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Chapter 3

Ride Home

She hated feeling helpless in front of Clark, her the one always trying to keep him reminded that she was the sassy, sarcastic, forth coming, spitfire in any situation. Now look at her in Clark's arms like a damsel in distress, which she was no where near. Her probably being the one putting the damsel in distress."Smallville put me down! I don't need a pack mule to carry me everywhere I go. I have two feet if ya haven't notice." Lois squirming, pushing against his arms to drop her.

Clark not even budging as she struggled against him. Clark smiles as he watches her. She always had to be the tough one, not letting anything stop her. "Look, I'm not enjoying this anymore then you are."

"Yeah right, like the moment this is over, you're not gonna hang this over my head." she sneered.

"Now why would I do that," Clark said in an innocent voice knowing all the while this was good blackmailing material.

"Real funny, Clarkie." Lois jabs him in his chest with her elbow, him only feeling a tap, but pretending else wise.

"Well I'm heading off home now and you two please don't kill each other." Chloe locking the doors, then turning to face them. Placing her hand on Lois's arm,"Promise me you'll go to the hospital if anything gets worser."

Then looking at Clark for a conformation that everything was fine, keeping Lois distracted as he used his x-ray vision to check for any fractures or broken bones.

He smiled and nodded his head conforming that it was alright, she smiled back getting his answer.

"Clo, I already have a over protective brother," referring to Clark,"I don't need an overbearing cousin fussing over me as well. Besides it doesn't look like that's going to be a problem since Smallville here is going to be my horse and buggy for awhile." smiling at Chloe while patting Clark on his chest like he was her Pet.

Clark shaking his head, wishing he was a horse so he could throw her off him, he thought smiling to himself.

"Lois, seriously." Chloe demanded.

"OK, I promise Mommy dearest," she said jokingly

Chloe rolled her eye's at Lois' sarcasm, "And Clark, take good care of my cousin or I will kill you," she said joking, knowing Lois was in the best of hands.

Chloe and Lois both gave Clark a double teaming smile saying that, they both would kill him. Clark gave a weak smile in response, knowing he couldn't win in the case when both cousins teamed against him.

"Goodnight, you two." Chloe saids walking toward her car.

"Goodnight, Chlo." they said in one voice.

Chloe turning her Head back, giving them another wide brimmed smile. They already knowing what about, sighing in disgust.

"Let's go horsey," Lois pointing to his truck, knowing it would annoy the heck out of him.

"Right this way fair damsel," he said getting back at her, as he places her into the passenger seat.

"Ha, ha, funny," Lois glaring at him as he came into the truck.

Clark started the truck heading towards home. Passing through Downtown Smallville, watching as others were too closing down their shops for the night. Keeping lit only the festive Halloween decorations a glow.

The rustling leaves falling to the ground or twirling into little twisters in the street. The oranges, reds and yellows adding more effect to the decorated little town. Cornstalks planted to posts, Jack o' lanterns illuminating on steps, amongst other bits of ornaments hanging from homes and trees, they witness through town.

Clark turns his head towards Lois noticing not only the quietness surrounding them but also Lois leaning her head back against the window, eyes closed. Her face wincing from pain, no doubt.

"Maybe I should take you to the Hospital now," Clark about to head in that direction.

"Smallville, I swear if I see anything remotely resembling a Hospital. I'm gonna pick up my cell phone and have an Air Force Strike deployed on Clark Jr." smiling at the thought

Clark cringed, being the man of steel, the thought of it still hurt and knowing Lois, he didn't doubt it at all. Even in pain Lois still manage to be well...Lois, facing the greatest of challenges with her sarcastic way. It brought a small smile to his mouth.

"There's a bottle of aspirins in the glove compartment," he saids glancing over to it.

"Thanks for the delay, Smallville. It's a good thing I'm not dieing of pain over here." she sneered in her usual way, slowly reaching in the compartment for the bottle.

"Sorry I just remebered,...There'snothing for you to drink to take them with but if you want I can pull over at this store and get you a bottle of water." but before he could even finish speaking, Lois had already taken two pills from the bottle.

