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So. I'm thinking that you guessed what was coming with the title of the chapter. Did it live up to your expectations or not?

LOIS: He’s going to bolt! I’m going to end up an old spinster! Do they sell cats down at the pet shop around the corner…?

Well, of course! People would have been shocked frozen.



/scratches head/ How is she defining ‘good wife’?

Well, they had to say *something* to the poor girls set up in arranged marriages.

CPR?

LOIS:

So, now Lois will think it’s best to have a friend with benefits whom you love than just a friend?

Plus, conference room. Glass windows. Ralph outside.
LOIS: So, my place after work, then?

Oh my. That means the final challenge will be either Superman or them finding a suitable wedding venue. Wonder which it will be…

CLARK: Couldn’t you feel it before?
LOIS: Yeah…?

Umm… /checks ‘candidate used wrong answer’ checkbox/

LOIS:

Like how quickly they can go to Vegas and whether to ‘visit’ a jewelry store first?
MR. MAZIK:

Then…
LOIS: You’re…you’re…you’re unicorn bait?

Like Ralph when he has to write an article?

TEMPUS: /checks box #2/

Like all the crooks she exposes?

JIMMY:

She looks quite flushed, eyes glassy, breath short?

She wants out!

This was fun!
/heads over yonder to wait for Clark to bring Lois home./
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Also, who’d have thunk that the wedding venue would actually be their final challenge?

Michael

Well I for one think you might have tried to do too much in one chapter. However one thing led to another or maybe I am thinking about Groobie's Distant Closeness over in the nFic section .

As with Michael I believe that Clark (of course) will interpret Lois's last statement incorrectly. She is just so happy that he is in love with her that she does not want to think about the engagement, pact, marriage, or any of those things right at this moment. Clark will of course take it the way Michael put it that she wants out but that should not be too difficult to work out.

I still think she took the Superman deal very well, I am glad she did take it well but it just seems so un-Lois to not be hurt that he never told her for all this time and to be so understanding.

I guess it is time to head to the jewelers next...

Mike

Wow, I've got to say that Clark has got Lois's ramble down pat, especially here: It's a good thing that they're old friends and she can understand and translate babble, otherwise I would have an expected a "Say what?" type response.

The perfect reveal! She discovers it a split second before he tells her. I'm a fan of Lois figures it out before Clark tells her (makes her seem less glattically stupid, IMO). So, this was perfect!

So.... What's next?

Being that they are enjoying the love, I doubt jewelers is the next step. Getting used to all of Clark and what being in a relationship with Superman is probably the next step. But, then again, my hubby never bought me a ring, so I don't understand what normal people do in this situation.

Maybe meeting the folks. Although, they've been friends for 8 years, so they've probably already met them... sooooo, *telling* the folks? Telling Perry? Nope, I'm going to keep my original answer of getting used to their relationship. They can discuss the "M" word later?

ELLEN: Murder?

SAM: Mayhem?

LUCY: Magic?

MARTHA: Ms. Lane or Mrs. Kent?

JONATHAN: Metropolis or Smallville?

PERRY: Metallo? Is he back?

JIMMY: Mr. Mxyzptlk!

LOIS & CLARK: Don't say his name!

MR. Mxyzptlk:

The question will be how long will they wait?

My thoughts can be summed up in one syllable: Awwww!

If I felt more coherent, I'd write more; as it is, that I was able to focus enough to read this part is a tribute to your writing. I've been running a low on sleep lately, and the hemlock icing on the poisoned cake was receiving a highly illegal 2:30am scam robocall. (My credit card was allegedly temporarily locked; I was suppose to press 'one' to connect to a customer service representative. Yeah, right.)

I was surprised that it was Perry and not Jimmy who interrupted them. And I was even more surprised (pleasantly so) that the conversation went as smoothly as it did and that everything is out in the open now. Since there are more parts of the story yet, I am guessing that Lois will have second thoughts when the implications of CK=S sink in. But for now, at least, I'm glad that they have a moment of happiness, however long it lasts.

Joy,
Lynn

Lots to love in this chapter! Clark confessing that he misses being called farmboy...awwwww!!!


I know a place where their story can go when it's not too soon for that! LOL


I thought the reveal in this section was great, but I'm an angst-free revealer. (In one of my stories, Clark says, "I would have told you my secret much earlier if I had known that this was the result." LOL)

I hope the WAFFs continue in the next four chapters!

Let's see:

1. Clark knows that Lois loves him--check!
2. Lois now knows that Clark loves her--check!
3. Lois knows that Clark Kent = Superman--check!

--and, awesomely...

