Obsession

Chapter 3 : The Office Party



"Why didn't he even say hi to me? What is up with him, Jimmy?" Kara asked Jimmy about his best friend. Normally Jan would always be happy to see her and they would have a little talk about what was new in their lives and stuff. She wondered if Jimmy knew what had happened to Jan... of course she knew about the attempted suicide because she is also Supergirl, though she played it as the concerned girlfriend about the best friend of her boyfriend. "Apparently Lex fired Jan yesterday, yet he rehired him again today." Jimmy explained as he smiled at his girlfriend. "I don't know why he didn't say hi, maybe he was in a rush to finish a review for something." Jimmy said, deciding that would be the reason why. Of course he had no idea about Jan having a crush on Kara, and that he couldn't stand to have one more fake happy Work Party. "Maybe you can ask him yourself, since tonight there will be a new work party!" Kara nodded, smiling. "Right! I totally forgot about that."



Meanwhile at Jan's...



Jan put the Red K necklace into his pocket as he got dressed for the party. Maybe I should just attend one more... Jan thought with a sigh. He put the other pieces of rock back into the box and shoved it under his bed. Instinctively he reached for his bedroom wall and waited for the seconds it took before the wall slid to the side, revealing his shrine of Kara Kent. He stared at her smiling face, she looks so happy in those pictures... and he was going to take it away from her, just because he wanted her.

"You had your happy time, Jimmy Olsen." Jan said darkly as he removed his hand from the wall and continued to stare at Kara's beautiful angelic face until the wall slid back into position.



Lois was almost ready for the party as she got dressed in the apartment she shared with her lover Clark Kent. It too bugged Lois that all she had gotten from Jan was that he had been fired by Lex, there just HAD to be something Jan was keeping from them. But what?

"It's still bugging me, Clark! Why didn't Jan say a little more than just 'oh, that's because Lex gave me my old job back. I mean, c'mon, we've got thousands of co-workers and all we hang out with outside of work is Jan?" Lois asked Clark as he got dressed as well.



Can't she just forget about it? It's killing me keeping that dark secret! Oh Kara, I wonder what you've told Jimmy should he be asking the same thing as Lois! Clark thought as he tried to think of a reply. "He'll probably be there tonight, why don't you ask him in person?" Clark settled on saying. "Don't YOU think I've tried that already? I just kept bugging him about it, but he wouldn't spill! Not one more sentence!" Lois said.



"Hey baby, how was your day today?" Bart asked as he kissed Chloe on her lips. "It was fine, Bart. How was yours? Did you stop some more LuthorCorp projects with your Justice League?" She asked, smiling at her boyfriend as she got dressed for her work party. It was still strange to have Lex Luthor as a boss, and him being the person Bart was fighting against. Yet Lex didn't know about their relationship, so everything was fine.



"Going to that office party, eh, chica?" Bart asked, smiling at his girlfriend. "Yeah, maybe I can fill you in on some info from Lex himself." Chloe said laughing... then stopped. "Although, I highly doubt it." Then suddenly, Bart was called away on business, leaving Chloe alone after a quick kiss.



"Time to get this show on the road." Jan said to himself as he put on his suit jacket, finishing the image. He locked his apartment door and walked over to his car, when there was a limo that just stopped into his driveway. The door opened and some security personnel from the Daily Planet stepped out of it. "Ah, Mr. Oramu, all ready to go, it seems? Well, hop in and let me take you to the work party! Orders from Mr. Luthor." Jan just stood there, gaping at the sight.



This is probably his way of making sure I don't try to commit suicide again... Jan thought as he suddenly felt movement in his legs again and walked toward the opened door. He slid inside and heard the door close by the driver and him getting behind the wheel... There were a lot of drinks and many things Jan could do while sitting in the limo, but instead he just waited until the limo arrived at the Daily Planet.



Lex was already there, waiting for his employees. He smiled when Jan entered the doorway. "What, no thanks for the limo? I must admit, my feelings are hurt." Lex said with a smirk. "Of course that was the very first thing I wanted to thank you for, Sir, but you didn't give me time to speak. And... thanks for the Rock collection, I can't believe my collection is nearly complete!" Jan said with an equal smirk.



Lex laughed. "I take it you've brought the necklace with you to use on your crush?" Lex asked. Jan was horrified. "You... know?!" Jan asked. "C'mon, Jan, I see the way you look at her when she's around Jimmy... I'm giving you what you want here, you just need a perfect moment to place it around her neck. I'm sure you'll think of something." Lex said.



