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See. Lois and Clark back together again.

Officially (according to Wikipedia), Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson were married at the end of May 1994. At the end of February 1994, she was still married to her previous husband, Danny Kenough, from whom she got a quickie divorce and married Michael Jackson 20 days after the ink dried on the paperwork. The engagement announcement (rumor) mentioned in my story is of my own making. <<It was just too tempting an addition to resist.>>

Thank you for your patience during my vacation. I hope you don't mind me posting a few minutes early.

Comments welcome.

You continue to torment us with Lois pretending she doesn't know that Superman is Clark

Love the rumor about Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. Very timely.


Joan

Awww! I was so hoping he'd blurt it out before Lois could start to pretend. But she got in there first with her 'interview' and then he began to suspect.

But what the heck is going on. I got the impression he was going to tell her, even though he came to the conclusion she didn't know, and then ... BAM ... he has to break up with her on his birthday!!!

Nooooo.

(And what did really happen in that hospital bed????)

I will write a long response latter.

For now Clark is such a lunkhead. It was bad enough when I thought Lois would break up with him. Breaking up with Lois for her own good is a really, really, really bad idea.

Wow. Micheal Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley? LOL! Well Clark must really be confused. He thinks Lois knows and then she acts as if she doesn't. I am glad his memory is almost all back. He needs to go talk to her now and kiss her senseless. Laura

So he really has no idea who he is.

he still appreciates how she looks.

I hope he still thinks this is how things are at the end of this meeting.

Kissing will do that.

Wait, he now thinks he revealed it before he ran off to rescue Cat. Interesting idea.

Maybe he did something as Superman he normally does as Clark.

Actually, it does, a lot. He needs to avoid doing such a think with anyone else.

I wish that was so, but I really don't see that happening anytime soon.

Which means he just does not remember what the hurdles will be. She still thinks he is lieing about being Clark.

I am glad he feels bad about that.

I half wish he had lead with "are you ok with knowing I am also Clark", but I guess then we would miss out on the fun of Lois knowing but trying to prevent Clark from knowing she knows.

He is totally right about this. I actually have to even agree that his choice of conversation starting made sense.

I guess with everything else that has happened, that does not seem important.

It wouldn't hurt.

I guess this makes it seem Lois does not know The Secret TM, although it is not the only possiblity.

Good thing he trust Lois with his secrets.

If it were only that simple.

Good, he should avoid getting too prideful.

So much for not sounding prideful.

I guess since Lois does not realize Clark is still not back 100%, she is not being intentionally cruel, at least not mostly.

I wish he had said that outloud. Lois needs to hear his level of trusting her.

Actually, I really am baffled by what Lois is doing.

That might be a good story to spread. It is better to have people under-estimate his abilities.

I wish he would verbalize his thought process more.

I guess it makes sense she is asking these questions, they need to be asked. However since she knows the real answers, and knows these can't be printed, I am not really sure what her goal is here.

Something like all of the above. However she is mad at you Clark.

It will be a bit hard. To some extent she just needs time. It might work if she was willing to admit to knowing CK=SM, but her decision to try to avoid learning that will prevent SM giving her any confort.

I really wish he had just scapped the charade, even if I understand why he didn't.

Clark you better avoid the broadcast media for the time being and stick with friendly reporters. Well, Lois may be made at you, but she loves you so it won't be too bad.

she realized that he does not have all his memories back. I wish this would get her to admit she knows, but I can see why she does not.

his memory is coming back. Oh wait, then he will remember the curse. No, stop the memory recovery now.

Well, she is the one who decided to start the charade.

She is really going to have a hard time convincing him she does not know The SecretTM.

And it has just began.

Now he is making it really hard for her. Of course he does not realize she is trying to pretend ignorance.

Well, that will possibly go a long why in convincing him she does not know the secret.

Now she just needs to protest to him that he has no right to be surprised.

This will actually be convincing. The tears are real, although not quite for the reason she implies.

Well, this has to be the best message Clark could get. If he had any doubt about telling her, he would have none now.

He is still sure she knows.

She needs to try hard.

He forgot to change clothes.

