To Meddle or Not to Meddle?
New Years' Surprises
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"No, Chloe, really, I'm over it." I said to Chloe. I took up the magazine I was reading before she came. "These things happen." I took in a deep breath realizing how wrong that sounded. "They'll patch it up just like they always do. They…belong together." I forced on a smile and looked down at my magazine.
"Shauna?" Chloe asked. She still didn't believe me? I sighed and nodded my head. "Just let it out. Please Shauna. Its better if you do."
"Let out what Chloe?"
"Your frustration, Shauna." Chloe said, impatiently. "Ever since that incident you've been strangely calm. You haven't talked to anybody and everybody's been worried about you." I looked up at Chloe. Really? I shook my head.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I said, calmly. Chloe groaned. "I'm perfectly content with the situation. Maybe…they shouldn't have kissed. Maybe…it was too soon." What the hell was I saying? This act better be working. I was dying here! Chloe opened her eyes wide when she heard what I was saying.
"Okay, who are you and what have with Shauna Williams?" Chloe asked me. I smiled and shook my head.
"The then Shauna Williams died…when they didn't kiss under the mistletoe!" I blurted out. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to release the anger. "Those idiots! Those annoying, little IDIOTS!" I stood up causing the magazine to fall to the ground. "What the hell where they thinking! No! They weren't thinking!"
Chloe smiled in relief. "There you are. I was getting worried." She replied. I rolled my eyes at her. "So, what are we going to do about it? Is it time to take drastic action?"
"No, Chloe." I said, calming down. I picked up my magazine and placed it back on my lap. "We aren't going to do a thing…"
"But, Shauna…"
"Let me finish, Chloe" I said shaking my head. "We aren't going to do a thing. Clark is." Chloe looked at me, confusion written on her face. I smiled at her.
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Chloe and I heard Lois's front door open. We silently peeked through my door to see what Lois would do when she got the gift. She looked surprised before she picked it up, read the writing and smiled. She then re-entered her apartment. A few minutes later, she came out of her apartment in a casual t-shirt and pants along with the present hanging around her neck. We smiled and closed the door before she walked pass us.
I had stolen a rose from the florist shop and attached it to a small jewelry box. Inside the jewelry box was a diamond studded necklace with the letter 'L' in gold dangling from it. On the box, Chloe did her best impression of Clark's handwriting so that it said 'For Lois, from Clark' and later that night, we placed it in front of Lois's door.
"Wow. We're really great, aren't we?" Chloe asked. I nodded as I made my way to the couch. "She thinks that Clark is apologizing." She then frowned. "But," she glanced at me worriedly. "What if she finds out it was actually from us?"
"Well, if we didn't do it sooner, Clark would have." I replied. "And don't worry, Chloe, she won't."
"But what if she calls Clark and he tells her that he didn't send it to her…"
"Chloe, relax." I said, cutting off her rambling. "We won't get in trouble. Trust me." This seemed to shut her up. Suddenly, we heard laughing and I groaned when I heard something else.
AC's voice.
Yes, he still wasn't gone. Unfortunately. It was as if someone wanted him to stay. Oh, yeah. Lois does. Darn it. I sighed wearily and went to my door to peek at them. Chloe soon followed. "That's a beautiful necklace, Lois." AC whispered to her. He ran his fingers lightly over the necklace. "Where did you get it?"
"Oh, this old thing?" Lois chuckled nervously. "Um…I got it from my father." She smiled at him while he nodded.
"Why doesn't Lois…" Chloe started. But I put my finger to my lip to stop her from saying anything. I wanted to hear the conversation.
"Thanks for walking me up, AC." Lois said. "But, you really didn't have to. I'm a big girl, you know." She smiled egotistically.
"I know, but," he came closer and brushed his lips against hers. "You'll always be my baby." He whispered to her. She smiled wider.
You'll always be my baby? What kind of sappy ass line is that? Okay…it was kind of cute. But anything from AC's mouth is deemed repulsive! They went into a full blown kiss. I faked gagged when I saw them and immediately closed the door, earning an eye-roll from Chloe. "Why didn't Lois tell him it was from Clark?" Chloe asked.
