AN: The poker game continues
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Chapter 4 – Flush
With just four players left, Lois dealt out the next hand and was very hopeful that she could continue her winning streak.
Lois took a couple of cards and Clark took two as well. Chloe and Pete took three each.
"So, who's in and who's out?" Lois asked, in full 'poker' mode once again.
"It looks like I'm out," Pete said, disappointed that he didn't get a better hand. He took his shot.
"I'm in," Chloe chimed in, happy with what she had in her hand.
"So am I," Clark said, very satisfied with the cards he held.
"I'm in as well," Lois said with a smirk.
Chloe then laid her cards on the table, revealing a three-of-a-kind, which consisted of three nines. Clark displayed his hand next and it was a straight that was made up of a three, four, five, six and seven.
"Sorry to disappoint you Chlo, Smallville, but I have four of a kind – four lovely queens. Read 'em and weep, boys and girls."
Both Chloe and Clark took their shots and decided that they would take a dare from Lois.
It took a few moments for Lois to come up with a dare, and when one came to mind she said, "Pick a color: pink, blue, gray, red, black, purple or white. If any one of us, which is me and the two of you, can prove we have that color of underwear on, you will then have to show all of us yours."
Well, if you're going to play things that way, Lois, you give me no choice… Clark thought with a smirk, not really minding this kind of dare at all. Not with Lois here.
Chloe went first, "I choose pink."
Since it was just Lois and Clark that were involved, they each showed Chloe the color of underwear they were wearing when the other's back was turned. Luckily for Chloe, no one had on that color of underwear.
"Now it's my turn," Clark said, giving Lois a quick once over, "I choose white," and he added in a voice too low to hear, "with red polka dots."
Chloe gave Clark a glimpse of her underwear and it was not white. When Lois came over, she did the same as Chloe but just as he knew she would, she showed white underwear with red polka dots.
"It's time now for Smallville to put on a little show for us," Lois said, very proud of herself.
"Yeah, Clark. Shake that money maker," Chloe called out.
Pete wasn't going to let them have all the fun, so he added, "Bow-chica-bow-wow."
Clark blushed a little at that, but he was a man of his word. Getting caught up in the moment, he slowly removed his belt from his pants and twirled it above his head. He next unbuttoned his pants and very slowly lowered his zipper.
Chloe and Lois, also caught up in the moment, hooted and hollered at Clark. Chloe went as far as waving a dollar bill in the air toward Clark.
Clark slowly lowered his pants, but teased his fellow poker players by pulling them back up without revealing his underwear. Turning around, he did the same thing as before. But before the ladies could cry foul, he pulled his pants all the way down to his knees and flashed his blue undies to everyone. Clark quickly pulled his pants back up and put his belt back on.
Lois, Chloe and Pete cheered at Clark's exhibitionist ways.
When everyone had settled back down, Lois got ready to deal the next hand. With her attention on the cards, Pete leaned over and whispered to Clark, "Did you do what I think you did?"
Clark didn't answer Pete with words – just a very wide smile.
"That's my boy." Pete quietly gave Clark a pat on the back.
Giving their respective hands a look, Clark asked for two cards. Pete asked for two cards as well. Chloe was the first player of the night to ask for four cards. Lois took two.
Another first happened during this hand when Clark said, "I'm out." Clark tossed his cards on the table and took his shot.
"I fold too." Pete was beginning to slur his words as he took another shot.
"Are you still in, Chlo?" Lois asked, hoping her winning streak would continue.
Although her words were slurring a bit as well, she answered, "I'm in."
Lois looked at her cousin and said, "I've got two pairs, threes and sixes. Beat that, cuz."
With slurred words, Chloe told Lois, "Well big cuz, I've got a straight."
Chloe laid her cards on the table revealing an eight, nine, ten, jack, queen and king from clubs, spades and hearts.
Disappointed that her two-hand winning streak had come to an end, Lois said, "I'll take a dare, Chlo."
It didn't take Chloe long to come up with a dare suitable for her cousin. "Lois, I dare you to sing 'O Canada,'" Chloe said, knowing that Lois had been forced to learn it during the few months she attended a Canadian public school. Her father had been in the country on business several years ago.
"Fair enough."
Before Lois could start, Chloe added, again slurring her words slightly, "You have to sing it in both English and French."
"Jeez, Chloe. You and Clark must have some fascination with singing or making me sing." It wasn't singing that was the problem. It was singing it on pitch, especially in English. Once Lois' singing came to a thankful end, she dealt out the next hand.
