FDK: Teaching Indecency (Part 14/15 or 16) - 09/05/07 07:08 PM
Oh yes! Laura posted! Loved it...loved it...loved it!
So, Clark knows that Lois loves him, regardless and encourages him to be 'himself'.
So, now Clark can see that Lana didn't really love Clark Kent and he wasn't as in love with her as he misinterpreted. Now Clark ca see what it really feels like to be loved and will be able to differentiate between being in love and just caring for someone for security/comfort reasons. I'll bet that he will discover that he only really "cared" but was not in love with her. Exactly. Why do I get the feeling that this was all Lois's way of testing to see just how much Clark loves her...is attracted to her. So, Claude victimized someone else. That scum! But at least Perry is on to him. Yes Lois. It was Claude, that bottom dweller. He did it. And now it's time for you and Clark to bring him down for what he really is. Maybe Clark can become Lois's partner at the Daily Planet, hence the beginning of the "Hottest Team in Town", and bring Claude down in the process.
Oh, Perry will see to it.
Laura, very nicely done! Just don't be so long on the next part.
~Sheila
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Clark paused in his narrative, squinting at her a little. “Not to sound paranoid, and I don’t want you to take this the wrong way, but doesn’t this, well, to quote some of the kids at school, freak you out?”
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“Of course not,” he whispered. He could barely think clearly enough to get out the words. Her fingers seemed to be smoothing the thoughts and worries straight out of his head. “I don’t want you to go, but I know what it would be like to be… involved with me. I’m different, and therefore you needed to know the truth before you got in too deep.”
“Sorry Clark,” she said, not sounding apologetic in the slightest. “I’m already there.”
They looked at each other for a long moment, mutual affection clear between them.
“Why aren’t you afraid of me?” he finally said softly, a cheerless expression filling his eyes.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Being different isn’t something to fear,” Lois’ heart ached a little at the look on his face. “ Who put these silly thoughts in your mind? Surely not your parents?”
Clark was silent and sharp understanding flooded Lois a second later.
“Lana?”
Clark sucked in a breath. “She didn’t fear me. She just wished I could be normal. I wanted to do it for her, Lois. You have to believe me, I tried. I stopped flying at night, I did the dishes by hand, I…” Clark drifted off. “I tried to change for her.”
“Sorry Clark,” she said, not sounding apologetic in the slightest. “I’m already there.”
They looked at each other for a long moment, mutual affection clear between them.
“Why aren’t you afraid of me?” he finally said softly, a cheerless expression filling his eyes.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Being different isn’t something to fear,” Lois’ heart ached a little at the look on his face. “ Who put these silly thoughts in your mind? Surely not your parents?”
Clark was silent and sharp understanding flooded Lois a second later.
“Lana?”
Clark sucked in a breath. “She didn’t fear me. She just wished I could be normal. I wanted to do it for her, Lois. You have to believe me, I tried. I stopped flying at night, I did the dishes by hand, I…” Clark drifted off. “I tried to change for her.”
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“You shouldn’t have had to change for anyone, Clark,” Lois stifled a wave of fury at the woman for instilling these fears and doubts. “You’re perfect the way you are. The flying thing is just a part of you. It’s what you can do, but Clark is who you are inside.”
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“I can’t believe you can x-ray through clothing!”
Clark kept his head lolled against the bed as he looked down at her indignant eyes. “I tell you I can fly and yet this is what angers you?”
“Yes!”
“You worried about your honor?” he asked with a spreading grin on his face. His hair was tousled and his dark eyes finally lacked the sad cast that had been apparent all morning. “Don’t be. I haven’t looked.”
Contrarily, though his admission should have had her limp with relief, she leaned huffily back against him.
“Well, you know, if I had x-ray vision, I wouldn’t look at you either!”
With a raised eyebrow, Clark looked down at her face, rigidly staring at the wall. “You wouldn’t be tempted?”
“Not in the slightest.” Lois shook her head to emphasize the point and Clark nodded gravely.
“I see. Well that’s quite a problem then, because it appears our attraction for each other is entirely one sided.”
Lois glanced up at him warily. “Why’s that?”
His expression was teasing, but his eyes looked quite serious.
“Because I’ve been tempted many more times than I can count, Lois. But though I may not be much, I am a man of honor.”
Clark kept his head lolled against the bed as he looked down at her indignant eyes. “I tell you I can fly and yet this is what angers you?”
“Yes!”
“You worried about your honor?” he asked with a spreading grin on his face. His hair was tousled and his dark eyes finally lacked the sad cast that had been apparent all morning. “Don’t be. I haven’t looked.”
Contrarily, though his admission should have had her limp with relief, she leaned huffily back against him.
“Well, you know, if I had x-ray vision, I wouldn’t look at you either!”
With a raised eyebrow, Clark looked down at her face, rigidly staring at the wall. “You wouldn’t be tempted?”
“Not in the slightest.” Lois shook her head to emphasize the point and Clark nodded gravely.
“I see. Well that’s quite a problem then, because it appears our attraction for each other is entirely one sided.”
Lois glanced up at him warily. “Why’s that?”
His expression was teasing, but his eyes looked quite serious.
“Because I’ve been tempted many more times than I can count, Lois. But though I may not be much, I am a man of honor.”
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It still galled Jimmy that Claude had slept with one of the young interns and then spread water cooler gossip. He had tried not to pay attention to the gossip, but he couldn’t help noticing the quiet girl’s pain.
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There was also the question of who had phoned the police about Clark in the first place. And why Claude was poking around in water towers. Lois groaned a little. Had he called the police on Clark? She would bet her half finished romance novel manuscript that he had.
Oh, Perry will see to it.
Laura, very nicely done! Just don't be so long on the next part.
~Sheila