I am so so sorry about this reli late update, but all my exams finished a couple of days ago, so i am back to my writing agian now YAY (so thats good for you guys too)
Thank you for waiting so patiently for this update, this chapter may seem a little slow, but trust me the fun will begin next chapter and once you have read this you will see why teehee :D
ENJOY!
Knowing that the girls and herself wouldn't want to be driving all the way back to Metropolis, Lois pre-arranged with Lana for them all to crash at the Talon for the night, happy to spend time in what had rotated between Chloe's and her home over the space of a few years, how so long ago those easier times were, a time that Lois would have thought she would never see Rikki again. But here she is and she was going to make the most of it if it killed her.
The journey there was tensed on the girls behalf, they had just found out about the full moon and being in the car with Lois meant they couldn't discuss all the questions racing on each of their minds. What is going to happen? Will the moon have the same effect on them here as it does back home? What were they going to tell Lois if they do get all moon-struck and end up drowning her with all the water in the place?
They didn't have the answers to these questions and this worried them all the more. If only Lewis was here, he would know what to do. Cleo found herself thinking as they pulled up outside what they all assumed to be the coffee place Chloe had mentioned to them earlier; The Talon signature over head sign shining brightly, enticing many more punters inside to be greeted with the warm aroma of blended coffee and cream.
"Here we are, home sweet…well, coffee shop" Lois joked, turning off the engine and stepping out of the car.
"You used to live here?" Rikki questioned confusion tinting her voice, standing back and examining the rather simple exterior of the building.
"Hey! I was young and this place has more potential than you might think, it looks a lot nicer on the inside…what's that old saying? Don't judge a book by its cover…oh come on" Lois gave in trying to win over their belief, so she decided to walk through the infamous doors of The Talon, the girls not far behind, the intoxicating smell of coffee sending Lois's mind reeling back to old memories of both living here and socialising with her cousin and still annoying farm boy crush.
"I guess you were right, this place is beautiful" Cleo breathed taking in the golden Egyptian style décor of the quaint coffee shop.
"Told you…oh hey look, its Lana…LANA! Over here…" Lois called, spotting Lana behind the counter, working hard as usual, she quickly dropped her cloth and came strolling towards Lois, and curious as to whom the three teenagers with her were.
"Lois, it's been a while, aren't you usually kept locked away up in that tower of a news paper mill?" Lana joked, giving Lois a brief hug, they never were that close.
"Yer, but Perry gave me the rest of the day off so I could spend time with this lot…Lana, I would like you to meet Rikki…my sister" Lois announced, as Rikki waved nervously as the petite brown haired girl looked her up and down, she already didn't like her.
"Wait…Sister? When did this happen?" Lana choked on her words; Lois had never mentioned a sister before.
"It doesn't matter, but she is staying here for the summer and these are her friends, Cleo and Emma" Lois introduced as Lana greeted them all with a warm smile.
"Lana? As in Clark's ex-girl Lana?" Rikki shot towards the stunned brunette, a smile flickering over her lips at the sight of her face drop.
"Rikki! Sorry Lana, she's new around here" Lois said shooting her sister a dark glare of warning, knowing full much the seriousness of Lana's new relationship to test her patience with past trivia's such as the train wreck that was her relationship with Clark Kent.
"No it's ok Lois, and yer Clark and I did date a while back, but he's happy now and we have both moved on, I'm engaged actually, last night he dropped the big bombshell, I haven't had the chance to tell anyone yet, so I guess you lot are the first to know" Lana beamed, placing her hand up in front of her, allowing them all to gaze upon the large glistening diamond ring on her finger.
"WOW! Lex is definitely treating you right to be able to place a rock that size on your finger" Lois regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth, but she couldn't help herself, she hated Lex Luthor and she wasn't afraid for the world to know it, she just mentally kicked herself for expressing her less warm and cuddly views of the man to never the less his now fiancé.
