stood out the front of Michael’s door. Lex noticed Chloe had stopped. “Well answer it”
“I can’t, I haven’t seen him in so long,” Chloe whispered. Lex shook his head and knocked.
Michael opened the door and saw a tall bald guy with a scowl on his face. Michael equalled it and answered with a gruff ‘what’
Lex turned to Chloe. “Nice sort of brother Chloe” Chloe rolled her eyes and flew into Michael’s arms.
“Michael I’ve missed you” Lex glared at Michael behind Chloe’s back, why couldn’t she hug him like that?
“Chloe god you changed, ah well come in I guess” Michael said moving from the door.
Chloe turned to Lex. “Oh Michael, Lex, Lex, Michael”
“Hey” Michael nodded. Lex nodded back and the two shared a brief handshake. “Ah Chloe you can have the spare and you get the couch” Michael said to Lex.
Lex smirked. “I could share with Chloe” Michael growled and Lex actually took a step back.
Chloe glared at Lex. “Lex will take the couch.” Although sharing a bed with Lex might not be so bad, but Michael seemed not to like that idea so much.
Michael nodded and got them settled in.
**Maria’s house**
Later that night after her shift had ended in the Crashdown Maria had gone home
to find her mother in the kitchen waiting to talk. “Mom?”
Amy smiled. “Maria sit down I need to talk to you”
“Why has something happened?” Maria asked worried.
Amy laughed and shook her head. “No, no actually I want to talk to you about Michael”
Maria was confused. “Michael?” then she sighed. “What’s he done now?”
“Nothing, nothing at all, I want to ask why you won’t speak to him,” Amy explained.
Maria frowned. “What?”
“Well as I’ve been told you aren’t talking to him because of something he did, but honey he’s really sorry” Amy told her grabbing her hand.
Maria pulled it back and stood. “Oh god he called you didn’t he? He called you and asked you to get me to talk to him”
Amy nodded. “Yes but honey he really wants to apologise”
Maria shook her head; she couldn’t believe she was hearing this. “I thought you hated him”
“Well that was before I talked to him. Look I do think it’s in your best interest to go and talk to him,” Amy told her.
Maria raised her hands. “That’s it, I don’t want to hear anymore, I can’t believe he used you to get to me” Maria said as she stormed upstairs. Amy shook her head. What did Michael do to get her daughter so mad? Maybe she’ll never know.
Maria shut her door. Oh she was going to talk to Michael tomorrow all right, but no way in hell was it to make up now. Copying Max was one thing but trying to get through to her via her mother was wrong.
**Michael’s apartment**
“So you’re in love with her but you kissed another woman?”
Chloe asked again. Michael nodded and ducked his head from her swing. “You
idiot, no wonder she refuses to talk to you, you cheated on her”
Lex smirked, “Now I’ve done some thing’s in my time but I’ve never cheated on a girl”
Michael glared at him. “Did I ask for your opinion? No, and it wasn’t cheating, there were insinuating circumstances, look will you help me?” he asked Chloe.
Chloe sighed. “I shouldn’t but because you look so desperate I will.”
Michael smiled. “Thanks” Chloe hugged him then went to bed. Michael looked at Lex. “I’m off to sleep, enjoy the couch”
Lex glared at him as he left the kitchen. He really didn’t like that guy, but god Chloe looked sexy in her sleepwear.
**The next morning**
Maria got out of her car and stormed up the stairs and barged into Michael’s
apartment. “Look you over grown jerk, if you think that talking to my
mother…” she trailed off when she noticed it wasn’t Michael
she was yelling at but a very gorgeous, very topless bald guy. “Hello”
Lex smiled. Damn this girl was hot when she’s pissed. This must be the girl Michael’s been moaning about. Definite hottie. “Hi”
Maria looked around confused. “Who are you?”
Lex took out his hand. “I’m Lex, Lex Luthor. Me and a friend are staying with Michael for a while”
Maria nodded. “Oh I’m Maria Deluca, nice to meet you” Lex grabbed her hand and kissed it just as Michael walked out of his room.
He glared at Lex who had made Maria blush. “Maria?” Maria was too busy looking into Lex’s eyes to hear him. “Maria?” he tried again. “What are you doing here?” not that he minded.
Maria turned to him. “What? Oh yeah” she walked over to him and poked him in the chest. “If you think that getting my mother into your good books was going to get you back into mine then your sorely mistaken buddy, I have been hurt by one to many guys in my life and I am sick of it, just stay away from me”
“What’s going on?” Chloe asked as she walked into the living room. She glanced at Lex who was still staring at Maria with lust filled eyes. Her heart sunk.
Maria stopped yelling and walked over to her. “Hi I’m Maria”
Chloe shook her hand. “Chloe Sullivan, I’m Michael’s sort of foster sister” Maria nodded, she remembered Michael telling her about Chloe.
“Cool, hey we should shop later” Maria offered. Chloe smiled and nodded.
“This after noon?” Maria grinned. Lex shook his head. How Maria could go from hot to cold so quickly was just amazing.
“Great I’ll see you in the Crashdown later,” she said as she walked to the door. “Bye Lex”
“Bye” Lex said staring at her ass. He turned back to Michael. “Well she put you in your place”
Michael groaned and slumped down in his chair. Getting Maria to talk to him was going to be harder than he thought.