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Hope you were surprised?

Was I surprised? What do you think?

I've been reading this, not posted any comments before as I've only recently registered for the boards, but believe me I have been hooked from the very first word.

Firstly, Lois and her 'knowledge'. As of the previous chapter I kind of came to the conclusion that she didn't know, even though it seemed like she was calling him Clark. I wasn't sure what was going on in her mind instead though. Then came the kiss, and the comment “You’re right, Superman, one kiss changes everything.” At this point I knew she'd figured it out. So, Clark's presumption that she knew actually ended up being true.

I came to this chapter with such great excitement. It turns out I was right!!! Although I'm upset that Lois thinks Clark cheated. IT'S NOT TRUE. And now poor Lois is convinced she (effectively) cheated on Clark and feels bad about it. THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. I hope Clark gets back soon and they have a serious and wonderful talk.

Now the real surprise ... Perry. You nailed that so well. Lois's thoughts on spilling the secret within just 15 minutes were great. Perry's reaction to 'almost' knowing the truth. I must say that I love this development, but it truly was a surprise.

Final comment: Love the fact that a kiss gave it all away. Kind of remindes me of *covers mouth*. Some readers will know exactly what I'm talking about.

"She had just cheated on her boyfriend...with her boyfriend."

Ah the triangle!!! How I've missed it in thecomics. THis is where things are rather interesting in this pairing and what makes the idea she knows fun to play with.

I don't thnk you need to worry about things, Lois. It seems Like Clark/Suoerman may already figured out y know (although the exact timing on that knowledge is a little off.).
The positive thing about his perception of the timing is hat he doesn't KNOW you cheated on him with him (again,. The fun to write/read but a mess to be a part of triangle of two.)

Wow, the fact that Ckark doesn't have the official connection if family really DOES affect how Lois sees him. .

I think the first "them" is not needed.

I guess I understand why Cat went, but is does make things difficult for Clark.

Which is why she should not suspect they have done anything. I guess though she has not seen Clark's refusals of anything with Cat the way we have.

Maybe he is just trying something new.

He still remembers her, she should not doubt him.

She should be paying attention to the clues.

It is how true Clark touched her.

they are embracing.

she still belives in him.

She really needs to learn the truth.

Well, I guess this will make it slightly easier in some ways when she learns the truth.

Another clue.

She should see he loves only her.

He should have told her Cat was there. She was bound to figure it out, and would assume the worse more if he did not tell her.

He should have known Lois would have noticed Cat even if she did not say anything.

I knew Cat's presence would cause problems.

Well, if he had told her would she have believed his claims that nothing happened?

Hopefully he can convince her that was not his goal. He might have to mention the intruder though.

Hopefully she can be convinced that this is no more true now then it was in the past.

So she did notice the missing shoes.

Yet he was kissing and caressing her, not Cat. I guess it sort of makes sense she sees it that way. I guess after her father it is hard to truly trust men.

Maybe she needs to realize if it does not add up, she is missing something.

I hope Calrk can convince her she is wrong about him and Cat.

So she does not suspect CK=SM at all. He maybe should have let her say more.

that she still thinks Clark would ever sleep with Cat.

This is a major jump even for her. She has said nothing of Clark "betraying" and yet she thinks he knows.

Shouldn't she realize he is holding her differently?

Oddly enough, he had been doing it to outmanouver her.

So Clark was right he was shooting himself in the foot in his chances with her as himself.

she understands why SM did what he did, even if she does not know everything yet.

she has given up on Clark. I guess if he had slept with Cat I would not blame her, but since his real goal was to go stop Nightfall, and since she was getting abducted, I think he can explain this. I wish he had not left Lois though. He should have realized she was more hurt than she let on.

She really has it much rouger than Cat. Cat may complain, but at least she knows SM is alive.

Clark:If I knew it would be this easy when Lois learned I was SM, I would have told her ages ago.

How can she say that when she still thinks Clark cheated on her?

she has hope.

more kissing.
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she still wants Clark. Now he just has to convince her that he and Cat were not doing what she thought. Ever. In any way.

Fortunantly for Lois she can have her hearts desire in all cases.

Sadly for her father though Mrs. Del Campo was not Ellen in disguise.

At least she recognizes she has no evidence agaisnt Clark that proves anythign.

