The silence in the elevator was a short one, unsurprisingly since Lois Lane was renowned for her incapability of dealing with uncomfortable silences.
Or any form of silence for that matter.
"So Smallville, how's the love life going?"
Lois could have hit herself. Crap, wrong question to the wrong person!! Damn it Lois think! She did take some satisfaction from his obvious unease at her question.
"Wow, has Smallville finally moved on after years of Lana-loving?" She was actually surprised, and, maybe, eager? Clark couldn't look at her, this was way too awkward without Lois Lane, of all people, being there.
"Maybe, I've realized that if I was meant to be with Lana, I would have made more of an effort to find her." With that, he exited the elevator, leaving Lois in uncharted territory: Speechless.
The pair made their way towards the editor's office, trying to forget the conversation occupying both of their minds. As they suspected, Tess was sat behind her desk eying them in an almost oppressive manner.
"Well, well. Look who decided to show up."
"Yeah, well someone took a while to get into work this morning." said Lois, putting deliberate glances towards Clark.
"I would have been here quicker if someone hadn't needed my help late last night." Clark replied defensively.
"It's not my fault you're so slow!"
"Slow?! Well..."
"Look, the reason I called you two in here isn't to here excuses, so can we get back to your assignment." Tess interrupted.
"Assignment?" The two reporters' curious minds were on high alert, looking for a story.
"A powerful business man, called Harry Wright, has been thought to have been involved in a drug scam involving mass amounts of a newly tested medicine, L-242. The drug is meant to be an ultra-sensory enhancer, but is utterly undetectable once it enters the bloodstream. However, it encountered problems during the second rounds of testing, and has been withdrawn from any companies distributing it." Tess explained
"What about Wright, what has he been doing?" Both Lois and Clark were hooked, wanting to find out every detail of the story.
"The police think that he has been selling it illegally to criminals, since there have been a few crimes involving super-powered beings."
"So we have to find out what is going on with this Wright guy, and what he has to do with L-242 thing." Lois was getting pumped.
"Yes, and write an article to go on the front page."
Clark and Lois stood shocked into silence.
"Front Page??" After a confirmation nod from Tess, Lois deafened the entire building with an excited scream. "Come on Clark, we have to get this story!" And with that, she dragged Clark out of the room and back to the basement.