AN: Ok first, I want to Thank all the Reviewers out there cuz this story wouldn't even be anything but something taking up space, if it wasn't for you guys. You truly keep this story alive. Second I want to say sorry to Loweltan, I know I said you could be my beta, but I just got off of work and I'm dead tired and I did promise to get this up today. So, sorry I didn't run this by you first. Third, I've been really, really busy and tired lately from working 6 days a week, plus classes on top of that. So I'm really sorry if this chap isn't as good as others I have done, but I hope you enjoy it even if it's a little. Thanks so much guys, ya'll are all Fabulous!
Chapter 17: Cruise (Day 2) Conversations
Chloe walked over to the table in the suite's kitchen, placing down a steaming cup of coffee in front of Clark, before taking her across from him. He stared blankly into the dark liquid, his mind running in overdrive, reeling over what happen between him and Lois. She confessing her love...really...she confessing it...he couldn't be anymore overjoyed, ecstatic, floating on cloud nine-kind of happy...but still shock like Hell none the less.
Chloe stared at her friend, a cheeky smile playing on her lips as he seem to pour his thought into his coffee. His eyes looking into it like was a mini TV, and lips curled into a glowing smile. She knew something good happened, Lois always had that affect on people, well certain people anyway, especially him.
"So..." Chloe began, taking a sip of the hot, liquid. "You two, Christen the ship yet?"
This gets a reaction from him, she laughs softly as he coughs into his cup of coffee spewing some of it from his mouth, realizing what she said. He shoots her a pointed look, cleaning his mouth and the coffee of the table that he spitted out.
She shrugs up sheepishly. "So, if you guys didn't have..."
"...Sex, Chloe." Clark finishes for her, seeing she was struggling with the rest of her sentence.
Chloe cocks her head to the side, her brow raised up. "I see we discovered some new found confidence." he smiles smugly. "Hey, don't get cocky, cos things are finally fight in the world of Clark Kent...My Cuz is really rubbing off you, huh?"
He looks up from his coffee, giving a bright smile. "Wouldn't have it any other way." his eyes drops back down. "...but, not everything is right."
Chloe gives her full attention, bring her cup to her lips to consume the heavenly brewed drink. "So, what happen then?"
Clark gazed up at her uneasily, letting out a deep breath before he spoke out quickly. "Shesaidshelovedme."
Chloe this time sent her coffee flying from her mouth, even in his rush of speech, her prickly ears picked up every word. "She what!"
"Exactly how I felt too!" Chloe gives him a look.
"At first..." Clark quickly states, at the expression on her face. Then turns serious, his lips in a huge grin, mind floating back to that moment. "But I knew she meant it..."
"Of course she did, my cousin doesn't take those words lightly."
He smiled wider, still reminiscing over what happen. "I never felt such a burden released from me, like when she said those words...she loves me...I never felt so free, from everything...from who I am. For once I didn't feel like I had the weight of the world on my shoulder...I didn't feel alone anymore."
Chloe smiles weakly, sensing something is still wrong, and prepares to hear it. "But..."
Clark sighs heavily, rubbing his hands through his disheveled hair. "I haven't exactly gotten around to telling her about "me"."
She coughs into her coffee cup again, this time her eyes going wider then before. "Clark, are you crazy! You allowed my cousin to confess her feelings toward you, and you haven't even told her!"
Clark scrunches up at the panic tone in her voice. "I know, but how do you think it would have been if I did go all the way and not tell her. Beside, there's still the whole if I'll end up killing her in the heat of the moment, problem also." he lets out suddenly becoming that insecure boy again.
Chloe chokes on her coffee for the last time, and slams it down hard onto the table. "No, you stop right there! You will not turn this into another episode, like what happen between you and Lana."
"I'm not!" she gives him a stern, unbelieving look, her arms folded against her chest.
"I'm not." he replies again, sounding more convincing this time, even to himself.
Chloe gives a small smile, stretching out her hands, taking his into hers. "You're never gonna really have her until you give "all" of yourself, and that means telling her the truth."
