Lois arrived at the Lexor hotel.
“You can stop here. How much is it?”
“ten bucks.”
***
“Oh, hi… Sarah, right? Have Miss Lane already arrived?”
“No, not yet. Would you like to order now?”
“No, I will wait for her. She said she would be here by two. She is a little bit late, but I´ll wait for her anyway.”
***
“I hope she likes this dinner. I bought almost every type of chocolate dessert I could find. And I´ll prepare my famous Lasagna Al Funghi. No… scratch that. I guess I´ll fly to China and get her some Chinese. She always loved Chinese. Last time she wanted some, I whooshed and couldn´t get back on time. Yeah, I´ll go to China and get some for her.”
Whooooooooooooooosh.
***
“I´d like to talk to miss Stella, please.”
“And what´s her surname, ma´am?”
“I don´t know.”
“We have three misses Stella registered in, ma´am. I´m afraid you´d have to come back later with her surname so we can announce you to her.”
“I can´t come back later. This is urgent.”
“I´m sorry ma´am, but I can´t disturb our guests if you don´t have the person´s complete name.”
***
“Sarah… I have changed my mind. I think I will order now. It is past three and I am starving. I am going to have a Caesar salad, pea soup, rice, meat and fries, some chicken wings with barbecue sauce and extra pickles. For dessert, I would like a muffin and two slices of apple pie… and a diet coke to drink.”
“Anything else, sir?”
“Do you still have that banana pie?”
“Yes.”
“Well, then bring me two slices of that too.”
***
“Lexor Hotel Reception. How may I help you?”
“I´d like to talk to the conciergé, please?”
“This is the conciergé speaking, ma´am.”
“I´d like you to come to my room. There´s a water pound on the floor and the ceiling is dripping with water!”
“In what room are you ma´am?”
“2103.”
“Ma´am, it will take me some time to go there. Unfortunately, I am alone at the reception. The staff of the reception went out for lunch and I can´t leave the front desk alone.”
“You know who you are talking to? I said now!”
***
“I hope she likes this Yakisoba. Hmmmm… these shrimp smell so good. I hope she likes it. Tonight I´ll make it special… perfect! I tell her everything about me. I know she loves me. She said that. She said everything I´ve always wanted to hear from her. There´s no reason to keep it the secret anymore. I´ll tell her today.”
***
“Hmmmm… Let´s see what you have here mr. Conc-yerk-gé… Stella Carlton… apartment 1204, Stella Godbeer… apartment 1207, Stella Zykryanphs… apartment 1908. That´s it! Apartment 1908! Wait for me you alien. You haven´t faced Mad Dog Lane yet!”
***
“Sir, I´m sorry but we are closing early today. We have an important event that will be held here in our restaurant and we have to get it prepared for tomorrow.”
“No, problem. How much is it?”
“50 dollars.”
“Plus tip?”
“No.”
“Then make it sixty. Thanks Sarah. Now… do you know where I can find an all-you-can-eat restaurant around? I´m still hungry.”
***
“What are you doing here, Lois???”
“Stella!!! You think you can steal my man and live another day?”
“What? If you are talking about Clark I can tell from now there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. He is mine.”
“Who do you think you are?”
“Hey!!! You do not push me, you hear?”
“I´ll not only push you but I´ll also give you this!!!”
Crash.
Slap.
“Ouch!!!”
Crack.
“Get off me!”
Punch.
“You alien! Go back to where you came from!”
Hit.
Crash.
“You miserable human!!!”
Crack. Crack.
Ploft.
***
“It´s almost six. Where´s she? She was supposed to come earlier. Didn´t she get my message?”
***
<Hi, this is Lois Lane. I can´t talk to you right now because I´m busy getting myself another Kerth. Leave a message after the beep and eventually I´ll get back to you.>
<Miss Lane? This is Ramirez again. Are you there?>
<This is Jimmy Olsen. Can I help you, sir?>
<Yes. Is miss Lane there?>
<No, she left a while ago. Do you want to leave your name and number?>
<I´m Bruno Ramirez. She has my number, but I´ll call her later. Thanks.>
***
“Sir, I´m afraid we´ll have to ask you to leave.”
“Leave? Why is that?”
“Because we have already spent our storage of the week and we don´t have enough supplies to cook any other dish today. I´m afraid we´ll have to close and ask you to return any other day.”
“Oh, That is OK. I am not that hungry anymore. nine dollars, right?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Thank you very much.”
“Good bye, sir.”
***
<Jimmy, Hi it´s Clark. Is Lois around?>
<Sorry. She left a while ago. She was looking for you before she left.>
<Didn´t she get my message? At what time did she leave?>
<Around one-thirty. I´m not sure.>
<That´s pretty weird.>
<Yeah, she went out in a hurry. I thought she was looking for you.>
<Why didn´t she phone me at home?>
<I think she did. She just couldn´t reach you so she left.>
<Yeah, I guess I took more time at the Deli than I thought I would. Thanks anyway Jimmy.>
<No problem.>
“If she is not at the Planet, where´s she? I´ll find her.”
