Chapter 19

At the gala, Bruce was greeting his guests, with Diana Prince by his side. Clark walked in wearing an all black suit, black collar shirt, and a black tie. He fixed up his suit as he looked around. Kara was talking to Chloe and Oliver, when Clark walked up to them. "Clark. I'm glad you could make it." Bruce called out once Clark came up to the group.

Clark nodded at Bruce, "Thanks for inviting me." Chloe smiled up at him and then turned her attention towards Oliver.

"I'd like to introduce you to Diana Prince, my date." Bruce put his hand on the small of her back.

Diana chuckled, "More like his date for 2 years." She held her hand out and Clark shook it with his. "Pleasure to meet you Mr. Kent. I've been looking forward to meeting boy wonder's father."

Clark was taken aback, Bruce explained, "Diana is a part of our.. group. She spends a lot of time with CJ. She's what you would call pretty wondrous."

It took Clark a moment and he finally nodded, understanding, he whispered, "Wonder woman. I've heard all about you from the Daily Planet."

Diana laughed, "Likewise. It'd be good if you would actually join us instead of going off on your own. We could help each other out you know." She winked at him.

Clark nodded, grimacing, "I'll keep that in mind."

"Clark nice of you to show up to one of these things." Kara approached him smiling. She was wearing a long red gown, with gold sequins. Clark looked past her and caught a glimpse of the woman he had been looking for all night. Lois was wearing a sleek black one shoulder gown, which hugged her curves and had a slit showing her whole leg. Her arm was linked with another man. Who was tall with dark hair. He got her a glass of champagne and they started laughing together. Clark hadn't seen Lois laugh like that in a while. She leaned in to the other man and whispered something in his ear to which they both smiled at each other. Clark couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't see Lois with another man for even a second. He just didn't want to be there watching this anymore. He took out the red kryptonite ring and slipped it on his finger. His veins turned red, and Clark felt all of his inhibitions disappear. He felt more, confident. And more angry than ever seeing Lois linked arms with another man other than him. Kara tried to catch Clark's attention, "Clark?"

Clark turned his attention back to her, "I'll tell you what's nice Kara. Telling Lois that I had taken her feelings away to hurt her."

"Clark?" Kara didn't know what he was talking about. It came out of nowhere.

"Don't think I forgot what you said. I had no right to take away her feelings? Because you put that in her head, she hates me for it and couldn't even see my intentions and why I actually did it."

"What are you talking about. She told me she understood why you did it?"

"Now she did. But for those four years I was gone. She didn't understand. Why? Because you made me look like the bad guy. And here you said she needed me more than ever, how much I needed to come back. For what? To pretty much take bullets from her? I bet you took pleasure in that."

Kara shook her head, "What's going on with you? I would never do that. Clark you can't blame me for your mistakes!"

"You may not have been the whole reason, but you're part of the reason she hates me. I guess jealously runs deep in the family. Be very proud of that Kara. No wonder you're still alone and haven't found anyone." Kara was taken aback by Clark's accusation. She was speechless as he brushed past her, hitting her hard against his shoulder. She turned around to see where he was going. She shook her head in disbelief at his random outburst.

Clark approached Lois and her date, her smile faded when he stopped in front of her, "Clark.."

Clark nodded, "Lois. And who is this lucky guy of the week?"

Lois' eyebrows furrowed, "This is Jason, he works with Ollie."

Clark raised his eyebrow, "Oliver set you two up?"

Lois shook her head, "Nope. We just met and he asked me out." Lois tried to make the conversation as short as possible with him, but Clark wouldn't leave. Clark looked at her date with a death look. He waited for her to introduce him, Lois sighed, "Jason this is Clark. He's a friend of my cousin and... a co-worker at the Daily Planet."

"Pleased to meet you." The man shook Clark's hand who had a firm grip on him. Clark looked like he was going to crush his hand. Jason looked uncomfortable as he tried to pull his hand away.

Clark waited, Lois didn't know what he was waiting for, Clark rolled his eyes, "Lois is just being modest. I'm her husband."