Lois woke, this time on her own without the aide of the shrill sound from the pesky alarm. Her eyes fluttered open and like before, to the sun streaming in, but she did care. The heavy feeling like last time hung heavy in her chest, she not knowing what it was then. The heavy hangover clouding her judgment, but now her system free of alcohol, she knew all too well what that "missing" feeling was.
"Clark?" she groggily called out, turning onto her back, leaning up against her elbows, eyes searching around for any sign of him.
One again, her boy wonder wasn't there for her to wake up in his arms to. Lois sighed heavily, he giving her space, she assumed, she couldn't bring herself to be mad at him. It's not like she was any better then him, when it came to revealing things. She shook her head, trying to shake all thought of her problems with Clark, not wanting to barre herself so early in the morning. Even though it was going on 11 0' clock.
She was just waking up after all, and having Clark not hanging around gave her a chance to do something very much needed to be done...
Lois slowly swings her legs over the edge of the bed, every in her body screaming with pain. She groaned as she stood to her feet, her body stiff and aching all over, making her way across the room to closet to retrieve her laptop from her bag. Then painfully made her way back to the bed. Slipping her hand under the mattress, she takes hold of the disk stuck there for safe keeping, placing it into the laptop that buzzed and hummed with life.
A few clicks and she was onto the Cruises Internet service, sighing with relief as the person she's looking for is on-line and clicks on voice activation.
"Karyn?" Lois speaks, into the mini microphone on her headset.
"Jesus, Lois! What the hell happen to you! What the hell happen to keeping in touch! I was thinking the worst, especially after you last phone call."
Lois smiles, just like her old friend to worry about her. "Nice to see you, too." she replies playfully. "...and I'm sorry, but..."
"Sorry!" Karyn shouts, in disbelief. "I almost called your father to send a search party to go looking for you. Having me wait 2 whole days without a word, a text, nothing!"
"Whoa! Karyn, no! Don't bring the General into this, it's best that no one knows." Lois persists. "...and I'm sorry about the wait, I meant to contact you it's just...I've been a little distracted."
"Hmmm, must be some distraction." Karyn teases.
"He is..." Lois saids absentmindedly, then quickly slaps her hand to her head at her stupid error. "...IT is, the cruise and all, I mean."
Karyn lips turned into a smirk. "Wait, did I hear a HE, in that sentence as being a distraction." she teases, trying to lighten the mood knowing something was wrong.
If it was any other time Lois would have snapped back with one of her playful quips, but not now. "Never mind that, listen Karyn...I'm sending you a file."
"Lois...please tell me this isn't what I think it is."
She closes her lids, holding back the tears stinging her eyes. "It's the Luthor Corp. files, I stole from Lex's computer."
"Oh, Lois." she could hear the fear in Karyn's voice, making it even harder to fight back the tears.
"You don't think...You're sure...You said, you would only send this if you were absolutely sure..."
"Karyn I'm sending it..." Lois replies, trying to keep back the dread from sounding in her voice, but Karyn could still hear it. "...I don't want to believe it anymore then you, but my gut is telling me other wise and you know it's never wrong."
"Sht!" Karyn drops her head down, and sighs. "...I was afraid of that."
"Lex knows...I know he does, and this my only play against him, my last insurance that I know I can take care of them, even though I won't probably be there."
"Lois, please there has to be another way." Karyn try to make her reason.
"Look, I could give a damn about what happens to me, but I won't let that bastard hurt my family!" Lois swallows hard, suddenly despite the tropic weather, she felt cold, a chill ran down her spine. "Promise me, Karyn...Promise me, if Lex tries anything against them, spying, threatens, having guys watch them...anything! That you will run all of this information through the news at your station...at every News Station you can. The police...the papers...police, anyone who will listen. Karyn promise me."
"Do you even have to ask?"
Lois allows a small smile to conquer her lips. "I know I don't but it would just make me feel allot better if I heard the words."
