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Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Clark TOC can be found HereSee? Totally a "Night to Remember". Right? ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/haushalt/e035.gif) Comments? I've got houseguests this week, which puts a major crimp in my writing / computer time. I'm hoping to have Part 43 up by Tuesday. No promises at this point in time, though.
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I figured that Jimmy-doubled would be hard on the love life of this couple, but I missed Lex and his ability to make trouble anywhere Lois was located. Wonder what Lois thought of when she learned she was bought for the evening and paid for until morning. Doesn't sound like something she'd sit still for happening if she had her way.
So, now they know that Clark has a few month history and no backstory. The fir is going to hit the fan! Lois is going to find the reason why and Clark is going to worry about Lex looking into his life so thouroughly. He's in trouble.
I can see you are having fun with this one. You keep dangling a carrot and then pulling it back. All without even using Jimmy once to break them up.
Keep up the good work.
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Sheesh get back her and fix them! I m a little confused and it was all going so well last chapter.More soon!
Clark: “If we can be born in an instant, and die in an instant, why can’t we fall in love in an instant?”
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Hi Virginia, Toni stepped closer to Clark, blocking his view of Lois’s departing backside. Naughty Clark, again!  A waitress, Sophie, came by and slid a soda in front of Lois I wonder if there is something else in the drink. Be careful, Lois! “I was meeting with the new leader of the Metro Gang,” he informed her.
No denials. No subterfuge. Just the honest truth. That was a nice change. Nice? I don't think so. “And I did something I’m not proud of,” I bet that he is VERY proud of what he did! “The more I looked, the less I found,” he explained. “Your friend and partner, Clark Kent doesn’t exist.” Not in this dimension... “You made me into a whore?” she gasped, her eyes widening.
“No,” Lex corrected. “You made yourself into a personal escort by agreeing to work as a singer at the Metro Club, and by accepting my rose She is going to kill him! There was a knock on his door and he exhaled in relief. CLARK : It's Lois! He jogged up to his door, only to find Toni Taylor, holding a grocery sack, on the other side. CLARK: NO! I was waiting for Lois.... Clark jogged up to the door to shut it. He was sure he had latched it when Toni came in. He took another look and listen around outside. Hearing the click clack of high heels, he tipped down his glasses and groaned.
Lois, still dressed in that dress from her number at the club, was hurrying down the stairs. That was just great. Poor Clark! 
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“Run out of olives, Charlie?” Toni asked skeptically. “Because you’re not going to find them there.” CHARLIE: “I believe Lola ate the last ones so I tried to find them inside her mouth.” “Yes, Lola kindly showed me this room,” he said, glancing around only to notice there wasn’t any food in this closet. “We got distracted.” /cocks eyebrow/ Toni ignored her. “Take her to get cleaned up,” she told Lou, who nodded. “And get her a new rose.” So the customer doesn’t notice that other people already dabbled? Clark glanced down and noticed the deep red rose that Luthor had tossed to Lois trampled to death on the floor. /has no compassion for filthy rose/ “Later,” she mouthed, more than whispered, to Clark. She pulled out of Lou’s grip. “What’s the matter? Am I late for my next act or something?” Ummm… Yes? It just happens to be a private act. “Charlie, I’ll let you off with a warning this time because you’re new here, but there’s no touching the merchandise.”  But why?  Is it because she’s already started to bond to Clark? Lois glanced at Lou whose eyes narrowed at being ordered about.
“I’ll send over your waitress,” the gangster responded, then he went to stand against the wall and stare at them. Lou isn’t the brightest one, telling the Boss off like that, is he? Lex brought the remnants of his champagne to his lips, murmuring, “Later. The big question is what are you doing here?” LOIS: “What do you think? After Lucy bailed on me, a girl has to earn her rent some way.” “It’s just an act.” She felt like blushing under his praise and was embarrassed at how quickly he was charming his way past her natural inclination to dislike him. It’s natural? ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/n022.gif) Wait, ‘charming his way past’? ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/boese/e035.gif) “Act a little more happy to see me, darling. Your bodyguard wouldn’t like it if you were disappointing a customer.”
