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A/N: I guess it was a semi-evil cliffhanger. :P I can't believe how little this story has left to go. It seems like just yesterday I started to write it. They'll be making the switch back very soon… ) Chapter 8 is about 7 pages and yet again, there's a bit of a cliffhanger. 8-)

Enjoy Chapter 8 of Switch…

Previously in Switch...

Lane picked up the popcorn bowl and scooted closer to him. There was still somewhat of a distance between them, but not as big as one as before. They turned their attention back to the movie. Kent let out a small laugh.

"What?," Lane asked. There wasn't anything that funny said in the movie.

"That guy kinda looks like me," Kent pointed to the screen. Charlie Baker was asking his dad if he mentioned he didn't like him very much.

"No he doesn't," Lane shook her head.

"I think he does," Kent said.

"No," Lane shook her head, "He couldn't look like you… he's hot."

"Hey!," Kent laughed and hit her with a pillow.

"Ow! That hurt!," Lane hit him back with the same pillow. Then she grabbed a hand full of popcorn and chucked it at him. A popcorn fight had now commenced. They started laughing and once they were out of popcorn, their laughter settled down.

"You've got popcorn in your hair," Kent picked some out.

"So do you," Lane brushed it out of his hair. Kent's eyes shifted from her eyes to her lips and before he knew what he was doing, he started to lean in for a kiss.

Now in Switch...

Chapter 8

Before their lips could meet, Lane snapped out of the trance, "I don't think we should be doing that sort of connecting."

"Sorry," Kent immediately apologized out of habit, "I didn't mean to, I mean, I don't know what came over me."

"It's okay," Lane shrugged it off, "We're both in a very difficult and unusual situation and we're expected to connect and switch back."

"Right," Kent nodded.

"And so we're desperately trying to feel some sort of connection so we can switch back," Lane continued.

Kent nodded again, "Right."

"That's all that was and there's no need for any apology, Clark," Lane replied and gave him a small firm nod. He continued to nod with her. There was a second pause before Lane jumped him, grabbing both sides of his head as her lips crashed on his.

"Lois," Kent managed between kisses, "Lois."

Lane jumped back, "Clark, sorry, I don't know what I… I'm sorry."

Kent licked his lips, "It's all right. Just the situation, right?"

"Yeah," Lane nodded, silently thanking him, "That's right, it's just the situation we're in."

"Let's get back to the movie," Kent suggested.

"Good idea," Lane said. She looked to Kent hesitantly and started to lean her head on his shoulder, silently asking if it'd be okay after the awkwardness that had just ensued. He answered her by gently pushing her head to lie on his shoulder. Then he wrapped his arm around her. They really were a perfect fit.

"I don't see how we're going to switch back," Lane said after a few moments and sat up off of Kent's shoulder, "This seems more like something our future selves should be doing. Maybe I should hide the watch somewhere and have our future selves find it in the past and they can do it."

"Lois, you're not making any sense," Kent shook his head with a laugh. She was kind of cute when she rambled.

"Don't you think this is something our future selves would have to do?," Lane was practically begging him to see reason, "I mean, after all, they're the ones that are getting married, not us."

"Lois, I think we can switch," Kent said, "Zatanna seemed pretty confident that we could."

"Confidence is not the same thing as actually succeeding," Lane countered.

"That's true, but you have to have confidence in yourself before you can actually try something, right?," Kent replied.

"With confidence in yourself, comes success," Lane nodded, "Yeah, that's what the General always says."

"The General?," Kent wondered.

"My dad," Lane explained, "He's a three-star general and he always gives me advice – that was one of them."

"Your father sounds like he's a wise man," Kent said.

"He has his moments," Lane agreed.

They sat in silence for a few moments, the only noise in the room was the movie going unnoticed. Kent broke the silence, "Let's get back to watching the movie, maybe we'll switch back soon."

"Okay," Lane nodded with an uneasy breath. They reassumed their original positions with Lane lying on Kent's shoulder with his arm around her.

2003 & 2011

Lane and Kent and Lois and Clark were in the same position on the same couch in their respective times. She had her head resting on his shoulder as his head rested on hers. Both sets of Lois and Clark had fallen fast asleep – their heartbeats beating in unison.

In the future, Lane and Kent snuggled closer together as each of them let out a contented sigh. They were in sync. The watch on Lane's wrist began to glow the familiar deep-purple, engulfing both of them. After a few moments, the glowing ceased.

2003

Jonathan and Martha entered the farmhouse quietly. They didn't want to intrude on anything. A soft blue glow was coming from the living room and they quietly entered the room to investigate.

