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Merry Christmas everyone.
Part 4 of this series next week.
KatherineKent/Victoria
Lois: "You put up with me for the same reason I put up with you. It's because I'm completely in love with you."
Clark: "And I love you ... Did we just make up?"
Lois: "I think so."
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A nice story to read on Christmas morning. I look forward to seeing how this series evolves.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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A perfect Christmas morning story. Thanks for posting it when you did.
I was kind of surprised that they fell back into the 'friend' relationship. Always thought the secret and its ancillary stuff (always leaving, dumb excuses) was the biggest thing keeping them apart. I see why you did it. You wanted to give Martha a role in getting them really together. Lois and Clark, two of the bravest, strongest people, still afraid of taking the risk of love.
I look forward to the next installment next week.
Merry Christmas
Mike
Create all the happiness you are able to create.
Remove all the misery you are able to remove.
Jeremy Bentham
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Sometimes love needs a little push in the right direction: I don't know why they've fallen into this 'friendship' thing. I thought that when she found out his secret it would be the final factor in their inevitable journey to … love. But, for some reason, they both seem to think that the other just wants to be friends.
Pah.
I wish I could tan their hides.
But I can't. They aren’t children anymore, even if they act like it sometimes, they are grown adults. Capable of making their own choices, their own silly mistakes. .... and sometimes not. But as always, Martha finds a way to lend a hand! Thanks for a sweet story.
Morgana
A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.
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Awwww...what a sweet Christmas story.  Definitely looking forward to a continuation of the series.  P.S. Yes, I'm reading the boards on Christmas. I'm obsessed! LOL
You can find my stories as Groobie on the nfic archives and Susan Young on the gfic archives. In other words, you know me as Groobie. 
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Groobie: Aren't we all? 
Morgana
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A nice story to read on Christmas morning. I look forward to seeing how this series evolves. Only one more to go, but hopefully you'll be happy with how it ends. A perfect Christmas morning story. Thanks for posting it when you did. You are welcome. I was kind of surprised that they fell back into the 'friend' relationship. Always thought the secret and its ancillary stuff (always leaving, dumb excuses) was the biggest thing keeping them apart. I was a little surprised, myself, when the idea for this came along. I meant to leave No 2 in the series and let you imagine what happened in the morning. But when I realised that I could do a little Christmas snippet I knew I would have to decide what happened next. I know that the secret is often a barrier to them getting together, and once it's out in the open, then 'things' start to happen, but in this particular case you saw that Lois (in No 1) saw Superman as out of reach, and Clark (in No 2) decide to tell Lois because he believed she would never feel the same about him. The secret coming out actually REINFORCED each of those ideas and so the two of them suffered in silence for months. I see why you did it. You wanted to give Martha a role in getting them really together. Lois and Clark, two of the bravest, strongest people, still afraid of taking the risk of love. Oh yes. Absolutely. I look forward to the next installment next week. Hope it doesn't disappoint. To you too, thank you. Sometimes love needs a little push in the right direction: I don't know why they've fallen into this 'friendship' thing. I thought that when she found out his secret it would be the final factor in their inevitable journey to … love. But, for some reason, they both seem to think that the other just wants to be friends.
Pah.
I wish I could tan their hides.
But I can't. They aren’t children anymore, even if they act like it sometimes, they are grown adults. Capable of making their own choices, their own silly mistakes. .... and sometimes not. But as always, Martha finds a way to lend a hand! Thanks for a sweet story. Thank you. Awwww...what a sweet Christmas story. Definitely looking forward to a continuation of the series. It does continue, but with only one more instalment. But then the start of this whole thing was only supposed to be one short vignette. And then I said I was done after No 2. *sigh* P.S. Yes, I'm reading the boards on Christmas. I'm obsessed! LOL Hey, you're only reading. I'm the one who posted, then kept sneaking little looks all day to see if anyone had commented! Groobie: Aren't we all? See, exactly! *nods* Had a peek at this somewhere between waiting for the family to arrive and Granny telling us that the old songs are the best (true, even if Slade coined it first) - great Christmas story. Lovely continuation to the previous parts. Thank you.
KatherineKent/Victoria
Lois: "You put up with me for the same reason I put up with you. It's because I'm completely in love with you."
Clark: "And I love you ... Did we just make up?"
Lois: "I think so."
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Fun to see this from Martha’s point of view, knocking a little sense into their heads. Very enjoyable!
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Wonderful way to end the Christmas evening  ... Kids are in bed, husband in bed, parents in bed...and I just couldn't go to bed without first spending some time with Lois and Clark. Especially so on Christmas  . Great, great story, KK. Such a wonderful surprise to find when I got on tonight. Gotta love Martha--and you wrote in her perspective amazingly. I've really enjoyed this series, and will be lookin forward to next week!  . Me obsessed? Oh yeah!  Happily and completely. Laura
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"Where's Clark?" "Right here."
...two simple sentences--with so much meaning.
~Lois and Clark in 'House of Luthor'~
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Awww... What a wonderful story.
Your choice of POV character was inspired. I suspect most authors (myself definitely included) would have made either Lois or Clark the POV character; maybe even switching between the two. But choosing Martha was sheer brilliance.
Thanks for this Christmas gift to us, and I'm excited about the prospect of another story in the series. I wonder whether that one will be from Jonathan's POV? Or maybe Perry's? I guess I'll have to wait until next week to find out.
Joy,
Lynn
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Fun to see this from Martha’s point of view, knocking a little sense into their heads. Very enjoyable! Thanks. Wonderful way to end the Christmas evening ... Thank you. Kids are in bed, husband in bed, parents in bed...and I just couldn't go to bed without first spending some time with Lois and Clark. Especially so on Christmas . I quite agree. Great, great story, KK. Such a wonderful surprise to find when I got on tonight. Gotta love Martha--and you wrote in her perspective amazingly. I've really enjoyed this series, and will be lookin forward to next week! . Me obsessed? Oh yeah! Happily and completely. Laura Hope you enjoy part four. Awww... What a wonderful story.
Your choice of POV character was inspired. I suspect most authors (myself definitely included) would have made either Lois or Clark the POV character; maybe even switching between the two. But choosing Martha was sheer brilliance. Thanks. I didn't want to unbalance the series by giving it to only one of Lois or Clark, but it didn't lend itself to a swap in POV so that meant finding a third character. Once I thought of Martha it all fell together. Thanks for this Christmas gift to us, and I'm excited about the prospect of another story in the series. I wonder whether that one will be from Jonathan's POV? Or maybe Perry's? I guess I'll have to wait until next week to find out.
Joy,
Lynn You'll find out in a few mintues. But, as you will see, there was only one place to end the series.
KatherineKent/Victoria
Lois: "You put up with me for the same reason I put up with you. It's because I'm completely in love with you."
Clark: "And I love you ... Did we just make up?"
Lois: "I think so."
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