The Obsession Connection

"Krazyworld", part who's keeping track??

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The next morning, Clark woke up at eight. He listened with his superhearing, and heard Lois breathing softly and evenly in the next room--she was still asleep. He didn't know if he should let her sleep in or wake her up. If he let her sleep in, they would waste their last morning at Krazyworld. Their plane back to Metropolis was scheduled to depart in just twenty-six hours. But if he woke her up, he was likely to lose an arm or something.

Finally, he decided to wake her up...but gently. She stirred and then opened her eyes. When she saw him, she smiled. "Morning, Clark," she said.

"Morning," he answered. He dared to wish that someday he'd get another chance to wake her up in the morning. Everything about her looked perfect first thing in the morning. Even her hair, which was sticking out in every direction imaginable, looked great.

After breakfast, Clark and Lois changed into their swimming suits and went out to relax by the pools.

"This is nice," Lois told Clark.

Clark smiled in agreement.

"I'm going in!" Lois decided, after about ten minutes. She stood up and dove in the pool.

"Brrr!" she said through chattering teeth when she came to the surface. "This water is freezing!"

"Don't look at me," Clark said. "I'm not going in there if it's freezing."

"Oh come on!" Lois said.

"No way!"

"You big baby," she told him, beforing submerging. She came up for air a minute later. "Look at that," she said. "I can hold my breath for one minute, thirty seconds."

"That was *not* a minute and a half," Clark challenged.

"Fine! You time me this time," Lois said. "Ready? Go!"

When she came up for air again, she looked at Clark. "Well, how long was that?"

"Forty-seven seconds," Clark answered.

"Was not!" she cried. "That was longer than a minute!"

Clark shook his head. "Sorry, Lois."

Lois rolled her eyes. "Clark Kent, if you don't get in this pool right now, I'm coming out after you."

Clark's eyes widened. Pretending to sigh loudly, he stood up and sort of jumped in the pool.

"See? I told you its freezing," Lois said.

"Yes, it is," Clark agreed.

"Oh no," Lois said, sucking in her breath. "We have company."

Clark looked. "Oh, those are the two girls I was stuck in the elevator with yesterday," Clark said. The girls waved. He half-smiled and waved back.

Sarah and Jenn jumped in the pool and paddled over to them. "Hi," said Jenn. "You're Clark, right?"

"Yep," Clark said. "How are you?"

"Oh great, great," Sarah said, eyeing Clark. "You look great," she told him.

Lois rolled her eyes.

"Uh, thanks," Clark said.

"No problem," Sarah said, smiling. She looked at Lois. "Oh, I'm sorry, is this your wife? Hi, I'm Sarah and this is my friend Jenn."

Lois returned the smile. "I'm Lois, and I'm *not* Clark's wife, we're just friends."

Sarah looked elated. "Really? So you're single?" she said to Clark. "Wow."

"Yeah, wow," Jenn agreed.

"Uh, yeah," Clark said.

"So how old are you?" Jenn asked Clark.

"Twenty-eight," Clark answered, glancing at Lois, as if to say: Hey, I didn't ask them to come over here! Lois just raised her eyebrows and smiled.

Jenn gasped. "Twenty *eight*? As in...a two...and an eight?"

Sarah and Jenn started to paddle away. "Well it was nice to see you again, Clark!" Jenn called. "We'll be seeing you!"

"Bye," said Clark.

When the girls were far enough away so they *thought* Lois and Clark couldn't hear them, Sarah said, "Wow! An older man! Just wait until our friends at home hear about this."

"Hear about it!" Jenn cried. "We need proof. Go get your Polaroid and all the disposable cameras you can find. Now!" Sarah ran off.

Clark just laughed. Lois, who hadn't been able to hear the girls' conversation, gave him a strange look. "What?" she demanded.

"Nothing at all, Lois. Nothing at all..."

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To be continued tomorrow!! And it will actually end then, gasp! :)