Clark asked for one card, Chloe and Pete asked for two cards. Lois took two cards for herself as well.
"So, who's in and who's out?" Lois asked, excited about the outcome of this hand.
"I'm in, cuz," Chloe slurred.
"Count me in too," Clark said, amazed at the hand he held.
"Damn right!" Pete slurred his answer.
"I guess I'll make it unanimous because I'm in as well," Lois told her opponents.
"I'll get things going. I've got a full house: three fours and two sevens," Pete said proudly.
Chloe then laid her cards on the table and said happily, "Sorry Pete, my four twos beat your full house."
"That's a good hand, Chlo, but I believe mine is better. I've got a straight flush: the five, six, seven, eight and nine of hearts. Read them and weep," exclaimed Lois, with a fist pump in the air.
"I guess it's my turn to show my cards," Clark said with no emotion whatsoever. Clark proceeded to lay his cards down one at a time. He revealed the ten of clubs, jack of clubs, queen of clubs, and the king of clubs. With a dramatic flare, Clark tossed his final card onto the table revealing the ace of clubs, signifying that Clark had a royal flush.
"Damn, Smallville. Nice," Lois complimented Clark.
"Thanks, Lois," Clark responded, very proud of himself that he had won the hand with the best possible hand in poker.
Lois, Chloe and Pete each took their shot and conversed about whether to take truth or dare. After taking their shot, both Chloe and Pete appeared to be more than a little wobbly.
Speaking for the group, Lois said, "We'll take the truth, Smallville."
Clark thought about it for a bit and then said, "Reveal something that no one knows about."
Lois answered first, "While my father was stationed in Germany, I took one of the jeeps for a little joy ride around the base. Of course the General wasn't impressed – but I sure had a good time."
Before anyone could respond to Lois' comment, Pete slurred and blurted out, "Clark here is faster than a speeding bullet."
"Hey! That's not—" Clark began to protest before he realized he couldn't even defend himself, not with Lois listening in.
Suddenly Chloe piped up, "Clark's more powerful than a locomotive." She ended with a hiccup.
Clark was stunned speechless.
"But I'm not sure if he can leap a tall building in a single bound because I think Clark is still afraid of heights," Pete added.
"You have got to be kidding me," Lois said, not believing a single word Pete and Chloe had said.
Finding his voice, Clark gave a stern look to both Chloe and Pete. "I think these two have had one too many Jell-O shooters."
"I'll prove it to you," Pete stated as he wobbly got to his feet.
"Take it easy, Pete, have a seat," Clark said as he went over to help Pete sit back down.
Just before Clark could help him, Pete grabbed the back of his chair and with a mighty swing, broke it over Clark's back, who was unaffected by it. He was so shocked by this surprising turn of events that he couldn't even pretend to be hurt.
"See, told ya," hiccupped Chloe, who then laid her head down and passed out.
"I don't believe it," a stunned Lois said.
Clark had no clue what to do next. He lifted a now passed out Pete into a chair.
"I, uh…" Clark started to say, but not caring what Lois thought, super-sped right out of the Talon.
Lois was totally blown away by what had just happened. She headed for the door to try to catch Clark. Once outside, Lois looked in both directions for any trace of him, but seeing none, she did the only thing she could think of. "Clark, where are you?" she shouted.
"I'm up here, Lois," Clark shouted down to her.
Lois didn't know what to expect to see when she looked up, because who knew what other surprises Clark Kent held. To her relief, Clark was sitting on the edge of the Talon roof.
"Stay right there, I'll be right up," Lois told him. She hurriedly made her way up the fire escape to the roof, hoping he wouldn't disappear. When she made it to the top after a couple of minutes, she cautiously went over to where Clark was, not knowing what he would do.
"You're not going to jump, are you?" Lois asked, worriedly.
Clark chuckled and replied, "No, I'm not going to jump. I just came up here to think, that's all."
Lois carefully sat beside Clark. "Do you want to talk about what just happened?" she asked with a concerned voice.
"Yes… No… I don't know. After, what happened, I didn't know what to do, so, I ran for home. I stopped about half way, thinking that maybe we should talk so I decided to just comeback here but I didn't want to go back inside just yet so…here I am."
"Half wa—? Whenever you're ready to talk to me about it… and boy I can't wait to talk about it… I'll be here for you, Clark." As she said that, Lois took Clark's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
Making his decision, Clark slowly stood up with Lois' hand still firmly held in his and helped her from the ledge. "I think I'm ready to talk now." He lifted her suddenly in his arms and with a rush of speed, they were at ground level. "But first, I'll take everyone home since I don't think they are in any condition to get there themselves."
