Clark walked up the stairs to the door. The veranda was covered with pieces of plasterboard and there was a cordless drill to the right of the door. He was really starting to worry now.

Oh God, has Lois been watching too much Extreme Makeover: Home Edition lately. What the hell has she done to the farmhouse now. Mom will not be happy! I bet she has blown the electricity circuit again.

He opened the door shouting, "Lois, go on, it can't be that bad, tell me what you've done"

"Sit down Clark" He did as he was told. She was getting all masterful, and he liked it!

He sat in the chair all tensed up. He wondered how bad the house would look when the lights came on.

Then suddenly, music started:
I know you like me
(I know you like me)
I know you do
(I know you do)
That's why whenever I come around
She's all over you

And I know you want it
(I know you want it)
It's easy to see
(It's easy to see)
And in the back of your mind
I know you should be f*** me

Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
Don't cha, don't cha?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was wrong like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me?
Don't cha, don't cha?

He knew this song, then it hit him. That club four years ago when Lois had...

Before he got a chance to finish his thoughts, the lights went up. What a scene!
There was a pole in the centre of the sitting room with more bits of plaster board lying scattered around it. Lois had obviously drilled into the ceiling but rather unsuccessfully hence the trail of destruction.

He was assessing the damage to the floor as well, when all of a sudden some legs appeared – legs he would recognise anywhere. His eyes travelled up those gorgeous silky legs until they came across some sparkily red hot pants, that he would recognize anywhere.

He had plenty of dreams about those hotpants and the 'patriotic' bikini top as he liked to call it. But wait a minute was Lois being patriotic today. His eyes travelled further until he found his answer. Lois was displaying the stars and stripes quite attractively. . He could not help but ogle.

"Ahem" interrupted Lois, clearing her throat. "Wanna see the rest of the show..."

"Yes please" he said eagerly, almost drooling!

Four years ago, he had been just 18yrs old and a bit overwhelmed to see the least.

Now, however he was an adult and this was sheer unadulterated bliss. God how much he was attracted to this woman and what she would do to him if he let her.

Lois had obviously been practising as she was quite good at her moves, those hips were captivating. She was very aware of how to move her body to good effect, and oh boy what an effect she was having on Clark.

She was doing so well, until thud...

Lois had applied the grease a bit too liberally on the pole and slid down to the floor with a thud.

Clark rushed over to check on her but lost his footing in a large hole in the floor and he ended up falling on top of Lois. He was about to get up to relieve his weight from her but she grabbed his tie and pulled his lips to hers. The kisses became deep and frenzied, the clothes were flying off of each other as though they were on fire, hands everywhere. And they were on fire!

Then Clark pulled away and looked deep into her eyes. He was at a crossroads. Should he pull back as usual or just let nature and lust takes its course. If he did pull back he ended up going the same way he did with Lana. And to be honest, he would die of frustration. Then all of a sudden, deep down, it all became clear what he had to do...

He picked up Lois and took her upstairs.

Lois woke up that morning after just a few hours sleep. Five times last night...No need to go to the gym for a month. She turned over to see the gorgeous sight of her sleeping boyfriend with one of his goofy smiles.

It really puzzled her where he had learnt some of his 'abilities' last night and figured he must be a closet subscriber to the 'Kama Sutra monthly' magazine.
She looked at him, and wished she could wake up to this every morning. This is the same man who seemed to be having second thoughts about his fledgling relationship with her. However last night put any doubts to the back of her mind.

He was definitely committed to her last night in more ways than one. How had she missed out on this for the past five years, missed right was in front of her all the time.
Clark woke up to see Lois studying his face. He smiled,

"Hey Lo, you look beautiful in a morning."

"I bet you say that to all the girls" remarked Lois, suddenly overcome with slight jealousy pangs about his relationship with Lana but she didn't know why.

"What girls, I never exactly had them queuing up at the door, there was only Lana."

"how about Alicia, you two seemed hot and heavy" suggested Lois

"Hell no, almost but no. Since we're on the subject, how about you?"
"Well obviously Ollie, and a man named Tom from my army brat days"

Clark inquired "And Grant or AC...?"

