Lois set her pizza crust on her plate and said, "I can't hold another bite."

"Me neither," said Chloe, "and I don't think I can stand to watch one more old romantic movie."

"You might like Teacher's Pet. It's about a love/hate romance between two journalists who take totally different approaches."

"That's your kind of movie not mine."

"Okay, I also have an old Nancy Drew movie we can watch. She's an impulsive reporter in it, not a detective. She suckers poor Ned or Ted, as he's called in the movie, into helping her out."

"No movies in black and white and no movies about reporters. I get enough of journalism at work."

"Well, Chlo, that's all I rented and my satellite's still out."

"Do you know what people did before TV?"

"I don't want to read."

"I was thinking more along the lines of talking."

She gave a half-hearted shrug. "I guess that's okay with me. Was work interesting today?"

"Not really. Was yours?"

"Are you kidding me? It's one huge yawn; the only time politics gets interesting is when there's a huge scandal."

"It's too bad you missed Watergate. That would have been interesting for you," she said teasingly. Then she abruptly asked, "Lois, where do you go on Thursday nights?"

"Why?"

"I'm just curious. It's part of my job description to be curious."

"I go bowling," she answered.

"Yeah, right," Chloe said, not believing it for a minute.

"Drinking?" she suggested with a twinkle in her eyes.

"You stopped drinking. Try again."

"What can I say? I'm an alcoholic."

"Lois, tell me the truth," Chloe said, tiring of the game.

"If you must know, I joined a program."

"What kind of program?"

"I wasn't aware I was being interviewed."

Chloe folded her arms with impatience.

"Okay," Lois said laughing. "Relax, Miss Ace Reporter. I joined the Adopt-a-Sister Program."

"Don't you have a sister?"

"Mrs. Kent thought it would be enriching for me to do some charity work. I figured I've done the big sister thing before, so it should be second nature to me. I see this 13-year-old orphan in Fair Fields on Thursday nights."

"Wow," said an impressed Chloe. She hadn't really expected it to be charity.

"She's a nice enough girl," Lois continued. "She's very ethical and down to earth for her age and life circumstances. She kind of reminds me of Clark in a way."

"What's her name?"

"Linda Lee."