My Best Friend's Wedding
Chapter 9: Fight
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A/N: You guys should all check out on YouTube this BEAUTIFUL video that k3josai made called "Just A Love Song (A Tearjerker Music Video) Clark and Lois feat Who Was I? by Juris". It wasn't made for my story but it is officially the love theme for this story. Thank you k3josai! You're the best!
"That was a great dinner!" Lucy exclaimed as she, Lois, Chloe, and Jimmy walked through the door of the Talon apartment. "Mrs. Kent's food is absolutely delicious."
"Yeah, it really it, isn't it?" Chloe said, taking off her coat.
"Mrs. K always makes delicious food," Lois stated. "Now if you don't mind, I am going to go take a hot shower…a very, very, hot shower."
The three watched Lois disappear into her room in a daze. She was definitely on Cloud Nine.
"Um, Jimmy, do you mind if I have a word with my cousin?" Chloe asked.
"Sure, no problem," Jimmy said, giving her a light kiss. "I'll just go change."
Chloe waited until Jimmy had shut their bedroom door before dragging her younger cousin over to the couch and forced her to sit down.
"Ow!" Lucy said, rubbing her wrist once Chloe had released it. "What's with all the grabbing in this household?"
"What were you thinking?" Chloe exclaimed as quietly as she could.
Lucy raised her eyebrow. "What are you taking about, Chlo'?"
"I am talking about encouraging Lois and Clark to kiss when you know not only that he's engaged, but that she has feelings for that particular engaged man."
"That's why I did it," Lucy explained, "because of the feelings."
"Lucy," Chloe said, taking her cousin's hand, "did it ever occur to you that it would do more harm than good to have Clark and Lois kiss?"
"Why would it do that?"
"Because now Lois may think Clark has feelings for her and then poof – Clark and Lana's relationship goes out the window."
"But I did it to see if Clark does have those feelings for her."
"Lucy, he's engaged!"
"Ugh!" Lucy cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "Why does everyone keep telling me that? Yes, I am very well aware that Clark is engaged to Lana. The point is that he and Lois are close, very close, correct?"
Chloe nodded her head.
"And sometimes, when people get close, certain feelings start to emerge. Clark seemed very happy that Lois was there."
"They're best friends Luce," Chloe said. "Of course he would be happy that she was there."
"The best relationships start out when the two people are just friends. Look, I'm not looking to break up Clark and Lana, but if there is even the slightest possibility that Clark likes Lois, then it's unfair to Lana, to Clark, and to Lois. I don't want to see my sister get hurt."
"Lucy, I know you're just looking out for her," Chloe began. "The thing is, if you keep this up, you're only going to cause trouble that's going to hurt Lois even more than any possible feelings Clark has for her ever could."
Chloe patted Lucy's hands and went into her bedroom. Lucy just sat there on the couch, staring intently at nothing much really. Was she really going to be the reason Lois got hurt? No, she was just looking out for her sister. That's what sisters do. Sighing, she shook her head and headed back into Lois' room, waiting for Lois to come out of the shower. About half an hour later, Lois entered her room to find Lucy sitting on her bed with her head in her hands.
"Lucy, is something the matter?" Lois asked, sitting next to her sister.
Sighing, Lucy turned to face her and in return asked, "Lois, were you hurt tonight?"
Lois gave her an odd look. "Hurt? No. Tonight was a wonderful night. Why would you ask that?"
"Well, Chloe said that you might be hurt if things kept progressing the way they do."
"What things?"
"Things…with Clark."
Lois waved her hand. "Chloe can be very overprotective of me when it comes to my feelings. Listen, you did something wrong tonight but it didn't do much harm and it's something I can maybe talk about with him tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Clark and I have a weekly tradition of Sunday night football and Chloe usually goes over to Lana's house to watch "Keeping up With the Kardashians".
"Sounds fun, can I go?"
"To football night?"
"No, to watch the show."
Lois smiled. She knew it was almost too good to be true for her sister to become interested in sports.
"Can I go?" Lucy repeated.
Lois smiled. "Yeah, I'm sure Chloe would be fine with it."
"Meanwhile, things can steam up between you and Clark."
"Lucy, we're just watching football," Lois said with a shake of her head as she went to change into her pajamas.
