I loved it, Sue. Very emotional. She keeps telling herself not to cry, putting on a strong front, until she gets to a place of safety. Clark is her safe harbor, and with him, she's secure enough to fall apart. And they both understand the significance of that. It's a lovely symmetry -- she sees something about him that no-one knows, and he sees something about her that no-one knows. And neither one of them will ever tell. Beautiful.

PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K