Clark sat at a table in the Talon coffee house as he waited for his raven-haired girlfriend to arrive. He checked his watch multiple times. Lana was usually punctual, what could have happened? Maybe she was freaked out by what happened at the Lake. Was Lois really directing her amorous comment towards the future Man of Steel? Or was it just the neurotic college drop-out being herself? He pondered these thoughts as a red-haired woman walked up to him.

"Excuse me Clark," she said in a sweet voice and leaned in a little too close, "You're a football hero. I wouldn't mind getting your autograph if that's okay." She was so near to him he could smell the thick layers of perfume she had drenched herself in. She handed him a picture of himself in football gear.

"Sure. Where'd you get this anyway?" he asked, a little curious and slightly taken aback. He had to admit she was a good-looking girl, possibly in her early twenties. He however had a girlfriend who was on her way to meet him.

"Did some digging. It wasn't hard to find. Anyway, there's a little party at my house tonight. I have a Jacuzzi, if you catch my drift," she suggested.

"Oh, really? Umm, I kind of have plans," he told her, seeing Lana walk through the front door. The redhead turned around and looked at Lana despairingly. She then ripped the pen out of the Clark's hand after he finished signing the picture and gazed at him with contempt.

"With her? Are you kidding? You know there are girls out there that are less high maintenance. Forget about the hot-tub," she hissed, and then stormed out, brushing past Lana on the way and almost giving her a shoulder bump as she did so. Lana looked back at her with a frown. Clark looked down, trying not to make eye-contact. He didn't cheat on her but he still felt guilty about having a close encounter with another girl. It was weird, first Lois practically hit on him at the Lake, and now another beauty had given him a not so subtle hint she was interested.

"Who was that?" asked Lana.

"Some fan of mine. A very eager fan," Clark muttered. He could sense Lana becoming uneasy. "She just wanted an autograph." Lana smiled. Clark wasn't always honest with her, but this time she knew he was.

"Guess I have to get used to dating the ex-star quarterback. You'd think it'd be easy after Whitney, but…" Then she trailed off as she tried not to remember what happened with the talented marine.

"So can I buy you a coffee?" asked Clark. Lana nodded, and as he went to order it, Lois once again appeared.

"Hey handsome," Lois beamed at Clark. Now something was definitely wrong. She didn't call him 'Smallville' or 'Clark'. And the grin on her face was too wide. Normally she would scowl at him, and that was on a good day. He took her aside, out of Lana's sight and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Okay Lois, what's going on? You're acting like really strange, almost like some kind of stalker," Clark told her. The smile waned a little bit, but Lois shrugged off his comment.

"What do you mean? I'm just happy to see you. Is that a new shirt? Way to go not wearing the plaid for once. I think you look so suave without it. And that smells like cologne." She stared into his eyes and pushed a strand of dark brown hair out of his face.

"You know," Lois continued, "I had a dream about you. Flying around in a suit with underpants on the outside of all things. It was kind of a turn-on."

Clark pushed her away from him. This was getting too intense for his liking.

"I don't know what's gotten into you, but we're friends. Lana and I are happy together, and you or any other girl aren't going to ruin it," Clark reprimanded, and left a dissatisfied Lois standing in one of the store rooms.

"Okay Smallville have it your way, but if she breaks your heart, don't come running to me," Lois half-yelled as Clark returned to the counter to order Lana's cappuccino. He then returned to the table with a sigh. What was causing this erratic behaviour in Lois? I mean the redhead could just have been a promiscuous college girl, but he didn't think this was a coincidence.

"Thank you Clark. What took so long anyway?" Lana asked. This time he had to lie. If she knew the truth, there would be trouble.

"Nothing. I just saw a friend I knew from Smallville High, that's all," he told her. The explanation seemed good enough for her as she sipped her coffee and used her other hand to hold Clark's.

Clark super-sped home from the Talon to find Chloe in his loft. It went through his head that she might be the latest to exhibit unusual behaviour. He took off his trademark red coat and headed up the stairs. Shelby wagged her tail as Clark reached his unofficial Fortress of Solitude. Chloe was stroking the dog's fur while he wondered why she was there waiting for him.

"So date night went well, huh?" Chloe questioned, not meaning to pry. Clark smiled. He and Chloe could literally tell each other anything.

"Yeah, it did. But I've been having a pretty strange day. At the lake and at the Talon, Lois kind of… flirted with me. And some random red-haired girl also got up close and personal."

Chloe's jaw almost dropped to the floor. She had once had a crush on Clark, but couldn't believe he was getting so many offers.

"So you're Smallville's resident chick magnet? There must be something in the water," Chloe remarked. Clark half-chuckled at the comment, not fully grasping the joke.

"I mean literally," the blonde reporter said, "You say the first time Lois hit on you was at Crater Lake? Is it possible that there was some kind of underwater phenomenon that triggered the 'Love Clark' impulse in her?"

Clark tried to think back and mentally retrace his steps from earlier in the day. "Hmm… you might be right Chloe. Can't put my finger on it, but I could sense something fishy, pardon the pun, going on in the water."

"I guess our next step is to investigate," Chloe told him.

"We shouldn't go there though," Clark blurted out. "If whatever it is can control your actions too, then that would be awkward. And I need your mind at its sharpest if we're going to figure out this mystery."

Just then Clark and Chloe heard a commotion outside. It sounded like a group of girls cheering. Then surely enough, the old cheer squad for Smallville High rocked up at Clark's barn and put on a rather impressive show for him.

"Give me a C, give me an L, give me an A, give me an R, give me a K. What's that spell?" yelled the head cheerleader.

"Trouble," finished Chloe as the girls, complete with their old outfits and pompoms made their way up the stairs and surrounded an uncomfortable Clark.

"Chloe, help me." Clark begged his friend, but she was too busy dying of laughter. He had to admit, it was rather amusing. The girls cosied up to Clark and whispered sweet nothings into his ear.

"How's our favourite quarterback?" asked one of them, with dark hair and skin.

"I've never stopped thinking about you since high school," said another, a brunette with the whitest teeth Clark had ever seen. Almost on cue, Lana arrived at the barn to follow up their date with a private moment with Clark but he had some explaining to do. With cheerleaders, faces she had seen at school, on his lap and cuddling up to him it wasn't the perfect time for her to walk in.

"I can see you have company so I'll just come back… in about a hundred years," Lana snapped angrily, and began to stomp out of the barn. Clark pursued her, and grabbed her arm.

"Lana! It's not what it looks like. Okay, something weird has been going on. Remember today at the lake when Lois was acting strange? Well at the Talon tonight that girl was doing the same and now these cheerleaders have just shown up out of the blue. I'm not cheating on you, me and Chloe have a theory that there's a mysterious object at Crater Lake that is acting like a magnet and making me the most eligible bachelor in town," he explained. Lana smiled cheekily and then jumped into his arms, kissing him passionately.

"I know, you're a ladies man. And these skanks aren't getting their claws on you," she announced, then called to all of the girls upstairs. "EVERYBODY OUT! That includes you Chloe! Lana's home!"

So Lana was the next one to add to the list of attractive girls who want to seduce Clark. He rolled his eyes and sighed as Lana attempted to take off his shirt.

"Whoa, easy Lana," he told her and then used his little love tap to knock her out…