Authors Note: I own absolutly nothing to do with Smallville. Zip, Nada, Nothing what - so - ever. I also don't own A Fine Frenzy

I am so so sorry that you've had to wait this long for this update. I've kept meaning to do it and then stuff has come up and it's all been a bit crazy. But I am going to finish this story I promise you. It just might take a while. Anyway I think you should all be happy with how this chapter ends :-)

For L,G and A.

Happy Reading.

Viva Las Vegas

An hour or so later Lois made her way back to the house and found Clark in the kitchen washing up for lunch.

"Clark" she said sidling up to him and wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Yeah Lois" he said turning to face her.

"Can we go to Idaho?"

Clark looked stunned "what did you say."

Lois pouted "can we go to Idaho. Well not Idaho exactly let's just go somewhere, anywhere."

"What bought this on?"

"Please Clark" Lois said quietly "can't we go away. Just the two of us. Please."

Clark sighed "fine. Let me just call Chloe and."

"NO" Lois said tightening her grip "don't tell anyone. Not till we're across the state line. Let's just leave."

Clark laughed "okay. But I need to tell Ben Hubbard."

"Why"

"I need someone to look after the farm. I'll just tell him I'm going to visit my mom."

Lois nodded "alright. I'll pack you go get the truck."

Before she could get upstairs Clark grabbed her arm and pulled her close once more "Lo. Can you tell me what this is about?"

She looked away and breathed out slowly "I can't stay here" she whispered.

"Why not."

"It's too hard Clark" she continued "those people know where we are and I know you said it's not a problem but it's worrying me. I just want to get away for a while and clear my head."

Clark nodded and kissed the top of her head "okay Lois. We'll go."

Within the hour they were off. They had stopped off at Ben Hubbard's briefly and now they were on the main road out of Smallville.

"So where do we go Lois" Clark asked looking straight ahead of him.

Lois sat looking at the map "Where have you always wanted to go."

"How about we go towards Nevada" Clark suggested "we could stop off in Las Vegas."

Lois looked at him oddly "I wouldn't have put you down as the Vegas type Smallville."

Clark smiled "maybe I'm not as straight laced as you think I am."

His companion tilted her head to one side "alright then. Let's hit the road Smallville."

After a little while Clark looked over at Lois who sat staring at her nails. "It scared you didn't it."

"What did" she asked looking up.

"Those men coming to the house."

Lois sighed and laid her head against the back of the seat. "Yeah" she replied "it was terrifying. But strangely I wasn't scared for me."

Clark cocked an eyebrow both eyes still focused on the road "who were you scared for then."

Lois sighed again before reaching over to touch Clark's hand. "You Clark" she said at last "I was convinced they were going to hurt you."

Clark opened his mouth to speak but Lois closed it before continuing "I know you can take care of yourself but still. If those guys had threatened you Smallville I would have told them anything they wanted to know."

Clark smiled sadly "thank you Lois. That means a lot."

Lois said nothing turning her eyes back to the scenery, her hand still clasped in Clark's.

A few hours later Clark pulled the truck off the road and into a little café. Once they were seated and had ordered food Lois began firing off more questions about her life.

"So I'm a journalist"

"Yup" Clark replied "no Pulitzer Prize yet but you're a good one."

Lois shook her head "I can't picture myself writing for a living. I can't even spell." Clark laughed suddenly causing Lois to cock an eyebrow "what's so funny Smallville."

"You still can't" Clark said with a grin "you give your spellchecker quite a workout."

Lois grinned "so what about you Smallville. What do you want to do with your life?"

Clark's smile faltered "I have a job Lo. The farm takes up a lot of my life."

Lois took his hand "but you can't work on the farm forever. I mean what happens if your Mom ordered you off the farm. What would you do then?"

Clark shrugged "I don't know. I've never seen my life without the farm in it."

"How about you come work on the paper" Lois said suddenly,

Clark looked shocked "I couldn't."

Lois shook her head "I've read your stuff from your time on the Torch. You were good."

"But there's a huge gap between working on a paper in High School and working on a paper like the Daily Planet."

Lois took his hand "trust me Smallville you could hack it. Just think about it okay."

Clark nodded "okay I promise."

Lois smiled "okay. So tell me. How come you never told me you loved me. Was it something to do with me and" she paused "Ollie."

Clark nodded "I tried to tell you so many times but you were so happy I just couldn't."

Suddenly Lois grasped her head.

