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Wonderful, Kaethel. A very nice, sweet, waffy end. I like how Clark sees through Lois's insecurties and offers to be friends until she is ready for more. And I adore the smoochies!

Too bad you didn't actually made Clark do something to Claude. <G> Yeah, I know, evil mode kicking in. It would have been fun anyway.

Now get back to writing Kae, like NWH2...

Saskia

Hi,

Great piece.

I wanted to see more of Claude, the low life creature. You portray him as a man who everything he did was perfectly normal and had no guilt about it. And if you can't live with it is your problem and not his. He have a clean conscience.

He really boil my blood.

MAF

Ahhh, Kae, what to say to an author who is incredibly insightful, and equally amazing:

Well, for starters... this story was passionate and delicate in its situations. I have very rarely seen such things achieved in a story as short as yours (not that it was too short-- okay, it could have been longer ), and for this I commend you!

I may not have said this before, but your presence on this board is dire and while I know you need to make a living... is it really so bad an idea to just stay at home and write fanfiction all day?

Fine. Be that way <g>

I love desperation. Desperation makes the world go 'round, and when that desperation is embodied in Lois Lane, you really have something :p .

While I'm sure someone would say, "How can she love him after what he did to her?" and admittedly, I'm one of them, I understand the reasoning behind this. Its painful giving up on love, on the one person you thought "hung the moon". Lois is such a delicate character, though she is often portrayed as a willful, strong, "woman-in-the-man's-world-surviving", you have brought out the contrast so well in this.

Ahh WAFFY moments are great . I liked how you played with the dialogue, keeping it light hearted but not sparing the details that expressed the empassioned love between these two, however much it still lays within the innocent stages.

I'm hoping for a sequel to this... but after you've written the sequel to NWH.

-Jo

Hi Kae!

LOL. I loved that paragraphs, and what was next, and what was before...

A perfect story. Congratulations!

See ya & keep writing.
AnnaBtG.

Well, Clark, *I* want you to tear him limb from limb!

Beautiful, Kae. And this is from someone who is notorious for wanting all the loose ends tied up in a happy ending *right* *now* so it's unusual for me to really admire a story that stops short of that... but even I can see that Lois isn't ready for that yet.

Good job

PJ

Interesting. You made the characters all very real. You put A true take of what Claude felt into the situation. That was different for us to think about Claudes side of the story. You also made Lois still have feelings for him, I found that to be very real. You just don't forget your first love no matter how much time goes by or who you are with. It was also real the way she wasn't ready to go further with CLark yet. You have a good understanding of relationship dynamics. Great job. Laura

Beautiful, waffy and very sweet, Kae. I love the way that you don't have them rushing headlong into romance from here, but leave it open with a tentative first step towards a relationship. Superb and a fresh take on things.

LabRat

Kaethel

WOW! A wonderful ending!
I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Tricia

Bravo, Kaethel!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just noticed P2 a few moments ago, and now I’m kicking myself that I didn’t spot it sooner! <g>.

May I start by saying that I absolutely LOVE Delta Goodrem, so this story was instantly a hit <g>. It’s amazing! You combined a terrific mix of angst and waffs and tied it all together with some amazing dialogue… staying perfectly in character all the way through, especially with Claude

I hope that I’ll spot the *next* story that you post to the boards soon enough to catch P1 in time…

Sara

Yay Kae! It was door number one after all. Claude's nowhere to be seen in Part 2 and Lois is now realizing she could very well fall in love with Clark. Thank you, Claude, for putting them together.

It's sweet that Lois is comfortable enough with Clark to receive comfort from him. And she's willing to show her vulnerability to him.

Ouch. This must have been pretty hard for Clark to hear, but I suppose it's quite reasonable that her heart is still having trouble getting over what she thought was her great love. Even if she isn't really in love with Claude, it's hard to convince yourself sometimes.

Poor Lois. She's still sensitive to the charge that she did something wrong. And she assumes automatically that Clark is judging her and finding her lacking. She isn't used to having sympathy from men, but Clark goes out of his way to show her that she did nothing wrong, and that Claude was a skunk who didn't deserve her. Partly, he does this by admitting his own failed relationship. For Clark, who guards his privacy to extremes, this is a significant admission.

