Hi Guys, I am so so sorry for lack of updates, I got really sick earlier in the week with a flu that took it out of me. It's taken about five days but I'm beginning to feel human again :) Thanks for the reviews and well wishes I really appreciate them. So with no further adieu here is the next chapter.
Chapter 5Lois looked out at the parking lot and sighed it was going to be a busy night and Don's Dine and Drive. Her mind thought of her insane day, from her awful morning to her bizarre afternoon with Clark Luthor and her coffee with Chloe before her shift here. What a day!
"What's the long face for?" Lois looked up to see her co-worker Alicia Baker.
"You mean besides the fact that I work on roller skates and my boss just had an employee meeting telling us our already short skirts need to be even shorter?" Lois said with an eyeroll.
Alicia sighed, "Yeah that sucks, it's hard enough to keep your modesty when you drop something, this is going to be impossible."
"Or obscene" Lois said nodding towards their co-worker Mandy, "Is it me or did she look gleeful at the idea that now she can flash her stuff even more now than usual?"
"Modesty was never her problem, in high school she was this stuck up cheerleader, now she's a stuck up waitress on roller skates." Alicia said.
"A real Bittch on wheels huh?" Lois asked and the girls laughed.
"We better get to work otherwise the bossman will make us lower the buttons on our blouses too." Alicia said with a smirk. Lois grabbed her tray and rolled herself out to the beat up pick up truck parked in the lot. The truck was parked all the way at the end where there were no other cars. She sighed she would have to skate a small distance for this one. She glanced around and saw her boss leering at Mandy and she rolled her eyes. Just once she would like to work at a job where her boss wasn't a complete pig. She looked up to see two men in the pick up truck ogling her. It would be nice to have customers who weren't pigs either.
She skated to a stop at the drivers window. "Welcome to Don's Dine and Drive, what can I get for you?" she asked pulling out her notepad and pen.
"Well I don't know darlin are you on the menu?" the driver with a gap in his teeth asked. Lois refrained from rolling her eyes.
"No, sorry I'm not. The menu is posted on the board in front of you." Lois said trying to be polite.
"Well that's too bad." the passenger said. He had beady eyes and Lois felt a chill run down her spine. The two men were dirty and greasy looking and she rolled a step back a little. Beady eyes was looking at her like a slab of meat. "You sure look like you would taste good."
Lois sighed, enough was enough. "Ok guys now that you have got your cliche one liners out of the way what can I get for you off of the menu?" she asked.
"What do you say Bill, should we take our treat to go?" Gap Tooth asked Beady Eyes.
Lois felt every hair on her neck raise and her instincts told her to run. Before she could react the driver side was open and the guy was going to grab her. She tried to yell out but he slammed his dirty hand over her mouth and went to shove her in the truck. She struggled but the roller skates were not helping her causing her to fall into the arms of the creep. Her eyes watered at she struggled against him when a voice came from the darkness.
"I would let her go if I were you." the voice was cold and dangerous.
Gap Tooth heard the voice and whipped around holding Lois around the waist as he confronted the voice. Lois struggled but he used his other arm around her neck choking her. Lois felt her eyes widen when she saw Clark Luthor standing in front of her.
"Hey man, this one is ours go get your own." Lois grimaced as Gap Tooth's stale breath whisped past her nose.
Clark smiled but Lois wasn't fooled it was a smile full of pure ice. His eyes looked black and Lois was glad he wasn't looking at her like that. He cracked his knuckles. On the outside he looked calm even relaxed but on the inside every muscle was poised and ready for battle. He had arrived ready to begin his war to win her over when he saw her skate out to the truck. He didn't like that the truck was parked so far away and under a broken light so he watched and listened carefully. The minute the guy grabbed Lois he was across the lot in seconds.
"See that's where you're wrong." Clark said. He looked at Lois and gave her a nod. "She doesn't belong to you, in fact she doesn't belong to anyone. Though I'm trying to get her to change her mind on that. So why don't you and Cooter just let her go and get out of here."
Beady Eyes had slipped out of the truck and was trying to circle around to get behind Clark. He made a mad dash towards Clark. Lois gasped in fear for him but watched as Clark took the guy down with a few moves. In mere seconds Beady Eyes was on the ground not moving.
"Is he dead?" Gap Tooth asked shocked.
Clark looked up not even out of breath. "Nah, not yet but that can be arranged if you don't let her go."
"You're crazy, you'll go to jail." Beady Eyes said stunned.
Clark stepped closer and the light from a nearby streetlight shown on his face. "Do you know who I am?" he asked. Lois felt Gap Tooth stiffen. Seeing his recognition. "That's right, I'm Clark Luthor and I think we both know with my family I could kill not only your little friend, but you as well and the cops wouldn't lift a finger towards me." he said his voice full of self confidence. Gap Tooth's grip loosened in fear and Lois took the opportunity to elbow him as hard as she could and break free from his grip. Clark grabbed her and pulled her behind him. He looked at Gap Tooth ready to take him on when suddenly two squad cars pulled into the lot, lights flashing and sirens blaring.
Chaos ensued as the police jumped out yelling orders and Lois suddenly saw Alicia.
"Oh my God, Lois are you ok?" Alicia hugged her. "I saw that guy grab you so I called the police. Thank God that guy showed up when he did because when I told Don he didn't do anything." She shot a hate filled look toward's their boss. The police talked to both her and Clark and took the two guys into custody. Lois wasn't sure what they would charge them with but she hoped they got more than a slap on the wrist. She shivered when she thought of what they would have done to her if they had taken her.
