Ah, lovie, you've done it again! Wonderful chapter but too short. Too much A plot and not enough Lois & Clark! LOL!
“I know,” Clark said, sounding contrite. “I just… I guess I wanted to do something for you. And finding another lead on the story seemed like the thing that would make you happiest.”
Lois sat back down. “Clark, you don’t need to do anything for me.”
“But I wanted to. I wanted to get things back to normal. And I wanted to apologize. I shouldn’t have taken advantage of you before,” he gestured awkwardly at the door.
“What?” Lois asked. “You didn’t take advantage of me!”
“I did,” Clark insisted. “I knew you didn’t mean to do that. I knew it was a momentary lapse, a mistake. But I kissed you anyway. I shouldn’t have done that. I’m sorry. But I promise, I won’t do it again. You’ve been clear with where things stand and I will respect that. I promise.”
So, Clark is so scared that he is going to lose Lois's friendship that he resorts to the safe relationship and puts his emotions into work. He wants to "do something for her," which translates to "impress her." Clark wants to show Lois that he can cut off his feelings and be the friend that she {says} wants him to be. Poor baby. Clark loves Lois so much and here he is having to apologize for it.
Lois sat further back on the couch, unsure what to say. She wanted to tell him that he was not completely to blame, that he should not beat himself over this. On the other hand, she wanted to move past what was an uncomfortable conversation and Clark was offering to do so, telling her everything she needed to hear to be sure that there was no misunderstandings about her intentions. Why should she question it?
God! These two want to be with each other so badly. What is it going to take?
This is about you. Your safety. The story Jimmy and I wrote about Bonny and Clyde and the whole lot was really good journalism. Still, though, I would have gladly given the byline to someone else if it could have saved you. I don’t have any desire to repeat that. I’d hand the story and all my notes over to someone else if that will save you.”
Clark said nothing for a moment and then moved to pull her towards him, holding her tightly in his arms. “Thank you,” he whispered. “Thank you.”
Lois is using a journalism metaphor to tell Clark just how much he means to her. And she allowed him to hold her.
A little worried she might do something stupid like kiss him again, Lois pulled away gently, intent now on changing the topic of conversation. “So what did you learn from Weis?” she asked.
I wish Lois would stop fighting it and just give in. She doesn't trust herself around Clark because she wants more than friendship from Clark but doesn't know how to surrender her previous convictions of just friendship. It's almost as if now she has to live by the friendship rule because she set it and God forbid Lois Lane goes back on her word.
“We should call Henderson.”
“Already done,” Clark said. “He said he had some news for us as well and would be by in an hour or so. That was about 20 minutes ago. Oh, and he’s bringing pizza. I asked for sausage and pepper.”
“My favorite,” Lois smiled.
“I know,” Clark said softly.
Clark still doing whatever it takes to make Lois happy.
Lois leaned over, and mostly to prove there were no hard feelings from earlier, kissed his cheek lightly. Then she got up. “I’m going to get something to drink. Do you want anything?”
“No, thanks,” Clark said, resting his head back against the couch.
Whatever Lois. Now go and get a drink so to put some distance between Clark and your out of control emotions.
She set an alarm on her computer before poking her head into the master bedroom after knocking softly on the door. “Good night, Clark,” she said as she opened the door. But Clark was already asleep. Lois walked in a bit more fully and sat on the bed beside him, watching the rise and fall of his chest as he slept. Despite herself, Lois felt a fondness for the man beside her that she had sworn she would not let herself feel. But she had never been very good at controlling her emotions. If she had, she would never have fallen in love with Clark in the first place, given her rule against office romances.
The thought made her smile. Maybe she would be better this time. Maybe she would be able to keep her emotions to the strong fondness she felt right now and not be foolish enough to fall in love again.
Reaching out to brush an errant curl out of his eyes, Lois watched the rise and fall of his chest once more. The movement was rhythmic and hypnotizing and within moments, Lois had fallen asleep beside him.
She fell asleep beside him. This is one of the most obvious displays of trust. She's giving Clark another chance. I wonder what he'll do when he wakes up. My guess is that in his sleep he will end up holding Lois and she will start to realize that she cannot live without him.
Very very nice! I am dying for them to get past this thing and get back together. I know that Clark was wrong, but let it go already!
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Time is limited but GET BACK HERE!
I knew you would not like the end of this, Sheila. But your response, as always, was priceless.
You know me too well!
Hurry back!
~Sheila
