AN: I had to revise this chapter. I had to take Grant out, since one, he's in season 7 and I'm at the end of season 6 and two, he's not even in the story yet. But it was only one sentence of dialogue so it wasn't too bad. I've also added Kyla's last name, since she is the one girl Clark had liked that Lois had not met. I had to changed Lois's ages. In this chapter, I had her starting smoking at 16 and not 15. So I changed one number.

Oh, and for those who thought I turned Lois into a slut, I didn't. I just wanted to show that she had trusted guys before and had been hurt or forced to leave them. She loved every guy she slept with except for 1 or 2 and that was her trying to be more independent with her sexuality.

Chapter 20 – Communication

In the loft, Lois and Clark sat on the floor opposite of each other. They had a tape recorder beside them. They each held sheets of paper in their hands. Lois held a few more than Clark.

The couple sat in silence, knowing they should do their assignment so they could go into the house and do another assignment so they could do another assignment. At least they only had to do this assignment once.

They sat in silence for a bit longer until Lois gave a heavy sigh.

"What?" Clark asked.

"Aren't you going to go first?" Lois asked.

"I thought you wanted to go first." Clark said.

"No way," Lois said. "Yours will be faster."

Clark wanted to say 'Don't remind me', but decided against it.

"I don't see how it would make a difference," he said.

"Then you agree with me," Lois said happily. "You go first."

Clark sighed and hung his head.

"All right," he said as he shuffled through his papers.

He pressed record on the tape recorder. He cleared his throat before he brought up his first sheet of paper to read.

"Um…" he said. "I'm going to start with Lana."

"There's no surprise there," Lois quipped.

Clark paused to glare at her.

"Anyway," he said. "From the moment I saw her, I wanted to be with her. I was four and my mom and dad had just adopted me. I thought Lana was the prettiest girl I had ever seen. As I grew older, my crush grew deeper and hoping she would someday feel the same way.

When we finally became a couple, I couldn't trust her. Instinct told me not to and because of that, our relationship became strained. She couldn't take it anymore. I saw it in her eyes. I couldn't be with her anymore."

"So, trust?" Lois said. "That's a good reason to break up."

In all honesty, Lois did not like Lana and Clark together. It just felt wrong. However, she always played the part as a good friend and for once in her life, kept her mouth shut.

Clark sighed and moved on.

"Chloe," he said.

"My cousin?" Lois asked a bit shocked. "I thought nothing happened between you two?"

"Nothing did, but it could have," Clark said. "I cared for her. I honestly thought about Chloe and my relationship beyond friendship, but my feelings for Lana were greater than what I felt for Chloe."

"That is so sad, Smallville," Lois said. "I should hit you for that."

Clark nodded his agreement before moving on to the next girl on his list.

"My sophomore year of high school, I met this girl, Kyla Willowbrook. She was beautiful and smart. I felt a connection to her and believed she was my soul mate. She died soon after I met her."

Clark didn't want to go into complete detail of what had happened when he met Kyla. There would have been too many questions that he didn't want to answer.

"I'm so sorry," Lois said.

"Next came Alicia." Clark said.

Lois nodded, remembering the girl.

"We were close, closer than I thought I could be with anyone. She knew what it was like to be different. We even got married. It wasn't legal, we were both underage. When she died a part of me died with her. I never felt so much pain in my whole life."

Lois blinked away the tears from her eyes. A silence as they both mourned a wave.

"So, I guess it's my turn," Lois finally said.

"Actually, no," Clark said. "I have one more."

"Okay, who was she?" the reporter asked.

"Actually, she is you."

"Okay, go on."

Clark cleared his throat and ran a hand through his hair.

"I think I married you because, I'm attracted to you. I've always found you attractive. I feel pulled to you. You're fun to be around and I enjoy our bickering. Somehow, you understand me better than anyone," the Kryptonian said.

"Okay," Lois said pretending what Clark said had not affected her. "Now, it's my turn."

Clark nodded.

"Well, I guess I should start from the beginning," Lois said.

She glanced down at her paper.

"There was this boy named Kyle. I met him when I was 7. He was my first crush. I thought he was cute. We were never an item, but heck; he was the first boy I ever liked."

Clark smiled at the sweet memory. It was nice to know that Lois innocent at one point in her life. That her childhood was not completely ruined by her mother's death and her father's career.

She paused before moving on to the next boy on her list.

