Soon, she he found himself being pulled down to settle on top of the woman he loved.
I think the "she" is a typo.
Her hands crept beneath his shirt and began to caress the bare skin of his back.
They are really going at it.
He swung his legs upward to rest on the couch beside her, and she began sliding her foot against his calves provocatively.
Fear of loosing him has really pushed her to action.
Clark sensed the urgency rising within her, and it provided fuel for his own desires. He couldn’t believe that he finally had the chance to express his love for her openly.
Maybe he should have gone away for a few days sooner.
“Clark,” she responded between kisses. “Where have you been?”
Oh no, the spell will be broken.
“What?” Shocked by her assertion,
I guess he did loose track of time in the midst of his rescue.
To his horror, he realized that he had been the cause of her pain.
I knew he was going to feel bad when he figured that out.
“No, Lois. I was in the Philippines.”
This I did not expect. It is a good thing he did not run into Kryptonite recently, otherwise he might be headed to the hospital.
“You clearly have another head injury, Clark. I’m not taking any chances,” she told him, placing the receiver against her ear and dialing 911.
I am surprised he has not done anything super yet to convince her he really is Superman. I guess it is a little shocking she is not believing him.
Moving at high speed, he removed the receiver from her hand, disconnected the call before she could finish dialing, and turned her to face him. Her face registered shock followed by recognition as she struggled to process the new information.
For a minute there I was afraid she would actually get an ambulance to come.
“I’m Superman, Lois,” he confirmed gently. “I’m so sorry I worried you.”
Somehow I think this will not be enough to avoid her anger.
“Worried me?” she repeated defiantly. “You didn’t just worry me. I had half the city out looking for you, Clark.
Now she is mad.
I was convinced that Baby Rage had made good on his threat or that you had followed up on some lead without me and gotten yourself kidnapped or worse. I wasn’t worried…I was terrified.” Her bravado crumbling, she continued in a softer voice, “You always call me, Clark. You always leave a message for me when you disappear, but there wasn’t a word from you.”
Not as mad as I expected. It may help that he told her, despite her having given him a perfect way to avoid telling her the truth.
“You lost track of time? What kind of excuse is that? Oh, but I guess you just expect us to buy all of your stupid excuses. I’m surprised you didn’t just say that you were returning a video. I can’t believe that I was stupid enough to care.”
Now she is really mad. Also, probably being a little unfair. Although I guess neelessly putting her through an engagement to Luthor among other things might not count as endearing.
“Lois, listen to me. This rescue was a bad one. I was just beginning to help the earthquake victims when the waters from the tsunami came rushing in. All I could hear was a chorus of voices begging for help. There were so many people…so many children. I went from rescue to rescue, trying to save them all. But I couldn’t, Lois. I couldn’t."
I think this is the first revelation at the return from a really difficult rescue story I have ever read. It deffinately makes the whole thing more emotionally heightened.
His voice cracked as he continued, "Every time I chose to save one person, I had to let another go. There was a mother who begged me to save her baby and her two young sons. I got them to safety and came back for her, but she had already drowned. Those three children are orphans because I couldn’t save her.”
This is really moving.
As he became lost in the story, he felt Lois wrap her arms around him as she whispered, “No, Clark, don’t think that way.”
I am surprised she called him Clark and not Superman.
“It does matter,” she responded fiercely. “You matter, Clark. I just wish I had known so that I could have helped you. Why didn’t you tell me?”
I am waiting for him to try and answer that.
She nodded, and he led her to sit beside him on the couch. “From the first moment we met, I was drawn to you with such a force that it took my breath away. I found myself imagining what it would be like to be able to share everything with you, but I knew that it was too soon.”
That does make sense.
He smiled. “That and the fact that I would have been a fool to hand over even a hint of a story to the best reporter in the city.”
Lois:I am only the best reporter in the city. Who else is there better than me anywhere in the world?
“I lost that fear a long time ago,” he reassured her gently.
Good to tell her that.
“Not completely, Clark, or you would have told me your secret.”
Well, he did, so arguably in the present this is true.
“You’re right,” he conceded. Taking a deep breath, he plunged forward. “The truth is that I didn’t trust you to love me the way that I love you.”
Ah, so she made the right decision to kiss him when he showed up, that got the truth out of him.
Lois sat silently for a moment, her face unreadable. Finally, she asked, “And how do you love me?”
Good question, the last he said was that he had lied about loving her.
Buoyed by her reaction, he continued, “Later, when you unexpectedly revealed a glimpse of that tender heart of yours by telling me about your broken rules, I was lost.
Lois:Wait, that is before Superman even showed up.
I can’t even begin to tell you what you did to me when you kissed me on the plane or performed the Dance of the Seven Veils in my living room.”
Risking another peek at her, he saw a mixture of pleasure and embarrassment in her expression.
Lois:Why not mention the kiss at the Honeymoon Suite.
“With every day that has passed since the moment we met, my love for you has only deepened. Lois, I admire your strength, your courage, your fire, and your steadfast loyalty, and, as exasperating as you can be at times, I intend to go right on loving you for the rest of my life.”
Clark:Now I did it. Well, I hope she does not reject me like she did last time I bared my soul. OK, after that kiss earlier, but it is still a risk.
Clark scrambled to put them on safer ground. “I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable, Lois. If all you want is friendship, I can give you that. I….”
Somehow I don't think friends kiss with their tongues.
She tilted his chin to look at her. “Why do you think I’ve been so frantic over your disappearance? Why do you think I kissed you just a few minutes ago? I’m in love with you, Clark. I have been for a long time.”
“But, you said you didn’t love me like that.”
Well, a long time might not go back that far.
“I was just as scared as you were, Clark. You think I didn’t feel that connection between us?
Well, I guess it did. He should have realized that there was something when she did the dance for him, and in the honeymoon suite.
It took me a little longer to recognize it, but I suspect that’s why I opened up to you almost from the beginning. I’ve never allowed anyone to get this close to me, and I was afraid to try for anything more than friendship.”
I can see that as logical.
“We have a lot to work through, Clark, and I reserve the right to be angry from time to time. Right now, though, I’m exhausted, and all I want to do is this.” Lois wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his decisively. Clark responded immediately, matching her enthusiasm and deepening the kiss.
more kissing. I guess telling her and not pretending to die on her really make for less time being angry.
He heard her moan as traced the shell of her ear with his tongue, and he whispered her name in response.
I think that should be "as he traced".
Yearning to get closer, he tightened his arms around her and pulled her firmly against him. Lois urged him onto his back as they resumed their explorations from earlier in the evening.
She really does like to be on top.
“I would much rather continue kissing you,” she murmured against his lips, “but I need to get this.”
I bet it is Jimmy.
He didn't want the emotion of the night to carry them too far, too fast.
This is wise. I mean they have not been on a real date yet.
Today, with no secrets between them, they were on the cusp of a new relationship. Giddy at the prospect, he smiled at the woman he loved and silently promised to take care of her no matter what life had in store for them.
I love this story, and am really glad it is not over. I am wondering where it will go from here.
I guess Clark still has to tell Mayson that he can not have a relationship with her. And I guess there is a lot more that coukld happen between Lois and Clark. I am excited about where this story is going. I do have to say though I have no clue where that actually is.
for not calling them. I was caught off guard at his revelation. Wow! That was a twist.