"Then in that case, I promise. If that Bastard even sneezes their way, I'll have this up so fast he wouldn't know what hit him."
Lois smiles a little more, feeling a bit better. "Thank you, Karyn."
"Hey, if I knew anyone to go out in a bang, it would be you..." this bringing out a small chuckle from Lois. "...and, Lo?"
"Yea."
"Tell him..."Karyn advised. "...Tell, Clark."
Lois lowered her eyes, thinking hard about her words, trying to decide if it would be wise at all to let him, Chloe or anyone know. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt anyone, and she knew in a way she still was hurting them, but it was justified in her mind because at least they would be safe. She meant it, when she told Clark the world wouldn't be loosing anything important if she dropped from it. As long as everyone she loved was okay, then she could truly leave this world, knowing they were safe.
"Tell her, Clark." Chloe pressed. "Tell Lois, everything."
Clark sighs, frustrated, pressing his hand through his hair. "You know I can't."
"Can't or won't, cos there is a huge difference." Chloe corrects. "I hate to say this Clark but you're turning this into High School all over again, but instead of Lana, this time it's Lois."
"It's different." Clark disagrees.l
"Really, how so?" Chloe crosses.
He shakes his head. "...because with Lois, I'm not afraid of what she'll think of me. I'm not afraid she'll reject me, or go out and tell the world my secret."
"Like with Lana." Chloe finishes, saying the "who" that hung on his mind. "But you're still afraid to tell her."
Clark claps his fist together, having this talk before with Lois, his anger surfacing a bit. "Don't I have the right too!" but then looks at her more calmer. "I love her more then life and I want to protect her from the truth, at least for right now. Until I figure what Lex's motives are."
Chloe exhaled deeply, her reporter instincts, just plain instincts told her the same thing everyone else was feeling. Lex was up to something, him and Clark had hardly been acquaintances let alone friends over the pass few months. So for him to suddenly become all chummy, getting the best rooms on the cruise for them was, of course, suspicious at first. They all wanted just to enjoy themselves, before the rush of life, classes, work came crashing back to them, so they ignored it.
Now, though the air felt a little too dark with his presence and it was hard to ignore, all the way.
"So, this is your guys Dirty Little Secret."
They snap their heads around to the snarky familiar voice. Lois leaning against the wall, her brow raised as she watched all the color drain from their faces. After a second or two, when the initial shock wore off, Chloe finds her voice.
"What!" she squeaks out, not sure of how much she heard.
Lois lips turns into her infamous smirk, eyes gesturing toward them holding hands. They quickly glance to where her eyes are pointing and sees their hands clasped together in a friendly manner. Their faces flushes red as they retreat their hands away.
"Lois..." Chloe started.
Lois walks over to them at the table amused by their actions, waving off her hand to her Cuz. "Seriously, Chlo if you say this isn't what it looks like. I'm really gonna whack you."
She laughs at their wide eyed expression. "You guys are sos easy."
Chloe playfully hits Lois on her rear end before she takes her seat between them. "So, how you feeling from last night, Cuz?"
"Like I gave a major ass whopping and won." Lois smiles smugly, then rubs her shoulder."...but also got about just as good back."
Clark huffs, rolling his eyes, and Chloe gleams widely. "You're not the only one who won a bit of something, last night."
"I've notice, how much we talking?"
Chloe lips turns into a mischievous grin. "That's for me to know and you two to find out, later."
Clark and Lois give each other a quick glance, she then reaching next to her stealing Clark's coffee away and takes a sip.
"Hey, I was drinking that!" Clark complains.
"WAS, being the keyword in that sentence." she quips, giving him an alluring stare without notice, over the mug. Eying his chest that shone through his tight white T-shirt, ever so nicely. Giving a once-over before setting her eyes back to his.
He returning the same, his eyes admiring her sumptuous full lips, remembering how wonderful they feel, how soft her hair was between his fingers and her skin like slick upon his.
