Hmmm, interesting beginning! smile It does seem like this is a younger Lois. I like her plan to test Clark by checking his reaction to Cat! goofy The inclusion of that novel is fascinating, too, the way it gets Lois to think about her reactions.

And there does seem to be something a lot deeper behind that rape story. I'm almost not sure I want to know...

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