Technically no, but he does not know that.

Lois:I have no clue. It can't be Clark, you stole a dead child's identity for that. It can't be Superman, I made up that name. What was your name of Krypton. What did your Kryptonian fiancee call you?

Clark:I had a fiancee on Krypton?

Lois:Well, it was before you came here.

Clark:Maybe that was in the other dimension.

Lois: What other dimension?

Clark:I am not sure. The Kents said something about not being my parents, but like the people who adopted me in the other dimension.

Lois: so your memory is not fully back?

He really is missing his memory.

he knows the truth.

Maybe, maybe not.

So he knows Lois understood, although she might be able to convince him he was confused.

She is going to convince him she does not know.

Trust your first impressions Clark.

Clark:Lois, you kissing me is always OK.

This is going to make Clark feel even worse over the whole thing.

He keeps missing telling her the most important detail.

Why does she go for such crazy plots?

I hope she at least realizes he is trying to tell her the truth, and counts it in his favor that he is trying to tell her.

I guess it is good that she felt it was cheating from the perspective of convincing Clark she does not know the secret. I still think her whole plan is crazy.

I wish he had said "but I am Clark" here.

You know if I didn't know that Lois knew I would be overjoyed for Clark. Since I know she knows and is enacting a crazy plan, I just can't build as much happiness.

Clark loves her more.

If she had not figured it out before this might have worked.

more kissing.

I guess kiss reviving memories works a lot better in this story than it would in canon.

His memories are coming back strong if he realizes that was their first kiss, since he had kissed a Lois before that.

That was one of the saddest moments yet in the story.

See, Cat should have left them alone last night. He would have gotten his memories back faster.

I am not sure "sat" is the right verb there. She seemed to be doing a lot more than just sitting.

Lois:I hope he rmembers more than just kissing. Oh wait, I am trying to not be too connected with him right now.

I had forgotten they kissed on her birthday.

Before being interrupted by Jimmy being at her place.

That was my favorite part of the story.

It would seem a lot of kisses. Except it has alos been a long story.

Maybe this phrase should have been there with the supply closet.

He did not totally give up on telling her.

Another plot specific call for help. always stopping Clark from telling the secret.

Please, please, no memory erase kisses. Those are horrible.

That is a very good question.

Clark:I think she is the hottest investigative reporter in Metropolis.

It would make sense.

Actually, to be fair, Lois kissed SM, not the other way around.

Well, if she had asked him to change on the roof, I am sure he would have obliged.

Lois:I am sure I could get him to let me have a peep with it. Lois knows Clark had not fully recovered. Of course, the big question is, has he now?

Lois:We did more than just talk.

See Lois, he was trying to tell you over and over again, you just didn't listen.

Or if she could have the focus to go through with it.

I am really worried about this plan. Is she going to btreak up with Clark for his own good?

That does not even fit with what the guy did. If the goal was not to kill Clark, then why would he be in such fear at failure?

Lois is going to give up her crazy plan.

No his showing up there relates to something that happened on Christmas more directly.

Lois sees the truth.

He did have the voyeur tapes.

She did run madly when she heard the honeymoon suite was bombed.

Obviously Luthor did not believe her denials.

Well he is sadistic and evil, he needs little reason to kill.

He thinks he knows they have had sex multiple times. While Clark thinks it might have happened once, maybe.

Was that the last time Clark was at her place?

I am surprised it has not crossed her mind that Luthor could have had the honeymoon suite bugged for her last stay there.

This is the big question they need an answer to.

You are really trying to avoid being clear about what they did.

He could keep it in a lead lined room to show a to his friends so they know what it is. Ok, that sounds like a horrible idea.

Wait, didn't Thomas imply that the glow was what hurt Clark, or am I misremembering.

I was so hoping she would remember the watch.

Lois should be thinking "If Clark is going to go to these lengths to protect Cat, what will he do to protect me". I have a really bad feeling about this.

Interesting that he even dares mention his country estate.

I like Lois seeing through Luthor's lies.

You know, before I say more, I just have to say that I think I would have been much more postive if Lois going off to check at the MPD had ended this part. Maybe I should have realized things were going to good and held off on reading the next part.

