Title: Where There's Smoke...
Author: Louise Lane
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: None
Category: Romance
Pairing: Lois/Clark
Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own Smallville or its characters. No infringement intended.
Summary: Lois and Clark trapped in a motel room during a raining night when something unexpected happens while they're relaxing in the steam room.
Dedication: To Heidi for beta reading this fan fiction and helping me with my English.
A/N: I promise you a twist in the middle of the story but I can't say much without give away the plot.

It was a rainy Friday night in Metropolis and Lois was already soaked. She stood outside the airport, trying to hail a cab for the ride back to Smallville, but none of the cabs seemed to want to pick her up.

"Crap!" she swore, very pissed, annoyed at her lack of luck in securing a cab. Looking at her watch, she saw that it pointed to 10 at night - exactly the time she promised would be at Chloe's dorm since they promised spend the night together catching up.

She had already been waiting there for thirty minutes without any luck finding a cab to drive her back home when, to her surprise, she saw a red truck that she knew very well stop in front of her.

"Smallville!" she exclaimed when she saw Clark's face peeking out of the vehicle. "What are you doing here?"

"My mom told me you were coming back from New York today," Clark explained with a smile. "And with the rain, I thought it would be hard to find a cab."

"You're a life saver, Smallville." Lois said as she entered in the car, still soaked to the bone. "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

The rain outside the truck was getting worse when suddenly Lois's cell phone started to ring. She picked the phone to talk.

"Hello?"

"Lois, where are you?" Lois could recognize her cousin's voice anywhere.

"I know I'm late, Chloe. But blame this damn rain. I couldn't find a cab to drive me back."

"Lois, look! The road!" Clark pointed out the window, showing the only road back to Smallville was blocked with detour signs because of the rain, meaning they couldn't return to Smallville today. The two would have to find a place to stay.

"Wait?Clark is there?" Chloe asked very confused. "Oh, I want to hear this explanation! Why?"

"He came to pick me up because of the rain," Lois explained, hearing Chloe giggling into the phone. "It's the truth."

"Okay, if you don't want to talk about…"

"It's not like that, Chloe… it's just…" But before Lois could explain anything to her cousin, her cell phone died. "Shit!" she exclaimed, very annoyed. "And what will we do now? We're in the middle of nowhere."

"Well, there's a motel next to that gas station. We can spend the night there." Clark suggested with a small smile, making Lois rolled her eyes.

"Are you serious? You and me trapped in a motel?" Lois exclaimed, very annoyed with the idea. "This has to be a nightmare."

"I don't want to spend the night trapped in a room with you either but we don't exactly have a choice. Come on, Lois. It's not that bad," Clark said, trying to calm her. "Besides, it's that or spends the night in the car with this rain. What option do you prefer?"

Lois gave him an annoyed glance before sighing. "I hate when you're right, Smallville. Okay, let's go there. Besides, we're only spending one night, right? Nothing will happen."

"Right." Clark nodded as he moved his truck inside of the motel parking lot.

But to their surprise, the only motel available was a five star one meaning that the room was very expensive so Clark and Lois had to share the expense of one room in order to stay that night.

"Great!" Lois complained as she gave her credit card to the manager so he could give her the key to the room. "At least it's not a haunted castle with weird people singing and dancing to Time Warp."

"Huh?" Clark asked confused.

"Never mind."

"You'll be in room 707, miss." The guy said with a smile as Lois rolled her eyes, looking for the elevator to go to their room.

TBC