Chapter 1

It had been a busy day at the Daily Planet, with reporters bustling around her, Lois kept typing away at her new assignment, Superman. Her eyes never left her screen until Randall walked into her office, "More news heading your way Lane. Superman has been spotted in Zurich stopping a shootout in front of the bank."

Lois nodded, "Thanks for the heads up Randall." Randall closed the door behind him as he walked away. Lois sighed as she stopped typing and leaned back on her chair. She peaked her eyes to the empty desk in front of her. She hadn't seen Clark in 3 days. She took out her phone to see if she had gotten any messages, she smiled to herself, with no messages to look at, "Busy saving the world, Smallville." She snapped her phone shut and tossed it on her desk in front of her. She let out a deep breath as she walked towards the window staring back at the view of Metropolis from her office. She crossed her arms, yearning to see a red and blue blur fly by the sky, just to see a glimpse of her fiancé. She blinked, disappointed at the view which looked too empty for her liking, "Well, I hope you come home tonight at least. Wouldn't take you for the guy to miss our anniversary." She blinked a couple of times and said under her breath, "I miss you." She smiled to herself again, thinking of what she had planned for tonight. After she had finished her deadline, she headed out of the bullpen and drove towards her penthouse. She walked in to an empty home once again, like many other nights, but she had hoped tonight would shed a little light. There had been many moments like this before, where she had come home and spent nights alone waiting... just waiting for him to come home, to know that he was safe. It reminded her of times when her mother would stay up all night waiting for the phone to ring to hear her father's voice. The General never disappointed, he made sure his family knew he was safe. Clark did the same thing at times. Whenever she woke up the next morning without seeing him all night, he would leave her breakfast in the morning and a note to let her know he was there. Lois had dropped her bag on the couch and tossed her keys on the kitchen table. From the corner of her eye, she noticed a piece of paper stuck on the fridge she had never seen before. She walked closer to the fridge and pulled off the sticky note.

Happy Anniversary love3

Lois smiled at the note in front of her, tears started to well up in her eyes, as she clutched the note close to her chest, "You remembered." She whispered to herself. Without wasting any more time, Lois picked up the phone and ordered dinner from their favourite French restaurant. She started to set up the dinner table, she covered it with a cream colored table cloth and took out their best china plates and glasses which they never used except for special occasions... like anniversaries. The doorbell rang and Lois raced to open it, with a big smile on her face. Her smile faded when she saw it was only the delivery man, with their dinner. She paid the man and closed the door behind her. To this day, Lois never knew how to cook, not since last thanksgiving which was a disaster!

"Lois? What's that burning smell?"

Lois was freaking out, she was pacing back and forth as she was scared to open the oven, she took a deep breath and opened the oven. Right at that moment, black smoke overflowed the kitchen as Lois coughed up, waving her hands in the air to try not to throw off Clark. "Smallville don't you dare come in here! We made a deal remember! No meddling with the food!" At that moment Lois was sweating when she saw fire erupt from the oven, she pulled out the fire extinguisher and put out the fire. The smoke let up to show the turkey. Lois let out a sigh as she saw the turkey.

"What's the verdict?" She whipped her head around to see Clark lean against the doorframe with an amused smile on his face.

Lois rolled her eyes, "I roasted it... into ashes."

Clark raised his eyebrow as he walked towards the oven to see a black turkey ready to crumble into nothing. Clark burst out laughing as Lois punched him hard on the arm ready to cry."So I guess I won the bet... I'll go order us some Chinese."

"Dammit!" Lois threw her oven mitts on the floor and pouted around the room, trying to clean up the mess she made.

Clark walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her, "Don't worry honey. We all knew you weren't up for it. If it helps I expected way worse than this" He grinned back at her as Lois was outraged.

She looked down at the bowl of gravy as she grabbed it and poured it on his head. Clark stood there with his mouth wide open as the gravy dripped down his face. Lois couldn't help but laugh hysterically she couldn't breathe with the look on his face. Wiping his face, Clark said, "You think you can get off that easily?" He took the rest of the gravy and poured it down her shirt. Lois gasped as she felt the disgusting gravy pour down her body. They started to take the first thing they saw in the kitchen as an all out food war erupted. Eventually they ended up in the shower together.