Popped them into her mouth and swallowed as easily if she had swallowed them down with water. Clark was genuinely impressed, he couldn't swallow one without having a mouth filled with water, when he did actually come into pain form the green meteorites like getting stabbed with one, let alone swallow two dry.

Lois caught a glimpse of his expression as she swallowed the two aspirins."Why, impressed are we?"

"How did you learn to do that. I can't even swallow one without some kind of liquid," trying to keep his eyes on the road.

"Ah, a little trick I picked up from the General when I was little," Lois grinning proudly.

Clark just gave her a questioning look. Lois being around him as much as she has, learned to read Clark like a book and knew his body language.

"Well, as you know Smallville." Lois laying back in her previous position," the General wasn't exactly father of the year when me and Luce were little girls. So he didn't know the convince of children's liquid aspirins such as Tylenol or Advil, and it's not like they carried that sort of thing on bases anyway. So my dad did the next best thing, pills." Lois stopped, feeling herself drowning off, sleepy.

"Well how did you learn to swallow them dry like that." Clark pressing to get the rest of the information.

Lois came from her drowsiness, rubbing her eyes open."Oh, yeah well when me and Luce were little, we use to her car sick in those big Humvee," Lois laughed

" We would spew every time we rode in one, even for a minute, the way they bounced to every rock or people the huge tires ran over. So the General would give us two aspirins to settle our stomachs. Well as it goes, if you haven't figure it out by now. We really didn't carry such necessities as bottle water, plus of course, because of the bumping the water would just fly all over the place. There was never time to stop, always moving, and the General never letted us out of his sight. Luce and me just had to figure some way to deal with the pills, we were beyound tired of spewing our guts out. So we placed them on our tongue, we would wait for a bump and that would help us to swallow. Yeah, and for an added bonus of encouragement, if you can say that. The General would tell us that a person wasn't strong unless they could swallow two pills dry."

Clark just smiled at her answer, driving deeper into the dark farm land, rows of plucked corn's stalks on either side of the road.

"After awhile we just learned to swallow without the aid of the bounce from the Humvee," sleep still playing in her voice.

"You wanted to be tough, the reason why you did it without water," he asked her.

Lois answered with a sheepish grin dosing off deeper into her drowsiness. She turned facing him laying her head against the seat. Clark stared at her a warm smile apon his face as he watched her sleep. He slowed the truck down enough to put his jacket around Lois body, shivering slightly from the frigged air. Her being too stubborn to take his heed to bring a coat. Smallville's days maybe warm, but the nights were definitely freezing around this time of year.

He gently pushed back behind her ear a stray lock of chestnut brown hair, that fallen into the view of her face. Slowly he caressed her cheek, tracing along the edges of her face with his fingertips, smooth, soft, warm apon his skin. He couldn't believe she was doing this to him, never really noticing the beauty that was always there around him. Maybe he did, but not even realizing what feelings she brought to him every time he was with her. He always seen her as a good friend, annoying and unbearable at times, but that was just her way, towards him anyway.

But he grown to love their constant bantering, it was their special relationship Lois would say. He felt comfortable around her, he didn't had to pretend or put up so many defenses around her like he had to do with Lana. She brought this whole other side of him out, the real him that wasn't afraid to be happy or put his guard down some. He found himself smiling and laughing more around her then anyone else and this confused him. Her the one he couldn't stand most of the times making him happy, and feel something he hadn't notice before.

Lois began to stir a Little form his touch on her cheek, he pulled away quickly from the trans he had fixed on her, not wanting to wake her from her sleep. He went back to driving the truck that was going so slow that it was almost nearly at a stop. He was glad to be the only one on the roads, usually the case. Smallville didn't get many visitors unless it had to do something with the meteors. He picked up speed, mind trying to figure out where his feeling stand towards Lois and wondering if maybe deep inside her she battle the same conflict

10:15 PM Lex's Secret"air ship" Hanger

Lex walks impatiently around the craft, listening to the constant babbling of his Chief of Science. His blood boiling at the failed attempts to retrieve the mysteries hidden beneath the surface. It's been months since the ship has came into his possession and nothing that has been done to the structure will allow it to open. Even in a mad desperate attempt to get inside, Lex had his workers pour a most potent acid onto the frame only to reveal that the acid ran off like water not leaving so much as a scar behind.

