Chapter 4: Discoveries
Lois led Clark up the wooden steps in the barn that led to Clark's loft with Shelby following close behind.
"This is where you usually hang out on the farm." Lois told Clark as they reached the loft. Shelby then went over to the couch and laid down by it.
"I come here to hang out?" Clark asked Lois still not really believing what Lois was telling him as he gave her an unsure look.
xxxxx"I still wonder why, but then again, you always use to tell me that it was a nice place to come and think, which I guess, really is."xxxxx
Clark looked around the loft and could tell that it was a pretty homey place with the couch, the worn table in front of the couch, a chair and a desk, and everything else that made the loft, well, Clark.
"You always said that it was a nice place to come and think." Lois said as she went over to the desk and got a photo album that was laying on the desk. Lois then went over to the couch and Clark followed as they both sat down right next to each other.
"Here, this might jog some of your memories." Lois said as she opened up the photo album as Clark was sitting right next to her.
Lois opened up the photo album as she went through the pages of the photos. Clark noticed that the earliest photo of him was when he was about three years old or so. He thought that it was weird that his parents didn't have any baby pictures of him.
"Why isn't there any baby pictures of me?" Clark asked Lois.
"Um, you were adopted when you were about three. But you have amazing parents, and you guys get along great. Your mom is one of the coolest moms that I have ever known before, and you dad was the most honorable man that I have ever met." Lois said with a smile.
Clark noticed that she Lois said 'was' when she was talking about his father, but dropped it because he thought that she just said it wrong.
Lois then continued to go through the photos with Clark they went through his childhood, teen years and up until the most recent photo which was about a few weeks old.
Clark noticed that there were mainly three girls in his life, not including his mother, that were in the pictures with him.
"Who are they, the other girls that are with you?" Clark questioned at the photo which was of Lois, Chloe, and Lana.
"The blond one is you best friend, and my cousin. Her name is Chloe. She's great. She works at the Daily Planet with me, but now she is away on assignment, otherwise I would have her help out with this situation because last time you lost your memory, she seemed to be doing a better job than me." Lois said, sighing at the last part, knowing that Chloe would do a better job at getting Clark's memories back.
"And the other one is Lana. She use to be the love of your life." Lois stopped to think that Clark was probably going to want to see Lana, but she dropped that thought.
"I swear, when Chloe told me when you guys broke up for good, I had a hard time believing her." Lois added with a slight laugh and a grin.
"Use to be the love of my life?"
xxxxx"Great, even with no memory, he is still in love with Lana! Oh, Lois, what are you talking about? Your his friend, not his girlfriend!"xxxxx
"You guys gave it a try, but it never worked out, but you guys decided to stay friends." Lois concluded.
Clark smiled at that, and then also noticed in the past couple years of the photos, that his dad was not seen in any of them. He thought that was kind of weird, but then it could also explain why Lois had used the word, 'was', when she was describing his father. He had a good idea that it did, but knew that he had to ask her to be sure.
"My dad must of taken the rest of the pictures, since he isn't in these recent ones right?" Clark asked.
xxxxx"Crap, he had to ask that question. What am I suppose to tell him? I can't lie, but I don't want to make this any harder on him than it already is. I should just tell him you truth."xxxxx
"Um, look Clark, about two years ago, you dad passed away...I'm sorry." Lois said sadly.
Clark was sad but he also could tell that Lois must have been pretty close with his family because she looked real sad when she told him that his dad had passed away. Clark could also tell that Lois really didn't want to talk about it, so he changed the subject, but Lois did it before he could even open his mouth to say anything.
"Hey, lets get something to eat. I'm starving!" Lois said as she got up from the couch as Clark did to as the two headed down the loft steps and headed to the yellow farm house.
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"And this is your home." Lois said as she opened the door to the farm house and let Clark in after her.
Lois then gave Clark a quick tour of his home to show him where everything was and sorts. Lois then reached the last room, which was Clark's room, which could be also known as Lois' room since she was known to take over his room on more than one occasion.
"And this is your room, when I'm not taking it over." Lois said with a grin.
"So I'm guessing that I get the couch tonight?" Clark asked even though he already had an idea what the answer was going to be.
"Of course." Lois said with a smirk.
The two then headed downstairs and into the kitchen.
"So, since you really don't really have a memory of anything, I better cook lunch." Lois said as she searched the freezer for something to eat.
Clark on the other hand hand a feeling in his gut that it might be a bad idea for Lois to cook something, but he did agree that it would be better for her to cook, since she would know how to cook, and Clark really didn't feel like cooking anyways at the moment.
"Ha! Here, frozen pizza! Can't beet that!" Lois exclaimed as she took the pizza out of the box and out of it plastic wrapping and put it in the heated up oven.