"No I never got past first base with them, never seemed right..." she replied

Clark smiled, secretly he was pleased she did not have a long line of notches on her bedpost.

"Hey Clark, we better get up, don't think Tess will accept two days in a row for tardiness."

"Do you want a shower first?" asked Clark, being the gentleman.

"I don't think we will have time for separate showers." Lois said hopefully!

"just what I was hoping you would say", as they ran giggling into the bathroom

One hour later they were dressed and at the breakfast table, when both their phones bleeped simultaneously with text message alerts.

Clark and Lois both picked up their phones and read the message. It was Tess wanting to see them as soon as possible.

"Looks like we have some explaining to do..."

-

It was over an hour late by the time they reached work. They got in the empty lift and looked at one another, knowing exactly what the other one was thinking.

Clark hit the stop button. "Well, we are already late, so a little bit more won't hurt"

Lois was still readjusting her blouse when the door of the lift finally pinged open to a crowd of people.

"Listen folks" she shouted "If we are going to get spectators all the time, we are going to have start charging an entrance fee" The crowd soon dispersed.

Clark and Lois approached Tess's office and knocked on the door. She asked them to come in and gestured for them to take a seat. They sat down awkwardly, waiting for the telling off they would be getting.

"Right, I'll get straight to the point." Tess bellowed. "I need both of you to go on an assignment undercover."

Clark and Lois both looked at each other, they were off the hook, or were they?

Tess went on to explain about how there was a family therapy center in the Arizona Desert called Mirage. It was a place for dysfunctional families to go to sort out their problems. However there were suspicions that they were using the center to do major drug deals worth millions of dollars. She wanted them to go undercover for two weeks to see what they could find out and to see if they could blow the lid off it. Their cover names would be Dean and Teri Smith.

Clark and Lois smiled at each other. How hard it would be to spend two weeks together in an all expenses paid resort as a married couple. They would have to spend so much time together.

Tess knew what they were thinking so decided to drop the bombshell. She couldn't wait to see their reactions.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, Dean and Teri are not a happily married couple, they are brother and sister"

Lois and Clark's faces dropped, as Tess explained they were to pretend they were siblings and had been sent there by their billionaire father who wanted them to get on better before he left them any inheritance in his will"

Lois and Clark looked at one another horrified.

It was almost 8pm by the time they landed at Tuscon. They then had to go and get their hire car for the three hour drive to Mirage Therapy Center.

Lois was not happy, in fact she had barely said anything since leaving Metropolis, and that for Lois was very unusual. Her mouth usually did not stop. Clark felt frustrated too, but he knew Tess was right. There is no way in their loved up state that they could act as a married couple, who were at each others throats all the time. They would have blown their own cover in seconds.

It would be hard to be unable to touch and look at each other they way they had in the last two months, but it was only 2 weeks so how hard can it be.

"Do you think Tess is just a psycho *****, or do you think she is jealous of us" inquired Lois

"I know you don't see eye to eye with Tess, neither do I sometimes but there is no point spending the next two weeks trying to work out her motives. This is a big story and it could mean a move out of the basement, so lets just grin and bare it. I am sure we can have some fun, starting now, pull the car over Lois..."

It was after 11pm by the time they arrived and were shown to their separate rooms, separate being the operative word. They both were tense about being apart, but that worked in their favour as it helped maintain their cover as squabbling siblings.

The rooms were a little sparse to say the least, no TV, DVD, wi-fi connection - nothing

"God, let the two weeks be over soon." Lois said, retiring to bed. "Good night Clark" she whispered

"Good night Lois, I love you" he mouthed in response, having picked up Lois's words with his hearing.

Clark's plan to reveal his secret had gone out of the window. He decided he would take her away for the weekend after these two tortuous weeks were over. He would be able to tell her without interruptions or distractions. Last thing he wanted was to tell Lois and get called away before he could hear her response.

The next morning they sat together at the breakfast table, trying to not look at each other. They tried to argue occasionally to keep up the pretense but it was hard. Last thing they wanted to do was fight even though it was acting.

