Sorry it's taken so long to finish, work and spending time at sporting events around the world has impacted on my writing time. This story has been a hell of a ride and I think everyone of you for reading and enjoying my writing.

M.

He floated in the vacuum of space and looked down upon what seemed to be a peaceful world. His pain had been released as he screamed her name across the darkened cosmos. How the world hadn't felt his heartfelt screams he would never know.

The view of Bruce and Lois had taken him back to when he was a teenager and he had walked in on Oliver and Lois. The same feelings were back as if he had never grown up. How this woman had the capacity to hurt and cripple him.

"Is this worth it?" he thought "Her touch makes me feel alive and she loves me but the sight of her with someone else just drives me insane. I know that nothing is going on with Bruce but how easily can she affect me and make me feel so vulnerable and small."

For the first time in many years he heard the call of sirens and ignored them. He heard the call that he had come to accept as his signature "Superman, help me" and choose to ignore it. He opened his hearing up to the world and he listened to all the people who wanted his help and once again he wondered, "who is there to help me, who cares about me."

Lois, it always came back to Lois, what choice did he have, he could choose to cut her from his life or he could choose to open himself up to everything that entailed. In the end he knew it became a very basic choice. He could either live his life outside and alone or he could choose to live with the pain of loving someone like Lois.

"Pretty poor choice," he thought, "what ever happened to having some choices that were at least palatable. I want to keep her safe and protected and in doing that I will kill her love for me. I have to trust and let her live her life as she chooses without any restrictions and in doing so allow her choices to hurt me. If I don't then the light in my life will fall away and slowly I will drown in the darkness and my soul will no longer be nourished. Bloody hell what a crappy choice. It's no choice, no matter what you think, it's no choice and you know it. Now how do we make this right?" he wondered.

The knock at the door startled Lois and she quickly raced to the door, saying his name under her breath. Opening the door quickly she was surprised to see no one there. Stepping forward into the hallway she jumped slightly as her foot came into contact with a bunch of white lilies. Quickly leaning down she picked up the flowers and looked for a card.

Dear Lois

I have walked as though there was no road

Of which I'd take to turn

You have held my hands, which were so cold

You have known that I have had to run

I struggle to trust I struggle to see

The pain inside me is left from my past

The foolish me who could not forget

Forget is not fast but time is now healed

A little smile, your lovely eyes

You took it all to understand

My foolish moods, my silly broods

You gazed and took my hand

Another smile, another laugh

Chances, they are a few

I take the road, I take the turn

and there's no one there but you

I love you Lois Lane

You are the one true road for me

My past pain is that, past

Your smile light up the signposts of my road

You let me run when I must

The chances I need to take

Are not risks when the road ahead

Is shining in your love

Will you mar­ry me?

Clark

"Oh God, Clark, yes!" she yelled into the air, "Yes! Yes! Yes! I will marry you". With a huge smile she saw him appear in front of her.

THE END