Which was probably unwise. However, considering how much he did not want to deal with them fighting I can hardly blame him.

Actually technically it is the same man.

I am surprised she did not notice this before.

He doesn't remember why. Plus he thinks the reason why is gone. He might have a clue as to why, but he does not remember that detail.

Good question. I like that she is noticing how alike the kisses are. In canon that always seemed odd that she didn't notice anything, especially since it was a touch that eventually clued her in. Especially since during the heat incident he touched her in the exact, once as SM and once as CK, about as far apart as he did when she finally clues in.

she is figuring it out.

Hopefully she is also realizing that Clark did not run off to be with Cat the way she thought he was. Although I really am confused why he ran back to his aparetment at all. Oh right, he needed to get the boots.

Finally!!

I was afraid you were going to take us down another turn.

Can't wait to see how this works out.

Joan

I knew really noticing the mole would destroy Superman's secret. I guess making sure people don't look at his face was crucial.

she knows.

she still loves him. ALthough she might still be mad about Cat. Hmm.

He does need to tell her more. Not that he really knows much more.

Except that there are lots of things she does not know. Also, some things she does know will not really add up.

that they did not talk more know. I guess that is why you had the intruder. Otherwise Clark would just need to stop Nightfall, and that would leave him a little more time to talk to her.

I guess explaning that an intruder had tried to kill Cat and then jumped from the apartment and he needs to report it to Henderson would be a bit much at this point.

Why bother asking, the last time he trusted she was alright, he clearly made the wrong decision.

I guess it makes sense this still hurts her.

Well, that is because he sees himself as first and foremost Clark. Hopefully he will be able to convince her that he is Clark first.

Now she knows why.

I wish she had said Clark here. However, I guess she does not yet realize that Clark is who he is, Superman is what he can do. Also, it would have made it too clear to use she knew what was up.

Which makes no sense. Especially since he thought she knew it was him. They really do need to talk. However, I guess stopping Nightfall comes first.

And yet at another level it means that she has not even been tempted to cheat on her man since she first met him. She has never even been close to cheating.

But he had no clue she did not know it was him.

I am glad she now thinks of it as a supposed betrayal.

I guess this is true. Although not in the way she thinks. Hopefully his memory of the boat and being underwater returns soon, so they are not over scared.

He probably still has some kryptonite.

Actually, with SM it is the other way around. His interest in her is caused by his perception she has a connection with SM.

She might be right.

Hopefully she no longer thinks Clark was cheating on her.

His fear of discorvery caused him to hide them, but without his memory he lacked a deep seated fear.

Except this time she is not afraid Superman is dead.

Much faster to hear her scream than if he had been elsewhere.

And the logistics of SM catching both of them had not bothered her?

So that was Ralph.

So did he manage to extort the money from Clark?

So she realizes he does not have all his memory back, or she is just angry?

I guess he did not get the money.

Clark:See coming up with excuses is harder than people think.

Well it is true. It was very important to.

Ralph really rubs me the wrong way. Lacking memories and being "brainless" are not the same thing. His willingness to exploit people's weaknesses makes him a really unliable character. I guess though that is the whole point of him, we are not supposed to like him, at all, ever, in any way.

Not at all. She is not responsible for Luthor being so disturbed, in any way.

she accepts the truth about Luthor.

That is the truly difficult part.

At least she does not assume she knows the full truth.

Of course she is wrong. He may or may not be able to convince her that he is really Clark with his current memories.

A baby from Krypton.

she realizes Superman is not truly who he is.

True, but in some ways that means it has more meaning.

Clark:Clark Jerome Kent.

Lois:How?

Clark:This will take a lot of explaining, and I really don't remember much of it. Some of it makes no sense, like how you made the Superman suit and yet did not know I was Superman.

Lois:I did not make the Superman suit.

Clark:Sure you did, back when you had shorter hair.

Lois:

Clark:I don't really understand either. By the way, did I help you move?

Lois: I havn't moved since before we met.

Clark:But I rmeember you living in a different place. Oh, this is so confusing.

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I think she is being way to hard on herself. Clark would never see her actions as cheating, and if he doesn't, then how can they be?

Destroying a man's ability to live a normal life is not a good reporters job.

No, her heart just sees what her mind misses.

She has seen through Luthor. Maybe not as quick as some, but sonner than most.

But she saw the truth about Clark now.