I like that you make Clark have to deal with getting the right clothes. They never seemd to address that issue in canon, at all. There was the one scene where he had difficulty changing into the supersuit really early on, and that was it.

you are doing this just so Clark does not realize that Lois being with CK is not as dangerous as it seems.

So his memory is almsot all back?

he does not remember calling Lois in preparation to telling him the secret.

It would be so helpful if he could remember this.

This rememds me of the tvtropes page on amnesia. They cite Lois and Clark for a realistic portrayal of amnesia, in the case of Jimmy Olsen when he gets amnesia from his encounter with Veeda Doodsen. Unrealitic total amnesia backward from an event with nothing forward is so common, they do not bother mentioning that Lois and Clark both exhibit highly rare forms of near total amnesia.

So he now understands about the two dimensions. that he will not make any comment about her having shorter hair.

Couldn't he spin back into his regular, but not work clothes, and go and see if they would let him take out his work clothes as Clark?

He still wants to tell her the truth.

Clark is going to realize the curse is a lie.

Why not. This is the guy who brought Tempus to the past. He obviously does not do the research.

He introduced you to Lois with the intention of taking you back to a Loisless world in three months. He has deliberately fought you trying to asave your own Lois. Why do you think Herb is your friend Clark?

See, Herb wants you to leave.

With friends like Heb, who needs enemies?

But is Herb's definition of proof sufficiently high.

This is a really, really, really stupid idea.

Clark, you need to let Lois make that decision.

This is the first time ever I hope he does not find her. This is just a horrible plan he has. The worst ever. He needs to stop making Lois decisions for her.

Clark:Why does Lois have to give me the story now?

He does have super-spped.

Sadly there are probably too many boats in Metropolis to have this be a lead. Even if they found the boat they probably could not trace it to Luthor.

So now they all suspect Luthor, but are going to be too pigheaded to work together on it. Mainly because Clark is too over-protective of Lois. I wish he would learn, but I guess after Lois his own Lois it is a bit hard.

That was a fun line.

He is going to find her and wimp out of or forget about his stupid, horrible plan. OK, I don't really expect it to go that way, but I can hope, can't I?

Maybe seeing how emotionally cut up she is right now will convince Clark not to go through with the breakup yet.

Clark, she chose to stand by you. Let her do it. She does not mind the risk, and she will be safer with you protecting her, than not.

I hope he at least stops by her apartment. Breaking up over the phone, even "for her own good" is just tacky. OK, his whole plan is tacky.

Clark, she loves you, or course she left you a message.

That he could not have done it without Lois, or that he could not have done it without Cat?

This is just wrong. Only Lois is allowed to call him Chuck.

Maybe Clark will see that Cat is jumping to conclusions.

Or is it just too complicated to give a striaght answer?

Clark, this is a horrible, terrible, unnecessary plan. Don't do it. You have broken her heart too many times as it is. You can protect her better with her by your side.

Thank you all for sticking with me, even into the triple digit parts.

Lois is quicker with the draw. Sorry.

He was going to tell her, and then all those old fears for her safety came back with his memories. More on his plans in 102.

Strange. My betas keep asking me the same question. My comment has been and will always be, Lois is the only one who knows. You must look to her for the truth.


John: And I will respond to your longer FDK later as well as I'm holding off posting 102 until I finish this bit of response to 101.

Then I believe you'll like the first line of Part 102. Best if you read on.

/flashes back to MiB opening when the dragonfly gets squished by the truck’s windshield/

Trolling for Lois.

Batman: Noob.

LOIS: What? It’s not my fault Lucy got me chocolate scented conditioner for V-Day.

That scene would be awkward if Lois had just fallen while skating on a frozen pond and twisted her ankle.

That would be even more fun if she *didn’t* know by now.

As in: Her soon-to-be-dead hick partner?

She’s run out of DFCBs and hasn’t been able to restock. The newsroom is at Defcon-Two by now, having sent Jimmy out on an emergency mission in the faint hope of staving off the big one.

