"You suck as a tour guide," Lois teases, tossing a kitchen sponge Chloe's way on her way to flopping on the couch herself.

"Pizza's good though. I'm not much up for another long drive back into the city tonight. We'll have to stick to DVDs, though. Cable's on the fritz - again - and Smallville hasn't got his butt out here to fix it yet. He's so spacey these days."

Beat.

"More than usual. Anyway, think I should just call the cable guy?"