A taste from Chapter 8, Part 3...
Clark had arrived into the Daily Planet newsroom that morning with a big smile on his face. He was happy. He wanted to float through the air and tell everyone about his terrific weekend and his wonderful new daughter. He greeted everyone he passed with a friendly smile and a warm, “hello.”
“Clark.” Perry stopped him. “You seem to be in a good mood. I hope it’s because you’ve got a hot lead.”
“Nope.” Clark smiled. “Great weekend though.”
“Oh?” Perry said, clearly expecting details. “Where’s Lois?”
“She told me to tell you she was too sick to come into work this week. Coughing, flu, highly contagious stuff.” He beamed.
“Really?” His boss raised a brow. “What’s she really doing?”
That stopped Clark short. He had never been good at the lying thing. He should have known that Perry wouldn’t buy an illness. “She was still in bed, asleep, when I left this morning, Chief. She hasn’t slept well all weekend and was up half the night last night.” All that was true. She was up half the night with Lara. He sighed. Lois and Lara. He had the best family. His grin slipped back on his face.
Clark had wondered at first how Lois was going to take to motherhood and those first twenty-four hours were tough for her. He had had months since his epiphany and discussion about Lucy El with his folks to mentally prepare. Lara was basically dropped in Lois’s lap.
On Sunday, he had caught Lois sitting on their bed talking to her daughter. She had turned and had beamed at him. “Clark, she smiled at me.”
He knew she would be fine from that point onwards. Lara had captured her heart. It was harder with Lois, since they couldn’t connect telepathically. Lois couldn’t feel her daughter’s strong bond between them, like he could. He almost pitied human parents who would never be able to feel with their children emotionally from the first touch what he had felt with Lara. He sighed again, before he realized that Perry was still watching him.
“You gonna explain this one, son? Your wife was so sick that she spent the weekend in bed and…” Perry stopped himself. “And you had a restful, quiet weekend for a change. No wonder you’re so happy.” He chuckled.
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Missing Lois - TOC
