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A/N: Part 6 may have content that makes some people uncomfortable. It's not graphic in nature and is spoken about briefly by third parties. Please consider this your WHAM warning. A taste of Chapter 8, Part 6... Lois was still awake when he returned through the living room window in the middle of the night. Clark felt like his heart had been broken into a thousand pieces. Lara was no longer unique. He spun into jeans and a t-shirt. Lois set down the cards she had been using to play solitaire and opened her arms. She always knew what he needed.
“Come on. Let’s go to bed,” Lois said after she held him for a minute. “And you can tell me everything.”
Clark draped his arm around her shoulder. “I don’t deserve you.”
“Hey, I’m far from perfect.”
“Who are you?” he asked, pausing mid-step. “And what have you done with my Lois?” He meant it as a joke, but she didn’t take it that way.
At the top of the stairs, Lois held out her leg. “Do you need to scan my ankle?” She wasn’t teasing him. “Check for the fracture?”
Clark joined her and kissed her. “No.”
She raised a brow. “So, you agree that I’m imperfect?”
“No. I agree that you think so. To me you are perfection,” he said, kissing her again and pushing open their bedroom door.
“Softly,” his wife murmured, shutting the door after they passed through. “Lara’s asleep.”
Clark gazed over at his daughter. Was Lara who he had always known her to be? Was she his daughter with the missing Lois or had someone else given birth to her? For the first time, he was unsure of Lara’s parentage. Not that it mattered, he was so in love with her.
He sat down on the bed, putting his face in his hands. Please post your feedback here. Thank you. *** Missing Lois - TOC
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"On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling"
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Jimmy cracks me up: “Fatherhood. Wow. That means you’re a grown-up.” And poor Lois: She loved her daughter, but she needed to use her brain or she was going to go insane. She was chomping at the bit to go back to work and they were telling her that she had to stay at home longer, because Superman’s job was more important than spending time with his child? Motherhood can be a tough transition under normal circumstances but she's got extra on her plate. Rationally, she must understand that Clark can't leave Lara alone when people need his help as Superman. But on the emotional level, it's an entirely different story. Joan
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Joan: Lots more Jimmy now that we're back in canon dimension. And now our roller coaster heads down again... down into the dark side.
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"On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling"
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Last one for the day  Part 6 may have content that makes some people uncomfortable. It's not graphic in nature and is spoken about briefly by third parties. Please consider this your WHAM warning. /mutters about teasers/ “Where did you and Lois get a baby?” Well, Lois slept with Superman last Friday and it was a super-fast pregnancy. Or, how about, Lois got knocked up before I left for NK, went into hiding and it was a series of clones you saw these past months. And Clone #26 expired yesterday, so… “No, the note clearly read ‘Lois and Clark, this baby belongs to you.’ Finders, keepers.” He grinned. See? Easy, isn’t it? “What do you want me to do, Jimmy? Put her up in an orphanage? That’s never going to happen.” /imagines Lois being told to put her daughter into an orphanage/ Uuuu, yeah…That’d go over well… Jimmy held up his hands. “Glad it wasn’t my doorstep.” Well, then you’d better be careful with Penny! “She got morning sickness?”
“Chief!” Clark gasped. He couldn’t believe how close Perry’s guess was.
His editor continued to chuckle. “There are only so many secrets a young couple would want to keep from their boss.”
“No, Perry. The flu.”
“Still going with the flu.” Perry nodded. “Okay. Tell her I hope she’s better soon.”  Michael
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Michael: Teasers smeasers. The same warning is at the top of Part 6. Well, Lois slept with Superman last Friday and it was a super-fast pregnancy. Or, how about, Lois got knocked up before I left for NK, went into hiding and it was a series of clones you saw these past months. And Clone #26 expired yesterday, so… Well, that explains a lot, Clark. And here I thought she was just PMSing all year. Jimmy is not the authorities. /imagines Lois being told to put her daughter into an orphanage/ Uuuu, yeah…That’d go over well… You mean, like breaking up with her for her own good? Or not telling her about your secret identity while both of you flirt with her? Well, then you’d better be careful with Penny! I'm sure he will be now! Yep. Not yet remembering his last minute confession? Martha doesn't remember. If you're talking about Lois, have no idea to what you're referring. How does the official Lois know this? The stand-in Lois technically did not know this. Unless, of course, Martha told her before losing her memories.   Hadn’t she gone bonkers, she’d have been allowed outside. Well, they did let her out at the end, but look how well THAT went. She's got a lot of sunlight to catch up on.
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Teasers smeasers. The same warning is at the top of Part 6.  Well, that explains a lot, Clark. And here I thought she was just PMSing all year.  Wonder if she could catch a bat? (Cat, that is) Well, bats *are* nocturnal. Same as Cat. She DOESN'T want to be UW. So, she really does want it all. Baby, not getting killed by having said baby, not staying home with said baby, *and* a superhero in the sky, just not her. Torpedoes code for questions? Well, consequences, really... I was just going with the quote from ep 2 or 3. Well, they did let her out at the end, but look how well THAT went. Caught one crime boss *and* three henchpersons? She's got a lot of sunlight to catch up on. You do realize that *that's* code in the Superverse, don't ya? Michael
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