To Meddle or Not to Meddle
Their New Year's Resolution
AN: Thank you so much for the reviews everyone! MUCH appreciated. Okay, here's the next chapter and some of you will hate it at first but just bear with me, okay, Clois WILL COME. It's only a matter of time…
Disclaimer: You know, I forgot about this. Okay, look, if I owned the characters, do you really think I would make this story?
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I moved away from the window ledge and sat down in the couch. I then began looking around Lois's apartment. I had been in here for a half an hour, waiting for Lois to come back from the party. Or at least that's where I assumed she'd be, trying to avoid Clark.
Yes, you heard me. After their little…ahem…rendezvous, she had walked away from him. I had stopped screaming in Chloe's ear and gave Clark a confused stare after she had vanished. He just walked away also. Okay, I admit, it was a little awkward, but they both wanted it and I knew for a fact that they both loved it. And, yeah, yeah, Lana is still Clark's girlfriend. So, I guess I would say that kiss wasn't a boost to their relationship but just a little wakeup call to what they were really feeling.
It's either that, or they got caught up in the moment. And most likely, they would give us that excuse. I looked at my watch and sighed. It was now a quarter to four and Lois still wasn't here.
Suddenly, I heard the door opening. I turned around to see Lois closing it. I smiled. "So, Lois where'd you disappear to after Clark kissed you?" She turned around swiftly, startled that I was in her apartment.
"How the hell did you get in here?" Lois asked me. I smiled wider.
"Chloe gave me her set of keys." I replied. She nodded not really listening to me and headed toward the kitchen. She grabbed a bottle of rum that was in her cupboard and was about to open it when I grabbed it from her. She was about to say something but I stopped her. "Before you drown out your sorrows, just tell me, where'd you go after?"
"It's really none of your business." She snapped at me. I put my arms akimbo and raised an eyebrow at her, giving her a 'is that really going to stop me?' stare. She sighed. "I…I went to sit down on the front steps of the house." She muttered. She went to the couch, completely forgetting the rum. "Shauna…"She bit her lip. "I drink…at times and I know that sometimes I can be the most annoying cynical being ever. I…scull class at times to do other more important stuff, I…torture my father with worry everytime I do scull and I have to take care of my sister who can be such a badass sometimes." She revealed to me. "I can be all of these things, Shauna. But you have to know that I would never, ever be in an affair with someone. Friend or not." She sighed again. "I just don't do that, Shauna and when I kissed Clark, I freaked. And not only because he's the goody-two-shoes, Greatest Plaid King of the century, and I hate that, but because he has a girlfriend..."
"Who has your necklace." I interrupted. I still couldn't get over that. The idiot gave his girlfriend someone else's necklace.
"Drop it, Shauna." Lois snapped. I put up my hands in surrender. She groaned and lay down. "What am I going to do?"
"Well, you can't ignore him, he's everywhere." I told her. She glared at me. "Right. Not helping." I quickly added. She then chuckled.
"You must love this. It's what you've always wanted." She said to me. I shrugged my shoulders. Her eyes widened. "What? You don't want this?"
"No. Not if it doesn't make you happy." I replied. She stared at me like I had three heads growing out of me. "I'm serious. The only way you'll actually go with Clark…"
"I don't know how the hell you imagine it…" She mumbled, cutting me off. I rolled my eyes.
"….is if he's single." I continued, ignoring her. "With Lana around, this relationship isn't going to happen."
"Relationship? Lana not around? Are you nuts? That will never happen!" She stood up. "Even if Lana weren't around, this still wouldn't happen! Smallville is…Smallville and I'm Lois Lane! Gorillas would have to speak our language before I get myself involved with Clark!" Note to self: teach Gorillas our language. "I…I have to get away from here….school! School is starting next week. By then, I'm out of this hellhole!"
"Lois…"
"Don't try to persuade me, Shauna! I can't do this! And I won't! Clark Kent belongs with Lana Lang and we can't do a thing about it!"
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"Isn't it beautiful?" Lana asked us for third time that morning. I glanced up at her. She was admiring the necklace once again. I rolled my eyes at her. Couldn't she get over it? Yeah, so Clark gave her the necklace, BIG whoop! It was starting to annoy me now. Chloe gave me a worried glance and turned back to her conversation with Lana. Don't worry, Chloe, I won't bash Lana and 'her' necklace. I'll just keep on giving her evil stares behind my coffee mug. "I still can't believe Clark gave it to me. It's too precious to be in my possession."
