Private with Jill

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Lex had felt claustrophobic in Smallville. The town was so small and in the middle of no where, but at least he could leave every once in a while. The island was worse, because he could not leave.

If it were a room, Lex's roaming of the island would most likely be considered pacing. At least because it was an island, he could hide the nervous tendencies. A Luthor always had an readable poker face. But even as it made him nervous, Lex couldn't help loving the island for the sole fact that there was no Lionel Luthor on it's shores.

With his hands in his pockets, Lex was currently walking down the path between the beach and the compound, hoping to find Clark. They needed to talk.

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It wasn't actually like Jill for her to come barreling out of the trees, but she'd just had a terribly... odd conversation with Peter. Bow and arrows in hand, she almost ran Lex down before she pulled herself up short. "Oh! Oh, goodness, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to almost run into you like that!"

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Lex put up his hands, which fell on Jill's shoulders as he helped her to steady herself. "It's alright." He said with an easy smile to show everything was alright. "Well, I am at least. Are you?" He asked, concern in his voice as he cocked his head. "Your Jill right?"

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She nodded, her lips pursing slightly. "Lex." She lifted her chin just a bit. "Terribly sorry. I'm just in a bit of a rush - I've quite a bit left to do, today."

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While not necessarily holding her, Lex kept a hand on her arm. "You look like you have more on your mind then just things to do. Please, I only want to help." He hoped she would let him. It would be nice to finally be able to repay some of the debt he felt he owed his rescuers.

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Jill paused, and thought for a long moment before she spoke slowly. ".... Well-" She bit the inside of her lip before nodding. "I've... I've a bit of a conversation with someone from back home, and it didn't go terribly well, and I'm supposed to see Xander in a bit, and I've still got to go to work." She honestly couldn't see why he'd care, but that wasn't her business.

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Lex was about to ask about the conversation that seemed to upset her so...but the name caught his attention and sparked his curiosity in a manner he was already investigating. "Xander? Is he a tall brunette young man?" He paused before adding, "A friend of Clark Kent's?"

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"Well, I suppose so." Her brows knit. "Why?" It wasn't like Xander didn't spend time with Clark, she just thought that it was an odd question. "Why does it matter who he's friends with?"

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"Clark is a friend of mine, from home." Lex explained, "He seems really close to Xander so I'm just doing my friendly duty and finding out about him." He didn't mean to, but his tone implied more of the 'really close' then his words did. And Lex really did believe he was doing his duty as a friend, in his Luthor way. Knowledge was everything. "That's all, I assure you."

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"Well," she said, suppsoed that what he said made sense. "Xander's very sweet - very nice, so I don't think you have anything to worry about. We've been dating about eight months, and as far as I can tell, he's not got anything secret hidden away, like an alter ego or anything." She smiled, and shrugged. "If that's what you meant."

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Lex allowed his eyes to go wide when she mentioned dating. Well, this just got more and more interesting. He allowed his shock to translate into a bashful smile, that he didn't mean as much as it appeared.

"Your dating Xander? I apologize for my shock, but when I met him, he and Clark were holding hands and acting like they were together, so I assumed..." He gave a shrug as he watched her reaction carefully. "I apologize, I'm sure there's an explanation."

Sometimes information was more useful shared then kept to yourself.

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Her small smile vanished.

Completely.

"Excuse me?" Maybe- There were a billion explanations, no part of which was that she was talking to Lex Luthor, who she'd been advised to not trust, about her boyfriend, who she trusted by definition.

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It was the truth. It wasn't his fault if she didn't believe him. And if she was friends with Mr. Drake then it was possible that she didn't. Still wasn't his fault. He was used to this.

He shrugged again. "You trust Xander right? Why don't you ask him?" He offered simply. "I'm not to proud to admit I might have made a mistake. Clark is often attracted to the unattainable, he did this at home too. Your Xander may not even be at fault." He offered, to put her more at ease.

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"I- I think- I mean," She was stammering, and she took a step back. "I'll-" She'd talk to him. She would. Right now it was eating her up inside, making her heart pound. "I will. I- I have to go." She didn't even wait for him to say anything, and just took a step to the side so she could get past him and got moving.

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Lex turned with her as she moved to step around him but he didn't stop her. "I'm very sorry for upsetting you." He added sincerely, for he really was, despite any other intentions he had. "I know you will be reluctant, but if I can help with anything, please, don't hesitate to ask."