Lois waited a while for the Blur to return but he did not so she decided to call it a night and headed home.
Lois was experiencing some conflicting feelings from her kiss with the masked hero. It had been an amazing kiss but something was holding her back. She took a while to work it out but then she realised it was guilt. Did she really have feelings for the Blur or was she caught up in the exhilaration and the mystery of kissing an unknown stranger?
She wandered into the Bullpen to see Clark with a beaming smile on his face. Her coffee and maple donut were there on her desk waiting for her arrival.
"It's not my birthday, Smallville." she announced, convinced he had got mixed up.
"I know it's not. I just thought we could start afresh this morning after the emotional stuff from the past few days. Lois, I do not want to lose your friendship because we could not get our act together as a couple." he told her.
"Ok..." she replied slowly, taking in what he was saying. "So you are saying we should move on as partners and forget ideas of anything deeper." She paraphrased.
"That's exactly what I am saying. You are caught up with your new man and I am seeing someone." Clark announced happily, still feeling the after effects from the kiss with Stiletto.
They were interrupted by Randall. "Tess wants to see you in her office now." he ordered.
Lois sighed as they headed to the elevator. "Let's see what she wants before my coffee gets cold."
The doors closed and the elevator moved but soon grounded to a halt. "What the hell?" Clark exclaimed.
"Ah this is great." Lois added, pressing the button to see if she could summon help but even that would not work.
"Looks like an power cut. Even the secondary systems look as though they have malfunctioned." he commented.
"Fabulous." she replied sarcastically. "Remember last time this happened, poor Jeff was stuck in the lift for three hours and now only takes the stairs."
"Well we might as well get comfortable." Lois checked her cell but there was no signal. She sat down and propped herself against the wall.
Clark smiled at her and sat next to her. "It is a shame that you didn't bring your coffee and donut with you. I hope your blood sugar does not drop too low." he joked.
"So what shall we talk about?" Clark asked.
"Tell me about your new girlfriend." Lois asked, not entirely convinced he was not lying about having one to make her jealous.
"Nothing much to tell really. I met her about a week ago and we seem to have clicked. She is so easy to get on with."
"That's exactly how I feel about this man I am seeing." she beamed. "I feel like I have known him for ages, even though we just met last week."
Lois could not help herself but she felt jealous. As much as she was attracted to the Blur, something kept dragging her thoughts back to the farm-boy sitting next to her.
She paused for a second. "So I guess you believe in love at first sight now."
"I wouldn't go that far. We are taking it slow and seeing where it leads."
Lois laughed nervously. "So you haven't even made it past first base yet."
Clark went red. "Actually we did...last night. Maybe we shouldn't be talking about this."
"Why not! Are you shy?" she taunted him.
"No...but it is just with everything that has gone on, I feel uncomfortable talking to you about it." he replied as honestly as he could.
"But we both know it could never work between us." she said, not realising his head was moving towards hers.
"Do we?" he asked.
It was as though he was moving in slow motion, looking for any sign that he should not continue, but it never came. Tentatively his lips pressed down on hers, waiting for the impending rejection...but then he felt her lips responding. Their exchange gained momentum...their hands becoming involved. Lois swung her leg over his, so she was sitting on his lap, their kiss not letting up.
Chloe was at the ISIS console when Oliver came in. "What have you done?"
"What do you mean?"
"My sources tell me that you have caused a power cut on the Daily Planet elevator."
"By sources, I guess you mean Emil." she smiled. "Those two need to get together and if trapping them alone in an elevator is the only way of doing that, well so be it."
"Chloe, you are jeopardising my plan." he remarked.
"What plan?" she asked curiously.
"I was going to tell you, and I will fill you in...but first put the power back on." he smiled.
By this point Clark had lost his shirt and Lois was about to lose her blouse when the lights went back on, jolting them apart.
Clark grabbed his shirt and quickly put it on before the door opened.
Lois took his actions as a sign that he regretted what had just happened, so she readjusted her blouse.
Once out of the elevator, she went and asked Randall for the rest of the day off, saying she had a migraine brought on by being trapped in a confined space. Meanwhile Clark was left more confused than ever.
Clark could not concentrate the rest of the day. He wanted to speak to Lois, but when he got to the Talon, the door was answered by Chloe.
"Hi Clark."
"Is Lois here? I need to talk to her." he asked.
