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A short story I thought up when I read Queen of the Capes' August Pratfalls and Spills Challenge. Feedback, as always, is appreciated.
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I could just picture that ending scene and, more-so, Clark's rematch cheer, coming up the following Monday. I don't know why Lois would want Clark to clean her apartment in a dress, unless she happened to have Jimmy and Perry "drop by" while he was cleaning. And if she was supervising (which would be the only reason to have him do it in a dress), he couldn't even clean at super speed. I'm supposing that Lois would choose the dress, which means that they would have to go "shopping" for said dress, since he certainly couldn't fit into one of hers. That in itself might be the actual punishment, especially if Jimmy and his camera just happened to stop by that second-hand store while they were shopping. I'm glad Lois decided to be a good-sport about losing. Why do I think that this might end up being the only time Clark wins at game they ever play? Yep. He's dead meat.
VirginiaR. "On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling" --- "clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
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LOL! Thanks for a good giggle.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad." "How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
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HeeHeeHee! Lovely! But now it needs a sequel.
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Originally posted by VirginiaR: I could just picture that ending scene and, more-so, Clark's rematch cheer, coming up the following Monday. Lovely! But now it needs a sequel. </strong> I definitely ended it that way to leave myself open for a possible sequel.
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A sequel please.
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A perfect ending to a cute story! OK, I wanna know, did Clark use his powers for the rematch or not?
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Nice and silly. I admit, though, that I wanted Clark to lose. I was looking forward to Lois checking him out in a dress.
"It is a remarkable dichotomy. In many ways, Clark is the most human of us all. Then...he shoots fire from the skies, and it is difficult not to think of him as a god. And how fortunate we all are that it does not occur to him." -Batman (in Superman/Batman #3 by Jeph Loeb)
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Originally posted by KateB: A sequel please. I'm glad you thought it was funny. I do have a few ideas for a potential sequel... Originally posted by Morgana: A perfect ending to a cute story! OK, I wanna know, did Clark use his powers for the rematch or not? I'm glad you enjoyed the ending. As for Clark using his powers, I think he's too good of a guy to cheat after Lois was such a good sport about the first match. Originally posted by mrsMxyzptlk: Nice and silly. I admit, though, that I wanted Clark to lose. I was looking forward to Lois checking him out in a dress. It would have been funny to see Clark in a dress. Maybe in a sequel.
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During a boring weekend, Lois and Clark make a bet with embarrassing stakes for the loser. Ooooooh! Michael
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Originally posted by Darth Michael: "You did too cheat!" Lois protested. "You fooled me into thinking I could beat you. I bet you lost those first two games on purpose just to set me up." That would be dishonest and Clark would never make it look to Lois like he isn’t something that he is. Oh, right, except he does.
Of course he wouldn't. Thanks for the feedback.
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