Lois:Some of it I learned last night.

Actually, she is still not one of the people who knows the full truth. Well, she has been told most of it, but has not pieced it together.

Words sure to cause him to press for more information.

The surest way to destroy a cover is to reveal it exists to begin with.

Clearly Perry does not know if he is worried. Well, unless he knows a lot, hmm.

At least she no longer thinks he cheated on her. Still I don't think she is right she cheated on him. I think in her heart she knew the truth.

So now Perry knows he has a secret identity.

Waht Cat claims and the truth are not always the same.

And Cat uses one for the other. She also sues aggresive hinting to smoke out information.

she still gets negative impact from Tempus after he erased himself from time.

Just Cat, and Martha, and Jonathan, and Henderson and Carlos. Although She does not know Carlos, and Martha and Jonathan knew the truth about baby Clark to help them.

At least she recognizes there are still important things she does not know.

Actually he is, just a different Kansas.

Not really, he did not know there was a Clark Kent to steal the identity of.

At least she accepts she does not know the full truth.

So much for her claim she is such a better liar than Clark.

Well, maybe at some level it is why he did not tell her without plenty of time to explain.

He needs to not know it.

This is not really a convincing explanation.

Lois:No. Trask was totally wrong in thinking I had a romantic relationship with Superman.

Clark:Our kissing has not been sufficient. I think we should do some more before talking.

At least now Perry knows why she thinks she knows.

Actually it sounds like a complete lie. However it is probably better than bringing up she thought Clark was cheating with Cat.

Lois:But I want to know.

Oh, he wants to be left in the dark. Makes sense. The fewer people who know, the safer the secret is.

Hmm, and will she be able to keep this secret?

At first I thought she meant her and Superman. On second reading I say she is denying having talked to Perry.

That at least is true.

It avoids unwanted conversations.

Well, I am glad Lois knows. I am hoping she gets to talk with Clark about all this soon.

The key was really the kiss. Finally!

The problem is that within 15 minutes she did spill the beans to Perry. Way to go Lois.

And now we’ll see who was right

Wait, does that mean that Cat’s Superman’s alter ego?

So, how often did you have to check the correct casing of the cats in these parts? Also, typo in ‘occurring’.



Maybe she shouldn’t tell him. He doesn’t take it too well.

Actually, Superman could, too. Provided he can float perfectly in place while holding a high-powered sniper rifle.

Huh, half time of the part and bed time, too! Michael

Ah, this chapter was great!

I don't know which part was my favorite. Maybe when Lois compared Superman to a marshmallow or her yelling at Ralph. No, no, it was when she FINALLY figured it out! But then I also liked when she spilled it to Perry...

Oh, I don't know! I liked all of it!

Superman had just pulled her pants down.

Option for sex on the ceiling.



Date call-me-Danielle(sic)?

Oh dear. She’s finally going mad.

See? See? /points to earlier FDK/



To be fair, she is exceptionally focused on the male anatomy.

Not yet.

RALPH: It wasn’t me! Just tell Kent that it wasn’t me. That smell ain’t not me, either. I’m leaving now. I hear they need a new reporter on the Aleutians.

She could always try to use a knife on him. Although if she uses the brand new kitchen knife and he tries to convince her to put it down, that might not actually constitute actual proof.

The nice, state-sponsored thug in a major’s uniform thinks differently.

Nooooo. He’s not got the cleavage for it. Although, putting him in a place where he can get ‘close’ to the DP’s leading lady might be a wise move. And if they do it right, he might not just get the scoop but destroy her in the process, too.

MAYSON:

/points at Lex/

:rolleyes: Just tell him the truth. He’s the last son of a royal house that has come extinct in some unfortunate events back home and now he’s here incognito.

/waits for her to get mad all over again over the Met Sew Rec Fac incident/ After all, he did pull her out as Superman after ‘putting her there as Clark’.

LOIS: Michael

Wonderful! I loved this part! Woo hoo! more soon. Laura

Why can't Lois keep her mouth shut? And why couldn't she claim she was upset about some personal problem and refuse to discuss it with Perry? Of course, Perry is irritatingly persistent about wanting her to divulge what's bugging her, even though it's none of his business. I guess since he is one of Lois's few confidants, if not the only one, he seems to think he is entitled to know everything that goes on with her.

