Oh my goodness. This whole story had me laughing. Now, really, Lois's idea is a really sweet and thoughtful idea, trying to show Superman that he's not alone. But the image of Clark looking sooo uncomfortable. He wouldn't be too enthusiastic, would he. And oooh, the guilt, how the guilt builds. I'm still laughing at him. I can't wait to see how he explains this.

Wendy, you are amazing. I don't know how it is you can churn out piece after incredible piece. Love, love, loved this. I read the first installment with a smile on my face all the way through. I think it's very sweet how much Lois cares for Superman, and also how she hung mistletoe in the hopes of getting a kiss from Clark. I enjoyed reading her confusion over Clark's discomfort, and particularly liked how she puzzled over her gifts for the "two" men.

Can't wait to see what happens when Clark tells her the truth.

Thank you for this. What a lovely Christmas treat.

Right. There I am, working on my paper for school, trying to be a good girl... not even on IRC. And Dr Richards, instead of being a good influence, tells me there's new fic posted on the boards! I'm never finishing this paper now...

Present tense Lois! I love this already. <g> And she's on a date with Clark! Even better. Unless it's not Lois, but in the spirit of Christmas I'll trust you.

Can I quote Pam, here? You'll take any chance you can get to mention TOGOM. <g>

Hee. <g> I see where this is going. And also, I love the mood - so comfortable, nice. And it is Lois. <g>

That's going to be kind of hard to pull off...

Awwwww, that is a lovely thought. But I can't help thinking she'll be kind of disappointed when she finds out Superman is not actually as lonely as she'd thought. Not because she doesn't want him to be happy, or anything, but because the whole nice thought and party and gift lose their point. Although I'm sure Clark will appreciate it.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww. I'm loving this.

Better post part 2 soon.

Julie

Lois is so cute. I love how they act just like a couple but they both aren't aware of their burgeoning relationship just yet. And stupid Clark just *had* to get himself knee-deep in this mess by not coming clean sooner, didn't he? Oh well, that just means more fun for us!

I can't wait to see the rest of this. Fantastic!

Chriscy

I also have to add a few comments to this story. I was left with a big smile after reading this part. It is so...(trying to think of the appropriate word) befitting for this time of year.

It is funny but still has a lot of heart. Wendy, this story is a testament to your skill as an author. Being able to write such a wonderful Christmas story days after posting one of the most angst-filled, heart-wrenching, and best Lois and Clark stories I have ever read shows an incredible range of talent.

Holiday Cheers to All.

-Em

Ooooh, you just made my night, you know. 12 hour shift at the mall, and I get to come home to a brand new fic to begin! Great start.

JD

Hehe

*Bangs fists on blanket because there's no table*

Dammit, Wendy! You keep pulling me in with your stories and cuteness and warm fuzzies!! We should all have you pubicly flogged for destroying our concentration on "real" life stuff!

But seriously, I can't wait to see what happens next! And I wanna know what she got for Clark!

*Sigh* Too much WAFF, so little time.

What they said, Wendy This is fabulous. So you're posting part 2 today, right? 'Cause, you know, some of us are going out of town for Christmas, like maybe leaving tomorrow, and you wouldn't want to make us go off for a week without knowing how this is gonna end, would you?

So, new post today. Tomorrow morning, at the very latest. Right? Unless you want to torture the rest of 'em and send it to me in email...

PJ

Oooh Wendy's Christmas story!!

This was different, a first person POV

Jose

LOL I love this story Wendy. Lois really has her sweet side showing here. I like this part of Lois's character. I am surprised that Superman told her as much. What is Clark thinking? I hope she gives Clark the idea that he is loved by her before things slip, but I know what ever you decide to do with these two characters that it will be wonderful. Merry Christmas Wendy and thank you for all you do all year to make our lives a little less mundane. You are the best! Love laura

What did Lois get for Clark?

gerry

What a fun premise! Eagerly awaiting part 2! Susan

Wendy, I... I feel stunned. You haven't been writing any LC fanfiction for the last three weeks. You have written seven stories in another fandom. And right now, that's your only fanfic inspiration.

It sounds as if you are leaving Lois and Clark fanfiction. And maybe you are.