Lana looked to the floor at the cue of Lois's words; she knew of their clashes of opinions and felt such a fool for bringing it up, spoiling their long hindered reunion.
"Hang on, Lex? As in Lex Luthor?" Emma clarified, shock masking her voice.
"Yes, speak of the devil…Lex" Lana said clearing her throat, happily receiving a small kiss to her cheek as Lex joined the now growing group of both new and old friends.
Lois scoffed under her breath, devil, she could think of a few harsher words in her vocabulary to describe him. Knocking back the vicious thoughts and plastering a fake smile to her face, Rikki catching on and doing the same, yet without as much conviction.
"Lois, nice to see you out and about, but who do we have here?" Lex asked spotting the three girls stood behind her.
"Hi I'm Rikki, Lois's sister and this is Cleo and Emma" Rikki shot in before Lois could respond, she could answer for herself, just because of this mans reputation, didn't mean she was going to change her attitude and practically grovel at his feet, she could tell that her sister had strong feelings towards this guy and she could already tell why, just the sight of his rich and I'm better than all of you posture as he stood with Lana's hand tightly in his protectively, almost possessively.
"Sister huh, I can see the resemblance" Lex replied, smiling one of his slick smiles towards Lois and then Rikki, choosing to ignore the looks he was receiving form the other two girls.
"We get that from our mother" Lois shortly exclaimed, crossing her arms in a way of protection from the evil vibes radiating form this man, how can Lana not see it?
"I was just telling them our good news" Lana interrupted, trying to shift the sense of uneasiness creeping into the room.
"I have to admit, I was surprised when she said yes, and not to sound all cliché but she has made me the happiest man alive" Lex said, sentiment tinting his voice, a tone that physically made Lois want to vomit.
"I am happy for you, really, but we really have to go and get unpacked, don't want to waste any time to spend with the girls you know" Lois insisted trying desperately to get away before they started kissing, she didn't know if she would have the will power to stop herself from being sick.
"Of course, here's the key, I have tidied up a little, no one has lived there since Chloe left, so I guess its all yours and if any of you need anything feel free to ask…and girls I might even be able to convince the boss to give you a couple of coffees on the house" Lana said winking to the girls and eyeing Lex wickedly as she spoke he words.
"Thanks Lana, Lex. See you later, come on girls" Lois was thankful for the escape, taking the keys form Lana and leading the girls up to the apartment.
"What a pounce" Rikki whispered to Lois as they walked away, all three girls giggling under their breath.
Lois had slipped downstairs to fetch them all a drink and now Rikki as pacing the small confides of the apartment in frustration and worry, Emma and Cleo sat nervously watching on the couch.
"What are we going to do? What if the full moon turns us into mermaid zombies?" Rikki question out loud, knowing none of them held the answers she was looking for, but she couldn't them to herself any more.
"I don't know, maybe we should call Lewis, see if he knows anything?" Cleo suggested, receiving reassuring nods from the other two; she picked up her mobile and dialled an all too familiar number.
Rikki and Emma watched in anticipation, the long wait for Lewis to answer unbearable. "Come on Lewis…pick up...Lewis! Hi yer I'm ok, but we have a problem, it's the full moon. We don't know if anything's going to happen to us, what do you think? Could you look into it?" Cleo asked in quick succession, not wanting to risk Lois walking in on them any second.
Lewis must have said yes because the next thing Cleo was hanging up the phone and smiling towards the other two, "He's going to look into it and get back to us as soon as possible"
"Wait, what time is it? Back home I mean, oh god its like 3 in the morning, we just woke him up and he didn't moan at you, god, I know if that was me I wouldn't have an eardrum right about now" Rikki joked, the realisation of it all sinking into Cleo as her face lit up, realising that Lewis hadn't moaned at her, he really must love her.
"So what do we do until then? What if he moon rises before he gets back to us?" Emma queried, no time for the others to respond as Lois came waltzing through the door, coffees with absolutely everything on them balanced in a holder. "Who's thirsty?"
