2. Lois gasped with surprise, and she giggled when his beard stubble scratched her cheek.
3. Clark slipped his arm around her waist, and she closed her eyes in anticipation.
Well, the last paltry class I had on the English language was about 7 years ago, and it taught me for numbers 2 and 3 that those are compound sentences. So the commas are supposed to be there to separate the independent clauses. But heck, if it turns out that my private school teachers were wrong, I'm okay with that. <g>
JD
