Later at the Talon, Lois was exhausted but it was only eight o'clock and she still had two hours till closing.

Chloe walked in with Lex and Bruce, "Hey cuz, coffee for three?"

"Sure. Hi Bruce," Lois grinned at him.

"Hi Lois. How was your day?"

"Busy and yours?"

"Interesting."

"I'll get your coffee," Lois said.

When she came back, she became distracted by Bruce's smile and accidentally dropped the tray with the coffees on it.
"I'm such a klutz," Lois said embarrassed as she tried to clean the mess up.

Bruce got up and helped her pick up the broken cups. As he was reaching for a broken shard of glass he accidentally touched her hand making Lois giggle.

Clark walked into the Talon just in time to witness the sparks between them.

"What's going on?" Clark asked as he walked up to them.

"Um… I just dropped this and Bruce was helping me," Lois explained as she headed back to the kitchen.

"I see," Clark frowned annoyed, "So Lex… how did your meeting go?"

"Pretty good, actually. I think you'll be seeing the Wayne-Lex partnership in the news soon," Lex smirked as he took a sip of his coffee.

Later after Lex and Bruce had explained everything about the partnership to Chloe so she could make notes for her article, Lois closed up The Talon.

Chloe, Bruce, and Lex had left. Clark was waiting for Lois to finish locking up before he left to go home. He went to go use the bathroom while Lois was cleaning up. She was wiping down the tables when she heard a knocking at the door as saw Bruce standing outside.

"Sorry Lois. Can you let me in? I forgot my hotel keys," Bruce said through the door smiling at her.

"Sure," she said letting him in, "they must be around here somewhere," Lois grinned at him. Finding them under the table where Bruce had sat earlier, she yelled out, "Here!" She put the keys in his hand, but the way he was looking at her Lois drop them.

"What's with me today?" Lois asked as she to kneeled down to pick up the keys. Bruce helped her up. He couldn't resist her beauty any longer. He pulled her into his arms and gave her a long and passionate kiss.

Clark came back from the bathroom and watched the whole scene, jealousy written all over his face.

"I'll see you tomorrow Lois," Bruce said with a wink. "Bye Clark."

"What happened?" Clark asked curiously.

"Huh… Oh, he forgot his kiss…keys!" Lois answered still dazed from Bruce's kiss.

"In your mouth?"

"What's your problem Clark?" Lois asked a little annoyed at his questioning. "I don't need your approval. You aren't my father."

"Fine. Goodnight then," Clark left The Talon slamming the door behind him.

Continued...