I made my way to the couch and sat down. "Because, Chloe, she doesn't want AC to assume that she and Clark are involved." I sighed. "She's trying to run away from the possibility that she and Clark are becoming close."
"But the necklace is making it even clearer." Chloe said.
"Exactly." I smiled. "I think we should pay Lois a little visit." Chloe agreed with me and we exited my apartment building and went down to Lois's own. I knocked on the door and Lois opened it. We smiled "Hi, Lois." I said chirpily.
"Oh, God." She breathed and slammed the door. I was taken aback, but at the same time, impressed. This day was turning out even better. She knew that we were coming to ask her about the necklace. Somehow, she knew. She opened the door again, and plastered a smile on her face. "Hey, guys." She said happily. "What's up?"
"Nothing. Just came to see our friend, Lois." I said using the equal amount of energy she used. I then gawked at her necklace. "Lois, where did you get that?" I asked innocently. She sighed wearily. Sorry Lois. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
"Someone gave me." Lois murmured. "So, you guys want something to drink?" She's trying to change the subject. Okay, Chloe your turn.
"Yeah, we know. But who?" Lois looked at her cousin. She was enjoying this just as much as me. Smiling all sweetly and innocently and giving unreadable expressions to Lois. Lois sighed again.
"Clark." She mumbled.
"What?" Chloe and I both asked.
"Clark, alright!" She blurted out. "Clark gave it to me. He's apologizing by giving me this beautiful gift." She looked down at it and touched it tenderly. I smirked. Not just some old thing, is it, Lois? "You know I should call him right now and tell him thanks." She picked up the receiver.
"No!" Chloe and I both exclaimed. Lois looked surprised and nearly dropped the receiver. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously at us. "Why?"
"Because," I gave an excuse. "Lana is staying over Clark's house. What if she picks up the phone? She'll get highly suspicious if she finds out Clark gave you a necklace." Geez, I didn't want to make it sound bad but I had to make up something.
"Yeah, and she'll also find it suspicious because Clark never gave her one." Chloe added. No! Bad move, Chloe. Bad move.
"You're right." Lois said, putting down the receiver. "How come Clark gave me a necklace? He never gives anything to Lana." Think fast, Shauna, think fast!
"Well, he really cares about you, Lois." I said. She looked up at me and for once, her mask was down. I could see a sparkle of hope in her eyes. Excellent, Shauna! The sappy part always hooks them in.
"Yeah, but I should still call." I inwardly groaned. Great. It didn't work. Before she dialed the number, she looked nervously at us. "You guys don't have to stay, you know." She told us. Chloe nodded and beckoned me to go with her. But I shook my head.
"No, I want to stay. I want to hear the explanation also." I sat down in one of the chairs, leaning back. "I mean, I know Clark is sweet but this is too much." Lois nodded, agreeing with me. I half-smiled. All suspicions she had on me had turned to dust. Chloe exited the apartment and Lois made that phone call. Lana answered and Lois told her to tell Clark that she needed to talk to him.
A few minutes later, someone knocked on her door. Lois opened it and saw a confused, yet concerned Clark leaning on the doorpost. "Lois, are you alright? Lana said that you needed to talk to me and I was near the building so…" His voice trailed away when he saw Lois's trademark smirk. "Lois."
"You know, I thought you liked the weak-minded and innocent but me…not so much." She folded her arms. "So what the hell possessed you to buy me this?" She lifted the necklace up for him to see. "I mean, I like it but…why?"
Clark raised his brow. "She's right, Clark." I said. "Since when do you have a soft spot for the sarcastic?" Clark looked at both of us, bewildered.
"Lois, I…" But I interrupted him.
"But, no matter how many questions Miss I'm-going- to-suck-the-fun-out-of-everything-Clark-does have, I still think it's a wonderful gift. Right?" I cocked my head to the side so that he could get my point. Pick up, Clark! In that daft mind of yours there must be a smart light still shining!
