Chapter Four Part Five- Hot and Cold
Pain. That was what Clark felt this very moment when the shadowy figure in front of him smashed his head against the desk and threw him to the ground where his assailant's boot connected with Clark's face sending him reeling back in even more pain.
Weakness was not a strong suit for the young farm boy even when his attacker knocked Clark down the stairs and into the light to reveal that his attacker was none other then Jason Teague.
"You should have stayed away from my girl" Jason says grabbing a nearby crowbar and ready to smash Clark's face in until a baseball bat connected with his assailant's gut.
Jason rushed off to the night, leaving Clark to come face to face with Lex Luthor.
Torch:
"Hello, Dr. Emil Hamilton?" Lois pauses with the phone clutched between her shoulder and cheek while her eyes remained glued to the computer screen, "My name is Lola Dane from the Metropolis Journal and I was wondering if I could spare a moment of your time."
Once she gets the answer she was hoping for, Lois smiled "I'm aware to the fact that you work for S.T.A.R. Labs researching in cellular mutation and I wanted to ask about the possibility of altering the molecule, Phenethylamine." she pauses listening to his words with great interest, "I understand that you're a busy man, its just these people are putting others at risk and I need to find a safer means of finding a cure for this new toxin."
Clark appears in the doorway still rather exhausted from the beating he sustained from Coach Teague but at least the kryptonite toxin was out of his system, Lois was oblivious to his presences and continued to press Dr. Hamilton.
"So there's no way of figuring out the toxin's cure without getting the file from the person who manufactured the drug." she says running her hands through her hair frustrated, "Thanks for your time doc." she says finally hanging up with her hands buried in her hands.
"Everything okay, Lo?" Clark says walking towards her curiously but concerned as well, she just looked up and pressed a smile.
"Chloe and I figured out that the squad have been spiking the punch with kryptonite, the only problem is that I've got to steal the folder from Mandy to get the antidote for their formula."
Clark looks surprised, "That explains why Coach Teague attacked me and why I got weak after drinking the punch." he grabs a chair and pulls it towards Lois's desk, "What's the plan on getting the folder?"
She took a deep breath, "That science report's in Mandy's faux Prada bag and presumably it can tell us how to reverse this, right?" she says rising to her feet trying her best not to be nervous at what she was getting ready to ask of the young farm boy, "Since Dan took a shot at Jason then that leaves Mandy hungry for another boy toy, and presumably you're infected."
Clark wasn't really liking where this conversation was going but Lois was already in his personal space asking flirtatiously, "How do you look in a swimsuit, Clark?"
He immediately jolts to his feet shaking his head negatively, "I'm not gonna do it, every time I go undercover it ends up going to hell."
Lois puts her hands on his chest flashing that puppy dog look he often sported to make her weak in the knees, "Would you do it for me?" she leans towards him with her lips barely brushing over his.
The feel of her against him brought back memories from the loft when his body was intertwined with hers in a fit of passion, his eyes closed anticipating the kiss but only to have Lois pat him on the cheek with a playful smile, "If you do this then you can take me out on a date."
Clark stared at her surprised by the small bribe, he just put on a fake smile "I'll do it but you don't have to bribe me."
Lois smiled sweetly and turned to walk out of the torch, "Meet me outside of the pool in an hour"
Once she left, Clark just collapsed in a nearby chair saying "What did I get myself into."
One Hour Later…
The tapping of his flip flops grew louder with each impatient minute, she was 15 minutes late and the party was already full of bikini clad cheerleaders and their lovesick slaves.
"Are you waiting for someone?" a soft whisper brushed against his ear, Clark turned to see who the mystery voice belonged to only to feel his mouth dry and his heart race at the sight of Lois sporting a very tight red bikini with a black shawl tied around her waist like a skirt, "See something you like, Smallville?"
He didn't move or respond to her question, he just nodded his head like one of those big headed bobble heads that you get at the ballpark.
