Lois & Clark: The Family Adventures Of Superman
The First Addition
Part One: Devastated
Clark Kent walked through the door of the Brownstone he shared with his wife, Lois Lane. The house seemed so big and empty now. When they had first bought it 6 months ago, he’d had big plans for it to be filled with their children. But now that wasn’t going to happen.
“Lois!” he called as he climbed the stairs. He found her sitting on their bed with her back to the door. She didn’t turn around when he entered. “Lois,” he spoke softly.
“I guess I don’t need this anymore,” she said, holding something up. Clark recognized it as her diaphragm. “Now we don’t have to worry about it being put in at the crucial moment anymore.”
“Lois!” he tried again. Then he walked around the edge of the bed and sat next to her. He went to put his arm around her, but she got up and began to pace. He felt a pain in his chest. His heart ached because he was responsible for causing her this pain. He had promised her that he would never hurt her, and he was doing just that. It was his fault that they couldn’t have children.
“I never thought I’d want children. I always thought my career was enough for me,” she said, pausing to wipe the tears from her eyes. Clark felt the ache in his chest become more painful. He wanted to take her in his arms and kiss away the hurt and the tears, to tell her that everything would be alright, but he couldn’t. He didn’t know if it was going to be alright and he found that he was unable to move or speak. He was scared. Scared that she would leave him, and he would be all alone again, and this time there would be no hope of finding someone, because Lois was everything he wanted. He could here it coming; she was going to tell him if he couldn’t give her a baby, then she was leaving him.
“But when I was locked up with the children Dr. Kripsly had kidnapped…
<Here it comes> Clark thought. He remembered two weeks ago, after they had made love twice, Lois had told him that she felt ready to have a baby. She had said that if the tests Dr. Klein was running confirmed that they could have children together, she wanted them to start trying straight away.
…I knew I wanted your baby,” Lois finished.
“Lois, it’s my fault we can’t have children,” he said, but he couldn’t look at her. He knew if he did, he wouldn’t be able to say it. “I’ll understand if you don’t want to be with me, and I won’t make things difficult.”
“What? Clark, how can you think that?”
“I’m sorry. It’s just that I am so scared that you’re going to leave me, or I’m going to wake up and find that it’s all a dream. You have to put up with so much from me; it’s not easy to be married to….”
“And I’m a walk in the park? Clark, I love you; you make my life so much better. I don’t want to think what my life would be like if you had never come into it.” She looked at him. “And we would be able to adopt if I didn’t -- how did that woman put it – ‘Daggle over the jaws of death’.”
“That woman doesn’t know what she was talking about. Any child would be lucky to have you as their mother.”
“Oh Clark, how come you always know just what to say?”
“You bring it out in me,” he said. Then he kissed her lowering her onto the bed. Her arms snaked around his neck and he deepened the kiss.
“I love you,” she mumbled.
“I love you too.”
“Show me.” They made love.
***
Lois woke in the early hours of the morning and looked at Clark
sleeping next to her like a big cat. She found it satisfying that he could fly
around the world 50 times, at top speed, and not even be breathless,
but she could tire him out just making love. She was amazed at how alive
she felt afterwards. They may not be able to make a life together, but
Clark filled her with it every time.
***
Clark woke and found himself alone in bed. He got up and pulled on a
robe and went down stairs. Lois stood looking at the bassinet. “Lois,
sweetheart, what are you doing up?” he asked rubbing the back of his head.
“It’s just not fair Clark. There are so many unwanted children and we
really want one and can’t have one,” she turned around and sobbed onto
his chest.
“I know it isn’t fair,” he agreed, stroking the back of her head. “Come
on let’s go back to bed. I’ll take this back tomorrow.” He took her
hand and leads her upstairs.
***
A week later, Lois came home carrying two grocery bags. Clark was on
the phone.
“OK, we’ll look forward to it, bye.” He hung up the phone and smiled at
her taking the bags and giving her a kiss.
“Hi,” she said smiling, something she did automatically when Clark
kissed her. She walked into the kitchen and he followed. “Who was on the
phone?”
“Oh. That was my friend, Chloe Sullivan.”
“Oh.”
“She’s in Metropolis for a couple of days and wants us to meet up for
lunch on Friday.”
“I have a press conference on Friday.”
“Oh, well, I’ll cancel.”
“No. Don’t do that. You go; I’m sure you have a lot to catch up on.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yeah,” she said as she began to put things away. “Is she married?”
“No.”