"Hey I'm not a fun sucker!" Lois defended. I just rolled my eyes.
"Oh…right." Clark declared. I smiled, well pleased. "So, we're back on friendly terms?" Lois nodded as he entered the apartment.
"Of course. Since you apologized to me through this gift, I have no problems at all." Lois told him.
"What?" Clark said. "I'm not the one who should apologize. I believe you're the one who should." Lois stopped admiring the necklace and looked up at him.
"No, you were sorry that you acted like a jealous freak when you saw AC with me." Lois said slowly. I looked at Clark worriedly. Guys please don't start…
"For the last time, Lois. I wasn't jealous!" Clark exclaimed. "I felt betrayed that you didn't even tell me you and AC were dating!"
"Betrayed? Is that your euphuism for jealousy?" Lois bitterly spat. "Just admit it, Clark, you're jealous and you need to apologize."
"I'm
not apologizing!"
"Then why did you give me this necklace….?"
I looked up from my nails when I felt the silence. What's
happening, what's wrong? Lois turned at me and looked at me
reproachfully. "Shauna." I looked at her, confused.
"What did I do?" I asked slowly. She turned her head from me, trying to regain her calm. I got up. I looked at Clark who was looking at the ground. "What is it?"
"Shauna, can I speak to you, alone?" Before I could even answer he opened the door and dragged me outside. He slammed it shut and I winced at the sound. "What the hell happened back there!" He shouted at me. "Why did you make Lois think it was a gift from me? What did I ever do to her?" I glared at him incredulously.
God, did I have to spell it out for him?
He noticed my stare and sighed. "You think I'm jealous too?"
"Well, if the shoe fits…" I trailed away. He shook his head and looked down. "Alright, I admit that I made her think it was for you but I did it because I wanted you guys to be friends again. I hate it when you guys fight." Don't I sound like a five year old who wants her parents to get back together again? Pathetic, right? I didn't care.
I was desperate.
Suddenly, the door opened and Lois shoved the gift box in my direction. "I don't want it." She said bitterly. I sighed and was about to take it when Clark grabbed it from Lois.
"No, Lois. It's beautiful. You should have it."
"I don't care. It's not from you." And with that, she slammed the door in our faces. So, she's mad at me and Clark.
What's new?
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"Relax, she says. Calm down, she says. Lois won't find out, she says. Then why is Lois angry with us? Why, you ask?" I rolled her eyes at her little drama. "Because she found out, that's what!"
"Okay, Chloe, no need to get all uptight about it." I said calmly. Now, you're either wondering where Shauna is again or concluding that I took a sedative before I came to work. Actually it's neither. I got all the proof I needed from that little incident a few nights ago so I really didn't care if Lois was angry about it. In the long run, she'll thank me for it.
Don't you just hate it when you sound like your mother? "Uptight?" Chloe asked breaking me from my thoughts. "This is the first time I have ever gotten my cousin angry." She explained to me. I stopped fixing the rose arrangement and looked at her incredulously.
"Well, there's a first time for everything." I replied. Chloe sighed and leaned on the counter. I should have told her not to but I was too lazy today.
"So, Shauna what are we going to do?" She asked.
"You still want to go through with this?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"I've gone too far in this. I can't stop now." I smiled at her. See? This is what true partnership is. When everything else bites you in the ass, you'll still stick by your partner. "So…?"
"I got nothing." I calmly told her. It was true. We were at a buck…again! This was truly getting tiring. "Isn't there any event coming up that we can take advantage of?" I asked her. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Nope. None that I've heard of." She answered.
"Chloe, don't lean on the counter." Daniel scolded Chloe. I rolled my eyes at him. Geez, spare us a minute, will ya? "Shauna, I want to talk to you," he looked at Chloe, "alone." I sighed wearily as Chloe slowly got up from the counter and went to observe the arrangement of bluebells. He smiled at me. "Shauna, I know we haven't spoken since….that last party."
"Yeah, so?"
""Well, why?" I sighed again. Okay, so I told him I liked him. Couldn't he just accept that? Why did he want more?
