Disclaimer: I do not and will not ever own anything to do with Smallville, Superman, or anything related.

Commitment

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"Lo-is!"

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"What Smallville?"

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"Do you have to keep doing that?"

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"Doing what Smallville?

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"That…" Tap… tap… tap-tap. Tap… tap… tap-tap. Tap… tap… tap-tap. Tap… tap… tap-tap.

"That what?

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"That tapping!"

Tap… tap…"What tappi… Smallville, there is NO WAY you can hear me tapping my pencil on my teeth!! I can barely hear it!"

"Oh."

"Bye Lois!"

"Wha… Smallville! Great, run off just when I need to know if there are two m's or three in commitment."

Beep-beep. "You have one new message"

"C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T"