Secrets Unveiled

Both Lois and Clark had full plates. They seemed to always be assigned to different stories. Clark pulled late hours and Lois knew why, for once. Everything seemed perfectly fine between the two. It was like old times.

But for Lois, she felt like she couldn’t breathe when they were together. She had been back for a full four weeks. Clark was out before lunch, probably fighting crime.

Lois’s flashforwards were interrupted by her flashbacks of the day she found out about Clark and his alter ego. She couldn’t fight the memory of her telling him how she really felt.

She looked up as a young woman stopped behind Clark’s desk. She was tall and thin and like all fashion models quite beautiful; just Clark’s type. Lois nodded at her.

“Lois, you’re looking well,” Koko Wesley said, almost smirking. “You wouldn’t happen to know where Clark is?”

“He’s probably out checking on a lead,” Lois said as she saved her document. “Do you want me to leave him a message for you?”

“Uh, no,” the overpaid fashionista said as she brazenly sat in Clark’s chair. “We were supposed to go out to lunch. I’ll just wait here.”

“Make yourself at home,” Lois said. “I have to go … meet a source.”

She left the blonde haired beauty sitting at Clark’s desk. She needed to get some fresh air. She made her way to the lift.

The lift doors opened as she reached them. She took in a breath as Clark stepped out.

“Hey,” he smiled.

“Hi,” she said softly. “You’ve got a visitor.”

Clark looked over her shoulder to see Koko sitting in his seat. He let out a breath.

“Yeah, we’re grabbing a bite,” Clark said sincerely. “You want to join us?”

Lois hesitated. She shrugged her shoulders. “Thanks, Clark. I don’t think so.”

“Really, Lois,” Clark began.

“I got an appointment with a source. I don’t want him to think I stood him up,” Lois explained. She stepped towards the lift as the doors opened. “Besides, three’s a crowd.

“You should get in there,” she nodded at him.

Clark wanted to say something but stopped himself. He just nodded at her. He watched as the lift doors closed on her. He exhaled before turning.

“Hey,” Koko said as she kissed him on the cheek. He froze for a second. He gave her a smile.

“We should head to lunch,” Clark said.

Koko studied him for a moment. She gently grabbed his elbow and turned them toward the lift. “I guess there’s no way we’ll ever get back together again is there,” she smiled nodding at the realization that Clark had moved on.

Clark looked at her sincerely. She raised her eyebrows flirtatiously. “Oh well. Lunch awaits,” she said as the lift doors closed.

* * *

Lois knocked on the door of the Wizarding London suburb home. The mediwizard answered the door. He smiled as he invited his older sister into the house.

Lois stayed for a three hour visit. She helped Charlotte put her niece and nephew to bed.

Lois and Draco, Jr. sat in the living room drinking their coffee. They were silent for a moment, just savoring the taste of the brew.

“So what’s with the visit, Lo?” Junior asked studying her.

She gave him a waning smile, “I can’t visit my brother on a whim these days?”

They both laughed. He studied her again. “How’s work?”

“I’m getting back into the swing of things,” she shrugged. “It’s like how it was before I met Lex.

“Clark’s usually off saving the world; except I know that for a fact now. Perry hasn’t assigned us a piece to work on together, yet. But other than that, it’s hard for us to hold a conversation longer than five minutes.

“I don’t know, Junior,” she said.

“You’re thinking of quitting, aren’t you?” her closest brother asked her as he studied her.

She looked down for a moment. “Hey, I thought I was the one who was adept at using legelimency?”

“This have anything to do with your feelings for Clark?”

“Remind me never to confide in you anything about my love life ever again,” she smiled before she said, hesitating a little. “He was having lunch with Koko.”

Junior nodded. He put his arm around her shoulder and squeezed. He pressed her for an answer. “Did you tell him how you felt about him?”

She took in a deep breath. She looked up at her brother. “After I was shot, I told him I loved him. I didn’t think I was going to survive the wounds.

“You’re a mediwizard, Junior,” she looked at him. “My chances of survival were slim to none.”

“Oh, come on Lois. You’re the strongest person I know. Even stronger than Mom or Dad; and that’s saying a lot.”

Lois kissed him on the cheek before standing up to stretch. She turned back to him. “I’ve sat across from him since day one. The last thing I want to do is make him feel awkward.”

“Have you asked him how he feels about you?”

“I’m not going to lose him as a friend, Junior,” she gulped. She bit her lower lip. “I’ve known in my heart that it would be a cold day in hell before there could be any sort of Lois and Clark romance.”

“I could help with that,” he said as he tapped his wand.

She laughed, glad that he provided some comic relief. He stood up as Lois made her way to the fireplace. He hugged her for a long while before pushing her at arms length. “He doesn’t know what he’s had, right in front of him,” he said, squeezing her arms. He nodded at her before she left by floo.