Lois finally left the apartment at 6:45, determined not to be late for once in her life. She had never felt so nervous, this could make her career. Not to mention he's the hottest guy you've ever seen. She hailed a passing cab and got in once it had stopped. She told him where she wanted to go and sat back. After around ten minutes, the cab pulled up and the brunette paid her fare and got out. She wasn't sure how to wait for a superhero at a phone box so she decided to grab a coffee at the cafe that overlooked the corner.

Superman lingered a moment on top of the Daily Planet before he checked his watch. Damn! Three to seven, I'm going to be late for Lois! The Man of Steel zoomed back to Clark's apartment, grabbing his mobile off the countertop before speeding to a building on the corner. He looked down and was disappointed to see that Lois wasn't there. His eyes raked the streets until he saw her sitting down in the window of a coffee shop opposite. Superman smiled and raised his phone to her ear.

Lois fumed as she carried her black coffee over to the raised chairs that looked out onto the street. Even the price of coffee is rising. There might be an angry, hard hitting story in that. She placed her polystyrene cup on the surface before perching on the seat. She had barely taken a sip before the phone booth seemed to light up, ringing loudly into the empty night. Lois was gone so quick that the door hadn't even closed before she reached the phone, her coffee long forgotten.

Superman smiled as he watched Lois stride out across the rode. Wow. She looks amazing, beautiful. He wished that he had been able to forget how stunning she had looked the night before, but his heart hadn't allowed it. Why didn't I see it before when she lived at the farm? It was like she was a different person. He shook himself out of the trance as Lois unhooked the phone.

"Hello?" She answered, gripping the phone in her hand.

"Good evening Lois," spoke Superman warmly.

"Where are you?" Lois asked frantically, looking around through the glass panels of the phone box for her man in red and blue.

"I'm around," replied Superman, smiling as her saw the frustrated look that came over her face.

"Okay smart guy, but no sneaking up on me. I grew up on an army base and I'm certain no matter how many powers you have, I'll still kick your spandex covered ass," she joked, still searching for her hero.

"I'll take your word for it. Talking of err talking," Superman stumbled a moment on his words and drew a breath to steady himself, "would you mind interviewing me?"

"You want me to interview you?" Lois gasped, stunned. She had even stopped looking for him through the glass and stood, clutching the phone with both hands. "Why me? I'd be more than happy to but..."

Lois stopped dead as Superman floated down from the rooftop and landed in front of the phone booth. "Because you are honest. And I know I can trust you," he replied, snapping his phone shut and pulling the door open.

Lois stepped out and looked up at him, "We only met last night, how can you tell?"

Superman struggled to keep his eyes on the brunette's face as lust swept through him. "I like to trust my instincts and right now they seem to be saying that I need a reporter to tell my story to the world."

Lois blushed and looked down, once again soaking in his muscular torso. "Ok, you've got a deal," she said, dragging her eyes back up to his blue bulbs that bore into hers.

He placed a strong arm around her waist and twisted his head so that they shared the same breathing space. "Hold on tight," he breathed, somehow keeping a strong, bold tone in his voice. Lois buried her head in his chest as Superman squeezed her hips and took off.

They soared high above the skyline of Metropolis. Lois removed her face from his torso to admire the view. His sculpted jawline was sharp enough to draw blood and his hair maintained a perfect curl to it, despite the increasingly windy conditions. His baby blues may not be looking at her now but she knew that they resembled nobilty and humanity at the same time. Finally, she looked away from her man to gaze at the city below. Streets expanded out below her and she heard all the traffic and shouting. And they say New York is the city that never sleeps.

The pair swept down as Superman guided them back down to a familiar looking, golden globe topped, rooftop. They landed gracefully on the concrete and Lois stepped away from The Man of Steel for a moment. "You want to get started right now?" the brunette snorted disbelievingly.

"I thought I could give you an exclusive interview, Miss Lane," he mentioned softly, dropping his leg off the side of the seventy storey building and sitting down.

Lois dropped down next to him and perched on the edge as well. She subtlety snuggled up next to his incredibly warm body and dug her notepad out of her clutch. "Who are you?" She started with the question she most wanted an answer to.

"Superman. I come from a planet named Krypton based in a galaxy far away from your own. My real name is Kal-El." His eyes carefully tracked the reporter's reaction to his extateresterial news. She blinked at him but didn't flinch away from him. His insides exploded with happiness, he finally felt accepted.

Lois recovered from her speechlessness almost instantly and resumed her interview with vigour. "Why are you here?"

"My home planet was destroyed. I am the last survivor, left alone to fulfil my destiny," he looked up at the skyline as he spoke.

"And what is that?" Lois asked, still staring into his face.

Superman swiveled back around to look her in the eyes: "To help. Metropolis, no the world, is in the most difficult time that we have experienced. Murder occurs like the milk round and corruption destroys the good in people. Justice and order have been abandoned for greed and evil. I want to help people fulfill their full potential, whether that be saving them from strife or aiding them in standing up above the difficulties they face to promote goodness." He smiled straight at her and she blushed and looked away. "What about you Lois? What brought you here?"

