The Lois Lane Series: Beginning
Chapter 1
"I'm going to have to drop you off at a friend's house, Lois," Chloe Sullivan informed Lois as they drove down the street pass more farms and cows. Could they have anymore cows in this town? I mean really. Lois asked herself as she saw them all.
Lois turned from the window and looked at Chloe as she continued to drive. "Because...."
"Just something important I have to do. I have to meet with someone for something I'm working on. I don't want you to get bored with all the stuff we'd talk about so I called a friend for a favor and he said no problem. Besides, his place is close to the bus stop so it was only logical."
Lois sighed. Not exactly the way she thought she'd be spending her first few hours in Smallville but at least Chloe wasn't taking her to whatever it was. She wasn't really into the way Chloe would get all newspaper reporter on her. It was just, weird.
"So whom are you taking me to?" Lois asked.
"Clark Kent's. He's a really nice gu-" Chloe started before getting interrupted by Lois with a snicker. "What?"
"Taking me to lover boy are we?" Lois asked with a sly grin.
Chloe slapped Lois on the shoulder. "I told you that was awhile ago and besides. He already knows."
"Ah so he knows. That's right. But still you got a thing for this Wonder boy don't you?"
Chloe raised her chin up in the air and replied a "I plead the 5th."
"Ah the complications of young love," Lois replied with a laugh.
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Maybe I should just take you with me. I'm sure you'd just have a grand old time with me." She looked over at Lois who gave her an evil stare. "Or maybe not. Maybe I should just take you to the Daycare Center or something. I'm sure you'd be the oldest kid there."
"Shut up." Lois ordered as they finally turned into the Kent's farm. "But at least you're only thinking of my best interest."
"Yeah. Sure. Your best interest. That's right."
Clark had been putting the extra hay in the barn when he heard the sound of Chloe's car horn. He didn't know why he said yes to basically babysitting Chloe's cousin while she was off doing whatever it was she was going to do. He had a hard time saying no to such things of helping out a friend so he decided he should later work on that. But whatever. What done is done and he thought he should just climb down the latter and just get on with it.
"Hey Clark," he heard Chloe's voice say as he finished climbing down the last few steps and on to the ground. Clark turned his head towards Chloe and smiled.
"Hey Chloe," he replied as she walked up to him. "Where's your cousin?"
Chloe turned around to see no Lois. "AH. She had to go to the bathroom."
"Ah." He nodded.
"Don't worry Clark. Trust me. Lois is a good person. In many ways we're alike."
Clark raised an eyebrow. "That's suppose to be a good thing?"
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Funny. Like me, only her own person."
"Hey Clark right?" Chloe heard her cousin's voice say as she walked up towards the two. "Your mom just gave me some cookies and man," she took a bite out of one. "They're really good."
Clark watched the Chloe's cousin eating on his mom's chocolate chip cookie, a bit dumbfounded. He wasn't thinking that Chloe would drop off a girl their age. He thought he was getting into something a bit easier. Like a little eight year old little girl. That he could handle. Not a tall, pretty brunette.
"Oh, ha," she replied wiping a few cookie crumbs from her lips and then wiping her hand on her faded blue jeans before extending her hand out to Clark. "I'm Lois Lane. Chloe's cousin, obviously."
"Clark Kent," he replied taking her hand and shaking it.
"Chloe's told me a lot about you Kent." Lois informed him. "Tells me you're the local hero around here."
Clark smiled nervously and rubbed the back of his head. "Not really. Just happen to be at the right place at the right time is all," he put simply.
"That's an understatement," Chloe said with a smirk. "Well I hate to just dump Lois and run Clark but I got to get going..." Chloe slowly inched her way out of the barn. "I really appreciate you looking after Lois while I'm doing this Clark!"
"No problem!" Clark yelled to her as she went into her car and then was gone not to long after.
"So, Clark," Lois started as she glanced over her right shoulder at him. "Um, well I know a lot about you but I don't think Chloe's told you a lot about myself has she?"
"Not really no," he answered as he looked at her.