"The aerial dynamics are...incredible. Far ahead in advancement then our air force, army, secret aerial standards,we've even come in process with."Dr Welling looking nervously at Lex, not sure if he should proceed,"The elemental components are irreversible, completely indestructible to any natural or mankind materials of this earth."

Lex becomes infuriated, throwing documents off a nearby table sending them flying all over the floor before turning his attention back to the scientist,"I don't give a damn about the structure of the craft, I don't care about how far advancement it is compare to our own measly technology. A child could tell the difference and explain it allot better then you can," laying a firm grip on the scientist shoulder.

"What I do give a damn about is what the hell this ship is guarding so tightly inside. Where the hell it came from, and why is it here of all places in the world it could of crash why here,why now," madness displayed in his eyes.

Dr. Welling just stood there all his research in the past four months haven't given him or his staff such knowledge to Mr. Luther's questions and was so on his face. Lex pushed him away, angry at the inconvenience of having the best scientists in the world but still couldn't come one step closer to solving this mystery. He stood back into the presence of the ship, mind trying to gain some insight into the matter. Starring at the dark triangular prism object that seem to tease him, daring him to discover the secrets that it withheld.

"Sir, do you think it wise if we could find a path into this object. For all we know this thing could be carrying a deadly virus or disease, wiping life from the face of the earth. Are you really willing to take that chance just to fill your curiosity." Dr. Welling asked.

"Dr., I'm very much aware of the consequences of opening a Pandora's box, and of the aftermath. I don't pay you to worry about what's inside. I pay you to get there, and let me worry about what comes out." breaking his eyes away from the ship. Walking towards Dr. Welling grabbing him by his tie, pulling it tight against his neck. Dr. Welling grabbing his collar trying to make way for air his burning lungs craved for.

"Now I want this damn ship open soon and I mean by next week or by the time I'm done with you Dr. Welling," squeezing tighter the tie in his hands, barring his teeth,"You'll be lucky if you can find a job flipping burgers with your hands." releasing hold of his tie, watching as the Dr. clasps to the floor gasping for air. Lex squats to his feet, face to with him. Dr Welling breathing heavily, redness returning back to his blue features.

"Now I want those results by then do we have an understanding on this," Lex starring him straight in the eyes.

All Dr. Welling could do was nod his head in agreement, not able to catch his breath to speak.

"Good," Lex said in a cheerful manner, wiping some pretend particles off the shoulder of Dr Welling's coat,"because I would really hate to have this conversation again." rising from his position then walking out of the hanger, two of his guards following close behind.

10:30 PM Kent's Farm

The yellow farm house came into view as Clark turned the truck down the gravel path, crunching being made by the tires, making his way towards the barn. Lois sat straight up from her sleep as the truck comes to a halt. She slowly sits forward stretching the aching muscles in her legs and back,"How long have I been out," she yawns gradually coming from her sleep.

"Almost the whole ride," Clark gives her a small smile,"How's you back?"

"Well, it still feels like I've bee ran down by a truck," forcing a smile despite her pain," but other then that I think I'll survive," both hands behind her rubbing the small of her back. Lois then noticing Clark's jacket that slumped to her lap after she woke up. Realizing that he put it around her as she slept,"Thanks," she quickly added avoiding eye contact as she handed it back to him, an uncomfortable moment smile broading apon her face.

Clark responded with a nod, his hand slightly brushing hers as he took it from her hand. Sending little shock waves of impulses through their bodies at each other's touch. Lois quickly retrieved her hand once Clark firmly had hold of it. Both felt it and knew the other did as well, neither though, wanted to comment or explain the tingling sensation raging through them.

It was evident that there was a certain chemistry between them. Even they noticing it from time to time, thinking it only being because they were good friends and gotten close over the years and months they came in contact with one another.Not believing that it could actually be more between them not seeing how fate could deal a blind hand sometimes.

