Clark left Lana' hospital bed and caught sight of Lois.
"Lois, how are you holding up?"
"Jimmy's in bad shape"
"The nurses said they had him stabalised"
"But he's not out of the woods" Lois continued "He has severe internal bleeding they are medivacing him to star city to one of the countries top surgeons, I'm going to go with him, I'll stay there until I hear from Chloe."
Lois too a deep breath and raised her voice "Why did this have to happen to her, why do these terrible things keep happening all around us"
Clark pulled her to him in a hug he both wanted and needed before his face gave away his answer."Because of me" he thought
"Listen, I promise we are going to get Chloe back"
"What if we can't" Lois said in a hurt depressed voice.
He hated seeing her like this. She started to walk away and he could hear her begin to cry. Lois Lane a stronger person than he was emotionally. She turned back to look at him at the elevator faint tears running down her face. he knew he was in love with her, it just sort of popped out at him, then he wasn't sure if she felt the same. But seeing her like this was a pain so acute and direct he felt sick. Much worse than kryptonite. He felt the need to hold her, to love her right now when she needed it most because he was in love with Lois Lane. They had danced around it for months, now was as good a time as any.
He went after her. Found her in a empty hospital room lying on the bed crying. He knew she might hate him for intruding on her private moment as he could remember the times she had cried in front of him on one hand. But it needed to be now. Clark opened the door, entered and shut the door behind him.
The sound made Lois turn to look. Her tearful sad face quickly turned to anger.
"Clark leave me alone" she said with anger he had never heard from her. She sat up wiping her eyes trying to hide her pain.
"No" he answered
She stood up and walked towards him so threateningly if he weren't invulnerable he would have been scared.
"Get out!" She roared
He didn't budge. "Lois it's OK to cry in front of me"
"Cry?" She laughed "Cry? What have I got to cry about?"
"Your cousin's wedding was ruined, a friend is in critical condition and your cousin is missing" Clark moved even closer "There is a lot for you to cry about"
Her mascara was streaking everywhere, she felt so guilty that the real reason she was crying was that Lana was back and Clark would never be hers. And crying over a man, especially Clark Kent made her feel so foolish and childish. To make it worse he had caught her crying and her appearance was so dishevilled and make up ruined she thought she looked quite unnappealing to the man she had grown to love over the years. She was therefore suprised when Clark pressed his lips to hers in a gentle kiss. She couldn't believe it. It didn't seem real. Yet it felt so good, made the terrible events of the day fade away momentarily. She opened her mouth to him and their toungues tangled as the kiss became much more passionate. After a while they stopped.
"Lois lets go home" Clark said
"Clark I have to go with Jimmy"
"No, Lois you look exhausted, staying up worrying about Jimmy and Chloe won't make any difference right now. You need to sleep. Everything will be better in the morning I promise."
Lois was never a fan of being told what to do, maybe the shock of Clark kissing her or the fact that it really was a good idea to relax. So she was stupid crying over a man who wanted her just as much as she wanted him.
"OK" Lois said shakily and Clark wrapped a warm arm around her as they exited the hospital together.