Part 2:
'The whole talk with Clark had gone very well,' Lois mused. 'Finally,' she thought as she located the coffee filters. "Found them," she said triumphantly, turning towards where Clark was… sleeping. "Figures," she muttered as she put the filters back on the shelf.
Lois walked over to the couch and sank down next to Clark, leaning back against his chest. His arm wrapped around her waist, holding her close as he dropped a gentle kiss on her neck. Lois turned in his arms, so that she was facing him, and closed the gap between them.
She wrapped her arms around Clark's neck as he floated them a few feet off the couch, rotated in mid-air, and lowered them back to the couch. After a few minutes, Lois pushed him off of her, and he fell to the floor with a slight 'thud'.
Clark propped himself up on one elbow and looked at Lois in confusion. With a slight grin, she slid off the couch and straddled Clark's waist. She leaned down, her lips lightly brushing against his in a teasing manner, and began to slowly unbutton his flannel shirt.
Lois heard a faint ringing noise and looked up in surprise. When she looked down at Clark, she was shocked to see him rapidly fading away. The ringing was louder this time, completely waking Lois. She got up from the floor and began looking for the phone. When it rang again, she was able to locate it. "Hello?" she asked, her tone laced with mild annoyance. After a few seconds, when no one responded, she began to get even more aggravated. "Look. Whoever you are, you just woke me up from a really nice dream, so if you don't want me to hang up on you, you'd better start talking within the next three seconds."
"Hi," came a soft voice from the other line.
In that instant, Lois could've sworn that the whole world stopped. The next few seconds seemed like an eternity as she tried to calm her racing heart and regain control of her voice.
"Hey," she said as she found her voice again. A long, uncomfortable silence passed between them. Lois sighed lightly. This distance between them was her fault; she needed to be the one to take the first step in bridging the gap that she had created. "Can you come over, Clark - so we can talk?
TBC…
Thanks for the feedback. I know this update is short, but I wanted to get it out so I could work on what will probably be the final part.
