This is my second story I have written. Many thanks to my beta reader and friend Trixie.

Chapter 4

They walk into the chamber he holds her to him and inserts the key. They're engulfed by a bright light. She turns and wraps her arms around his waist tightly. When she lifts her head off his chest she sees's a place that looks heavenly.

"This is the fortress!? I think I've been here before." She said looking at him. He nods his head. She looks around and remembers. "In the hospital after the plane crash I told you I thought I had died and gone to heaven . . . but it wasn't heaven it was your fortress."

Clark watched her in awe as she walked around looking at everything. He saw her walk over to the crystal console and when she picked up one of the crystals Jor-El's loud voice rumbled through out the fortress.

"You are not Kal-El? Who are you?"

"This is my friend Lois Lane . . . Jor-El." Clark said walking over to stand by Lois.

"Welcome friend of Kal-El."

"Ah . . . thanks . . . I think." She said looking at Clark. She handed him the crystal and he put it back in the console. He looked at her and saw that she was frightened by Jor-El's voice so he grasped her hand in his and she automatically felt calm.

They walked around the fortress for a little while longer. He even took her outside, but only for a few seconds. He saw she was shivering so they walked over and were transported back to the caves. Clark again watched Lois in awe as she walked around the caves touching the paintings and asking questions. An hour later Clark super sped them back to the farm.

Clark offered to make some hamburgers for dinner. Lois offered to help but Clark declined the idea.

"I would like to eat cooked meat, not burnt." He said smirking at her. She picked up one of the bread rolls and threw it at him and he just chuckled at her.

They enjoyed the hamburgers and each others company. After dinner they sat in the lounge room and watched a movie. Sometime during the movie they had moved closer to each other Clark had his arms wrapped around her and she was cuddled into his chest, neither moved apart. Lois looked up at him their eyes locked and Clark decided to take a chance. He leaned down and kissed her tenderly on the lips. It started out as a tender kiss but they both soon relaxed and found themselves lost in a searing passionate kiss.

Lois knew he was going to kiss her and it frightened her but once the kiss started she realised she didn't want it to stop, so she happily deepened the kiss. While they were kissing she felt something familiar, then it hit her like a speeding bullet.

"Oh my god! You're the green arrow." She exclaimed pulling away and standing up in front of Clark angrily.

Clark knew that as soon as he kissed her he was in trouble- more ways then one. "Lois I can explain." He said getting up off the couch quickly holding his hands in surrender.

"Explain what Clark? No . . . you know what I don't even want to hear it." She stormed off towards the door but Clark super sped over to her. "Get out of my way Smallville."

"No! Lois please let me explain."

"Alright," she slams her keys down on the bench, "I can't wait to hear it." She said angrily.

Clark looked at her hazel eyes and only saw anger not the passion and desire that was there a few moments ago. "Yes that was me that you kissed," he saw that she was going to interrupt so he gently put his hand over her mouth, "but I'm not the green arrow . . . I was helping out a friend." He said sincerely.

Lois saw the guilty look on his face and realised who he was talking about. "You mean . . . Oliver don't you?" she inquired although she already knew the answer.

"Yeah. He knew you were close to figuring out he was green arrow . . . so we set it up so it would put you off his trail." He said as he walked over and slumped on the couch. He felt like he betrayed a good friend.

Lois saw that he was feeling very guilty so she sat down next to him and entwined their hands. "Why didn't he tell me?"

"Same reason as me . . . afraid of what you would think. Afraid of how you would react." He looked her in the eyes. "How do you think you would have reacted?" he asked.

"Same way I just did. As the green arrow he's hurt me in more ways then I could even imagine."

"He's a good person Lois . . . doing good things. Maybe he's doing them in the wrong way, but he's still helping people." He said with admiration.

Lois thought about what Clark had said. He was right. The green arrow is helping people but there was no way they could be together. It was nothing to do with him being green arrow, it was more to do with the fact that after that kiss with green arrow- whom she now knows was Clark - it didn't feel right being with him. She wanted the man she enjoyed the steamy kiss with, the man she had fallen for from that one kiss. Clark Kent.