“Boyfriend, Girlfriend?”
“I don’t know on the boyfriend. She was seeing a drummer last time I
saw her, but that was a year ago and I think they split up. I’m pretty
sure no to the girlfriend.”
“Oh right,” she said putting a box of cereal in the fridge and the milk
in the cupboard.
Clark didn’t say anything but went to the fridge and corrected her
mistake. “You’re not jealous, are you?”
“Tut! No.”
“Hey,” he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. “You’re
the only one for me,” he said as he lowered his head to kiss her.
“Mmm, race you upstairs,” she said giggling and ran for the stairs.
Clark raced after her. He caught up with her before she got to the door.
She turned around and kissed him hungrily. She pulled his shirt from his
pants, unbuttoned it, and pushed it off his shoulders. As it fell to
the floor, she planted hot, wet kisses on his chest. “I love this chest.”
She ran her hands up and down the smooth skin. “I had dreamt about
touching it since the first time I saw it, when you answered the door
wearing just a towel.”
“Really?” Clark was smiling as he began kissing her neck. His hands
removed her jacket and blouse then released the clasp of her bra. He
discarded it with the rest of their clothes.
“Uh huh.”
“And now you have the real thing?” He began kissing her neck as he
cupped her breasts.
“Ahh, reality is sooo much better,” she gasped and they made love.
***
Clark was sitting, outside Lois’ Uncle Mike’s restaurant, with an
attractive woman with short blond hair and blue eyes.
“This food is amazing,” she said, putting the last bite into her mouth.
“This is Lois’ uncle’s place. Wait ‘til you taste his chocolate cake,”
Clark said.
Just then, Mike walked up to their table. “Everything alright Clark?”
he asked.
“Great, thanks Mike. This is my friend from Smallville, Chloe Sullivan.
Chloe, Mike Lane.”
Chloe shook Mike’s hand. “The food is really wonderful,” Chloe said.
“Thank you. How would you like some chocolate cake?” Clark smiled and
nodded. “I’ll bring it out to you.” Mike turned and went back inside.
“I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to meet Lois,” Chloe said. “I’m
interested in meeting the woman who won your heart.”
“Well, when do you leave? Maybe we could arrange a time to get
together.”
“I leave tonight, but I’ve got a transfer to Metropolis.”
“Really, so you’re going to become a metro girl?”
“Yep.”
“Well, we’ll have to have you over for dinner.”
“I’d like that,” she smiled, and was about to say something, when Mike
came back out carrying two plates of chocolate cake.
“Here we go,” he said as he put the plates on the table.
“Thanks Mike,” Clark said.
“How’s that niece of mine? You taking care of her?”
“She’s fine. She has a press conference today or she would’ve been
here.”
“Still working hard?”
“You know Lois.”
“Yes I do. You give her my love, and tell her it wouldn’t kill her to
come see her old uncle once in awhile.”
“I will Mike.”
“I’ll leave you two to talk,” Mike said as he turned to go back inside.
“So, have you got a place to live yet?” Clark asked, putting some cake
in his mouth.
“Yeah, I bought a house. It’s in Escrow.”
“Where?”
“Hyperion Avenue.”
“Your kidding?”
“No. Why do you know it?”
“I should; I live there.”
“So we’re going to be neighbors.”
“Yeah. Big place for just you though.”
“Well it’s not just me, that’s what I wanted to tell you. I’m going to
have a baby, hopefully.”
“Huh? With who?” Clark took a sip of his coffee.
“Me. I was artificially inseminated yesterday.”
Clark chocked, spraying her with his coffee.
“Clark!”
“I’m sorry. Why?”
“Because I want a baby.”
“But why this way?”
“Clark, I’m 32 years old and my longest relationship was with a
deadbeat drummer,” she explained. “I want to have baby before it’s too late
and this seemed the best way. Lot’s of woman do it. Some married couples
do too, if the man is infertile.”
“Really.”
“Yeah.”
“How does it work?”
“Well, they take the…”
“No, no, not that part. I mean, do you just go in and ask for some …
you know,” Clark blushed.
“No they give you profiles of the donors, and you pick out the one you
like. Why are you asking?”
“Oh, I um… I thought it would make a good story.”
“Oh.”
“Are you going to be able to afford a house and look after a baby along
with a new job?”
“This new job is better pay and fewer hours so I can afford the
mortgage, and get a nanny, while I’m at work.”
“Well, it sounds like you have it all figured out.”
“Pretty much.”
TBC
