“I brought croissants and pain au chocolat from Paris. Your favorite boulangerie.”

Lucy blew him a kiss. “They were open? Oh, Clark, you’re the best.” She watched him look around again.

“She’s not up, yet. Mrs. Claus was up late last night decorating the apartment.”

Sam nodded, looking around. “It looks nice. She does love the holidays.”

Clark slyly grinned and Lucy raised a brow at him. He ducked quickly into the kitchen with the pastries. Guess Lois had some Super help with the decorating. Lucy wasn’t going to get involved. If they screwed up Superman’s life, that was their business. She done playing chaperone. At least, they hadn’t woken her up. But then again, she had been sleeping like a hibernating bear recently. “I wonder if the speed healing will mean no stretch marks. That would be a bonus.”

Sam brought her a blanket and sat down next to her. “How are you feeling?”

Hadn’t they covered that? “Fine, Sam. No pain. No dizziness. Just exhaustion. Hey, Clark, ever hear of an elf from the fifth dimension who calls himself Mister…”

Clark came out of the kitchen, bringing a steaming mug of hot cocoa with whipped cream for her.

Lucy sighed appreciatively. “How do you do that?” He always knew what she needed. No matter what the dimension Clark Kent was simply the best.

Sam clapped. “Oh, that looks good.” He went into the kitchen for one of his own.

Clark handed a mug to her with a slight bow. “For you, milady.”

“I love you, you know,” she said. “You give me hope that I’ll survive this dimension and make it home again.”

Clark knelt down beside her with a grin. “Who knew the power chocolate had over you, Lois?” he murmured, gazing up at her. He glanced over his shoulder down the hall, then back at her, lowering his voice even more. “I love you, too.”

Lucy took a sip of her cocoa. “You going to tell her today?”

Fear showed in his eyes. “God, no.”

She placed a reassuring hand on his arm. “She’ll still love you, you big chicken.”

Clark gulped and she could see that he didn’t believe her.

“How could she not?” She smiled at him.

It would be like having vanilla ice-cream my entire life, except for one weekend when I was able to eat double, fudge ripple with chocolate chunks and then be told I have to eat vanilla from then on. It won’t taste the same.”

“What I am saying is that I love you so much that I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes for you to rid yourself of that horrible man. You are worth it.”

“I’ve only ever been with Lois Lane,” he whispered and disappeared out the window.

Uuuummm…no? Oh, wait, “Clark” not “Superman”.

Best damn reporter in the entire city. Indeed.

Ooooh! I’ve got an idea: Lois could get home and read Lucy the riot act about how she looks like an elephant and that her blood pressure’s coming from that and she should lose a couple of pounds so she doesn’t hog the men in their combined lives.

/Imagines Lois calling her father, complaining how Lucy has just made a huge leak on the living room floor.

Hey, it’s a spectator sport. Like wrestling.

So, she has a man habit and a shopping habit? Does the shoe habit complete the trifecta?

Uuu…brunette?

Yep. Usually, it’s Superman who saves them and Clark who beds them.

No. His mind was gone bye-bye at that time.

Too much hustle. What if the silicon clogs up the drain?

But Clark Kent was raised by Kansas farmers and Kal El is the last son of a patriarchal society that actively employs professional caretakes.

Umm… actually…

Okay, first the lights, now the presents. She does get distracted by shiny things quite easily.

That’s a mean truth. Oh boy, will she tan his hide. Especially, since he told her about the green stuff.

Awwwwwwwwww… the purrfect gift for Lois Lane. Say, did he also stop by at a specialty shop and get Lois an anatomically correct chocolate figure wrapped in blue/yellow foil and a red napkin?

She’ll look like Lucy!

And here I thought I'd scared another one off.

Is that "give her time to grow into Lucy's wardrobe"?

Originally posted by MrsLuthor:
So, Alt-Lois doesn't notice that Lucy El looks just like her? Or is she just as 'blinded' as Real Lois was with the disguise thing? lol