Oh, no. Does he want…? Why did I not see this coming? Okay. The daftness must be contagious.
"Daniel. I do like you and I don't want to avoid you, but," I bit my lip and looked down. "I have to. I can't be in a relationship with you, Daniel. I won't be around for long." Daniel looked down.
"Oh." He said. I winced at the disappointment. "Okay," he cracked a grin. "Just checking." I smiled. "You can go back to work."
"There are absolutely no customers coming in today. The holidays are over and everyone is exhausted. Can this be used as an excuse to take leave for today?" I asked innocently. He laughed and nodded. "Great. C'mon Chloe. I need to speak to Clark for a few minutes." Suddenly, I felt a hand on my arm. I turned to look at Daniel.
"Are you going to the Clarks' New Years Eve Party?" ……………………………………………..
Chloe and I entered the Talon in search of Lana and Clark. We couldn't find them at Clark's house so they had to be here. It was after hours so the place was completely deserted. We walked toward the counter. "Hey, is any one here?" I called out. No one. "Where are they?" Chloe shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh, Clark…" We both heard. We looked at each other, confused, until we found the source of the voice. We leaned over the counter and saw Clark and Lana making out on the floor. I made a silent gagging noise and Chloe slapped my hand. Oh, God. Could they use a little less tongue? Geez. I stopped making gagging noises and smiled.
I think this is the perfect time to have that talk with him. Don't you?
"Clark, you are so jealous." I began. Once they heard my voice they immediately came apart and looked at us, surprised.
"Shauna, what are you…"
"And you know it and its gnawing you inside. It must suck having that kind of feeling." I ignored their confused stares and kept on talking. "That feeling of realization. It just hits you like a ton of bricks and suddenly, you have no where to turn to but the truth. The truth, Clark. The truth. You want to relieve that feeling so you have to tell the truth." I stopped talking and the room became thick with silence. The people around be didn't budge.
I think they were scared to.
"Just a theory." I shrugged. "Nothing big." I then smiled. "So, Chloe and I were wondering what we could bring for your party, Clark. Any suggestions?" I asked casually. It was a while before anyone really heard what I had said. Lana was the first one.
"Uh…nothing. We're fine." She said in a small voice. I nodded my head.
"Okay, well, I'm just going to retire for the night. Bye everyone." I said and hightailed upstairs. As I reach the last step, I hear Lana's questioning voice and smirked.
"Clark what was that about?"
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A week has passed. Lois still isn't talking to me, Clark keeps on giving me confused stares everytime I pass him, Lana gives me suspicious looks everytime I pass her and Chloe and I just can't wait until New Years' Eve. Its killing us!
I came downstairs one morning. The sun was shining, the place was calm and cool and I swore I could hear birds chirping at my window. I went to the counter and ordered black coffee. Ana immediately went to work. I sat down on one of the couches and grabbed a newspaper that was lying on the table.
Suddenly, I felt someone's presence beside me. I looked sideways to see Chloe smiling at me. However, she had dull circles underneath her eyes. She was trying to conceal them with makeup. I shook my head. "What were you doing up so late to give you those large circles under your eyes?" I asked her. She gasped and took out a mirror.
"Really, are they that big?" I sighed and continued looking in my newspaper. Ana soon gave me my coffee and I sipped it slowly. "Are we still waiting on New Year's Eve?" She hadn't answered my question.
"Yes, this is the only time it could actually work, you know that." I told her, taking another sip of my coffee. "Oh, by the way…"
"Lana's angry, why?" Chloe asked, interrupting me. I looked up to see Lana, furious as hell, rush past us. She was holding a box in her hand. "Doesn't that box look like Lois's gift box?" Chloe questioned. My eyes bolted wide open and I knew that Chloe's eyes were doing the same.
"Lana!" We both called out, making her stop. She turned around and looked at us. "Uh…what have you got there? It looks like a jewelry box." I said. She snorted and looked at it disdainfully.
