An Unauthorized Source Confirms... 2/?
Title: An Unauthorized Source Confirms... 2/?
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes things don't go as planned. Especially when it comes to the paparazzi.
“She’s on her way.”
“Wait, what?” Chloe sat up at the sound of Clark's voice, ignoring the irritable sigh from Oliver as his arm fell from her waist and he rolled away from her.
“I’d been trying to convince her otherwise, but when you wouldn’t answer your phone she decided just to head over there.”
“Jesus.” Chloe threw her feet over and stood up. A spell of vertigo hit her, making her vision swim. She grabbed for the headboard and sighed. “Clark! Everything just finally started to calm down!”
“I know, I’m sorry. Do you want me to come over?”
“No, just let me get-.” She stopped herself from saying she needed to get dressed. “I’ll take care of it.” Chloe tossed her phone onto the mattress and stood up again, this time without a wave of dizziness.
“What are you doing?” Oliver mumbled into his pillow.
“Lois is coming over here!” She looked around for her clothes and cursed to herself when she recalled that they were in the living room.
He rolled onto his back and propped himself up on his hands. “Are you serious?”
“Yes!” Chloe yelled behind her as she ran for her clothes. “You need to go!”
“I’m not leaving! I just got here!”
Chloe growled to herself and she collected her belonging and then ran back back to her bedroom. “Yes you are. Because I can guarantee as bad as it will be to explain not only the fact that you and I are seeing each other, obviously sleeping together and I hid it from her, but now I’m pregnant!”
“Dammit Chloe.” He threw the sheet to the side and stood up.
“Here.” She gathered his clothes and tossed them onto the bed.
“I don’t even have a damn car.”
“Take mine.” They dressed mostly in silence, the only noise being the shuffle of clothing and Oliver’s cursing.
“This is ridiculous,” he said as he pulled on his shirt. Without even bothering with the buttons he walked around the bed to Chloe and dropped a kiss on her cheek. “Call me when she’s gone and I’ll come back.”
“Hurry.” He turned away from her with a growl. The door closed moments later and she breathed a sigh of relief. Lois lived far away enough from her that Oliver shouldn’t have run into her on his way down. With Oliver out of the way now she only had to worry about was Lois.
The knock came ten minutes later. “Who is it?”
“You know who it is! I’m sure Smallville called you as soon as I was out the door!”
Lois rarely called Clark Smallville anymore, usually only when he annoyed her. Chloe sighed and opened the door. “Hey.” Lois stormed passed her, not bothering to respond. Chloe only frowned in response and shut the door. When she turned around to face her cousin she was looking around. When Lois finally turned to face her, she had her arms folded over her chest, eyebrow cocked.
“So the chicken shit left, didn’t he?”
With a roll of her eyes Chloe walked passed Lois and headed into the living room. “You know I was going to call you.”
“I’m sure. From the pained looked on Clark’s face and the fact that he refuses to tell me ANYTHING, makes me believe that practically everything they are saying about you and Oliver are true.”
Chloe took a seat on the sofa, folded her hands into her lap and sighed. “Yes.”
“How could you keep this from me?!”
“Oliver didn’t even know!”
“I didn’t even know you and Oliver were doing it?! I mean maybe the pregnancy thing wouldn’t have been as much as a shock if I had known you and Oliver were going at it like bunnies!”
“Lois, don’t be ridiculous,” she rolled her eyes and shook her head. “We didn’t tell anyone.”
“Obviously! I mean the two of you are having some like clandestine affair! I mean how did I miss this?” Lois shook her head and began to pace. “How long has this been going on?!”
“Nine months.” That seemed to stop Lois from wearing treads into her floor.
“Nine months.” Lois narrowed her eyes at Chloe. “Nine months the two of you have been going at it.”
“That isn’t any of your business.” Lois’ mouth fell open in response. “The point is, we’ve been seeing each other for nine months. We were going to tell everyone eventually. But I mean both of us have had it pretty rough and it just seemed easier to keep it to ourselves. Not to have to deal with the looks, the papers, the questions.”
“You couldn’t even tell your own cousin?! I mean I get the rest, but I mean come on Chloe. I may be a reporter, but I’m also your family.”