Lois shook her head "oh no. Don't play dumb with me Smallville. You know full well what I meant. Do you like me?"

Clark turned away and walked towards the stairs "I think you should leave Lois."

She sprinted across and grabbed his arm "not till I get some answers Kent. Do you like me?"

Clark turned his face a picture of anger "No Lois I don't like you."

She looked surprised "but."

He put a finger on her lips "I don't like you Lois. I LOVE YOU."

She wheeled away from his grasp and sat down on the second to bottom step "you love me. But you can't"

Clark turned away and looked out of the window. "Believe me I wish I didn't but I do. You're the first thing I think about in the morning and you're the last thing I think about at night. You're the thing I think about during the day and the thing I dream about at night."

"But I'm with Ollie" Lois said weakly trying to get her head around this piece of information.

Clark spun around his eyes ablaze "DO YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT" he yelled "do you have ANY idea how hard it is for me to watch the two of you going at it like a pair of love sick high schooler's. Do you know how much it KILLS me to have Ollie call me over and over asking if I can tell you he's going to be late for another date? I haven't cleared out my room in months on the off chance that you might come to stay again and need the stuff that's in there.

He took a deep breath before continuing "Everytime I wake up I think maybe just maybe today will be the day I tell her. Maybe just maybe today will the day she dumps Ollie for me. Then I see you with him and I see how happy you are and I can't do it. I just come home and pretend everything's okay before eating half a pint of Ben and Jerry's watching some soppy movie and crawling into bed for another sleepless night. This has been going on for months Lois and you never even noticed till I laid my heart on the line in front of the entire Talon. Even then you were too caught up in Ollie to realise anything and had to have Chloe spoon feed it to you."

Lois opened her eyes and saw Clark staring down at her "you did tell me" she gasped weakly.

Clark nodded "keep going. There's more."

Lois stood up and walked over "so the song was for me then."

Clark laughed once more "Of course it was for you. I know there isn't any hope for you and me but still I can't let it go. I'm sorry Lois."

"You have nothing to be sorry for Clark" she said softly.

"But I" before Clark could say anything else he felt Lois soft lips pressed against his. He took a few seconds to realise what was happening but quickly reciprocated. He allowed his tongue to run across her bottom lip and when she moaned he slipped his tongue into the gap. He knotted one hand in her hair and the other he placed on her back.

Lois meanwhile had both hands wrapped around his neck and was kissing him as if her life depended on it. However just as quickly as it began it finished and Lois was pulling away.

"I'm sorry Smallville" she said quickly "I don't know what came over me."

Clark smiled "Lois I."

"I'm sorry Clark" Lois said again "I'd better go." With that she turned and hurried back out of the door.

Lois opened her eyes again and looked up at Clark. "I'm so sorry" she muttered "I should never have done that to you."

"Its okay" Clark said softly "I shouldn't have put you on the spot like that."

Lois smiled weakly "was it really as bad as you said it was. Seeing me and Oliver together I mean."

Clark looked away "worse. It killed me Lo. To see someone else make you happy. It was horrible."

Lois wrapped her arm around his shoulder and pulled him down so he was sitting next to her "You've got me now Clark. That's all that matters."

Clark looked at her "I guess you're right" wrapping an arm around his companion he pulled her to her feet "come" he said "we'd better get moving."

When they arrived in Vegas, Clark booked them into a hotel and took the bags up to the room. As they were unpacking Lois cried out "Damm."

"What is it" Clark called from inside the bathroom.

"I left Snuggles" Lois replied flopping down onto the bed.

"Who"

"You know" Lois prompted.

Clark walked out the bathroom. "You don't mean your rabbit do you."

Lois nodded "how will I sleep without Snuggles."

Clark laughed and wrapped his arms around her "I'll be Snuggles till we get home."

Lois smiled and swatted the part of his arm she could reach "okay. But you'd better be a damm good rabbit."

As Clark walked back into the bathroom his phone sitting on the bed began to buzz "Get that for me will you" he called.

Lois picked up the phone and flicked it open "Hello"

"Clark" the voice said

"Hey Chloe" Lois said "it's Lois."

"Hey Lois" the blonde reporter said "where are you. I'm at the farm and there's no sign of you."

"We've gone out of town for a few days" Lois explained "we'll ring you when we get back."

"Okay" Chloe replied "I'll speak to you soon."

As Lois ended the call she caught a sight of Clark's background picture. It was of him and Lana sitting on the farm porch smiling at each other.

