“Lois… how… I know this whole thing was rather unorthodox, but could you please…” he was suddenly short of breath. “Please let me know how you feel about me.”
Clark’s words hung in the air as their gazes locked.
Overcome with a sudden fierce emotion, Lois threw her arms back around him. “Not just yet Clark… I can’t… We can’t lose this, don’t you see that? We could lose everything.”
Clark tightened his grip on her waist and closed his eyes in a mix of disappointment and understanding. Then, in a whisper so soft she barely heard it, he breathed in her ear.
“Just you wait, Lois. I think you’ll find that I am a very patient man.”
He released their lovers hug and kissed her forehead.
“Now we’re getting out of this place. The appetizers they call dinner in there couldn’t satisfy a tick. Pizza or Chinese and my place or yours?”
With that, he looped a friendly arm around her shoulder and gently guided her toward the exit, his heart still exposed and vulnerable in his chest, their friendship rocked but steady.
What a perfect ending! Loved it all!