"That's what they all say," Lucy replied with a laugh. "I'm gonna go take a shower, alright?"
Lois nodded her head and Lucy disappeared into the bathroom. She didn't know about things heating up between her and Clark but she knew there was an awful lot to talk about with Clark the next day… an awful lot.
"Hey, Smallville," Lois greeted as Clark met up with her in front of O'Malley's. "Aw, you're wearing the jacket!" she exclaimed as she saw the Metropolis Sharks jacket hugging Clark's body.
"I told you I'd wear it," Clark said, modeling it for her. "I really do love it."
Lois ducked her head at the compliment. She was glad that he liked but she wasn't only happy because he was wearing a gift she'd picked out for him. In all honesty, he looked hot in it. I guess I have pretty good taste, Lois thought to herself.
"I hope you don't mind but I brought Perry along. He's going to be in town with my mom until New Year's and football sounded better to him than watching the E! Network," Clark said.
"I don't mind at all," Lois said as Perry came up alongside Clark. "Hey Mr. White!"
"Please, kid, call me Perry."
"Ok… Perry," Lois said with a big smile. "I had no idea you liked the Sharks."
"My favorite team in the whole NFL!" Perry said, pounding his chest with pride. "I never miss a game."
"This is so awesome!" Lois squealed to Clark as they entered the bar.
Clark had a big smile on his face as they sat at the bar. Lois was absolutely star struck. She and Perry talked for a little while, but by the time the game commenced; all eyes were on the TV screen. Lois and Perry seemed to get excited during all the same spots and it make Clark smile even more. Lois was just like her hero. During half-time, Perry got up to go the bathroom and Lois chose that moment to punch Clark in the shoulder.
"I can't believe you brought him, Clark. It's so cool! He's amazing. He gave me all these great career tips."
"I somehow knew you'd like him," Clark said with a laugh.
Lois' cell phone buzzed then and when she looked at what it was, she furrowed her eyebrows.
"What's wrong?" Clark asked.
"Oh, nothing, it's Randall. He's reminding me about my deadlines on my week off," Lois growled. "Especially one. There's this murder case I'm working on. Roger McCarthy, CEO of McCarthy Enterprises was murdered and the only witness was murdered yesterday morning at the police station."
"Interesting," Clark said.
"Yeah. I've been the one writing updates on the case all week and I was planning to do it when I got back. I don't want to concentrate on work right now."
"May I be frank with you?" a man's voice suddenly asked.
Lois and Clark turned to see an attractive man about Clark's height with discreet muscles, light brown hair, light skin, and blue eyes next to Lois. Lois may have had feelings for Clark but even this guy was enough to make Lois swoon.
Lois appeared nonchalant, however, and asked, "Why? Is that your name?'
"No, my name's Benjamin," the man said.
"All right, be Frank," Lois said.
The man laughed again. "You're funny," he said.
"I guess that's one of my charming quirks," Lois said. She extended her hand. "I'm Lois, Lois Lane."
"Benjamin Pike," he replied with a shake of his hand.
"So, Benjamin, is there a reason you came over here or are we going to have to play Twenty Questions? Be frank with me," Lois said.
Benjamin gave a smile. "I came over here to tell you that I saw you from the other end of the bar and you looked really beautiful and I was going to ask you out on a date."
Lois gave a smile. "Oh, did you hear that Clark? He wants to ask me out on a date."
Clark had been watching Benjamin the whole time. He had also been watching Lois making goo-goo eyes at him as he made his suave entrance. He didn't like him one bit.
"I'm Clark Kent," Clark said, shaking Benjamin's hand.
"Nice to meet you, Clark," Benjamin replied and turning to Lois he said, "So, how about that date?"
"Well…" Lois started.
"I hope it's not too sudden," Benjamin said. "Unless you two are…you know…"
Lois was about to say no. Deny that there was any romantic relationship between her and Clark, because there was no romantic relationship between her and Clark. She was single and he was engaged so obviously she could date whoever she wanted. But something, something made Clark open his mouth. He was pretty sure Lois was gonna punch him, and not playfully this time, after he said it, but he did it anyway.
"Yes," Clark said. "Yes, Lois is my girlfriend."
