Soft kisses on his face and lips was the first thing that registered on Clark Kent's mind as he woke up from deep slumber. As his eyes got used to the morning light, he caught sight of someone bending over him. "Lois!" he suddenly shot up in bed, startled to see his girlfriend in his bedroom, "What are you doing here?" "Well, as you did not pick up my call this morning, I called your mother. She invited me over for breakfast and wanted me to wake you up" said Lois Lane. "Umm, yeah, I don't mind the breakfast part, but waking me up!? Lo, I'm not in the correct outfit for you to see" protested Clark. "It's not something I don't see everyday" said Lois, smiling and put her hand on Clark's bare chest. "Fine, now can I get ready? We need to get to school" said Clark, smiling fondly at Lois.
After breakfast and some good-natured teasing, Clark and Lois made their way to class. "Senior year is about to get over in a week. How are you feeling about the graduation?" asked Clark as they took their appointed places next to each other. "I feel great! I can't wait to get to Met U and get into the journalism program" said Lois. Clark opened his mouth to reply when he was interrupted by a high pitched voice behind him. It was Lana Lang. She was Clark's neighbour and both of them had known each other since childhood. While Lana wanted a romantic relationship, Clark was oblivious to her advances and thought of her only as a friend. Lois had moved to the army base near Smallville as her father was an Army General. Her independent and feisty nature had caught Clark's eye and they acted on their mutual attraction. They had been a couple for almost a year. This was definitely a hard pill to swallow for Lana or the 'Pink Princess' as Lois called her.
"Hey, Clark? I'm having a party next week at my house? For our graduation, you know. Would you like to come?" She said this in a sickly sweet manner that made Lois feel quite sick. Lois knew that Lana was trying her last attempt at grabbing Clark before he left for college, where he would be practically unavailable. Clark was a bit confused as to why Lana was inviting him to party and at the fact that Lois was smirking. He replied to the hopeful Lana," I would love to come, but only if I can bring Lois with me."
Lois knew this was coming and beamed at Clark. Lana knew Clark would not come without Lois, so she extended a reluctant invitation to her too. The week went by pleasantly and graduation day came too quickly. Exam results were announced the day before and Clark and Lois passed with flying colours. Both got an acceptance letter from Met U and had a celebratory dinner with Clark's parents. "Do we have to go to that stupid party?" whined Lois as she got ready at Clark's house, the evening of Lana's party. "Lo, it's just a party. If you want we can stay there for an hour and then come back for a movie marathon? Mom and Dad are going to Metropolis for that play" said Clark, sitting on the bed and watching Lois getting ready. Lois replied in the affirmative.
At Lana's house, she was getting anxious, waiting for Clark. She had asked Grant, a fellow classmate who liked Lois, to distract her while Lana took Clark alone. Just then the doorbell rang and she ran to open it. Clark and Lois stood outside, looking like the perfect couple. Lois wore a knee-length A-line red dress with lace trimmings and red pumps. Clark wore a pale blue button-down shirt and black formal pants. "Hi, so glad you could make it" Lana remarked, with a smile towards Clark, not bothering to even look at Lois. She was wearing a short pink dress which, according to Lois, needed a pair of stockings or tights to cover her legs.
"Yeah, we're glad to be here too" said Lois, grabbing Clark's hand and pulling him in. Lana scowled after them and catching Grant's eye, nodded to put the plan in action. The two of them spread the word that they would be moving to the pool in sometime. Lana's aunt was rich and she built an in-door pool for her only niece. When Lois heard this, she pouted. "I didn't bring a swimming costume." "That's ok. I can get it for you. You left a pair at my house after we had visited Bruce in Gotham" said Clark. "Thanks, babe" said Lois and Clark left. He had no trouble to run to his house, grab the red bikini Lois had left in the guestroom which she always used while visiting and came back to Lana's house.
Lana intercepted his path. "I can take that to Lois if you want to?" she asked sweetly. "Thanks, Lana" said Clark and handed the garments to her. He waited for almost fifteen minutes and then spotted Lana making her way to him. "So, how are you, Clark?" she said, sitting close to him and stroking his arm. "Good, but umm, Lana, have you seen Lois?" said Clark, as he edged away from her. "Yeah. I saw her flirting with someone from the football team. So you can talk to me" said Lana. Clark looked disbelieving. At this moment Lois came into view, wearing her swimsuit and a bit annoyed at the guy who had tried to flirt with her.
She saw red when she saw the "pink princess" touching her boyfriend. She made her way there to give Lana a piece of her mind when Clark noticed her. The bikini left very little to imagination and Clark's mouth fell open as he watched his girlfriend come towards him. He got up from the couch he was sitting on, ignoring Lana's squawk of protest. Lois enjoyed the look on Lana's face as Clark ignored her. "Wow" breathed Clark. "That's what you said the last time too" said Lois with a laugh.
"Umm, Clark, we were talking remember?" said Lana from the background. Lois walked over to her and glared at her. "I know what you were trying to do. You made Grant stop me from coming to Clark and so that you could get your claws into him. Nut guess what, you lost your chance long ago" said Lois. She motioned to Clark and both of them, after collecting Lois's clothes, left the party to have their Lana-free movie marathon.
A week later…..
"So, how does it feel to be away from the Pink princess, huh?" asked Lois as she lounged on the bed in the co-ed dorm room she shared with Clark. "Lo, enough with the Pink Princess and it does seem pretty stress-free" answered Clark, looking up from where he had been keeping the last of his clothes in the closet. "Well, ready to take on the world, Mr Kent?" said Lois as Clark flopped down beside her. "Clark smiled and leaned in for a kiss, "With you, anytime, Ms Lane."