Previously:
"Clark," she said more forcefully and he realized she was looking down.
She looked back to his eyes and said in a whisper, "I thought you couldn't fly."
He looked to see them both floating and he instinctively pulled her closer to him. She didn't fight the embrace. He willed them over to the top of the barn and let them down on the roof under the stars. When she stepped out of his arms, she looked around at the proximity of the night sky and then back to him. He was looking only at her and smiling, he said, "you make me feel like I could fly."
CHAPTER 9
Having come to the rooftop of the barn in an amazing fashion, Lois sat down and patted the spot next to her where Clark promptly took up residence.
They sat in silence for a moment then she asked, "So when Lana put that suit on … that must have been great for you guys, huh? You were the same … sorta."
He didn't say anything.
"But then that kryptonite bomb … so she left because she had too."
"Yes," he said quietly. "Being with her would have killed me."
They were silent again. Then she said quietly, "What if she … you know, got better?"
He looked at her and said, "That'd be great … for her … you know?" She heard the emphasis he placed on "for her" and let out the breath she'd been holding. She lay back under the stars and he laid back beside her.
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
We'll do it all
Everything
On our ownWe don't need
Anything
Or anyoneIf I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?I don't quite know
How to say
How I feelThose three words
Are said too much
They're not enoughIf I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into lifeLet's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our headsI need your grace
To remind me
To find my ownIf I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into lifeAll that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can seeI don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at allIf I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
Lois stirred as the sun came up and smiled when she realized she'd fallen asleep in his arms there on the barn roof. When she raised her head to look at him, he was looking at her and said "I suppose I have to let you down now, huh?"
"You wouldn't, would you?" she asked, though it was more of a statement and he realized the double meaning of his words.
He just shook his head in silence. They stood, him helping her to her feet, then he moved to embrace her and they floated down to the ground.
With all four feet firmly grounded, she hugged him tightly and it surprised him. He held her close and tight for a few minutes and then they relaxed their embrace. She raised herself on the tips of her toes and gently pressed her lips to his. He fought the urge to deepen the kiss and she let herself back down. She removed herself from his arms and began the slow tread back to her car.
"Wow, it's gonna be a two expresso day for me, I think, Smallville. How 'bout you?""
He smiled that after all this she'd still use that nickname for him. "The last thing you need is EXTRA coffee Lois Lane," and he chuckled. She smiled and opened her car door.
"So I'll see you at the office then?" she asked.
He nodded, with a knowing smile.