Lois whipped her head in Clark's direction. "I'm your what now?"
"I'm sorry," Benjamin apologized.
"No," Lois said. "No, Clark's not-."
"Lois, it's okay, I mean why deny the truth, right?" Clark asked putting his arms around Lois.
Lois' mouth formed a tight line. She was getting angry and Clark knew it but that didn't keep him from leaving his arm around her.
"Sorry about that, Clark. Nice to meet you Lois," Benjamin said and disappeared back into the crowd.
Lois took a deep breath and exhaled out before turning around to face Clark again. Clark braced himself for the inevitable.
"What…the hell…was that?" Lois asked, slowly.
"There's something about that guy I didn't trust Lois," Clark explained. "I was trying to protect you."
"Protect me?" Lois exclaimed. "Protect me from what? From the very nice man who wanted to ask me out?"
"Lois…" Clark tried.
"Clark, you don't own me and just because we kissed, that doesn't mean you decide who I can and can't date!"
Clark gave her bewildered stare. "Lois, I wasn't –"
"You know what, forget it Clark," Lois said disappearing into the crowd to go look for Benjamin.
Clark took a deep breath and banged his fist on the bar. He was just looking out for Lois and she was going to go out with that guy anyway.
"Whoa, someone's been eating a balanced breakfast!" he heard Perry say.
Clark turned to Perry who pointed to the place of the bar that Clark had hit. There was a nice dent in and the bartender was looking at him in amazement."
"I'm sorry," Clark whispered. "I'll pay for the damage if you want."
"Nah, it's ok, we're getting a new bar next week anyway, but, that's a big dent, man."
Clark shrugged. "Must be rotting wood."
About ten minutes later, he heard footsteps and turned around to see Benjamin, with Lois on his arm.
"I explained everything to Benjamin and it's all good now," Lois said with a smirk.
"Oh, really?" Clark said.
"Really," Lois replied.
Perry, then, came out from behind Clark and looking at Benjamin first, he asked, "Lois, who's this?"
"Oh, right, Perry this is Benjamin Pike. Benjamin, this is Perry White," Lois said and as Perry shook Benjamin's hand she added, "Benjamin's taking me out on a date tomorrow night."
"That's nice," Perry commented. "Would you like to join us for the second half of the game, Benjamin?"
Benjamin nodded, "I'd love to, thanks."
They all took their seats at the bar again and during this half of the game, Clark was left with no one to talk to except Perry, who was completely absorbed in the game. Lois had moved closer to Benjamin and still had her arm looped through his as they alternated between talking and watching the game. Lois, of course being a football fan, still got excited during specific plays and what Clark had formerly thought to be cute, he now found annoying because every time Lois got excited, Benjamin would give a slight laugh or tell her how adorable it was that she was so passionate about football. Clark was thrilled beyond belief when the game was over.
"I have to be heading back home," Benjamin said as they stood up.
"Oh, what a shame," Clark sarcastically commented earning him a glare from Lois.
"Are you sure we can't give you a lift?" Lois asked.
"No, I took a car here and I'll be driving back. Is there anywhere I can take you?"
Lois was about to say yes, anything so she wouldn't have to ride with Clark, until she remembered that Lucy was at the farm with Chloe and she'd promised she'd meet up with her after the game was done.
"Thanks, but I came with Clark and I have to leave with him too."
"Gee, that's too bad. Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow night," Benjamin replied squeezing Lois' hand before heading to the door.
"Bye," Lois said, giving a little wave.
"Bye Benjamin," Clark said in a falsetto as Benjamin left.
As soon as Benjamin walked out the door, Lois turned to Clark and simply said, 'You are my ride home, and nothing more. You don't speak to me; you don't talk to me, clear? I'm going to wait by the car."
After Lois had left as well, Perry patted Clark on the bad and said, "Don't worry about it Clark, she'll get over it and in the meantime you don't have to be so jealous."
"Jealous?" Clark scoffed. "Of Lois' boy toy? I don't think so."
Perry nodded and gave him a little smirk. "Famous last words. Now, I believe a certain young lady is waiting for you."
