Clark felt strange. One minute he was standing in his loft talking to his parents and Star… the next he was stood by the side of the road just opposite the farm. There was a car parked up in a slightly dishevelled manner but no sign of a driver
He sped back to the farm to see what was happening. At first he thought there was no one home until he heard the shower running.
"Hello." He shouted as he approached the bathroom door to knock.
"Clark, thank god. I am dying in here." She announced. "Can you come here now?"
Clark felt himself go a very bright shade of red. "I would rather not!" He replied sheepishly.
"Oh we are playing hard to get, are we?" she shouted back. He heard some movement, and then the door opened.
The steam blinded him so he did not get a chance to react when he felt a hand on the waist of jeans pulling him into the humid fog of the bathroom. He was just about to protest when he felt some lips plunging down hard on his.
The shock made him pull-away. "What the hell are you doing?"
"I don't if we have time to role play tonight, Clarkie, but if you insist." She paused before putting on a strange voice. "What do you think I am trying to do?"
"I have no idea." He was acting very perplexed. Lois liked it.
"I am trying to seduce. Please don't resist."
"Resist! I cannot do this, you don't understand." He pleaded with her to listen, but she was enjoying his 'acting' way too much.
"I will just have to convince you." She put her hand under his shirt, and let it gently move down toward his waist. She could see that he was responding, both physically and vocally as he let out a little moan.
Clark tried to panic but his body was on fire from her touch. When had he developed feelings for her, or were they there all along? It was almost as if his body was reacting automatically, and its reciprocate actions towards Lois were beyond his control.
Suddenly his senses kicked in. "Lois, we cannot do this. I could hurt you." He was convinced that she must know about his powers.
Her voice changed back to normal. "Hurt me! You never could. Anyway you haven't so far."
'So far' – What did she mean by that? He needed to be blunt. "Lois, I cannot let this continue. I care about you too much to risk it."
"Risk what? I have survived all the other times so why would you suddenly hurt me." She added.
The realisation slammed into him at breakneck speed. Lois and he must be having some kind of a relationship but the question was – what kind?" Was it friends with benefits or was it something deeper?
"Lois, listen to me. I woke up in my loft less than an hour ago. My parents and this lady called Star confronted me, and told me I had to return to 1989 to bring you back to 2006. I have literally just ended up here. Now I find out that we have been having an intimate relationship."
"But how did you jump back to 2006. I have been within 50 meters of you at all times. I should have jumped with you." She replied in horror.
"I don't know whether you were when I jumped as when I arrived here, I found myself standing on the road past the farm next to an abandoned car. I would say it is over 50 metres away from here. Are you ok?" He asked concerned.
The mist was beginning to clear revealing her naked body. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her to cover up her modesty and save him further embarrassment.
"Well as far as I am concerned you have only been gone a matter of minutes. What happened when you got back to the loft?"
"Nothing really…. Lana came."
Lois felt her heart starting to race at that point. "You didn't propose to her, did you?"
"No, I was about to, but something stopped me. For some reason we had an argument about my secret and I ended up sending her running into the arms of Lex. I assume I have told you about my origins." He did not sound upset.
"Yes, everything. We have become very close over the past week." She replied.
"Very close, it seems. I just wish I could remember."
"Jor-el has obviously wiped your memory. The Legion can no longer come back in time so we will just have to jump and sort out your memories when we get there."
"Shall we jump back now? I have the ring."
"Would you mind if I say goodbye to a few people first and we have a few loose ends to tie up. I think if we leave town suddenly, your parents may wonder where Tom and Lucy have vanished. That could affect the future. I think that we can get all that done in a few days."
"Tom and Lucy? I guess there are a lot of gaps to fill in. Anyway I don't want us to stay any longer than necessary." Lois noticed he seemed worried.
"What is wrong?" she asked.
"Star told me that when you were originally left here by me, I did not return, and you were shot dead on the day of the meteor shower. She is convinced Lionel Luthor did it but I am not sure why she thinks that." He explained.
Lois was shocked. "I think I got on the wrong side of Lionel the other day. But Clark, don't worry the meteor shower is over 4 months away."
"I think we should have a try to get your memories back otherwise Jonathan and Martha could end up suspicious. Star says she couldn't do it but then again, she said she couldn't read your memory and she managed to do it in the end." Lois suggested.
"That will have to wait until tomorrow…but until then we could try something else to help refresh some of your memories." With that remark, she dropped her towel…
Lois hated inequality and always felt she needed to tackle it. And that was exactly what was happening at that precise moment, as Clark had clothes on and she had none.
She was finding herself very turned on by the fact that Clark had no memory of their previous sexual encounters. Would he put up any resistance to her plans? She didn't care because nothing would stop her from wearing him down.
"What are you doing?" he said with his face becoming flushed again; he was frozen. There was no look of horror on his face, just confusion. In some ways she felt guilty to continue this but her needs were more overpowering and winning the battle hands down.
Clark felt conflicted. His body was definitely giving signals that he wanted this, but he hated having no memories of how they had arrived at this point in their relationship.
Clark's senses were now been assaulted on all levels, and he felt a deep warmth flooding through him, starting to break down any reservations he had. Their tongues came together this time, answering their need to taste one another. Lois moved her hands up to neck and started to slowly unbutton his shirt before tossing it on the floor.
He noticed that she was standing on her tiptoes to get the most of his lips, so he decided to take the lead. He gently scooped her up and carried her into his room, laying her on the bed.