Chloe roll s her eyes at the exchange between them, her lips curled in a bemusing grin. Having read how sexual desires increases in danger, adrenaline spiked situations, and in Lois' case her adrenaline was at full throttle, after lasts night escapade.
"Get a room, you two just woke up and look like crap, yet you two are still ogling each other." Chloe said, rising up to get Clark another cup of Coffee.
"Would anyone like a slice of sexual tension, along with their coffee." hold her hands like she has a pie in them.
Lois spits up coffee from her mouth, Chloe hands her a napkin. "Don't worry, that's been happening all day." giving Clark a look.
"You sure nothing happened between you two last night?"
Lois turn her head to glare at Chloe. "Nothing..."
"You caught us, we had mind blowing, passionate sex all...night...long." Clark jokes, picking up Lois hand, placing a deep kiss on top and gives her a seductive wink.
Lois gulps at his action, her heart flipping inside her chest but comes back to reality, snatching her hand away. "That is so not funny!"
She punches him on the arm as he laughs. "Anyway..." trying to get off the subject of sex, which she badly craved. "...What is this little plan you got scheming in that brain of yours."
"Oh, a little something to up the anienty." Chloe lets out slyly.
"Chloe, didn't I already have this talk with you and Bart. No more setups!"
"Just figured you would want this back." Chloe taunts, removing a wrinkled envelope from her purse, and shrugs her shoulders. "Guess not."
Lois instinctively grabs her chest, feeling her own breast and knowing exactly what was missing. Chloe laughs into her coffee at Lois touching and patting her own chest, Clark on the other hand found himself turned on by the sight. His cheeks burning red as Chloe catches him ogling Lois, touching the twins.
"Chloeee, where is my check?" threat sounding in her voice.
"Hellooo!" Chloe strides, waving the envelope in her face, like it was obvious.
Lois reaches her hand out to snatch it away but Chloe pulls it back before she could. "How did you get that?"
"Never mind how." Chloe states. "Just know that this is added to the prize, if you guys are willing to go along for one challenge. "Just know that this is added to the prize, if you guys are willing to go along for the ride."
"Chloe don't you think you put us through enough torture?" Lois groans, drinking more of what was once Clark's coffee.
Chloe raises her brow at her. "Three months Lo, three months of pure, explicit, unadulterated Hell, you guys put me through...and all I'm asking is to add one more challenge to the Bet."
"That would be?" Lois asks, glaring at her, Chloe playing the victim card to the max.
"One Date." Chloe reveals proudly, as if it was the best ideal ever conceived in the world.
Clark and Lois turn to look at each other, then back at Chloe. "A What!"
"Do you guys really want me to explain this?"
"You want me to go out with Zorro over here?" Lois quips, pointing her thumb at Clark next to her.
"It's Carlos!"
"Like it matters."
Chloe lets out a deep breath. "That's how dates usually are, a boy and girl go out."
"I don't know, I think Carlos would prefer going out with another guy."
Clark chokes on his coffee, cutting his eyes at Lois who blocked her smile behind her mug. "I am not GAY!"
"Right, CZ straight men in the world would dress up like Zorro for a Halloween party."
"Ah-Hem." Chloe clears her throat cutting into the banter, looking from one to the other. "Are you guys in or not?"
Clark and Lois turn their heads to each other, as if speaking to each other with their minds, then turns their focus back to Chloe and grunts out their reply. "Fine!"
X
Bart brings his hands to his temples rubbing them slowly as he lade on the couch, groaning at the pain of a heavy migraine pounding away in his head.
"My head huuuuurts." Bart whines, AC leaning against the door post, arms folded, shakes his head at him.
"Bro, you sound like a baby."
"Dude, you would too, if you head felt like someone hit you with a sledge hammer."
"Bro I felt worst before, I had blood coming from my ears..."
"Dude, my head!"Bart suggested sarcastically, implying his constant talking on wasn't making headache any better.
AC gives him a menacing smile. "That's going to be the least of your problems, you're gonna feel allot worst after Clark gets a hold of you."