"Well I'm Lois Lane, my dad's in the Air Force, I've lived in Japan, Germany, North Carolina, Georgia and now currently back in my hometown of Metropolis," she told him. "I'm 17, younger than Chloe by only two months, I have a sister, Lucy, and I love taking long walks on the beach under moonlight."
Clark raised an eyebrow but shook his head and smiled. "Nice to know."
"Isn't?" She said with a grin. "And you know, you don't have to 'baby-sit' me if you don't want to. If you could just drop me off at my uncle's house I can just wait for Chloe or my uncle to get home."
"No I wouldn't let you just stay there by yourself alone outside," Clark replied. "Come on. I'll take you into town let you meet a friend of Chloe's. She works at the Talon."
"The what lon?"
"The Talon is a cafe. A friend of ours works there." Clark explained.
"I see I'm meeting Chloe's main group today huh?"
"Pretty much."
Lois shrugged. "Sure I'm game. I'm in the mood for some mocha anyway."
"So you came to Smallville because you didn't want to spend the summer with your dad?" Clark asked Lois over a cup of her mocha and his coke.
"Basically," Lois replied as she took a sip of her drink. "I love my dad and all but I can only handle him in small doses. If my mom was there I'd stay but she's down in North Carolina looking after my grandmother. But this way I get to spend time with Chloe. I haven't been to Smallville since I was in the oh man eighth grade. When Chloe first moved here."
"That's a good way to look at it," he replied with a smile.
"I try. I try," She said with a laugh. "So what about you Kent? I know I told you I knew a lot about you," Lois rested her right forearm on the little table and looked at Clark across from her. "But anything I don't know?"
"Tell me what you know and I'll fill in the rest."
"Well, I know you're adopted, that you're a nice guy, um you've got dark hair and blue eyes, and you're Chloe's friend."
"Don't know much do you?" Clark snickered.
"Well Chloe says that even know she knows a lot about you she really doesn't know who you really are," Lois told him.
Clark nodded. He had been use to that kind of saying from pretty much everyone. Chloe, Lex, Lana... "I'm a normal guy really. Nothing too special. I go to Smallville High, I write for The Torch and I live on a farm with my parents."
"Gotcha," Lois replied. There was a moment of silence between them, not really knowing what to say next. Both took turns taking a sip out of their drink in order to avoid talking. But fortunately for them a Lana Lang came to their rescue.
"Enjoying everything?" Lana asked cheerfully as she took up an empty chair between the two.
"Yeah great mocha Lana," Lois said with a grin as she held up her cup to her mouth and then took a another awkward sip. Sure she was having fun with this Clark Kent. She thought that he was giving one long great first impression on her. He was courteous, nice, good looking but most of all he was actually a great person to talk to. Even she was surprised when she told him the reason she was here. Usually she was good at keeping out those things in conversations but Clark was just understandable and ready to listen. But for some reason she got nervous at times around him and especially felt weird when his and Chloe's friend Lana would show up at the table.
"Thanks Lois," Lana replied. "So you're staying in Smallville for the whole summer?" Lois nodded. "I, no offense but why? Smallville's not exactly the most interesting place in Kansas."
"Want to spend time with Chloe," Lois told her which was really part of the truth. "Next year we'll both be heading off for college and I just want one more summer before we 'grow up.'"
Lana looked at her. "Yeah but Metropolis is... there's so much more there than here."
"True but it doesn't have Chloe Sullivan."
Lana nodded and smiled. "Well I'm glad you two came by." She looked at Lois and Clark. "But I got to get back to work." She waved to them as she walked around the Talon.
"Nice girl," Lois trying to sound honest as possible as she took the last sip of her drink. Lana, unlike Clark, thought Lois, isn't making much of great impression in my mind.
I know this isn't exactly the most interesting thing right now. lol. But this is part of a series like I said and this "episode" is just them meeting and going around town and stuff. IF you want anything to happen in like a future "episode" just leave a review and I'll think about it and give you credit as well! Thanks to scorpiowolfand Anarra for reviewing! Y'all are great!