She took a deep breath to recover from her amazement. "Yeah and while you do that, I'll clean up the place."
"Alright, it shouldn't take me long anyway." Facing Lois, Clark grabbed both of her hands and continued, "Thanks, Lois, for coming after me." For the second time in a span of two days, Clark kissed Lois on the cheek and super-sped away in a blur to get everyone home.
Lois wasn't as surprised with this kiss as the previous one, and luckily for her, Clark didn't notice the flushed face she now sported. Her feelings for the flannel-clad farm boy had been changing over the last little while. She didn't know how or when, but she really had started caring for her "Smallville". With a lot now on her mind, Lois went back inside to clean up and await Clark's return.
A few minutes later, Clark returned. Luckily, Lana and Jimmy had still been out cold, which made it easy for him to super-speed them home. Even though he didn't have to worry about Pete and Chloe, they too were still incapacitated.
"Honey, I'm home," Clark called out jokingly upon his return.
Startled by what Clark had said, Lois dropped a couple of mugs of coffee with a resounding crash.
Lois jumped. "Jeez, Smallville, give a person some warning. You almost gave me a heart attack," Lois said as she calmed down from Clark's sudden reappearance.
"I'm sorry, let me help you clean that up."
"That's alright, I got it."
"No, I insist."
As they both bent down to pick up the broken mugs, they accidentally bumped heads. Not too hard, or Lois would really have been hurt, Clark thought, relieved.
Clark quickly picked up the jagged pieces, cleaned up the floor and helped Lois back up to her feet.
"Are you alright?" Clark asked, his face only inches away from Lois'.
"Yeah," replied Lois, leaning toward Clark a little.
"Good," Clark leaned in closer.
Just before their lips touched, Lois said a little awkwardly, "I'll go get some fresh coffee and meet you upstairs."
"Sure."
Heading their separate ways, both Lois and Clark let go of a breath that they didn't realize they were holding and pondered what had almost happened.
It didn't take Lois long to get back up to her apartment and join Clark on the couch with a couple of mugs of coffee.
Cradling a new mug in his hands, Clark sighed and asked, "Where do I start?"
"The beginning sounds like a good idea," Lois suggested, placing her hand on Clark's knee.
I don't know if I should start off by saying that I'm not from this planet or just talk about my powers because this will be a lot for Lois to take in all of a sudden, Clark thought for a moment. "Growing up, I slowly developed unusual abilities like super-speed, strength and invulnerability. Even now, I still am getting new powers."
Taking a moment to let all of what Clark just told her to sink in, Lois took a deep breath then asked, "Like what?"
"Well… I can throw these beams of heat from my eyes," Clark paused a moment before he continued, "and my hearing is um enhanced as well."
"No way, heat vision? I don't believe that."
Clark got up and grabbed a candle off the kitchen counter. He looked back to Lois to see if she was ready. She gave him a nod to continue. In a matter of seconds, it lit with Clark's vision.
"Well, what do you say to that?"
"Whoa, you're not kidding," she breathed, covering her mouth with her hand in shock. "I've seen a lot of weird things happen in Smallville but this is just..." She dropped her hand to her lap, still a bit stunned. "...amazing."
"I know. It's probably hard for you to understand… and I can't blame you. I hope that you're not freaked out by any of this."
"No, I'm not. I understand a lot of things about you now – it just amazes me what you can do."
"Thanks, that really means a lot to me."
Clark leaned over to Lois, gently caressed her cheek and gave her a kiss on the lips.
"I'm sorry," Clark said after breaking their kiss. "I didn't mean to…"
Before he could continue, Lois grabbed the sides of Clark's face and pulled him into a very passionate kiss. Clark returned Lois' enthusiasm with some of his own while caressing her back. They both slowly lowered themselves on the couch, still giving each other heated kisses. Lois slowly let her hands find the bottom of Clark's flannel shirt and explored his back. Clark did the same to Lois while kissing her neck and receiving a groan of approval.
"Maybe we should take this to the bedroom," suggested Lois, briefly breaking contact with Clark's ear.
"I think you may be right," Clark responded, picking Lois up.
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AN: Another chapter has come to an end with an unexpected turn in Lois and Clark's relationship. There will be more to come in the next exciting chapter. Please let me know what you think with a review, but no flames.