After their frenzied lovemaking, he wrapped her in his arms, kissing her softly on the lips. She curled up in his arms, listening to his heartbeat.
He looked down at her lovingly. "All I can say is that Star had better get those memories back for me tomorrow. I am not willing to miss out on experiencing all those other times after that performance." He laughed.
"Don't worry, we can always make new memories…" She smiled, as they both fell into a deep peaceful sleep.
Clark had never slept so well. He opened his eyes and noticed a familiar room but there was something different about it. Then he remembered that he had jumped back to 1989.
He looked down and noticed a very peaceful Lois asleep in his arms, just beginning to stir.
"Hiya." He kissed the tip of nose. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah definitely but I have to apologise for coming on strong last night." She commented.
"I will just have to get you back for it." He smiled, as he moved his leg over hers, and kissed her.
An hour or so later, they heard the front door. Clark scanned downstairs. "It is dad…and mom."
Lois had spent the last half an hour giving him a run down on what had gone on before he had his memories wiped.
Clark sped out of bed, got dressed before passing Lois her clothes. She needed to stay with him in case to cover for his hopefully temporary amnesia.
They went down. "Morning!" Jonathan chirped obviously happier than he had been the previous night. "Do you guys know anything about the car abandoned on the road?"
Clark shook his head. "No, I saw it there last night and went to check it out but there was no sign of anyone. I assumed it had just broken down."
Jonathan kept giving Martha looks which were leaving Clark a little embarrassed. "I will give the sheriff a call to check it out."
Martha interrupted. "Does anyone want a fry up?"
"Yeah that would be great." Lois replied. "I missed your cooking, Martha."
They all sat down, Lois was dying to ask what had happened but it was pretty safe to assume they were back together which would explain why Clark jumped.
Jonathan placed his hand on Martha's. "I know it may seem quick but Martha and I have decided to give it another go."
Lois hugged Martha. "You two were meant for each other. While we are all together, Tom and I would like to thank you for your hospitality but we will be leaving tomorrow and heading home."
Jonathan looked sad. "I am sorry to hear that. We have got used to you being around. "
"We need to get back and sort things out." Clark added.
"Oh dear. I forgot to get bread from the store." Martha commented.
Lois grabbed Clark's hand. "Can we borrow the car? We will head into town and get some."
They drove into town, and were just approaching the shop when Clark saw a blue light in the rear view mirror. He pulled over.
The policeman approached the truck.
"What is the problem, sheriff?" he asked, noticing it was Sheriff Ethan Miller He looked so much younger.
"Could you step out of the truck?" he ordered them.
Lois and Clark looked at one another, confused by what was happening.
"What have we done?" Lois asked as they put their hands on the truck.
Clark was searched first, then the other male Deputy started to frisk Lois roughly. She pulled away and raised her fist to stop him proceeding any further. "I would appreciate if you would keep your hands to yourself. I would like to be searched by a female member of staff." She demanded.
"Ms Mason, that is yet another charge to be added." Ethan replied smugly.
"What are the supposed charges?" Clark asked.
"How long have you got?" the sheriff sniggered.
Ethan looked at them. "Ok, you are being arrested for trespassing on Luthor private property and being threatening to Mr Luthor. Ms Mason, you are also be charged with solicitation and prostitution."
"I am not a prostitute. Lionel is making it up." She protested.
Ethan read them their Miranda rights before walking them in full view of gathering crowd to the jailhouse including Star. The crowd was blocking the door to see what was going on. Star had pushed her way to the front. Clark saw her and passed her the Legion ring for safe keeping.
They were booked in, fingerprints were taken before they led to the two cells which the building housed.
Ethan was just locking the door when the deputy came up to him. "Mr Luthor will be here in fifteen minutes to see you."
"I will be back once we take a further statement from Mr Luthor ." he left with the deputy.
Once Clark made sure they were out of ear shot, he looked at Lois. "It is going to be hard to explain where we are from? It won't take long for to work out we have given false addresses. Why don't I just break us out of here, and we can get the ring from Star and head to the future."
"I think we need to see what Lionel is up to before we jump otherwise history could be changed."
Just then, the door opened and Star cam e in. "Trust you two to get into this mess."
Lois seized the chance. ""Star, Clark jumped back to future last night and then came back for me. Anyway it is complicated but his memory has been wiped. Can you try and restore his memory?"
"What here? Are you crazy?" she asked.
"Yeah definitely crazy but would you please just try?"
Star sighed as she put her hands through the bars for Clark to take. He took them, and Star tried to get a connection with him. It did not take long, and luckily she managed to release his forgotten memories within too much bother.
"My previous connection with you must have helped ." she explained.
"Did you see how we get out of this mess?" Lois asked.
"Lois, I have just restored Clark's memories. I did not get a chance to have a look at his future. I am not a miracle worker!."
Clark smiled at Lois. "I remember everything now. Now we need to find out what is going on here." He trained his hearing to listen to Lionel and Ethan's conversation.
"Mr Luthor, I arrested them as you asked, but to be honest I think I will have problems making the charges stick without evidence."
Clark whispered. "It seems Ethan's dealings with Lionel went way back further than we could ever imagine."
"I will get you some evidence. Give me until tonight. I am sure you can hold them until then. No one talks to me the way they did and gets away with it. If you don't keep them here, I cannot guarantee their safety." He threatened coldly….