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Posting schedule [ET]:

Tuesday: Chapters 48 and 49, 1-3pm

Saturday: Chapters 50 and 51, 10-11am

Monday: Chapters 52 and 53, 1-3pm

And thanks for not getting too mad that there's no post on Thursday . I think there'll be plenty of fodder for conversation from 49...

Carol

Smallville to Kent Farm [the yellow X is the high school]:

new Carol fic for in the morning.

Michael, who just finished one of his own parts and better get to bed now, muttering about authors tempting poor little fanboys with exciting new parts all the time...

Dun dun duuuuuuuuun. Almost time for that dreaded talk. And I just can't picture Granny's ensemble.

Argghhhhhhh!!!

How could you LEAVE us there???
I can't wait to see how Clark handles this 'talk'... or will he be all yellow-bellied???

Meeting the family seemed a lot simpler than I thought it would for Lois. I'm glad. She's going to need some support, and feeling welcome with the Kent family might help her too...

More soon please!!!!

And *that* is why I added the extra posts last week . That was supposed to be Tuesday's post - right before I went out of town...

Carol

I have to agree with Lisamaree, how could you leave us there? Just when Clark was about to tell Lois about himself?

More grannies appear! Yay! This one was a great one. Somehow she reminds me of an older, somehow even more wildly artistic Martha. And this granny thought Lois was right for Clark! Yay! And Jonathan told Clark that he had to tell Lois about himself. Yes!

Looking forward to more!

Ann

Wait... just how many grandmothers does Clark have? 3 - Kent, Davis and Nana? Either I must have misunderstood or it's becoming clearer there was a Christopher Davis in the Kents' past..? Verrry interesting.


You know Clark seems to be the only one in his family to prefer Lana over Lois He's one very messed up guy. Even after his "it's my baby" speech to Lana, it seems as if he still holds out hope for a future together with Lana.


I guess one can't expect Clark to just turn off his feelings which are almost as old as he is but it's still irritating and that just goes on to show your terrific character believability (is that a word??)!


And Lois.It's very hard for Lois to believe Clark when he says he isn't seeing Lana anymore, yeah? (This must be the third or fourth time when he had to reiterate that he won't cheat on her). I hope Clark realizes that Lois' lack of faith in him is mostly his doing and his inability to spend time with her...


And the grand moment is about to arrive... he won't chicken out at the last moment, right? I can just picture the lunkheaded part of him thinking it might be too much stress for Lois with the baby and all... let's wait until after the baby is born. :p


Hmm, I didn't catch it immediately but are Lois and Clark also Lana's ride back to Metropolis? Uh oh...


Loving this story immensely... and the title to your sequel (in the NaNo thread) is making me speculate all sorts of things for where this story might end.. although we still have a looooooong exciting journey ahead, yeah?

First, nice parts. YES


Now, no talk yet. Hmm, are you going to have him fall over from green K? Maybe have Lois have bad cramps from the green K?

It's me again... I think Clark is 'at war' with himself. The boy is more complex than he himself realizes. That's one of the things that appeal to me so much about him. Here, he is 'faithful-to-Lana' Clark whose plans get derailed by hidden-and-buried-but-occasionally-rearing-his-head 'Lois-is-my-soulmate' Clark. Love it!

Ann

Carol, you're torturing us. For real. Waiting for Tuesday, then...

They are moving towards each other slowly. In the last 4 chapters the signs I saw were the baby moving, Clark putting Lana in her place and defending Lois, Lois knowing how he takes his coffee and Clark noticing that Lana never did get it right (or did not care enough to figure it out)and the hug they gave each other when they arrived. I am sure there are more and there will be even more as the story goes on

Loved it Carol. Granny Kent was cool. And she knows And no one else knows she does. Lois and Clark were sort of stupidly sweet. Agents M and J were the only downside. Those two are really mean, giving them an extra mattress. The small bed would have worked just fine. LnC would just have to snuggle up and if there is still no room, they could realign themselves somewhat to make it fit.

So, you think you're teasing us with the revelation who? Not me, Carol. Not me. I know how you work. There won't be a revelation. Another consummation perhaps. Or maybe Lana's Dad shows up with his pellet gun. Or something. But no revelation.

