Challenge: A man is sitting on the stairs. There's something in his hands that holds his attention. A woman comes up from behind and sits down with him. Someone is headed in their direction, but hasn't been spotted.
Tell us the story.
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Lex is on the porch steps - the first sign that something's wrong. It's raining. That's the second.
He twists his head around at the sound of the door slamming behind me.
"I brought you some hot chocolate."
"Thanks." Lex takes the mug in two hands and moves over to let me sit next to him.
"Where is he?"
"Peru." He says it like Clark ran out to the store for a jug of milk. "He'll be home soon," Lex says, taking my hand.
"Isn't that my line?" I laugh.
"Sometimes it's mine."
It's a long time before Clark gets home.
03/26/03