It was 9:30 and Lois was late. Her day had started off really really bad. First last night she had gotten into a fight with Richard, then she called Clark and he wasn't home, then her alarm didn't go off this morning, Then she was in a rush to get all of her makeup on and since that happened she looked lousy and she was still tired because her bed wouldn't let her get to sleep. And she got stuck in traffic and pretty much all hell broke lose.

Lois sighed as she got off of the elevator. She walked straight to her desk and sat down. Unaware of the two pairs of eyes that followed her every move.

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Clark had seen how Lois had came in today and from the call last night he knew something was up with Lois. He just hadn't been able to figure out what. He was worried because she hadn't told him anything except that she needed to speak to him.

He got out of his chair and walked toward Lois who had sat down and put her head in her hands. He just stood at her desk for a few seconds without her realizing she was there yet.

When she looked up she was startled to see Clark there. "Shi….. Clark you spooked me. You shouldn't sneak up on people like that. What's up? Do you need something?"

Clark stood there for a second wondering what to say. " Umm…..well I just wanted to talk to you about last night. You called remember."

At first she didn't have a clue what he was talking about then it hit her. She called him last night to talk because her and Richard had gotten into a fight. He didn't seem to have any patience with her anymore. Since the whole ordeal with Superman and Lex Luthor he seemed to not to be able to handle her anymore.

"Umm well it doesn't mater anymore Clark. Just don't worry about it." She lied. She just didn't want him to get worried about something he shouldn't have to deal with.

He didn't believe her. So he pushed a little. "Are you sure, because it sounded urgent last night. Whatever it is you can talk to me. I am your friend Lois. You can talk to me." He Didn't mean to tell her all of that it just sort of popped out.

She stared up at him for a minute. She didn't think he would have said anything like that but Clark always seemed to surprise her once in a while.

"LOIS, MY OFFICE NOW!" Perry White called out to her. He had noticed that she was extremely late and she didn't look well and he was worried about her. He just couldn't let everyone else know that.

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Jimmy looked on as Clark went and talked to Lois. And he watched the whole time. All up to the point when Perry yelled for Lois. He knew Lois was having a bad day so he knew today was most likely not the day to go to Lois about what he had figured out. So he figured she could wait until tomorrow or until she was in a good mood again. He just hoped it would be soon so he wouldn't have to be the only one that knows about Superman. It was only a day and he already wanted to talk to someone about it.