"It is. I found it in Clark's drawer." She muttered. "I need to talk to Clark." She stormed past us and went inside the storage room. I trailed after her. The door stood ajar and I peeked through it. "What is this, Clark?" She held up the necklace to Clark's face. I rolled my eyes. What does it look like to you, Lana?
"A…necklace?" Clark nervously replied. He dug his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his heels.
"I mean…whose own is it?" She asked sharply. God, I felt sorry for Clark. Being trapped in such a predicament. And you'd think that with the letter 'L' dangling from it, she would assume it was hers. Chloe could have heard the situation also and maybe that would be the reason she pushed me in.
Lana and Clark looked at me and I smiled. "Hi." I waved.
"Maybe we should talk about this later?" He said, nodding his head toward me. Yeah, Lana, later. When he comes up with an excuse.
"I don't care if she's here; I want to know whose it is." She said, the words coming through her gritted teeth. Whoa, sorry, dude, I tried. I looked at Clark and he gave me pleading eyes to help him. "Clark, I don't have time for this, answer me!"
"It's…yours." He said, smiling. "Um…it's your gift." He replied. My jaw dropped. Oh, Lois is so going to kill him.
"My gift? For what?" She asked again. He frowned. How're you going to explain that now, Clarkie?
"For…being my girlfriend. For just being…you." He said and smiled again. Lana's hard cold eyes melted into sot warm ones as she smiled. "Here, let me…" She nodded and gave him the necklace. He clasped it around her neck and gave her a…gah…kiss on the neck. Kill me now, I think she shuddered.
"Clark, I don't know what to say." Lana said to him. Why don't you give him advice on how to avoid Lois? That would certainly come in handy later. "This is beautiful. I love it. Just as much as I love you." She said earnestly. I winced. Uh…didn't she notice I was still here? She, unfortunately, caught my wince and looked concerned. "Shauna, are you okay?"
I smiled and patted my chest. "Yeah, just," I cleared my throat twice. "some heartburn." I patted my chest again. "I have pills for this. I'll just go get them…hi, Lois!" I exclaimed as she came into the room. I smiled nervously at her. I looked at Clark and gave him 'run now' stare.
"We need some more marshmallows, they going like hot…" she looked at the necklace. Her face immediately fell. I wanted to hold her back from killing Lana but I didn't have the kind heart to do so. I was, right now, in my Lana hater moment. Fortunately, she retained her calm. "Nice necklace." She murmured. Clark gave her a sympathetic glance.
"Thanks. Clark gave it to me." Lana smiled and reached for a pack of marshmallows. She tossed it to Lois who caught it. Lois gave Clark a murdering look and then smiled weakly to Lana. She rushed out of that room before we knew it. I sighed and looked at Clark. He looked so sad. He really didn't want to hurt Lois feelings.
"This will always symbolize your love for me, won't it?" She looked deeply into Clark's eyes, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, it will." He said back. They smiled at each other. Ugh…gushy moment. I can feel a real heartburn starting to churn up.
"Nice." I said sweetly. "Clark can I talk to you for a moment?" He looked at me nervously but I simply smiled. I led him outside and closed the door.
Shauna, I…" Clark immediately started. But I put up my hands in front of me causing him not to continue.
"No, its okay." I calmly told him. "I'm not going to say anything only…what possessed you to give it to Lana!" I said in a deep hiss.
"Did I have any other choice?" Clark said as an excuse. "I couldn't say 'It's Lois's, I'm keeping it for her'. She would have gotten suspicious." He sighed as I nodded in agreement. He didn't have any other choice. "I just hope Lois understands…"
"No, she'll kill you." I cut him off.
"But, if I just talk to her…"
"She'll kill you." I told him, more slowly. "Clark she only saw the last part. So, she'll assume that you just gave it to Lana to anger her." Clark hung his head in shame. "Okay, I've narrowed it down to two possible ways she can kill you: by stabbing you or by strangling you, which one would you prefer? I'll tell her." Clark looked up and narrowed his eyes angrily at me.
"This is not funny, Shauna."
I said this with my best casual voice. "I never meant it to be." I left him alone and walked to where Chloe was sitting. She was reading the newspaper. I put my head down and groaned. This is getting worse by the minute and New Years' Eve is coming up very soon.
