Another wonderful section, Wendy.
It's interesting that this Lois, although scared at the thought of how important Clark had become to her so quickly, is not too scared to confront it. She doesn't run and hide; she'll talk about it and face her fears and is making Clark talk too. Is it that this Lois is different, or is it that the circumstances of their relationship are different. Both Loises have been scarred by bad relationships in the past, but in the show Clark became her best friend while she was dazzled by the god in a cape. So once she recognized her developing attraction for Clark (which maybe she had had all along), she was then also afraid of losing their friendship.
But here there aren't months of friendship to risk losing (so we could move into the romance - and smoochies - right away
). She recognized her attraction for Clark immediately, even though she did try to deny it, and now she is determined to work past both of their insecurities because she wants a relationship with him.
You mentioned in your comments to the last section that you were worried that you might be going over the top with Clark's insecurities. Well, at this point I don't think so - there's no doubt that this Clark is obsessing and questioning the possibility that Lois might *actually* be able to care for him as he really is...and finds it difficult to believe. So the scarring from this teenage incident is deep, but whether or not the incident was that horrible or whether it actually seemed to grow in his mind over the passing years, we don't know yet.
Will we know soon? The dreaded ***** came out, interestingly enough
, before Clark said anything. Will the next section - now that Lois has shared something of her past with him and neatly turned the tables - reveal this incident, or will there be more delaying tactics?
After all, this is a Wendy story - she's very good at that...
KathyM