Lex had a point, and Lois threw a smile on her face; she wondered if it looked as plastic as it felt. ![[Linked Image]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG/220px-Barbie_Fashion_Model.JPG) She glanced over at the bar, and was surprised to see that Clark still hadn’t returned. What could have happened to him? Fish gotten hungry?
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“Lola Dane, why haven’t you returned my phone calls?”  Maybe if Lex made her think that there’s a giant secret to be found inside his bed? Was there something she needed to know before she slept with Clark? Did he have an ex-wife? A wife? Children? VD? Had he killed someone? Was he a terrorist? Was he a sexual predator? Let’s see… Ex-wife, no. Ex-fiancée, yes. Wife. Check. Children. No. VD. Possibly. If she gets pregnant, she might experience certain things… Killed. Huh. Not yet. Terrorist. Yes, according to future timetravelers. Sexual Predator. Considering his obsession with Loises, possibly. Only good thing is that no profiler would ever be able to establish the pattern. “Lex, you’ve given me the wrong file. There isn’t anything here,” she said.
“Precisely,” Hehehehehe “The more I looked, the less I found,” he explained. “Your friend and partner, Clark Kent doesn’t exist.” Oops? Only, Superman trusts Clark, so would a lack of a papertrail be proof enough? Because, at some point, she had stopped looking at Clark with her head, and started seeing him with her heart. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.johnlund.com/ArticleImages/Artcl14-impact/11-impact!.jpg) Clark Kent, her best friend, her partner, the man who she had been more than ready to become intimate with, had been lying to her, deceiving her, and she had to find out why. Oh boy. So, her ardor has been shock-frozen now? She raised a brow. “Just driving around the corner, eh? Toni isn’t going to like that you took her new star singer away from the club.”
He leaned forward. “She won’t miss you, Lois. I paid for an entire night.” “Excuse me?” she stammered. He didn’t just say what she thought he had, did he? /cocks eyebrow/ “Best fifteen hundred dollars I ever spent,” he said with a slimy grin. Naughty naughty! “You made me into a whore?” she gasped, her eyes widening. No, Lois. He’s not sleeping with you and you had been on the menu, so…
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“No,” Lex corrected. “You made yourself into a personal escort by agreeing to work as a singer at the Metro Club, and by accepting my rose. Did you think that the crowds came to the club because of the entertainment?” ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/midi/konfus/c085.gif) “I saved you from becoming a whore by getting you out of there, Lois. Umm…how does that work? It’s not like she would have consented… I was being a friend. Kent never warned you what you were getting into?” Sneaky! “Everything I told you tonight is the truth,” Lex replied. Oooooh! Did you ever read Matthew Stover’s Traitor? It’s got such wonderful musings on truths vs lies and their subjectiveness. Somehow, Lois didn’t believe him. “I’m not going up to your apartment, Lex. But he bought you for the entire night! What if he marks ‘dissatisfactory service’ on your review card? and if I had inadvertently signed up by sell my body, you – as my friend – should have told me so, back at the club where I could have cleared the air with Toni Taylor,” Lois said. Like that would have worked great for her maintaining her cover :rolleyes: Lois really isn’t thinking straight, is she? “A nightcap perhaps? You seem a bit tense, Lois. I’ve given you more than enough disturbing news tonight. You could use a drink,” he said. Michael
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Clark should have just blown his cover. This was stupid, stupid, stupid. Worse, Lois will claim he knew about how bad the place was. There is no hope for Clark. He was just stupid, stupid, stupid.
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Pat: Thanks for your comments. Clark's in trouble? Possible. Yes, Lex is a sneaky bad dude. Carrots are good for ones eyesight.  Laura: Working on the fix, but first I've got to tie a few more knots.  John: Stupid? Oh, dear. One step forward, one mile backwards, so it seems.
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Sydney: Um... Not all of Clark's observations were supposed to indicate naughtiness.  Nice twist on the show ... Thanks. Sometimes one has to look to hard to see the bad guys (gals') evilness. CanonClark would! AltClark, I don't know. Not if he expected her to visit his place that night. CAT: I'd love to see that!  Can't catch a break, can he?
