Chapter Three- Reality Calls

Lois groaned. The ringing was back, the annoying sound having had jerked her out of a peaceful sleep. Lois waited for the ringing to stop before closing her eyes, only to have them snap back open when 'walk this way' was belted out to the silent room.

Chloe.

Lois sat up instantly, or at least tried to seeing as how she was trapped between Clark's arms she didn't get to far. Lois tried to lift his arm, which didn't work, then proceed to wiggling from between them, which also didn't work.

"Smallville." Lois all but yelled.

"What?' Clark muttered not opening his eyes.

"Phone."

"Yours."

"I know that." Lois snapped. "If you moved, I'd be able to get it."

Clark mumbled, rolling onto his back, throwing an arm over his eyes.

Lois jumped up out of the bed, grabbing a hotel robe as she moved to the dresser, grabbing her cell phone just as it went quite.

15 missed calls, all from Chlo. Lois bit back a curse as she went into the living room, picking up Clark's cell from the coffee table. He had just as many missed calls as she did, two of those were from his mother.

Lois made a mental note to have him call her as she pressed the send button on her own phone. Waiting for the call to go through Lois sat down on the sofa, the sun was just setting, Lois watched the beautiful sight through the wall of windows while she tried to figure out what to tell her cuz.

"Lo. Thank god, I was calling and calling you and you weren't answering and neither was Clark. I was seriously considering calling the FBI." Chloe said. Lois was certain that she hadn't taken a breath once.

"Calm down Chlo, deep breaths. Everything's fine we just couldn't hear the cells that's all." Lois said, her amusement evident in her voice. "Besides you know that Clark would never let anything happen to me." Lois said.

Chloe paused as she processed Lois's words. Did she know about Clark? Had he finally told her? "You're right. But what were you doing that neither of you heard the phone?"

'Having amazing, mind blowing sex with Clark' Lois smiled at the thought. "Um…we were clubbing, then we hit a couple casinos. We forgot our phones in our room..rooms" Lois quickly corrected herself, hoping that Chloe was too busy with the rest of what she had told her to have noticed.

"Casino's?" Chloe asked perplexed. "Lois where are you?"

Lois thought about how to answer her. She decided that she could tell her the truth without having to tell her everything. "Vegas." Lois held her phone between her cheek and shoulder, holding her left hand up, admiring her wedding band.

"What are you doing in Vegas? Wait…how did you get there?"

"Flew." Lois answered truthfully. "We were in the mood to gamble. Turns out Smallville can play a mean game of black jack."

"Clark. Gambling?"

"Yup. Won a bunch too. Paid for our hotel rooms."

"Uh." Chloe had never thought of Clark as the gambling type, but she knew that on red-k Clark did a lot of things he wouldn't normally do. And Chloe was sure that red-k was what put the red in the red tonics they had consumed last night. "What else did you two do?"

Lois could hear the implication that laid beneath her words but decided to ignore it. "We went shopping…well it was more like I went shopping and dragged Smallville along."

Chloe chuckled. "Poor Clark."

"He didn't complain too much." Especially since she had bought new lingerie and had need to try them one when they got back. She had made it through two sets before they had gotten distracted.

Lois caught movement out of her peripheral vision and turned her head to watch him walk towards her dressed only in his jeans. Lois was aware that Chloe was talking to her but was unable to concentrate as she stared at her husband's bare chest. Husband. It still sounded weird to her.

"Lois…Lois are you listening to me." Chloe yelled in her ear.

"What..yeah Chloe. 'Course I'm listening."

"Really? Then what did I saw?"

Shit. Lois thought hard, trying to remember what she had said. "You asked when we were coming home." Didn't she? Lois hoped so.

"Yeah." Chloe was surprised. She had honestly expected her cousin not to know. "So when are?"

Clark smiled at her as he leaned down, taking her lips, kissing her quickly.

"Hungry?" He asked her hoarsely.

Lois nodded as she answered. "Tomorrow I guess." She looked at Clark for conformation, continuing when he nodded. "Check outs at 8:00."

"Okay. Hey did I hear Clark?"

"Yeah, he came to see if I wanted to get something to eat."

"Can I talk to him?" Chloe wanted to ask if he had told Lois his secret.

"Sure." Lois stood, holding out the phone. "Chlo wants to talk to you."

Clark made a face as he reluctantly took the phone from her. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk to Chloe, she was his best friend he loved her, but he knew that she would push him for info. And he wasn't feeling up to dodging her questions.

"Just hold onto your breeches cowboy. You'll get through it alive." Lois patted him on the shoulder as she moved to pick up the hotel line.

Clark growled at her as he raised the phone to his ear. "Hey Chlo."

Lois tuned out the conversation as she order dinner from room service. She ordered spaghetti with Caesar salad and bread sticks and a bottle of Merlot. Lois brushed past Clark, her fingers grazing his bare back as she walked into the bed room.

She took a quick shower before pulling on a new pair of black sweat pants and a red-tank top. Lois pulled her hair into a loose, high, ponytail before heading into the living room, the smell of the food hitting her.

"Hey." Hearing her footsteps on the soft carpet. He finished placing the food on the table then turned to look at her. Clark grabbed her arm as she tried to move past him to a seat. He kissed her, his tongue flickering over her lips, his finger teasing the end of her damp ponytail. "You should have waited for me."

"You were on the phone." Lois said simply as she sat.

"That's no excuse you could have waited." He took the bottle of wine, opening it and pouring it into their glasses before sitting.

"You were talking to my cousin Smallville and I wanted to shower before I ate." She twirled her fork in the spaghetti. "So how hard did she hit at you?"

"Not too hard, which surprised me. I think she's waiting for us to get back to Metropolis before she really starts digging." Clark slid the fork between his lips and chewed the mouth full of salad before continuing. "She did ask if I told you my secret."

"What you say."

"Told her the truth. If I hadn't she'd have just kept pushing at it."

Lois nodded. That was her cuz alright, when she got on the trail of something she didn't let go until she found out everything. Lois looked at her wedding ring. "We're not gonna be able to wear these when we get home." Lois was a little shock at the sadness that went through her when she said that.

"I know." Clark had already thought about that and he wasn't looking forward to it. They had only been married a day but he was already use to the feeling of the metal on his finger.

"But I think we'll be safe wearing them on the plane back."

Clark nodded…wait. "Plane?"

"Yeah Smallville, a plane. You know those big, metal, contraptions that fly through the air."

"But I thought…"

"As much as I enjoyed flying on Clark Kent airways, we'll have luggage on the return trip." Lois took a sip of wine.

Clark had forgotten the many clothes she had bought. Besides he wasn't even sure he would have been able to fly back.

"I'll call the airport after we eat." Clark said.

"No I'll call the airport. You'll call your mom."

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