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Chapter Fourteen

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Don't Let Me Stop You

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Time was just flying by. It had already been a few months since Lois had come to Smallville. She came to love the small town and loved hanging out with Clark and Chloe. They spent most of their time at the Torch, the Talon, and Clark's house. Lois hadn't had any more confrontations with Lex but Clark knew that Lex was probably still steaming about the slap. Lucas stayed away from her as he seemed to be scared of her and Lois liked that. She and Clark had decided (to themselves) that they would put the kiss behind them. Lois cherished their friendship too much to put it at risk. She was also afraid to put her heart on the line because she had seen how much in love with Lana he had been. As for Clark he was afraid of rejection. Lois was rapidly taking the place of Lana in his heart but he would never let her know because he feared that she would reject him and he would lose her. He decided that having her as a friend was better than not having her at all.

Chloe was stuck in the middle as they danced around their feelings. She was getting frustrated with their avoidance. Things were going good for her and she wanted her two best friends to be happy as well. They were all hanging out at Clark's house watching a movie when Chloe got an idea.

"Clark," Chloe said standing up. "Help me move this table from in front of the couch. I'm going to sit here on the floor because I need to stretch."

She had been sitting in between Clark and Lois as they sat stiff as boards at her sides. There wasn't a lot of room because Clark was so big and she and Lois were practically smashed together. Clark nodded at her and moved the table off to the side. Lois glanced at Chloe as she stretched and groaned.

"Can I get some blankets?" Chloe asked Clark. Clark went off to get the blankets.

Lois was nervous to be sitting on the couch with just Clark. He took up most of it and she knew that wouldn't give her much room and she'd be sitting closer to him.

Lois looked at her cousin as she massaged her shoulders, "Why don't you let me sit on the floor Chloe."

"Why?" Chloe asked her.

Lois looked at her thinking of an excuse. "Uh, because…"

Lois stopped talking as Clark came back into the room with the blankets. She didn't want him to know that she felt uncomfortable sitting next to him so she let the issue drop. Chloe spread the blankets out over the rug on the floor and plopped down with her back against the small recliner off to the side of Lois. Lois shifted on the couch trying to get comfortable when Clark sat down. Geez he's huge Lois thought. Chloe's head was close to Lois's legs so she had to bring them up on the couch and folded them to the side so she wouldn't accidentally kick Chloe in the head. This made her shift closer to Clark on the couch.

Lois tried to focus on the movie but was finding it hard to concentrate when Clark was sitting so close his thigh rubbed against hers. She saw him trying to find somewhere to put his arms and decided to put one behind Lois and kicked his legs out so he was more comfortable on the couch. Lois was trying to get her breathing under control. She peeked over at Chloe and noticed that she was totally absorbed in the movie. She glanced at Clark out of the corner of her eye and he looked perfectly calm. Lois's heartbeat was beating a mile a minute when Clark shifted and caused her to press into his side.

Clark may have looked calm on the outside but inside he was a mess. Having Lois so close to him was making his stomach turn with nervousness. When he had put his arm behind her he felt as she steadied herself to keep from being pushed any closer to him. He saw her glance at him and could see how nervous she looked. He was glad that he wasn't the only one. He saw as her chest rose and fall rapidly and he shifted at the sight. This only made matters worse.

Lois fell into his side when his weight made her roll down the couch a little. Clark gasped as he felt her chest press into his side and closed his eyes to get himself under control. He opened his eyes and glanced down at Lois and saw as her tongue snaked out and moisten her lips. Clark followed the movement with his eyes and looked up and into her eyes. Lois was staring at him with an unreadable expression on her face. She glanced down at his mouth and Clark found his head moving lower. He waited for her to push away or say something to stop him but she didn't.

Lois saw as his head moved lower and closed her eyes in anticipation. The sensations flooding her body were too overpowering to ignore. She parted her lips waiting for his lips to find hers. She felt his breath on her cheek and let out a little sigh. Chloe who was focused on the movie heard Lois sigh. She glanced at the couch and grinned at what she saw. Her plan had worked! Before she could stop it a small squeal of delight escaped her lips. This caused Lois to jerk back from Clark. Chloe groaned and slapped a hand to her mouth.

Clark felt when Lois jerked back. He looked down at her and saw as she glanced over at Chloe and he looked in her direction as well.

"Don't let me stop you." Chloe said turning back to the movie with a grin.

Lois couldn't believe she was about to let Clark kiss her. She scrambled back from him on the couch and jumped up and ran outside.

"You're killing me here Chloe." Clark groaned out to as he glared at her and glanced back to where he saw Lois's silhouette outside on his porch.

"I'll go talk to her." Chloe said moving to get up. Clark shook his head and got up from the couch.

"No," He told Chloe and walked toward the door. "I'll go."

Good, Chloe thought. Maybe this would get them talking about their feelings instead of ignoring them.

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