Lois had an idea, she decided to try a new game – footsie. Luckily the tables were covered with table clothes that went all the way down to the floor. She took her shoe off and planted it in Clark's lap. He almost jumped through the roof, determined not to react to it. It was difficult, he squirmed, but then he managed to relax and started to enjoy the experience. If this was the most intimate they were going to be, then he would make the most of it.

Lois could see by his face, that he was enjoying it. But then a lady and man came to join them. She removed her foot much to the disappointment of Clark.

"Hi, I'm Peter Jenkins and this is my wife Jenna." The tall mustached man announced, introducing them to his petite but pretty wife.

Lucky them, Lois thought, at least they get to share a room. Mind you by the look of their tense body language this was probably not a good thing. But she supposed that is why they were here to sort out their problems.

Clark's voice interrupted her thoughts "Hi, I'm Dean Smith and this is my big sister Teri" He gestured at the couple to sit down.

The two couples sat for an hour and exchanged their stories and issues. It was a bit emotionally tiring as it turned out that Peter had had not one affair but twelve over the past year. They were here as a last resort to salvage their relationship. Lois felt like asking them why they were bothering but she held her tongue. They were here to bust a drugs deal, not to solve a couples' problems.

The first few days were fine, just non-stop therapy, talking and discussing issues that were not even real. Clark and Lois were just about handling the being apart but by the third night they were getting desperate. As they walked along the corridor to their perspective room, Clark grabbed her arm and took her into the nearby cleaning cupboard.

As they were coming out, Peter and Jenna were walking past and shot them confused looks.

Lois screamed at Clark. "Don't you ever drag me in a cupboard again. If you want to have a go at me, you can do it in front of everyone. We have nothing to hide, that's why we are here isn't to sort our problems out."

Clark gave her a look and stormed off, slamming his bedroom door behind him. Once in his room, he laughed to himself. He was getting quite addicted to these rendezvous in unusual places. Maybe it was the risk of being found out.

By the end of the first week, they had managed to be together a few times but they were coming close to being discovered at times, so they had to tone it down.

One morning at breakfast, a man came with a note and gave it to Clark. It was from Tess summoning him home for a few days, Lois was to stay behind. Lois stormed off to her room, with Clark running behind her.

"What is that woman up to, I think she is trying to get you to herself. She is attracted to you, and don't deny it, you are a little attracted to her. Any man would be!"

"Stop it, what is making you so jealous, you have been snappy for the past few days. I know you didn't want to come here, but we had to if we wanted to keep our jobs"

"Stay here then, prove it to me." Snapped Lois

Clark was in a no-win situation. He had to be careful with Tess because she knew his secret and could announce it to the world.

"I am only going to be gone a few days any way, I will be back before you know it. Listen I have to go and pack. The plane leaves in five hours"

"Don't bother coming to say goodbye to me, I'm going out with Jenna for the day." Shouted Lois

"OK then, if you are being like that, fine. I will see you when I get back." He tried to kiss her but she stepped back to avoid it.

"Fine!" and she stormed off...

It was a long drive back to Tuscon Airport without being talked at by Lois. But he did have a chance to think over the argument – their first argument as a couple. He hated fighting with her. He wanted everything to be perfect forever. He knew in Smallville, of all places, that would never happen of course.

All he wanted was to be with her, to marry her and have children with her sometime in the future. He had never given much thought to having children, but with Lois, he found that it had become a natural assumption that they would want them at some point.

Of course he did not know if he was capable of fathering a child. But saying that up until a week ago, he didn't think it was even possible to have a normal 'human' relationship but he was proved wrong. And he was so glad he was proved wrong, as when they were 'together', it just reinforced the fact they were meant to be.

What did Tess want, he wondered. There was no explanation in the note to explain things further. That is may be why Lois had reacted the way she did. Even he had to admit it was a little puzzling.

-

Chloe had come back from her time away with Stuart to find a note explaining that Lois and Clark were going away, and that their cells would be out of range. Lois had put a line on the bottom, announcing she had some hot gossip. Chloe wondered what it could be.

Just then there was a knock at the door, she opened it to find her old friend standing at the door.

"My god, what are you doing back...?"

"Hi, I'm here for Clark" Lana replied..