"Who was that" Clark asked as he walked back into the room.

"What's this" Lois demanded in return throwing the phone towards him.

"What?" Clark asked staring at the picture.

"THAT PICTURE" Lois yelled "It's of you and Lana"

"I know" Clark said "it's an old picture."

"Then why haven't you changed it" Lois retorted.

"I've been busy looking after you" Clark whispered just loud enough for Lois to hear.

Her legs crumpled under her "You didn't just say that."

Clark rushed over and gathered Lois up in his arms "I'm sorry Lo" he said desperately "I shouldn't have said that."

"You meant it though didn't you." Lois said quietly.

"OF COURSE NOT" Clark said jumping back "I love you Lois. You know that. I have done everything possible to show you how much I care. I've cared for you, protected you, fought thugs for you, done things that step way outside the usually boundaries of our friendship, boundaries you set" he ran his hands through his hair "I've even driven all the way to Las Vegas because you asked me to. What more do I have to do to prove that I love you."

"Marry me" Lois replied simply.

"What" Clark replied completely gob smacked.

"You said you didn't care if we got married only for me to get my memory back and leave. So prove you meant that by marrying me."

Clark sighed and ran his hand through his hair again "all right. I'll marry you Lois. But I have to tell you something first."

Lois looked up at him "What"

Clark took a deep breath "I'm not human."

Lois sat down on the bed again and laughed "so what. You're a Martian."

Clark shook his head "I'm from a planet called Krypton."

Lois shook her head "you're not serious."

Clark simply walked over to the wardrobe and lifted it off the floor with one hand. "Now do you believe me?"

Lois gasped "how'd this happen."

Clark sat down next to her on the bed "my real parents sent me to Earth just before Krypton was destroyed. Mom and Dad found me in a field and took me in."

Lois looked at him "What else can you do. Or are you just really strong."

Clark shook his head "I'm super strong, super fast, invulnerable to pretty much everything, I can hear and see things no-one else can, heal really fast, fire heat beams from my eyes and freeze things with my breath. One day I might be able to fly."

"Prove it" Lois said stubbornly.

Clark cocked his head for a second "you're wearing wine red underwear."

Lois crossed her arms "lucky guess."

Clark sighed then smiled "does Snuggles have any identifying marks."

Lois nodded "my name's written on his left foot in marker pen."

Clark stood up and walked towards the door "time me." With that he was gone.

After a few seconds of looking at the door where Clark had been Lois rolled over to stare at the clock.

"Why did he want to know if Snuggles had any identifying marks?" she thought.

"Maybe he's going to fetch him. He did say he was super fast."

She shook her head "Even he couldn't get all the way to Kansas and back in less than a day. Especially on foot."

"We'll see" her subconscious replied "we'll see."

After half an hour of staring at the clock Lois reached over to switch on the radio. She fiddled with the buttons until she found a station she liked then leaned back and closed her eyes.

He and I had something beautiful
But so dysfunctional, it couldn't last
I loved him so but I let him go
'Cause I knew he'd never love me back

Such pain as this
Shouldn't have to be experienced
I'm still reeling from the loss,
Still a little bit delirious

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

You and I have something different
And I'm enjoying it cautiously
I'm battle scarred, I am working oh so hard
To get back to who I used to be

He's disappearing
Fading suddelly
I'm so close to being yours
Won't you stay with me
Please

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

I only know that I am
Better where you are
I only know that I am
Better where you are
I only know that I belong
Where you are

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
Though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on

Near to you, I am healing
But it's taking so long
'Cause though he's gone
And you are wonderful
It's hard to move on
Yet, I'm better near to you.

Yet, I'm better near to you.

Suddenly there was a rush of wind and opening her eyes Lois stood Clark standing in the doorway clutching a familiar looking stuffed rabbit.

"How long was I" he asked.

Lois looked at the clock "an hour" she muttered "but how do I know that that's Snuggles."

Clark passed her the rabbit and turning it over she saw her name written on the left foot. "That's impossible" she whispered.

Clark smiled "believe me now."

Lois leapt off the bed and clutching his arm dragged him towards the door.

"Where are we going" Clark asked.

"To find a chapel. There are quite a few in Vegas you know."

Clark span her around to face him "you still want to marry me."

Lois leaned up and kissed him lightly on the cheek "Clark this is going to take some getting used to but you're still the man I love. I'm ready for this if you are."

Clark smiled "I'm ready."

"Then come on Smallville" Lois said walking towards the door "let's get married."

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