"So, let me get this straight." Chloe said. I looked up at her. "Clark lied to Lana, telling her it was her necklace, when really, its Lois's." I nodded. "Wow. The…idiot."
"Yep." I agreed.
"Clark's dead." She said.
"Pretty much." I replied. "Um….I have to get my purse upstairs. See you, Chloe." I said. I paid a tip and ran upstairs. I suddenly stop short when I saw Clark knocking on Lois's door.
"Lois, please talk to me. Please." He said, the pleading in his voice was so heartbreaking. He knocked again but there was no answer. He sighed and shook his head. "Lois." He said for the last time. "You know what, fine! Fine! If you want to be so stubborn with me, then fine! I give up!" He looked up at my shocked face. "Shauna, don't say anything."
"I wasn't…"
"I don't care anymore." Those were just four words that made a sentence. Probably wouldn't be important to just any person. But when Clark Kent, the most caring and giving guy in the whole world who has a heart the size of the universe says that, then it is a BIG shocker. He rushed past me and down the stairs. I watched him exit the Talon and I groaned.
It could have been anyone else he didn't care about. Anyone else. Hell, even I wouldn't mind if he said he didn't care about me. But it had to be Lois. And it pisses me off that it had to be Lois. That stubborn, little wrench just had to get on Clark's bad side….and Clark had to get on her bad side. I put my hand on my forehead and shook my head.
I am screwed.
No.
I'm not screwed. I'm not taking this crap any longer. I should have done something along time ago. I should have never used chance.
I should have used force.
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"Okay," I said to Chloe as we entered the barn. The music was cranked up to an ultimate high, there were many people dancing, drinking and just having a great time. The light was dimmed so we could even see ourselves. I just assumed Chloe was beside me. "You find Clark and I find Lois and meet me at the stairs!" I shouted to Chloe.
"Yeah!" I heard a reply. I began my way through the crowd which was harder than expected. I could hardly see a thing and I felt cramped the whole time. Since when did Clark have large parties? Even bigger question: did his parents know about this? I looked beside me and saw someone dancing and holding a light bar in his hand. I made my way over to him and grabbed the bar.
"Hey!" He shouted when he realized his light bar was gone. I smiled and continued to make my way through.
"You'll get it back, promise!" I called out to him. I then heard a sigh and looked sideways to see a figure beside me, drinking beer. I shone the light on her to get a better view.
"Geez, Shauna, you wanna blind me?" Lois said, pushing the light bar away. I suddenly grabbed her and took the bottle away from her. "Hey, what are you doing?"
"Okay, look," I began making my way to the stairs. "Its New Years Eve and I don't want someone New years' Resolution to be to kill me. So, I'm apologizing for giving you that necklace that wasn't even from Clark, I'm sorry I acted bitchy with AC; but he had it coming, he was really annoying and I'm just sorry for everything that I did to you for the past few months." I saw Chloe and an impatient Clark at the stairs. I smiled at him and he gave me a questionable stare when he saw me holding Lois. "Now, Lois, you have a visitor." She looked at Clark and immediately wriggle out of my grip.
"I don't want to talk to him."
"There you go being that little immature, stubborn idiot!" I shouted at her. She looked taken aback and so was Clark. "You and Clark are going to talk about this problem because I've already said my part in the apology."
I was about to walk away when Lois blocked me. "And what if I don't want to talk to him." She really thought her figure was intimidating to me. I rolled my eyes.
"Then, I swear to God, I will tell Lana whose necklace it really is."
"She'll understand, Shauna." Clark defended. I looked at him and smirked.
"Not if I….improvise to it." I said. Clark's eyes widened. "Yeah, Clark, she might wanna dump after all of this."
"Are you blackmailing us?" Lois sneered.
"Yeah, basically." I said without hesitation. I was about to walk away when I turned around. "And we will be watching you. Have fun!" I waved and smiled sweetly at them. Chloe followed me wordlessly. We stood a few steps away from them. Lois sighed and sat down on the stairs.