Michael, waiting patiently for Wednesday morning.

Hey guys!

I'm going to stay pretty mum for the moment so this is going to be a pretty generic response.

I will probably post earlier rather than later tomorrow [as in 2-3pm ET] because we're leaving at the very early hour of 6am [at the LATEST] on Wed. morning and I really do want to see some of the FDK. Some of you have gotten closer than others...

I will say this... in an effort to appease the fic loving masses... Ch. 49 is nearly 5000 words instead of the pretty standard 2400-2700 of the rest of them...

/pauses/

So is 50 come to think of it... I could split them into four regular size posts instead of two bigger ones...

Hmm... I think that's the better plan...

/runs and hides/
Carol

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
um, yeah

/glares at Carol like Lana glares at Lois and gets out assortment of *very* pointy objects. You. Would. Not. Dare. Unless of course you posted 4 chapters a day

/stalkes out bad writer.
"Come here, Carol. Come here. I have a very nice surprise right here."

Michael, who now at least knows whose name to put put underneath the Emperor-Icon. MLT gets Yoda, you get the Emperor. Two masters of the Force, teachers of the powerful art also known as the Tease.

PS: Did I already mention that it's NOT COOL to torture readers like this. Cliffhangers are far greater fun if the parts are closely together. Just imagine, there is a cliffhanger and you can't read not because the next part isn't up yet, but because you have work to do. Now that's torture. How about it, Carol?

PPS: I now go and shamefully look for my local FARCE-group...

No! No split, please! We're going to need a massive dose of fic to keep us reasonably sane until Saturday and then we're going to need another massive dose to quell the withdraw symptoms.

Post the bigger parts, will ya?
Don't make me call you Cruella...

so, the 'talk' coming soon.

I am so glad that you are doing the second part of OTOH for your nanowrimo...

More soon before you go.

James

/wide eyes

You guys don't like the idea of more chapters?

Really?

/shrugs/

Will flip a coin later to decide...

/hides/

Carol

Dividing the chapters and posting each separately is fine. Taking more time between posts is also fine.

We want you to keep up the quality of the tale. We do know that you have a life and that is more important.

Okay fine, I admit it. I have no intention of splitting the chapters. The breaks are good as is and I don't really know if there's good breaks halfway through 49 and 50 as currently written.

As for buffer...

Yeah, I got that.

Lots of it.

And a list of chapters left to be written once I get Nano done.

You don't want to know the total of that. Really. I promise.

But first we need to take a moment to reflect on the awesomeness of Queenie. Because she said we had to, not because she's actually reading this.

Carol
/runs and hides from Queenie/

From part 47:

Earlier in this thread, Ann said that this Clark is at war with himself. I agree. And he's also deluding himself if he thinks Lana will ever trust him again. Lois' view of Lana as Cruella de Ville seems to be the prevailing one among the readers, but we have to remember that her entire future has been abruptly kicked over. The boy/man she'd planned to marry is suddenly married to a pregnant woman, and Clark has summarily and curtly informed her that she'd better not insult this pregnant hussy in his hearing. And he manhandled her! He has convinced her that Lois didn't seduce him but that he seduced Lois! How could Lana possibly believe that Clark has feelings for her if he acts like that?

Clark doesn't understand that one of the foundations for lasting love (married love, friendship love, whatever) is trust. He has not damaged Lana's trust in him, he's utterly destroyed it. I think Clark and Lois should be together just like most of the other respondents do, but I feel sorry for Lana. Clark and Lois have been pushed into a marriage neither one was ready for, but Lana is the ultimate victim in this tale. And I think she might be the one in Lois' dream who tries to take the baby, not Navance or one of his henchmen.

Whether she will or won't, I doubt she'll ever talk to Clark again except on the most superficial level. At this point, I doubt she'd spit on him if he were on fire.

And I'm looking forward to the "talk" with Lois. I wonder if she'll think he's telling her because he trusts her or if he's just being a Boy Scout about the whole "no secrets in marriage" thing. I also wonder if she'll be mad or scared or if she'll realize that Clark never told Lana.

Fireworks to come, I'm sure. Ooh, look at the explosions! All the pretty colors!