"Are you ok?" she glance up startled to see Clark in front of her. Seeing her shiver he cursed and took his jacket off and wrapped it around her. It was warm and smelled like him, she couldn't help but burrow into it. "I'm sorry you've been out here freezing" he said rubbing his hands up and down her arms. It wasn't that cold but he could see Lois was in shock. "Come here." he said and he pulled her into his arms. Lois felt the tears spring to her eyes and she fought them furiously hating to show any kind of weakness but the days events and this were just too much. She cried quietly into his shoulder while he rubbed her back and said soothing nonsense words to her. When she felt composed she pulled away wiping her eyes and nose.
"I'm sorry" she said avoiding his searching gaze.
"Don't be, you are allowed to be human, at least I've heard that." he said with a smile and Lois couldn't help smile back.
"Thanks for the save." she meant it but her pride made her add. "Though I had things completely under control." Clark's smile turned into a grin. He was about to reply when they heard someone shout her name. They turned to see her boss storming towards them.
"Lane, what the hell have you done? You brought the police down on my place, most of the customers have left. You have always been a pain in my side, all you had to do was flirt with a couple customers and you couldn't do that!" Don, the owner bellowed.
"I'm sorry what?" Lois seethed. "You wanted me to go quietly with my would be kidnappers?"
"Is this the creep boss you were talking about earlier?" Clark asked looking at Don as if he was a tiny bug.
"What? Oh no that is my other boss." Lois said still shocked at Don's behavior remembering how Alicia had to jump into action because Don hadn't tried at all to help her.
"How many creep bosses do you have exactly?" Clark asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Two" Lois said with a sigh. She really needed this job but could she work for someone who sat by as she almost got fed to the wolves?
To her utter shock Clark made the decision for her. "Well now it looks like you only have one. Don is it?" he asked looking at her boss. "Lois is going to quit, but you are going to pay her a very large severance pay for her time spent here. Also the young girl who called the police is going to get a 20% raise."
"Actually if Lois is quitting so am I." Alicia said, she and the other waitresses had been watching the scene from the side.
"Ok then she is going to get a nice severance package too, health insurance for a year and twice their yearly intake sounds like a start." Clark announced.
"You can't do this." Don sputtered.
"Oh I can," Clark said moving to tower over the man. "This is non-negotiable also you will pay out any of the girls who decide to quit due to the unsafe work environment they are in." Lois watched as the two other waitresses pulled their aprons off as well. The only one staying loyal to Don was Mandy and Lois figured that was because she was sleeping with him.
"I can't pay them out." Don exclaimed.
"Sure you can Don," Clark said. "Rumor has it you have a personal fortune due to your skimming off the books. Also something about a charity drive you did for a charity that didn't exist."
Lois's jaw dropped, one for the atrocities that Don had done and two because Clark knew all of it.
"So, you will pay these ladies their severance packages and I won't turn you in to the cops." Clark said.
Don was quiet as he angrily mulled over his choices. "Fine." he sputtered.
"Great!" Clark said. He pulled his phone out. "Oh and I just recorded this conversation so if you do try to back out I will have to turn you in. Have a nice night." he called out at Don stormed off. The waitresses cheered happy to be away from their jerky boss and to still get their benefits. They went to gather their things leaving Lois and Clark alone.
Lois turned to Clark stunned. "You, you, you just quit my job."
"Yes I did." Clark said. "My girl deserves the best and that creep is the bottom of the barrell."
"I'm not your girl." she stuttered.
"We'll see," he said. Taking her arm. He walked her to her car. He finally allowed the night's events to seep in and realized how close Lois had been to true danger. He didn't tell Lois but one of the officer's said they found two hunting knives, rope, and duct tape in the men's pick up truck. they were going to take Lois and they would most likely torture and rape her. He almost lost her after just finding her. He grabbed her arm and spun her around pressing her back against the car.
"Are you sure you are ok?" he asked. Lois could see how serious he was so she refrained from throwing a sassy retort at him.
"I'm fine, a little shaken but I feel better knowing those guys are in jail tonight." Lois said, her voice slightly wobbly.
Clark looked at her for a minute. Their eyes met and Lois felt herself sink into his gaze. He placed his hand on her neck and tilted her head up and leaned in and took her mouth in a deep kiss. Lois moaned as he pressed his body against her. What was with this man and his ability to make her knees feel like a noodle? He ran his tongue along the seam of her mouth and reacted quickly when she gave into him and opened her lips. His tongue sank into her mouth and hers met his dueling in a sensual dance. He pressed up harder against her and she felt her body burst into flames as she could feel his hardness press into her. She wrapped one arm around his neck tugging him close while the other hand tangled in his hair.
They broke apart to breathe but Clark didn't let her get far he placed kisses along her jaw down into her neck and to the soft skin below her ear. She moaned lustily thrusting against him. She lifted a leg to wrap around his thigh. She didn't care at that moment that she had only met him that day or that she was practically having sex with him in the parking lot where anyone could see her. All she cared about was they way he felt against her, the way he made her feel, and how his touch burned away the touch of Gap Tooth.
He held her leg against him and he thrust against her center making them both moan. "God, Lois" he moaned. He wanted her so bad, to just hike her skirt up and take her there. But he couldn't. Using every ounce of will he had he gently set her leg down and broke from her kiss and took a step back.
It took Lois a moment to realize she wasn't being pressed against him. Her eyes fluttered open in confusion and her gaze suddenly turned to embarrassment. She quickly searched her purse that she had grabbed when talking to the police to show them her ID, she struggled to find her keys.
"I don't even know if I can drive." she said so softly. Humiliation rose when she realize she hadn't said that in her mind like she though but out loud.
Clark wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. Just because he stopped she needed to understand that didn't mean he was done.
"I'm bringing you home." his husky voice whispered in her ear.
Ok guys hope you liked it.