Hey, I'm back with the next chapter of After School Hours. Now before everyone starts reading, let me just previses by saying this wasn't supposed to have main characters, but unfortunately, I can't exactly stay away from Clois. So, it is kind of heavily centered around those to with lots of Chlollie thrown into the mix.
Anyway, with that said, please enjoy chapter two.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own Smallville.
Previously…
"Oh, you don't know what I'd like," Oliver chuckled with a shake of his head. "But you'll find out soon enough."
"Uh, guys?" Emil spoke up before Lois could fire back. "Where's Mr. Pierre?"
The six looked around the darkened room, but there was no sign of the teacher.
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"Where did he go?" Chloe asked, standing from her seat. "When did he go?"
"I don't know, but let's just be glad he didn't hear us talking about Clark and his abnormal ability to lift cars," Oliver replied.
Clark walked over to the door. He yanked on the doorknob, but found it locked.
"Smallville, what's wrong?" Lois asked as she walked up behind him.
He looked back at her. "I can't open the door."
"What does that mean?" Tess asked. "Someone locked us in here?"
"Not only that, but my powers aren't working," Clark said as he tried to open the door again.
Oliver came up and tried. "Oh, this is just too much," he sighed. He began trying to knock down the door. "Clark, on three, we're gonna ram this thing down, alright?"
Clark nodded. "Okay, one…two…three." Both men pushed through the door and it went tumbling to the ground.
"Nice work, guys," Chloe smiled, running a hand down Oliver's arm.
He grinned proudly at her, wrapping an arm around her waist. "Wait until you see what else I can do." He winked at her.
"Okay, enough of that," Emil interrupted. "Clark, what's up with your powers?"
"I don't know. There must be blue kryptonite around," he said as the six walked out into the hallway.
"Where would Smallville be keeping blue K?" Tess asked.
"It is the meteor capital of the world," Clark said. "The stuff's everywhere."
"But you've been in school with your powers before. Why short out now?" Lois asked, following closely beside Clark.
"I don't know. Someone probably brought Blue K in. Either way, this means we're completely stuck in here." He led them into a classroom down the hall and picked up the phone. "All the phones are down just like the lights. And I'm not getting any cell reception."
Oliver pulled out his phone. "Yeah, my phone's ignoring me, too. So what do we do now?" He shoved his cell back in his pocket.
"We have to find out where the meteor rock is. I have to get far enough away from it so my powers can come back. Then, I can get us out of here," Clark replied as they went out into the hallway again.
"Good luck," Chloe said. "Depending on how huge this chunk of kryptonite is, it can have various radiuses and this school has over two hundred rooms. We'd be here for hours checking every crevice."
"Well, it looks like we have all the time in the world since there literally is no other way out," Lois said, walking a little ahead of the group.
"Right," Tess chimed in. "So, why don't we split into pairs and canvas the building faster."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Chloe asked. "I mean, the school's pretty big."
"Don't worry, cous, Ollie will protect you," Lois teased.
"I'm not afraid, I'm just saying it'd be better if we all stay together. We have no way of contacting each other if we see something."
"She's got a point," Emil said. "All the phones are down."
"Well, then we'll all stay on the same floor. We'll check one hallway at a time," Clark suggested.
"Okay, then," Lois took charge. "Tess and Clark will be one team, Emil will come with me, and Oliver can escort Chloe." She tried to hide the grin slowly creeping onto her face.
"Hold on there, Legs," Oliver piped. "Why can't Clark go with you?"
"Well, because Clark and Tess will get more ground covered together. I mean, he and I will only start arguing and get distracted."
"I'm not sure that's the kind of distraction you're trying to avoid," Oliver smirked.
"Oh, really?" Lois commented, placing her hands on her hips. "And what is it that I'm trying to avoid since you know so much?"
Chloe looked in between the two. "Okay, what the hell is going on with you two? You've been on each other's cases since we landed in detention."
"Nothing, Ollie and I are just not really seeing eye-to-eye at the moment," Lois sneered, glaring at the tall blonde man.
"Can you two kiss and make up? We have to get moving or we'll be stuck in here even longer," Tess chimed in.
"Alright, then. I'll take Chloe. Tess, go with Emil," Oliver commanded before pushing Lois into Clark. "And Clark, take her."
Lois lost her balance and had to grab onto Clark's arms. She bit her lip as she felt his strong biceps. She was in trouble.
The other pairs headed in their own direction as Clark and Lois stood in the hall for a moment. "We should start looking. The faster we find it, the faster we can get out of here," Lois said, slowly stepping out of his embrace.
