Fraternal twins, right? And they use both names, right?
I think these two are slipping closer and closer to true love for each other. Clark hasn't agonized over Lana for quite a while, and now that Lois knows that she's his connection to Earth and family - even more than Jonathan and Chris and Martha - she knows that no one else can fill that role for him. And I am absolutely certain that he's going to realize that no woman can give him what he really wants from a relationship - home, family, complete trust, faithfulness, and unquestioning love. Lana wasn't going to give those things to him, whether he realizes it or not. It just wasn't in her to give, although I do hope she finds a measure of peace and happiness in her own live with some other guy. Maybe she could marry a widower with kids or a divorced dad. Maybe she and Lois would use the same drop-in day care. (Nah!)
A few feedbacks ago, Ann mentioned kinds of love that Clark and Lois have shown for each other. She didn't mention phileo, the love friends and family members have for each other. I think that's the love Clark has for Lois, but because Lois doesn't believe that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her, she's holding back to protect her heart. And she feels that way because he's never committed to anything past the five-year mark, so her self-defense is not only justified but is completely natural. The whole hair-washing scene is evidence of that - Clark doing something for Lois that gives him pleasure only in her pleasure, and Lois regretting that she can't suggest that he join her in there some time when she doesn't feel like an overloaded dump truck.
They've got time to work through all that, though. This epic doesn't feel all that huge because we're reading new chapters every day, but it's actually ginormous because we're seeing these two go through six years of their lives together (the time before conception, pregnancy, five years of marriage). I pity the GE who works on this one.
Uh-oh.
