Got to love Lucy and her advice. Little sister definitely knows best!

What a fun story. It really puts both Lois's and Clark's actions into a proper perspective.

Joy,
Lynn

Good ol' Lucy, giving Lois some perspective! (And glad to see a fic where Claude didn't get off Scott free!)

Absolutely! It was fun to write a story where Lucy is more level-headed than her older sister too. But we all know Lois doesn't exactly think straight around Clark.

Yep I think we already know that Clark scrambled her brains when he answered the door in a towel and when in the suit

Lois clenched her jaw as her fist tightened. She made a lunge forward, as though attacking an opponent in her Tae Kwon Do classes. Her fisted hand struck thin air right around where she judged Clark’s solar plexus would be, even if she wasn’t totally visualizing punching him per se. The movement was soothing though, and Lois spent the next few minutes attacking phantom enemies as she kicked, punched, spun, blocked, dodged, and lunged in a tight circle in her cramped living room, until she’d worked up a sweat and felt marginally better as some of her ire cooled.

Lucy steamrolled right over her; a trait she’d inherited from their mother. “Is your partner,” she reminded her sister, “whether you like it or not. You should be helping each other, not stealing from each other.”

Lois shook her head, fighting down – and mostly losing – the blush that was threatening to redden her face. “Okay, I admit, maybe I took it a little far when I stole his story. But if I’m going to be forced to work with him, he’s got to learn to keep up. He can’t be the naïve little farm boy he is.”

“He’s not,” Lucy said pointedly, sobering up from her earlier mirth. “His trick today? Do you really think he would have done that if you hadn’t done it to him first?” She didn’t wait for an answer. “No. That was a message, Lois. He’s not going to let you bully him around like you’ve done to all the other partners Perry had tried with you.”

“So what?” Lucy asked, throwing her hands up in the air. “He made you look foolish for a fraction of a day. Remember when Claude stole your story? And won an award for it?”

“Yes,” Lois replied cautiously. “You’d better be going somewhere with this,” she added, feeling the old flames of hatred and shame over Claude’s deception flaring back into life.

Lucy didn’t respond to the unvoiced threat in Lois’ voice. “You got him fired and blacklisted so no other paper would hire him,” she reminded her Lois.

“I know what I’m talking about,” Lucy lightly defended herself. “Okay, I know I don’t have the best track record with men. But take some sisterly advice, Lois. Clark…he’s a rare man. Handsome, decent, and he can take whatever you dish out. I’m not saying you have to marry the guy but…give him a chance…a real chance…to prove himself as your partner. Stop giving him a hard time. Who knows? Working together, you might just become an unstoppable team.”

Fun follow-up to the show's Lois and Lucy discussion after Lois stole Clark's story. Even inebriated Lucy can see more clearly than Lois.

Thanks DC. Thoroughly enjoyed the story.

I agree with you about the sister talk--Lois would probably ignore the advice, but I can also see it coming back with interest when Lucy finds out that she's dating Clark. Big payback then.

(Oh look, my icon is now an "S".)