The beginning of this part will kind of show Jason's connection to Bruce which will kind of be the sub-plot within the main story.

Chapter Four Part Two- Conflicting Argument

Jason Teague was nursing a bruised shoulder and a very frantic girlfriend whose concern for the new assistant coach almost became known when Chloe revealed the attempt on Jason's life.

Once the ex son of a corporate pioneer was left alone to his thoughts, Jason made his way towards the couch and proceeded to dial an unknown number.

He waited a few rings before the person on the other end, "Yeah, its me…I don't think Lex knows I'm here…No, I don't think my cover will be blown…Kent isn't suspicious and neither is anyone else in this town….Just give me time to get close to Kent and I'll get you what you want…I'll keep you posted." he finishes the conversation with a flip of his phone just in time as Lana walked back in carrying a steaming cup of coffee and a naïve smile.

"Who were you talking to?" she asks in her soft voice while she handed the mug to Jason who accepted it with a warm smile.

"It was a wrong number."

The Torch:

Chloe was searching through files and photos struggling to find stories to put on the pages of the school paper, "I was thinking about maybe doing an article on it, but the only two reporters I have are late again." she voices before looking up to see her cousin and a letterman clad Clark who stared at her, "Oh! Hi. It's you."

Lois took the memory stick from her camera and handed it to Chloe while she walked towards her desk saying, "Sorry, I got a phone call form the admissions office at Met U. But I managed to get pictures of the squad and the team just before our star quarterback went Fatal Attraction on our new assistant coach."

Chloe accepted this before she turned her attention towards Clark, "What's your excuse?"

Clark smiled proudly as he showed off his new letterman jacket to the young editor, "I picked up my new jacket…What do you think?"

Lois looked towards Chloe who just smirked, "They aren't exactly your colors."

Lois appears pleased with her little cousin's answer since she had replied with the same answer, Clark turned to look at her for a brief second before turning back to the younger of the Sullivan-Lane replying, "There the school's colors."

"Yeah but your more of a red and blue kind of guy." Lois jokes from her desk while Chloe was quick to grab a post it and walk towards her cousin with that same face she often got when it came to assigning stories to her reporters.

"I need you to go down to Smallville Medical Center, Dan the Quarterback woke up and is feeling the sting from his second degree burns and he's been apologizing non-stop."

Lois took the post it from her cousin and nodded with acceptance before her Poison ringtone rang out and she was quick to flip her phone open saying, "Hello…Dean Richards, yes I can talk…" Lois rushed out of the bullpen and into the halls without a word leaving Clark and Chloe to look towards the door with hurt expressions on their faces, but with the exception that Clark was hiding his.

"I guess when Uncle Sam sent Lois back to high school, he didn't expect that she'd spend most of the time trying to get back to Met U." Chloe says to herself digging through files and sticky notes.

"Has she said anything about it?" Clark inquires with a hopeful expression on his face which just caused Chloe to look up from her desk and set a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Like it or not, Lois is inevitably going to leave Smallville again and there's nothing that either of us could do." Chloe looked at him sympathetically but soon put back her editor face on and turned towards her desk saying, "Now, I need you to talk to Coach Teague and since you saved his life what better way to learn more about our new coach."

Clark put his backpack on the ground and treaded towards Chloe nervously, "Since Dan tried to take out Jason with a shotgun, Coach Quigley made me the starting quarterback and that comes with a lot of priorities…priorities that don't involve journalism."

The blonde headed reporter looked towards her friend almost as if she didn't recognize the man in front of her, "Okay, I guess Lois and I can pick up the slack. Are you sure you want to do this?"

He just shrugged, "Between Chores, School, and Football. I just don't see how I'm gonna make time for the Torch."

Chloe thought about it before walking towards her desk saying, "I accept your resignation from the Smallville Torch but just know that if you ever want to come back, there's always a desk open for you."

Clark flashed his signature Kent smile and was quick to grab his backpack exclaiming, "You're the greatest Chlo."

When he walked out of the small bullpen was when Lois walked in with an aggravated look upon her face, "The general made sure that I couldn't try to get back in, it appears that the dean of the school served with my father during desert storm."