LOIS: Who cares about that? The creep made me cheat on him with himself and now he’s standing there, all doofus and adorable and begging for a treat.

Right, she doesn’t know he thinks she knows. Which actually makes her quite the manipulative Arianna.

That would be fun, wouldn’t it?

Did she just make things worse for herself? Or for Clark?

I thought that was ‘never think Clark-is-not-Superman’ while kissing her?

Now she’s off the deep end. Or a really good actor.
LEX: What if the second Nightfall was what was supposed to kill Lois?

Michael

John: Yes, one of the frustrations for the reader is not seeing what's in my head or in my outline (which actually wouldn't be much help since I've deviated so far from it). What might be frustrating one Part could be resolved in the next, or not.

That's one of the drawbacks of amnesia. And one of the perks. Relearning about oneself.

Thanks. Sometimes I worry my jokes are too cheesy, because often, well, they are.

CLARK: What is he talking about? It's always good to see Lois.

LOIS: And why WOULDN'T he?



CANON LOIS: Not always.

Possibly. He isn't sure.

CLARK:

LOIS: Of course, the tears are real! Do you think this is easy for me? I want to hit the jerk over the head! But until he recovers his memories, what would be the point?

It's possible to love someone and still be furiously angry with them at the same time.

So, he should have floated out of the sky dressed as Clark? That would have been hard to deny.

Yes, her name was Zara, but I don't think she was speaking yet when last you saw her.

Poor Lois. She'll be the one feeling like she's in another dimension with that conversation.

-- Continuation of response to John's FDK --

LOIS: If I can't convince an amnesiac man of something, I have no right being a journalist!

Except before you know that Superman is also Clark Kent, then it wasn't okay to kiss Superman.

LOIS: <<looking innocent>> What? I took the blame.

But love is always an important detail.

It happens when one falls in love with a lunkhead.

At the moment, she's not allowing him to earn any points.

TEMPUS: They never listen. I kept telling them, to make a plan work worth anything, you have to be evil. They're just too good to make any good plans.

Superman knows brevity, but Clark doesn't remember how to be Superman.

Sorry, should I cut that section out of the Archive version?

Well, Superman did tell her once that if they kissed once, he'd never be able to stop.

He worked his magic on her, now it's her turn to work her magic on him.

LOIS: Oh, please, don't talk of magic.

Technically, canon Lois kissed him in the Alt-DP, and he put a stop to it. They never kissed again.



He's being polite.



I've had to take it one day at a time or I'd go

CLARK: Hey, I had her believing I was two people for months!

They were still kissing when they landed on the DP roof.

Perhaps it might be easier to understand her lines if you add a sarcastic tone to them that only the Reader can hear.

Nope.

CLARK: Yes, why can't these darn humans save themselves every once and while?

LOIS: Because you won't let us.

Nah, I just threw that in for the Readers.

-- Continuation of response to John's FDK --

LOIS: Why, thank you, Clark.

CAT: He's biased.

I agree.

Well, Lois had the more rare type of Fruge state, where she adopted a new persona while under amnesia. Clark had the usual kind of not being able to remember, with patchy memory recalled, which then flooded back to him. I don't recall Jimmy's amnesia with getting old though. <Actually, I think Jimmy faked his amnesia to get away from a stalker ex-girlfriend, didn't he?>

Not unless she cuts it.

He really doesn't want to try that. They'll wonder why he was gone for hours and only now just "needed" his work clothes.

-- Continuation of response to John's FDK --

CAT: Oh, dear. Maybe he IS really bad.

The curse isn't a lie. It exists.

I've always been of the belief that Wells is very fallible.

HERB: I have his best interests at heart.

LEX: Because he started it?

CLARK: But it's fun to see the bullets fly every which way.

Oh, dear, I've made John hate Herb. That wasn't my intention. Pity him, perhaps, hate no.





Of course not! But he hasn't come up with all his excuses just yet.

PERRY: I'm not buying it.

There's always room for hope.

Possibly.

LOIS: Don't listen to him! I don't want your protection. I'll get more accomplished without it!

I doubt Clark is a phone break-up type of guy. He's a in-person type of guy.