One thing I wondered was why does Lois assume that Cat knows that Clark is Superman? I didn't notice anything that would reasonably imply that, unless Lois assumes, correctly, that that is why Cat has been at Clark's apartment. Though I like that she thinks Cat figured it out, rather than assuming that Clark told Cat.

I think you wanted to say "worst mistake of her life".

KatherineKent: Hi! And welcome to my story.
Enough to delurk. So, probably?

Thanks. Always good to hear.

But not when he thought she did.

Lois hadn't had time to process the information and this was the first conclusion she had jumped to. Once she calmed down (thank you, Superman), she realized Clark would never do that.

If you think about it in the manner that if she HADN'T figured out the secret at that point and time, and still thought that Clark and Superman were two men (or if they were really two separate people)... then she would've considered the kiss as cheating. At the point when she had kissed Superman she thought they were two people, so that's why she's feeling guilty, because she believes that she's capible of cheating on Clark.

Um... you *have* been reading my story, right?

Yeah, that was the surprise I was talking about.

Where Lois covers her mouth and gasps in "And the Answer is..."?

Thanks for reading. Welcome, again, to the boards!

Thank you all for your comments.

Christina: How did I know you'd appreciate this turn in the triangle? Hi! Glad to see you're still reading.

Thank you.



Well, gee, golly, shucks. Thanks.


Laura: Thanks for reading and commenting.

Thanks.


mrsMxyzptlk: Hmmmmm. Are you one of those people who enjoys twists and turns in stories better if the next part is available to read already?

Um... she did.

Perry was only trying to help.

Lois will address her thinking on this a bit in 99 and more in Part 100. Basically it was Cat's comment on Clark's mole which clued Lois in. There are two ways to consider Clark's friendship to Cat (in Lois's opinion): A) Either they're having sex and he's been lying this whole time, or B) the reason Clark is friends with Cat is because she knows his secret and he has no choice in the matter. (a-ha! Suddenly, why they are friends makes sense to Lois.)

LOIS: Well, if he had *told* Cat, instead of her figuring it out on her own, then I would just have to kill him.

John: Thanks for the long FDK. Sorry about the delayed response. Life's crazy this week.
Thanks. Fixed.

And who's fault is that? Cat's? Nope. Clark's!

Nope. Cat is smart enough not to make such an obvious move while Lois is there.

Perhaps.

Yes, all those clues are starting to pile up, they could almost knock her over now.



I'll put it on my to-do list.

He was thinking of a way to tell her, when he got distracted by his Superman memories.

Clark with full memories would know, but this guy doesn't have full memories yet.

That's part of her fun. Lois's assumptions.

LOIS: We'll never know now, will we?

It depends on how much time passes before he sees and talks with her again.

One is more likely to jump to wrong conclusions when faced with new information. After she has had time to think about things, she'll be able to think more clearly.

In too much pain to think clearly.

We'll have to see.

She's too distraught to talk.

Well, Clark has had his DNA reset with the amnesia and (in Lois's opinion) a man doesn't think with his head.

Well, she's not far from Clark's apartment, it is possible that Superman had stopped there first and saw Cat and Clark together... and went to find Lois to comfort her.

Actually, when he took her up into the clouds initially, he held her like this (like he does in WhaLtTA).



Possibly.

She figured this out before his press conference at STAR Labs.

She was abducted? Amnesiac Clark didn't know. Full Brained Clark would have known better.

True.

You go right on thinking that Clark.

She's not thinking about Clark at the moment.

Hope of her chances with Superman, not Clark.

Talking was never their strong point.

That would have been a funny twist on canon.

She just needed some time for the shock to wear off.

She doesn't know that.

She wasn't thinking about Superman.



Of course, the two times she really kissed Superman (after PML and pre-Nightfall mission) Lois was a bit distracted and wasn't thinking of Clark at the time.

She already figured that point out. Yes, he had to get his boots, and he wanted to let Cat know that he had his memories, and to thank her for her assistance, before heading off to stop Nightfall.

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I knew really noticing the mole would destroy Superman's secret. I guess making sure people don't look at his face was crucial.

As canon Martha said, nobody would be looking at his face.

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Lois knows. Now we just have to hope she does not think he was running off to make love to Cat.

She's already past that point.

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she still loves him. ALthough she might still be mad about Cat. Hmm.

Being friends with Cat is the least of his transgressions.