While the pizza was cooking in the oven, Clark and Lois went into the cozy living room where Lois had collected a few home movies from the den of Clark over the years so he could see what his life was really like. As they were watching one of last years Christmas' Eve, Clark smelled something, something that smelled a lot like smoke.
"Um, Lois, is that the pizza I smell burning?" Clark asked Lois.
"Crap! The pizza!" Lois yelled as she quickly got off from the couch and ran into the kitchen.
Lois then quickly grabbed an oven mitt and placed it on her hand as she opened the smoking oven. Growing to herself, she grabbed the pizza and placed it on a pan to see the damage she has once again made to food that she has cooked.
"Great! How on earth do you burn not only the bottom of the pizza, but completely burn the cheese too?!" Lois said as she looked at the pizza in defeat.
The next thing that Lois heard was Clark laughing behind her.
"Ha ha, it's so funny!" Lois said sarcastically to Clark as she turned around to him, which he was closer that she thought he was.
xxxxx"Whoa! A little too close there sparky!"xxxxx
"Sorry..." Clark started but a laugh escaped his mouth. "But it is pretty funny!" Clark mentioned to Lois with a big grin on his face.
"Really, because there goes our lunch..." Lois said teasingly as she playfully hit Clark in the shoulder.
Lois then noticed that the was a third of a vanilla cake on the counter right beside her that Martha had made a few days ago before she left for Washington. Lois thought that they needed a break from memory lane studying, and a little fun time.
"Hmm...well your going to get it now!" Lois said as she grabbed a handful of cake from behind her and suddenly took the cake and smashed it in Clarks face.
Clark was surprised at this gesture and had a look of surprise on his face, while Lois was laughing. Clark then got a sly smile on his face as he then grabbed a bigger piece of the cake and rubbed it in Lois' face as well.
"Smallville!" Lois exclaimed in between laughs.
"What comes around goes around." Clark told Lois with that famous Clark Kent smile.
xxxxx"Damn him and that smile."xxxxx
Lois and Clark then continued to throw cake at each other and smear it at each other until all of the cake was gone and all over the two of them. They were now on the kitchen floor laughing. Clark then noticed really how beautiful how Lois really was. Not just her looks, but how she acted as well. He was actually having a fun day with a women that he didn't even remember, even though that they were actually friends. Then, Shelby came over, wagging his tale and started to lick the cake and icing that was smeared all over Lois' face.
"Shelby!" Lois cried as she couldn't help but laugh at the whole thing.
"I think he has something for you." Clark said teasingly.
Shelby then went over and started to lick the cake crumbs and icing that was left on the kitchen floor. All of a sudden, Clark and Lois was staring into each others eyes as the two leaned close to each other, as their lips were a mere inched apart, Clarks eyes all of a sudden got real hot. Clark closed his eyes tightly, and then he opened them again. Lois noticed this, and tilted her head away from Clark's and before either of them knew it, fire was coming out of Clark's eyes and a short table stand caught on fire.
"Whoa!" Lois said as she quickly got up from the kitchen floor and threw a pitcher of water on it, causing the small flame of fire to go out.
"I...I don't know how that happened. My eyes, they just got hot, and the next thing that I knew was-" Clark began as he was still on the messy kitchen floor.
"You caught the table on fire..." Lois finished for him.
"Do you know how I can do this?" Clark asked Lois as he got up from the ground.
xxxxx"Okay, I knew that Smallville always was weird, but in a good way. Maybe this describes his on time appearances when I'm in trouble. Maybe he's meteor infected like Chloe. Wow, thats pretty cool. I wonder if he has any other abilities... but I can't just tell him that he could be infected with the meteors, because I really don't know what it is. What if I'm wrong? Then again, maybe it had to do with the thing that caused him to loose his memory..."xxxxx
"Maybe it has to do with the thing that caused you to loose your memory. You know, a lot of weird things do happen in Smallville." Lois said still surprised of what she saw.
"You don't know how I did it, do you?" Clark asked Lois.
"No, not really." Lois answered him back. "But look, in the town of Smallville, a lot of out of the blue things occur, so I'm sure it's nothing too major..." Lois added, knowing that probably wasn't the best answer to give Clark.
"But, you may want to learn how to control it." Lois added again with a smirk.
"How do I learn how to control it if I didn't even know how I caused it?"
"Well, um, what were you thinking, before you, well, had fire come out of your eyes?" Lois asked, thinking to herself that she never imagined that she would be asking someone a question like this in a million years.
"Well, we were about to kiss, and well, it's just that your really pretty, and..." Clark stopped. Lois and Clark both knew what was the reason why Clark shot fire from his eyes.
"Oh..." Was the response from the two when the room seemed to have a huge uncomfortable silence in it.
TBC
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