I quietly snorted. Damn right.
She then chuckled. "Clark must really love me." I looked up from my coffee and growled low. He does not love you. It was proven at the New Years Party. You're just too blind to see it! Chloe heard my growl and put her finger to her lips. I took in a deep breath and smiled calmly at her.
"Hey, guys." Clark called. We greeted him back. He walked behind the counter and took Lana into his arms and kissed her. I gritted my teeth. Okay, enough is enough. This is getting too disgusting for me! He likes Lois! Not Lana. Lois!
"Hey!" I shouted. They stopped and looked at me. "We're still here. Please don't torture us." I snapped at them. Clark looked down and Lana turned away. Chloe looked at me with questioned eyes but I ignored them. Clark eventually came out from behind the counter and sat down between Chloe and me. Lana handed Clark some coffee and he smiled and drank it.
We pretty much sat in silence for a while. Chloe staring out in space, me reading the Torch and Clark drinking his coffee. Isuddenly heard someone cough and I looked up to see Lana making signals to the air. I furrowed my brows in complete confusion. What the hell? I then realized that she wasn't doing to the air, she was doing it to someone…I turned around and saw Lex Luthor at the doorway. He had come inside so quietly that no one noticed instead of Lana. He was giving her signals so he didn't notice me looking at him. What was going on?
Lana's eyes shifted to Clark and I immediately got the picture. I folded up my newspaper. Paid a tip and stood up. Lana immediately stopped what she was doing and gave me a nervous smile. I smiled back and turned around to Lex. He stopped signaling and nodded his head at me. I nodded my head back at him.
"Hey, Clark we need to talk. Upstairs." I said sternly. He looked at me and sighed. He knew what that stern voice meant. We had to talk about the kiss.
"Yeah, sure." He said slowly. He got up and was about to turn around when I dragged him to the stairs. He gave a questioned stare, but I ignored it.
"C'mon, Chloe." I called out. She nodded and said good-bye to Lana before heading upstairs. We walked toward Lois's apartment and I knocked on the door. Lois opened it.
"What?" She said impatiently. She then noticed Clark was with me. "Clark! I mean, uh, Clark, what are you doing here?" She smiled nervously. "I was just packing up to leave…"
'Why are you leaving?" He said, cutting her off.
"I have school, duh." She replied. He grinned and shook his head. "I have to finish packing, do you mind?"
"Yes, we do mind." I said. "You guys need to talk about the kiss and Lois; I need that skirt you burrowed from me."
"I don't…"
"But it's okay." I said, cutting her off. "Chloe and I will find it in your closet." I grabbed Chloe's hand and we entered her bedroom. Spying time!
Clark dug his hands in his pockets. He was waiting for Lois to say something. A few seconds later, he decided to start it. "Lois, the kiss…"
"Look Clark, as far as I know, that kiss never happened." Lois said and smirked.
"Good." Clark nodded. "I was hoping you would say that. I mean, I didn't want you to get the wrong idea about us. And then there would be confusion… "
"First of all, you're rambling. Second of all, there is no 'us'." Lois interrupted him. "You can go now."
"Uh, yeah, yeah." He turned around opened the door. He then looked back. "Lois…are we still friends?" Lois forcibly smiled at him, trying to look calm.
"What do you think, Smallville?" Clark smiled back and exited the apartment. Lois let out a long sigh and sat down on the couch. "You guys can come out, now." I cautiously stepped out, with Chloe behind me. "You…idiots." She said quietly.
"Hey, look, I know you didn't want to do that, but you needed to talk to him." I said sitting down beside her. "You shouldn't be a coward Lois. It doesn't look good on you."
"Stop that!" She shouted and got up. "You made us be friends. Great, amazing, thought you'd never achieve. But, you did. So, can't you just be satisfied with that?" her eyes pleaded.
"Hmm, lemme think about that…no." I said. She groaned and shook her head. "Lois, he likes you too. You know that, we know that and his damn subconscious knows that. He wouldn't kiss you if he didn't."
