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Carol! This was absolutely wonderful! I've been following your story but too busy to say anything about it. Finally, I have 2 minutes! This makes me very happy!

Boy, Clark is giving Lois subtle hits! Clark means more than just a physical fall and Lois seems to catch on to that. Boy how that subconscious gives us courage to do what our inhibitions won't allow us to. This man is so wonderful! He knows that she is struggling with this marriage thing. After all they are just teenagers. Bur Clark has assured her and shown her that he's in it forever and whatever she needs him to do, he will. Yes, Lois. You've got it!

I'm glad that they are taking their times because they both need to be ready. When Lois comes to terms with her feelings for Clark, their first time will be magical. This is so sweet. So, Lois isn't totally indifferent to Clark. She realizes that he is every woman's dream! The difference between Lois and her friends is that she and Clark are married and not just dong what teens do. But she has to learn that he is not going to leave her or hurt her. Poor baby.

Wonderful, wonderful story! Hurry back! This is absolutely fabulous!

~Sheila

I'm rather tired and my eyesight is bothering me - it's really getting worse these days - so this will be short. This was a very sweet chapter. Yay for lots of B-plot and no A-plot!

Ha, I love it!

I also love the sweet erotic tension between them, like in this passage:

Adorable.

And this was just lovely:

Lois is so skittish. But she really wants to kiss Clark.

I'm glad she realizes that she kissed him because she wanted to herself.

And I'm so glad that she realizes that Clark was a most perfect gentleman. I'm even happier that she at least contemplates the idea of making love to him some day.

I loved that he held her while she slept... and...

Aaaawww!!!

And then...

Yes, Lois, you do so love him and want him! Now you just need to learn not to be so scared of the concept of giving yourself over to a man. And she already knows that Clark won't hurt her.

But her heart is so fragile. <sigh>

Then they blew each other away again when they dressed up for their night out. Dear Aunt Louise.

I also loved Lois and Clark's discussion of her last name. 'Mrs Kent' was fine for her wedding night, but I agree that she should graduate as Lois Lane. And I think they should win a Pulitzer as Lane and Kent, too!

Very sweet part, Carol!

Ann

Yay, what a nice and sweet chapter. And B-plot is always nice.

Game night was just the best, although I can't help but wonder if Clark let Lois win on purpose during TP?

And Lois is not just not ready, but she is actually afraid that it won't work out, that Clark will leave, her cheat on her, and stuff? This doesn't bode well, especially if he doesn't tell her soon. Late night strolls are so going to make trouble for them. But given how there is no A-plot in there, I need not worry, no Luthor to play into Lois insecurities. But for a soon to be high school graduate there might be even more risky situations than Luthor when it comes to relationships.

I can't wait to see where you are taking this and I so can't wait to read the "First Fight Letter" and the first fight, too.

Michael

This part was so sweet Carol! I love the idea of the letters. You know, it's always so irritating when characters tell you things like that and then you have to write them. It wouldn't be nearly as irritating if they didn't turn out to be right so often!

Lois is very smart to be worried about getting to close to Clark. If she sleeps for him, then that cements their marriage in a forever type way. And I don't think she's quite ready to make that commitment yet.

So many sweet things in the section that I could comment on.

First, I love that Clark is letting her know right off the bat that he plans this until death do them part. He only plans to have one wedding night so he wants to do this properly.

Second, it's sweet that he's caught off guard by the realization that he's sexually attracted to his wife. He knew from his letters and from his memory that he was in love with Lois, but it was different when they were together. Particularly, it was different knowing that she was his wife and she was naked in the next room. Intellectually he was fine with a platonic relationship (even though he not so secretly feels loving toward her), but in reality it feels far different.

On that note, I was expecting Clark to get and take a cold shower. I was so surprised to hear that he had gone to a quiet place to read his letter from Mom. I'm glad he told Lois such a personal and emotional secret. Hopefully Lois will be able to read them someday alongside her husband.

I found the discussion of the last name to be quite interesting. This whole marriage thing is still catching Lois off guard. In the series both she and Clark told each other that in their hearts they were already married. (I remember when James and I had a conversation like that when we were engaged. However, in reality I found that marriage was a much more vibrant shade of love and commitment.) Back on topic, this Lois is married to Clark but hasn't yet formed that commitment to be married to him in her heart.