"Whatever, Bro I'm gonna grab you some aspirins, maybe that would shut you up." AC saids, heading into the bathroom.
Bart rolls his eyes, and mumbles, sarcasm in his tone. "Thanks...Fishstick!"
Suddenly Bart hears the main door slam shut, making his body jump and fall off the cough, hitting the floor hard.
"OW, Dude! What the..." Bart groans, his hands pressed up against his head.
Clark storms into the room, searching for one person. "BART!"
Luckily for Bart the coffee table was blocking Clark's view of him laying on the floor. Bart cringed at the tone of his voice, he was in deep crap.
"Oh, Sht!"
"Bart, I know you're in here, I "can" hear your heartbeat!" he super-speeds to the sound, seeing Bart on the floor, wide eyed.
"Uh...Hi, Bro." Bart giving an innocent smile with a touch of fear in his eyes, slowly waving a hand at him, while the other stayed glued to his head.
"Bart! Do you know what you almost done!"
He grabs his head. "Dude, not so loud!"
Clark goes after him, Bart quickly super-speeds to his feet and makes it half way pass the couch, when his powers seem to kick out.
"What the Hell!" Bart lets out, Clark comes up behind him, tackling him to the couch, pinning him down.
"Thanks to you, Lois is even more suspicious then before, and that's not to mention Lana..."
Clark looks down confused at the fidgety Bart under him, just realizing something strange. "How did I catch you?"
AC and Clark sat there watching as Bart try to run around the room, flopping around like a headless chicken. "I can't run!...I...can't...ruuuun!"
Clark covered his mouth with his hand, trying to stop from laughing. AC next to him, shaking his head a s Bart tripped all over the place trying to kick into his speedy self again.
Bart flops back down on the sofa. "Dude, what the hell happen to me?"
"Someone slipped something into your drink, Bro."
"It must be affecting your power." Clark adds in, still battling the laughter wanting to come from his mouth.
"Ugh!" Bart groans, his hands rubbing over his eyes. "What did I miss?"
"Noting much." Clark shrugs his shoulders, a bemusing smirk on his lips. "...Just Lois and Chrissy fighting."
AC's jaw dropped and eyes went wide, Clark never seen him like that before, it was a bit scary. Bart shoots straight up, in a sitting position. "Dude! I missed a catfight!" then drops back down. "OW, my head!"
"Do I even need to ask who won?" AC questioned, a pleased smile on his lips, not needing the answer to know.
X
At Tracey's Spa, the girls relaxed upon cushioned tables in their own private rooms, candles and wonderful smelling fragrances filled the white, Zen, tranquil room. Softly, sounds of nature filled the air creating a peacefully vibe through everything as the muses went to work on their bodies, ordering the special deep tissue message.
"Do people actually find this stuff relaxing?" Lois complains, though the hands rubbing on her back felt good, they didn't even come close to comparison with Clark's strong ones.
Lana glances over to Chloe, her eyes and skin around them still red from the pepper spray. "Is she okay?"
"From what the doctor says she is, but I still have my doubts on the mental part, anyway." Chloe jokes, getting a smack from Lois on the table next to her.
"Ha Ha Ha, funny Cuz, should take your act on the road." Lois snarks, finding it had to stay still for so long, while a complete stranger makes skin to skin contact with her. She closes her eyes biting down on the towel she's laying on as her mind imagines Clark's hands are the ones touching all over her back.
Lana gives Chloe another weird look, at Lois' weird behavior. Chloe just smiles slyly and rolls her eyes. "Even though it's hard to believe, she is okay, she's just nervous cos she has a date with Carlos tonight."
"Oh." Lana replied masking the disappointment in her words, even though she was over Clark it still hurt none the less seeing him with someone else.
Lois reaches over and punches her Cuz int he arm and scoffs. "Who said I was nervous?" Why on earth would I be nervous?"
Chloe rubs her arm, and whacks Lois back. "Don't to deny it Lo-La, Carlos is Hot and you cannot tell me your stomach isn't fluttering inside."
