ENDED WITH A THUD


"So when I called you that night with my date with Sebastian, y-," Lois began saying.

Clark interrupted her. "I thought you said it wasn't a date."

"Whatever, Clark. You were the one to rescue me, weren't you?" Lois asked.

"Yeah," he said quietly.

"I though I heard you answer," Lois said.

"Sorry, I lied."

"Why didn't you say anything?" Lois asked.

"You didn't know my secret. It wouldn't have made sense to tell you," he said.

"You go through this all the time, don't you?"

"Through what?"

"Secrecy. Not getting credit for what you do," Lois said.

"I don't save people to get credit," Lois."

"Then why? Why risk you life for people who you don't even know?" Lois asked.

"There aren't many things that can hurt me," Clark said.

"But you do have a weakness?"

"The green meteor rocks. They're pieces of my home planet," Clark explained.

"Rocks? Really? Well, I didn't see that one coming," Lois said.

"Come on, I'll take you to lunch. You can ask me anything you want," Clark said.

"You're on," she said.

"It's a date," he let slip.

She smiled up at him. "The only way you can call this a date is if it doesn't end in a thud."


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