Fic: Period of Adjustment (11/?)
Title: Period of Adjustment (11/?)
Author: Babette babettew54
Category: Superman Movie-verse
Characters: Lois/Clark/Kal-El, Jason, Richard/Lana, Perry, Martha
Rating: M
Word Count: 3,900
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer:DC Comics/Warner Brothers owns. No profit is being made from this story. This is strictly for my own amusement.
Beta: hanakt; And my good friend Mary!
A/N: This chapter seems appropriate in light of what happened yesterday. For those of you who don't know, I became the proud grandparent of a baby boy, Anwar Nicholas Tate, Jr. ("AJ")! Now, on with the story. In this chapter, Lois and Perry have an awkward meeting, Lois and Clark have their first doctor’s appointment, and Jason is his father’s son. I hope you like it. My sincere thanks go out to my beta for her encouragement and support and to my 'back-up' beta, good friend Mary. I really do appreciate it. *hugs* Read on, folks! :D
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Act I: Devotion
( Chapter 1) ( Chapter 2) ( Chapter 3) ( Chapter 4) ( Chapter 5)
( Chapter 6) ( Chapter 7) ( Chapter 8)
Act II: Lost
( Chapter 9) ( Chapter 10)
Chapter 11: The Power of the Sun
Previously:
She came into his arms then. “I think this place needs to be christened properly,” she said and then she kissed him. After a few moments, she pulled back and looked into his eyes. “Come with me,” she smiled and took his hand and led him to the window. He came up behind her, pulled her close to his chest from behind and kissed her cheek. “Wow, what a view,” Diana said.
Bruce wasn’t looking at the Earth, the Moon or the Sun. He felt as if he had captured all of those things and more and they were all right here in his arms.
~o~o~
The Daily Planet offices the next morning:
Lois was in Perry's office awaiting feedback on the article she and Clark wrote about their investigation into the D.A. and his connection to Morgan Edge and Intergang. Where is he? He should be arriving soon from his late night meetings with the League.
After reading the article, Perry was thoughtful for a few moments, and then he had a few things to say. "When you first brought this story to me Lois, I was definitely intrigued. I've had my eye on them for months, but nothing has panned out. Washington is good at covering his tracks. This article is excellent with just a hint of scandal, nothing that actually connects him, but enough to worry his PR firm, that's for sure. Are you going to tell me your sources?"
"Superman, of course, and the League have been very forthcoming with information."
"Oh, I see. Please tell me more," Perry said, wanted to hear everything.
"Well, the League planted a mole inside the organization and all the recent record breaking drug busts were due to his tips to the League. Once they received his last tip, however, he was pulled and put under police protection."
"And why was that?"
"Apparently, there was a big meeting of all the heads of Intergang in Gotham, and according to Superman, Edge contacted Darkseid."
Perry had hoped never to hear that name again. He stood up and went to the window thinking about this revelation. "Edge has become desperate, hasn't he?"
"Yes, he has. Apparently, there are only a few drug shipments left and Edge and the D.A. want to stop the League at any cost, even at the expense of the entire city."
"That includes Superman, of course." Perry turned from the window and faced his star reporter. "You seem to be taking this very well." He paused. “So, you’ve forgiven him?”
Lois was confused. "Taking what very well, forgiven who?" Does he mean Clark or Superman?
"Lois, I can read between the lines. After you wrote that article, everyone knew how you felt about him. I published it because I thought it would purge him from your system. You needed that and I agreed with you."
"Perry, please let's not do this again. All of that is in the past,” Lois said determined not to get into it. “Have you decided when you’ll run the article?"
"It will run in tomorrow's edition. And one more thing, Lois, I wanted to apologize for the other day to you and to Clark."
"There's no need. We both understood where you were coming from. You care about us, Perry, and it means a lot, but Clark and I are fine. We couldn't be happier."
Clark arrived at his desk and he could see that Lois and Perry were very intent on their conversation. He did hear that last part, however, and smiling, he decided to stop listening.
"I am happy for you both. I mean that, Lois."
"I know you do, Chief."
"I have a few minor edits to this and I'll send it down to copy in a few minutes."
"Thanks, Chief," Lois said and left Perry's office.
~o~o~
Clark watched his wife leave Perry’s office and wondered what type of mood she was in today. With the baby, Lois was even more moody than normal. He decided to tread lightly. “Hi, Lois, umm, did you give Perry the article? What did he say?”
