LoisNClark4Ever: Thank you for the words of encouragement, they're always appreciated. I definitely wish some of this Clark could have rubbed onto the TV Clark when he was still on that Lana rollercoaster.
Clois16: I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. ;)
MrsLaneKent: Yeah I know, classes keep me occupied then after that work, leaving me with very little time to write a chapter.
"Might as well leave it in the oven so it'll stay warm," Clark suggested.
Martha chuckled as she placed the lasagna back into the oven.
"So you never told me Lois moved in with you," she wondered.
"Lois hasn't moved in, she's just staying here temporarily while her apartment is being renovating," Clark explained.
"Seems to me…she's cozy here," Martha smiled.
Clark turned the other way ignoring what his mother had just said. He knew she was right, Lois hasn't complained once about the farm since staying here. Maybe she was comfortable here…but the idea of having her live with him here now was too much of a leap. There was no way Lois would agree to something like that. Besides with her around, he wouldn't be able to use his abilities.
"Oh shoot…" Martha suddenly said breaking the silence, "something just came up."
"Leaving so soon?" Clark frowned.
"Sorry honey but this is urgent, I have to fly back tonight," Martha clarified. "They've already sent a car to pick me up."
"I understand, Washington needs its senator more than I do," Clark smiled softly.
She embraced Clark as she held on tightly not wanting to let go of him. She barely flew in to see him nowadays and now her trip was cut short due to an urgent situation. Clark had grown into a gentleman she had always hoped he'd become, just like his dad.
"Take care of Lois…" Martha stated, "she's worth the trouble."
Clark laughed as he nodded his head.
"I'll tell her you had to leave," Clark mentioned.
"Bye Sweetie," Martha winked.
"Bye Mom," he waved.
As the door closed behind her, the house was once again his; of course Clark couldn't forget that Lois was also living here temporarily. He had always known his mom liked Lois, but never the way he had thought. She was rather fond of Lois and enjoyed her presence as if she were already part of the family. Clark thought no way that would happen…at least for the time being.
There was a knock on the door.
Who would come by at this hour?
"Clark I know you're home!" Chloe shouted.
Clark opened the door as Chloe stormed into the house soaking wet.
"What are you doing here?" Clark asked as he passed her a towel.
"Well the talon is still being renovated and well…there's nowhere else," Chloe explained.
"I thought you'd be with Oliver or even Jimmy," Clark grinned.
"Funny," Chloe raised an eyebrow. "Jimmy and I are through, you saw what happened…as for Oliver, I have no idea, and I was drunk."
"Most people when they're drunk do what they couldn't when they were sober," Clark remarked.
"Anyways," Chloe glared, "Where's Lois?"
"Upstairs, still in the bathroom."
"Of course she is or else you two would be busy," Chloe smirked wickedly.
"Excuse me?" Clark said with his arms crossed.
"Please Clark, don't play all innocent with me," Chloe chuckled.
"I don't know what you're talking about Chloe," Clark blushed as he turned the other way.
"Of course you don't."
"So what is going on with you and Oliver?" Clark asked breaking the silence.
"Nothing is going on," Chloe corrected.
"I mean Oliver is a good guy…but just be careful?" Clark replied.
"Yeah I know Clark, but right now, nothing is going on," Chloe ensured.
"Did you eat yet?" Clark asked. "If not there's lasagna in the oven."
"Actually I think I'll have some since Lois is taking forever," Chloe joked.
"I'll go see what the holdup is," Clark said as he walked out of the kitchen.
The water wasn't running so Lois had to have finished by now. He checked all the rooms except his bedroom. The door was halfway shut with no sign of Lois.
"Lois? You in there?" Clark asked as he walked into the room.
"Right behind you," Lois answered as she walked past him in nothing but a towel.
"Did you just come out of the bathroom?"
"Yeah I did, got a problem?"
"No, no problem just that my mom had to leave, senator stuff," Clark replied as he sat on the bed.
