FDK: Exposure 4/? - 07/12/07 06:45 PM
Wow...another awesome part!
I wish that America's couple would stop playing tag and get their act together.
Lois wants Clark so bad and he wants her. Finally, she's going to come clean with her feelings.
So, Lois finally tells Clark how she feels after he encouraged her to spill it and then he rejects her. That made me so angry. Clark had to have a clue as to what she was going to say. At this point I think I would ask him to leave regardless of the danger that is coming. I know that Lois was wrong in the past but two wrongs don't make it right!
The thing is that Clark loves Lois or he wouldn't have come flying over at wharp speed. Just come clean, Clark.
And the really sick thing about it all is that Lex Luthor is kistening to the whole scenario play out. Why didn't Clark's super hearing pick up on the bug? And surely he was recorded leaving his apartment, so he just confirmed to the world that he is indeed Superman.
The Lois fort is now on lockdown. No more confessions of love from her...
Clark you just blew your last chance!
I feel you Clark...I understand...really, I do but isn't Lois what you've wanted...forever?
What a heartless bastard...Lex Luthor!
Hurry back with the next chapter. I have thoroughly enjoyed this story!
~Sheila
I wish that America's couple would stop playing tag and get their act together.
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Lois went breathless at his touch, and the intensity in his expression made her heart flutter in anticipation. She wanted to believe that they had a chance at being together, and his words gave her hope. “Clark…” She trailed off as he leaned closer. Her fluttering heart went into overdrive at the thought that he was about to kiss her.
<Kiss me, Clark. Please kiss me,> she silently pleaded. She would have given anything to feel his lips on hers at that moment.
He suddenly stepped back, a look of apology in his eyes. “I-I didn’t mean to…”
“No, Clark. Don’t be sorry. In fact, there’s something I need to tell you,” Lois said, gathering her courage. She loved him. She loved him for all the times he’d stood by her, even when she didn’t deserve it. She loved him for the way he teased her, although she’d never admit it to him. She loved him for the way that he loved her. Despite the horrible way she’d treated him in the past, he’d never once given up on her. If she could only make him see how much he meant to her—how much she loved him.
<Kiss me, Clark. Please kiss me,> she silently pleaded. She would have given anything to feel his lips on hers at that moment.
He suddenly stepped back, a look of apology in his eyes. “I-I didn’t mean to…”
“No, Clark. Don’t be sorry. In fact, there’s something I need to tell you,” Lois said, gathering her courage. She loved him. She loved him for all the times he’d stood by her, even when she didn’t deserve it. She loved him for the way he teased her, although she’d never admit it to him. She loved him for the way that he loved her. Despite the horrible way she’d treated him in the past, he’d never once given up on her. If she could only make him see how much he meant to her—how much she loved him.
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“Clark, I wanted to tell you something, but I’m not sure you’re ready to hear it, or believe it, yet,” Lois hedged, unsure if she should tell him how she felt about him. After swooning over Superman while ignoring him as Clark for a year, she wouldn’t blame him if he couldn’t believe that she loved him—the man—and not Superman, with the extraordinary powers.
“Lois, you can tell me anything,” Clark said gently.
And she knew that she could. That was one thing that was so special about Clark. She could tell him her deepest secrets, dreams, and fears, and he would never judge her, or breathe a word to anyone. He could be trusted, which was an odd thought if she took into consideration his daily lies and deceptions. Lois gave herself a mental shake, reining in her runaway thoughts.
“I know that I can tell you anything, Clark. But this…I’m scared to say the words. I’m scared of what your reaction will be.”
“That’s how I felt every time I thought of telling you about Superman. But I wish that I’d told you anyway, I wish that you hadn’t found out the way you had,” he told her, and she could clearly hear the remorse in his voice—see it in his eyes.
She stepped closer to him, needing to feel his body near hers, wishing that she wasn’t so afraid to touch him. He hadn’t trusted in her—in them—enough to tell her that he was Superman. It was something that he clearly regretted. She didn’t want to make the same mistake. She didn’t want anymore secrets between them. Lois drew in a deep breath before reaching her hand out hesitantly. His dark eyes drifted shut the moment her palm rested against his cheek. The sound of his sigh melted her insides. She stepped even closer, unable to stop herself.
“Lois…” he said breathlessly, his eyes opening to find hers again.
“Clark…I’m in love with you.” Lois let out a breath, relieved to have gotten the words out. “That’s what I wanted to tell you. I know that you might not be ready to hear it, and I’m sure that it seems sudden, but it’s really not. It’s something that I’ve been ignoring for a while now, because *I* was afraid.”