Jan just nodded and joined Lex at the drinks table. The next moment the other employees spilled into the room, along with Jimmy, Chloe, Lois, Clark and Kara.



This time Jan went straight for Kara. "Hey, Kara! How have you been? I'm sorry for not saying hi to you today, I needed to finish this review I was writing." Jan said as he hugged her. Kara smiled back at him, and told him it was okay, that she had figured it was for a review, while this was being watched by Lex himself. Touché, Jan. Good lie. Lex thought.



Of course there were the usual pictures, Jan with Kara and Jimmy, along several others with Clark and Lois, Clark and Chloe, Lois and Chloe. As always he couldn't keep his eyes off of her, she was so beautiful in that red dress... that would fit her necklace perfectly.

But when should he do it? WHEN?!



Everyone was seated at their table when Lex suddenly stood on the stage and announced it was time to name the Employee of the Month. Every conversation ended, everyone was quiet... when Lex opened the envelope and announced the winner to be... "JAN ORAMU!"



"WHAT?!" Jan asked as cheers of applause erupted. What is it with Lex suddenly being nice to me now?! He thought as he made his way toward the stage. "As not all of you may know... I had fired him because I didn't think his reviews of Music, DVD releases and Concert and Movie reviews was suitable to be Daily Planet-material, but I was wrong." Lex said, and quickly looked straight at Kara. Jan took the microphone from Lex and just stared at the thing. "Uhm... wow, I just want to thank Lex and all my friends, my colleagues... oh, and Supergirl!" Jan said, the last part a little louder, for emphasis.



Everyone clapped and cheered... Kara blushed when she heard that comment about Supergirl coming from her boyfriend's best friend. After dinner they all went home, except for Jan, Kara, Jimmy, Clark, Lois and Chloe. "Wow, we need to definitely go out tonight! Celebrate with our Employee of the Month!" All colleagues of Jan said laughing...



The limo was still waiting outside. "Man! If I had known that was your ride, I wouldn't have driven my car to the Planet!" Jimmy said, playfully bumping him. "Yeah... I only discovered it when I had wanted to drive with my car over to the Planet..." Jan said with a smile. So everyone got inside it and immediately took full advantage of the drinks and accommodations: listening to music, watching the news, watching a DVD. All the while Jan only looked at Kara, who was animatedly talking with Jimmy and all the others.



Of course she noticed him looking at her, but decided not to notice. She did smile up at him, though. When they arrived at a nice Bar they could party and celebrate Jan's award, they first decided to order some non-alcoholic drinks... yet later on, they settled for the alcoholic kind. Everyone apparently needed to go to the bathroom, yet not Kara and Jan.



Jan decided to have his chance. He scooted up closer to Kara, stealing Jimmy's seat and touched her arm. "Kara? I... uhm... I wanted you to have this." Jan said and removed the necklace, the red K gem not visible yet. Kara put a hand on his. "Jan, I can't accept it. I'm Jimmy's girlfriend. I don't have feelings for you. Yeah, I love you, but not the way I love Jimmy." Jan accepted the blow, every sentence in the form of an arrow that pierced his heart. He already knew that she would say something like this... yet he didn't expect this much of an impact.



"Jimmy's not here right now. I didn't mean to say that I wanted you to have this.. I.. actually bought this for Jimmy, so he could give it to you. Would you like to put it on, see how it looks on you?" Jan prodded, wanting to just get this over with. He did need to get rid of it somehow, if she didn't want it.



Kara stared into Jan's eyes, clearly seeing the hurt behind them. She sighed. "Okay, but only a quick look, okay?" She told Jan. "Absolutely, Kara." Jan said. In all her life as Kara and Supergirl on Earth, Kara had never ever been affected by Red Kryptonite before...



Jan pulled out the necklace and as Kara had held up some of her blonde hair, he slipped it around her neck... instantly there were flashes of red in Kara's eyes. After Kara had let down her hair, did she look at Jan again... a grin on her face, filled with raw feelings of lust.



She eyed the surroundings of the bar, seeing if there was an empty booth they could sit in. Kara found one and instantly grabbed Jan's hand and was now taking him toward the empty booth. "Kara, where are we -----?" Jan wanted to ask, but was cut off by Kara who had pushed him into the booth and now got on top of Jan, her body against his. "Ssh..." Kara told him and began to kiss him hard on every place of his face that she could think of...



End of Chapter 3 : The Office Party