“Yes, I gave him the article, but I really don’t know what’s gotten into him. He keeps harping on the past. I had to nip it in the bud before he got carried away again.”
“Oh, dear, what did he say this time?”
“He brought up my article, you know the one.”
“How in the world did that come up in the conversation?”
“We were talking about Superman and Darkseid and how I felt about Superman back then and how I feel about him now in the present. It’s all irrelevant. He knows I love you Clark. All of that is in the past.”
“Please, honey, don’t let it bother you. I’ll talk to him,” Clark said wondering if Perry was putting two and two together after all this time.
“He said he wants to apologize to you. He feels bad about what he said to us the other day.”
“Really? I’ll go speak with him. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
“Alright, Clark, but be careful. I’m getting a bad feeling about all of his questions about us. Oh, and before I forget, we have our first OB-GYN appointment at two-thirty today,” Lois said and smiled at her husband’s look.
“Wouldn’t miss it,” Clark said and smiled back. He then left to talk to Perry.
~o~o~
Clark tentatively knocked on the Chief’s door. “Umm, Perry, do you have a minute to talk?”
“Sure, Kent, come in, take a seat,” Perry said waving him in, a little distracted by his edits to the Edge/Intergang article.
Clark sat down and waited for Perry to finish his edits. “Good work on this article Kent.”
“Thanks, Chief, umm, is there something you wanted to say to me?”
“Oh, Lois told you I wanted to apologize?” He stood up and went to sit on the side of his desk. “You know, Kent, I only said those things because I care.”
“I know that, Chief. Lois and I understand. There’s really no need to explain.”
“I think I should explain,” Perry said. He stood up then, walked around his desk appearing to be deep in thought, as he stared out the window. “You see, when you left for your trip, I could see how much Lois missed you. Oh, she tried to hide it, but I know her. I’ve known her for a very long time, Kent, and she couldn’t hide it, not from me. Then, Superman disappeared from her life. She was pretty torn up about it, both you and Superman gone, and then she wrote that article.” Perry turned to face him.
Clark decided to stop him before it got too close for comfort. “I know Lois was confused about a lot back then, but she’s forgiven me for leaving. We’re happier than we have ever been Chief.” He stood up to leave. “Thanks, Chief. I’ll be getting back to work now.”
Perry watched him for a moment, thinking Kent couldn’t wait to get out of his office. “Sure, Kent, I’ll see you later.”
Clark left Perry’s office and breathed a sigh of relief. There’s no doubt in my mind now. Perry is definitely fishing for something.
~o~o~
STAR Labs, 2:45 pm:
Lois and Dr. Hamilton were in his office going over her and Jason’s records from her pregnancy over six years ago.
“Thank you, Mrs. Kent, for bringing these records to me,” Dr. Hamilton said. He noticed she kept looking at her watch. “Are you in a hurry, Mrs. Kent?”
“No, no, I was hoping Clark would be here by now.”
“Humm, I see. We’ve only just started. He may still show up. Let’s get started on those tests. They will take a little while, and hopefully, he’ll arrive by the time we’re finished.”
“Alright doctor,” Lois said sighing, as she followed the doctor to the lab for tests.
Thirty minutes later, Clark showed up smoothing his hair into place and straightening his tie. Lois and the doctor were in the examination room going over a few of her test results as they both turned at the tentative knock on the door. Clark poked his head in hoping Lois wouldn’t be too mad at him for being late. “I’m so sorry I’m late honey,” Clark said as he kissed Lois’s cheek. “Is everything alright, doctor?”
Lois smiled at her husband and took his hand. “I’m just glad you made it Clark. We were just getting started.”
“Hello, Mr. Kent. Mrs. Kent is in excellent health, but I wanted to talk to you about Jason and the problems he had early in life. Mrs. Kent explained to me about his asthma and other immune deficiencies that plagued his childhood.”
“Yes, doctor, Jason was very sick as an infant. We almost lost him; he was so small,” Lois said as she squeezed Clark’s hand.
“And you were pregnant for …,” he glanced at Lois’s records from years ago, “38 weeks, which is full term normally?” Dr. Hamilton inquired.
“Yes, I thought Jason would be fine. I never had any problems during my pregnancy, so when he was born, and he only weighed five pounds, the doctors couldn’t understand what had happened. I ate right, took my vitamins, quit smoking, but Jason wasn’t getting any bigger, then I went into labor. The doctors fully believed that since he was full term, that he would be fine, but that wasn’t the case.”
The doctor took a few notes, but then his beeper went off. “Excuse me, I have to take this. I’ll be right back.”
