Lana excused herself to go to make sure her make up and new assets were looking perfect to make Clark feeling more jealous, if that was possible by the unsettled look on his face. Lex spotted Clark and decided to go up to him.

"Hi Clark, it is nice to see you here. I thought you might not make it with the Lana break up." Suggested Lex

"Why would that be Lex. If I remember rightly, I ended the relationship because it wasn't working out." Clark replied with conviction.

"So why exactly did you break up." Lex inquired.

"Lex, I'm not going to tell you the ins and outs but needless to say, I realised I didn't love her. I care for her as a friend, but I am not in love with her."

"Well Clark either you are an Oscar winning actor or you are telling the truth." Lex conceded.

"I have no reason to lie, but I will say one thing, if you hurt Lana you will regret it." Clark threatened.

"So you are jealous."

"Hell, no, but as I said before Lana is still a friend and I would protect all my friends." Clark stated.

"And Lex, her breasts look awful... How did you talk her into that one." Clark taunted Lex.

"It was her idea, makes her feel sexier. I love them."

"Well whatever floats her boat and believe me she would definitely float with those." Clark grinned

Lex thought he would be upset by the taunts but to him, it was obvious that Clark was over Lana. This made him feel happy. Lana was all his.
"Look Lex, I would love to stay and talk." Clark said sarcastically," but I am expecting my date."

"Oh your date, this should be interesting. Anyone I know..." Lex asked

"You'll see" Clark smiled.

Moment after Clark left, Lana returned. She looked edgy.

"What's wrong, Lana. You seem a little preoccupied."

"No Lex. I'm fine. Just going to mingle." Lana said as she set off to find Clark again.
Lana could not find him anywhere in the Hall, so she decided to try the car park.

She went out and found him looking lost at the edge of the car park. He was obviously devastated by the sight of the love of his life with his arch enemy. He couldn't handle it. He looked so on edge.

"Clark, don't leave" Lana shouted

He turned round and saw Lana running towards him and it was a pretty embarrassing sight. She was going to knock herself out if she wasn't careful. 'Never heard of a bra' Clark found himself saying to himself.

"Leave, I'm not going to leave." Clark looked at Lana

"I know it is difficult for you to handle seeing me with another man." Lana tried to look concerned

"Difficult... What is difficult about it. You are my ex girlfriend. You are free to date who you want. I don't agree with your choice much, but it is YOUR choice." Clark stated.

Lana could see Clark was uncomfortable. "You cannot lie to me Clark. I can see you're devastated."

"Well, Lana. You don't know me very well. I am not devastated or jealous or angry or anything. You are a big girl now." Literally, Clark thought to himself, trying not to laugh. "You do not need my permission to have a boyfriend."

Clark continued. "And if you don't mind, could you leave me alone. I'm waiting for someone."

Lana knew what was going on. "Clark, you cannot hide from me. I know you are making up a date for my benefit or did you pay someone to date you."

"Yeah, that's right Lana. I couldn't possibly fall in love with anyone like you. Thank god for that. If I was I would probably arrive home to find my pet bunny in a pan of boiling water. You are such a..."

Just in the middle of Clark's sentence there was a roar of an engine and Clark and Lana looked up to the sight of a monster truck.

The door of the Truck opened and Lois jumped down into Clark's waiting arms. Lois planted a kiss on C lark's lips and he responded forgetting that they were being watched. Then Chloe followed. Lana saw everything and she stood with her mouth wide open in shock. Just before Lana had a chance to react, Lex appeared with a large smile on his face.

"Lois, Chloe, you too really need to make an entrance." Lex grinned.

He and Clark were no longer friends but the events of the night had made him one happy man. Even if Lana did want Clark back, she couldn't have him. Going by the body language and the chemistry, Clark and Lois were the real thing. In fact he had to admit, they made a nice couple.

"Come on Lana, there is someone I want you to meet." Lex said as he grabbed Lana's hand to guide her back into the hall.

Lana was frozen to the spot. Of all people for Clark to pick for to try to convince Lana that he was over her. Well it wasn't going to work. Clark loved her, not Lois.
Lana had no choice but to go with Lex.

It didn't matter as she decided to play things cool with Clark. She was going to watch Clark and Lois attempting to convince everyone they were a real couple. Should be a laugh, she thought to herself. Clark did not like Lois so he must have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get her as a date.

Once Lana had left, Clark finally got the chance to have a proper look at Lois in her dress. And just as he imagined, she was the most beautiful woman there tonight and the dress subtlety added to her natural beauty. It brought out the colour of her eyes. It was at this moment that Clark knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

Once inside Lois headed to the restroom with Chloe. Clark pondered the greatest mystery in the world – why did women spend so long in toilets and why did they always feel the need to go in twos. He concluded that there were lots of things that he would never understand about women.

Clark thought this was the perfect time to run an errand and whooshed off. He returned before came back.

She would not suspect a thing...

Clark and Lois hung out with Chloe. Her date was a bit of a mystery. She just said he was arriving late. At that point a young man approached them. Chloe ran upto him and kissed him.

"Hey guys, can I introduce you to Jimmy Olsen. We met last year during my internship and he has come back to do some freelance work at the Planet." Chloe said proudly.

They all introduced themselves. "What is it you do, Jimmy" Lois inquired.

"I'm a photographer, well just a hobby at the minute but trying to break into the big time. Chloe has told me so much about you two." Jimmy smiled.

Lana dragged Lex onto the dancefloor right in the view of Clark.

"That is so desperate" Lois smirked at Chloe. "She is still madly in love with you Clark."

"Don't be silly Lois. She is with Lex. Anyway she can be as desperate as she wants. There is zero chance of me and her getting back together. She just needs to get the message." Clark suggested.

