Chapter Four

The next morning, Lois Lane woke up with her pillow drenched. It took her a few minutes to process what had happened the night before. When it all came back to her, she wish it never did. That is a night she would want to forget for the rest of her life. But it was also a night that changed things for her, for the first time in her life, Lois Lane really wasn't sure of what she wanted in life anymore.

She got up, put on her bunny slippers, her soft robe and walked into the kitchen to make some coffee. It was while she was walking she noticed all the pedals and pictures scattered around her floor. She kicked them all aside while making her way to the kitchen.

While making the coffee, she checked her cell phone to see if there were any missed phone calls. There were a few from Richard, but none from Clark. She sighed and part of her was bothered that Clark didn't call but she did note that she had told him to go away and leave her alone. He was only doing what she told him to do.

She took out a coffee cup and poured the steaming hot coffee into it. She walked over to the couch and sat down to relax for a little bit. She turned on the news and noticed that it was a wild news day but being her emotional state, for once, she turned away from work. She needed a day for herself, a day where she could process every thing in her life.

She continued to watch the news and suddenly there was a knock at the door.

She groaned as she set down the coffee cup, "Who is it?" She asked.

"Open up." The male voice said.

She rubbed her eyes and slowly walked over to open the door. When she reached the door handle, she opened the door revealing Oliver Queen.

Oliver flashed his billionaire smile, "Ah, come on, legs, you weren't going to keep me waiting forever, were you?" He laughed.

However he noticed his laugh did not amuse her. His smile suddenly changed as he noticed the sadness on her face, "What's wrong?"

"Everything!" She threw her arms up and turned around walking back to the couch.

He walked behind her and shut the door on his way in.

"Care to be a bit less vague?" He asked stretching his head towards her.

"Just the usual…" she said.

He nodded, "So, Clark?" he asked.

She bit her lip, "Why are you here, Ollie?" Even at the sound of Clark's name, she grew extremely defensive.

He crossed his arms, "We had a date for brunch."

Lois' eyes widened, "Oh my gosh, Oliver, I'm so sorry, I totally forgot."

He smiled, "It's okay, you've got a lot going on now…" He sat down on the couch next to her, "Care to explain?"

She sighed, "I really don't think you want to hear about all my drama with Clark."

He laughed, "I heard about it up until the time you guys were going out, what's the difference now?"

She smiled, "If you insist…"

"I do…" he said softly.

She took a deep breath as she prepared to tell him everything that happened, "So, Clark comes back right? And just when I thought I was moving on from him, boom, he flies right back into my life. I didn't think I could forget about Richard so quickly, but I did. When Clark came back, it was like he never left. But I hated him for leaving, I hated him for leaving me like that. I promised myself I wouldn't give Clark another chance and I wouldn't let myself get close to him. But that failed miserably because each day, I grew closer and closer to him. To top it all off, it all took place last night at a party. Richard left so he could get ready for my proposal-" Before she could continue Oliver cut her off.

"Richard proposed?" He asked, his eyes widening in disbelief.

She nodded, "Oh hold on, I'm getting to that." Oliver nodded and gestured for her to go on, "So, I went up to the roof and Clark followed me. Basically, we argued for a bit, typical Lois and Clark, and then we started dancing to our song. And it felt so right but so wrong being in his arms. It felt like that's where I was supposed to be, but I shouldn't be doing that to Richard… so I told Clark that this all needed to end. So I left him standing there, then when I returned here, Richard had the place all lit up and rose pedals were everywhere and he proposed. I couldn't give him an answer because in my heart I didn't know what I wanted. I walked away and opened up an old picture book that contained pictures of Clark and me and he saw me looking over them and got mad and stormed out accusing me of still having feelings for Clark!" She huffed as she finished the story.

Oliver sat there for a few moments just pondering, "So the question is: do you still have feelings for Clark?"

