Chapter Ten
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Clark Has Feelings for Me
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Lois closed her eyes tight and waited for the first slap to come. Her eyes popped open at the sound of Chloe's hysterical laughter.
"Oh my god," Chloe said between breaths, "you should have seen your face."
Lois looked at Chloe shocked. She was laughing when she should she be angry and trying to kick my ass.
"You're not mad?" Lois asked her.
Trying to catch her breath Chloe shook her head. She was mad but not at Lois. Yes, she still loved Clark but she knew he would never feel the same way about her but she had specifically asked him not to drag Lois into his messy relationship with Lana. She had known that it was getting harder for Clark to control himself around Lois especially since A.C. had come into the picture. She had never seen Clark so jealous before.
"Not at you." Chloe told Lois. "I know Clark doesn't feel that way about me and have moved on but I asked Clark not to do anything about his feelings for you while he was with Lana. I don't want to see you hurting because of that they way I did."
"Wait! What?" Lois said confused. "You knew that Clark has feelings for me? When the hell did this happen?"
"I think they have always been there." Chloe told her. "There's a chemistry between you two that I noticed senior year. I knew sooner or later that it would catch up to both of you but Clark has always been in Lanaland I just never guessed he would be the first to figure it out."
"Clark and I do not have any chemistry." Lois said in denial. "He's Farm Boy, I don't go for that."
"Right," Chloe said rolling her eyes. "that's why it was the most amazing kiss you ever had."
Lois's head snapped up. Had she said that?
"I can't deal with drama right now." Lois said shaking her head. "I have to move out of the farm. Do you think Uncle Gabe would let me stay at the house?"
"Of course he would but you would be all by yourself. Don't you want to think about this?" Chloe asked her.
"No, it's going to be too awkward to stay at the farm now. Clark is in love with Lana. I don't know what possessed him to kiss me but he is probably regretting it right now." Lois said sadly. "I can't stay at the farm with him looking at me with disgust."
"I'm sure he wouldn't be doing that. Clark is just confused right now and it may take him some time to figure his feelings out but I'm telling you he feels something for you." Chloe told her. "But if it will make you happier to move out then I don't see a problem with you staying at the house. Just let me get the keys."
Lois sat there trying to absorb everything Chloe had told her. Clark had feelings for her? So it wasn't just lust that had driven him to kiss her. Did she feel anything for Clark? She had to admit that the kiss was amazing and had awakened some strong feelings in her but she wouldn't act on them. Clark was in love with Lana and even though Chloe said that she was moving past Clark Lois knew that the love she felt was still there and while that existed Lois couldn't do anything that would hurt her cousin. Chloe handed Lois the keys.
"Thanks." Lois told her. She got up and gave her a big hug. "I got to get going. I want to be out of the farm before it gets dark."
"Just be careful." Chloe told her and opened the door and watched Lois walk out to her car. She needed to talk to Clark.
Chloe dialed Clark's number but it went straight to voice mail.
"Clark!" Chloe said sharply. "When you get this message I need you to come to my dorm room as soon as you can, it's about Lois."
Clark was busying saying goodbye to A.C. Going to Lex had not helped at all as A.C. had predicted but what worried Clark more was that Lex was willing to let A.C. die by denying him water just to protect his company. If Clark hadn't gotten to A.C. in time he would probably be dead. Clark knew that Lex wasn't to be trusted but he never thought he would go this far. He warned A.C. about Lex knowing about him and told him to be careful.
"I'm going to say goodbye to Lois." A.C. said. "Isn't she awesome?"
Clark cleared his throat and tried not to glare at A.C.
"Look Clark," he said. "I know I don't know you that well but if you have feelings for Lois I think you should just tell her. She is an amazing woman and if I didn't have to leave I would give you a run for your money."
Clark clenched his jaw and glared at him. A.C. just laughed and clapped him on his shoulder.
"Take care of yourself." A.C. said and just to rile Clark up more he shouted as he walked out the barn. "And Lois too."
As Clark watched A.C. leave the barn he heard his cell phone chime. He saw that he had a message from Chloe. Listening to the message he knew that Lois had told Chloe everything and that Chloe was angry. He sighed and sped to Metropolis knowing he was going to get a lecture when he got there.
Chloe was trying to study when she heard a knock at her door. Looking through the peephole she saw Clark standing at her door. Willing herself to calm down she opened the door and let him in.
"Okay Chloe," he said. "Let me have it."
Chloe looked at him and cocked her head to the side. Of course he would know that she was angry at him she hadn't really been trying to hide it in the message she left him. Gesturing at him to sit down in her desk chair she took a deep breath.
"Clark, I asked you not to drag my cousin through the mud didn't I. Then what happens, she comes to me feeling extremely guilty because you kissed her. She actually thought I was going to hit her because of it. Do you have any idea how Lois works? Right now she is beating herself up over causing me pain. I told her not to worry about that because I've moved on but I could tell she doesn't believe me." Chloe told Clark.
"Look Chloe," Clark started. "I didn't plan on kissing her. She was just there angry at me because of how I acted about A.C. and then she was joking about me being jealous and I couldn't stop myself anymore."
"I get it Clark." Chloe said. "But you could have handled the situation better than to kiss her. Now she is racked with guilt over me and over your relationship with Lana. This is exactly what I told you not to let happen, not to cause her any pain because of that and you did it anyway."
"I broke up with Lana." Clark stated.
"You what?!" Chloe practically screamed.
"After I kissed Lois I knew that there was no way I could still be with Lana if I felt that way from just a kiss. I don't know exactly what I feel for Lois but I realized that I don't love Lana in that way anymore and that it wasn't fair to her or anyone that I remain in that relationship so I broke it off." Clark explained.
"Is it for real this time?" Chloe asked him.
"Yes." Clark replied. "I have feelings for Lois that I would like to explore further. I will always love Lana as a friend but no longer in a romantic way. One kiss from Lois made me realize that I hadn't felt that way for her in quite a while but was just too stubborn to let that dream go."
"Wow Clark." Chloe said stunned and had to sit down on her bed. "Sounds like you know exactly what you want. I'm glad to hear that but you need to know that Lois is so freaked out that she is leaving the farm."
"She's what?!" Clark exclaimed bolting out of the chair.
"Yeah, when she came by to tell me what had happened she asked if she could stay at our old house." Chloe said.
"By herself? Is she crazy?" Clark asked not really expecting an answer to those questions.
"Well what did you expect Clark. Lois has a tightly wound bolt reflex and that kiss was just enough to get her to bolt." Chloe said. "She wants to be out of the farm before it gets dark..."
A small gust of wind made papers fly everywhere as Chloe was left talking to herself. She couldn't help but smile and think that things had just gotten pretty interesting.
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