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Clark's POV

Chapter Two: Another Day at Work


"Lois? Chief wants you." I mumbled.

She looked up with a half-dazed smile. "Right...thanks Clark."

Her black shoes walked silently across the carpet towards Chief's office. I continued to gaze after her as she entered his office.

"Oh yeah. You've noticed Chief's new tie huh?"

I spun around. Jimmy noisily sipped his morning coffee as he misunderstood my stare. But nevertheless my eyes followed his finger as he pointed me to Chief's tie. He was sporting a decorated (probably done by himself, by the looks of it) Superman theme tie. I smiled wide.

"Oh and uh, I need your help on my camera? There's this thing blocking the lenses and it won't budge." Jimmy led me towards his cubicle. My eyes followed Lois in the office until Jimmy practically shoved his "precious" camera in front of me.

"...if you could help." Jimmy Olsen smiled.

I nodded, but my mind was lost with Lois and her beauty. Accidentally, I had cracked Jimmy's lenses on his camera. Looking down, I frantically tried to fix it. Jimmy looked at me in awe.

"What has five years done to you Clark? Not to worry, Chief owes me a new one anyway." Jimmy casually took the camera from my shaking hands.

Ignoring Jimmy's babbling, my mind flashed to a night, five years ago...

"Oh my God, I'm in love with a superhero." Lois laughed softly.

Her laugh was the twinkle in the night sky. She was everything to me.

I grinned. "I'm in love with a star reporter so you can't say anything Miss Lane."

She playfully hit me. "Superman, when will you ever tell me who you truly are?"

I bit my lip. "Superheroes don't reveal identities. It's the cape that keeps me covered."

"From what?" she demanded.

"From...from mistakes." I finally answered.

"Mistakes? Clark, these five years, all you created was mistakes!" I whispered bitterly to myself.

"Clark, come in here." Perry White pointed at me and beckoned me over. I gave a wave to Jimmy as I headed towards Chief.

"Yes sir?" I asked as I entered his office.

"Superman...he's all the world cares about. Heck, I owe him my life. He saved me from the falling logo on top of our building. Superman, Superman, Superman..." Chief murmured to himself.

I glanced over at Lois. She shrugged. Apparently, Chief had also fallen in love with Superman.

"Lois. Clark. I want you two to work together on creating a Superman profile. Metropolis has never seen such greater days since five years ago when he left! This city needs something to remember him by and I want the Daily Planet to create it! You have two weeks. Get to work!" Chief announced.

I quietly closed the door to White's office. "Soooo...we're partners." I stated, nervously. God, I sound like an idiot.

"Listen Clark? Have you ever wanted to deeply discover someone's secrets? I mean, I don't want to like trepass or anything but I need to know. Like who the hell they are and who they truly care about. Have you ever wanted to do something like this?" Lois asked me in a rush.

"Uhh..." was all I could say. Is she trying to send a message? Wait...was she-

"Never mind. I suppose this project could help me." she answered softly.

"You wanna find out about...Superman? Like, his identity?" I asked quickly. Oh no...

"Sort of. No. Yes. Maybe. Precisely!" Lois said. She stared straight into my eyes, like she was trying to dig for the truth.

I immediately looked down. "Then...then let's get to work!" I smiled nervously.

She stood up and gave me a hug. "Thank you Clark. I knew you would understand."

Oh I understand. But you can't.


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