"Get used to it, happens all the time especially if you're on top," Lois frowned.
"Sorry Lois," Clark noticed.
"It's okay Smallville, I'm fine by it now," Lois signaled. "Turn around."
"As if I haven't seen that," Clark smirked as he turned around.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Lois lied.
"You don't? Need I remind you?" Clark smiled.
"That won't be necessary."
Clark stared at the wall as Lois changed behind him realizing something has changed. The room looked different…and even smelled different. It looked and smelled more Lois.
"All done you can turn around now," Lois finally said.
"Did you paint this room…or is it just me?" Clark looked at her.
"Yeah…I kind of did, I thought since I was going to be here for a while I might as well," she explained.
Clark rolled his eyes as he turned around to walk out the room when Lois caught his free hand. The second Clark turned his head; Lois was merely a few inches away. She smiled at him as she held onto his hand. Clark returned the gaze, at the same time wondering what she was up to.
"Well…" Lois started.
"Well what?" Clark asked innocently.
"I don't know," she responded as she let go of his hand. Lois crossed her arms as she walked towards the window and stared at night sky.
"Lois…" Clark said.
"I've never been good at relationships," Lois admitted.
Clark let out a soft chuckle, "can't say I'm the best either."
"Yeah well you're train wreck with Lana can prove you were pretty bad," she joked.
"Oh you want to play that card?" Clark challenged. "At least we had some kind of relationship, whereas when you were with Oliver all you guys did was sleep together."
Lois gasped in disbelief. Did Clark just say what she thought he had?
"Oh…" Clark said lowly as he realized what he had just done. "Lois I – "but she cut him off by shoving him hard enough to fall onto the bed.
Crap...What have I done?
"Hey Lois you – "Chloe greeted Lois but she stormed out and slammed the door behind her. "What did you do Clark?" she asked as Clark walked down the stairs.
"Uh…said something I shouldn't have," Clark explained.
"She looked pretty mad, at least mad enough to not notice me," Chloe said sarcastically.
"She's so – ugh, just so – "
"Lois?" Chloe finished.
"Yeah, just so Lois," Clark shook his head.
"You do realize she drove off right," Chloe noticed.
"What?" Clark exclaimed as he looked out the window realizing Lois' car was gone. "Great."
"Let her cool down before you enter the fiery pit of Lois Lane," Chloe warned.
"Lois?" Oliver surprised by her visit. "What brings you here at this time?"
"Just to say hi," Lois lied.
"You know the phone exists right?"
"Lose it Queen."
"Whoa, straight to the point I see," Oliver joked. "Does Clark know you're here?"
Lois rolled her eyes as she went ahead to pour herself a drink.
"Okay then…I see what the problem is," Oliver observed.
"I'm not here to talk Ollie," Lois commanded as she drank shot after shot.
"Jeez Lois even I never drank that fast," Oliver said frightened. "Maybe you should – slow down."
"Tell me the truth when I ask you this…were we ever really in a relationship or did we just sleep around," Lois stared at him.
"Sure we were…"Oliver replied.
"You're a liar Queen!" Lois exclaimed as the alcohol began to kick in.
"You know what Lois, you should just give me that," Oliver said while trying to grab the glass out of her hand.
"Stop – trying…go away," Lois pushed him.
"What is this about anyways?" Oliver asked as he finally removed the alcohol from her.
Lois sighed, "Smallville said all we did was sleep together."
Oliver let out a laugh then he realized Lois meant it. "How could he say that?"
"Because that's all we did!" Lois cried.
"Lois we…uh, went out on dates," Oliver corrected.
"Then you'd leave me hanging there till I realized you weren't coming back."
"I had…Green Arrow things to do."
"You always did Ollie…never made time for us," Lois said as tears began to arise.
"Lois I – "Oliver said approaching her with his hand out.
"No! I'm with Clark now!" Lois demanded as she took a couple steps back.
"Then why'd you come here?" Oliver asked slowly approaching a drunken Lois.
