For the first time, something struck Clark with the force of a blow. Her husband had tried to kill her. A man she’d trusted enough to marry. A man who had claimed, she’d just told him, to love her. A man whose bed she’d shared, with whom she’d shared her body. A man she’d been completely intimate with, with whom she’d joined her life. That man had tried to kill her.
Yeah, ouch, that hit me too. :mercy:
“Yeah. But there’s a story to that too,” she said. “But first, I want to tell you why I want a divorce.”
OOOOH!!
/me sits back and waits to see if Lois says what she *wants* her to say... And he wanted to know if Lois had enough evidence to convince the police. He wanted Lex Luthor behind bars. Today.
Yeah!
“Meeting me?” he questioned, taken aback, his attention distracted
LOL!! No kidding! <g>
She couldn’t possibly mean what her words seemed to imply... that maybe he wasn’t the only one who’d been falling in love... could she?
No, of course not. He was being pathetic.
Awww!!! Can I give Clark a hug? Please? I won't drool... promise! <g>
“Yes, you.” She gazed directly at him, and there was something almost like defiance in her expression. “And now you’re going to say I’m fickle on top of everything else, but... you weren’t the only one who started falling in love with someone you shouldn’t have.”
Lois seemed to be more comfortable at that; her body posture relaxed and she sat back against the sofa cushions again. “You’re right.
Whew!
Clark, call me naive, but I didn’t see what was right under my nose. Or maybe I was in denial. I kept telling myself that I just found you good company. Nothing more than that.
Wow, this seems familiar! <g> But, yay, good parallel to the series!!
“I was the same,” he confessed, feeling his heart lighten at being able to tell her the truth. “Well, I guess not exactly. I mean, I knew I never should have come back after the first day. I think I fell in love with you the second I looked up and saw you.
Awww!!!! Being a big mushy pile of goo doesn't make it easy to sit on the edge of one's seat. <g>
he said, realising too late that his voice was husky with emotion.
I like that!!
It still could be just a crazy crush, Clark thought wryly. As she’d said, it had been a summer fantasy. Not real. Not living, breathing love. Just a couple of strangers detached from their real lives and thrown together. *He* knew that he’d fallen in love - but why should that mean that Lois had too?
Awww!!! That just breaks my heart!!! :mercy:
Shocked, Clark exclaimed, “You weren’t! Lois, there’s no way you would have...”
“Slept with you?” she finished dryly.
Anyway, I asked what he meant. And he said he’d called the house earlier, looking for me, but Betty told him that I was out walking with my man friend.
EEK!!! So not good!
the way he was acting just made me mad anyway, so I told him that what we should be talking about wasn’t you, it was our marriage.”
I would have loved to have ring-side seats to that arguement!!
“Of course, I had to stay outside and listen.”
Of course!!
One of these days, she’s going to remember what she saw and she’ll put two and two together.
Oops! Too close to the edge of the chair... *ahem*.... OMG?! Saw what?!?!!
Then he said that he knew Nigel had always thought he should just have had me killed in the first place.” She pulled a face. “That’s when I knocked against the wall.”
Oh crap!!!
“Oh yeah. He slammed the phone down and came charging out of the room. I tried to run, but he caught me. And the look on his face was vicious. He told me that I should have been asleep, but that he should have known that I never do as I’m told. And that I’d regret it, because he was going to have to do something he’d always considered a sign of failure.”
And then we were at the water’s edge. He stopped. He held the gun to the side of my head and he... oh, god, Clark, he kissed me. He told me that it was such a waste. That I was an attractive woman and he’d enjoyed f... Well, you can guess,” she amended.
With one step, he was beside her. And, as the tears began to fall, Clark enfolded Lois Lane in his arms, holding her close and promising that he would never let anything bad happen to her ever again.
Awwww!!
Wow, Wendy!! Even though we saw things unfold from Lois's perspective, it was still riveting and suspenseful! I can't wait to read what happens next... but I'm going to have to... so I guess I'll find out what all this hubbub is about later on. <g>
Sara (who is now certain that Wendy must have some kind of feedback radar, because only *she* would be reading my mis-post seconds after I accidently hit the submit button and not give me a chance to finish ;P)
