"And Clark do you take Lois as your lawful wedded wife?"
"I d…"
"Mommy!" Laura has impeccable timing, she is shouting and shaking me awake from one of my many fantasies with Clark.
"What sweets?" I sit up and pull her up on my lap and look down at her as I brush some hair from her face.
"Did you forget to set your alarm? We only have fifteen minutes to get me to school." I look at my clock and indeed we do, "Shit!" I curse silently so Laura doesn't learn those words too early.
"Ah I guess I must have, well alright run into your room and pick out an outfit. I will be there in a minute." I set her down on the floor and patted her head, she took off running. I jumped up and picked up my phone and dialed work, "Yeah Perry, I might be a bit late this morning. Well I had a visitor last night and I was so tired when I finally made it to bed that I forgot to set an alarm. I am trying to get dressed in hurry to bring Laura to school." Perry knows better than to argue with his best reporter too much so he just sighs and acts angry when he really doesn't care. "Great, well I should be there in no more than twenty minutes." I hung up and threw on my blazer and grabbed some shoes on my way out. "Laura you ready yet?"
I hear some shuffling and a thump, but soon after Laura comes bouncing out. "Yeah, just need to get my shoes on" She sits down to put her shoes on and I start whipping up a PB & J sandwich for her lunch.
"Good, what was that noise in your room honey?" I throw in a small bag of chips and some of the grapes that are left in the fridge.
She looks up with an odd face like she has no idea what I am talking about, then her face gets a look like she remembers. "Oh I tripped over one of my shirts on the floor, but I am alright."
I immediately panic thinking she might have hurt herself but as she reassures me she is fine I start to calm down. "Mk good, well lets get going we don't want you to be late." I hand her, her bag and coat which she slips on as we make our way down the hall and to the elevator.
There isn't much chatting going on between me and Laura on our way to school, but we both are not morning people so we normally don't get a lot of talking done on the drive to school and work. Finally we arrive at the school and she hops out, she turns to say bye to me and I hug her and kiss her forehead. "Bye sweets, I will pick you up after school alright, see you later."
"Okay, bye mom." She turns and runs to meet her friends who are waiting patiently for her. I smile at the group of girls as they walk off to their classroom. Then I remember I have a job to get to, so I turn out and head for the Planet.
It is my lunch break and I am wasting it on phone calls, I had to grab me a turkey and cheese sandwich from the vending machine. My first call is to Lex, I am hoping he isn't to busy to take my call.
"Hey Lois, sorry about last night." I can hear in his voice that he is truly sorry for the intrusion.
"That's fine Lex, you never knew he was coming by. But what did you two talk about and how come him applying for a job here at the Planet?" I had been waiting to ask him this since Clark said he had the job.
There is a bit of a pause on his end then he finally speaks, "Well to be honest I wasn't quite sure he would get the job, I didn't want to worry you for no reason. And all we talked about was his new job and his divorce with Lana, which I have to say took me by surprise."
His excuse seems logical, because if he would've told me I would have started to freak. "Well I guess that makes sense and I have to say the split struck quite a blow here too." And it was, not that I hadn't expected it, I had just never expected Clark to be the one to ask for it.
He chuckles on the other end and I hate him for seeing through me, "Yeah I am sure you were just heart broken. How did Laura take it, I mean did she ask who he was?"
My turn to laugh, "Shut up Luthor. Well actually Laura figured out Clark was her dad all on her own."
"What! How did she manage to do that?"
"Well she says that the look I got in my eyes when I saw Clark resembled the one I get when I would talk about her dad. So she put the puzzle pieces together and figured it out. Amazing how smart kids can really be huh?" I was still amazed at how she quickly figured that out, but was happy she had.
"I guess, does she know he is Superman?" he said that last bit in a whisper as not make sure the people around him didn't hear him.
"Ah yeah actually she does, she figured that one out again. I didn't ask her this time though, just let it be."
Lex let out a long sigh, "Well good to know she knows, she deserves to know. So as much as I love talking with you Lois may I ask what this call was about?"
I had almost forgot I was calling to ask if he could sit for Laura tonight. "Oh yeah, well I have a huge favor to ask of you, and I know it is last minute so if you can't just say so and I will get dad to do it."
