CRIMSON KISSES


"This is so weird. I mean, you're invincible," she said.

"Well, not exactly," he said.

"Don't tell me Metropolis' newest hero has an Achilles' heel" She saw Clark's embarrassed face. "You don't have to tell me."

"I want to. Just promise me you won't put it in the article," she said.

"I wouldn't think of it," she said.

"You know the meteor rocks?"

"Yeah," she said. Clark gave her a half smile. "Really? Rocks?"

"Well, just the green ones. Each one of the rocks has a different affect on me," Clark said.

"Like what?"

"Well, the green ones make me weak. Silver colored ones make me paranoid and I see things that aren't real. The black ones split me in two." He saw the look on her face. "Not like that, but I become two people."

"Like good Clark vs. evil Clark?" she asked.

He smiled at her. "Something like that."

"Wait, aren't there red rocks? What do those do to you?" Lois asked.

"Well, I don't come across those that often, but when I do, you don't want to be
near me," he said. He half laughed. "Well, you already have. You just don't remember," he said.

"What are you talking about, Clark?"

He realized what he had said and where this conversation would head. "Never mind, forget I mentioned it," he tried.

"No way, Kent. You can't just tell me something like that then tell me to forget it," she said.

"Do you remember Valentine's day 2007? Well, what happened between us," Clark said.

"No, neither of us do," she said. It hit her. "You remember?"

"You were stuck on the idea that I was on the love potion and I didn't want you to be mad about the truth," Clark said.

"And what is the truth?" Lois asked.

"When you kissed me, I was infected by the Red Kryptonite. Red K makes me do stuff that I don't have the guts to do," Clark said.

"So, you want to kiss me?"

"I was curious. I mean, you just had told me that I was a better kisser than Oliver and I wanted to see why," Clark said.

"When did I say that? I only remember telling you that Green Arrow was a better kisser than Oliver." She thought about it. "You're the fake Green Arrow!

"Sorry," was all he could say.

"I can't believe you lied to me. Twice. You let me tell you everything. You told me you didn't remember," Lois said.

"I'm sorry."

"You didn't lie to me when you said we haven't you know, did you?" she asked.

"I didn't lie about that. We didn't do anything," he said.

"Did we come close?" Lois asked.

"We were about to, but I got distracted," Clark said.

"With that?" Lois asked.

"Lana's engagement party," he admitted.

"Figures," Lois said.

"Part of me is glad we didn't," Clark said.

"Why's that?"

"We weren't ourselves. I would have been using you if we did. Our first time should be special," Clark said. He realized how it must have sounded to her.

"What makes me think that'll ever happen, Smallville?" Lois asked.

"I didn't mean it like that," Clark said, his face turning bright red.

"I'm messing with you, Clark. Relax," Lois said.

"You just love teasing me, don't you?" he asked.

"What did you think just because you're a super hero, I would stop?" she asked.

"I was hoping," he teased.

"Dream on, Smallville. Dream on."


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