Sorry about the short response coming up, Nancy. I read it, and I was relieved that Lois was finally able to tell Chad. I didn't much like his anger, but I was relieved to see that he understood that Lois didn't think that Clark's secret hadn't been hers to share. I loved this:
Chad turned to look at me for the first time. “So, what made him tell you?”
I shrugged. “I don't think it was any one thing. He didn't have anyone else to talk to – he had had a bad day and was thinking about quitting. He was worried his parents would be disappointed in him and… I think he just needed someone to talk to and I was the only one he knew here in Metropolis. Well, that and I sort of bullied it out of him.”
I saw a ghost of a smile on Chad's lips and knew we were going to be okay. “Of course, you did,” he said.
She bullied it out of him! And Chad smiles, because he knows that it's true!
I have been unhappy in some of your previous stories how Clark has gone to great lengths (to say the least) to keep his secret from Lois, but how he has shared it with others rather readily. So I wasn't very happy that Martha and Jonathan disapproved of Clark for telling Lois, but still Martha wanted him to tell Chad. I know, it is because Martha and Jonathan respect the vows of marriage so much, but still it makes me feel bad and sad that it should be so forbidden for Clark to share his secret with Lois, of all people! And to think I spent twenty years of my life waiting for Clark to tell Lois!
Well, I'm looking forward to how this development will affect the relationship of Lois and Clark and Chad and Clark! (Hopefully, it will not affect the relationship between Lois and Chad.)
Ann