All three girls exchanged worried glances, before smiling back to Lois as she passed around the drinks.
Lois had decided that seen as it was nearly dark, there was no use going out, so she picked a DVD for them all to watch, luckily she had packed some with her before they left, she grinned widely as she walked back into the room, showing the girls the film choices.
"Right, so we have my all time favourite Terminator, or if you fancy something a little less intense I got Hot Fuzz and lastly Atonement if you felt like a good cry" Lois sat back and let the girls examine the films, until they finally decided to watch Hot fuzz, wanting something light and funny to improve the tension between the three mermaids.
"Good choice, not what I would have chose, but you're the guests" Lois reluctantly placed the disc into the player, when Rikki suddenly shot from her seat and encouraged Cleo and Emma to do the same.
"What's wrong?" Lois questioned, shocked to see all the girls stood as she stood form the DVD player.
"Errm, well I thought we should cover the windows, so we don't get any reflection you know form the…moon" Rikki felt so stupid, but she didn't want to risk anything happening and any of them becoming moon struck, they still hadn't heard from Lewis and didn't feel like taking any chances.
"Na don't worry about it, come on" Lois insisted, however stood stunned as none of the girls moved back to the couch.
"No really, we insist, its no trouble, we always do this back home when we watch a film, we hate it when you are trying to watch it and all you can see is the darn moon in the background" Cleo jumped in trying to back Rikki up as much as she could, noticing Emma nodding occasionally at her side.
"Fine what ever floats your boat, but don't be long I'll get some popcorn"
They all let go of the breath they had been holding and got to work quickly boarding up the windows with anything they could find.
"Blimey, you weren't kidding, you've sealed these windows so tight, it's a surprise we can breath in here" Lois pointed out observing the boarded up windows, scrunching her nose up as she spotted they had even taped around the edges.
"We like to be thorough, can't take any chances of that pesky moon shining through can we?" Emma added, guiding them all over to the couch, starting the opening of the film, trying to move Lois's attention away form the windows, succeeding as she slumped onto the couch and began munching on her popcorn.
Rikki gave her best friends a quick glance, wishing them all luck that they wouldn't have any problems, immediately returning their attention back to the film and a now giggling Lois.
The film was over and all of them hadn't stopped laughing throughout the whole thing. Rikki moved to turn off the player and Lois grabbed the now empty bowl, heading to the kitchen area, she offered all the girls a drink and returned with more munchies to pick at.
"Wow you trying to fatten us up or something?" Cleo joked, digging into the bowl of peanut M&Ms, Emma doing the same.
"Course not, just enjoy yourselves…well we don't need these up anymore, and man is it getting hot in here, I need to open a window" At that Lois moved towards the boarded up window and pulled back the cover, tossing it aside she pushed open the window.
The girls all jumped up to object, but were too late, the cover fell to the floor and the brightness of the intoxicating moon illuminated the room and rendered the girls to the spot, all hypnotised and moon struck. All of their eyes unable to be torn away from the intoxicating sight before them, the moon reflected in their eyes.
Lois turned round and tried to encourage movement from them, but was surprised to see them all stood apparently staring at something out the window, the only object in their view being the moon, confusing Lois all the more.
"Guys? What's wrong, you ok?" Lois bluntly asked waving her hand in front of their eyes, but no response, until Rikki suddenly shot her glare towards Lois and locked eyes with her sister.
"Come to Mako with us Lois, you'll love it there" Rikki said seemingly besotted by the sight of the moon dancing in Lois's eyes.
Well? What did you think?
I hope you liked this and think it was worth the wait, but trust me the next chapter will be a lot more fun, especially now the moon has struck LOL
So now that the girls are moon struck, does anyone have any ideas or requests as to how the moon should affect them, because i am a little loss lol You are the fans, what would YOU like to see?
Let me know :D
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