She just tapped him on the cheek, "You can drool over my swimsuit later, you've got a job to do so…hop to it." she pushes him towards Mandy but he stills with nervousness while advancing towards the blonde leader.
"Hi, Mandy" he says with both hands gripping his red towel as a safety blanket while he kept thinking, 'I can do this…I can do this…I cant do this, what was I thinking letting Lois talk me into doing this'
It was too late to back down now, Mandy just smiled sweetly while her red mug was placed on the table "Hi, Clark. Welcome to the Party." she extends her arm showing him the scene before him.
Awkward silence set in between the two while Lois sat from a nearby beach chair pretending to read an old issue of Vanity Fair with her eyes trained on Clark and Mandy, jealousy soon emerged when Clark grabbed her and kissed her.
From the distance it was hard to hear what they were saying but the thought of climbing out of her chair and throwing Mandy into the pool became more aggressive when she lifted up Clark's t shirt admiring his rippling adds with lust before practically dragging him towards the weight room.
He turned back whispering her name desperate for help while Mandy grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and threw him into the weight room with the door shutting behind her.
Lois snuck silently into the weight room to see Clark pressed up against a nearby machine while Mandy continued to devour him.
"Your so strong!" Mandy pulls away with a lusty smirk on her face.
"Y-You're so beautiful." he stammers nervously before they go right back into making out leaving Lois to cringe in disgust, "I'm so grossed out" she whispers to herself.
The red towel that was thrown from Clark's body by the blonde cheerleader happened to land on Lois's head, anger set in when she threw the towel to the ground watching as Mandy moved them towards another machine and pushed Clark down before straddling him.
Lois maintained her distance waiting for the opportunity to grab the bag, Mandy once again pulled back "If you like me so much, what are you gonna do for me?"
He stared at her blankly, "I'll buy you dinner"
Her lips trail down his neck while Clark looks towards Lois who mouths, 'That's the best you got?'
His eyes rolled in annoyance, "Cook, I'll cook you dinner." the answer seemed to impress Mandy even more as she grew more bold with her actions giving Clark enough time to slip the bag from her and throw it towards Lois with his arm frantically pointing towards it.
"You seem distracted." she pulls away while Lois sneaks towards the bag, Clark struggles to keep his eyes on Mandy nervous.
"Um, I'm just nervous." He stammers growing more conscious of where this part of the conversation was leading, "I've, um, never done what I think we're about to do before."
Lois paused staring up at him surprised by the admission and also self conscious of her own past indiscretions, but those thoughts would come again later all what mattered was getting the bag and curing this lovesickness.
But when Clark and Mandy moved towards the desk, she took the bag with her sending Lois's mind into curse mode while she ducked under the desk listening to the sounds above and the fact that she got hit in the face with Clark's shirt.
After several minutes of torture, the bag finally landed in her lap and she reached inside to steal the file.
There mission was complete but first Lois had a little unfinished business to take care of, "Get your own damn farm boy." Lois says popping up from the desk and punching Mandy square in the face sending her tumbling over the desk in pain.
Clark stared up at Lois surprised, "What'd you do that for?" he asks grabbing his shirt from the ground and slipping it on while Lois just shrugged in response.
"I don't like when other people touch my things…" she sees Mandy start to rise to her feet and soon turned to Clark, "Aren't you gonna tap her on the head or something?"
Before Mandy could get to her feet Clark lightly tapped her on the head and put her back on the desk, "This is the only time I'm doing this for you, the next time I have to play boy toy is when you get to render the girl unconscious."
"I don't see what the big deal is, its not like I'm gonna still be on the squad when this is over. With all the evidence Chloe and I've collected, the squad is going to be hunting for our blood."
The two walked out of the weight room and started walking down the halls, "Do you wanna get some Chinese? I know this great place in Shanghai that serves the best pot-stickers and egg rolls." Clark looks towards her with a small smile.
"Only if we can dress in our normal clothes." Lois jokes nudging Clark in the shoulder, the two of them content with the other for the first time since Lois had returned to the small town.