"But, he was just caught up in the moment, Shauna. The whole New Year's Party kiss got to his farm boy head and I was the only person of the opposite sex standing beside him at the time." Lois said, exasperatedly. I rolled my eyes at her excuse. Well, that wasn't a bad attempt. I thought she was going to say that she tripped and his lips broke his fall. "You know what, I need to pack." She said, trying to catch her breath. She rushed inside her bedroom and shut the door.
I smirked at her frustration. This was fun. Okay, I'm evil because I say that but this worked. It always worked. Driving them up the wall until they cracked. Annoying as hell but effective.
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A day until school starts. Blah. I don't feel up to it anymore. Lois was gone, far away from Clark, much to my chagrin. Lana was continuing to show off that damn necklace, much to my chagrin. Even though Lois and Clark had reconciled, I knew she still had a sore spot about it. Clark is guiltier than ever and I never fail to remind him. Damn idiot gave her girlfriend Lois's necklace…. yet, somehow, it's our fault too.
If Chloe and I hadn't given her, none of this wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't have gotten into another fight with Clark, Lana wouldn't be showing the necklace off, thinking it was hers; Clark and Lois wouldn't have kissed…..wait a minute. Clark and Lois wouldn't have kissed. Okay, maybe we shouldn't feel so guilty about it. I mean, if we hadn't given her the necklace, they wouldn't have kissed! I can't believe it. Clark kissed Lois. I walked down the hall and unlocked my apartment door. I still can't believe it! Clark kissed…
"Lana?" I said after seeing Lana sitting down on the couch. "What are you doing here?" She looked up at me and smiled.
"I just wanted to thank you for…." she swallowed hard before continuing. "um, getting rid of Clark." She said quietly. "I know that came out heartless but that's what it seems like." I looked at her sympathetically. I don't hate Lana; I just think she's annoying. She could just be friends with him and I wouldn't mind….much.
"Well, I'm glad I could help."
"You know something, don't you?" She asked, suspicious. I gulped hard and walked away from her, ignoring her question. "Well…?" I slowly turned around and smiled.
"Why would you think that?" I asked.
"Because you helped us. Frankly, you wouldn't care." She folded her arms. "I know you don't like Clark and me together and I knew if you had an opportunity to break us up, you would dive into it." I raised one eyebrow at her. Darn, we're dealing with an observant one. "So, why'd you do it? Why'd you help us? Is it in a form of a threat? Are you trying to tell us that you know something and you wouldn't be afraid of telling Clark?"
Hmm…which lie should I start with first?
"Okay, first of all, I like you and Clark together." I was literally laughing in my head when I said that statement. "I would never try to break you guys up." I think, by that time, I beganrolling in laughter. "I don't know what kind of secret you're talking about and call me uncaring but I thought you just wanted time to talk with Lex and Clark wouldn't understand."
There was a moment of silence. I think she just realized that she was acting like a paranoid freak. She unfolded her arms. "Oh. Well, I guess I should apologize. I've just been so…jumpy lately." She looked down. I nodded my head. I understood. Going behind your boyfriend's back with his archenemy, tends to give a feel of paranoia.
She left five minutes after and I was soon on my way to the Florist Shop.
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I entered the shop put on my apron and went around the counter. Daniel came from behind the back and gave me a small smile before disappearing again. And, it wasn't until I finished serving my last customer that I saw his face.
I scrunched up my face in confusion. Why was he ignoring me? I took off my apron and walked towards his office. Was it about the party? What the hell did I do wrong? I knocked on his office door. "Come in." The muffled voice said. I opened the door and came inside. He looked up and smiled weakly. "Shauna, what are you...?"
"Drop it, boy." I snapped at him. He blinked in surprise and dropped whatever he was doing. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Nothing…"
"Don't give me that." I said, fiercely cutting him off. "I have way too much problems right now to believe that crap. At the party, you were perfectly fine. But after you kissed me, you just…left. You didn't even say anything to me. And, now, you're acting like it's just fine and hunky-dory between us. What is it?"
"Why do you care?" He replied. "As far you're concerned, we can't have a relationship." He mimicked me.
"You immature bastard. You're gonna hold a grudge on me because I can't have a relationship with you?" I said to him incredulously. "What kind of bull is that?"
"Well, at least we're even." He smirked at me. "I'm kind of busy, right now. Could we talk about this later?"
