Chapter Seven Part Two- White and Kent, Face to Face:

Clark had stopped at every possible location but had come up with nothing except empty leads as to where Lois was currently located, her roommate had told him that she was out with a friend at a nearby coffee shop.

As he made his way towards the only coffee shop within walking distance of the college campus, there was a sigh of relief when he spotted her walking out with a fresh cup in her hands with a small smile on her face.

The smile on his face soon turned into a confused frown when a young man started walking closer to her sporting the same smile.

"Lois?"

She turns almost surprised to see him as she walks towards him and wraps him in a warm hug, "I thought you weren't gonna come here after the game, Chloe said you had plans to attend the victory party."

He just stares into her eyes reflecting the small pain emanating from his penetrating gaze, Richard begins to grow uncomfortable and soon clears his throat to break the small spell between the two, "You must be Clark Kent…" he extends his hand towards the young kryptonian, "Richard White."

The two men shake hands with a slight grip involved, of course Clark had to restrain himself or Richard would've ended up in a cast, "Richard White…Lois has told me absolutely nothing about you." Clark jokes flashing that signature Kent smile, "You wouldn't happen to be related to Perry White, would you?"

"He's my uncle."

Clark nodded at the acknowledgement of Perry's connection to Richard before asking, "How is he?"

"Perry's been sober for a year now, he's actually been freelancing for the Daily Planet since he quit his job at X-Styles." Richard says with a small smile on his face at the mention of his uncle's success.

Clark turned his attention from Richard back to Lois, "I was wondering if I could talk to Lois for a few minutes…alone."

Richard nodded and flashed a small smile, "I actually have to be somewhere…" he starts to walk away but looks towards Lois, "I'll you see tomorrow?"

She just nodded and watched him walk away, her eyes moved from Richard back to Clark who was clearly trying to hide his jealousy but Lois laughed at the idea, "There's no need to be jealous of Richard…" she places her hand over his heart, "Your stuck with me until someone else better comes along."

Clark smirked at the comment and bowed his head to see that she was wearing the bracelet he had given her weeks ago after the body switch incident, "There's no one else but you, Lo." he leans forward, his lips inches from her when a hand shoots out and stops him.

"We can do that later…" Lois removes her hand from his lips, "What happened?"

Almost dreading the idea of telling her, he grabbed her hand and smiled, "How about we take that trip to Sicily?"

Lois shakes her head negatively, "Don't change the subject, just tell me what happened."

Clark lets out a shaky breath and buries his hand into the pockets of his letterman jacket as he looked around nervously, "Okay…But not here."

She stares at him confused while they walk off towards her dorm room, one thing was clear though…something bad had happened.

New York Planetarium

Bridgette Crosby stared at the dark stone in her hands, the temptation of power was all to intoxicating, knowing that this stone would lead to an ultimate fortress of knowledge awaiting to be uncovered.

"I know what your thinking, Bridgette." Dr. Virgil Swann rolled towards her, "These stones are not meant for human hands, they're meant for Kal-El."

Bowing her head in defeat, Bridgette turns towards Virgil with a gloomy expression written on her face, "I know, but that doesn't change the fact that these stones hold incredible amounts of power. Just imagine what would've happened if Luthor got his hands on all three."

"That's not gonna happen, Kal-El has one stone already and the other two are only a few inches away…" Virgil's wheelchair rolls towards the small monitor, "I've put a request in for the stone to be hand delivered to the Kent Farm, its too dangerous for any of us to travel with the stones."

She places the stone in front of him, "Lionel may have stopped hunting for the stones but Lex has shared his father's obsession and its only a matter of time before another member of Veritas shows up searching for the stones."

Virgil grabs the stone and places it in a small metal case before slipping it back into his desk, "Which is why the stone should be in Kal-El's possession…too many of our friends have died for it." he rolls off down the long hallway with Bridgette close by.

"What if someone intercepts the package?"

He turns towards her, "That wont happen, someone I trust is going to carry the package….my daughter, Patricia." his chair rotates and disappears down the hall.

After telling her the events that had unfolded during the game and the consequences of his actions on the field, she saw the young kryptonian shake off a thought while managing to fight back the emotion that threatened to overtake him.

"It wasn't your fault, Clark." she places her hand over his, "We all make mistakes…"

He jerks away from her and rises to his feet, "But I don't, not once in my entire life have I ever tripped and now this guy is in the hospital because of me."

She shakes her head negatively, "You cant keep blaming yourself for this, its not attractive when you brood…" she points towards his forehead, "Besides, you wouldn't look good with wrinkles."

Clark cant help but laugh, "What do you think I should do?"

Lois intertwined her fingers with his, "I cant tell you what to do, its your choice whether to brave the crowd or brood in your barn waiting for it to cool over."

He nods and presses his lips to hers for a brief second, "I better go home and brave the crowd." he jokes slipping on his jacket preparing to head out when Lois appears at his side, her hand on his forearm.

"You could stay the night, if you want." she says with a small hopeful look on her face, "No sense in running off to get lectured by your parents when you could spend sometime with your girlfriend."

One of Clark's hands goes to her neck as he pulls her towards him and presses their lips together, that small spark that was always present when they connected like this went off once again as Clark's jacket lay on the floor forgotten.

They stumbled towards her bed with another piece of his clothing laying forgotten on the floor, "Lois…(kiss)…we shouldn't be doing…(kiss)…this." his body was pressed against hers as the bed dipped from the pressure of their bodies, the white undershirt he was wearing was soon peeled from his body and left on the ground next to his red and black flannel shirt.

"W-We…" his eyes close when her lips found the spot on his neck where his neck and chin met, "We should take this slow."

Lois moves to sit up as she stares down at him and was about to say something when the ringing sound of a cell-phone cut him off, Clark was quick to reach into his pocket, "Hello?" he answers the phone surprised to hear his mother's voice on the other end worried, "I'll be home as soon as I can…Love you, too. Bye." he places his phone back in his pocket at stares back up at Lois apologetically, "I've got to go…"

Removing herself from his grasp, Clark sped back into his clothes and stood in front of her, "I'm sorry Lois." He presses his lips to her forehead, "We'll find time to be together." he kisses her one last time before disappearing before her eyes.

Lois stands there and crosses her arms over her chest, "I'm sorry too, Clark."

TBC…

SO? How was it? Threw a little other things in there but mainly its all Clois before we get to the truth about Mikhail…also this part kind of plays a role in a future chapter that deals with Lois and Clark's lack of physical intimacy (if you get what I'm saying *wink*)