Lana clears her throat, asking in her usual uncertain voice. "So Clark...I mean Carlos asked you out?"
"Yeah Right!" Lois smirks. "Like he has the balls to do that."
Chloe smacked Lois' arm, leaving her hand print behind. "OWE! CHLOEEE!"
Chloe laughs out, Lana looks on at them. She might be best friends with Chloe but even she wasn't that close with her as Lois was.
"So, a date?" continuing her prying.
Lois stops herself from rolling her eyes at her. "Yeah, another one of Chloe's brilliant ideals." replying sarcastically. "She's holding my prize money from he kissing booth, hostage. So if I want it back I have to go on this evening out with..."
"Carlooos." Chloe finishes in a seductive way, fluttering her eyes.
"OWE!" Chloe groans as she gets whacked again.
"Don't expect anything out of this, cos I'm just doing this to win my money back." Chloe just gives her an innocent look her tricky smile breaking through her lips. " Right, cos that wasn't your intentions at all."
"I refuse to reply without my attorney present." Chloe quips, stifling her laugh.
"I'm serious Chlo, no more Love Connection." Lois bites down on her lip to stifle a moan as the muse press his hands harder into her back. "Stop trying to play Cupid."
Chloe rolls her eyes. "You're a lost cause, I can't believe you're still denying!"
Lois rest her head down on her folded arms, eyes closed. "I'm not denying anything..."
"Ah..."
"...nor, am I confirming anything, either. I'm playing a game here, Chloe."
"Riiiight." Chloe smirks. "Just remember there is such a thing as going too far to win. I hope you know the difference."
Lois pops her head up to look at Chloe. "What is that suppose to mean...and Hey! Watch where you're placing those hands at Buster!" Lois sneers, kicking her leg out at the muse.
"Please Child, you are so barking up the wrong tree." he replies, waving his hand at her and switching his hips as he walked away.
"Ugh!" Lois groans and rolls her eyes. "I'm done! This is more then enough relaxation I can handle." she growl, wrapping a white towel around herself, then heads off to change.
"Wait, Lois we're still scheduled for a facial!" Chloe yells after her, leaning too far over the edge of the table and falls off. "OWE!"
X
Bart stops again, leaning over, his hands resting on his knees, breathing heavily. "Wait, for me guys!"
Clark and AC a few feet ahead of him, shakes their heads, trying hard not to laugh but it was too funny seeing Bart struggling with the temporary loss of his powers. The spiked drink causing his powers to go hairy, once super-speed has been reversed to super-slow.
"Come on Bro, my grandmother can walk faster then you." AC taunts.
"That's because your grandmom's a fish!" Bart sneers.
"Hey, Bart you still wana race?" Clark quips.
"Ha Ha Ha, funny Dude! Even on my worst day I still could out beat your ass."
Clark and AC continue to laugh, especially as some "Hot" girls walked by Bart turning their noses up at him, giving strange looks because of the way he was walking. Bart face beams red from embarrassment, Clark and AC laughing in front of him was just making things worse.
"Yo, Dude go clean your shorts out!" one guy yells, at the way Bart moved, as he and the other two made their way across the deck.
"Screw You!" Bart yelled back, his feet dragging as he try to keep up with Clark and AC, who were laughing uncontrollably.
Clark stops walking and tuns to Bart. "Hold on we should wait for Grandpa to catch up."
"Ha Ha, funny, I wish I had a cane with me right now so I could beat you in the head with it." Bart sneers, they slowing their pace down as they walked so he could keep up. "Where we going anyway?"
AC and Clark turned their heads to him a sly smile on their lips. "The Climbing Wall."
"Great." Bart breathes out sarcastically.
Clark laughs, ruffling his hair as they walked on, top side, heading down to the Sports Center.
X
Lois swatted at her hair, the Salon Stylist curling it then places the done chestnut strands in front of her face.
