Crossing the Line: Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville.

A/N: This is an A/U story. So Lois already knows Oliver, and Lois' mom died recently.. please review and give me some ideas for chapter two i would greatly appreciate it : ) be brutally honest. Note: Lois is in the ninth grade right now.

Lois was walking down the hallway. So many things were clouding her mind at this particular moment. Mid-Terms were coming up in week, her Mom just died and the walls of her world were crashing down around her. It didn't help that a couple of the guys from the tenth grade kept bothering her. They didn't know about her Mom so she was cutting them some slack, but she just wished they would stop for a little while.

Trent yelled for her. "Hey Lois!"

Trent was a older looking tenth grader.. He wasn't very mature for his age. He was a good looking guy, he played football, and he was smart. He had all the characteristics that any girl would die for, but Lois was picky. Trent wasn't used to that and he liked it. Usually girls just came easy to him, but not Lois. Maybe that's why he found him self insanely attracted to her.

Trent was racing down the hallway to get to the girl he thought about all the time. Lois. He liked how she avoided and ignored him. It only made him like her more. He knew he was insane for pursuing this girl who didn't even like him. Although, he couldn't help himself. His smile only grew bigger as he came closer to Lois.

Lois rolled her eyes as Trent got even closer. Soon she couldn't take the sight of him lagging behind her so she turned around. He purposely bumped into her to make some type of physical contact.

"What the Heck? Trent?" she said.

She looked up at him and said, "I only stopped to see what you want."

"I just wanted to talk to you," he said as his eyes started to drift below her face.

"I'm up here," she said.

"I was just reading your shirt," Trent said trying to sound convincing.

"Nice try Trent. My shirt has no words on it," she said while rolling her eyes.

"Sorry I cant keep my eyes from drifting.." Trent said.

Lois was kind of bothered now, so she started to walk away. She just wasn't in the mood to try to talk to Trent today. Her tolerance level was very low. As she was walking away, Trent could help but to make one more sarcastic remark.

"I'd smack that." He made sure he said it loud enough for Lois to hear it. Lois turned around, and walked over to him. Before Trent knew it he was up against the wall.

Trent's best bud Drew said, "Ooh feisty," and knew that this was bad timing. Lois shot him a dirty look and he went to class. It was very quiet all eyes were on them while she had him pinned against the wall. She could hear whispers going all through the hallway. She knew they were talking about her and Trent.

Lois softly whispered in Trent's ear, "Please stop, or you will find out what I'm capable of."

He looked amused, while she looked disgusted. She turned and ran down the hallway, the only sound was the clicking of her heels.

She couldn't believe what she had just done. She wasn't capable of anything! I have to apologize, she thought. Lois wasn't very good at apologies, she never liked to admit she was wrong.

The apology was long because Lois could barely mutter the words out. Trent was book smart but not very smart in the girl department. He thought Lois' apology equaled 'I secretly like you.' Lois didn't know that type of message had been sent, so she basically thought Trent was just taking a big advantage of her.

Lois wished her mom was here to help her right now. She felt very alone. She always had Lucy, but Lucy had things going for her, she was basically college material. Lois didn't want to plague her little sister with her problems, and Lucy had just gotten over mom dying and she was almost happy. Lois planned to keep it that way.

Anyway she always had Oliver. They had been best friends for three years. Oliver didn't care what people thought about him and Lois, he cared about her that's all that mattered. That's what he always told her. He made her feel safe and when she wanted to cry he was always there. Lois, hated crying, she thought of it as a sign of weakness. Oliver had let her know at the first moment Lois cried in front of him that she could always do that, and not worry about what he would think.

"That's what I'm here for" he always says with a smile. Lois had called Oliver after the whole Trent ordeal and she was on her way to his house now. She lived 20 minutes away from him, so she could easily drive there without being caught. Today Oliver stayed home because he was tired, but every other day they saw each other at school. Now she was ten minutes away so she decided to listen to some tunes on the way.

Within the next to minutes she heard honking, believe it or not Trent and Drew were behind her in their old beat up truck. Although, she was close enough now to not have to worry about Drew and Trent. She pulled into the driveway and they drove by honking and screaming out the windows. The only thing they all had in common was they all drove illegally. Oliver came out of the house and quickly pulled Lois into a hug. She started to cry. They came out of the hug and she wiped her tears away.

"Its all going to be ok, how about we talk over some hot cocoa," he said. Lois nodded her head, she felt like such a little kid around him. They sat and talked and she told him about everything that had happened today.

"He better be careful, or he'll find out what I'm capable of," he said in a joking way and a serious way.

Lois let Oliver know that Trent had been acting a little weirder than usual lately, but it was nothing to worry about.

"It's not even that big of a deal. Its probably just a big deal to me because I don't have mom to confide in any more and its hard," she said as her voice cracked. He looked at her, he was looking deep into her eyes.

"I know, I miss her too" he said pulling her into another hug.

She looked at him and said, "I know, I just wish the guys would stop for a while."

"I'll talk to them" he said.

"It's the weekend Oliver okay? This will give us both a chance to cool off. Let's just try to have some fun this weekend" She said it so convincingly. How could Oliver say no?

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