I suddenly remember why I love your writing so much.
I loved how Lois was okay with being alone on New Year's. She wasn't pathetically looking for someone, but she wasn't closed to the idea of being together with Clark either.
"Oh, Clark, hi! I was just-" thinking about you, she managed not to say. "Looking for something edible."
He laughed. "In your kitchen?"
She grinned, shifting the phone to her shoulder and closing the fridge. "Well, yeah, that didn't turn out so good.
Loved the amiable ribbing.
I liked how she assesses that their evening feels date-like and how she determines to go about examining their relationship in the same way she would go about an investigation. The oops test was cute and the come-upstairs-so-we-can-kiss-at-midnight test was sweet.
His promise to explain later why he was in the bathroom for so long held some potential, particularly since he didn't say something like, "I found a book in the bathroom and I wanted to scan to the ending." And the ending held so much promise for a new start in the new year.
Elisabeth