"Ok, when exactly did I agree to a makeover, or being a life size doll for you to dress up anyway you please." Lois groans, smacking the hair dresser hand away, she continuing to prod and poke at Lois' brown locks.
"Believe me Hun, if I had you looks and body, I would flaunt it off every chance I got."
Lois rolled her eyes behind the few curls in her face, then settled her gaze on her cousin.
Chloe shrugs sheepishly, then gives Lois a pointed look. "You weren't really considering going on a date in jeans and a tank top, were you?"
"Hey, I look good in jeans and tank tops." Lois defends.
"Honey, with a body like that, you'd look good in anything." the hair stylist adds, squirting spray to stiffen the curls in place.
Lois shakes her head, her brows furrows. "Could we please stop talking about my body? It's creeping me out."
X
"So, you two on a date?" Bart saids, slowly pulling himself up to the next protruding rock over head, his powers still hadn't returned. "You think you'll make it through alive?"
Clark smiles widely, resting a bit while Bart catches up with him. "We're suppose to be two different people, so I'm not expecting her to be, well act like Lois."
"Right, how you think that's going to work?" Bart grunts, pulling himself up higher.
"I have no ideal." Clark laughs out.
"What's she going to wear?"
"If she had her way, knowing Lois...a pair of jeans and a tank top."
X
"Ow, ow, ow." Lana panted, the makeup artist tapping on cover-up to the red areas on her skin, burnt by the pepper spray.
"How's the eyes, Lana?" Lois asked, still bit amused.
"They still burn, but at least everything isn't blurry."
"Miss, I don't care how much cover-up I use, it's still not making the redness go away. If anything it seems to be making it worse." the lady scrunched up at the sight of her skin, trying to dab the make-up on.
Chloe turns her head back around to Lois. "So, Chlo how long do I have to stay for this excursion?"
She cocks her head to the side. "You make it sound like a prison sentence, Lo."
"I just want to know how long I have to keep my tactics up."
"Lois just drop the act, you so know you're overjoyed inside."
She shakes her head, her brow furrows. "I'm so not acting Lil Cuz, It's a game which I intend to win."
X
"What made you go all Casanova on her and asked her out?" Bart slips, Clark catches his hand pulling him back to his previous ledge.
"Actually, I didn't, it's another one of Chloe's setups."
Bart's cheeks tints red. "Dude about that...I'm sorry about the whole being locked in the room thing."
"Don't worry Bart I know how persuasive Chloe can be, and it gave us a chance to work some things out."
"So what does that mean?"
X
"Absolutely Nothing!" Lois bursts out.
"Come on! Lois you can't expect us to believe you two were locked in that room and nothing happened."
"Especially with the sounds I heard." Lana added in. Chloe and Lois cocked their brows up at her. "Ok, so my curiosity can get in the way."
Chloe shakes her head and turns her attention back to Lois, still persistent for answers. "So, what happened?"
X
"We kissed." Clark replied, his face glowing as he thought it over.
"You what!" Bart asked, surprised, almost slipping back down. "You mean as in both of you, kissing each other?"
X
Lois rolls her eyes and sighs. "He kissed me."
"No surprise there." Chloe retorts, then shakes her hands waiting for her to say more. "...and?"
"Annnnd?" Lois stalls.
"What did you do?" Chloe asks, barely hanging onto the edge of the seat.
X
"She kissed me back, yes."
Bart's face in utter shock. "Dude! Chloe wasn't kidding about that Kent Charm."
Clark shakes his head. "Charm had nothing to do with it. We've been dancing around this for so long, even I was hesitant to admit to what was there."
"So I heard." Bart laughs. "How was it?"
X
Lois exhales deeply. "Riiight! Like I'm gonna talk about it."
"Oh come on Lois, there's sparks between you two. Everyone knows it, including yourself." Chloe stands from her seat and sits next to her Cuz, bumping her shoulder. "So, tell already."
Lois groans, letting out a deep breath. "Fine...it was...it was okay."