He sighed before his eyes left hers. Her heart dropped as she realized that he was looking away in avoidance. “Lois…you’re right, I don’t think I am ready to hear that, even though it’s something I’ve dreamed of hearing you say for months now. But so much has happened, and I think you need time to catch up with it all.”
“Lois, you can tell me anything,” Clark said gently.
And she knew that she could. That was one thing that was so special about Clark. She could tell him her deepest secrets, dreams, and fears, and he would never judge her, or breathe a word to anyone. He could be trusted, which was an odd thought if she took into consideration his daily lies and deceptions. Lois gave herself a mental shake, reining in her runaway thoughts.
“I know that I can tell you anything, Clark. But this…I’m scared to say the words. I’m scared of what your reaction will be.”
“That’s how I felt every time I thought of telling you about Superman. But I wish that I’d told you anyway, I wish that you hadn’t found out the way you had,” he told her, and she could clearly hear the remorse in his voice—see it in his eyes.
She stepped closer to him, needing to feel his body near hers, wishing that she wasn’t so afraid to touch him. He hadn’t trusted in her—in them—enough to tell her that he was Superman. It was something that he clearly regretted. She didn’t want to make the same mistake. She didn’t want anymore secrets between them. Lois drew in a deep breath before reaching her hand out hesitantly. His dark eyes drifted shut the moment her palm rested against his cheek. The sound of his sigh melted her insides. She stepped even closer, unable to stop herself.
“Lois…” he said breathlessly, his eyes opening to find hers again.
“Clark…I’m in love with you.” Lois let out a breath, relieved to have gotten the words out. “That’s what I wanted to tell you. I know that you might not be ready to hear it, and I’m sure that it seems sudden, but it’s really not. It’s something that I’ve been ignoring for a while now, because *I* was afraid.”
He sighed before his eyes left hers. Her heart dropped as she realized that he was looking away in avoidance. “Lois…you’re right, I don’t think I am ready to hear that, even though it’s something I’ve dreamed of hearing you say for months now. But so much has happened, and I think you need time to catch up with it all.”
The thing is that Clark loves Lois or he wouldn't have come flying over at wharp speed. Just come clean, Clark.
And the really sick thing about it all is that Lex Luthor is kistening to the whole scenario play out. Why didn't Clark's super hearing pick up on the bug? And surely he was recorded leaving his apartment, so he just confirmed to the world that he is indeed Superman.
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Lois fought back tears, her heart squeezing painfully at his rejection. This seemed to be their dance, the dance of rejection. First she’d rejected him as Clark, then he’d rejected her as Superman, and now he was doing it as Clark. And it was this latest rejection—the one as Clark—that hurt the most.
Clark reached out to brush a tear away that Lois was startled to realize was only one of many that were running down her cheeks. “Don’t cry, Lois. I can’t stand to see you cry,” he said softly.
She turned her back to him, unable to let him see her cry. She should have known better than to tell him the truth. She knew that after everything she’d said and done, there was no possible way that he could forgive her—that he could still love her.
Clark reached out to brush a tear away that Lois was startled to realize was only one of many that were running down her cheeks. “Don’t cry, Lois. I can’t stand to see you cry,” he said softly.
She turned her back to him, unable to let him see her cry. She should have known better than to tell him the truth. She knew that after everything she’d said and done, there was no possible way that he could forgive her—that he could still love her.
Clark you just blew your last chance!
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“I’m not saying that I won’t ever believe you, Lois. I’m just saying…let’s take this slow. Everything that’s happened, it’s still too soon. I can’t let myself start to hope again. Not yet,” he confessed.
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Lex paused in his musings as an idea occurred to him. He’d bet that the same would be true for Lois as well. Maybe all wasn’t lost, after all. Maybe he could use her love for Clark Kent to his advantage. Lex smiled, his eyes bright with evil brilliance. Going back into his office, he quickly placed a call to his personal assistant.
“Mrs. Cox, contact Lois Lane and tell her that I’d like to have a word with her about Superman.”
“I’ll get on it right away, Lex. Is there anything else?” Mrs. Cox asked.
“Yes. Tell her that I have information about kryptonite.”
“Mrs. Cox, contact Lois Lane and tell her that I’d like to have a word with her about Superman.”
“I’ll get on it right away, Lex. Is there anything else?” Mrs. Cox asked.
“Yes. Tell her that I have information about kryptonite.”
Hurry back with the next chapter. I have thoroughly enjoyed this story!
~Sheila