The Hall was packed and all the dry ice was making Lois feel a little nauseous, so she decided to go out for some fresh air. Clark followed her.

He found her around the side of the hall.

"What's up Lo.? You ok?"

"Just feeling a little claustrophobic in there. I only need a few minutes. Just wait with me if you like" Lois said

"Well, I haven't got anywhere else to be. " He smiled grabbing hold of her. "Am I making you feel more claustrophobic.?"

"well this is the kind of invasion of my personal space that I don't mind. " she smiled, as she pushed him down the nearby alley.

"What are you doing? Hope you are not trying to seduce me. Not with all these people around about." Clark asked hopefully.

"What type of girl do you take me for Clark."

"the type I fell in love with." Clark replied as he responded to her advances, pushing her up against the nearest wall.

Chloe noticed Lana's reaction to Clark and Lois's disappearance. She became very edgy and started trying to get rid of Lex, so she could follow Clark.

Lex went to the bar so Chloe asked Jimmy to come and meet Lana.

"Hi Lana, enjoying yourself?" Chloe said. "Can I introduce you to Jimmy, my boyfriend."

"Chloe, that's great. I am finally glad you have met someone who is available. You must be over your infatuation with Clark, are you?" Lana suggested.

What a *****! Chloe thought. "Well I am over Clark, but I guess you're not. You are like a cat on hot bricks." Chloe fought back.

"I don't know what you mean." Lana replied defensively. "Let's face it Chloe. I would just have to click my fingers and he would come back running. But he cannot have me though. I'm with Lex now. He will just have to learn to accept it."

"He already has Lana. Lois has changed his life. Those two are meant to be together. Hard to believe all the squabbling of the past year was actually flirting. You do not stand a chance. He has barely noticed you're with Lex."

"Yeah right, I am not going to fall for the 'Clark's in love with Lois' routine. He is only doing it to make me jealous. It is a bit pathetic really."

"Well if that is the case, Lois and him are taking this acting thing a bit far. Because knowing them they are probably outside 'propping up the nearest wall'. They cannot keep their hands off each other."

Lana stormed off to see Lex. She could not believe there was anything between Clark and Lois. There was no obvious chemistry.

"Hi Lana, have you been catching up with Chloe. You two looked as though you were having a fight. Is everything ok?" Lex asked

"Yeah Lex, I think she does not agree with us being together. She said something about Clark still having feelings for me. It made things a bit awkward, as I told her I am with you now and her and Clark have to accept it." She kissed Lex on the cheek.

Lex laughed. "You're kidding. Chloe must be blind. There is no way Clark is still holding a torch for you. Anyone can see that him and Lois are head over heels in love with each other."

Lana could not believe what she was hearing. Even Lex had fallen for the pretence.

She was furious and decided to go and out and confront them and to tell Clark, that he had to grow up and move on.

Lois and Clark were just coming out the alley after their little tryst, when Clark asked Lois to go and sit down in the Grounds.

Lois smirked. "Tired you out, have I Smallville?"

"Yeah you have, after all I have to regain my energy for later... for all that dancing, I mean. No seriously I want to talk" Clark said

Lois was curious and sat down.

"Lo, this past month or so with you has been the best time of my life. I grew up feeling different to everyone, even though my parents did the best they could. But meeting you has made me feel human, as though I finally fit in."

"Oh Clark, I love you."

"I love you too, Lo and I could not bear to be without you. We are together forever. No one messes with Lois and Clark. Now what I am really trying to say, but not very well, is..."

At that moment, Clark got down on one knee and held out a small box.

"I know what I want in life. You have made everything clear. I want to be with you every waking moment, not as your boyfriend, but as your husband."

Lois smiled at his bumbling proposal, "So basically you are asking me to marry you."

Clark looked into her eyes. "Yes I am. There is no hurry, it does not have to be next week, next month or even next year. I can wait."

Lois burst into tears and said without hesitation. "The answer is and always will be yes. I will marry you."

Lana was just storming out the building slowly followed by Lex when she saw Lois sitting on a seat in the middle of the Grounds. Clark was on one knee holding a small box.

"What the hell is he doing?" Lana screamed. "That should be me"

Lana ran off back into the hall, closely followed by Lex who was more than a little annoyed by Lana's outburst.

He grabbed Lana and stopped her in the doorway.

"What was that all about Lana?" Lex asked. "I thought you were over Clark, or at least that is what you told me."

"You don't understand Lex. Clark and Lois are not meant to be. I wouldn't want them to make a mistake. It has just caught me off guard. It is the last two people that I would expect to get together. " Lana was ranting.

"Lana, what does it matter? Clark and Lois are old enough to make their own decisions and mistakes." Lex snapped back. "I'm beginning to wonder if we are meant to be. It is obvious that you are still holding out for Clark."

Lana panicked and realised, that she could lose Lex if she did not do some damage control.

"Lex, I didn't mean it the way that sounded. Clark and I are in the past, honestly. I hope you can believe me."

"I want to, Lana but I am finding it hard to at the moment. Give me time." Lex replied

"Well, Lex to prove it..." Lana got on one knee.

"Will you marry me? I want to be with you forever." Lana begged Lex desperately.

It was her only chance to hang onto something important, and Lex's money was important.

Lex smiled. "Of course I will Lana...". He was taken aback by the proposal but always got what he wanted, and at that moment, Lana was what he wanted.

He might get bored with her in a few years but time would tell. He could always replace her with another Mrs Luthor.

Clark and Lois went back into the Hall and announced to a screaming Chloe that they were getting married. She had finally realised that her cousin and best friend were meant to be.

She looked at Jimmy and knew he was the one, and she could finally put her infatuation with Clark to bed, well not literally of course.

"How do you think your parents will take it and the General." Chloe asked with a grin.

Clark and Lois replied in unison. "Well that's another story.!"

THE END