I was so excited about this story when you told me about it yesterday
. Since you share my love of Gilbert and all
. He was definately my first love, too . . . and now his place in my heart is shared only with Clark.
I can not believe you wrote this story so fast! I came home from school today and there it was! Yay! So exciting!
And omg, of course it is just as good as I expected. And, to think, you wrote so quickly after our conversation about our favorite quotes from the Anne books -- so I am totally taking credit for your writing this. It was my signature quote that got you thinking about your favorite quotes
. I am just so so so happy you wrote this story!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some of my favorite lines:
Clearly love was not the best criterion to use when choosing a spouse.
Poor Lois! She is so cynacal. I feel really bad for her. Lois's relationship with Lex sort of reminds me of Anne's relationship with Roy Gardener in AotI.
The closest she’d come to feeling that great connection with her one true love – the spark immortalized by romance novels and classic movies – was with Superman. But now she realized that was a dream. He’d told her last night that she didn’t really know him, and though she’d protested at the time, she realized now that he was right.
Good for her for finally realizing that!
But that sort of drove her to lex -- knowing that her fantasy could never be realized.
The battered covers and dog-eared pages paid tribute to her love for the Anne of Green Gables series.
Awwww! I had to buy new ones recently because mine were *so* damaged from over-reading!
Although Lois’ life seemed vastly different from the little red-headed orphan’s outwardly, inwardly they shared both a hunger for knowledge and a tendency toward impulsive behavior. And she’d shared her loneliness as well.
So true! I have always pictured Lois and Anne as Kindred Spirits -- they both have so many of the same personality traits. And isn't it great that the books that seemed so hard to read as a kid are so easy to read as an adult?
And that is so sweet how she thought of Matthew as a father figure because her own father was so inadequate.
She’d been looking for moonlight and roses when what she’d needed was her best friend.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
And omg the paragraph you quoted from Anne of the island describes Lois's feelings for Clark so well. I have always thought that the Anne and Gil relationship sort of mirrored the Lois and Clark relationship.
A part of her lamented her dishabille state of dress, but this was too important a mission to delay for vanity’s sake.
LOL! Good choice, Lois!
“I’m saying that I love you,” she answered quietly, terrified of his response. “I have for a long time, I just didn’t know it. I don’t know how I missed it. I should have known. I’m so sorry.”
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then his lips were on hers, covering them and tasting her. He was timid at first, but he grew bolder by the second, claiming her lips with his, burning the moment onto her memory.
Oh my god, you write smoochies so well!!! Awwwww, so sweet!!!!!!
“I don’t want sunbursts or marble halls.... I just want you.”
And my favorite quote from the Anne books!!! I love that quote because I picture the scene from the movie when Gil is sick and Anne comes to give him her book and the the scene on the bridge with Anne declaring her love for Gil. I get the same waffy feeling every time i see it -- and I've seen that movie hundreds of times. In fact, this story makes me want to watch the movies and read the books again!!!!!!!! Anne and Gil kissing on the bridge is my background on my laptop -- and you wouldn't believe the comments I've gotten about it when I've brought it places to do presentations and stuff.
I am so so so so so so so glad you wrote this story and even happier that you finished it so quickly.
- Alicia