Clark watched the doctor leave and wondered what Lois could possibly do differently to ensure their next child would be healthy.
“Clark, I’m worried now. Jason was just so sick. The doctors took good care of him, but he was in the hospital for over a month,” Lois said remembering that terrible time.
“I’m so sorry honey,” Clark said squeezing her hand, as the guilt tore him up inside.
“I know it’s hard to hear all of this Clark, but we can’t change the past, just try to do things differently this time. I want this child to be healthy and happy.”
“So do I, Lois, and he or she will be,” Clark said hoping and praying for it to be true.
The doctor came back then. “I’m sorry about that. I’ve checked some things out concerning Krypton and how a pregnancy might have happened on your planet, Mr. Kent. I think your son needed an additional month to grow. If he’d had that additional time, his body would have matured more, specifically his lungs, and I believe he wouldn’t have had those problems. We have to make sure you have a full ten month pregnancy, Mrs. Kent. If you go into labor sooner than that, we have ways to stop the labor. I also think once you reach your ninth month, we could put you on bed rest. It certainly couldn’t hurt, and of course, we’ll monitor the baby’s weight and how he’s doing.”
“Lois, what do you think? I know it will be hard to be in bed for a month, but …” Clark said letting that hang in the air. Their child’s health had to be a priority.
Lois didn’t need to think about it. “Of course, I’ll do what the doctor says.”
“Good, now, I’ll set up a schedule today for your future appointments, and a sonogram in a few months to see the sex of the baby, if you’d like to know.”
Lois smiled at her husband. “Clark, do you want to know the sex of the baby?”
“I would like it to be a surprise, if that’s what you want, honey,” Clark said leaving it up her.
“It’s settled, doctor. We don’t want to know.”
“That’s fine, then. I think we’re done. I’ll see you back here in a month, Mrs. Kent,” the doctor said as he prepared to leave.
“Thank you, doctor,” Lois said.
“Yes, thank you, doctor,” Clark said as the doctor left.
As Clark helped her down from the table, he could see she was deep in thought. “What are you thinking, honey?”
“I was just wondering how Jason is going to react to the news,” Lois said hoping he will love the idea.
“Well, Jason and I haven’t known each other very long, but my son will be absolutely and totally thrilled to have a sibling.”
“Oh, you think so?” Lois said smiling as she couldn’t help but be encouraged by Clark’s opinion.
“Yep, I know he will,” Clark said, as he silently sent up prayers that it be true.
~o~o~
Later that evening after dinner, Clark and Lois sat Jason down admitting to themselves that they had no idea how he was going to react to the news.
Jason was facing his parents and he could see it was going to be one of ‘those’ talks. He was starting to pick up things about his parents and how they acted when there was something important they wanted to tell him. “Mom, Dad, what’s going on? I have homework.”
“This won’t take long, honey. Your father and I have some wonderful news to tell you.” Lois took his hands in hers. “We’re going to have a baby, Jason. You’ll have a baby brother or sister in about nine and half months.”
“A baby, really?” Jason could not believe it. He was beginning to think he would be an only child. “Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Well, we won’t know until the baby is born. Does it really matter which it is, Jason? He or she will look up to you to teach him or her things about life and you can be there for each other all your lives.”
“I know that, Mom, but a baby brother would be so awesome,” Jason said getting more and more excited about the idea. He stood up then and went to stand before his father. “Will he have powers like you and me? Wow, Dad, that would be so cool,” Jason asked and as he said that, he started to float up towards the ceiling. “Dad, Mom, look, look, I’m flying,” he said looking down at his parents’ shocked expressions.
Clark got over his initial shock and tried to coax Jason down from the ceiling. “Jason, Jason, look at me. Concentrate son, take a deep breath and come down ... that’s it, slowly, slowly.”
Jason did as his father said as he drifted down to the floor with his arms out trying to balance his weight. “Wow, Dad, I didn’t think I would ever do that again.”
Lois was still in shock. I’ve never seen Jason so excited. Clark was right; he is thrilled about the baby. She shook her head smiling at her family. “Jason, are you alright honey? How did it feel?” She asked as she held out her arms to her son.
“It felt great, Mom. Can I do it again?” Jason asked looking between his Mom and Dad.
“Well, honey, I don’t know,” Lois said looking to her husband for help.
“Jason, you need to practice control. You know you’re too young to even think about using your powers. You have a long way to go before that happens. What we need to concentrate on now is not letting your powers control you. Do you understand?”