Chloe just smirked at her cousin's agitated behavior, "Maybe this is a sign that you belong in Smallville."

"I'm not gonna spend my time chasing down cat adoptions and science fairs when I could be out interrogating corrupt politicians and exposing secrets that shake the foundation of Metropolis."

Chloe walked towards her cousin and patted her on the back saying, "If it helps, you could take Clark's assignment. Get an exclusive interview with Jason Teague."

"What happened to Clark?" Lois asks confused until Chloe pointed towards the empty desk that was once Clark's desk.

"Our newest quarterback just decided that his priorities to the Torch weren't as important as his farm chores and the football team."

Lois immediately grabbed her bag saying, "I'll go smack some sense into him…"

It was too late for the younger cousin to try and stop her army brat cousin who was already out the door and headed straight towards her intended target.

"Hey Kent! I got a bone to pick with you!" she exclaimed towards the farm boy who was searching through his locker only to bang his head at the loud voice coming from the highly pissed off army brat.

"What do you want Lois?" He says still fixing the dent in his locker, "Did you come to harass me some more?"

She immediately pushed him against the locker saying, "What makes you think that you can ditch me and Chloe?"

He just shrugs, "I told her that my priorities don't involve being a journalist, I finally made the team and I thought why not have some fun instead of always fighting psychotic meteor freaks."

She crosses her arms over chest and shakes her head at his excuse, "What will happen when you decide that football isn't right for you? It'll be too late for you to fall back on anything…I thought you wanted to work at the Daily Planet with me and Chloe."

Clark looks at her sympathetically and proceeds to close his locker while slinging his backpack over, "I don't see what the big deal is, your gonna be leaving us anyways…why do you care so much about my future?"

Lois looks around before leaning towards him whispering, "Cause I'm the only one in this entire school who really knows what your capable of and I don't think its scoring touchdowns."

Clark shook his head, "You just cant accept the fact that I'm finally doing something with my life and your stuck in a dusty newsroom that prints stories that belong in the inquisitor."

The desire to smack him was suppressed and Lois just plastered on a fake smile, "If that's how you see it then I really hope your happy with the choices you've made because I wont stand here and watch you make a fool out of yourself."

She prepares to walk away when Clark chases after her whispering, "Whose the bigger fool, huh? I get to play the game I've always wanted to play while your busy playing house with Bruce Wayne."

She slapped him and stormed off still confused as to what had started this little quarrel but she feared that the incident in the locker room was just the beginning of the pent up emotion between the two of them.

Lois was unaware that Clark was just as confused, the two had often gone overboard with their anger but it seemed their friendship was crashing and it wouldn't be long until it feel completely to pieces.

Meanwhile…

Mandy and her many cheerleading drones walked down the halls talking about the incident with Mandy's boyfriend Dan and the availability of Smallville High's newest QB, Clark Kent.

Still reeling from her fight with Clark, Lois stormed down the halls only to stop seeing them walking towards her as she quickly turned around where she looked up at the ceiling whispering, "Why Me?"

"Lois Lane…" Mandy says with the rest of her squad behind her as they stared at her curiously when she turned with a fake smile, "Have you considered our offer to join the squad?"

The journalistic light bulb that often got her into trouble went off and Lois simply smiled with her reply, "I'd be honored to don those red and yellow pom-poms."

The girls all smiled as Mandy replied, "Congratulations Lois, your our newest recruit."

TBC…

I know the argument between them was a little weird or possibly pushed but you have to think about what's going on between them.

Clark still has feelings for Lois but he's also still jealous of Bruce even though they're broken up and also he is saddened and angry by the fact that Lois might leave Smallville again (that kind of will be explained at the end of this chapter and you guys really get to see how the ending to Accidental Relations still affected him, especially the hospital scene).

As for Lois, its kind of the same story although she is more conflicted with keeping Clark's secret and her feelings for him too but she doesn't want to get hurt (that will be explained in a later chapter, probably when Bruce reappears in Sacred). She's also still agitated with the fact that she cant get into Met U and her father is still controlling her life even though she's older now then in the previous story.

The part of Devoted you've always been waiting for ;)