She sat there and just stared at him, "I don't know, I love Richard but Clark, something about him, it always come back to him…"

Oliver smiled, "You just need to be honest with yourself, legs, that's the best you can do…"

She nodded in agreement, "Richard told me I needed to decide who I love." She paused, "It's not easy, he doesn't realize how hard this is on me…"

Oliver looked at her and pushed back her fallen bangs off her face, "Yeah, but you don't know how much harder it is to be the guy that you aren't in love with."

Lois looked up and saw him smiling at her, "I know."

"It's hard, Lois, but the best thing you did was let me know the truth, that way you were free to be with Clark and I was free to watch you love."

She smiled, "You know, I've missed you." She said as she nudged into him.

"I've missed you too." He got up, "Let's say we get you cleaned up and we can go have that brunch now… my driver is waiting downstairs." He held out his hand to her and signaled for her to take it.

She grabbed his hand as he helped her up. She smiled as she walked towards her room. As he watched her walk away, he still noticed that she was dissatisfied with herself, personally. Maybe it wasn't the men she was having issues with but it was herself.

"Hey, Lois..." he called out, "Maybe before you decide what guy you actually love, you should love yourself." She smiled, "Just a suggestion…" he said calmly.

She turned around and walked to her room but not before picking up a picture of her and Clark while holding it close to her heart.

\S/

Clark called into work today. He didn't feel like facing Lois. He knew he should have, but he couldn't. Not after last night.

He had caused her so much pain. Maybe it was best if he just left again. She would be happier. She would be with Richard and then Clark would be out of the way.

Clark was ready to distract himself with farm work. It had been so long since he'd done his chores at human speed. So, he decided to take things slow today. Just as he was getting ready to go outside, there was a knock at the front door.

The last person he expected to see was his ex-girlfriend, Lana Lang.

"Hey, Clark," she said.

"Lana? What are you doing here?" he asked. He gave her a hug.

"I'm cured," Lana said.

"Chloe told me," Clark said. He had to admit, he was happy to see her.

"I wanted to stop by earlier, but I didn't know if it would be right. Chloe told me you've changed a lot," she said.

"I have," Clark said. He showed her inside.

She saw picture of Lois everywhere. She smiled on the inside. "She's the one, isn't she?" Lana asked Clark.

"Lana, I don't really think we should be talk-," Clark began saying.

"It's ok. You've moved on. Lois makes you happy. I understand," Lana said. Lana walked over to the living room and sat herself on the couch.

Why was Lana wanting to hear about his relationship with Lois? And what did she mean she understood? "Yeah, well I don't make Lois happy," Clark said.

"You want to talk about it?" Lana asked.

Lana was the only person he could talk to right now. Everyone else who was considered his friend, was busy. So, he let out all his feelings on Lois. "Lois and I were in love. We were happy, but then my secret got in the way. I started lying to her and it affected our relationship," Clark said.

"Did she break up with you?" Lana asked.

"No," Clark said. He made his way to the couch and sat next to Lana. "Then I had to leave. I couldn't stand the fact that I was lying to her so I left."

"And that's when you became Superman," Lana said.

Clark nodded. "She's with someone else now. There's nothing I can do," he said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Richard proposed to her. Everything is going to change now," Clark said.

"She said yes?" Lana asked.

"No. She said she wasn't ready," Clark said.

Lana laughed. "That sounds like Lois," she said.

Clark was confused. "What do you mean?"

"You still have a chance with her, Clark," Lana said.

"I do?" Clark asked. If he was confused before now he was complete out of the loop.

"Why do you think Lois told him that? She still has feelings for you, Clark. She may not admit it to right away, but I'm sure you could find a way to get it out of her," Lana said.

"Get it out of her?" he asked.

"Fight for her. Let her know you still love her," Lana said.

"What if she doesn't love me anymore. What if it's really over between Lois and I?"

Lana shook her head. "I don't believe that," she said.

Clark narrowed his eyes at her.

"Well, there's always an other tactic," Lana said.

"And what would that be?"

"Make her fall in love with you all over again."

TBC