"How sweet," Martha whispered at the couple curled up together on the couch. The blue glow was coming from the DVD player in sleep mode. An empty pizza box sat on the table next to them. Martha disappeared for a moment and came back with a blanket as she covered them up. Jonathan continued to stand and watch them.

"Do you think we should wake them up?," Jonathan whispered once his wife rejoined his side.

"No," Martha shook her head, "Let them sleep. I'm sure they need it."

Martha patted his chest and headed upstairs, but Jonathan remained in the same spot. He looked back at the couple one more time and couldn't help but smile. They looked so natural together. The moment he decided to join his wife upstairs was the moment Lois decided to wake up. She blinked rapidly at the unfamiliar man and gently shook Clark awake.

"Dad?," Clark sat up as much as he could with Lois lying on top of him.

"You two enjoy your evening?," Jonathan asked.

"I guess so," Clark was a little confused. What was he doing in the house?

"So you're Clark's dad?," Lois sat up, wiping her drool from the side of her mouth.

From that comment, Jonathan realized they must have switched back, "Nice to have you back, son… and nice to formally meet you, Lois."

"We're back?," Lois and Clark shot straight up at the same time. They were so tired they hadn't even realized it.

"Well, what year do you think it is?," Jonathan folded his arms.

Lois and Clark looked at each other and then looked back at Jonathan. Lois bit her lip, "I'm hoping you're going to say that it's 2003."

"Welcome back," Jonathan smiled.

"We did it," Lois lit up and punched Clark in the shoulder, "We did it."

"I told you we could," Clark nodded.

"Lois, I'll lead you to Clark's room. You can spend the night," Jonathan helped her up. Clark got up and started to follow them. Jonathan turned around, "You're not coming. You're spending the night on the couch. You two aren't married."

Lois laughed and winked at Clark as she followed Jonathan up the stairs. Clark smiled and shook his head, watching her retreating form. She was truly something, "No… not yet."

2011

A rooster crowed in the distance waking two sleeping forms on the couch. Lois mumbled, "I'm gonna freaking kill that rooster one of these days."

She fully opened her eyes and saw the blue screen from the DVD player going to sleep. Their situation flew back at her at full force, "Smallville! Wake up."

"Ow," Clark groaned and put his arm over his eyes, "What?"

"We fell asleep," Lois said.

"And your point would be what?," Clark said with his arm still over his eyes, "That's what people do at night."

"Clark!," she threw his arm off of his eyes, "Time travel, watching a movie to relax, being stuck in the past… let me know when I've struck a memory."

He sat straight up, "I didn't hear my parents come back last night."

Clark started to get up, but Lois stopped him by pressing her hand to his chest, "Clark, the watch."

He followed her gaze to her wrist. The watch was on her wrist. They had switched back. The Kent mega-watt grin appeared on his face and she mirrored his action, "Come on."

"Where are we going?," Clark was pulled into the kitchen.

"Blur us to the Planet or something. Watchtower. Anywhere," Lois said, "I want to make sure everything's back to normal."

"Let's go to the Planet," Clark agreed. She jumped in his arms and in a second they took off.

Within a few seconds, they arrived in the basement's bullpen. Everything looked the way they remembered. As soon as they saw their nameplates in their respective places, they knew for a fact that they were back in the right time.

"Ms. Lane? Mr. Kent? What are you two doing here?," Jeff got their attention.

"Hey, Jeff," Clark nodded at the intern, "What are you talking about?"

"I thought you guys took this week off to get ready for your wedding tomorrow," Jeff said.

Not to arouse suspicion, Lois just went with it, "Yeah, well we just couldn't stay away."

"Understandable, Ms. Lane," Jeff smiled and let out a nervous cough when he caught Clark's glance, "But you two really should get outta here. Mr. White doesn't want you two working this week. He wants you to concentrate on your wedding."

"Thanks, Jeff," Clark nodded and he went on his way.

"What happened?," Lois asked after she pulled him off into the storage closet, "We couldn't have possibly been gone that long. Does time move differently in the past."

"The calendar says that it's only a day or so after we left," Clark didn't understand it either.

"Do you think our switch made our younger selves change the wedding day?," Lois asked. It seemed like a ludicrous question, but after living in Smallville for so long and being engaged to an intergalactic traveler – nothing really seemed too out of the realm of possibilities.

"Could be," Clark shrugged, "Let's go to Watchtower. Maybe Ollie or Chloe can explain what's going on."

"That's right," Oliver nodded. He was on the phone when Lois and Clark entered the room. He didn't even notice them, "I ordered it a long time ago. Yes… thank you. I'll send over one of my couriers to pick it up."

"Oliver?," Lois tried to get his attention as he hung up.

"Hey," Oliver smiled, "You two switched back?"

"Yeah," Lois and Clark nodded.

