Chapter Six

Despite herself, she found herself kissing him back. She couldn't help it. She melted into his kiss right away.

Clark wrapped his arms around her and brought her so that she was sitting on his lap.

Lois wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss further.

He couldn't fight it. Lois Lane, the woman he was in love with, was right here, right now. If this was a dream, he didn't want to wake up.

When Lois bit his bottom lip, he was positive this wasn't a dream. "Ow," he said against her lips with a slight smile on his face.

"Like that really hurt," she teased.

He chuckled and continued kissing her.

Her hands soon found themselves at the top button of his shirt. With Clark's help, they got the shirt off in no time.

She pulled away to look at him. His eyes were closed. His hair was messed up from their kissing. She loved seeing him like this. She bit her own bottom lip at his hotness. Her eyes glued to his chest. He was perfection. He was her everything.

Clark opened his eyes to Lois staring at his chest. She looked beautiful. When he saw her biting her own lip, that was it for Clark. "You're beautiful," he said.

"You're not so bad yourself," she said.

Both of them leaned in to kiss one another, but Lois made the mistake of keeping her eyes open.

As her lips were only an inch away from Clark, she began thinking. She looked at her surrounding. Here she was at the Daily Planet making out with Clark Kent in the copy room. It wasn't right. She was with Richard, not Clark.

She pulled away and got off of Clark's lap.

"What's wrong?" Clark asked.

"Put your shirt back on," she said handing him his shirt from the floor.

"Why?" he asked.

"This is wrong, Clark," she said. She faced away from him.

"Then why does it feel so right?" he asked.

"I'm with Richard," she said.

"He left you last night," he said.

"You left me for a year," she said.

"You just told me you love me," Clark said. He was trying to find a way to reason with her.

"I do, Clark," she said. She turned back around so that she was facing him once more. "Maybe I always will," she said.

Clark had a feeling there was a "but" following.

"But Richard's a wonderful guy. He's safe and I need that," Lois said.

"Safe? I could save you. You'd be safe with me," Clark said.

"I didn't mean it like that, Clark," she said. She watched as Clark put his shirt back on. "I need someone who I know is going to be there. Richard's love for me is safe like that," she said.

"I am here for you, Lois. I'll always be here," he said.

"You can't promise that, Clark. Any minute now you can disappear. It would never work between us," Lois said.

"I'm willing to give it a shot," Clark said. He was prepared to fight for her.

"I can't, Smallville. You're a hero, Clark. I'm just the girl that writes about the hero, remember?"

"You're so much more than that, Lois. You're the woman I love,"
Clark said.

"I know. I really do," she said. She moved closer to him. "I just can't do this again."

Clark genuinely understood. He didn't want to hurt Lois again. So, he would have to put his feelings for her aside.

"I'll always love you, Smallville," Lois said. She leaned in and hugged him. She was surprised when she felt him hug him back.

"I'll always love you too, Lois."

They probably could have stayed like that forever except for they heard some noise at the door.

When they turned to look at the door they found Oliver Queen standing right there.

"I really hate to interrupt my favorite couple… but the Daily Planet needs their two favorite reporters" He said.

Clark looked at Lois and gestured for her to leave the room. She nodded and smiled at both men.

As she walked towards the door, she turned around to give Clark one last comment, "I meant what I said, Clark."

He smiled briefly, "I know… I did too." She smiled back at him and took a deep breath as she exited the copy room.

Oliver stuck his hands in his pockets as he watched his best friend walk away from his other best friend, "Why don't you just go after her?" He asked.

Clark walked over to Oliver, "It's not that simple."

Oliver laughed, "What's not simple? The fact that you two love each other and with a love as great as yours, you two could overcome everything?" He punched Clark in the upper arm, "I know you're still crazy about her and I know for a fact she still loves you"

Clark nodded in agreement, "But times have changed and we both made valid points today." He was about to continue until he heard a cry coming from across town, "I need to go."

Oliver nodded as Clark sped out of the Daily Planet to make the save.

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Lois Lane walked down the hall to reach her apartment. While walking, she kept thinking of the conversation with Clark. Although she thought things were for the best, it truly didn't feel right at all. Something now felt truly empty that she severed most love connections with Clark.

When she reached her apartment, she noticed the door was wide open.

She walked in cautiously, "Hello? I hope you know that my father is a General and I happen to be number one of the save list for most super heroes… so you're pre warned, pal"

She walked into her bedroom and reached her arm out to the person who had their back to her.

She continued to reach for the person and when she did, the person turned around, "Jeez, Lo, you gave me a heart attack"

Lois sighed in relief that it was only her cousin, "Chloe, how the hell did you get in here?"

Chloe continued to rummage through Lois' items, "I know where you keep the spare key, Lo." She finally found the right item and put in her bag.

"What are you taking?" Lois asked.

"An item for Watchtower… it was missing, so I had to retrace my steps then it dawned on me that I was showing it to you and I accidentally left it her."

Lois turned around and went to put down her purse and take off her shoes, "Oh, okay." She said quietly.

Chloe knew something was wrong, it wasn't everyday her cousin said, "Oh, okay" to something.

"What's wrong?" Chloe asked as she walked over to her cousin. Before Lois could answer, Chloe already knew, "Clark." She said blankly.

Lois nodded, "Let me guess, you two confessed your love but then you remembered Richard and you two agreed it wouldn't work out and now you're regretting it all?" Chloe asked.

Lois laughed, "You know us too well…"

Chloe smiled, "Of course I do, my two best friends who happen to be perfect for each other and repeat their love affair all the time."

Lois kept walking back and forth in her room as Chloe's eyes followed her, "It's just, I told myself I wouldn't love him ever again… but the truth is, I never stopped. Being the foolish person that I am, I let him go once again."

Chloe smiled, "Why didn't you stop him from leaving?"

"I couldn't," Lois claimed, "But now that he's back and in my life, I can't avoid him and I don't want to ever be without him."

Chloe kept on smiling as her cousin was revealing her personal feelings, "Well, Lois, it seems to me you only want one thing right now…"

Lois nodded, "I only want Clark. I'll forever only want Clark." She looked at the picture of her and Clark lying on her bed, "Forget whatever was said today, I want him back. I'm getting him back. Lois and Clark, always and forever. I love him, and I know he still loves me. I want this bad, and I know he does too."

Lois laughed with joy as she ran to hug her cousin with her sudden epiphany.

"I'm going to go find him and tell him everything," Lois broke out of the hug, "I'll inform Richard later… I'm going to feel bad breaking his heart but if he truly loves me, he'll want me to be happy and my happiness is when I'm with Clark." Lois went in to hug her cousin once more.

Chloe smiled and nodded at her statement and received the hug until her phone started to go off.

"Excuse me," she said as she pulled out her phone, "Hello? Hey, Oliver… what? Is he okay? What's wrong? Kryptonite filled room? Is he going to make it?" She glanced over at Lois to see the worried look on her face, "Lois, we need to go, something serious has happened to Clark."

With those few words, Lois Lane felt her entire world shatter and drop.

TBC