Clark was confused He had left his apartment in plenty of time He looked up at a clock and was shocked to see that it was noon Clark then took a quick look at his watch and it also said 12 00 p m Sorry Chief he mumbled My alarm clock and watch were both um wrong Or something Clark’s face was bright red with embarrassment as he sat down at his desk and shuffled some papers attempting to hide from the grins on his coworkers faces It took Clark a few minutes to work up his courage to go to Perry’s office and ask permission to write a story about the carnival Clark closed the door behind him At the desk next to Clark’s sat his coworker and fellow reporter Lois Lane She looked up and saw Clark in Perry’s office She couldn’t hear Clark’s
side of the conversation behind the closed door but she had no trouble hearing Perry’s thundering response A carnival story Perry scoffed Are you out of your mind Nothing newsworthy ever happens at a carnival Get back to work Kent As Clark trudged back to his desk Lois looked over at him Didn’t they teach you how to tell time in Smallville she said then laughed It’s a good thing you got here in time to have lunch Or did you forget that we have a lunch date Clark was about to answer but suddenly his leg kicked out against his will
THUMP Clark’s foot banged into Lois’s chair knocking her to the ground Ouch she cried out Clark just because I made a little joke at your expense doesn’t give you the right to kick my chair I I don’t know what happened Lois stammered Clark Honestly it wasn’t my fault I was just about to tell you that I found a great new restaurant called Ben’s Bistro that I think you’re going to love Lois dusted herself off and grabbed her purse Well what are we waiting for she asked Let’s go Clark wasn’t sure that he should go to lunch so soon since he had just arrived at the office but he didn’t want to make Lois any angrier Let’s go he said in agreement
