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Author's Note: Heya everyone! My crazy life has finally slowed down a bit and so, due to some much appreciated encouragement... I've decided to write another part to my little series which I like to call the 'Bed Buddies' Series. It started with 'Roll Over...' and continued with '...So They All Rolled Over And Lana Fell Off' and so now it's time to see just what happens next. I'd recommend you read the first two just so that you're up to speed. It's set in an alternative Season 5 that isn't really about big storylines but pretty much just plays with the Clois.
Spoilers: none
Summary: Chloe decides to do some meddling and play matchmaker during a somewhat awkward sleepover.
Roll Over...: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/sh...threadid=61334
...So They All Rolled Over And Lana Fell Off: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/sh...threadid=61335
Now There Were Two In The Bed
Lois finished tucking in the freshly spread sheets of her double bed when her cousin Chloe entered carrying an assortment of pillows and cushions that she had managed to gather around the rooms of Lois’ apartment above the Talon.
“You know Cuz,” Chloe began as she dumped her colourful bounty on the bed. “I’m starting to think you have a serious pillow fetish. No normal person has this many pillows just lying around.”
“Aw come on Chlo, as if this is really that many…” Lois said doubtfully as she started to arrange the various pillows that Chloe had collected so that the bed would look all the more inviting.
“Lo, that’s only the first load!” And to prove her point Chloe exited the room only to return a few seconds later with another- even larger- armful of pillows. She dumped them on the bed also and then waited with an eyebrow raised for an explanation from her cousin.
Lois grinned as she took in the sight of the heaped pillows covering every inch her bed. There was definitely a lot.
“Wow… that is kinda weird.” She admitted sheepishly. “Did you seriously find all these here?”
Chloe nodded sombrely, “Never once left your apartment. You haven’t even been living here that long too. I just don’t know how you could have got so many in such a short amount of time… probably the same way you got this one I think…” She held up a small cylindrical cushion.
Lois shrugged, “ Looks like a stool cushion to me.”
“Exactly- and quite similar to those found on stools downstairs…you know, in the Talon.” Chloe cracked an amused smile at her cousin.
Lois started to snicker but then quickly masked her amusement before stating a very serious, “I have absolutely no idea how that got here…”
“Riiiiight,” Chloe drawled suspiciously. “And what about this one? I think we both know exactly where this one came from.” She held up a regular pillow covered in a distinct blue plaid pillowslip.
Lois swallowed knowing that this particular pillow made her look like some kind of obsessed stalker. She quickly snatched the prized possession and hugged it protectively away from Chloe’s teasing smile.
“It’s just a really comfortable pillow alright! I just haven’t had a chance to get a new pillowslip is all…” She explained rather defensively. “Besides it’s not like he’ll even notice it’s gone.”
“Yeah, I’m sure Clark hasn’t even noticed that the main pillow to his matching bedspread is missing…” Chloe stated sarcastically.
Lois gave Chloe a warning glance but it did nothing to lessen the smirk on Chloe’s face.
“Look Chloe, there comes a time in everybody’s life when you find a certain pillow that is unlike any other you’ve ever had before… and when you find it you have to do everything in your power to keep it!” Lois explained passionately.
“Alright, alright… you can have your “pillow” Lois,” Chloe stated ambiguously before mumbling her conclusion, “Yep, definitely a pillow fetish.”
“What do you have against pillows anyway? They make life more comfortable Chloe,” Lois challenged as she placed Clark’s pillow in pride of place on top of the mound of pillows littering the bed.
Chloe shook her head slightly as she watched her cousin treat the pillow like it were a prestigious trophy. The levels that Lois and Clark’s games went to were a mystery to her at times.
“I have nothing against pillows Lois… I just don’t understand why we need so many when one has always worked just fine for me…”
“Don’t be such a party pooper Chlo, especially at our first sleepover in my new apartment… at our first sleepover in a very - long - time.” Lois emphasised the seriousness of the matter and offered her best pleading look.
“Alright, alright I’m open to new things… but only for you.” Chloe caved resigning to the fact that she’d be sleeping on a mound of pillows tonight, if Lois let her get any sleep that is.
“Cool,” Lois squealed grinning excitedly as she launched at Chloe for a well-deserved hug. “Love ya Chlo! Now do you need a boost or are you going to opt for the running dive approach like me?”
“Wait,” Chloe said as she held up her hands to halt Lois before her cousin got the idea in her head to physically throw her on top of the pillow mound. “Before we get this all started, I just wanted to check that you are definitely sure that you don’t want Clark to be a part of this sleepover?”
