…aaaaand part 2. Well, part 3 to be more precise.
“You're S—” Lois began, then glanced down at her new, pink-clad attachment. “You're him.”
Also, no way! She’s figured it out!
“And I'm supposed to be...” She glanced down at Laurie again.
“Yeah,” Clark replied.
She flashed him a glare.
“I mean, not *you*, not if you don't want to be,” he said quickly, looking alarmed.
Forward much?
“Lois, I swear: I don't want to push you into anything. I'm the one who told Wells I'd take them; you don't owe them anything!”
Yeah, tell that to the interdimensional attachment.
This was a no-win situation. Lois Lane couldn't do motherhood. Maybe her counterpart had wonderful parents or something, but her own role models were proof that parenting should require a license.
Yeah, but then the world would rapidly depopulate.
She couldn't just take on the role of “Mommy” and play house with her junior partner!
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On the other hand, if she left now, then this little girl would probably grow up wondering why her “mother” suddenly walked out on their family... Lois shuddered. “I can't do this,” she whispered.
What a…parent trap!
Lois snorted and began pacing in the confined space. This was insane! Her mild-mannered partner was really an alien raising children from another universe who thought she was their mother! What was she even supposed to do with this information?!
Maybe she could leverage it into a joyride with Superman in exchange for playing house with her greenjeans partner?
With a sigh, she went back through the door...only to find herself in a small room dominated by a large crib. “Seriously?!” Lois hissed to herself.
Ooops?
Lois stormed out that door—quietly, so as not to wake the crib's occupant. If it happened to look like she was tip-toeing, well—that was Clark's problem!
“Sweetie, this isn't your mommy. I know she looks just like her, but...um, she's—”
“—her sister!” Lois said quickly.
Noooooooo!
On an unrelated note, Jimmy is going to be sooo confused when he starts dating Lucy.
Laurie's expression slowly melted from heartbreak to confusion.
“Your mommy wants you to know that she loves you very, very much,” Lois added, “and I'm going to help your daddy take care of you while she's away. Okay?”
Yeah, that’s an interesting way of explaining a divorce. Hope the other kids in kindergarten will not be making fun of her for ‘no, my mommy’s not back, that is just her sister who looks like her and is no longer living with my daddy.’
Lois stared at him, then put a hand to her chin and pretended to think. “Well, I *was* planning to rush home and write up the Clark-is-Superman story so I could have it ready for Perry in the morning...”
He gaped at her, a look of terror on his features.
So, not funny?
Lois reached up an hit him on the arm. “Really, Clark? What do you take me for?”
She did just dump her not-her-kids on him with the most flimsy excuse in the history of child abandonment, so that question is justified.
Funny one! Hope we get to see more of that universe, too.
Michael
