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I made really good progress yesterday and I'm hoping that I won't have to slow down posting but we'll have to see...

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Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Yeah - I know it's not much of a quote - go with it .

Thanks .

Carol

Loved these. Now, back to my classes... I actually started reading the first chapter of today before the second one was posted.

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.

Very cute parts! It was nice just to see them spend some time together.

I've kind of had twins in the back of my head for a couple of days as well...

Looking forward to a Martha appearance!
JD

I second that!

That may be just it, Terry. And these two chapters were lovely, with a lot of phileo as well as WAFF in both of them. I don't remember the last time Lois and Clark were this comfortable with each other. They joked and bantered and had a generally great good time.

I loved this:

Yes, Lois was looking forward to collecting her 'prizes'. But the wonderful thing is that Clark was also looking forward to giving Lois all of this.

This was even more delightful:

It's wonderful that he not only acknowledged this to himself, but that he told Lois, too. I can understand that she had tears in her eyes. After all, he can do so much for her, and he has done so much for her - but this, this amazing special thing, is something she can do for him.

All in all, Lois and Clark were just so happy in these two chapters. And I really, really hope that Clark will soon realize what Lois truly means to him.

Ann

Adorable, cute, waffy, and so sad

Michael

Lara - so glad I could help distract you . Good thing you didn't do that yesterday b/c it was like 20+ min between postings =D.

Terry - no comment on the twin thing... As for the ginormous thing... According to my txt file - we passed Masques today. I *think* it's going to pass Longest Road: the Roads They Walked Alone [which reminds me - where is the sequel to Further On Down the Road?!?!], but not sure yet. I pity the GE as well. I'm sure Caroline K didn't know what she was getting into when she ended up with LtL in her inbox [and she did LtL: LS too]!

JD - ditto the no comment on the twin thing.

Ann - you too . This is something she can do for him. I like writing them happy. Wish I could do it more often...

Michael - It's Quasi-Platonic - didn't you read the titles to their Idiot's Guide books?

More tomorrow [though I've made pathetically little progress today after TONS of progress yesterday].

Carol

Of course I read them. And grinned. And remembered when Lois thought of it a part or so after Clark did. Of course, then I got distracted with the next scene or so

The problem is of course, that *they* didn't read their books first.

Michael

/goes looking for a legal-pad and a pen to draw them a diagram/

PS: Since you haven't shown us in a while, but do they still kiss in public? IIRC, Lois did use the PDAs to sneak real kisses from Clark.

Wow, Carol! I would have gone through quite a bt of Kleenex if I hadn't been at work when I read this.


Now, if Clark is still saying that he is not "in love" with Lois...who is he trying to convince? This has to be one of the most sensual conversations to have with someone that you are not in love with. How could he ever think that he would be content with someone else with everything that Lois has sacrificed for him--given him--everything they have shared? Even if he does get with Lana he will never be able to get with her what he has with Lois. Lois was his first...everything!

Lois and Clark already have what many couples wish for--friendship, love (not romantic), a foundation that they will eventually resort back to in old age when they are unable to share the sexual intimacy that they once did. The have something to go back to.

Now why do I get the feeling that in the next few posts Clark is going to get a feel for what his grandparents told him...about "it's who you can't live without"? Maybe he will experience a near miss with Lois (and the baby) and have to make some sort of decision or maybe just agonize over the possibility of losing her/them. Then he'll realize that he cannot live without her and admit that he has fallen in love.

I agree that he's not giving himself and Lois a chance. For some reason he's hanging onto this Lana thing and I don't think it's a logical reason.

Anyway, great job!

~Sheila

I read a bunch of parts at once tonight since my out-of-town company is visiting somebody else. Please, forgive me if my feedback is all muddled up.

I really appreciated that they spent time at the cabin because they wanted to and not because Sam suggested it. They had fun, too.

