Very lovely indeed, Wendy! Lois's reasoning was very logical as she put together what she'd seen with what "could" possibly be - living up to her reputation. And I liked Clark's misdirection of Jack - I agree, there was definitely no way that he should know before Lois.

I admit that I was surprised to see Clark getting *angry* at Lois for figuring it out, but since he was physically and emotionally exhausted, I'm willing to cut him some slack.

The rest of their conversation was wonderful, and of course it ended very happily for all (except Lex, who'll find out shortly that the woman he loves has dumped him for that giblet Clark Kent... )

Many thanks, Wendy.

Kathy

Oh god oh God oh God oh God!!!!

I had to pause and squeal in several places, Wendy, this is awesome!!

I love it that he had to wrestle it out of her. <g>

I also love it that you took Fly Hard and wrote such a nice aftermath. I see that episode as pretty useless... and I've never seen another fic about it before.

And that image of them standing together, him holding her, it's just lovely and just.. wow!

Julie

Yeah, I know, I already gave you comments, but you *did* revise.

Very nice!!!

Still love this line! Adore it!

Loved it, loved it, loved it. The dialogue was perfection - this was a fabulous vignette, Wendy, and a wonderful and very much more satisfying conclusion to Fly Hard.

Next?

V

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God,

Karla

Good development of the conversation, Wendy

Oh my gosh! I'm grinning like an idiot. A happy, sappy idiot! Why can't real men be that sweet and romantic and.... (or at least not those i know...*G*)

What a wonderful conclusion, Wendy! I just simply loved it. Adored it. Devoured it. Sucked it up. And grinned through all of it like a LnC depraved FoLC.

Sira -

Very nice, Wendy. I've just read both parts. I'm quite surprised, though, at the lack of angst. That really was delightfully sappy!

I liked the idea that Clark was angry that Lois had figured out the secret. I also liked the fact that Lois didn't want to say that she loved him, fearful as she was that he might think she only loved him because of Superman. That shows a decent amount of sensitivity on her part, I think.

Chris

Wonderful finale..

Loved the levelheadedness Lois showed as she laid out her case and the ending?? I'm a puddle!

~Liz

Wow, lovely story, Wendy! everybody has already said pretty much what the best parts are, but I have to add that I really like the way Lois doesn't want to confess 'the other thing', how somehow, you can feell her insecurities...

This is sooo Lois, I can totally picture her behaving that way.

Like I said, amazing story (I was missing more WAFF on the MBs lately and this was perfect! )

Cris (off to read the story again )

LOL. I love it. I especially love Clark's initial reaction at the very beginning of this part. Only Lois can make him a true klutz. heh

Wonderful story, Wendy!

I loved it. Such a sweet story.

Wow I loved that wendy! what a wonderful little revelation story. I am doing cartwheels in my livingroom as we speak! That was very waffy. I loved his reaction to her discovery. What a wonderful birthday fic. Nice job! Laura

That was nice.

Glad that Lois figured everything out.

gerry

oh, gee, golly - wow! I'm just stunned.

Nice story, Wendy!

I liked the part where Clark is willing to keep an open mind about Lois's feelings towards him because of his promise and winds up believing her in the end! Whoohoo!

Now all we need is a sequel where Lex figures out the giblet is Superman and spends 422 parts torturing Lois and Clark until we get our happily ever after.

Wendy

This is excellent. I love it.

Tricia

Superb! I always like Lois realizing on her own. Also, the retrospections on the characters' behavior during the hostage situation was fantastically done.

Beaytiful story.

I was wondering if it is intentional that Clark says " I love LL", not "LL loves me". I can understand the latter (he wants Lois know his feelings), but I believe that what gives him "high" is Lois's declaration.

That was so fabulous, Wendy! I totally loved part 2 - the part Gabriele quoted is actually my favourite line.

I adored the revelation and Lois's explanation of how she'd come to figure it out, and I'm glad Clark realised that Lois was truthful about her feelings for him. Also, how can he not trust her when the first thing she did was to come to him and not to publish the story?

Thanks again, so very much, for the lovely birthday present. I'm very, very touched that you wrote this for me. It made my birthday all the more special.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Wendy}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Kaethel

Wow Wendy,
I loved this fic. You certainly are multi-talented! Serving up this birthday fic for Kae and killing us softly on another channel with A Twist of Fates... can I borrow your muse?

I liked that Lois figured it out, too. Having Clark promise to believe her and then struggling to keep it was a nice touch.

Thanks for sharing!
~sonia

Wow! Well, thank you again, everyone! I'm delighted this second section seemed to live up to expectations.

You see so many of you guessed correctly about the coffee. But then, the poor boy had received one heck of a shock...

Kathy said:

Well, it was in part a product of his exhaustion/stress, but it was more than that. He'd spent the evening watching Lois with Lex; seeing her flirt with him, sit with him, be all over him (remember her running her hands over Lex's shoulders as she spoke), having her criticise him and generally not be very nice to him. And then she went off in the ambulance with Luthor. So she wasn't really his favourite person. She'd worked out his secret and come over to tell him so, and he hadn't a clue what she intended to do with the information.

So he was worried and anxious, to start with. Some of that came out as anger, but the anger was also at what he perceived as Lois's arrogant smugness, what he saw as her 'aren't I so clever for working it out' air. Of course, he misunderstood, but then in the circumstances it wasn't that surprising.

I'm glad so many of you liked Clark's speech about how he felt to hear Lois say he loved him! Thank you!! Gabrielle, interesting idea about whether he'd say he loves her or she loves him; I don't know, but when I wrote it that was what he seemed to be telling me he'd say.

Kaethel, I'm delighted most of all that you liked this! I'm so pleased that you're happy with your additional birthday present.

And finally:
ROFL!!


Wendy