"Yeah," Clark nodded, following her into one of the classrooms. Noting that it was just the two of them in the room, he slowly approached her. "So, tell me about this sex dream you had."
Lois froze immediately from searching the teacher's desk. She stood up straight and realized Clark was right behind her. "Oh, uh, that was just Oliver being Oliver."
"Hmm, I don't know," he murmured, turning her around to face him. "You seemed to be pretty embarrassed by that little secret slipping out." He took a step closer to her and she reciprocated by taking a step back, bumping into the desk in the process.
"Embarrassed?" she chuckled nervously. "No, I was just shocked that he would tell you that when he promised he wouldn't." Her eyes widened.
"So, it was true," he teased, his eyebrows shooting up in amusement. He placed his hands on her hips to pull her into him. "You gotta tell me more about it."
"There's really not much to tell," she mumbled, her eyes flickering to his lips.
He smiled. "I think there is." He leaned down to kiss her.
Lois met him halfway and their lips brushed against each other. Her eyes fluttered to his for a moment before she pulled him down for a deeper kiss as she threw her arms around his neck. Clark's arms wrapped tightly around her waist as they nibbled at each other's lips. Suddenly, a thought came to Lois's mind. She reluctantly pulled away from him, her hands sliding down his chest to around his waist.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he felt her hands fidgeting behind his back.
"Nothing," she said quickly. She placed a gentle kiss on his lips before speaking again. "It's just that we need to focus on the task at hand first."
"You're right," he nodded, pulling his hands away from her waist. "That's more important."
"Yeah, so I'll check the desk and you check the book shelf," Lois said, immediately turning to teacher's desk.
Clark, very confused, walked over to the book shelf and began searching. Lois blew out a silent breath and returned her attention back to the desk.
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After checking all the classrooms in the first hall, the six met up.
"Nothing unusual in any of the rooms we checked," Chloe spoke first.
"Yeah, nothing in ours, either," Emil said.
"We came up with nothing, too," Lois said.
"So, now we check the next hall," Clark said, looking at each of them in turn.
Oliver looked over at Lois. She was avoiding his eyes. His eyebrows furrowed. She was trying her best to look nonchalant, but he could see how flustered and fidgety she actually was. Suddenly, he smirked. "You know what?" he spoke out. "Let's switch up partners."
"Why?" Emil asked.
"You know, just keep things a little more interesting," Oliver shrugged. "Why the hell not?" No one had anything else to say. "Alright, then. Tess and Chloe, Clark and Emil, and Lois will look with me."
Once again, everyone broke into pairs. "I swear there is something going on between them," Chloe said, glancing back at her cousin and Oliver who seemed to be in some kind of argument.
"You're not jealous, are you?" Tess smirked.
"Of course not," Chloe scoffed. "I know Lois has the hots for Clark. Everyone does."
Tess just chuckled as they went back into search mode. After scanning the rest of the hallways in the east wing, they headed down to west wing of the second floor of the high school. Once they all dubbed the hall clear, they met up in the midsection of the second floor.
"This is getting annoying," Tess sighed. "Why not just try to make a run for it through the rain?"
"Hello, have you looked outside?" Lois walked over to the window, gesturing to the downpour. "There is a flood out there. If we open the doors, we'll flood the school."
"She's right," Clark said. "Our safest bet is to just find the blue meteor rock. We have no other choice."
"Let's just keep looking. We're wasting time just standing around here arguing," Oliver said.
Right before they were about to break away again, Chloe stopped. "Hey, guys. Where did Emil go?"
The five looked around, but he was no where in sight. "He was just right here, right behind me," Clark said.
"Where could he have gone?" Tess asked.
"Clark."
They all turned to see who was walking up to them. Clark's eyebrows shot up. "Lana," he choke out in surprise. "I thought you were in Paris. What are you doing here?"
Lana stopped right in front of him. "I came back a few weeks ago. I haven't had the courage to face you yet, but I had came by after school today to talk to a few of my teachers and then the lights went out."
Lois rolled her eyes. "Where were you this entire time? The lights have been out for at least thirty minutes."
"I was locked in a classroom and I just escaped to try and get out of here," Lana replied.
"Did you happen to see our friend, Emil, run by?" Chloe asked.
"Uh, no. I was completely alone, which by the way is kinda creepy when you're locked in a high school," Lana said.
"So, where the hell did he disappear to?" Lois asked, wondering out loud.
No one knew.
Chapter two down. We get some vital information here and there is more to come. Reviews get you to chapter three, so press the button. Reviews are Clois love. *wink wink*