"I don't care what she wants to tell Lana, I'm not talking to you." She muttered. And then, instead of arguing back, Clark did and amazing thing. He chuckled. She looked at him reproachfully. "What the hell are you laughing at, Kent."
"Shauna was right, you are immature."
"I'm immature? Well, what do you expect from me, Kent? You want me to ask you why? I already know why. "
"Oh, you do know?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Well what is it?" He asked innocently. "And I do hope it contains to words, 'You didn't have a choice' and 'Lana found it in your drawer'. Lois looked up at him and I could see some of the anger seeping out of her eyes. Maybe, not all that clearly because it was dark but it could be concluded.
"What? She found out?" Lois said, surprised. "I…I didn't know."
"Yeah, you're right. You didn't know." Clark spat out.
"20 minutes until New Year's!" The DJ said over the mike. Damn, he hired a DJ, too? This was so for Lana. I could see the 'I'd do anything for Lana' trait coming out on him.
"So…you had no choice." Lois said.
"I was cornered." Clark said. "Lois, you know I wouldn't do that to you. Sometimes, our bickering can be overbearing and take us to the edge but you have to know, Lois that no matter what, I'll always care for you, always."
Lois then did the next best thing. She smiled. "Always, Clark?" Clark smiled also and walked closer to her.
"Always."
"Even when I annoy you to the point where you can't take it anymore?" Clark chuckled.
"Always, Lois."
"Even if I punched you in front of everybody?" She folded her arms and smirked at him when he didn't say a thing. "I thought so." Clark laughed.
"I don't even think you could hit me."
"You wanna bet?" She asked and stood up. Clark shook his head and rolled his eyes at his friend…yeah, they have to be friends, now! Lois's smirk vanished and she looked down. "Sorry about lying to you about AC, Clark." Clark's smile vanished also and he shrugged.
"And sorry about lying to you about the necklace…and I'm sorry I was jealous." he reluctantly said. Lois gasped mockingly.
"Are you…are you telling me that you were jealous of AC?" She gasped again as Clark rolled his eyes at her drama. "Call the government, Clark's jealous!" She laughed out loud.
"Alright, guys, six more minutes!" The DJ announced. The music was turned down low and the lights became bright again. I looked at Clark and Lois. I gasped. There were that close to each other? They obviously noticed it too and went a step back. Chloe and I looked at each other and smiled.
"5!" The crowd shouted.
"My light bar!" The owner grabbed his light bar out of my hands. "Shauna!"
"Daniel!" I said and hugged him.
"4!"
"This must be one of the best New Years I've ever had!" Lois exclaimed to Clark. He nodded.
"3!" Chloe and I were about to go over to them when Daniel grabbed my hand and pulled me back.
"You can't leave; I haven't gotten my New Years' kiss." I laughed at him and he smiled at me.
"2!"
'1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" The crowd boomed. I had to put my hands over my ears as everyone cheered and hooted and screamed. Daniel drew me into a kiss which I comfortably returned. We broke apart seconds later and Daniel…walked away? Huh?
"Clark!" I heard Lois call to Clark. He looked at her. "I think you should find your girlfriend, she'd want a New Year's kiss." Clark looked at her for a few seconds. She looked back at him hesitantly. "What?"
"What about you?" He asked her. Lois's eyes widened and she fell dumbfounded as Clark moved closer to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and drew her closer to him. "Lois, I'm so sorry…" He said, before he crashed his lips against hers.
Oh. My. God. I tapped Chloe on the shoulder. She looked at me questioning before looking to where I was staring. Her jaw dropped
"They're…kissing!" I screamed at her. "They're kissing, they're kissing, and they're kissing!" I jumped up and down. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! This is exactly what I had been hoping for! All those weeks and they're finally kissing! Whoo-hoo!
New Year Rocks, Baby!
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AN: I hope you guys liked it. I posted this two hours before New Year's. Sorry for the wait. I started too late…hey, that rhymes! Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR! This has been an okay year for me. I hope it has been good for you. Alrighty, people, you know what to do!