The car ride home was pure torture for all three in the car. It was eerily quiet and the fact that Lois kept her eyes straight in front of her the entire time annoyed Clark more than anything. When they reached the farm, Lois was the first person to jump out of the car and practically speed walk to the house. She entered just as the credits to one E! show or the other was beginning to roll and all three women on the couch looked up to see a practically red faced Lois in front of them.
"Lo', what happened?" Chloe asked, getting up and walking over to her cousin.
"Clark happened," Lois scowled as the man in question walked through the front door, followed immediately by Perry, who excused himself as he didn't want to be a part of whatever was going to happen.
Looking between Clark and Lois, Lana asked, "Is something wrong?"
Putting her hands on her hips, Lois said, "Would you mind telling your fiancé over here," and she nodded her head in Clark's direction, "that I can date whomever I damn well please?"
"Not when one your friend gets bad vibes from the guy," Clark added, walking over next to Lois.
"You met the guy for like five minutes, Clark!" Lois exclaimed, turning to face him. "I didn't get any bad vibes from him and I'm the one going out with him. Chloe, can we leave please?"
Chloe nodded her head. "Sure, C'mon, Lucy, let's go."
After Chloe and Lucy thanked Lana for having them over and Lois thanked her for letting Lucy join in on her and Chloe's night, the three girls left the farmhouse leaving Clark with a bewildered expression his face as he watched them leave and Lana with an even more bewildered expression on her face as she watched Clark.
When Clark seemingly came back to reality, Lana asked, "Clark, would you mind telling me what's going on?"
And so, Clark quickly recapped the night's events, except the parts where he pretended to be Lois' boyfriend and Perry telling him he was jealous. He didn't think that exactly would fly with Lana.
After Clark finished, Lana walked over to him, rubbed his shoulder and said, "Honey, Lois is a big girl. She can take care of herself. I'm sure nothing's wrong with the guy, alright?" Kissing his cheek and taking him by the hand, Lana said, "Now why don't you come to bed, huh?"
Clark reluctantly nodded and let Lana lead him up the stairs, still feeling uneasy about Benjamin.
Seeing as Lois was in no condition to drive, Chloe took over the wheel as they drove home. After a little bit of persisting from Lucy and Chloe, Lois recounted the night's events and both could clearly see how worked up she was getting.
"I mean who does he think he is?" Lois said, finishing up her story. "He can't tell me who I can and can't date."
"Oh, Lois," Lucy sighed. "Lois, Lois, Lois."
Giving her sister a look, Lois replied, "What, what, what?"
"It's very obvious, what's going," Lucy said.
"Well would you be so kind as to fill me in?" Lois asked.
"Clark's jealous," Lucy simply stated.
Chloe's eyes started bugging and Lois gave a couple of nervous laughs. "N-n-no. No, that's absurd; why would Clark be jealous?"
Lucy shook her head. "That's for me to know and you to find out."
Lois was in no mood for cryptic messages, so she just kept quiet. All night, she couldn't figure out why on Earth Clark would be jealous.
The next evening, around the same time, there was a knock on the apartment door and when Chloe answered it, Clark stood there.
"We need to talk," he said, brushing pass Chloe and heading into the living room.
"Hello to you too," Chloe replied, closing the door and following him into the living room. "So, for once, you're not here to see Lois?"
"C'mon, Chloe," Clark said, "don't give me that. We're still friends."
"Yeah, okay," Chloe sighed. "So, to what do I owe this pleasure?" When she Clark becoming a little squirmy, she filled in the blanks. "It's about Lois, isn't it?"
Clark nodded. "Chloe, I need you to do some digging up of that guy Lois is seeing tonight."
"Benjamin?" Chloe asked. "From what Lois told me he seemed like a nice guy."
"Yeah?' Clark said. "So did Graham, so did Grant, so did Sebastian. Lois' track record with men isn't exactly amazing. Chloe, I need you to trust me."
Sighing, Chloe replied, "When have I ever not trusted you, Clark?"
Clark gave a smile in return. At that moment, Lois walked out in a short blue off the shoulder dress. Clark couldn't keep his eyes off of her. With her hair up accenting her long neck, she looked absolutely beautiful. At the same time, he was also uncomfortable because the dress was a little too short and a little too low cut and he knew that she was going out on a date in it.