"Great," Oliver was glad to see everything was back to the way it should be, "Then what are you guys doing together? Isn't it bad luck to see the bride twenty-four hours before the wedding?"

"That's the thing," Clark said, "Last time we checked, the wedding isn't supposed to be for another month."

Oliver furrowed his eyebrows, "It's always had the same date. Once you two announced your engagement, you've had the date set for tomorrow."

"Really?," Lois cocked her head.

"Yeah," Ollie nodded, "And it took you two long enough to finally get engaged. I have no idea what you two were waiting for."

"Neither do I," Clark shook his head, "I guess I just didn't want to rush it."

"Rush it?," Oliver laughed and walked up to them, "You two have been dating since I've met you."

"What?," Lois' eyebrows disappeared into her bangs.

"Are you two okay? You're acting a little strange," Oliver looked concerned.

"No, we're okay," Clark shook himself out of his little reservoir, "I think we're just a little tired that's all."

"I'm glad you two are back," Oliver nodded, "I'll see you guys at the farm later tonight with your mom. I'm picking her up from the airport."

"Why aren't I?," Clark asked.

"We've just got a few business things to cover for Queen Industries and your mom thought it'd be easier if we got it out of the way before your wedding," Oliver furrowed his brows once again, "I thought we had that all straightened out. Are you sure you two are okay?"

"Yeah," Clark nodded. Oliver didn't look convinced, but let it go, "I'll see you two later. Get some rest. I don't want you two to fall asleep before you exchange your vows."

"Right," Lois gave him an uneasy smile. They started to walk toward the exit when Oliver stopped them, "Lois! You do remember that Lucy is coming tonight with your altered wedding dress?"

Lois tried to hide her surprise at the mention of her little sister's name, "Of course."

Oliver nodded and flipped his cell phone back out. He gave them another nod as a goodbye and turned to make another call.

Once they were outside, Lois turned to Clark, "Something really screwy is going on here. I think something has changed from the switch. I mean, it looks like it's all changed for the better, but it's all still changed."

"Let's go back home," Clark suggested, "Maybe we'll find some albums or something that might show us anything else that might be different."

"Good idea," Lois agreed and in a flash they were back at the farm.

"I found some full albums," Lois said holding them up and sat on the couch. Clark pulled the album between them and opened it.

"So far, everything looks like I remember it," Clark said.

"Well no duh, you're like five in these pictures," Lois remarked, "Let's skip ahead."

"Here we go," Lois pointed to a picture of them, "I don't remember this being taken."

Clark took the picture out of the album and looked at the date on the back, "This is dated before I even met you – a year before."

"Looks like our past selves decided to stay in contact," Lois said and put the picture back. They skipped ahead a few pages and stopped on a page that made both of their hearts skip a beat.

TBC

I'm sure most of, if not all of you, have a wager as to what Lois and Clark are looking at in that album that made their hearts skip a beat. ) So, did you guys like how L&K became in sync with each other and were able to switch back? And what about Clark's comment when Jonathan led Lois upstairs? :P

Please comment and tell me what you think! I hope you guys are enjoying this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. :) :D

Thanks to everybody who's also just reading. I appreciate you too! :D

Clois Forever! :D

PS: I have no way of replying to "Lynn1991" since you left an unsigned review – I just wanted to clear up some of the stuff you had said in your review. I know the way Clark was in S2 with Lana, but he never met Lois Lane before either. ;) Plus, it's fanfiction – and we authors can "right some wrongs" so-to-speak. I just felt that the character development needed to flow at the rate I wrote, it just fit. There are a lot of wonderful long stories out there, but there's a point when some of them become too long-winded. So, I sped it up a bit :P I hope all the little issues haven't taken away from the enjoyment of the story as a whole. The Cheaper by the Dozen thing was just something fun that I thought would be cute even with the inconsistency of the release of the movie in 2003 – but like I said, there's always inconsistencies in TV shows and movies anyway which is why I went with it. The stuff with Zee… she's not a villain or anything. Zatanna loves magic, what can I say? Plus, there wouldn't be a story if Lois didn't open the gift early, plus, maybe Zee did do it on purpose. ;) :)

My "?,"" – that little issue has been addressed before on another site. I know it's grammatically incorrect and I appreciate you taking the time to let me know. :) The reason I keep doing it is because I find that it is a lot easier on the eyes when reading a lot of dialogue – it has a nice flow and it's sort of my signature style. 8-)

There is one thing with Zee that you questioned that I hope is answered in I believe the epilogue. I thank you for your detailed review and I hope you'll continue to enjoy the story like you said at the beginning of your review. And if you can, when/if you reply again, it'd be great if you signed the review so I can reply to you privately. :) :D Thanks again for your review. :)