4. Kissing! Kissing! And some more kissing!

So yes, loved this part, KK

I very much enjoyed both reveals--the discovery of mutual love, and everything Superman-related. It felt great having Lois be 'in' on discovering who Superman was. I really liked how they talked through it, how Lois was able to figure it out by being open to all that Clark really is as a whole. And yes, I was definitely squealing my way through their discovery of how they both feel towards each other. Such WAFFy goodness . It was very romantic, and especially loved how Clark got her attention by kissing her. I really enjoyed how you wrote those moments of discovery--of their love for each other--out between them. Very sweet .

Oh--and lastly...cool title for this chapter! Gotta admit, you had me squealing with delight at reading it (before I had even opened the chapter up).

Looking forward to more--great job!
Laura

Wow, it’s all out there now! This Clark is definitely a little different from L&C canon — no “Superman is what I can do, Clark is who I am.” But I think you made that clear at the start.

With four chapters left, I think the path of true love has a few bumps before the happily ever after. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do!

As long as she knows to call it Elroy she can have a cat.

They do like to watch the Lois/Clark romantic soap opera!

No idea. She's basically just rambling..

Is this an arranged marriage? It was 'arranged' by two people. It just happens that the two people are also the ones getting married? Hmmm, food for thought.

Nope.

CLARK: *nods vigorously*

Hmmm, keep reading.



*nods and laughs*

Yup, Lois is definitely thinking in that direction ... a little bit.

Don't rush her. She's still likely to bolt even though she knows they love each other. This is Lois.

Not that secret. And anyway, it's not really a secret it's just ... private.

You mean terrified?

Tee Hee, nope. Not this time.

Hmm, she mustn't be better from the flu cause absolutely nothing else could have done that to her.

She never said it was off. Just not to talk about it for now. Don't you remember a particular episode where Cannon Lois said the same? Hmmm.

You still need to keep reading.

Yes there was a lot that happened, but it was always meant to be this way!

Yeah, the conversation just flowed from one revelation to the next and so that's why so much happened. And ... well, nope it didn't quite lead to the same as Groobie's story. Michael would have been happy if it had though.

Thankfully Clark doesn't take it the wrong way. It's just the same situation as at the end of JSN.

She did. There were moments when it could have gone the other way, and Perry intruding actually helped too, as it gave Lois an idea of the delicate balance that Clark has with his life, and she sympathized rather than got angry.

There was enough stuff that already kept them apart up till now ... no more angst needed!

Not quite. Although there is a trip to the jewelers soon!

Yes, he did let his words run away with him.

Yeah. I think that Lois should be intelligent enough to figure it out, but Clark should also prove that he trusts her and actually get the opportunity to tell her. So, I think you are right, it is the perfect reveal.

The next chapter is called Being in Love so you can take what you want from that.



You'll have to read on to find out.

Thanks. It was a WAFFy chapter.

*laughs* Yes, Jimmy is the usual suspect. But I needed someone that Clark would be a little subservient to.

It nearly didn't. When Clark said that he didn't want Lois to know she nearly laid into him. You don't see this, though, because he explains quickly, and then Perry interrupts, which give Lois a whole different view of Clark.

Don't forget this is a RomCom and we are past the 3/4 stage ...

Oh, it's gonna last forever. Hope you don't mind.

*giggles* Isn't it cute.

Um, do you mean the rooftop? *whistles innocently*

Well, I think there's enough angsty reveals out there already.

They will!

You got everything you asked for in the last FDK! Yay!

Thank you Laura. When I wrote this story two years ago I was desperate to get to this chapter. I knew I was going to love writing it and I'd feel all warm and fuzzy afterwards.

I did. But he's not a Reeves Superman either. Richard Donner told Christopher Reeve that he was always playing Superman, but sometimes Superman was pretending to be Clark. The Clark in this is more a half and half. He is most definitely Clark first and foremost, but he recognises that he 'adjusts' Clark's behaviour and so it still isn't really the true him. But neither is Superman.

Yeah, there are bumps, but not mountains. More like traffic calming measures instead. You know- those little bumps in the street that you have to slow your car down or it will kill the suspension.

DP EMPLOYEES: It’s one of the best perks!
RALPH: I’d like to be a screenwriter for the show.

Nah, I was just putting the grove-to-love bit into context for Lois

CLARK: A ‘little bit’?

Little bits:



Good thing Clark’s pretty fast on his feet, then, huh?

For instance

Clark should definitely take her back to bed then and make sure she stays warm.



Drat!

Michael

Would it end up like Eastenders then?



He's the fastest man in the world, but somehow that's still not fast enough to catch Lois when she bolts.

Absolutely. Hopefully Clark remembers that body heat is one of the most reliable things for keeping people warm. You know, like when people get stuck in the snow, etc.

Next chapter coming up in a few minutes.

/googles/ Ah, British soap.

CLARK: It’s not *my* fault! She’s always glowing green behind the gills when she panics. It must be some sort of natural defense mechanism.



/spies next chapter/

Michael

Yeah. Not that I watch it.



*giggles* Rushing, are you?