Chapter 4

"Lana's Warning"

Later that night Chloe, Lois and Clark got ready for their dates. Lois and Chloe were sitting in the living room fixing their make-up when Clark walked out shirtless.

"Hey, Chloe, do you know where we're going tonight?" Clark asked.

"Well, Smallville, I don't think we're going to a strip club, so you might want to put a shirt on," Lois input.

"Although, Clark, you do look very good without the shirt," Chloe blurted.

"Chloe!" Clark and Lois said in unison looking at Chloe strangely.

"What? He does look good."

"Where are we going, Chloe?" Clark repeated quickly to change the subject.

"We're going to a nice little restaurant on the other side of town. Why do you think Lois and I are wearing dresses?"

Clark looked at Chloe's red dress then to Lois' black dress.

"Go put on a dress shirt, tie, and jacket, Clark," Lois told Clark, snapping him out of his daze.

Clark nodded his head and went into his room to get ready.

The doorbell rang. Chloe jumped up to answer it. She opened the door to see.

"Lana!"

"Lana?" Lois looked up.

Clark, Lois and Chloe weren't exactly friends with Lana since she got with Lex, they were more like acquaintances now.

Yeah, Chloe. Is Clark here?" Lana asked.

"Well, he's getting ready for his date with Lois," Chloe explained. Lois gave Chloe a dirty look.

"Lois and Clark? Well can I talk to him for a second?" Lana questioned in disbelief.

"I don't know if that's a good-"

"Lana?" Clark asked.

"Clark, wow, you look good," Lana said seeing Clark come down the hall toward her in a baby blue dress shirt, with a navy blue striped tie. He wore a black suit jacket and black dress pants.

"Thanks. Is there something you need?"

"I have to talk to you, Clark. It's important," Lana said.

"Okay. Come with me," Clark led Lana back down the hall to his bedroom.

"Why is Lana here?" Lois asked seeing Lana and Clark go into Clark's bedroom. "Please tell me she didn't come to make up with him."

"I don't know, Lois. Why does it matter so much?" Chloe questioned seeing a little jealousy in Lois' eyes.

"It doesn't," Lois looked away.

"Don't worry, I don't think Clark is gonna take her back anytime soon," Chloe reassured Lois.

"Good," Lois whispered to herself.

"So, Lana, what did you want?"

"Clark, it's Lex. I think he's after Lois."

"Why?"

"I overheard him on the phone saying something about wanting Lois to himself, and keeping you from her. He's been acting really strange lately. I trust him, but I'm scared of what he'll do."

"Don't worry about Lois. I can protect and take care of her," Clark said with confidence.

"Clark, I'm not only worried about her. I'm worried about Chloe and me too. I heard him say he's going to take out anyone who stands in his way. When Lex wants something, he doesn't stop until he gets what he wants. No matter who he hurts."

"Lana, don't worry. I won't let him hurt Lois, Chloe or you. I promise."

"Thank-you Clark. I knew I could depend on you. I should get back before Lex realizes I'm here."

"Bye," Clark said as Lana left his room and the apartment.

"What did Lana want?" Lois inquired.

"She came to warn me," Clark explained. Then they heard the doorbell again. Again Chloe answered it. This time it was Jimmy.

"Hi. Chloe, you look amazing," Jimmy complimented as he looked at Chloe in her red dress. It was cut off half way between her ankles and knees, and had two spaghetti straps. He looked at her hair which she was wearing down.

"Thank-you Jimmy. You don't look too bad yourself," Chloe replied looking at his red dress shirt and black tie. He wore a black suit jacket and pants.

"I'm really glad you agreed to come on a date with me tonight."

"Me too," Chloe agreed, and she was surprised to find she really was glad to be going on a date with him. Lois was actually right, she was glad Jimmy asked her out.

"Ready to go?" Clark interrupted. Chloe and Jimmy looked at Clark who was followed by Lois.

"Yes," said Jimmy.

"Good, let's go," Lois said.

"Here you go," Clark offered his left arm to Lois.

"Thank-you,"Lois said.

"My lady," Jimmy offered Chloe his arm as well.

"Thank-you, Jimmy," Chloe said taking his arm.

Then all four of them headed downstairs to Lois' car. They had all previously agreed to travel in one car, and Lois' car seemed like the obvious choice since it was the biggest of the four cars.