"This is not the best time. She muttered something about you and then locked herself in her room. Whatever happened between you two, must have been bad because she even refused some Rocky Road Ice-cream." Chloe replied
"Ok...will you tell her I called." he asked.
Clark decided to head off back to Metropolis to do some patrolling, but he found it hard to concentrate. He stood in his usual spot above the city, listening for any sign of trouble, whilst keeping an eye on the phone booth. As soon as darkness fell, he saw a familiar figure appear on the street below. He jumped down to bring her back up to his lair.
"Hi." he said as he put her down. He tried to ignore the electricity that existed between them, leaving him to question whether his feelings for Stiletto were purely physical.
Lois did not reply. She lurched forward and kissed him hard. He did not reciprocate immediately, but soon the surge of lust was taking over his body. Lois pushed him back against the wall and started to run her hands up his chest.
"I want you." she moaned hoping her conflicting feelings about Clark would evaporate.
Clark could sense her frustration in her kiss. It was as though she was acting in desperation. He pushed her off. "Your heart is not in this, is it?"
Again she did not answer, just continued her frenzied assault on his lips.
Clark froze, before breaking apart from her again. "I think we are making a mistake."
She looked at him. "Not you too." then she went cold. "Please take me down to the street."
He started to apologise. "I do have feelings for you, but you need to know things about me first." He said wondering if his alien origins were really stopping him, or whether it was his feelings for Lois.
She could hear the seriousness in his voice. "Ok, shall we sit down?"
He did as she asked and then took a deep breath. "You asked me the other night if I got my powers from the meteor shower."
"You said you didn't." she continued for him.
"I was involved in the meteor shower. To be more precise I came down with the shower."
"Came down?" she asked bewildered by what he was implying. "Like from the sky."
"More like... from outer space. I am not human, I am a Kryptonian. My home planet was destroyed before I arrived on Earth."
"Oh my god." Lois exclaimed. "Have you been alone all this time?"
"No...I was found by a couple when I crash landed and they protected me and raised me as their own child."
Lois could not believe the enormity of what she was hearing. "It must have been hard for you, to hide in the shadows in fear of what would happen if anyone found out."
"It has been hard but my parents and friends have supported me." he explained before police sirens started in the distance.
"I want you to know that you that you are the first person I have told because I wanted to, not because I was forced to." he kissed her before speeding off into the night.
Lois tossed and turned that night not helped by the nocturnal activity going on in Chloe's room. Her inner turmoil was threatening to tear her emotions apart, and she knew she needed to act but how... The Blur had just dropped the most amazing bombshell ever, and she felt if she rejected him now he would think it was because he was an alien. Her mind just kept going around in circles.
Eventually she gave up on the idea of any more sleep and buried herself in her latest work assignment for the rest of the day.
Once Chloe and Jimmy had gone out for the night, she fell asleep over her computer.
Hours later, she was woke by a knock at the door. Pulling herself together, she staggered the door, half asleep. She opened the door to see a very apologetic looking Clark.
She was about to close the door on him when he put his hand up to stop her. "We need to talk. Are you ok? Have you been crying?" he was concerned by her puffy red eyes.
"No...well not really. I didn't sleep well." She turned around as he followed her in. Suddenly she noticed the pile of washing on the end of the sofa. She could not put it off anymore. "Listen Smallville, can I come over the farm now and do my washing. I am really running out of clean clothes, and I cannot afford the dry cleaners this month."
He smiled and they drove back to the farm with the five bags of washing.
After she had put the first load in, she went to sit down on the sofa next to Clark.
He rubbed her shoulder and took a deep breath. "I want to apologise for my behaviour yesterday. I should not have acted the way I did."
She looked at him. "Clark, I have more important things to worry about than your inability to deal with intimacy."
"I just got a shock when the elevator started to move. I didn't mean to act as though it meant nothing. It meant more than you can ever imagine and I don't want to throw away what we have."
"Clark, you are seeing someone else and so am I. Are you willing to risk that?" she looked deep into his eyes, looking for the answer she was hoping for.
"Yes I am." he replied sincerely. "But first, I need to tell you something."
"No you don't" she announced, climbing on his lap. "The only thing you need to do is to carry me upstairs."
He kissed her, scooped her up and carried her to his room.