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He does need to tell her more. Not that he really knows much more.

Eventually.

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Except that there are lots of things she does not know. Also, some things she does know will not really add up.

Which is why she needs time to process it all.

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that they did not talk more know. I guess that is why you had the intruder. Otherwise Clark would just need to stop Nightfall, and that would leave him a little more time to talk to her.

He's kind of has a bit on his plate at the moment.

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I guess explaning that an intruder had tried to kill Cat and then jumped from the apartment and he needs to report it to Henderson would be a bit much at this point.

Not a good time. Anyway, Lois would probably run back to Clark's, and he doesn't want that.

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Why bother asking, the last time he trusted she was alright, he clearly made the wrong decision.

That's why he's asking now. Last time, she wasn't all right, so he's making sure she will be this time.

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I guess it makes sense this still hurts her.

She's talking about Superman breaking up with her after Lex shot her.

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Well, that is because he sees himself as first and foremost Clark. Hopefully he will be able to convince her that he is Clark first.

LOIS: Clark, who?

Just joking.

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Ralph really rubs me the wrong way. Lacking memories and being "brainless" are not the same thing. His willingness to exploit people's weaknesses makes him a really unliable character. I guess though that is the whole point of him, we are not supposed to like him, at all, ever, in any way.

I'm perfectly fine with everyone hating Ralph. His type always rubs me the wrong way, which is why he tends to end up as a very hateable man (if not to the point of villainry due to lack of brain cells) in my fics.

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Not at all. She is not responsible for Luthor being so disturbed, in any way.

This is Lois's equivilant to Clark blaming himself if his enemies use Lois to get to him.

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That is the truly difficult part.

LOIS:

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At least she does not assume she knows the full truth.

Clearly, she doesn't have all the details.

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Of course she is wrong. He may or may not be able to convince her that he is really Clark with his current memories.

Still he has to convince her of the possiblities of another dimension which without proof might be difficult.

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A baby from Krypton.

LOIS: Clark had a baby?!

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she realizes Superman is not truly who he is.

She's only thinking about the title not the persona.

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True, but in some ways that means it has more meaning.

CLARK: I like it.

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Clark:Clark Jerome Kent.

Lois:How?

Clark:This will take a lot of explaining, and I really don't remember much of it. Some of it makes no sense, like how you made the Superman suit and yet did not know I was Superman.

Lois:I did not make the Superman suit.

Clark:Sure you did, back when you had shorter hair.

Lois: <<dizzy>>

Clark:I don't really understand either. By the way, did I help you move?

Lois: <<still dizzy>> I havn't moved since before we met.

Clark:But I rmeember you living in a different place. Oh, this is so confusing.

I don't think that amnesiac Clark even realizes this truth about himself.

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I think she is being way to hard on herself. Clark would never see her actions as cheating, and if he doesn't, then how can they be?

Because *she* sees them as such.

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Destroying a man's ability to live a normal life is not a good reporters job.

Not figuring out that CK=SM doesn't necessitate that she would out him once she learned the information.

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She has seen through Luthor. Maybe not as quick as some, but sonner than most.

Still doesn't make her feel good that both Clark / Superman and Lex had been able to hoodwink her to some degree.

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But she saw the truth about Clark now.

It only took 9 months.

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Actually, she is still not one of the people who knows the full truth. Well, she has been told most of it, but has not pieced it together.

LOIS: There's more? How can there be more? CK=SM and he's from Krypton. Pretty cut and dry, I think.

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Words sure to cause him to press for more information.

Exactly. But she DID say, I can't tell you. She DID try.

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The surest way to destroy a cover is to reveal it exists to begin with.

She's already told Perry that Clark wasn't who he had told them he was.

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Clearly Perry does not know if he is worried. Well, unless he knows a lot, hmm.

Right. He could be faking it to learn how much she really knows.

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At least she no longer thinks he cheated on her. Still I don't think she is right she cheated on him. I think in her heart she knew the truth.

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So now Perry knows he has a secret identity.

Perry thinks Lois is distraught about something and is blathering like an idiot, not making any sense.

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And Cat uses one for the other. She also sues aggresive hinting to smoke out information.

CAT: We each have our own techniques.

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she still gets negative impact from Tempus after he erased himself from time.

