New part! New part!
It was a plea for information. And understanding. And mercy.
Chocolate might have been an appropriate bribe.
"Please. Please don't -" Please don't hate me. Please don't reject me.
Awwww.
"You're babbling," she said, her mouth twitching.
"What I don't understand is how you thought you could continue to be two people and not eventually face something like this."
At least, not without a cohort.
When she sat down on the couch, the normalcy of two friends sharing a meal felt like fate taunting him.
Awwww.
"You won't have to make up lame excuses whenever someone needs Superman. At least, not to me. You can just disappear and leave me to make up the lame excuses."
"You *must* be angry," he said. "You've just put your life in danger because of your strength of belief about who I am, only to discover that you didn't know me at all."
Awwww!
She looked a bit surprised at his outburst. "I knew the important things," she said, sounding just a little defensive. "I knew you would never kill. I knew you would never run away from trouble."
Awwww!
"Why would you tell me anything about yourself when the time you did open your heart, I trampled all over it?"
Awwwww! (Ummm, sorry to get repetitive here)
"But when you've had some time …" She gave him a little smile. "I think that what you need most of all now is a friend."
"Sometimes I hate that word," he said bitterly.
We've all been there.
Her smile flickered. "Would you like me to give you a glimpse of the future as I see it?" she said.
Yes, please!
Lois smiled softly. "I might borrow some lines from you. Something like …'I have been in love with you for a long time. You must have known.'"
"So you think Lana's parents might be willing to look after him?"
Yay for the poor baby with the psycho momma!
"Oh, she spilled your secret all right," Lois said, still smiling. "And it's on the tape."
"I love you, Lois," he whispered. "Thank you for rescuing me."
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
What a sweet ending to this tale! So glad that Clark and Lois both got their happy endings!
Can't wait to see what you dish up in the epilogue!