I also appreciated the forthright conversation that Clark initiated pointing out how Lois keeps throwing Lana into the mix. Honestly, a marriage with three people doesn't work so well. I can see that they're on the road to love, but--let's face it--quasi-platonic love isn't what marital love should be.


Elisabeth

First of all, I really don't think Clark is hanging on to Lana much anymore. Does he think about getting back together with her sometimes?

Of course.

But not that much.

This is certainly an indication that he is moving on with his life.

Furthermore, as I have said before, Clark is thinking about Lana OR another woman at the end of the five years, not depending on he and Lana getting back together.

Second of all, I certainly agree that their are plenty of signs that he has feelings for Lois.
(1)Strong friendship
(2)He does "everything for her."
(3)His reaction to her when they had sex.
(4)He has to children with her - that's important to him because of the whole "not the only one on the planet" thing.

I see a lot of his resistance to be "double-edged guilt", as I have stated before, rather than him being selfish, or holding out for Lana.(See the 90/91 feedback thread and the 102/103 feedback thread for more details.)

Speaking of Lana, I'm really worried about her. (Probably one of the only ones but still...)
In the course of the story she has:
(1)Lost the boy she had every intention of marrying to a woman she doesn't like
(2)Lost her baby.

Carol, I can understand your desire for Clark to choose Lois because she's the right one, rather than because Lana is unavailable or turns out to be evil, have problem with aliens, etc.
In some ways, it does make a better story.

But, since Clark is thinking of "Lana or some other woman" as opposed to "Lana or Lois" right now, is it really necessary?

I just really feel for Lana right now, and I'm tired of her getting one bad deal after another in this story.

Lois certainly has a raw deal right now, being in love with her husband while he's not in love with her, worried about losing her kids, and her depression (which has do with all of the above).

But I am assuming, especially with the way this story is going right now, that Clark will choose Lois in the end. Don't get me wrong, I want him to.

Not that will be the end of her troubles, but it will be better than holding out for your boyfriend and watching him pick someone you never liked in the firstplace. Which, assuming Lana isn't a bad person, or married, etc. is what will happen to her.

I hope that doesn't sound too harsh. I know that you've said you don't like Lana. And most FoLCs don't, either. But can't something good happen to her in this story? Maybe she can get the job she wanted or something?

Personally, I'd love to see Lana's POV in this story. I don't suppose you'd write a "Lana's story?"

You just want to kill me don't you?



Carol [more later]

Carol commented:
My sequel is puttering right along, and thank you for asking. I'm not as brave as most of the rest of you, remember? I have to have the story finished and be several chapters ahead with my betas before I post anything! I'm just retentive that way (or cowardly, take your pick). I imagine you'll get this ginormous beast up to the archive before I start posting "End Of The Road," however. It's outlined but not finished yet. Besides, there's another one pushing its way out of my fecund brain. I'll be looking for betas soon, probably after the first of the year.

Did anyone notice that "ginormous" is now in Webster's New Millennium Dictionary? And that the word goes back to 1948??? And here I thought that it was invented by some ESPN talking head.

By the by, Webster's is the only one that pops up a definition for the word on Dictionary.com. Wonder why?

[/end brief thread hijack

Come on, Carol, post the next two chapters already! I'm looking for the list of steps now!

Um, I had like a 60 chapter buffer when I started posting this...

It caught up with me.

Nano/UP helped with that, but right now I *think* I have about 15 chapters left to write but I'm not sure.

And yes there is some time jumping involved, of varying distances...

Carol

Michael - unfortunately no one's written them yet .

Sheila - well, I'm glad you were at work then! Since when are feelings logical?

Elisabeth - writing them at the cabin was fun.

Sara - As always, astute observations. I'm not sure what's going to happen to Lana before the end of the story - except that we should see her again - either in person or in conversation or both.

Terry - did I hear the word 'beta'?!?! Look! A bird! A plane! Superman! /rummages through Terry's HD/ No, really, keep looking! You'll see him! /rummages some more/

Look for parts 108 and 109 soon .

Carol