Sadly, yes, which is why Herb wanted to erase canon Lois's brain about meeting Tempus in the first place.

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So much for her claim she is such a better liar than Clark.

It was a big shock and she's not thinking straight at the moment.

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Well, maybe at some level it is why he did not tell her without plenty of time to explain.

CLARK: Yes.

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This is not really a convincing explanation.

PERRY: I agree.

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Lois:No. Trask was totally wrong in thinking I had a romantic relationship with Superman.

Perry was basing this assumption on Lois's actions after that time, not before.

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Clark:Our kissing has not been sufficient. I think we should do some more before talking.

LOIS: Like *that's* going to happen.

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Actually it sounds like a complete lie. However it is probably better than bringing up she thought Clark was cheating with Cat.

LOIS: That part isn't important. This story works better... for my image.

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Lois:But I want to know.

Perry means that if Lois isn't sure, then he (Perry) doesn't know for sure.

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Oh, he wants to be left in the dark. Makes sense. The fewer people who know, the safer the secret is.

Exactly.

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Hmm, and will she be able to keep this secret?

Clark's secret, or the fact that she spilled the beans to Perry?

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“No, because we didn’t have that conversation,” she retorted.
JOHN: At first I thought she meant her and Superman. On second reading I say she is denying having talked to Perry.

She's talking about the conversation Perry just told her that they didn't have.

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That at least is true.

Much of what Lois says is true (kind of like Clark), from a certain POV.

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Well, I am glad Lois knows. I am hoping she gets to talk with Clark about all this soon.

Sure, why not? Right. Because talking things out is what this Lois and Clark are all about, right?

Michael: Time to catch up. I may have to leave my laptop with my hubby while I'm away on Spring Break next week, so I'll catch up as much as possible before then. I'm so sick and tired with dealing with incompetence at the corporate level. They've had my desktop for a week now, and they can't even answer their phones? Please! Don't they know they are losing my business (and everyone else's I tell about this) by the mintue?

Me! I'm right! Me! Oh, wait, I wrote this story, so I guess that's cheating. <<shrugs adorably.>> Never mind.

That I should have waited two more parts? I should have shortened the previous parts to make the reveal land on exactly on Part 100? Or I should have shortened all the previous parts to make it land on 150 or 200? How about 103? That could have been fun too? It would have been too predictable if it had landed on a Part number divisionable by 5 or 10, wouldn't it have? This way, it was more of a suprise.

CLARK: Her name is Zara. I'm a prince!

LOIS:

Sorry about the lack of CK dying on Lois. It was a good idea though. I wish I had thought of it.

PERRY: When either of you bring me three Kerths we'll discuss it. <<knowing this will never happen>>

Oh, maybe she did.

But there's only the one.

She tried that but they got interrupted by Clark's source.

CAT: See! We do have a lot in common.

Michael!

Also, he's already set her down on the roof.



CLARK: Actually Superman doesn't kill people, so I'd have to hold someone in my arms who did the shooting for me.

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Superman had just pulled her pants down.

Wow! That was some dream, Michael. And nope.

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Option for sex on the ceiling.

LOIS: Oh, really? That would be different.

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Date call-me-Danielle(sic)?

LOIS: Been there, not done that, not going back.

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Oh dear. She’s finally going mad.

ARI CARLIN:

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See? See? /points to earlier FDK/

Yes, well, I didn't want to mention anything due to spoilage laws.

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Yes, but the suite is only for high rollers. The slot-wranglers can just go and use the bathroom stall or the backseat of the hooker’s car.

Or the floor where they print the paper.

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He thinking of going all Another Lois on her?

No, just slap her.

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/points again at Another Lois/

Another reason she butts in.

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Depends on the effectiveness of the protection used? And the amount of cheap booze consumed in the decades after the fact?

ELLEN: Doesn't work. Sorry.

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See? Also, now he’s just incriminated himself. He’s so dead.

LOIS: Really, Lex, you thought I liked Clark?

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PERRY: Great. She slept with Kent and now he’s going to hand in a major investigative piece the next morning.

PERRY: <<reading article>> "So, Superman's Whipped, huh?"

CLARK: What? <<glances over Perry's shoulder>> No, no. He's just decided to become celibate for life.

PERRY: Uh-huh. You know that's not going to happen, right?

CLARK: What? No! It *has* too. <<hands over copy of Sue's story>> See. Cracked tile.