"I…don't know," Lois answered.
Oliver stood a foot away from her and gazed at her. Lois was definitely intoxicated with a high amount of alcohol, but he knew if he tried anything…Clark was going to kill him.
"Maybe I said call Clark," Oliver said.
Before she could reply, she knocked out as Oliver caught her midair and gently placed her on the couch. He hated seeing Lois this way, but this was not his place to comfort her. There was only one thing left to do.
"She's what?" Clark exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Chloe asked.
"I'll be right there," Clark replied as he sped out the house.
"What the hell Oliver," Clark said angrily.
"Look Clark I know you're upset, I get it but she – "but Clark cut him off.
"Why didn't you just call me when she got here?"
"I should have – but you know Lois," Oliver explained.
Clark arched an eye as he gave Oliver a stare before speeding off with Lois in his arms.
"These are the best pictures you can take?" Tess asked.
"Well – it's that easy getting a view like that," Jimmy explained.
"I'm sure you can do better than this," Tess ensured.
"I can try…but there really isn't a guarantee," Jimmy spoke slowly. "I'll bring in new images tomorrow."
There was a knock on the door as Oliver made his way into the office.
"Mercy we need to talk," Oliver walked in looking down on the folder he had in his hand. "Jimmy."
"Hi Oliver," Jimmy as he offered his hand.
"Good to see you," Oliver smiled. "Sorry but I have some business to discuss with Ms. Mercer here."
"Yeah of course, we can talk some other time," Jimmy replied as he closed the door behind him.
"What brings you by at this time of the night?" Tess asked looking at the clock.
"You gave these to Clark."
"Yes I did…why would you have them?"
"Trust me Tess, anything Luthor related, I'll be on top," Oliver stated.
"What do you want from me?" Tess questioned.
"How did you get these Mercy?" Oliver began. "Even with my satellites, we weren't able to find a glimpse of Lex." "How is it possible you found this when I couldn't?"
"Stop complaining Oliver and just use them," Tess suggested. "Does it really matter how I got a hold of these?"
Oliver had made his way over towards Tess and was less than an inch away from her face. He stared into her eyes and knew something was wrong with this picture. Why was Tess Mercer helping him track down the last Luthor? She had always been in favor of Lex when he was around…but now she's had a change of heart.
"Lex lied to me like he did you," Tess finally spoke backing away from Oliver. "He might not have been the one to kill your parents but he's done far worse things."
"You make it really hard to trust you," Oliver remarked.
"Look Oliver, you don't have to trust me to let me help," Tess insisted. "I want Lex dead as much as you do."
"This image right here – "Tess pointed out, "that's exactly where he'll be for the next couple days."
"What are you suggesting?" Oliver examined.
"Make your move before he does," Tess demanded.
"Wait tell me exactly what happened again," Chloe said.
"Oliver said she showed up wanting a few drinks and well…he didn't exactly stop her," Clark clarified.
"Sounds like fun," Chloe chuckled.
"You would know," Clark remarked.
"Oh god Clark, don't remind me," she warned. "I honestly don't remember much from that day until my memory was refreshed by Ollie…and you of course."
"Has Lois always been this way?" Clark asked.
"Well…she has always been able to handle her liquor but I guess with you it's a different story," Chloe noticed.
"What do you mean with me?"
"Clark, I don't know if you noticed but when Lois is around you, she's…well let's just say vulnerable," Chloe described. "It's a good thing since her guard is always up."
"I feel like I see a whole new side of her since we've been together," Clark smiled.
"You'll be fine Clark," Chloe assured.
"What makes you say that?" Clark examined. "She's still mad at me."
"She'll get over it."
"How do you know that?"
"Because…who can resist the Clark Kent charm?" Chloe grinned.
So sorry for the delay! I've been so occupied lately that updating the story kept getting pushed back.
I'm not going to say when the next update is because I know it won't be on time. Again, I'll try my best and have it up as soon as possible! Thank you for reading & reviewing! :)
