Hi Mary!
A/N: Merry Christmas, everyone! Here’s a tiny snippet, and much thanks to KSaraSara for being an awesome beta.
Merry Christmas to you, too!
/unwraps package/
This might actually get finished in our lifetimes!
The image on the screen switched to a worried-looking reporter at an airport. “In his last circle, the pilot used up all but enough fuel to complete the landing, so this is it…”
Clark turned to his colleagues. “What’s going on?”
“Serious situation at Orly,” Perry replied,
Is this the three-Superman situation coming up, or will Michel show up instead?
“Uh… I just remembered, I left my story notes in my car.”
The car he left at the dealership?
”Clark, you don’t have a car,” Lois pointed out.
See?
”It’s Superman!” Lois exclaimed. “He’s there!” She suddenly frowned. “…In Paris…”
Why is Superman in Paris and what floozie is responsible for that turn of events?
Susanne: Hey !
Clark grinned. Michel was finally doing his first public rescue!
then reached for the thread of pride and excitement that pulsed in the back of his mind.
Wait, it really was Michel and not Vatman?
A bit of confusion twisted through him. ‘Eh? Well, thank you! How did you—oh! You were listening in on me, yes?’
Oh, okay. Michel just consummated his love for his girlfriend.
SUSANNE:
’Why would it be on the news all the way in America?’ his brother wondered.
Yes. ‘Frenchman has sex’ isn’t exactly news.
. 'Surely it's nothing remarkable; maybe something only a local paper might take interest in…'
‘French*man* losing virginity’ could qualify though for local news.
’Hey, the public isn’t *that* jaded with this kind of stuff,’ Clark protested. ‘Especially with so many people involved,
Michel! /looks scandalized/
Of course, I don’t want to give you stage fright or anything like that…’
I’ll stick with my story. It’s funny.
Susanne also offered to help me practice with how to present myself.’
Is there a ten ft. pole involved?
’Of course, the extra money is also an encouragement,’ Michel added.
They’re taking it into the club scene?
Clark blinked. ‘Wait—money? You expect to get money for this?!’
SUSANNE: He’s got a surprisingly large… talent.
’Ah, yes? Why should I not expect to be paid well for my work?’
’Because this kind of work isn’t something you do for money! It’s something you do to help people, out of the goodness of your own heart!’
Clark! It’s a perfectly legal occupation outside the US. And in Nevada.
Michel’s disbelief was palpable. ‘Incredible! I’d heard the situation with your country’s education system was bad, but you actually expect university professors to teach for free?!’
Booooo! (for bursting the bubble)
Something cold brushed Clark’s spine. ‘…That wasn’t you?’
His arbitrarily-moving fingers stilled over the keyboard. ‘Well, no. It was you…right?’
You made the year to out with a bang
Michael
