Ok, that explains a lot. I immediately recognized the contract Stern offered her, and scratched my head thinking, 'That sounds so familiar!'

Great, great, prequel. Andn now of course, I'm ready to dive back into the main story when I should totally be doing work. Fanfic is such a bad influence.

JD

Yay!!!! Carol, you let us nag you into changing your story. And you are back. And you wrote a sequel. And the sequel is a prequel. I don't have time to write more now, I honestly don't, but please, please, all you FoLCs who, like me, wanted Carol to write a sequel to "The Truth of the Matter":

Seeing that Carol changed her story, which really was a very good one except that it bothered many of us, into a prequel to "Yesterday, Upon the Stair", you've got to read that story now, if you haven't read it before. It's a brilliant, lovely story, one of my all-time L&C favorite fanfics ever.

Thank you, Carol. Thank you ever so much!!!!

Ann

Well so then I had to go read it! I loved the prequil, but Yesterday Upon the Stair was just fantastic! I loved it! That was a very unique and sweet revelation. Great job. Laura

Ohh nice ending

Jose

Just a wonderful prequel! But now I have to read "Yesterday Upon the Stair", of course I cant find it. lol If you could please throw up a link for it. I'm at work and phones are ringing and trying to answer and find a story just doesnt work lol. Thanks so much! Have a Great day!!

Here you go, Jaz. http://lcfanfic.com/stories/2003/yesterda.txt

Very nice prequel, and a much nicer ending than the one implied in the first part. "Lois and Clark" is not about tragic endings for our favorite couple. They're supposed to go through fire, flood and famine, and emerge, if not unscathed, at least in a hopeful situation at the end.

Nan

THANKS!!! WHOOHOO NOW I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AT LUNCH!! THANKS AGAIN!

Jen, thanks for creating the feedback folder and letting me know you liked the new part.
Ann, Jose, and Jaz, thanks for your comments, too. I know this new part is very slight. Nan, thanks for adding in that link. (and I agree with you about Lois and Clark. )

c.

Nice work, Carol! I liked it very much. Your Lois had depth, I felt so close to her feelings... well done!

Mind if I point out something?

From part 1:
I don't think you meant to have this repetition.

In any case, thank you for a lovely story. (Now, if I ever find the time to read YUTS...)

See ya,
AnnaBtG.

Hi Carol,

Nice to see this repost. I'm glad Lois decides not to run away. I think this ending works very well and a great lead into 'Yesterday'.

Need to go back and read that one.

Yours Jenni

Thanks, Jenni. And, Anna, thanks for spotting that glitch! Shows you what happens when you mess with things after your betas finish with them.

c.

Thank you for writing a sequel to your original very sad story, Carol. I very much enjoyed reading it.

Although I think I'd expected something like Clark following her to San Francisco, I liked very much that she realised for herself that she left her heart in Metropolis, not San Francisco. She underwent a long journey, and I don't mean in terms of physical distance, and it was good for her. So she's flying back home to Clark.

Very clever, too, to tie this up with YUTS. I did notice the similarity with the beginning of YUTS when you posted the first story (Stern putting her on a fixed-term contract) but thought you were simply re-using your own rather good idea. This works very well as a prequel to that longer story.


Wendy

As I recently read YUTS (great story), I really enjoyed this prequel. Teen Girl was both comedic and poignantly sad. And I like how you use interesting phrases that catch your attention and paint the scene. Favourite quote from this:

Very vivid.

gerry (who hangs her head in shame because she missed that boo-boo when she reread the story so Carol can't take all the blame for that.)

Carol

Thank you for adding to your original ending. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Tricia

Wendy, Capes, & Tricia - thanks for reading my story. And Gerry for re-reading it

Wendy wrote:
- caught plagiarizing myself. - I fear I was but at that time I intended the first part to be a stand alone. But I was very distressed by all the upset that ensued and so I knew that I had to write a sequel. But no ideas were forthcoming that weren't already in YUTS (except for a new A plot, but I didn't figure that's want anyone wanted to read ) So I just decided to make this story a prequel. In tweaking the now 'part 1' , I changed a detail in that contract so that it was consistent with that in YUTS.

Capes, thank you for commenting on my use of words! That made my day.

Tricia, I'm glad you liked it. I wanted Lois to make the decision to return to Metroplis rather than have Clark come for her - so that the decision would be a difficult one for her and also an active, rather than a passive one. She's not "rescued" by Clark - an action that would have made her decision to return too easy. Also I wanted to show that Lois is more than just the woman who loves and is loved by Clark Kent. She's Lois Lane - hope that makes sense.

c.

It makes excellent sense, Carol. As a Lois fan, and as a feminist who believes that a woman most certainly should be more than just Adam's rib, I love your explanation as to why Lois makes the decision to return on her own, rather than having Clark come for her. Thanks for making me see this. I liked this prequel right away, but I like it even better now.

Ann

After reading this I love YUTS even more!

What a lovely way to be reminded of one of the greatest LC fics we have on file. Think I'll go and reread that one.

Ursie