Perhaps that's why she is so gunshy of physical intimacy. She is afraid her heart will be hurt like that of her friends. She has not yet come to the realization that it isn't the same to have sex inside the confines of "for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, forsaking all others, to love and to cherish for as long as we both shall live."

There was a little detail that I liked so very much. I enjoyed that Clark was able to get Lois to do the right thing during the Scrabble game without any arguments. It shows that he does speak her language in many ways.

Finally, I'm looking forward to their date.

You had said that this was a longer segment, but somehow it didn't feel long at all. It moved so easily from one segment to the next. In fact, it felt as if it left off just as the true fun was beginning.


Elisabeth

I think I've been horribly silent, although I've been following this story since the beginning. I really love the dynamic you have going here. In many ways, it's the dynamic of LnC with Clark much more ready admit he has feelings for Lois than the other way around, but with them as teenagers, it works very differently.

I love all the emotions coming through now. Clark's clear desire for Lois and Lois' less clear desire for him, and the skittishness and fear that keeps her from recognizing that desire.

And I have to say, I had to laugh at "President Presley". It shouldn't be given all the entertainment people in politics, but it seems comical to imagine a world where Elvis Presley was president of the US.

And I can't wait to read Martha's letters, although I'm already expecting them to make me cry.

Yay for accelerated posting schedules ...

I love the plotline with Martha's letters

Sheila - I'm glad you're enjoying it! More on the A v. B plot in a second.

Ann - Of course, Lois wants to kiss Clark!! Who wouldn't?! Erm... well, you know what I mean. This Lois continues to amaze me. Not necessarily in that 'oh wow - MacGuyver couldn't have gotten out of that mess, but Lois Lane... not a problem and she didn't even have to call Superman to do it' way, but she's 'telling' me more about her past as I work on the rest of the story. She is skittish and her heart is more fragile than even I'd imagined.

Michael - You're so good! She is afraid it won't work out. Look at her parents and this is an even more difficult situation in so many ways. Yeah - those walks could be doozies but not for a bit yet.

Beth - Irritating is right. And it's Martha - she's always right.

Elisabeth - Well... this probably gets chalked up to the 90mph thing , but he read the letters the day before. He didn't say where he went when he went for a walk, but we'll find out in the next chapter [you're not too far off]. Lois is afraid for her heart and more than just because of what has happened to a friend or two - I don't remember off the top of my head how long it is until we start finding out more about it. And you're right about the 'for better or worse' stuff.

Anonpip - I'm glad you're enjoying it! I tried to put the Trivial Pursuit questions into the L/C world and since this is an Alt-U... President Presley seemed to fit. Actually, I was flipping through cards and that was one of the questions, though the correct answer didn't involve the title 'President'.

AnKS - If I can ever get focused on the two parts coming up that aren't done instead of getting sidetracked into parts I thought were done but characters are throwing me a loop on... 'Sure, I'll just skim though chapter 7 so I can make sure it leads in to ch. 8 well. Hmmm... what's that Lois? You want to have that conversation HERE?! And what happened? Really? And then he said... And you said...' And next thing you know, Chapter 7 is Chapter 7 and 8 and Chapter 8 is now Chapter 9 but what was planned for currently unwritten Chapter 10 is now either elsewhere or part of the still unwritten Ch. 13... *sigh* Anyway - if I can get those done, the posting schedule will probably change again .

Martha's letters will be a semi-recurring theme. They won't be mentioned in every segment or anything but they will in some throughout the entire story.

As for the no A plot thing... Well, maybe that's not strictly correct. This is a NaNo fic after all so it was a minimum of 50K words and the last time I put it all in one file it was 72K or so [and overwhelming so each chapter is it's own file again]. The majority of the story is B plot, but it's looking like 250 pages [and 27? 28? parts] at the moment, so it's not all going to be sitting around playing Scrabble with made up words or like on the beach in OP [though I may have to find a way to work in some of that dialog... hmmm...]. There is some A plot later, but in many ways it's only there to further the B plot rather than the other way around. At least that's the goal. In fact that's why I haven't posted the FFT that I had mostly done because someone [cough Alisha cough] pointed out that I gave one of the [minor] A plot points to much attention. So it's back to the drawing board [or Movie Maker] for that. Maybe.

I'm hoping to hear back about Martha's letters [sent them off to be BR'd - just to make sure they seem like Martha [or a Martha] 'talking' and haven't heard back yet], but will be posting them soon.

Thanks again!!!
Carol