Clark awakes with the sun light hurting his green eyes. He frowned a bit until he could adjust to the light. Lois still was sleeping and Clark decides to awake her with kisses... in her neck, in her cheeks and finally in her lips. “Good morning, Sleeping Beauty.”

“Good morning.” She said streching her arms up to her head as she could feel Clark sniffing her hair. “What time is it?”

“Almost nine.”

“Darn!” Lois cursed before jumped from the bed still naked. “Why didn't you awake me earlier? The interviews...”

“It's only at ten, Lois. We still have plenty of time...”

“Yeah, but I still have to get a shower, to get dress, have breakfast...”

“Don't worry, honey. It will work out.” Clark approached her wrapping his arms around her waist and biting her neck making her relax. “Don't need to be nervous, darling. Everything will be all right. Besides, I can relax you if you want.” he suggested still bitten her neck.

“Clark, I don't have time for that now.” She said angrly pushing him away and locking herself in the bathroom. “I'm too streessed to even have sex. And it's better work out. I will not loose an scoop like that.”

“Lois, calm down. You will not loose any scoop. I can guarantee you that.” Clark said while he was changing clothes as well. “Look, the best that can happen is the don't find out who the real killer is like the other reporters did.”

“The best? Clark those people will be send to the eletric chair for a murderer. One of them killed Rita's husband and I'll not rest until found out who the real killer is.”

“I know, Lois. It's terrible and I want to make justice as well. But like Metropolis, we don't have anymore heroes in Los Angeles either. I'm just as sad as you are about this case. But if we don't find anything more...”

“They will go to the eletric chair. I got that part, Clark. Thank you very much.” Lois opened the door fumming still angry for being late. Lois was now wearing a classy navy suit and a hat matching while Clark was with a black suit.

“Are you ready?” Clark asked pushing his glasses up to his nose.

“I was born ready, baby. Let's go!”

One hour later at the Los Angeles Police Department, they had to split up to talk to the lovers. Clark kissed Lois in the cheek before they go in different directions. “Good lucky!”

Rita Adams was a beautiful blonde who belongs to an important family from California. She was the lead singer from the Flamingo Cove, the same place where she met Zack McCoy and falls in love with the trumpet player even tought she was married with Jerry Adams, also a trumpet player. Rita and Zack were the primal suspects of Jerry's murderer and that's why Lois was there with Clark. To find out who the real killer was.

“Good morning!” Lois said in a polite tone as she notice Rita smoking. She pulls a chair to talk to Rita across the table. “Mrs Adams, I'm Lois Lane from the Daily Planet. I'm here to...”

“I know why you are here, young lady.” Rita interrupted her. “Don't you know all you reporters are trying to send me to the eletric chair?”

“That's not true.” Lois said serious as Rita glare at her suspicious. “At least, I'm not. I'm here to find out what really happened that night. The night Jerry was murdered. Can you please, tell me what happened?”

“Well... everything starts two weeks before. I met this cute trumpet player called Zack McCoy and I falled in love. We start to see each other in a regular basis behind my husband's nose.” Rita confessed between drags of her cigarette while Lois was taking notes in her notepad. “At the same time we are reharsing with Jerry to be perfect on the stage. Jerry was a perfectionist. Then, Zack suggested that we should kill Jerry or we'll never be able to be together. So, that night before the show Zack and I approached Jerry and Zack hits Jerry's head hard with his clarinet. We hide the body in the catwalk before the show.”

“That's when the rope got caught and the catwalk give away, right?” Lois asked as Rita nodded in silence taking another drag of her cigarette.

“The next day when the lieutenant came to talk to me about the murderer, I told him everything I knew about without reveals the whole thing... about me and Zack. That was before Zack betrayed me that same night when he told them I was the killer.”

“So, it was Zack who executed the plan?”

“Yes, Miss Lane. It was him. He fooled me the whole time. I was so stupid to believe in him.” Rita said trying to hide her tears.

Lois look at Rita and studied her face for a while. She couldn't tell if the woman was lying. She actually believed on her.

Thank you, Mrs Adams. I'll do everything I can to prove you are inocent.”

“Thank you, Miss Lane. I'd appreciate very much.”

In Zack's cell, he was telling the same story to Clark but with some changes. Clark was also taking notes in his notepad.

“Rita poisoned him that night. She give Jerry a whiskey to make him relax right before the show. The only thing she didn't tell her husband is that his drink had Cyanide in it.”

“And you and Rita were seeing each other?”

“We are lovers all right. I loved that dame more than anything in the world and would do everything for her. Even kill. And that's what I did.”

“But I tought she poisoned him.” Clark asked confused still taking notes.

“She did but Rita convinced me to hit him in the head with his clarinet just to make sure. And I did.”

“She set you up?”

“She did. Never trust in a beautiful and mystery woman, especially one with a killer smile. Rita is a woman who can make your heart stops just to look at you.” Zack took another drag of his cigarette. “Anyway, the next day I was send to jail and I'm still waiting to go the eletric chair.”

“So is she...” Clark pointed out pushing his glasses up to his nose. “How many days do you still have, Zack?”

“One Week. Seven Days.”

“So, don't worry, my friend. I'll get in the bottom of this. I'll found the truth and clear your name. It's not your fault you fall for the wrong woman.”

