Chapter Five

The following morning, Lois and Clark woke up and performed their daily routines. Both felt like themselves again after hearing the pep talk from former lovers. Who would have thought that it would take hearing the two people they were madly in love with before one another to realize they couldn't find anyone else.

Clark kept singing to himself while he was cleaning up the farm as he was getting ready to go to work, while Lois cleaned up the apartment and wrote a note to Richard in case he was to return while she was at work. Both of them checked themselves in the mirror before proceeding to go to work.

Lois Lane strolled into the Daily Planet with a certain glow about her. Everyone in the bullpen stopped to stare at her for a few minutes. They all knew what happened a few nights prior. They had overheard Richard talking to his Uncle Perry about it. The Daily Planet reporters: the best eavesdroppers. She walked over to her desk and settled in before opening up a document to continue her story.

Clark Kent walked into the Daily Planet and saw her already hard at work. He had to catch his breath for a few moments. He decided to surprise her by getting her a cup of coffee. He knew exactly how she liked it, therefore, he made it exactly the way she liked it.

He walked over to her and handed the coffee to her, "Coffee for the lady"

She smiled and took the coffee, "Thank you"

He smiled back and walked over to his desk where he was about to presume an article he never finished.

Before he could start the article, he stared at Lois, who was smiling while writing the article. He noticed she was smiling genuinely for the first time in awhile. He wondered what had happened that made her so happy. Maybe her and Richard worked things out, he thought. He started to lean back into his chair, swinging from side to side, making a screeching noise.

Lois grew irritated but she knew what he was doing, that was the start of their office flirting. She looked up at him and saw him gazing at her lovingly, "May I help you, Smallville?" She asked.

He puckered his lips, "Actually there is, you seem much happier, what is it?"

She tilted her head, "For once, Kent, I'm actually happy and content with myself. There isn't much confusing me now…"

He smiled, "That's great." He got up and walked over to the copy room.
Her eyes followed him, "Where are you going?" She asked.

"Copy room" he said without looking back.

Lois looked around to see who was watching them, once she noticed no one was watching, she quickly got up and followed him.

"Stalking me, Lane?" He asked as she closed the door.

She laughed, "You wish, Kent. I needed to make a copy of an article…"

He nodded, "Sure…" he said softly.

"It's true!" She protested. She walked over to the copy machine and began to press buttons in order to make a copy of that article.

However, the copy machine began to malfunction and she had no clue as to what to do.

"Oh come on!" She groaned as she kicked the copy machine, "Ow!" She squealed in pain.

She quickly fell to the floor holding her foot that was in antagonizing pain. Clark looked at her and bent over to see what was wrong.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

She pointed to her foot and had a child like pout on her face.

He laughed and picked up her foot examining it carefully. She stared at him and had a flashback to the time when they fought off the zombies together in their own personal Resident Evil.

"Woah…" she said quietly.

He looked up at her and found her looking at him, "What?"

"Déjà vu…" She stated.

He looked curious, but then he remembered the moment sparks had flown when he was helping her before, "Just another time when I saved you… that's all."

"My hero," she said quietly.

He put her foot down and helped her up. He walked her over to the copy machine where he helped her make the copy. He stood right behind her and held her hand while making the copy.

Their bodies were closely together, they both could feel the energy and chemistry between them, but neither said a word. Clark's hand just guided Lois' over each button to make the copy. When the copy machine successfully worked this time, she turned around and bumped into Clark.

They stared into each other's eyes reminding them of the one time they stared into each other's eyes before Faora had interrupted them that one time at the Daily Planet. They both smiled softly and their eyes were saying a thousand words while their mouths were shut.

Their gazing was interrupted when Jeff began to pound on the door.

"Lane! Kent! Open up! I need to make a copy of something for Perry!" He demanded.

They both quickly looked away as Lois limped over to the door. She struggled to open the door but she was no match for the jammed door.

"Clark," she called out, "Open up the door"

Clark walked over and tried to open the door but he could pull the door open without pulling it off it's hinges making everyone get suspicious, "Sorry, Lois, it's stuck." He said while trying to pull it.

No matter how hard the two of them tried, it appeared that fate had trapped them together.

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"Don't worry, Lois. They'll call the cops and we'll get out of here in no time," Clark said.

"About that, Kent. Huge news day. There's a bomb threat in five schools and Superman is nowhere to be found. The police aren't coming until later," Perry said from the other side of the door.

"What?" Lois asked. She couldn't believe this.

"Gotta go, guys," Perry said and just like that Lois and Clark were alone.

She turned to face Clark. "You're freaking Superman. You don't get locked in a copy room," Lois said.

"Yeah, and I don't want anyone knowing I'm Superman," he said.

"Ugh! Stupid BDA," Lois said.

"BDA?" Clark asked.

"Big dumb alien," she said.

"Now that's not very nice, Lois," he said.

"You could totally get us out of here," Lois said.

"I want to keep my identity a secret."

"From everyone?" Lois asked.

"From everyone," he agreed.

"Even from me?" she asked.

"It's a little too late for that, don't you think, Lois?"

"Whatever. Just don't talk to me," Lois said. She walked over to the copy machine and sat down next to it.

"Why are you so mad at me?" he asked her.

"I'm not mad," she lied.

"Yes, you are," he said. He crossed his arms across his chest and looked at her.

"Fine, you want to know why I'm mad?"

"Yes, I do," Clark said. He made room next to her and sat down also.

"You left," she said in a quiet whisper almost unheard if it wasn't for his super hearing.

"I thought you were mad because I kept my secret from you?" he asked.

"No," she said. She leaned her head against the machine. "God, Clark. You don't understand," she said.

"Then make me understand," he said. He grabbed her hands and held them in his on his lap. "I need to know why things changed between us."

"I loved you, Clark. Finding out that you were the Blur was the best news ever. I finally understood everything. I felt like finally I could be someone in my life," she said. She looked away from him. "But then you left because you felt you had an other calling. I cried myself to sleep so many times just wishing you would come back. I hoped that you would realize that we could be something more. No matter what I wanted to be with you. To me, you could have been your every day farm boy or the great superhero. I still loved you either way."

"Now I know why you hate me so much," he said.

Lois looked up at him and saw the tears in his eyes. Only one fell down from his cheek. She wanted to wipe away his tears, but since Clark was still holding her hands in his, she couldn't. So, she leaned over and kissed the tears instead.

He was expecting her to do that. Out of pure shock, he let go of her hands. Her hands found their way to his cheek. She leaned her forehead against his. "I don't hate you, Clark. I love you," she said.

That was all the permission he needed. Immediately leaned in to kiss her.

He only hoped that she would kiss her back.

TBC