"A couple of years after Kyle, my family had to move. A year later, I met Mickey. He was cute also and I couldn't resist when he asked me to be his girlfriend. He was my first boyfriend, of course. But because of my duties at home and taking care of Lucy, Mickey decided I was too busy for him so he decided to move on to another girl."

Clark glared slightly at the thought of someone cheating on Lois.

"When I was 13, I met Wes and had my first major crush on him. I shared my first kiss with him." Lois said. "A year later, I met Sam. He had a huge crush on me and kept asking me out until I said yes. He was my first bad boy and Daddy hated him. It only made him even more appealing. He broke up with me when I wouldn't put out."

This made Clark smiled. He knew how rebellious Lois could be. She loved to get on someone's nerves.

"A year after Sam, I met Liam. He got me into smoking and drinking. We used to stay up all night. He was my first. I actually thought I loved him, but after a pregnancy scare, Liam left me."

Lois closed her eyes and took a deep breath before moving.

"When I was 17, I decided to have fun and Josh was the perfect guy for that. He was just my sex buddy until my family had to move again."

Clark was not a bit shocked that Lois would have a sex friend. He thought she only slept with men she dated.

"That same year, I decided to quit smoking and met Matt. He was sweet and romantic. I fell for him hard. He brought me flowers and candy. He supported everything I did. We were so close. He even proposed." Lois paused and sighed sadly.

"Then he went away to college. About three months later, he broke up with me. He said he wanted someone older, more mature. It wasn't until he got home for Winter Break that I found out he had been dating the girl two months before he broke up with me."

Clark gasped in shock. It was hard to believe someone would dare to cheat on Lois. Well, again. She may have been an annoying person but she was also a good person. She deserved better than that.

"When I turned 18 I met Drew. We were obsessed with having fun. We partied. We drank. We had sex. It was simple. I knew that it had to end someday, but I never thought it would end because of a death." Lois said. "I had to break up with Drew when Chloe 'died'."

Clark nodded understanding why that would put an end to any relationship.

Lois sighed. She was becoming bored with the topic of past relationships and she still had four more guys to go through, five if she counted Clark.

"I didn't like anyone until AC," the reporter continued. "I liked him because he was very attractive and heroic. He did save my life and wanted to save all of marine life around the world. I want to believe that we could have been more, but he left, so that was it."

"Next was Graham," Lois continued. She was hoping to rush through the rest of the guys.

"He was so charming and he seemed irresistible until I found out he was some kind of assassin."

"Okay, Oliver, my first love since Matt," Lois sighed heavily. "He was attractive and charming. He was good to me. He just did not have enough time for me and our relationship. It always felt like he was holding something back. Even so, I wanted to continue our relationship, but he didn't. The end."

Clark could tell she didn't want to say anymore about her relationship with Oliver.

Groaning, Lois decided to add Clark. It was only fair. She was on his list after all.

"Last is you," she said. "I have to admit, we have this mutual magnetism that pulls us together, even though most of the time we don't want to be near each other we are pulled towards one another. I even wanted to date you out of curiosity, but Lana and Chloe got in the way. I just couldn't date a guy who was so in love with another girl nor could I date someone my cousin had such a huge crush on."

Lois paused and took a deep breath.

"I guess I wanted to marry you because of the initial attraction I had for you the first day we met. It has nothing to do with you being naked when we met. It has more to do with your attitude that day. I liked the more aggressive, determined Clark."

Lois placed down her papers.

"I'm done," she said. "So, are you going to tell me I'm a slut?"

"No," Clark nearly exclaimed. "You're not a slut. You were in love and vulnerable."

"I wasn't in love with every guy I've slept with."

"That doesn't mean anything," Clark said. "You were only with one guy at a time. You are not a slut."

He stared into her eyes for her to see he did not see her as any less of a person as he did before they started this assignment.

"At least, you can say you have experience," the Kryptonian said sadly.

"Smallville, shut up," Lois said. "You're fine. You respect women and so your track record is short. That's adorable. It proves you love with all you have."

Clark smiled shyly.

"Thanks," he said.

"Okay," Lois said. She got up and stretched, which was very enticing to Clark.

"I'm going to go get something to eat," she said and walked down the stairs and to the house.

Clark sighed and stopped the recorder. He leaned his back on the couch and closed his eyes. Just like always, Lois knew what to say to ease his mind and that made him think. He thought about Kayla and what she said about the soul mate symbol in the caves. He was meant to be with someone. When he was younger, her thought it was Lana, but now he was thinking it might be someone else. It might be Lois Lane.