I'm glad Lois realizes that she's been taking Clark for granted and that he may not always be there for her if someone else snatches him up. I like these lines a lot.

You sweet talker, Clark. Nice.

Surprising that Clark knows Lois so well at this point in time, since it hasn't been that long since they've known each other. He knows instinctively not to pressure her into something she isn't quite ready for.

Whoo hoo!!!

He knows just what to do to put her at ease, at the same time telling her that he'll be there when she's ready to accept him.

Nice conclusion, even if their relationship is left hanging. In a way, it's more realistic since the time frame is still early in their acquaintance. One bit of curiosity I have is why you chose this particular time period midway through first season. It seems this story could work anywhere from GGGoH to mid-second season.

Now I'd like to see some more Near Wild Heaven. Nag, nag!

Kaethel,
they said it
nice story - wonderful - sweet - waffy
you get the idea
merry

Kae, another well done fic.

I liked your take on Claude and the way you contrasted his vs. Lois' view on what 'really' happened way back when.

Your Clark is pretty insightful. Logical way to end the fic. Kudos for resisting turning the finish into a kissing fest.

Tank (who still refuses to use that 's' word to describe kissing)

Yay Kae!! Beautiful kiss, and I adored this exchange:
Awwww!! me melts.

And the way you left it is just right, too: Lois isn't ready for anything more, and if either she or Clark pushed for it, it wouldn't work. She needs more time to learn to trust him and to distance herself from Claude. As she told Clark, she doesn't know if she still loves Claude.

And we all know that Clark is a v-very patient man!

Great story!!


Wendy (who thinks that Clark should go and find Claude and give him a stern talking-to! )

Awww what a lovely little fic Kaethel, nice job

Wendy's just quoted my fav bit so I wont re-quote it.

BTW I'm a bit of a Delta fan, she's such a trooper. She still manages to release #1 hits while battling Hodgkin's disease.

I am *very* late at the party, but I hope it's better than nothing... I just got back from a... "trip" away from home, so I've got a lot to catch up with, although this is from way before...

Thing is... I was absolutely, completely and utterly speechless after reading this story. You have such a *unique* way of writing the dialogue, and it's funny and brilliant and absolutely perfect!!

And the title... I remember a short time after reading this, several things struck me, and I finally managed to put words into a feeling I've had in me for so long, but didn't know how to explain it; just how something that is *so* right can come to you at a completely wrong time, Seasons Out of Time . Brilliant!

oh, and you're to blame for my obsession with Delta, you know that, right? THANKS!!

I'm very, very, very ashamed of myself, guys. I keep taking good resolutions that I'm going to be organised and reply to threads as fast as possible, then something comes along and takes me away from the boards for a week, then other things pile up and I end up being very very late replying. So apologies to you all for taking so long!!

Saskia, LOL at your thread title! Why didn't Claude get kicked? Aww, don't you think he deserves a medal for having brought Lois and Clark closer? [g]

Thanks to all those of you who commented on the way I portrayed Claude. He's always been a character that fascinates me, because he played a big part in Lois's past, and yet we know so little about him. I'm thrilled that you liked the way I dealt with him in this story.

I'm also grateful that you didn't yell at me for the end. Pam, wow!! And yeah, like you I tend to prefer endings that are nicely wrapped with a little bow and good ol' smoochies , but here it seemed impossible for Lois and Clark to move to a committed relationship so very fast. They've already made a big step forward by admitting that there's something more than friendship going on between the two of them.

Roger, you ask why I chose to set this story in mid S1 instead of S2... well, I wanted Lois and Clark not to be too close, because my original goal was to see Clark's reaction to Claude showing up before he had time to be Lois's best friend. I also didn't want the Luthor issue to come up, as I needed Claude to be the last man that Lois had loved and truly been with.

Thank you all again for your great feedback, Saskia, Maria, Jocelyn, Anna, Pam, Laura, José, Rat, Tricia, Sara, Roger, Merry, Tank, Wendy, Iapetus and Pel!

Kaethel