Chloe frowned. “It wasn’t just that. Our lives are so crazy, you know that. And we didn’t want to do this in the first place. I mean Lois you know what we do, who Oliver is. To tell you the truth I wasn’t sure I was ready to get into a relationship only to lose someone again. And Oliver, I think he just figured he’d always have to leave someone behind, so it was easier just to be alone. You have to admit the fact that you and he were together, combined with the fact that he seemed to pine after you for a time after would make things rather uncomfortable.” Lois opened her mouth as if to argue and Chloe looked at her knowingly. “Come on Lois. Don’t try to deny it. I think that was one of the biggest road blocks in the beginning. I don’t think I really trusted him to be over you.”
“So, then what happened? What changed?” Because obviously something changed. Lois saw the pictures on the internet that seemed to pop out out of no where. There was nothing hinting in them at anything romantic, but it was obvious from their multiple outings together that they were spending more time with one another.
“I think we wanted it more then we didn’t want it,” Chloe said simply and smiled rather sadly up at Lois. “And we trusted one another, we knew everything about each other, things that we would not be able to tell someone else. It just kind of made sense in the end.”
Lois sighed, feeling the anger at their betrayal fade away. Taking a seat next to Chloe she couldn’t resist from glancing down at her stomach. “So are you really...” She nodded towards Chloe’s stomach.
“Yeah, two months.”
“Wow. You're pregnant.” Lois shook her head and looked up at Chloe with mild shock. Once the whole Oliver thing had sunk in she was now able to fully focus on the other surprise. “I don’t see anything.”
Chloe laughed softly. “Lois, you won’t see anything for a couple more months.” Her cousin frowned in return.
“So Oliver. He didn’t know?”
“No, I mean he does now. He really just found out like two hours ago.”
“And he’s okay?” Lois liked Oliver, in fact she probably loved him as a good friend considering how deep of a relationship they had originally. However, the last thing Lois could imagine was Oliver being okay with the prospect of having a kid, especially one that he hadn’t been ready for.
“Yeah.” Chloe wasn’t going to go into detail about everything he’d said, especially in regards to getting married. “He was a bit put out that I kept it from him for so long, and I think the fact that the paparazzi exposed it made it even worse. But he’s alright now. I think it will take a little while for it all to sink in for him, but I really think he’ll be okay.”
“Yeah, well I’ll pay money to see that.” Lois shook her head with a small grin, counting on being able to instill the fear of god into Oliver at the prospect of being a father. “And you’re okay?”
“Yeah, been a little sick.” Chloe shrugged. “But it hasn’t been so bad. And I feel better now that Oliver is back and he knows. And to tell you the truth I’m angry about how all this came out, but I’m a little relieved it’s out there now.”
“Yeah, well trust those scavengers to put your whole life out there.”
Chloe laughed at the disgusted look on Lois’ face. “Lois, you’re a reporter.”
“Please, there is no comparison. They’re the bottom of the barrel.” Lois slapped her legs and stood up. “Now that everything is out in the open I think I’ll head into work. I had to call in just so I wasn’t bombarded. I couldn’t very well walk in to questions about my cousin and my ex having a love child and not know anything about it.”
“Of course.” Chloe rolled her eyes at Lois’ retreating back and stood up to follow.
“Now I can pretend it’s old news.”
Chloe bid her goodbyes to Lois and quickly shut the door as her cousin crossed the threshold. With a relieved sigh she collapsed against the door. Her eyes immediately flew in the direction of her bedroom where she had left her cell phone. With a tired sigh she trudged back to her bedroom and collapsed onto her bed, settling back onto her pillow and reaching for her cell phone with a groan. It only rang twice before it picked up.
“She gone?”
“Yeah, are you coming back?” He sighed on the other end and she resisted the urge to groan. “What?”
“I have to go in to work for a little bit. I guess being gone for two weeks rubs some share holders the wrong way.”
“I just wanted you to come back to bed.” Chloe hated the pitiful tone of her voice. But she'd gone through three weeks of knowing she was pregnant without being able to share it with him, then to have it exposed by the paparazzi, avoid him for two hours, argue, then finally have things right again only for him to be pulled away.
“I know, I’m sorry. Go back to bed, you’ve had a rough morning and you sound tired. What if I pick you up when I’m done and we can talk and go over everything from the mission at my place.”
“I can go over it now Oliver. I don’t have any-.”
“No, just wait for me. Get some sleep.”
She sighed in response to his insistence. He had shown concern for her before when she had pulled an all nighter, but it was rare. Chloe knew exactly where his concern was coming from, but if she was honest with herself, she was to tired to even argue. “Okay.”
“Pack a bag.”
“Mmmhmm.” Chloe yawned and pulled the covers back over herself. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Chloe snuggled back into her pillow, still slightly disappointed that Oliver wasn’t sleeping next to her, but placated enough at the thought of being with him that night.