Lois rolled her eyes letting out a deep sigh. “For the last time Chlo… I just got away from the Farmboy, what makes you think that I would be so desperate to have him around again that I’d invite him to our sleepover?”
“Oh I don’t know…” Chloe shrugged mysteriously. “Maybe because you’re wearing his boxer shorts as pyjamas…”
Lois automatically looked down even though she already knew what she would see. Chloe was right, she was wearing a pair of Clark’s boxer shorts. The same pair in fact that she had stolen from him on the night that Clark had filled in for Chloe at a sleepover back when she was living at the Kent’s.
“S-so what?” Lois stumbled over her response. What did it matter if she was wearing his shorts? Sure she had to roll the waistband a few times to make them fit but they were comfortable on her. Why shouldn’t she wear them? It didn’t mean anything.
“Maybe your subconscious is trying to tell you something… something to do with ‘Clark’ and ‘sleeping’?” Chloe poked dangerously, already fully aware of the response such a suggestion would bring about.
“CHLOE!” Lois exclaimed in surprise and threw the first pillow she could grab straight at Chloe’s head. It was Clark’s pillow.
Despite being hit square in the face, Chloe started laughing as she caught the pillow and held it up as more evidence. “And you sleep with his pillow!”
“I never said that I slept with it!” Lois contested.
“Oh so this “really comfortable” pillow that you say, and I quote: “that is unlike any other you’ve ever had before”, happens to be in your possession and you say that you never ever sleep with it?” Chloe laid all the facts out for her.
“Alright so I sleep with it sometimes, “ Lois mumbled conceding to the facts. “It still doesn’t mean anything.”
Chloe simply looked at her with disbelief and amusement.
“It doesn’t Chloe.” Lois reiterated strongly.
Chloe let the matter slide… for about a second.
“But you admit that you had a good time with him at your last sleepover… many parts of which remain foggy to me because you refuse to divulge information,” Chloe stated.
“There’s nothing to tell,” Lois returned.
“But you admit that you had a good time?” Chloe prodded.
“Alright, yes… I had a good time.” Lois admitted just hoping to get Chloe to drop it.
“So hypothetically… if Clark were present at this sleepover it wouldn’t really be such a bad thing… right?” Chloe continued.
“No, I guess it wouldn’t be that terrible…” Lois gave Chloe a ‘where are you going with this?’ look.
She was answered by a loud knock at the front door.
Lois focused on Chloe with accusation burning fiercely in her eyes. You didn’t!
She did.
Chloe shrugged meekly, “I guess you won’t mind that I already invited him then…”
TBC... this is gonna be fun!
~Lara
Spoilers: none
Summary: Chloe decides to do some meddling and play matchmaker during a somewhat awkward sleepover.
Roll Over...: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/sh...threadid=61334
...So They All Rolled Over And Lana Fell Off: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/sh...threadid=61335
Now There Were Two In The Bed
Lois finished tucking in the freshly spread sheets of her double bed when her cousin Chloe entered carrying an assortment of pillows and cushions that she had managed to gather around the rooms of Lois’ apartment above the Talon.
“You know Cuz,” Chloe began as she dumped her colourful bounty on the bed. “I’m starting to think you have a serious pillow fetish. No normal person has this many pillows just lying around.”
“Aw come on Chlo, as if this is really that many…” Lois said doubtfully as she started to arrange the various pillows that Chloe had collected so that the bed would look all the more inviting.
“Lo, that’s only the first load!” And to prove her point Chloe exited the room only to return a few seconds later with another- even larger- armful of pillows. She dumped them on the bed also and then waited with an eyebrow raised for an explanation from her cousin.
Lois grinned as she took in the sight of the heaped pillows covering every inch her bed. There was definitely a lot.
“Wow… that is kinda weird.” She admitted sheepishly. “Did you seriously find all these here?”
Chloe nodded sombrely, “Never once left your apartment. You haven’t even been living here that long too. I just don’t know how you could have got so many in such a short amount of time… probably the same way you got this one I think…” She held up a small cylindrical cushion.
Lois shrugged, “ Looks like a stool cushion to me.”
“Exactly- and quite similar to those found on stools downstairs…you know, in the Talon.” Chloe cracked an amused smile at her cousin.
Lois started to snicker but then quickly masked her amusement before stating a very serious, “I have absolutely no idea how that got here…”
“Riiiiight,” Chloe drawled suspiciously. “And what about this one? I think we both know exactly where this one came from.” She held up a regular pillow covered in a distinct blue plaid pillowslip.
Lois swallowed knowing that this particular pillow made her look like some kind of obsessed stalker. She quickly snatched the prized possession and hugged it protectively away from Chloe’s teasing smile.