"Is the kiss why you ignored me for so long?"

"It played a part in it." He whispered softly but she still heard it.

"What was the other reason?" she asked curiously.

Clark looked into her eyes and saw the curiosity there. It was there that he decided to put it all on the line and take a chance at something he knew could be really great. "I'll tell you . . . but I don't want you to interrupt me. This isn't easy for me to say."

"I promise . . . I won't say anything." She made an x over her chest and looked at him. She could see he was really nervous from the expression on his face but also the fact he was pacing up and down the lounge room. She's not one for patience, by now she would have yelled but she found his nervousness sexy. "Oh my god! Did I just call Clark Kent sexy? I must have it bad." She thought to herself.

Clark stopped pacing and faced towards her. Took a deep breath and went for it. "The other reason I ignored you for those months . . . were because whenever I was around you I just wanted to kiss you again. My heart would beat fast, I would get breathless and it sure didn't help that every night since the kiss I have had a dream about you. Sometimes it would be just the kiss and sometimes . . . well you get the picture. That kiss awoke something in me Lois . . . something I have never felt before. It was love . . . pure love. I never felt like that with Lana. I'm in love with you Lois Lane. There . . . I'm done." He said releasing the breath he never knew he was holding in.

Lois looked at Clark and burst out laughing. She tried her hardest not to but she couldn't hold it in any longer. She saw the look on his face when she did and she automatically felt really guilty. She knew how hard it was for him to tell her just like how hard it is for her. "Suck it up Lane . . . if he can do it so can you."

She walked over to him and put her hands on his chest to stop him. He looked down at her and she knew he was hurt. She left one hand on his chest and the other hand gently on his cheek. "Clark . . . I'm sorry for laughing its just I've been having dreams about you. One moment it's you I'm kissing and being very intimate with . . . but then it's green arrow kissing me from that night." She could see he was still hurt. "Clark that kiss awakened feelings that I have never felt before and I felt that again before on this couch."

"What are you saying Lois?" he asked hopeful that she felt the same way.

"I'm saying . . . that . . . I'm in love with you . . . Clark Kent." She had never said that to anybody. She was always afraid of saying those three words but for some reason she felt so relaxed and calm saying them to him.

They looked into each others eyes for a few minutes and ran into each others arms both seeking comfort. They had both just taken a big step in revealing their feelings to one another. Their relationship had changed dramatically . . . but for the good.

They looked up at each other and leaned it for a tender kiss but it soon deepened, tongues dancing wildly, fighting for control. Clark picked her up walked over to the lounge and sat down with her on his lap. Her legs around his waist she ran her hands up his chest around his neck and through his hair. He in turn ran his hands up her back skilfully undoing her bra and into her hair deepening the kiss even more. They had to stop before it went any further. Clark pulled away breathless.

"Lois . . . we . . . have to stop." He said panting.

Lois pulled away shyly. "I'm sorry . . . I don't know what came over me." She said breathlessly as she stood up and walked over to the window.

Clark walked behind the couch trying to catch his own breath. He walked out into the kitchen and got them both a glass of water. He drank his and then refilled his glass and took hers over to her. When he handed her the glass their hands touched slightly and they both felt the spark between them, it reminded them of the time Clark held Lois's hand in the hospital. They both sat down on the couch and drank their water in silence. Lois not liking uncomfortable silences broke it.

"This is stupid Clark . . . we're both adults."

"I know what you mean . . . we're both adults and we can control ourselves." He said as he leaned in and kissed her sweetly on the lips. He then lied back on the couch held his hand to her and when she put her hand in his he then gently pulled her down to him. Her arm wrapped around his waist and the other hand lying on his chest.

"I love you Lois." he whispered glancing down at her lovingly.

"I love you Clark." She looked up to see him looking at her.

They shared a tender kiss full of promises for what was to come. And when Martha returned the next morning that is how she found them. "I knew my plan would work." She said chuckling as she walked upstairs careful not to wake the young lovers.

The End

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