"So are we gonna sit out here all night, Smallville or is there a reason why we're still out here freezing our asses off," Lois breaking the tension between them. Hating awkward silence, generally silence itself. Wishing Clark wasn't starring at her the way he was. Like he could see right through her, in a manner of speaking, to her very thoughts and realm of her soul.

"Right," tearing his focus form her lovely face that captivated him at that moment and at the same time complicated his life.But that was Lois for you, the one and only who knew how to screw his head up, turning his world upside down every chance she could get. Now landing the biggest bombshell of them all, could he really be falling for Lois...Lois Lane.The one who made it her personal vendetta to make him a size smaller on a daily basis.

Who proclaims that trouble finds her and not the other way around. Who made it her mission in life to challenge him in every bit of conversing, with her sarcastic, highly charming manner. He even noticing how their minds and thoughts entwined, how they could know what each other is thinking, finish each other's sentences, and constantly saying the same word or words out of their mouths in a reply.

Things that would happen you would think with a person you knew like forever, a really close friend or the love in your life.But no, as long as he knew Chloe, and Lana and dated her. They were never that way in connection with him.

Lois was different, in the short time she knew him, she manage to absorb all basic knowledge of Clark Kent. One look was all that took for her to know exactly what was going on inside. Knew what was wrong and always had the right words to say. She was the one who took him outta his slump with the break up with Lana.

To this day he still couldn't figure how she convinced him to do anything after yet another heartbreak from Lana, but she did. She dragged him to parties around the campuses of Kansas Central, where they both attended, or sometimes rarely at Met U. He rarely going to the parties at Met U for obvious reasons, but only going to the ones around their local college, Kansas City Central, just to keep an eye on Lois. Who would binge drink her heart out if he didn't stop her. Afterwords caring an O.D. Lois over his shoulder, splurging out incoherent insults at him for driving her from the party too soon.

She on the other hand never remembering much of the party. Taking her back to her dorm if on the weekdays or to his house on the weekends, which he thought he would be free of her."Why should I continue renting the apartment over the Talon if I'm only gonna be there on the weekends.When conveniently I have my own Motel 6, that leaves the light on and everything," she'd tell him.

Clark places his jacket on knowing he's been stalling there for a while,"Tell me again why you insist on staying here for the weekend or attending K Central for that matter," he finally spoke trying to get back into the norm.

Lois looked at him surprised,"Is that what you been thinking about this whole time. For a minute there I thought you were having another one of you relapses," giving an awkward smile.

"More or less, and I don't have relapses Lois."

"OK, well what do you call your little "I can't remember who I am" episodes," Lois beaming a smile at him letting his awkward behavior go for now.

"If I recall, it only happen twice, and none because of my mental health," smiling boldly back,"You're stalling, I thought you couldn't stand being around me, it's not like we don't see enough of each other at K Central. We have all the same classes, which I still can't believe, and I thought this year was getting better when you moved to the Talon."

"Only to burst your bubble when I took the late semester in Kansas Central. You should have seen your face when I walked into your Advance Biology class and the teacher announced me as the new student. It was Priceless," she said laughing,"And please, Smallville, who said I stayed the weekend because of you. It's no secret how I feel about your parents, considering them in a way as the parents I never had and always wanted. Besides you being there is just an added bonus."

"Thanks, I think," he said not sure if she meant it as a complement or of torture but knowing her it was torture."So now tell me why Kansas Central. Why not Met U with Chloe, your journalism skills have gotten pretty good. Just humor me," he said seeing Lois huffing and rolling her eyes.

"Yeah I know, and Chloe had Mrs. Stetson hold a position for me in her Journalism class. But I'm missing some much needed credits before I can even think about stepping foot inside there. So I'm only attending K Central for awhile till I get the credits I need then I'm transferring over to Met U. Plus Chloe is room mates with Lana, or have you forgotten." eying him suspiciously,"I don't want to put my cuz in a situation where she had to chose between me or Lana, Even though I know I would win, hands down."

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