“Thank you, Mr Kent. I'd appreciate your help.”

“Don't mentioned.” Clark shake hands with Zack with a smile before leaves. “I'm glad I can help.”

Later in the car, Lois and Clark come back to the hotel in silence until Lois breaks the uncomfortable silence.

“Sad...”

“Sad? What is sad?” Clark asked confused while he was driving a rental car.

“This whole case. Is very sad... very depressing. It's very sad for her to fall for the wrong guy and be set up like that.”

“Wait a minute...” Clark frowned surprised by Lois's words. “Are you suggesting... He was the killer? What makes you said that, Lois?”

“Common sense.”

“Common sense. I can't believe. Are you suggesting that he was the real killer because he was... a man?”

“Yes, it's makes sense.”

Clark couldn't believe what Lois was saying. “Makes sense? Lois, are you listen to you? So, you are saying that he killed him because...”

“To have her. Killing the husband was the only way to have the girl. Like I said... common sense.”

Clark rolled his eyes and scoffed. “I think you are wrong, Lois. It's very possible that he was the right guy and she was the wrong girl.”

“Yeah, sure. I suppose.”

“What do you mean You suppose?”

“I'm sure she could have kill him but I'm a hundred percent sure he did.”

“Lois, you just accused a man of murder... a murder! That's very serious... and based on what? Based the fact he was a man.”

“Clark, he clearly had more reasons to kill than she did.”

“You are a sexist Lois. You can't say a man is the murder just because he was a man. You need to have more than that to prove your point.”

“But I have.”

“You have?” Clark crossed his arms annoyed. “Like what?”

“He tricked her. She falled in love with him and help him with the murderer but it was all his idea to steal her money. Her husband have an policy with 20,000.”

“And don't you think that isn't suspicious? I mean, she was the wife, with his death she would be a very health person.”

“She would be if Zack didn't have stolen the money.” Lois interrupted him. “That's why I think Zack is the killer.”

“No, Lois... Rita is the Killer.” Their voices starts to get high and high when they start to talk in unison.

“Zack is...”

“Rita...”

“Zack”

They stare at each other with angry in their eyes. That night they went to bed without speak to each other.

***

In the next day, they awake still not talking to each other and spending the day doing researchs in the local newspapers to see if they missed anything about the case. The case was envolving them more than never. They aren't speaking to each other besides when they yell to trying to convince themselves who the real killer was.

“Clark, are you stupid or what... os clearly, Zack!”

“No, Lois. You are not seeing clearly... Rita is the Killer...”

“Zack!”

“Rita!”

They were working on the case 24/7 and desperaly trying to find new evidence to prove Rita and Zack's inocence but at the same time the case was also affecting their marriage. Lois couldn't stand looking at Clark without call him “animal” or “troglodite” while Clark was calling her “bitch” or “sexiest”.

Unfortunally for them, they couldn't find any new proof that could inocent Rita or Zack's in such short notice. They were condened to the eletric chair after their trail, a week later. And that's when Lois and Clark's marriage also fall apart.

They took differents paths after that episode. On new years, Lois give him the papers for the second divorce and in March 20th of 1946 during Chloe and Jimmy's wedding they weren't married anymore.

Jimmy couldn't be more crushed about the news. He couldn't believe his best friends weren't together anymore. That couldn't be true. He knew deep down Lois and Clark were perfect for each other but still too stuborn to admit their mistakes. Jimmy knew it wasn't their fault what happened in Los Angeles but they couldn't listen to him or Chloe to follow their advices. They were too proud to admit they were wrong.

“Jimmy!” Chloe's voice entered on Jimmy's head as he finally awakes. Lois and Clark were right behind her looking confused at the young photographer. “Is everything all right? Somebody hit hard in your head.”

“Gardenia...”

Jimmy looked around and noticed he was back to 2007. It was only a dream. A really steamy and vivid dream but he was okay.

“Yeah...”

After find the guy who tried to kill Lana and talk to the police, Jimmy finally had time to share his dream with his friends.

“Seems someone is watching too much Cinemax.” Lois teased him with a grin. “That would never happen to us even if was in another lifetime.”

“Gee, Lois. Thanks.” Clark answered sarcastically.

“I don't know, Lois...” Chloe interrupted her. “Some dreams have some deep meaning, you know? Maybe it was a sign...”

“A sign?” Lois rolled her eyes annoyed. “For God's sakes. Don't give me that whole Serendipity speach again, Chlo. You know I don't believe in that kind of crap.”

“Yeah, neither do I.” Clark nodded his head agreeing with Lois. “It's all fairy tale, child stories but that doesn't happen in the real world.”

“Mr and Mrs Cranky, ladies and gentleman.” Chloe commented sarcastically.

“What? I'm telling the true, Chlo.” Lois said crossing her arms at the same time Clark crossed his. Even their body language was alike, Jimmy observed. “I'm tsorry o be the one to tell this, little cousin but Destiny, Fate, Soul Mates... nothing of this really happens. It's just fairy tales to sell movies and books. And that's it.”

“Really?” Jimmy asked with a smile in his face.

“Really.” Lois and Clark answered in unison.

“Well... we'll see about that.” Jimmy glare at him with a grin. If they only knew... he tought.

INTERMISSION

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