First off, welcome back to the boards!
As she retrieved her phone to call her best friend to, hopefully, correct a few of their mistakes, she hoped she wasn't going to be making a tradition of sabotaging her life around this time of year...
Lois, if you want to work yourself back into Clark Kent's personal life calling him up is never going to succeed. Skip the pity party with the ice cream and walk over to his apartment right now. Asking forgiveness and following though from than on as a friend is the only means to get him to start
talking to you.
Great story Lieta! Perhaps we will be seeing more?