"Clark!" Lois hissed at him. She turned to her date, "He's my ex. EX-husband." She looked at him with hard eyes.

Clark tilted his head to the side, "Really? That's funny, considering I haven't even signed the papers yet, we're still married."

Lois shook her head. What was he doing? "Well we've been separated for a very long time." She said through her teeth, not taking her eyes off Clark, but directing the conversation to Jason, who looked even more uncomfortable and intimidated by Clark.

"Did she also tell you we have a son together?" the man raised his eyebrow at Clark, "Didn't think so. I guess you didn't see that coming? Who would right? A beautiful woman like her is a mother. I guess you'd be wasting your time if all you were looking for was a one night stand so-"

"CLARK!" Lois gritted her teeth, was so close to hitting him. She turned to her date, "I'm so sorry. He's on crack, let's go."

Lois was about to leave when Clark grabbed her arm, "Come on Lois the party's just getting started."

"Hey man you needa back off!" Jason put his hand on Clark, who didn't take that lightly. Clark simply flicked his arm at him and the man went flying into a waiter holding a tray of champagne. They both fell to the ground with champagne spilt everywhere.

"Clark what the hell do you think you're doing?" She put herself in between Clark and Jason, who was getting up and he looked pissed. Clark smirked at him, ready to smash his face.

Everyone started staring, Bruce looked amused, "Finally, something interesting! Here I was thinking could this party get any more boring?" Diana nudged Bruce in the ribs with her elbow. This was getting serious. How could he be joking around?

Clark looked back at Lois, "You could do so much better than that Lo."

"Don't call me that." She said under her breath so that only he could hear.

"Oh really? I can't say your name now? Ever since I came back I can't do a lot of things because of you. I've given you as much space as I can. Enough's enough Lois. What more do you want!" He straightened up and looked much taller to Lois. He started walking closer to her, crouching over her. She started backing away, Clark smirked, "What? You'd rather whoring yourself away to other men?" Clark then looked at James with a deadly look, "You know you're only the rebound. Don't get too comfortable. You're just the little prize she's trying to make me jealous with."

Lois raised her eyebrow in shock. She abruptly raised her hand and slapped him across the face. Clark turned his head as a reflex to her slap. Lois stood still, she started huffing out of anger. Who does he think he is talking to her like that? Clark looked back at her. Something was different. He looked at her with cold eyes. It was as if she wasn't looking at Clark.

Oliver put his arm on Clark's shoulder, "Hey man. Don't do this here."

Clark swung his hand up, ready to hit Oliver. Oliver stood still, Clark said through his teeth, "Don'.Me!"

When Clark put his hand up, she saw the ring on his finger. Red meteor rock. Lois' mouth dropped. Why would Clark wear that ring? It causes more damage than anything! She came to realize, this wasn't Clark at all. She was dealing with Kal, "It's okay Oliver. I know what to do." She said with a stern tone.

Oliver kept his eyes on Clark while speaking to Lois, "You sure?"

Lois nodded and took Clark's hand and walked away from her date. She pulled him out of the room, and they walked down the corridor.

Bruce walked up to Jason and patted his shoulder, "This isn't something you wanna get in the middle of man. You might as well get out while you can." Jason shoved his shoulder away from Bruce's hand and walked out angrily. Bruce gave an amused laugh as Oliver rolled his eyes at him.

They approached a hallway far enough from the party, where nobody can hear them. Lois had to do some damage control, while walking to the nearest exit, "I don't know what the hell corrupted you to put that ring on in the first place Clark but it needs to come off! And then you need to go home -"

Lois didn't see it coming. Clark put his arm around her waist and pushed her against the wall. Both of his hands were placed on either side of her head against the wall. Clark was a mere inches from her, she couldn't escape. Lois whispered, "Lemme go Clark."

"No! I can't Lois I can't! I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU! I've given you space! I didn't tell Chris I was his father yet! What's keeping you from telling him? What? You trying to replace me with this Jason guy! I tried to do everything you wanted from me but letting you go. That's something I'll never do Lois! I can't let you go!" he was screaming at her face.