PERRY: You have serious problems, son.

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LEX: She’s a girl reporter and I had nothing to do with the last bit. This time. Not yet. I mean what are we talking about again?

LEX: What do you mean she wasn't talking about me!

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She’s really good at investigating when she sets her mind to it?

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He’s the illegitimate son of Pres. Garner and Mindy Cantoso of the New Troy Cantosos. This makes him second in line to the throne of the American Union and third in line to the entire East Coast Family, ECF for short. All he needs to do is take out five people, six if he wants to get rid of that one multi-billionaire in the Big Apricot, too, and rule unopposed in the post-Nightfall-scare world.

Exactly.

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To be fair, she is exceptionally focused on the male anatomy.

Cat?

CAT: Well, duh!

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Not yet.

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RALPH: <<eek>> It wasn’t me! Just tell Kent that it wasn’t me. That smell ain’t not me, either. I’m leaving now. I hear they need a new reporter on the Aleutians.

Can she tell Lex? (see above scenario)

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She could always try to use a knife on him. Although if she uses the brand new kitchen knife and he tries to convince her to put it down, that might not actually constitute actual proof.

What if she trips him until he falls in a fireplace? And doesn't get burned.

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The nice, state-sponsored thug in a major’s uniform thinks differently.

Trask? He was a coronol in my story.

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Nooooo. He’s not got the cleavage for it. Although, putting him in a place where he can get ‘close’ to the DP’s leading lady might be a wise move. And if they do it right, he might not just get the scoop but destroy her in the process, too.

CARPENDER:

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MAYSON:<<disagrees with that statement>>

LOIS: Well, the police love him.

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/points at Lex/

For one.

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Just tell him the truth. He’s the last son of a royal house that has come extinct in some unfortunate events back home and now he’s here incognito.

She doesn't know that about Superman.

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/waits for her to get mad all over again over the Met Sew Rec Fac incident/ After all, he did pull her out as Superman after ‘putting her there as Clark’.

Or the time he broke up with her as Superman and then made pasta for her as Clark?

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LOIS: <<laugh>> No, he’s not Batman. I mean Bruce. Wayne. What. No. I meant…Oh shoot. Just don’t tell him, okay? I’ll even set him up with Cat.

BRUCE: What makes you think I'd be even slightly interested in...

LOIS: <<shows him picture>>

BRUCE: Okay, I accept, but this doesn't mean that we're even.

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/points at Rumple played by Robert Carlyle/

This is 1994, OUaT doesn't air until almost 20 years later.

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LOIS: <<eh>> I mean, no. *NO!* <<bangs head>> I’m a really bad girlfriend, ain’t I?

I told you that I couldn't talk about it, Perry. Thanks. Thanks a lot. Why don't you ever listen?

PERRY:

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CLARK: Cat? Caaa—aaat! I’m done with that skank. Let’s shack up together.

CAT: Sorry, I've moved on.

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Plus, she had just caught Clark inflagranti with the office trollop.

LOIS: That really didn't need to be mentioned.

CAT: Why not? I liked that part.

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That was a *lot* of fun. But it was still two parts early

Glad you enjoyed it. Just trying to stay unpredictable. I'm sure there won't be any more twists or turns on this roller-coooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssstttttttttteeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr. Oh, wait. My bad.

Thanks, John. Fixed.

True, but it is good she understands.

I was talking about the home invader attacking Cat. I am not sure my description was accurate. I guess you are right that Clark with his amnesia does not remember Lois always denies hurt.

That is what I was assuming she meant. Even if some actions by Clark later on, like when he turned her down at the beginning of the month (it is still February for them, right?) really did hurt her, nothing tore her up emotionally like Superman rejecting her.

Oh, sorry, I thought that "she" was Lois.

Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?

Yes, emotionally she's still raw from that. It's one of the reasons we needed lots of time to pass before Lois and Clark got back-together in HiM. Emotional wounds sometimes need more time to heal that physical ones.

That is what I was assuming she meant. Even if some actions by Clark later on, like when he turned her down at the beginning of the month (it is still February for them, right?) really did hurt her, nothing tore her up emotionally like Superman rejecting her.

Considering how the computer industry keeps nagging about people not buying more computers, they’re maybe wishing they wouldn’t have to make older ones live longer… Hmm…no, still makes them sound uncool.