After months of uncertainty and conflicted emotions, Lois lay draped across Clark's chest safe in the knowledge that she was 'the one'. Anyway insecurities about Lana coming back had been washed away during the course of last night.
She did not know if it was the sunlight or the cockerel which had woken her but she did not care. She was too busy taking in the sight of a sleeping Clark, lying next to her with a subtle smile on his face.
This peaceful, idyllic scene was soon destroyed by the arrival of an 80lb golden retriever on the bed.
"Shelby." Clark muttered. "Get off the bed."
The dog did as he was told and lay at the side of the bed. Clark looked across at a laughing Lois. "I guess he wants out." she suggested.
"Well it is late." Clark looked at his watch which told him it was after 8am. "I better go and let him out."
"You are coming back up, are you?" she asked seductively.
He smiled back, leant over and kissed her. "You can bet on it."
He got up, and grabbed his tee before heading off with Shelby following behind him, wagging his tail.
Five minutes later, he came back with two cups of coffee. "I was going to cook a full breakfast but I figured you would miss me too much." he said as he climbed back on the bed.
Lois sat up. "I have already missed you. Did you sort Shelby out?"
"Yeah, he is out in the paddock having a run. He should be fine for a while." Clark smiled and kissed her.
It was almost 10am by the time they made it downstairs. Lois had promised to cook Clark breakfast but luckily he had convinced her he only wanted cereal. Lois and flammable substances did not mix.
"So what do you want to do today?" he asked when they were sat down eating.
"Apart from the obvious." she grinned. "Why don't we go for a drive or a walk. It is such a lovely day."
"So does this mean, we are officially an item?"
"I don't know how you can ask that after last night." she remarked, grabbing his hand.
"So we agree to break it off with...I don't know his name." Clark stuttered.
"Yeah, I will go and see him tonight."
"Why not ring him?" Clark asked with a sudden hint of jealousy in his voice. "I am sure he will be gutted either way."
"It is not that straightforward. I still don't have his cell number." Lois explained, realising how strange that sounded.
"No, I can relate to that. I will head into town and tell my ex as well." he smiled, wondering how she would take it, especially since they had made out on the previous two meetings.
" How did you meet her by the way?" Lois asked curiously.
"We sort of bumped into one another one night."
"What does she do?"
Clark became defensive. "Does it matter? She is my past now. We never got really serious anyway."
Lois did not appreciate his snappiness. "I only asked Clark."
"Sorry...I have just never dumped anyone before."
"You have...you dumped Lana after that run in with Simone." Lois fired back, smiling.
"I suppose that is true but it does not make it easier. Anyway, if you must know, I don't know what she does. We have never talked about it. How about your ex?"
"He is sort of like a police officer." she bent the truth.
Clark suddenly had a worrying thought. He had told Stiletto a lot of his secrets. He suddenly had a flash from Fatal Attraction where the bunny got cooked. What if she tried to get revenge for dumping her.
His thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. He could see Chloe through the window.
He went over and answered it.
"Clark, I am sorry but to bother you. I am worried about Lois. She did not come...home." She saw Lois sitting at the table. "Oh I see she has found another home. Is this what it looks like?" Chloe asked hopefully.
"Yes, cuz." Lois had the biggest grin on her face. "Come in! I would love a chat."
Clark sighed. "I will go and do some chores and leave you two for an hour." he knew exactly what women were like when they got chatting.
As soon as Clark disappeared, Chloe looked over at her blushing cousin. "So I take it that you and Clark had a good night."
"Amazing...Chloe. Who would have thought a farmboy could be so...versatile." Lois said too much, leaving Chloe a matching shade of red.
"That is far too much information." Chloe exclaimed in horror.
Lois smiled. "Sorry, but I just couldn't help myself. I think I am in love. All I need to do is break the news to..."
"To who?" Chloe pried.
"Don't shout at me. I have been seeing the Blur." Lois admitted.
Chloe tried to act surprised. "The Blur..., well that's a shock."
"He is amazing, Chloe. He is so selfless and caring, putting his life on the line for people he doesn't know." Lois gushed without realising it.
"You still have feelings for him., don't you?" Chloe asked.
"No, I love Clark. It is different with the Blur. I think I am in awe of him rather than anything deeper. I will tell him tonight that we cannot continue to see each other." she replied, confident she was making the right decision.
Meanwhile out in the barn, Clark was rehearsing his break up speech.