Chapter Three:

Cassie closed the door to her apartment behind her and locked it only to lean against it and let out a sigh of pure and utter contentment. She closed her eyes as if trying to savour the moment.

The late lunch meeting with Clark and been amazing. He was one of the nicest guys Cassie had met in her entire life. After a few minutes they seemed to find their stride in the conversation.

It turned out that he knew her cousin Jimmy Olsen and they worked together. Clark told her about his writing for the Daily Planet. The first thing Cassie did on the way home was buy a copy from the first newspaper stand she saw. He actually had an article in the paper; it was about the demolition of an old hotel from the early twenties on the outskirts of the city for a mall to go up. It was obvious from his writing he was against the idea.

Cassie had read the article on the way home but stopped half way after hitting a lamppost and walking into a storefront. She dropped her handbag and shrugged off her coat and slouched into a comfy armchair. She still had the paper and opened it back to the page of Clark's article. Just as she was starting to read the paper the phone rang. Cassie reached over the chair and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Cass? What cha up too? I was wondering if you wanted to catch a movie with me…. I am sooo bored."

She rolled her eyes… it was Jimmy. "Not really Jimmy,"

"Oh… why you aren't doing something else are you?"

She scowled, "Yes as a matter of fact I am doing something, I am reading the paper." She had to break there because Jimmy burst out laughing.

"Seriously, a new a new action movie just came out… I heard the special effects are really cool."

She tried to stifle a scream the best she could, "Seriously Jimmy, I am reading the paper, I have had a busy day and just want to relax."

"Oh yeah what did you do?"

"I met someone."

"Oh yes extremely tiring." She rolled her eyes at her cousin's lack of thoughtfulness.

"I also had about ten pounds of paper work faxed to me by Big Al, I have doing it since around five this morning and I am not fully finished yet."

"Well you shouldn't have gone out with you friend then huh? Auntie Jean would say it was irresponsible."

"ERR! Jimmy, my mum thinks everything I do is irresponsible."

"Yes well it is, anyway… so who did you meet? A girlfriend of yours who is sexy and single and dying to meet me?"

It was Cassie's turn to laugh, "Ha hardly, no I met someone."

"Who?"

"Someone!"

"WHO!"

Cassie took a deep breath, "Subtly escapes you Jimmy."

"D'uh, now who did you meet?"

"A guy,"

"Oh? An upstanding citizen I hope,"

"You know him actually, Clark Kent." There was silence on the other end of the line. "Jimmy?"

"That is so weird, I saw him leave for his date and his date was you? Small world."

"That is like the fifth time someone has said that to me in the last two days."

"What 'I saw him leave for his date'?"

"No, 'small world' you idiot." The phone beeped, "Just a sec I have a call on the other line,"

"Kay,"

She pushed the button on the base of the phone and put it back to her ear. "Hello?"

"Hi Cassie?" Her heart practically stopped it was fluttering so much at Clark's voice. She sat up and actually looked at her self in the mirror until she realised he couldn't see her.

"Hi…" She cleared her throat as her voice only came out in a squeak, "Hi Clark?"

"Yeah, are you alright,"

"Oh yeah I just swallowed some spit the wrong way,"

"Oh…" 'Am I talking to him about spit?' "Uh anyway I was wondering if you would maybe like to go out to dinner tomorrow?"

"Oh I would love to, where would you like to go?"

"Well there is this great Italian place on-

He was interrupted by Cassie's cell phone which was ringing madly on the coffee table in front of her. "What's that?"

"Oh just my cell."

"Shouldn't you answer it?"

"No," She said calmly, "Anyway it is probably only my mum, I will call her back, she won't mind."

"Oh if you are sure then." The phone was still ringing, Cassie stared at it praying it would stop ringing but it didn't.

"Okay sorry I will only be a sec."

"No problem," Clark said chuckling slightly.

Cassie put her phone down and answered her cell, "Hey mum I have to call you back." She went to hang up but her mother spoke before she had the chance.

"Is that all I get? I don't hear from you for two days and all you have to say is I will call you back?"

"Look mum I have a guy on my home phone and-

"Oh so what boys are more important than your mother?" 'Depends how hot they are…'

"No mum, just a sec I will end the call with him and then talk to you okay?"

"Sounds like a plan."

'No, "oh don't worry about me dear, your future happiness depends on this call," just "sounds like a plan."'

Cassie put her cell down and reached for her home phone, "Hi Clark?"

"Yeah?"

"Uh well it seems my mum does mind… so is it okay if I call you back, I will only be a few minutes."

"No problem I understand."

"Thanks, you're a life saver." Cassie said smiling brightly.

"You have no idea."

"What?"

"Nothing," With that they both hung up and Cassie picked up the phone.

"Mum?"

"Yes,"

"I am back."

"Oh good so who is this boy and do you think there is a future." Cassie rolled her eyes at the same old conversation.

"Not anymore because a certain someone made me hang up."

Cassie stretched after hanging up her cell. Instead of a few minutes she had been on the phone to her mother for two hours. After that conversation had finally ended she called Clark back. They had arranged that Cassie would meet Clark at his office and they would head over to the restaurant from there.

Cassie loved talking to Clark; they had spoken for about an hour about everything and nothing. She had forgotten how wonderful it was to have someone who made your world light up.

As Cassie stood up from her desk that was littered with the paperwork she had been doing for the past two hours she noticed the receiver was off the hook of her home phone. She clunked it down and turned around to go get ready for bed. After getting in her jim jams, and in the middle of brushing her teeth the phone rang.

Cassie walked through and picked it up. "Hewo?"

"Cassie."

She swallowed her toothpaste, "Jimmy? It's nine o'clock, I have to be up at six tomorrow for work."

"I was on hold for five hours only to be hung up on in the end…. what do you have to say for yourself?"