Awwwwww…EW is soooo *cute*!

Michael

Clark turning her down while she was drunk on Revenge was just him being noble and not him rejecting her because of her, or to keep her safe, which in a way is also noble, but still darn irritating.

They're kind of like car manufacturers who don't understand people can't spend 20K every few years to buy a new car.

Shucks.

Female Hawk is still holding tightly onto the second place spot at the moment, but I wouldn't mind some competition.

LOIS: Oh, come on! If he really loves me that wouldn't matter.

CLARK: <<clears throat>> Lois doesn't need Kryptonite to kill me.

/shrugs adorably/ Sometimes the truth isn't as funny as fiction.

I thought the Prankster was more engineering than science, same with Professor Coleman(?). Although, he was trying to make Kryptonite rain, but then again, it didn't work. Mindy hires science nerds like Lex does. And BB Johnson used his brother's inventions. But that crazy guy who broke out the prisoners using Resurrection, you could count him.

CLARK: <<shrugs adorably>> So, I'm not supposed to like pretty women just because they're fertile? Who's the creep now?

CLARK: You know it is possible to talk to little children without being creepy, right?

Really? And I always thought that was Lois.

CAT: Hey, your idea to not do me, not mine.

I hate commas. They're like men. They do what they want, when they want to, but just as soon as you think you've got them figured out, they change the rules on you.

/Borrows some of Christina's brain bleach to disinfect dirty mind/ There. All better now. Who are you again? And while we're at it, who am I?

MARTHA: /wipes tear from her eye/ I taught him so well.

You mean if he survives Lois telling Clark and Lex about the incident?

RALPH: I'm okay with a lobotomy. What do I use my brain for anyway? It's my body the women love.

PERRY: /whispers the finer details of the procedure/

RALPH: Never! Why would they do that? I'm not a dog.

LOIS: First of all, I'm never wrong. Second of all, I'll nurse him back to health.

CLARK: That wouldn't have been right.

Lois!

BRUCE: She's a bit young for me, but I have a friend...

Enjoy the ride!

But he was only so forceful because he thought if he did anything she would die.

Although she does not realize that, I got the impression she suspected there was more to it than just realizing she was drunk. Doesn't she think the source told Clark something that turned him against her? Or has she now accepted it was all just him not taking advantage of her? Has she decided that thinking there was more going on was an over-reaction?

Yes.

She did originally think that (at first), before she realized the extent of her actions on Revenge and how exactly out of character they were.

Now, she basically accepts this half-truth. Clark went to meet a source, who informed him that Lois and the rest of the Planet had been drugged with a love potion, and after that Clark became all noble and refused to do anything if her decision-making skills could be called into question. Damn gentleman!

/blatantly ignores hint/

CLAKR: Helloooo? Super-sense of smell here?

LOIS: What? It’s not my fault that I can give him an aneurism.

Details. And yeah, that’s the dude. Thanks. Plus, engineering is applied science, so…

Huh. Right. He’s not very memorable, compared to the little guy with the biiig crush on the Angel-outfit.

Michael

Oh, I am glad of that. ALthough oddly she was closer to the truth earlier.

RALPH: But I don't drool, steal food, pee everywhere, and try to hump...

LOIS: <<looks skeptical>>

RALPH: Well, okay. But I don't sniff everyone's butts!

LOIS: :rolleyes:

CAT: Oh, honey, I've been trying to explain for months what you two have been doing wrong.

There's a lot of give and take in this fic.

Eucalyptus-scented Vaseline?
CLARK:

(Magnum Infinity with Chocolate)
@ LOIS

PERRY: Now, Lois, that’s unfair. Ralph’s way too lazy for brownnosing.

He just wouldn’t listen. Maybe if they doused him with some green-K, strapped him down on a bed, and let Lois have her way with him?

CLARK: Hey, why is it considered funny and okay if Lois did that to me but if I did that to Lois, well… people would want to see me Ralphed?

Michael

LOIS: Fine! I'll take a shower, but you can't watch.

CLARK: Pret-ty Lady. Me, Cark. You, Lo-Lo?

LOIS: Lois? Lois? Are you going to untie me, now? Lois?

I think it would depend on how he did it and whether he had Lois's consent. With men, consent is always assumed (unless of course, it wasn't Lois doing the abducting and ravishing).