If so, I can't blame you. Just today, I checked the Archive to see how many stories of yours were uploaded there. Unless I lost count, there were about 140.

I was going to say something about that in my previous comment on your Christmas story, but for some reason I never got around to it. But I was going to say that it's absolutely fantastic the way your stories seem to have covered very nearly every possible angle and explored almost every possible direction offered by the premise of Lois and Clark.

And maybe you, too, feel that your L&C fanfic stories have finally done just that.

You have contributed tremendously to the body of Lois and Clark fanfiction. Tremendously. I want to ask you how you can leave now, now that I've just jumped on board. How can you leave? You, of all people? With your intelligence and sensitivity and your mature understanding of human emotion? With your amazing flair for storytelling? With your wonderfully, smoothly flowing prose?

But it's not your fault that I haven't discovered Lois and Clark fanfiction until now. And much as I wish that everything would stay just the way I like it best, I'm well past the age when you can believe in that sort of thing. Because nothing lasts forever. And my wishes aren't the only ones that count.

Wendy, I wish you the best. I hope you'll be happy writing your new fanfiction and doing everything else that I can imagine that an extremely gifted and capable person like yourself is doing with her life. And if you ever want to return to Lois and Clark fanfiction, you will be - what words am I looking for now? I can't find them - more than welcome.

I wish you the very, very best, and I so, so much want to thank you!!!!

Ann

This is weird. My earlier post is gone, as is the one of Ann's I replied to. /me shakes head and hums Twilight Zone theme tune. Oh, well.

Ann, you're making me blush here. You're so very, very kind. I promise you - and everyone else who cares - I'm not leaving. Taking a sabbatical from writing Lois and Clark, perhaps; as I've explained to a few people, I feel a bit stale. As you said, I've written more stories than anyone else in this fandom. I feel that I've covered practically every angle of the kind of stories I like to write, and I'm repeating myself. I find it impossible to be original any more, and difficult to be as enthusiastic as I used to be as a result.

So, yes, I'm playing in another playground, but it's very much part-time. I'm still reading here and on the Archive; I'm still chatting with my L&C friends in email and on IRC. And I'm sure that one of these days I'll get inspired again. I do actually have ideas for a couple of long stories. It's just that right now ideas and premises and lines of dialogue - in fact, whole passages of dialogue - are writing themselves in my head again as I go about my daily routine. And that's not happened for a very, very long time. Unfortunately, it's not Lois and Clark ideas and dialogue. But maybe one day it will be again.

I'll be back to say thanks for all your lovely comments on this story soon.


Wendy

Hi,

Great part. Beautiful!


Your conscience is killing you!


More ASAP, please.

MAF

Back quickly to thank you all very much for your lovely comments! I'm so glad you're enjoying this.

As Ann said in the post that was a casualty of the boards' IP address changing, this is quite a change in theme from 24 Hours. But it's Christmas, and that usually calls for something different. It was fun to write this predicament for Clark, and especially to do it all from Lois's POV.

And thanks for commenting on the present tense, Julie! I seem to be going through a phase of writing present-tense fics at the moment, some first person and some not, though all single-POV. It's quite refreshing and fun to write.

Anyway, in answer to some requests (hi, Pam! ), Part 2 is coming in just a few minutes. Thanks again!


Wendy

Seeing that my first post here disappeared in cyberspace, I just have to say that it is an absolutely brilliant idea to have Lois invite both Superman and Clark for a little Christmas get-together, so that the lonely superhero might enjoy a little holiday cheer in the company of his two, and only, best friends. And what a delicious, yet absolutely unintentional, way for Lois to get her well-deserved revenge on Clark for all the lies he's been feeding her!

I also absolutely loved Lois's gift for Superman. The Christmas ornament showing three people embracing suggests to me that this is Lois's - again unintentional - way of telling Superman (and Clark) that his split personality threatens to tear him asunder, and only Lois's loving arms can hold him together and heal him. Both of him. So that both of them can find himself.

So beautiful, Wendy!

Ann

Oh myyyyyyyyyyy goddddddddddddddd

I love it

I love it

I love it

Did I say I love it? lol....Its sweet, cute and I love Lois present...oh God.

I cant wait to read the next part....here we go....

Karla