Whoooooooooooooooooosh.
***
“What are you doing? Get off me!!!”
“You get off me!!!”
“Ouuuuch!”
“Ou-ouuuuch!!”
“Stella??? Lois??? What are you too doing?”
“Get this woman off me, Gallan! She is crazy!”
“Miss Lane, what… are you doing here?”
“Let go of me!!! Let go of me, Gallan. I´m warning you. You haven´t seen Mad Dog Lane in action! I´ll kill you with my bear hands you alien! You men stealer! Let go of me!”
“Keep this woman away from me, Gallan. She ruined the whole room not to mention what she had to me.”
Knock knock.
“Who is it?”
“It´s me Clark.”
“Take her to the room. Now!”
“CLA…”
“Hi, Clark. I thought we would only meet tomorrow. What brings you here?”
“I was looking for Lois, but I don´t know why I had this urge to pass by first. I missed you.”
“Oh, Clark that is so sweet of you.”
***
“Miss Lane. Calm down. I am here to help. Remember?
“You wanna help me? Help me grab her neck!”
“Miss… you are talking about my wife.”
“Gallan, Clark is in the other room. I can´t let him get that close to Stella. What if you were wrong and today is the day?”
“It is not. I guarantee you.”
“Then, what do we do now?”
“The plan is simple…”
***
“Clark, would you like to go out for dinner tonight?”
“I´d like to, but I´ve settled dinner with someone else today.”
“Let me guess: Lois.”
A nod.
“Clark, I want you to stop seeing her.”
“I can´t.”
“I insist.”
“I… I…”
“Kiss me, Clark.”
“I… I…”
“I said kiss me.”
A kiss.
A splash.
“What is this? I´m all wet!!! Lois? What are you doing here?”
“Gallan, how could you do this to me?”
“Sorry, Stella. I had to.”
“Clark, are you alright?”
“Yeah, I´m fine. What happened?”
“This alien was going to kill you after mating. We have to call the police!”
“After what?”
“Kill? Who said I was going to kill him?”
“You said … mating?”
“You were going to kill him just like you killed those athletes!”
“I did not kill them!”
“You did!”
“I did not!”
“You did!”
“I DIDN`T !!!”
Silence.
“I did not kill those men, miss Lane. They are safe and sound but not on Earth. They decided to join us in Zyknux.”
“In Syk…what?”
“Zyknux, our planet. They agreed to be tested by our females. And they were truly happy to join us there.”
“So they are not dead. They were just…abducted?”
“Precisely.”
“And… you were going to do that with me???”
“I had to.”
“You are not calling the police, are you, miss Lane? Stella and I promise to leave. We do not want to cause any more harms, right, Stella? We will come back to our planet. We promise.”
“Why did you this to me, Gallan? I was so close. I was going to concieve our baby. Why did you do that?”
“Because it would not be our baby, Stella. It would be your baby with… him.”
“I thought you wanted a healthier baby so, he could colonize other planets.”
“I want a healthy baby, Stella, but I would rather make it with you and live in our planet. If anything happens to us there. Then, it was meant to be.”
“Oh, Gallan…”
“Stella…”
A kiss.
***
An hour later…
“Clark, you were the best speciemen I could find. I almost feel sad for leaving you, but I guess I have always had the best candidate by my side. Good bye. And good bye, Lois. Thank you for not breaking my neck when you had the chance to.”
“No problem. Good bye. Good bye Gallan.”
“Good bye, Lois… Clark.”
***
A couple of hours later…
“Hmmmm… Clark this is delicious. Where do you find these Chinese things? I know the city much better than you and I could never find a place that serves this this good. Hmmmmmm… and this chocolate mousse? Better than uncle Mike´s. But don´t tell him I told you this.”
“I wanted to make this special dinner because I have to tell you something really important and I wanted the moment to be perfect.”
“It is already perfect.”
“Just one second.”
“Why did you take the phone out of the receiver?”
“Because the phone always rings when I am about to tell you what I have to say.”
“Yes does, does it?”
Grinnings.
“What is it, Clark? What is so important for you to tell me?”
“Lois… I know sometimes you think I fleed because I am scared of intamicy or to admit that I have feelings for you, but this is not true. Actually, I have to tell that…I´m…”
“You…”
“I´m totally in love you.”
“Oh, Clark… I love you too.”
A kiss.
“What about London?” A kiss. “…I have to go…”
“You´re not…” A kiss. “…going…” A kiss. “…anywhere.”
“I am…” A kiss “…not?”
“I…” A kiss. “…talked to Perry…” A kiss “…and he said…” A kiss “Elise is taking the job.”
“Oh…” A kiss “… that was what…” A kiss “…she was trying to tell…” A kiss “…me.”
“Yeah.” A kiss.
“I…” A kiss “…see.”
“There is something else…” A kiss “…that I wanted to tell…” A kiss “…you.”
“Clark…” A kiss.
“Yes?” A kiss.
“Leave for later…” A kiss “WE´LL HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.”
“OK.”
A kiss.
The End.
MDL