Lois gulped, he was starting to scare her, "That's not your choice anymore Clark. You made the decision to let me go a long time ago!"

"And now I'm back! Lois I promise you I'm not going anywhere EVER! What more do you want from me! What else do I have to do!"

Her voice shook as she spoke, "I can't trust you Clark. You're promises don't mean anything to me anymore."

"I LEFT TO PROTECT YOU! IF I KNEW IT WOULD HURT YOU THIS MUCH! IF I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA HATE ME THIS MUCH I WOULD'VE NEVER LEFT LOIS! What do you want me to do!" Clark reached into his pocket and held the Legion ring right between both their faces. Lois looked down at it and held her breath, Clark spoke softly, "Do you want me to change everything? Do you want me to put the Legion ring on and go back in time four years ago? Do you want me to never leave because I can make it happen Lois. I'm gonna make it go away. I'll make your pain go away."

He's about to put the ring on his finger when Lois stops him. She covered the ring with her hand on top of Clarks. Clark looks up at her. His face is so close to hers, she could feel his breath on her, Lois swallows loudly, "You can't just run away from your problems Clark. You can't just pretend this never happened and just run away from it because you don't know how to deal with it. You don't think I thought about using the Legion ring and try harder to stop you from leaving? You can't erase this Clark. What's done is done."

Clark dropped the ring in his pocket. He got so frustrated he punched the wall next to her head. Lois didn't even flinch. She just closed her eyes. Clark made a hole on the wall and all the remains fell on the floor next to them. The impact was hard enough to break the red kryptonite off. Clark came back to his senses and stared back at Lois. He brought his hand up slowly up to her face. He thought she was gonna hit his hand away, but she didn't. He cupped her face, he never wanted to stop touching her. It felt like forever since the last time he touched her. Lois winced at his touch. Clark whispered, "I love you Lois."

Lois opened her eyes, and nodded, "I know you do."

Clark sighed, "Then what do I have to do to get you to love me back."

Lois didn't give him an answer. She stood in silence. Clark leaned closer to her. Their noses started to touch. Lois turned her head to the side, "Clark don't!" She put her hands on his chest, trying to push him off, but he refused to do so. She kept her head turned to the side.

Clark placed his fingers on her chin gently and turned her head to face him. His green eyes met her hazel ones. Lois gulped, and started breathing hard. "Please, don't push me away Lois." Their foreheads touched. Lois turned her head to the side again, tears forming in her eyes. Clark was about to give up. He put both his hands on either side of her head again against the wall. Lois kept her head turned. Clark dropped his head down, with his eyes closed. Lois took a deep breath. A tear fell down her face, as a sob was about to break in her throat. She swallowed hard and turned her head to face Clark again, who lifted his head up again to face her. Their foreheads touched. Lois started to lean in and Clark did the same, slowly. His lips finally touched hers and she didn't flinch away. He cupped her face as she ran her fingers up his chest. They kept kissing when Lois opened her mouth, Clark's tongue entered and it was tangled with hers. They kissed harder, crushing against each other's lips when Lois moaned. She wrapped her fingers around his neck and ran them through his hair. Clark took her hands with his and locked her wrists against the wall. His body was pressed up against hers as she was pressed up against the wall. She felt his core against her. Clark's hands went down her sides, he grabbed on to her hips as she took fistfuls of his hair. Her hands went down to his collar as she started to unbutton his shirt while taking off his coat. Clark hiked up Lois' dress above her knees. He put his hands behind her knees and lifted her off the ground. Lois wrapped her legs around his waist as he started kissing her neck, down to her chest. Lois gasped, throwing her head back. Clark's shirt was unbuttoned and she was working on unbuckling his pants. Once she was able to do so. Clark entered her and after a while, they both reached their climax. Clark continued kissing her neck and starting brushing his lips up against her jaw line. He whispered in her ear, "I love you." She never answered him back. She just searched for his lips and kissed him once more.