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Gareth called the morning meeting and Lucy grabbed a notebook and slowly, as she no longer ran anywhere, tried not to waddle to the conference room. Gareth pulled her to the side, before the meeting started.

“Are you feeling all right?” he asked.

Lucy wondered about the concern, as he hadn’t acknowledged her previously. “Sure, fine. Sorry, about yesterday. I was exhausted. Long weekend. But I’m here today, one hundred percent, Mr. McTinney.” She nodded.

“Your head better?”

Her head? Was that what Clark told him? “Yes, much, thanks.”

“Do you need extra cushions or pillows for your chair?”

That sounded great, but she wondered why he asked. “No, I’m fine,” she stated, staring at him.

“If you need anyone to take anything down from the high shelves or carry up a box from archives, you let me know and I’ll find you some muscle, understood?”

His concern was bordering on suspicious. “I can do my job, Mr. McTinney. You don’t need to worry about that.”

“I understand, Lucy. My wife just gave birth to our third child a month ago. I know that the last months of pregnancy can be the worst.”

Oh, crap! How in the hell had he known about the baby? She looked down at the clothes, she was wearing. Long and baggy enough to hide the bulge, she thought. But not to an expert new father as her new boss. James had better not have had anything to do with this breach in knowledge.

“Excuse me?” she gasped.

“When will you be leaving on maternity leave? Have you let HR know how long you’ll be gone?” These were all professional, sincere questions, which had this been a normal pregnancy with a normal woman with a normal husband, probably would have been thought of as nice even. But not her secret pregnancy with Superman’s baby in this alternate universe where her alternate Clark was slogging through mudslides… Deny. Deny. Deny.

Lois waited and listened. She couldn’t hear anything but a strange fluttering sound.

Did you hear him leave? I didn’t. wrote Lois.

Lucy raised an eyebrow. Does Clark make a sound when he leaves?

Lois rolled her eyes. SM.

“Oh,” said Lucy, innocently. “Was he here?”

Lois tapped her notepad and flipped back to her first note I KNOW!

He’s spying?

Doesn’t feel like floating and rotating around her center of gravity to pick it up?

They could compare notes. Maybe Lucy has a few pointers?

So, she’s figuring out that Lois went from eel to whale in a couple of months?

Why would she be nervous? Afraid of Mothman?

And also, those powers are nice to have for rearranging the trajectories of extra terrestrial objects. It might even cause one to fall onto the car of an elusive billionare.

Never underestimate the wickedness of this Lois Lane.

They were superfast? That kiss was *after* they consummated…?

She’s got a Clark for that.

My my, isn’t she jealous little hot stuff?

And hey, there’s the requisite six weeks cool-off period afterwards.

Hey, she could just corner Clark and well…/points to Nightfall Honeymoon Epilogue on the dark side/

Asteroid already happened.

canon Clark and alt-Lois ONLY kissed.

Nah! She just doesn't like others playing with her toys.

Again, what does Lois know about that pregnancy stuff?

That doesn't really fit into the whole, she's punishing him vibe though.

Long haul? Me? Almost 1/2 through ML now, Michael.