"Buckle up," Lois said as she started the engin.

"Yeah, we all know how Lois loves to cause accidents," Clark teased from the seat beside Lois.

"Funny, Smallville. If it wasn't for my accident you wouldn't have met me. And you'd probably still have amnesia."

"What would I do? I owe you my life," Clark said sarcastically.

"At least I don't lay in cornfields naked."

"Guys, can we just go?" Chloe asked from the backseat.

"Yeah our reservation is for 8," Jimmy piped in from beside Chloe.

"You two can battle this out when we get to the restaurant. Just drive Lois," Chloe demanded.

"Fine, Chlo," Lois said.

They pulled into the restaurant. Chloe and Jimmy got out of the back of the car.

"Lois, why did you park here?" Clark asked.

"Why does it matter where I park, Clarky?"

"Don't start with Clarky again."

"Then don't complain about where I park."

"Are you guys coming?" Jimmy asked.

"We'll be there in minute," said Lois.

"But-" Jimmy started but was cut off by Chloe.

"Just come on. They need to get this fighting out of their systems." Chloe then took Jimmy by the hand and dragged him toward the restaurant.

"You know, it's your fault we're here," Clark said.

"Oh, so now you don't want to be here with me?" Lois protested.

"I thought you didn't want to be here either?" Clark objected.

"At first, I didn't, but the I realized I could be here with a total stranger. I consider myself lucky I'm here with you. Someone I know."

"I guess when you put it that way, I could have done a lot worse then I did."

"Thanks, Clark," said Lois sarcastically.

"No, Lois, I didn't mean it the way it sounded. All I meant was, I could be here with someone I wouldn't ant to be here with. I'm glad I'm here with you. I just don't want to be here with jimmy and Chloe. You know Chloe will never drop this," Clark explained his point of view.

"I guess you're right," Lois laughed.

Lois almost jumped in Clark's lap, when she heard someone tapping on the window of her car. She turned to see Chloe, and opened the window to speak to her.

"What, Chloe? Are you trying to scare me to death?" Lois hissed.

"Sorry. They're ready to take our orders now," Chloe told Lois and Clark.

"We'll be right in, Chloe," Clark said.

"Alright," said Chloe as she turned and went back inside the restaurant.

"Are you ready to go?" Clark asked.

"Yeah, I guess," Lois said.

Both turned to their doors, Clark got out and used his super speed to set to Lois' door in time to open it for her. Then he offered his hand for her.

"Thank you Clark. Very gentlemanly of you," Lois took his hand and got out.

"Well, it's bad enough you had to come here with me against your will, so the least I can do is give you the best date you ever had."

"You never cease to amaze me. Best date I ever had? Well I can't wait to see how you accomplish that, Clark."

"Neither can I," joked Clark getting a smile from Lois.

"They'll be here in just a second," Chloe said as she sat down at the table with Jimmy.

"Okay. The waiter said he'll be back in a few minutes," Jimmy replied looking at Chloe.

"So what do you want to do after dinner?" Jimmy asked his date. He liked the sound of that. Chloe Sullivan and Jimmy Olsen out on a date, he thought to himself.

"I don't know. Let's see what Clark and Lois want to do before we decide anything," suggested Chloe.

"Sure."

"Speak-of-the-devil," Chloe said gesturing toward the door. Jimmy followed Chloe's gaze to the door and saw Clark and Lois looking around.

"There they are," Lois said tipping her head in Jimmy and Chloe's direction. Clark and Lois walked to the table to join Chloe and Jimmy. "Hey," Lois whispered.

"Hey, guys," Chloe responded.

"Have a seat," Jimmy said. "The waiter will be back in a few minutes."

"Great. Here you go Lois," Clark said pulling out a chair for the woman in the black dress that was cut just above the knee and tied around the neck. He now noticed tat she was wearing her hair half up, half down with a slight curl in it.

"Nice move, Smallville," Lois complimented. Clark smiled down at her before taking a seat.

"Thank-you," he said.

"Can I ask a question, how did Lois start calling Clark, 'Smallville'?" Jimmy asked.

"Well it all happened the day we met," Clark started.

"Yeah, a naked guy in a cornfield, defiantly caught my attention," Lois smiled mischievously and nodded.

"Of course that was back when they thought I was dead," Chloe said.

Jimmy listened intently as the three reminisced about how they became so close.