Chapter 11: The First Dance
Tumingala si Lois Lane-Kent sa langit. Sya at ang mga kasamahang reporter ng ibat ibang pahayagan, istasyon ng TV at radio ang naghihintay ng maibabalita mula sa NASA. Kanina pa sila naroroon at hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay wala pa rin silang nakukuha na impormasyon. Kumaway sya para maipakita nya kay Clark na naroroon na sya. Pero hindi tumingin sa ibaba si Superman.
"Ano ang nangyayari sa kanya?" Naisatinig nya ng mahina.
Bumalik si Lois sa Daily Planet na walang kadala-dalang balita. Hinintay nya si Clark pero dalawang oras na mula ng dumating sya sa gusali ay hindi pa rin ito nakakabalik. Hanggang…
"Hello Clark! Anong nangyari?"
"Nasa bahay na ako. Marami akong dapat ipaliwanag na hindi puwede sa telepono. I'm sorry I can't pick you there."
"It's fine. I'll be home by six. Bye."
"Thanks Lo, bye." click
Tumayo na sya sabay hatak sa bag. "Hey Jimmy. Pakisabi kay Perry na kailangan ko ng umuwi. May interview kami ni Clark kay Superman."
"No problem, Lois."
Nang dumating sya sa inuupahang apartment, binuksan nya ang pinto. Napakadilim ng buong kapaligiran. May natapakan sya na hindi nya mawari kung ano. Kinakabahan na sya. Kinapa nya ang switch ng ilaw. Mula sa kinatatayuan nya ay may mga nakasaboy na petals ng red and white roses. Natutop nya ang bibig sa pagkabigla. Nang biglang pumailanlang ang isang tugtugin.
You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
Someone covered her eyes…
"Smallville."
He put something on her neck.
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive
"Paano mo nalaman na ako ito?"
"Hello, sino pa ba ang makakaisip ng mga ganitong kakornihan? Ikaw lang naman."
Natawa ng mahina si Clark. "Whether you admit it or not, you find me irresistible."
"Is that you Superman? You're so sure of yourself." She rolled her eyes. "But I like the necklace."
A life goes by
Romantic dreams will stop
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close
"Look Lois, we have our initials here. For Clark Jerome and Lois Joanne."
"CJ and LJ, I like it."
"And when you opened it, here's our picture. And you'll hear the melody of our song. This is our song. The one that I'm playing right now."
"Our song, how did you know that I'll agree with you?"
"I know you will."
"Very confident huh?"
So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come
So far we are so close
"May I have this dance?" Lois looked at him. His face is full of emotions that she can't described. She reached for his hand and placed the other on his broad shoulder. They never said anything, they just stared at each other listening to the music and beat of their hearts. Ilang saglit pa, hinapit na sya ni Clark na mas malapit pa. She put her head on the hollow of his neck and heard him singing the rest of the song.
How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far
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Mula sa isan madilim na lugar… Nakatalikod ang isang lalaki hawak ang isang pahayagan mula sa hinaharap. Isang nakalolokong halakhak ang pinakawalan nya.
"Malapit na ang aking pinakahihintay. Mababago na ang hinaharap."