I can here Lex typing away at his computer, probably looking up his schedule. "Well what can I do for the lovely Ms. Lane?"
I laugh, "Umm I was wondering if you would like to watch Laura tonight?" I close my eyes and cross my fingers. Not that I don't want dad to do it, I know he would because he loves spending time with Laura but he is older and can't keep up with her like Lex can.
"Lois, do you even have to ask? You know I would take Laura from you if I could. That will be no problem, will she be staying the night? And what is the occasion that you are off to tonight?'
I bite my bottom lip as I am not sure why but I really don't want to tell Lex. I want to keep it a secret until after we go out, but I can't lie to Lex. "Oh thanks bunches Lex, um yeah I think she should stay the night, not sure how late we will be." I took another deep breath before telling him exactly why I needed him tonight. "Well last night after you and Clark talked he came to my apartment and we talked. Got some things cleared up and back on good terms I think. He asked me to dinner tonight and I accepted hoping that we can get through all our issues and maybe Clark can be part of Laura's life now."
Again another pause from the Luthor end of the line, "Well Lois I must say I never thought I would live to see the day when you and Clark Kent went out on a date again. But don't get me wrong, I am glad to hear it. Clark never realized what he left when he left you for Lana." I know Lex used to have a thing for Lana, but I know that has passed long ago. "Why don't you guys use the limo and go to that fancy Italian restaurant downtown?"
"You know Lex I usually wouldn't take you up on that offer but I think just this once I will. Have the limo come to my apartment around eightish, well I better get back to work before Perry kills me. Thanks again Lex, I will bring Laura around five-thirty." I feel like being fancy tonight, I want to show Clark what he has been missing.
He chuckles again, "Yes alright, sounds good I will tell Darrel. And really it is no problem Lois. See you around six then, bye." He hung up before I got to yell at him for assuming we would be late, even though he was probably right. I lean back in my chair and turn to see the view from my office. It is a beautiful view, I am almost on the top floor and my office has windows facing downtown Metropolis, at night it is just gorgeous.
I look to see I only have twenty minutes of my lunch break left and I figure I should give Clark a call. I sit back down at my desk and pull out Clark's number he left me last night. I dial the numbers slowly and hold my breath as I await an answer.
"Hello?" His voice is questioning the identity of the caller, of course he wouldn't know my office number.
"Ah Hi Clark, it's Lois." I don't know what else to say at the moment so I just let him process that information.
"Oh Lois, hey!" I can practically hear the smile on his face, "I am glad you called. I haven't been able to stop thinking of you."
This catches me off guard, I start blushing and try to hide it, from who I don't know but I just did. "Well that's nice to hear, but I was calling to see if you still wanted to have dinner with me tonight?"
He hardly lets me finish the sentence before his spits out, "Yes! I would love that, what time should I pick you up?"
I am having trouble not laughing at him, his eagerness reminds me of the way he used to act when he had dates with Lana back in high school. "Well Lex offered us the limo and reservations at a nice Italian restaurant. So just be at my place a little before eight, sound good?"
"Yeah that sounds great, how dressed up should I get?" I laugh, Clark always turned to me for fashion advice.
"Well, um I would say pretty nice but not like a full on tux. Probably just some nice black pants and a nice dress shirt. They are always keepers, well Clark I better get back to work. I will see you tonight, I can't wait. Bye." I can't believe how girly I am feeling right now, the butterflies in my stomach are something I haven't felt since Spring Formal our freshman year.
"Me either and thanks for the advice. See you later, bye" I hear him hang up and I do so sometime after him. I am practically bouncing up and down in my seat now and I am staring to annoy myself. This is just dinner between two old friends, we need to catch up and straighten some things out.
"Lane! You look like your day dreaming, get back to work. I want the latest Superman article on my desk by the end of the day." Perry yelled at me from my doorway.
"Sure thing Perry." I have no desire to make a snide comment at the moment, I am just floating up in seventh heaven.
-x-Alright so I know this chapter is mostly dialouge but I thought that the date and the getting ready for the date and the after date deserved it's own chapter. So I hope to update soon with the date,hope yall like the update and keep the reviews coming!