Hi MrsMxzyptlk!
"Yeah, it's me," Jimmy replied. "CK, um, we're -- we're friends, right?"
What did he do? Did he cause Lois to sleep with a fish? Well, Penguin, at least.
"No, I mean, like, they say, 'friends help you move, but a real friend helps you move a body.' You're a real friend, right?"
/cocks eyebrow/
"Danger? Um, no, not exactly... am I in trouble? Yes. Definitely. Can... can you come over? I messed up, and now he's dead, and I don't know what to do, and I didn't know who else to call," Jimmy said plaintively.
Huh.
"No, I'm at Lois' place."
Oh boy. Good thing he said ‘he’s dead’. Otherwise, oh boy.
JIMMY: You see, I didn’t know it was him. I just thought it was a burglar breaking into Lois’s apartment, not *him*!
CLARK:
DAILY PLANET: Lex Luthor killed during home invasion – suspected to be the prime suspect!
"Yeah, well, as far as I know, she's fine. But she might not be when she gets back. Or at least I won't... So will you come over?"
Clark squeezed Jimmy's shoulders, leaned down a bit to look him in the eye, and asked, "Jimmy, who died?"
"Rodrigo!"
"Rodrigo who?" Clark paused as realization came over him. "Wait-- Lois' pet fish?"
"Jimmy, calm down. It's just a fish."
"Have you met Lois?"
"Rodrigo, you were a good fish and a good pet. You will be missed." Then, with a flourish, he flushed the toilet.
Cute!
I was sort of expecting them to just replace the fish. After all, Lois isn’t the most observant person when it comes to the men in her life.
Michael
Edit:
Hmm... I'm picturing years later, their kids are teenagers, and Lois finally catches Clark replacing her fish. It was an open secret amongst the kids, and they can't fathom how Mom never noticed how unusually long-lived her fish appeared to be. Now she's livid about the deception.
The kicker? She got sick of the fish years ago and has just been waiting for it to die so she can finally get rid of the tank.