Chloe gives her a "disbelieving" look, her head leaning to the side. "Just ok?"
X
"It was breath taking." Clark marvels.
"Could that grin get any goofier?" Bart smiles, making Clark blush.
"Shut up." Clark saids, rolling his eyes and continuing his climb up the rock wall.
"What about the bedroom?" Bart yells up to him.
"What?" Clark asks, caught off guard by the question.
"Well, since I've already got the bare ending..." Bart laughs, Clark just rolls his eyes. "...to the behind the door show. You were with her for two nights, Dude. Sleeping in the same bed and everything."
Clark looks down over his shoulder at Bart beneath him and smirks. "Is there anything Chloe doesn't tell you?"
Bart thinks for a moment. "Um nope...You're stalling, so what happened?"
"Nothing." Clark simply replies.
"In what case, being locked up or the bedroom thing?"
X
"Both." Lois huffs out, annoyed by both girls' constant prying.
"You would have us believe nothing happen, when it's obvious you two are ready to rip each others clothes off on sight."
Lois quickly turned around to Chloe about to retort, opening her mouth but knowing she was too far in to try and lie her way out. She closes her mouth and sets a steely gaze at Chloe's smug face.
"I'll take that as a yes." Chloe saids, boldly.
Lois clenches her teeth together. "Nothing happened! We kissed..."
"We? I thought you said he kissed you?" Lana interferes.
Lois snaps her head toward her, Chloe grips her arm, restraining her from doing anything. "...and we talked." Lois finishes, turning back to Chloe, letting her guard down.
"There were time..." swallowing hard. "...when things got...pretty heated."
X
"But something happened." Bart states, seeing for himself that things were quite rocky between Clark and Lois.
"Yea, me." Clark sighs. "She opened up and I pulled away."
"You didn't tell her?" Bart questioned, puzzled by this revelation.
Clark halts in place, fiddling with one of the many colorful rocks on the wall. "It's complicated, it seems like there is always something there stopping us from being together, who I am, Lois and the whole liver cancer thing, there's just too many secrets."
"But the doctor said it was a mix up...you think she's lying?"
"No, not that, she's keeping something else from me. I don't know what but it has to be something big for her to keep it hidden."
X
"Something else happened!" Chloe shouts out, startling Lois and Lana who jumped at her out burst.
Lois goes pails, knowing her Cuz and her reporter ways it was only a matter of time before she figured out the whole Lex situation.
"What?" Lois squeaks, not sure if that was the case.
This action only confirms more to Chloe's suspicions. "You're not telling everything that happened between you and Clark. I can see it in your eyes, you're definitely holding something back."
Lois too relieved that Chloe hasn't figured it out, blurs out the other big that she had yet to mention, all in one big rush of words. "Clark said he loves me!"
Chloe and Lana freeze before she even finishes, their mouths gaped opened and eyes wide with shock at what she said. If she had spoken those words years ago, they would have certainly been on the floor, rolling with laughter. Though, now, knowing all their bickering and bantering was just in their own way flirting, it was still quite a shock finally having it admitted in the open.
"WHAT!" Lana and Chloe screeched.
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"She said she loved me." Clark saids, smiling, his whole body warm and light like when she finally said those words.
Bart also smiles, seeing how happy his friend is, despite how totally numb with shock he was . "Dude, you know this opens up a whole new playing field for you, right?"
"Believe me, Bart the money and "Bet" aren't the prizes I'm counting on winning." Clark gleams. "...it's a bit more difficult then that, but I know in the end she'll be worth it."
More coming soon...
AN: Ok this isn't everything, but like I said it would have been longer of a wait if I waited till I was finished with the rest to post up an update, I'll get the rest up as soon as I can. Thanks again for all of ya'll continuing support!
Coming up... Lola and Carlos on a date, and the Big Discovery!
Ok, I'm off to bed! I've been on my feet for 7hrs straight, Thanks to my Job, and believe my they are quite sore. So nite everyone and hope you enjoyed it. ZZZ