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Michael: I'll probably post on time but sadly no time for working on Part 54. I'll catch up on my FDK tomorrow as I'm fading fast and want to be on the ball to respond. Sorry for the delay.
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Oh boy - Lois knows Clark has no history. Can't wait to see her confront him on this one.
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Originally posted by scifiJoan:
Oh boy - Lois knows Clark has no history. Can't wait to see her confront him on this one.
Joan So far she only has Lex's say-so on this. She needs to know how much of a lapse of history Lex was talking about, or whether that was just a ploy to get her to come back to his apartment. She needs more information before confirmation can take place.
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Michael: CHARLIE: “I believe Lola ate the last ones so I tried to find them inside her mouth.” Oh, Clark. ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/midi/konfus/a050.gif) You can't serve THOSE to customers. So the customer doesn’t notice that other people already dabbled? Perhaps. /has no compassion for filthy rose/ Strangely neither does Clark. Ummm… Yes? It just happens to be a private act. LOIS: Not even touch him? But why? Is it because she’s already started to bond to Clark? A bit. Mostly because HE SHOT HER! Lou isn’t the brightest one, telling the Boss off like that, is he? Lou makes his own decisions about Lou. LOIS: “What do you think? After Lucy bailed on me, a girl has to earn her rent some way.” LOIS: So, where's my cut on the video tape? It’s natural? <Woo-Hoo guy> Wait, ‘charming his way past’? <threatening me with club> Natural... psychically natural?  Yes, that's the one. Fish are going to have sore jaws if they tried to eat that guy.
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Bender sent over forms for Lois to sign, stating that she knew that Lex shooting her was an accident and that she wasn't going to sue him for all the money in his legal accounts. <<Hence why Lex would be stupid to out her to Toni>> And poor Sheldon was already down to one…before. BENDER: That's okay. I wasn't really using them anyway. SOPHIE: <The new bitch makes one song of googley eyes at him and he already invites her. I had to basically pop out of my dress before he even considered throwing a rose in my direction. The *bitch*!> Joined-at-the-hip fraternal twins? No, she had that with Johnny. Something slightly different with Lex. So, Lois wouldn't aim at him EITHER. That’s mean, since his live-feed’s now broken. LOIS: Private means, my life. Public, everyone else's lives. Planted the bugs in her apartment? LEX: Actually, I'm quite proud of that. Like she doesn’t do that all the time? LOIS: This is different! He's trying to put a chink in Clark's armor. Maybe if Lex made her think that there’s a giant secret to be found inside his bed? LEX: Hmmmmm. ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/konfus/g060.gif) Let’s see… Ex-wife, no. Ex-fiancée, yes. Wife. Check. Children. No. VD. Possibly. If she gets pregnant, she might experience certain things… Killed. Huh. Not yet. Terrorist. Yes, according to future timetravelers. Sexual Predator. Considering his obsession with Loises, possibly. Only good thing is that no profiler would ever be able to establish the pattern. Interesting summation. I especially like the last one. Oops? Only, Superman trusts Clark, so would a lack of a paper trail be proof enough? Only to get her started down that path. Oh boy. So, her ardor has been shock-frozen now? CLARK: NOooooooooooooooo! No, Lois. He’s not sleeping with you and you had been on the menu, so… LEX: You don't have a whore fantasy? Strange it says so in your profile. Hmmmmm. Oh, wait, it says DOESN'T have a whore fantasy. Pity. Umm…how does that work? It’s not like she would have consented… ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/midi/frech/e045.gif) He's lying. LEX: I had to tell her about Kent, and then I thought she'd want to cry on my shoulder afterwards in the privacy of my apartment. She'd forget her silly little story on the Metros. So win-win! Oooooh! Did you ever read Matthew Stover’s Traitor? It’s got such wonderful musings on truths vs. lies and their subjective-ness. No. I don't have time to read anything but fanfic and FDK at the moment. But he bought you for the entire night! What if he marks ‘dissatisfactory service’ on your review card? LOIS: I'll sue his butt off. Like that would have worked great for her maintaining her cover Lois really isn’t thinking straight, is she? Anger doesn't always make one coherent. Oh Lois! That one was an overreaction. He only maintained your cover. Potato / tomato. Well…he didn’t touch her, so…no? Also, Clark sure is attuned to his ikran, isn’t he? Clark doesn't know that Lex didn't touch her. What's a Ikran? *That* would have been fun to see. If only they had one more night before the Toasters burnt down the West River district. He just tried for a nightcap after a hard day at the club. LEX: Nightcap leads to tipsiness, leads to kissing, leads to bed. Maybe he should explain this to Lois. Only, he probably should refrain from the use of the words ‘let’ or ‘allow’ or anything of the like. Actually, had Lois known beforehand, she would still have gone. Going in knowing what's going on is one thing. She was hung out to dry. CLARK: Hindsight is sadly twenty-twenty. LOIS: I know. As opposed to what? Stuff her into a barrel afterwards? I thought the barrel dress went out of fashion in the 30's. Oh dear. Can you imagine Clark buying her a bouquet of red roses for their anniversary? Not recommended. This night wasn’t turning out at all how he had hoped.
