“I know. And I promise I’ll give you lots of time to study. But first, I want to tell you something.”
He looked around at the room, appearing rather tense.
“Is there someplace more private we can talk?”
There was no reason for Lois to say ‘yes’ and every reason in the world for her to say ‘no’, but yet she was strangely curious. And so she found herself inviting him to join her at the library.
She’s softening!
“Oh, that? That happened years ago. I am so over it.”
Oh, you are so NOT over it, Lois! (Not an easy thing to do.)
“I’m fine, Kent,” she assured him through her mirth. “Maybe your Mama never told you this but sometimes women just bleed. It’s one of those birds and bees things, ‘Mr. Showoff’. It’s called menstruation.”
Somehow I’m thinking that Clark would definitely know the difference - not the least of which would be the difference in menstrual blood and fresh blood.
So what happened to Lois visiting for Thanksgiving?
“I’m fine, Kent,” she assured him through her mirth. “Maybe your Mama never told you this but sometimes women just bleed. It’s one of those birds and bees things, ‘Mr. Showoff’. It’s called menstruation.”
So now I’m confused. Was Lois raped by those creeps or not?
“Mom, when it all happened and Lois was all hurt and bloody, I don’t know what came over me. I said some things that were rude and thoughtless. And now Lois is acting pretty mad. How do I make that right?”
He did? I thought he was pretty nice. Okay, I looked back at the last part. He wasn’t mean, but I can see how he thought that maybe Lois was upset.
Great part, Elisabeth!
