CC, you're exploring a fascinating issue with this story, and I for one hang on every word you write (bet you never guessed that from my lack of fdk blush ). As to who gets who, I'm less bothered about whether the correct Lois ends up with the correct Clark than I expected. Maybe this is because I recently came to the conclusion that there must be loads of possible partners out there for any one person - generally, people just end up with the one that's living most locally to them <g>.

However, I think we're jumping the gun here - there's great subtlety in the situation which CC has set up and just because Lois is currently thinking life is easier with altClark doesn't necessarily mean she's going to stay there (IMO). Time to just watch this space and watch CC's wonderful story unfold...

Yvonne