I’ll say Oh, dear. Upsetting the balance between the ER and UST. It's up now. /starts campaign on sticking to the posting schedule/ Hey, I could have taken the week off again. Okay, I'm crashing already.  More FDK responses tomorrow.
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Oh, Clark. - You can't serve THOSE to customers. CLARK: Sorry, my bad. We only shared one on the ship. After three months, it was a bit gummy, bit still… LOIS: [Shock] Nobody said anything about lapdances. I only signed up for singing. /whispers/ No lapdance. ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/f055.gif) Plus, Toni doesn't really care. She distracted Lex from Toni so Lola can be sent to trash heap for all she cares.  Fish are going to have sore jaws if they tried to eat that guy. LexLabs recently started pumping the waist from their minarals lab into the harbor. Bender sent over forms for Lois to sign, stating that she knew that Lex shooting her was an accident and that she wasn't going to sue him for all the money in his legal accounts. <<Hence why Lex would be stupid to out her to Toni>> No, that was just an exasperated ‘he what?’ That's an Avatar thing isn't it? If so, yeah. Yeah. Ikran’s the flying lizard. Clark takes the role of the female blue alien. Lois is the Ikran. And yes, I did just compare Lois to this guy here ![[Linked Image]](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100506211302/jamescameronsavatar/images/thumb/c/c1/MountainBanshee.png/250px-MountainBanshee.png) /likes living on the edge some times/ No, she had that with Johnny. Something slightly different with Lex. Michael
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CLARK: Sorry, my bad. We only shared one on the ship. After three months, it was a bit gummy, bit still… :p
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LOIS: Good thing too. I've heard it's one huge muddy gutter. ER: Yes, but Lois always ends up either satisfied or very frustrated and hunting Clark down to get satisfaction. At least, when there was an EW involved, too. Why do I think that with all this build up, PML is going to be a disappointment no matter what I do? Oh dear. She’s just going to have them shake hands and agree to stay at opposite ends of the city for two days. LOIS: With bullets and sex, only once is enough to get the job done. Michael
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ER: Yes, but Lois always ends up either satisfied or very frustrated and hunting Clark down to get satisfaction. At least, when there was an EW involved, too. Well, otherwise where's the conflict? Oh dear. She’s just going to have them shake hands and agree to stay at opposite ends of the city for two days. EW: <Checks outline> ![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/frech/e015.gif) By tunneling into it and then dying a slow and painful death from the remaining Kryptonite dust in the water? I may be an EW but even I have limits. I'm not going to kill a second Clark off on this Lois. <<Oh, dear, is that a spoiler?>> She looks *so* adorable when she’s mad. Like a Raptor. ER: She wouldn’t do well as Truman, would she?
EW: The president or from "The Truman Show"?
ER: Show. Well, she's already got her screen test complete. Lois using a cut-off rifle loaded with buckshot, aiming it at the spot where his legs meet? LEX: <Clears his throat> No, no, no. That wouldn't be hard at all.  Roleplaying, anyone? No, Jimmy was Jimmy. I guess my vignette went too long again. I sometimes have difficulty stopping.  <This is not a comment on my stories, even though that also does apply.>
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Well, otherwise where's the conflict? Michael
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