Luthor Mansion:
Lex was down the last ball before he could knock the eight ball into a nearby corner pocket, the young billionaire smirked at the sound of boots entering his den "When they told me Clark Kent was downstairs, I almost couldn't believe it."
Clark just buried his hands in pockets, "If you're serious about giving our friendship another try; I need to know that you'll stop investigating me, my family and Lois."
Lex set his stick down and walked towards the reluctant farm boy, "You can go down to that room and see for yourself, its unlocked and completely empty." he watches Clark struggle to think but simply extends his hand towards Lex.
"In the spirit of friendship, I'm willing to give you a second chance." the two shake hands with smirks on their faces but before Lex could go back to finishing his game, Clark spoke "I was wondering if you could help me with a problem."
"How can I be of service?"
Clark walked towards the pool table looking anywhere but Lex, "There's this girl whose been like a daughter to my folks and a really good friend to me but her father wont let her attend the college she wants, so I hoping maybe you could put the good word in for her and get her back at Met U."
"I'll see what I can do but this girl wouldn't happen to be an army brat with brown hair and dazzling hazel eyes, would she?" Lex accepts Clark's silence as a yes and just chuckles, "If you really care about Lois, then why let her go back to Metropolis?"
"I don't want to be the one holding her back from succeeding, Met U was all she use to talk about and how it was her dream to be a world famous reporter for the greatest newspaper in the world…" he pauses looking straight towards Lex with confidence in his eyes, "When you care for someone, you put their feelings in front of your own. Even if it means that your sacrificing your own happiness in the process."
Lex reached out and padded Clark on the shoulder, "I'll put the call in tonight, we'll just have to see what happens tomorrow."
Kent Farm- The Next Day:
Smallville had won their game thanks to Clark's Hail Mary and he was welcomed on the team with open arms, the jocks were cured and Mandy was suspended from the school for suspicions of drug use along with three other members of the squad.
Ironically, it was Chloe and Lois's first byline together that revealed the diabolical plan to the entire school even the drugged jocks were shocked at the lengths their girlfriends went to getting their attention.
It was just another day in Smallville and it probably wouldn't be the last…
Lois watched Clark replace the flat tire of his Mustang with a sense of pride for the car, even though she had taken it without his permission, he wasn't the least bit upset until the call from Met U came after the game confirming that Lex was good on his word.
With a shaky and nervous breath, Lois moved from her seat on the stairs saying "Clark, can I talk to you for a minute?"
His eyes looked up at her as he rose to his feet while wiping the gunk from his hands, "You called me Clark, so this cant be a good conversation."
She just laughed, "Its not bad necessarily, its just that since I'm going to Met U tomorrow. I was hoping that maybe you'd help me move into my dorm room and then maybe we could go on a date…together."
Those baby blues grew wide, "Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Ever since I've got back from Gotham, its been hard trying to fight those old feelings for you and I realize that these hot/cold moments between us have been nerve wrenching but I just cant take hiding anymore."
She placed one hand on his forearm and the other over his chest, "The reason that Bruce and I broke up wasn't because of the pressure or the spotlight, it was because I was in love with someone else…you."
Clark remained speechless, "We can try fighting it all we want but there's something between us, you and I... belong to each other."
Before Clark could say anything, Lois pressed her lips to his softly at first until he soon returned the same feelings for her.
The two stay locked in each others arms with their lips devouring each other fighting both the fire between them but for dominance as well.
Can you read my mind? Do you know what it is that you do to me? Wondering why you are... all the wonderful things you are. If you need a friend... I'm the one to fly to. If you need to be loved... here I am. Read my mind.
TBC…
What did you guys think of Devoted, we finally got Clois back together *yeah!* I kind of took some parts from the Can you read my mind part of Superman: The Movie. I didn't want to do the entire thing but I took some snips of it, tell me what you guys think of it as well as the chapter.
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