She expects that he'll tell Lois the former, Cat's hoping he'll tell Lois the latter.

He corrects her.

Maybe.

Well, he didn't leave on his birthday, but a week or two later. Then he went back in time three years but three months later in the year. So, it is a bit complicated. Plus, here he's supposed to have been more in 1966. So, he knows he's one age, but he's pretending he's another... plus he has a lot on his mind.

LOIS: Will you please be quiet!


Psst. This is my 5001 post.

Clarly his memory is not back if he does not realize all the possible negatives to seeing Lois.

He's a lunkhead, sometimes he does things that make no sense. Nothing was meant to reflect badly on you Lois.

Canon Clark:Only because I always had my full memory when I kissed Lois in the Superman guise, so she never connected it with kissing Clark.

Lois:Well, he still did have gell in his hair, a little, maybe.

Kiss Lois.

Lois:He had better not kiss anyone else, ever. If he comes down with Kryptonite poisoning from being kissed I will be extremely at him.

Oh, I had not noticed that we still had question marks, just that you gave a number in which this story would not end. Plus, I figure you will keep Clark ignorant of what Lois knows for now.

I was also considering that if Lois did not have the goal of preventing him from telling her, he would be able to tell her.

Well, the easiest way to write up an interview with Superman is to actually hold such an interview.

Wait, I thought I was trying to say trusting Lois was the right decision.

Hmm, good point. Clark probably has to work hard to not be too prideful, it is easy when you have such abilities.

Well, I have to say she is doing a convincing job of not knowing The Secret.

Much better than "Superman knowcked out by Kryptonite, more available in Smallville".

For that last line I think you deserve the understatement of the year award.

Well, I still think she is underestimating the danger that is Luthor.

Very smart decision. Even if Linda could be trusted, talking to her would make Lois

Too bad no one has taught her to do the memory wipe kiss.

True, but I was focusing on the issue that he help out on telling her until she loved him. She clearly does now, so there is no reason not to tell her The Secret.

Well, it would be one way to make sure that Lois could not claim to not know. She would only have the option of claiming his kiss wiped on memory.

Although I was going with Lois assuming that the fiancee he did mention was kryptonian.

Poor Lois. She'll be the one feeling like she's in another dimension with that conversation. [Quote]

Yep, it will be fun if he ever does that conversation with her. Even if it is after his memory is fully recovered it will confuse her.

OK, I hope she remembers he tried to tell her later when she is not so mad at him.

You could go all the way through Superman's return from stopping the astroid in Clark's view, and then do the whole section again in Lois's view. I am not sure people will be too thrilled at that though.

So kisses from Lois here and from Superman in the movies have opposite effects. Lois' kisses revive memories, Superman's there destroy them. I have to say I like this version more.

Still they did kiss.

Thankyou for it.

ture, but if Jimmy had not been there, who knows what would have happened.

I guess you are right about that.

Well, it is not like he is interacting with Herb. Maybe he is just regaining memories of Lois.



Well, that too. I was more thinking if Clark does not want Lois to be too associated with him, he should not publicly kiss her as SM. Plus, if there is any hope for them, her publicly kissing him as SM might point to The Secret in the future.

OK, in theory he might have seen it there. Not likely though.

I do have to say that some of the cries for help he responded to in the latter part of season 2 that drove such a wedge between him and Lois really did not seem to justify either his showing up and even more so his sticking around as much as he did. The having the punks clean off the grafitti which made it so he was not there when Scardino showed up with dinner and wine never really made sense to me.

But would Luthor think someone would care that much about just a co-worker?

That's why he highers the people through multiple layers of delegation.

Thus, it is only likely on her last night there.

Hmm, I still somehow think he said something about it to Lois, but maybe I am just wrong.

That will make investigating him tricky.

It would make things a lot simpler. I guess I should not expect simple in your stories.

Well, maybe not right now. She probably should hold off on doing that until she is ready for him to tell her The Secret.

He had only very sketchy memory of right before and after he was "trated" by Dr. Doodsen.

Good point. I guess the path he chose requires the fewest near impossible explanations.