"Of course. When I quit!" I shouted. He looked up at me, alarmed. "Yeah, you heard me. You see, I can't work with jackasses." I smiled and exited the office, slamming the door on my way out. I collected my bag and left the shop, thankfully, for the last time.
Okay, okay, I admit. I have been a little hard on Daniel lately but I never meant to hurt the guy. I just…used him and…led him on…argh! Fine. I hurt him and I guess I deserved his treatment. Great, now I feel like crap. Uh…I need to persuade. Persuading people was always good for my nerves. Uh…I bit my lip in thought. Clark! God, Clark needs as much persuasion as I need food.
I got in my car and drove immediately to Clark's house.
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I parked my car at the barn and hopped out. "Shauna!" Clark shouted. I turned to see him stacking haystacks. I smiled and walked over to him. "What are you doing here?" He asked. I shrugged my shoulders and leaned on one of the iron gates.
"You like her." I said. He looked at me perplexed.
"Like who?" He asked. I simply shook my head.
"No, you don't like her, yet. But you're attracted to her. It would definitely be the reason why you kissed her." Clark stopped his activity and looked at me. I noticed and looked at him. "What?"
"Shauna…." He looked away. "That…that was just a friendly kiss." I raised my eyebrow at him. I didn't know friendly kisses included a lot of tongue. But I ignored his statement and continued.
"At least your subconscious is on my side, right Clark?" I smirked at him.
"I am not attracted to Lois Lane. I love Lana." He said. "Just accept it."
"I'm trying. But your subconscious seems to be a little too skeptical to it." I said to him. He sighed and shook his head. I smiled. I'm driving him crazy. "Look, I would never want you break up with Lana. But you have to stop this attraction. It's not healthy." He looked down, obviously thinking.
Here it is, he's going to tell me what I need to know…c'mon, Clarkie, say it. You know you want to.
"Thanks, Shauna. But, I'm telling you, I love Lana and I would never think of anyone other than her." He said. My face fell. Damn it! I shook my head. Screw Clana. Just…screw! Argh! Why am I hearing the song 'We Belong Together' in my head!
"Yeah, I believe you." I murmured. "Look, I gotta go to Chloe's. She's leaving and I want to say good-bye."
"Okay, I said good-bye already but tell her again for me." He said. I forced a smile on my face and nodded.
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"I hate him and I hate Lana and I hate the damn, perfect world of Clana!" I shouted. Chloe patted my back and nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry, Chloe. Lana and Clark are your best friends, but they can be so infuriating sometimes!"
"I know, I know, Shauna." Chloe said. "It takes time." She said. I sighed and nodded my head in agreement.
"Yeah, I guess so." I said. I then looked at Chloe and smiled. "Here I am, mourning over my failed plan and you're going to be going back to school right now. I'm sorry." She smiled and we both hugged.
We parted and we both went outside. She turned around. "Shauna." She said sternly. I rolled my eyes. Here we go... "Don't do anything drastic." I nodded. "I mean it, Shauna. If you have a plan, tell me!"
"Yes, Chloe." I said. "Now hurry. You have a long trip ahead of you and your dad might try to make you stay. You know how worried he is about you driving alone on the road so late." She sighed.
"Yeah, I guess so." She entered her car. "Shauna Williams. You have to swear…"
"Chloe, can I ask you a question?" I said, cutting her off. "What do you do so late at night to give you those circles under your eyes?" She fell silent for a while before taking out a small box.
"Shauna, this is the reason." She said hesitantly. She opened the box and I saw a ring that had a red gem embedded in it. "I've been trying to understand why when Clark puts this on, his attitude changes."
Of course I knew about the ring and I knew about Clark's change in attitude and I knew it was the saving grace for my problem but I didn't tell her that.
"Oh. That's it?" I said innocently. "When you say attitude change, what do you mean?" She smirked.
"It means that what his subconscious is feeling, he lets it out." I raised my eyebrows excitedly. She noticed and shut the box. "But, we're not using it and I'm not giving it you." She closed her car door. "Bye, Shauna." She waved and immediately drove out of the driveway.
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AN: Gah! That was bad. But I just wanted Chloe to tell Shauna about the red kryptonite. Hint: next chapter is going to be choc full of Clois and Lana bashing. There's going to be so much, you'll need to put them in a bag but the bag might break…anyway, don't mind my ramblings just review!