Lois came back to reality as she laughed at the memory of that very disastrous thanksgiving. She was very proud of how she set up the dinner table. With a bouquet of roses as a centerpiece with two tall candles on either side of the vase. She went to go take a shower and when she came out, still no sign of Clark. As she blow dried her hair, she looked back at the bedroom and decided she wanted to do something more than just set up a nice dinner. She made a phone call and ordered a bunch of red roses to the penthouse. After setting up, she had finally gotten dressed up. She hadn't seen her husband in three days, not only that, but she hasn't been intimate with him in over a week! Tonight was going to be an extra special night for both of them. She wore a skimpy black lace lingerie dress which stopped a couple inches above her knees. She wrapped herself in a silk black robe which went all the way to the floor. "Clark only gets to see what's under the robe after dinner." She smiled to herself at the mirror as she let her hair fall on her shoulders. She took a deep breath as she twirled her engagement ring around her finger.

She walked towards the dinner table as she lit up the candles and dimmed the lights. She turned on the music player which played the song, Vienna by The Fray. She sat herself down at the dinner table as she watched the candles light up. She let out a deep breath, "Come on Clark. Please come home tonight." She checked her phone to see if there were any messages. She gave a sad sigh as she saw there were none. She had no idea what time he was coming home tonight. She didn't care; she was going to stay up all night if that's what it took.

Midnight had arrived as Lois leaned her head on her arm, which was rested on the table, staring sadly at the candles which had gotten much shorter than before. It had been three hours already. She hadn't touched her food, nor was she even hungry. She popped open the bottle of champagne and filled up her glass. In a matter of seconds, she chugged down her glass, and filled it up again. Another hour had passed and Lois was already halfway finished the bottle. She tossed the bottle back in the cooler and walked away from the table. It was almost 2am. She sat herself on the couch and turned on the TV as she turned it on to the news. Superman was dealing with forest fires in British Colombia. She sighed as she smiled at the TV, "At least you have a good reason for standing me up Kent." As she kept watching the screen, her eyes started to feel heavier. She tried to fight them from dropping, but eventually around 3am, she gave up and her eyes completely closed as she dozed off.

It was a long week for Clark Kent, he sped off as fast as he could once the forest fire was put out. He couldn't keep away from Metropolis anymore. He smiled as he saw the penthouse in view. He needed to see her again. Their anniversary was over, but he couldn't bring himself to not celebrate it. Before he went home, he flew to a garden in Holland and picked out two dozen roses in the field as he wrapped them around in a gold ribbon. He changed back into his normal clothes at the Daily Planet before speeding off back home. He fixed up his suit and opened the door. The lights were all shut out, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked down at his watch, it was 4am. Clark sighed as he winced, pinching the bridge of his nose. He had completely lost track of time. He walked down the hallway into the living room when he saw two candles faintly lit up. He walked to see the dining table. The candles were almost completely melted. He smiled as he saw the table with one glass of champagne half full while the other, assumed to be his, wasn't touched. The food was well placed on the plates which were their finest china, but were also untouched. Clark sighed to himself; Lois had prepared a beautiful dinner that went to waste. He suddenly heard groaning coming from the living room. He walked around the couch to see Lois sleeping peacefully, resting her head on her hand, which her other arm was swung off the edge of the couch. Placing the bouquet of roses on the coffee table, Clark knelt down in front of his fiancé, smiling down at her as she was stirring in her sleep. He stroked her hair off her face. He gently stroked the back of his hand against her cheek. "Hey baby. I missed you." Lois moaned in her sleep again as Clark smiled back at her. She looked so peaceful Clark didn't want to move her. He slid his hands under her slowly, trying not to wake her up. He lifted her up in his arms as she wrapped her arm around his neck as the other rested on her stomach. Clark walked towards their bedroom as he saw red rose pedals on the floor, heading towards the bedroom. He opened the door to see the entire bed was filled with an ocean of rose pedals. Their bed posts were wrapped with rose vines. Clark choked back. Lois worked so hard to make tonight perfect, and Clark never showed up. She waited up all night for him. He leaned his forehead against Lois' whom he was still holding in his arms. He walked over to the bed and gently laid her down. She immediately rolled to the side and curled up in a ball. Clark smiled at the sight of her sleeping in a bed full of rose pedals. He walked over to his side and laid next to her. He wrapped his arm around her waist from behind and pulled her close against his body. At this motion, Lois put her hand on Clark's and snuggled closer against him. Clark kissed her neck and then her cheek, his lips went towards her ear as he whispered, "I love you Lo."

Lois let out a deep breath and placed her hand on his cheek, "I love you..." she said softly, still half asleep. Clark chuckled against her face and closed his eyes as they simply slept together in a bed filled with rose pedals.