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: R
Summary: Sometimes things don't go as planned. Especially when it comes to the paparazzi.
“She’s on her way.”
“Wait, what?” Chloe sat up at the sound of Clark's voice, ignoring the irritable sigh from Oliver as his arm fell from her waist and he rolled away from her.
“I’d been trying to convince her otherwise, but when you wouldn’t answer your phone she decided just to head over there.”
“Jesus.” Chloe threw her feet over and stood up. A spell of vertigo hit her, making her vision swim. She grabbed for the headboard and sighed. “Clark! Everything just finally started to calm down!”
“I know, I’m sorry. Do you want me to come over?”
“No, just let me get-.” She stopped herself from saying she needed to get dressed. “I’ll take care of it.” Chloe tossed her phone onto the mattress and stood up again, this time without a wave of dizziness.
“What are you doing?” Oliver mumbled into his pillow.
“Lois is coming over here!” She looked around for her clothes and cursed to herself when she recalled that they were in the living room.
He rolled onto his back and propped himself up on his hands. “Are you serious?”
“Yes!” Chloe yelled behind her as she ran for her clothes. “You need to go!”
“I’m not leaving! I just got here!”
Chloe growled to herself and she collected her belonging and then ran back back to her bedroom. “Yes you are. Because I can guarantee as bad as it will be to explain not only the fact that you and I are seeing each other, obviously sleeping together and I hid it from her, but now I’m pregnant!”
“Dammit Chloe.” He threw the sheet to the side and stood up.
“Here.” She gathered his clothes and tossed them onto the bed.
“I don’t even have a damn car.”
“Take mine.” They dressed mostly in silence, the only noise being the shuffle of clothing and Oliver’s cursing.
“This is ridiculous,” he said as he pulled on his shirt. Without even bothering with the buttons he walked around the bed to Chloe and dropped a kiss on her cheek. “Call me when she’s gone and I’ll come back.”
“Hurry.” He turned away from her with a growl. The door closed moments later and she breathed a sigh of relief. Lois lived far away enough from her that Oliver shouldn’t have run into her on his way down. With Oliver out of the way now she only had to worry about was Lois.
The knock came ten minutes later. “Who is it?”
“You know who it is! I’m sure Smallville called you as soon as I was out the door!”
Lois rarely called Clark Smallville anymore, usually only when he annoyed her. Chloe sighed and opened the door. “Hey.” Lois stormed passed her, not bothering to respond. Chloe only frowned in response and shut the door. When she turned around to face her cousin she was looking around. When Lois finally turned to face her, she had her arms folded over her chest, eyebrow cocked.
“So the chicken shit left, didn’t he?”
With a roll of her eyes Chloe walked passed Lois and headed into the living room. “You know I was going to call you.”
“I’m sure. From the pained looked on Clark’s face and the fact that he refuses to tell me ANYTHING, makes me believe that practically everything they are saying about you and Oliver are true.”
Chloe took a seat on the sofa, folded her hands into her lap and sighed. “Yes.”
“How could you keep this from me?!”
“Oliver didn’t even know!”
“I didn’t even know you and Oliver were doing it?! I mean maybe the pregnancy thing wouldn’t have been as much as a shock if I had known you and Oliver were going at it like bunnies!”
“Lois, don’t be ridiculous,” she rolled her eyes and shook her head. “We didn’t tell anyone.”
“Obviously! I mean the two of you are having some like clandestine affair! I mean how did I miss this?” Lois shook her head and began to pace. “How long has this been going on?!”
“Nine months.” That seemed to stop Lois from wearing treads into her floor.
“Nine months.” Lois narrowed her eyes at Chloe. “Nine months the two of you have been going at it.”
“That isn’t any of your business.” Lois’ mouth fell open in response. “The point is, we’ve been seeing each other for nine months. We were going to tell everyone eventually. But I mean both of us have had it pretty rough and it just seemed easier to keep it to ourselves. Not to have to deal with the looks, the papers, the questions.”
“You couldn’t even tell your own cousin?! I mean I get the rest, but I mean come on Chloe. I may be a reporter, but I’m also your family.”
Chloe frowned. “It wasn’t just that. Our lives are so crazy, you know that. And we didn’t want to do this in the first place. I mean Lois you know what we do, who Oliver is. To tell you the truth I wasn’t sure I was ready to get into a relationship only to lose someone again. And Oliver, I think he just figured he’d always have to leave someone behind, so it was easier just to be alone. You have to admit the fact that you and he were together, combined with the fact that he seemed to pine after you for a time after would make things rather uncomfortable.” Lois opened her mouth as if to argue and Chloe looked at her knowingly. “Come on Lois. Don’t try to deny it. I think that was one of the biggest road blocks in the beginning. I don’t think I really trusted him to be over you.”