“It’s just a really comfortable pillow alright! I just haven’t had a chance to get a new pillowslip is all…” She explained rather defensively. “Besides it’s not like he’ll even notice it’s gone.”
“Yeah, I’m sure Clark hasn’t even noticed that the main pillow to his matching bedspread is missing…” Chloe stated sarcastically.
Lois gave Chloe a warning glance but it did nothing to lessen the smirk on Chloe’s face.
“Look Chloe, there comes a time in everybody’s life when you find a certain pillow that is unlike any other you’ve ever had before… and when you find it you have to do everything in your power to keep it!” Lois explained passionately.
“Alright, alright… you can have your “pillow” Lois,” Chloe stated ambiguously before mumbling her conclusion, “Yep, definitely a pillow fetish.”
“What do you have against pillows anyway? They make life more comfortable Chloe,” Lois challenged as she placed Clark’s pillow in pride of place on top of the mound of pillows littering the bed.
Chloe shook her head slightly as she watched her cousin treat the pillow like it were a prestigious trophy. The levels that Lois and Clark’s games went to were a mystery to her at times.
“I have nothing against pillows Lois… I just don’t understand why we need so many when one has always worked just fine for me…”
“Don’t be such a party pooper Chlo, especially at our first sleepover in my new apartment… at our first sleepover in a very - long - time.” Lois emphasised the seriousness of the matter and offered her best pleading look.
“Alright, alright I’m open to new things… but only for you.” Chloe caved resigning to the fact that she’d be sleeping on a mound of pillows tonight, if Lois let her get any sleep that is.
“Cool,” Lois squealed grinning excitedly as she launched at Chloe for a well-deserved hug. “Love ya Chlo! Now do you need a boost or are you going to opt for the running dive approach like me?”
“Wait,” Chloe said as she held up her hands to halt Lois before her cousin got the idea in her head to physically throw her on top of the pillow mound. “Before we get this all started, I just wanted to check that you are definitely sure that you don’t want Clark to be a part of this sleepover?”
Lois rolled her eyes letting out a deep sigh. “For the last time Chlo… I just got away from the Farmboy, what makes you think that I would be so desperate to have him around again that I’d invite him to our sleepover?”
“Oh I don’t know…” Chloe shrugged mysteriously. “Maybe because you’re wearing his boxer shorts as pyjamas…”
Lois automatically looked down even though she already knew what she would see. Chloe was right, she was wearing a pair of Clark’s boxer shorts. The same pair in fact that she had stolen from him on the night that Clark had filled in for Chloe at a sleepover back when she was living at the Kent’s.
“S-so what?” Lois stumbled over her response. What did it matter if she was wearing his shorts? Sure she had to roll the waistband a few times to make them fit but they were comfortable on her. Why shouldn’t she wear them? It didn’t mean anything.
“Maybe your subconscious is trying to tell you something… something to do with ‘Clark’ and ‘sleeping’?” Chloe poked dangerously, already fully aware of the response such a suggestion would bring about.
“CHLOE!” Lois exclaimed in surprise and threw the first pillow she could grab straight at Chloe’s head. It was Clark’s pillow.
Despite being hit square in the face, Chloe started laughing as she caught the pillow and held it up as more evidence. “And you sleep with his pillow!”
“I never said that I slept with it!” Lois contested.
“Oh so this “really comfortable” pillow that you say, and I quote: “that is unlike any other you’ve ever had before”, happens to be in your possession and you say that you never ever sleep with it?” Chloe laid all the facts out for her.
“Alright so I sleep with it sometimes, “ Lois mumbled conceding to the facts. “It still doesn’t mean anything.”
Chloe simply looked at her with disbelief and amusement.
“It doesn’t Chloe.” Lois reiterated strongly.
Chloe let the matter slide… for about a second.
“But you admit that you had a good time with him at your last sleepover… many parts of which remain foggy to me because you refuse to divulge information,” Chloe stated.
“There’s nothing to tell,” Lois returned.
“But you admit that you had a good time?” Chloe prodded.
“Alright, yes… I had a good time.” Lois admitted just hoping to get Chloe to drop it.
“So hypothetically… if Clark were present at this sleepover it wouldn’t really be such a bad thing… right?” Chloe continued.
“No, I guess it wouldn’t be that terrible…” Lois gave Chloe a ‘where are you going with this?’ look.
She was answered by a loud knock at the front door.
Lois focused on Chloe with accusation burning fiercely in her eyes. You didn’t!
She did.
Chloe shrugged meekly, “I guess you won’t mind that I already invited him then…”
TBC... this is gonna be fun!
~Lara
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