"What do you think, Chloe?" Lois asked, turning from one side to the other. "Do you think it's appropr-"
She stopped in mid-sentence as her eyes met Clark's. Clearly, Clark could see she was still angry, not as angry as she had been last night – but angry enough.
Giving a sigh, Lois asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see, Chloe," Clark explained.
"Oh," Lois said, "alright. Since you're here, you might as well give your opinion too. Do you think it's appropriate," and she turned around one more time.
Chloe said that she liked the dress, but Clark said, "It's nice but isn't that a little um…"
Lois stood there with her hands on her hips as she waited for Clark to come up with a word.
"…um…forward…for a first date?" Clark said.
Looking down at her dress, Lois asked, "Is there something wrong with the way I'm dressed?"
"No, no, no," Clark quickly said. "You look gorgeous! It's just…um…"
Lois blushed at that comment, as did Clark and he just decided that remaining silent would be the best option. About a minute later, the doorbell rang and when Lois opened the door, Benjamin stood there dressed in a blazer and dress pants with a small box of chocolates for Lois in his hands.
"Sweets for the sweet," Benjamin said, handing the box of chocolates to Lois with a smile as Clark rolled his eyes at the corny comment.
"You shouldn't have," Lois said with a smile of her own and took the box of chocolates, placing them down on a table near the door and then picked up her clutch.
"Hey Clark," Benjamin said as he acknowledged his presence.
Clark nodded his head towards him.
"Forgive tall, dark, and bumbling over here," Lois said and instead brought him over in Chloe's direction. "This is my cousin, Chloe. Chloe, this is Benjamin."
"Hi, it's so nice to meet you," Benjamin shaking Chloe's hands.
"Likewise, I'm sure,' Chloe replied. Turning to her cousin, Chloe mouthed, "He's cute" to which Lois gave an enthusiastic nod.
"Well, we better get going,' Lois said as she and Benjamin walked towards the door. "Don't wait up."
"Don't worry, we won't," Chloe said. "Have fun."
"Bye Lois. Bye Benji," Clark said.
Lois shot him a look that told him to stuff it as they exited.
After they'd left, Chloe shrugged her shoulders said, "I don't know, Clark, he seemed pretty nice now."
"Chloe, I just want to see if we can dig up anything on him before he and Lois become serious."
"Alright, alright," Chloe sighed, holding her arms out so Clark could pick her up. "Whisk me away."
In a matter of seconds, Clark had gotten Chloe to the Isis Foundation. She opened up the secret computer room behind one of the walls and started digging through some files.
After about ten minutes later, Chloe said, "As far as I can tell the FBI's got nothing on Benjamin Pike." Chloe said. "Face it Clark, you were-"
A little ding interrupted Chloe as Clark came beside her. A bunch of files appeared, all reading Roger McCarthy Murder.
"Roger McCarthy? That's the case Lois is working on," Clark said.
"Sh," Chloe said as she pulled up video footage of a woman being interviewed.
She was apparently a witness at the police station murder of the only Roger McCarthy murder witness. As she was being interviewed, she recounted how a man practically came flying by her not two minutes before the McCarthy murder witness was found murdered. She described the man as over six feet tall with light brown hair and a fair complexion. She said that he also appeared to have a scar on the right cheek. She couldn't tell, but she could have sworn there was some sort of red mark on this right cheek as he ran past her. The police sketch then appeared on the screen.
"Chloe, that looks an awful lot like Benjamin," Clark said.
"Clark, let's not be hasty," Chloe said.
"Where did they go for dinner?" Clark asked.
"I don't know," Chloe admitted. "Clark just wait. Maybe Lois isn't in any real-."
At that moment, Clark sped out of the Isis Foundation and presumably into the streets of Metropolis.
"-danger," Chloe finished "At least let's hope not. And if she is, Clark will find her. He always finds her."
A/N: I know…I'm evil. Not to worry, Lois will not be mad at Clark for long and Chloe and Clark still need to have their talk. I had to get something up because for the next couple of weeks I will be super busy. Thank you all so much and remember, if you'd like, to review! By the way, this story officially became my most favorited, alerted, and reviewed story and it got the most hits. I was waiting until it was #1 in all four categories to make the announcement so thank you to my readers! You guys are awesome! I'll try to update ASAP!
~Mary
