Don't hate me for what's about to happen next...

Chapter 10 Part 4 "Bad Choices"

The elevator doors slid open and Lois walked towards her desk with a determined look as she clicked on the small light and unlocked the bottom drawer of her desk where she slid everything out of the way to lift the bottom revealing a small compartment space.

She looked around before reaching inside to pull out a notebook that was full of everything she knew about Clark and set it to the side before pulling out a small metallic case, "Lois?" a voice caused her to use her knee to close the drawer and turn around quickly to see Richard looking surprised, "What are you doing here?"

She put on a fake smile and turned her back to him hoping to shield his view from the case and notebook, "My flash drive went missing and I thought I might have left it here." She slips everything into her bag while at the same time pulling out her flash drive and immediately turned around to show it to him, "See"

"You should think about letting one of those wristbands or something, I use to leave mine all over the place before-"

"That's nice Richard but I've really got to go." She cuts him off and starts walking back towards the elevator in a hurry leaving him confused towards her behavior.

He walks towards her desk to click off the light when he notices her bottom drawer was ajar.

Their lips dived into a passionate haze fueled by the red kryptonite around Clark's neck as his hands worked to remove the top that seemed to fight him while she unbuttoned his flannel shirt.

Both shirts fell to the floor simultaneously to the carpeted floor, the red stone seemed to make Clark bolder with his movements as he led them towards the large bed with the thought of taking this to the next physical level.

Alicia pulls away to catch her breath and slow her racing heart, "Are you sure you wanna do this?"

Thoughts of Lois pushed through the haze and the hurt it would cause her if she ever found out about his infidelity but his bad boy persona seemed to push the scenarios away from him and just smiled that charming smile, "I'm sure" he presses his lips back to hers and moves his arms to hoist her in his arms bridal style while they made their way towards the bed with the intent of not ruining the evening for the fun they were about to have.

The intrepid reporter went over areas that he might have gone and went over several entries in her notebookuntil she landed on a post it note with an address scribbled on it followed by the initials KE.

She looked over at the case with a sullen look and took in a shaky breath as she placed her head against the steering wheel, "What if it works and he hates me for keeping this from him? Could I really hurt the man I love?"

Her hands clench the wheel tightly and she raises her head not saying or thinking anything as she put the car in shift and drove off.

The couple were locked in an embrace ready to take that big step when a knock on the door caused their bodies to still and a frustrated groan to emit from his voice as he rose to his feet.

"Who is it?" he calls out only to hear silence as his reply and shook his head negatively while he unlocked the door.

When the door was halfway open a sickly green color spread through the cracks causing the kryptonian to fall to his knees in pain but it was nothing compared to the pain he felt when he looked into his attacker's eyes and saw a familiar shade of hazel that belonged to Lois.

Alicia was shocked at what was happening and teleported from the bed to Kal grabbing him by the forearm and taking him away in a green mist, "Damn" she mutters to herself slipping the kryptonite back into her pocket all the while thinking, "This is not good"

When Alicia and Kal popped in his room he was livid with even more anger then before, "I can't believe she tried to do that to me that little…" he stops himself and runs his hands through his hair, "If she thinks she can get away with this then she's sadly mistaken." He walks towards his closet oblivious to the look that crossed her face.

"Maybe we should just leave Smallville." She suggests as she walks towards him, "We could be who we were meant to be and not have to worry about people coming after us or exposing our secrets."

He enjoys the image of being free to do what he wants and slips on a red shirt while turning around to face her with a small smirk on his face that grew larger at the awful idea that forming in his mind, "I like the sound of that. You get everything ready for us to leave and I'll deal with a few loose ends." He places a kiss on her forehead and speeds away.

Richard was headed towards his car when a cold gust of window causes him to turn around to see that nothing was there and turned around to see Clark standing a few inches away from him.

"Hey Clark, If you're looking for Lois she just left a couple hours ago." He continues walking but finds that Clark is blocking his path, "Something wrong?"

"It must be nice having Lois as your partner." He replies with a smile and continues, "She's one in a million…a real gem wouldn't you say."

Richard looks at him confused, "She's one of the best intern reporters they have and she's a really good partner to have." He tries to get past the kryptonian again only to have his path blocked, "Is there a reason for all this or are you here for some other reason."

"Actually there is. How long have you been in love with my girlfriend?"

Richard just laughs at the question, "I don't know whose been telling you this but I'm not in love with Lois. We're just good friends."

"But you want there to be more don't deny it, I see the way you look at her and the fact that you two work together means that you get to see her more then she sees me which leads me to believe that something's going on between you two."

The seriousness in his voice strikes a chord and Richard immediately responds, "There's nothing-"

"Don't lie to me!" he cuts him off and grabs the reporter by the collar, "I'm only gonna ask you one more time…what's going on between you and Lois?"

While Lois sat on the curb trying to think of a plan of action a green mist appeared in front of her, "You have a lot of nerve showing your face after what just happened." She looks up at the blonde haired home wrecker, "I have it in my right might to kick your ass for what you were doing to my boyfriend but I've got bigger problems to deal with."

"I didn't mean for this to happen, I just wanted something from my old life back and Clark was always the one normal thing in my mind." Alicia begins rubbing her hands nervously, "Before he left he was talking about a few loose edges and I think he's going after someone."

Lois rises to her feet with concern on her face, "Who?"

TBC