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Chapter Eleven

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It Won't Be So Bad

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The next few weeks went by fast for Clark. He, Lois, and Chloe had become inseparable. They went everywhere together and when Chloe wasn't able to be with them Clark and Lois hung out together. Lois had become one of his best friends. He avoided Lana while at school and he realized with each day that passed the pain lessened jut as Lois said it would. Clark was at his locker getting books for his next class when he saw Lucas come up to him.

"So are you and Lois like a couple?" Lucas asked Clark.

"Not that it's any of your business," Clark told him. "But no we aren't."

"Have you kissed her yet?" Lucas asked.

"No!" Clark exclaimed turning red.

"Did you know that Lana and Eric are a couple now?" Lucas told Clark with a smile.

"Lana's free to do as she pleases." Clark said and shrugged his shoulders.

"Look Clark," Lucas said turning to face him. "The reason I came to talk to you is we have this bet going on and I wanted to know if you wanted to get in on it."

"Bet?" Clark asked confused.

"Yeah," Lucas explained. "We made it the first day Lois showed up. We bet each other that we'd be the first to kiss her. That is why Eric did what he did that day."

Clark was stunned at what he had just heard. They had made a bet about Lois? No wonder Lucas's friends had taken such an interest in her. Clark was angry.

"You must have a death wish." Clark bit out. "Do you know what Lois would do to you if she found out?"

Lucas just lifted one his shoulders and said, "No one knows about it but the guys involved and now you, so do you want in or not? Winner takes $1500 and all you have to do is provide some proof."

Clark was about to to tell Lucas to go to hell but thought of a better idea.

"Let me think about it." Clark said, "I will give you my answer tomorrow."

"Cool." Lucas said and turned to walk away. He looked over his shoulder at Clark. "Don't tell anyone about this."

Clark couldn't believe that Lucas actually thought he would participate in something so stupid. Clark shut his locker and walked to class. After his last class he met with Chloe and Lois at the Torch. Chloe was running around the room getting things ready for the next days issue and Lois was sitting at her desk laughing at her frazzled cousin.

"Geez Chlo," Lois said. "Take it easy."

Chloe just snorted as she passed Lois on her way to the printer. Clark walked in and said hello.

"How's it going Smallville?" Lois said with a small wave.

"Alright." Clark said and walked to his desk. "I see Chloe drank too much coffee again."

Lois laughed as Chloe stopped in front him and stuck out her tongue and then continued with what she was doing.

"So any new interesting stories to write?" Clark asked.

"Chloe here thinks that one of the football players might be meteor infected." Lois told him. She had learned all about the meteor infected from Chloe. She still hadn't run into anyone with any sort of abilities and was skeptical.

"How do you know this Chloe?" Clark asked as she paced by him.

"Just from what I hear." Chloe said. Clark looked to Lois and she just rolled her eyes.

"I still find all that hard to believe. Although I have to admit that the wall you have up gives the idea come credibility." Lois said and grabbed a bag of chips out of her bag.

"Why is it every time I see you, you are eating?" Clark asked Lois with a chuckle.

Lois looked at him and said, "I like to eat gotta a problem with that?"

Clark laughed put his hands in front of him and watched as she pushed her bangs out of her eyes. He was going to tell her all about the bet.

"Lois there is something I need to tell you." Clark said clearing his throat.

Her head snapped up to look at him and she narrowed her eyes.

"What is it?" Lois said.

"Lucas came up to me today and asked if I wanted to join him and his friends on a bet they had going." Clark told her as she looked at him questioningly. "Apparently they had made a bet your first day here that one of them would be the first to kiss you. This is why all the guys and Eric behaved the way they did that day and are still trying to get you to pay attention to them."

"Is that so?" Lois asked deceptively calm.

"Yeah." Clark said. "He told me that the winner gets $1500 if they can prove that you kissed them."

Chloe had stopped what she was doing when she heard Clark tell Lois about the bet and looked at her cousin. Lois looked calm and you wouldn't know she was angry if her eyes hadn't been sparking with anger and her nostrils weren't flared.

"Uh oh." Chloe said. "Someone is about to be seriously injured."

"I played if off and told him I would think about it so he wouldn't get suspicious that I was going to tell you." Clark said eying Lois and wincing at the fury he saw in her eyes.

"Well Clark," Lois said in a low angry voice. "Next time you see Lucas you tell him that you are in."

"What!?" both Chloe and Clark shouted in unison.

Lois just nodded her head and leaned back in her chair and popped a chip into her mouth.

"You tell him you are in and then I will take it from there." Lois said and crossed her legs.

"What are you going to do?" Chloe asked her.

"Oh nothing much." Lois said with a smile on her face.

"Why do I have to tell him that I want in on the bet?" Clark asked his voice breaking.

"Because Clark," Lois uncrossed her legs and leaned forward in her chair. "You are going to win that bet and we are going to win that money."

Clark just stared at Lois like she was crazy and said, "You know in order for me to win the bet you have to kiss me?"

Lois just shrugged her shoulders at him and grinned. Chloe's mouth fell open in shock and then she started laughing.

"This isn't funny." Clark told her and groaned.

"Aw come one Smallville." Lois said. "It won't be so bad kissing me. I promise."

Clark wasn't sure about that and he put his head in his hands and groaned. This can't be good!

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