"I never wanted to be a reporter. It sort of just happened," she looked down into the depths of the city below her, "but from there the thrill of chasing a lead and uncovering the truth has never stopped growing since I began. I want to be the best, prove myself, and become a top reporter someday, soon." By this point she had leaned a little away from the Man of Steel.

"You'll get there Lois, nothing gets in the way of a Lane right?" joked Superman, placing an arm around her and pulling her close to him once again. "Do you have any family?"

"Yes, but we're not close. I ended up bringing my sister up while my dad was busy grieving for my mother's death through the army. I'm proud of him for what he achieved but I wish that he had been there for us more. That's why I'm so close to my cousin Chloe I guess, she was the one person in my life who made me feel normal. Other than that... Well there was..." Lois revealed, more than she ever had to anyone before. But now she had gone silent.

"Who were you going to say?" Superman prompted, rubbing her arm gently.

"The Kents. A small family down in Smallville. You've probably never heard of it. That farm that they lived on was the first place I called home and meant it. They were like a second family to me. Even fighting with their son felt great, like I belonged."

Superman had to turn away to hide his grin. It made him proud that his parents had had such an effect on Lois. And if he could have told her anything, it would be that he had secretly enjoyed those arguments too.

Lois interrupted Superman's deep thought with another question; she was back on form: "I'm guessing that you have no family left?"

"No. But my parents on Earth, while not biological, were the best parents that I ever could have found."

"Found?"

"It's always been a joke in our family that I found them rather than the other way around," he smiled at the memory of his father explaining how they found him for the first time. "Anyone special in your life Lois?"

"No, not anymore. I've had my fair share but none felt right," on the final word, the brunette turned her head towards her companion again.

"They never seemed to work out, we were never at the same level," Superman continued, thinking back to him and Lana.

Lois nodded her head. Then she snapped it around and glared at him. "Are you saying that you were better than her, or him, because of your abilities?"

"Certainly not!" The Man of Steel chuckled, raising his hands to defend himself. "She only ever saw the power that I had. She felt as though she was inferior and had to match it. She saw only a challenge rather than a person in me." It was Superman's turn to slump his head, weighed down by the past.

"Don't expect me to be reaching up to you, Spaceman!" Lois retorted, a smirk playing on her lips. "What are these famous powers you speak of?"

Superman laughed at her statement, slightly knocked back by her strong-willed reply. "I never expected you to. I knew you never would," He stated, already knowing it to be true despite their brief time together.

"Good," she smiled, "but you never answered my question." Lois knocked her heels against the side of the building impatiently, causing one of them to fall off and plunge into the space underneath her. Before she could even curse, Superman had flown down, caught it and had returned it to its rightful place on her foot. Now he floated before her.

"I can fly and run faster than the speed of sound. I have super strength to the point where I could probably tear this building from its foundations with only my left arm," he listed, gliding towards her and retaking his place next to her on the rooftop. "I have heat vision and frost breath. I can hear a heartbeat from ten miles away and see the cells dividing on the back of your hand. I will heal from pretty much anything once placed back in the sunlight but this rarely happens as I'm invulnerable. I'll be able to recall every detail of this meeting from the tone of your voice to the curve of your face, due to my Eidetic Memory." He finished and looked her in the pupils, trying to gauge a response.

Now Lois was stumped. How could he expect her to write this story? She was only a small city girl who bashed her way through life to make up for the emptiness that consumed her from within. This man could easily tear the world apart. "Why me Superman? There are hundreds of others that would do a far better job than I will," she admitted quietly, starting to get up from her place in his arms.

"Lois, you are far more special than you realise. You are the only person that I have met so far in my time in Metropolis that has made be feel truly human," he confessed, rising to meet her, placing his hand on her cheek and tilting his face closer to hers.

"Says the man who just flew fifty storeys within a blink of an eye just to rescue my stiletto."

"Well your the only one I'll ever do that for, Lois Lane," he whispered. Wrapping her in his arms, he kissed her. One hand was caressing her soft hair, the other supporting the small of her back. Lois instinctively opened up to the kiss and raised herself to full height to complete the embrace. One arm rested on his waist while the other grasped at his muscular chest.

Lois eventually broke the kiss and placed her forehead against his, staring into his eyes and smiling. They had just shared the most perfect moment and now they span around in their embrace. Wait, why am I spinning? She reared her head back as far as she dared and smacked his arm hard: "What the hell are we doing up here?"

The couple were floating above the clouds in the stillness of the night. "Sorry, must have got a little carried away," Superman laughed. He floated them over to a moonlit cloud and perched above it. Lois sat across his lap with her arms wrapped around his shoulders. She kissed him passionately again and the moon reflected the love they felt. This is a perfect evening.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading, following, reviewing and favouring! I'm so grateful for the support. This was the first chapter I had to rewrite, half because of google mail deleting the story again and half because I felt I got the tone wrong the first time. Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts on Lois' and Superman's first "date." Thanks again!