“So, then what happened? What changed?” Because obviously something changed. Lois saw the pictures on the internet that seemed to pop out out of no where. There was nothing hinting in them at anything romantic, but it was obvious from their multiple outings together that they were spending more time with one another.
“I think we wanted it more then we didn’t want it,” Chloe said simply and smiled rather sadly up at Lois. “And we trusted one another, we knew everything about each other, things that we would not be able to tell someone else. It just kind of made sense in the end.”
Lois sighed, feeling the anger at their betrayal fade away. Taking a seat next to Chloe she couldn’t resist from glancing down at her stomach. “So are you really...” She nodded towards Chloe’s stomach.
“Yeah, two months.”
“Wow. You're pregnant.” Lois shook her head and looked up at Chloe with mild shock. Once the whole Oliver thing had sunk in she was now able to fully focus on the other surprise. “I don’t see anything.”
Chloe laughed softly. “Lois, you won’t see anything for a couple more months.” Her cousin frowned in return.
“So Oliver. He didn’t know?”
“No, I mean he does now. He really just found out like two hours ago.”
“And he’s okay?” Lois liked Oliver, in fact she probably loved him as a good friend considering how deep of a relationship they had originally. However, the last thing Lois could imagine was Oliver being okay with the prospect of having a kid, especially one that he hadn’t been ready for.
“Yeah.” Chloe wasn’t going to go into detail about everything he’d said, especially in regards to getting married. “He was a bit put out that I kept it from him for so long, and I think the fact that the paparazzi exposed it made it even worse. But he’s alright now. I think it will take a little while for it all to sink in for him, but I really think he’ll be okay.”
“Yeah, well I’ll pay money to see that.” Lois shook her head with a small grin, counting on being able to instill the fear of god into Oliver at the prospect of being a father. “And you’re okay?”
“Yeah, been a little sick.” Chloe shrugged. “But it hasn’t been so bad. And I feel better now that Oliver is back and he knows. And to tell you the truth I’m angry about how all this came out, but I’m a little relieved it’s out there now.”
“Yeah, well trust those scavengers to put your whole life out there.”
Chloe laughed at the disgusted look on Lois’ face. “Lois, you’re a reporter.”
“Please, there is no comparison. They’re the bottom of the barrel.” Lois slapped her legs and stood up. “Now that everything is out in the open I think I’ll head into work. I had to call in just so I wasn’t bombarded. I couldn’t very well walk in to questions about my cousin and my ex having a love child and not know anything about it.”
“Of course.” Chloe rolled her eyes at Lois’ retreating back and stood up to follow.
“Now I can pretend it’s old news.”
Chloe bid her goodbyes to Lois and quickly shut the door as her cousin crossed the threshold. With a relieved sigh she collapsed against the door. Her eyes immediately flew in the direction of her bedroom where she had left her cell phone. With a tired sigh she trudged back to her bedroom and collapsed onto her bed, settling back onto her pillow and reaching for her cell phone with a groan. It only rang twice before it picked up.
“She gone?”
“Yeah, are you coming back?” He sighed on the other end and she resisted the urge to groan. “What?”
“I have to go in to work for a little bit. I guess being gone for two weeks rubs some share holders the wrong way.”
“I just wanted you to come back to bed.” Chloe hated the pitiful tone of her voice. But she'd gone through three weeks of knowing she was pregnant without being able to share it with him, then to have it exposed by the paparazzi, avoid him for two hours, argue, then finally have things right again only for him to be pulled away.
“I know, I’m sorry. Go back to bed, you’ve had a rough morning and you sound tired. What if I pick you up when I’m done and we can talk and go over everything from the mission at my place.”
“I can go over it now Oliver. I don’t have any-.”
“No, just wait for me. Get some sleep.”
She sighed in response to his insistence. He had shown concern for her before when she had pulled an all nighter, but it was rare. Chloe knew exactly where his concern was coming from, but if she was honest with herself, she was to tired to even argue. “Okay.”
“Pack a bag.”
“Mmmhmm.” Chloe yawned and pulled the covers back over herself. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
Chloe snuggled back into her pillow, still slightly disappointed that Oliver wasn’t sleeping next to her, but placated enough at the thought of being with him that night.