Jason hung his head but he knew what his father said made sense. “I understand, Dad, but you promise to help me, right?”
“Of course I will son. Why don’t you go on up and do your homework? We’ll be up in a little while before you go to bed. Go on now,” Clark told his son.
“Alright, good night, Dad, Mom,” Jason said as he kissed his Mom’s cheek.
“Good night, son,” Clark said.
“Good night, honey,” Lois said watching him go up the stairs. Clark went to his wife and enveloped her in a warm hug. “He’s growing up so fast. Tell me everything will be alright, Clark,” Lois said.
“He’ll be fine; we’ll be fine,” Clark said trying not to think about the threat that could tear his family apart.
~o~o~
Later that night:
Clark watched his wife getting ready for bed. He had to leave to meet up with the League to plan their strategy against Darkseid, but a part of him felt as if these days may be their last days together. He didn’t want to think this way, but he couldn’t help it.
“Lois?” He spoke her name like a prayer.
Lois stopped brushing her hair and watched her husband in the mirror for a moment. “Aren’t you leaving soon?”
“In a little while, here let me,” Clark took the brush from her hand and brushed her hair running his fingers through the silky strands.
Lois sighed and leaned her head back. “HUMM, that feels so good. You missed your calling, honey.”
Clark stopped after a moment, got down on one knee, pushed her hair aside and kissed her throat moving up to her ear. Lois moved her head to the side to give him better access. He then turned her around and pulled her into his arms and kissed her, holding her tight. She kissed him back moaning his name. He stood up then, lifting his wife into his arms and brought her to the bed. Lois could feel how tense he was and she had a feeling she knew what was bothering him.
She took his face between her palms. “We’ll get through this, Clark. I know we will. We just have to have faith.”
“I know,” Clark said, as he proceeded to make love to his wife, slowly and reverently. Once they were both undressed, Clark’s gaze moved over her body. His eyes stopped at her stomach as he slowly reached out to touch it, feeling a bit afraid to touch her. Lois took his hand and placed it on her stomach. She smiled at him. “Is it too soon to hear the baby’s heartbeat?” He asked hoping he could hear it.
“Yes, Clark, it’s only been a few weeks.”
He leaned down anyway and placed his ear against her stomach. Clark listened, but he couldn’t hear the heartbeat yet. He didn’t know why he felt disappointed, but he did.
Lois stroked his hair understanding. “It will be a few more weeks yet, Clark.”
He sighed and kissed her stomach. His lips moved up her torso taking a nipple in his mouth pulling delicately. “Ohh,” Lois said and arched her back. Clark could see how sensitive Lois’s breasts were becoming, as she was even more turned on than usual. He continued to lave and kiss her nipples for a few moments more. Lois clutched his dark head to her breast as she watched him pleasure her. “Oh, Clark,” Lois said as she felt her stomach clench with every pull of his lips.
Clark had to stop for a moment to get some control. Lois’s moans were turning him on beyond measure. He wanted their time together to last a whole lot longer. Lois knew how tense her husband had been over the past few weeks so she pushed him back on the mattress to pleasure him in much the same way. He groaned as her lips closed over his nipple and then went to pleasure the other one. I know how much he likes that, but I know he likes what I’m about to do even more.
She kissed her way down his stomach, as she stroked and caressed his ever hardening erection. Clark closed his eyes as his wife’s moist mouth slowly moved over him up and down, up and down. She stroked him for a few more moments, and then he pulled her up and kissed her thrusting his tongue inside his mouth. He left her hot mouth and kissed his way down her throat and back to her lips again. His hands roamed over her body, wanting to make this moment last forever, oh, if only he could.
Despite his raging need, his mouth slanted against hers, as his fingers traced the opening of her body, moving along her sensitive flesh and then her hand covered his to press his fingers inside her body, a low moan rumbled in his chest.
“NOW, Clark, I want you now… please,” Lois pleaded on a moan throwing her head back into the pillow.
Clark positioned himself between her thighs and thrust home, too hungry for her to delay the pleasure any longer. They both gasped when he filled her. Lois pulled his mouth back to hers and thrust her tongue inside his mouth. He held the back of her head and took her lips in a deep kiss one after the other. Soon, they found that ancient rhythm. She felt so good in his arms, as her cries and thrusting hips sent him closer to that peak. Her delighted cry and her expression of release sent him over the edge. They floated back down to earth caressing and stroking their heated bodies. Clark pulled her close, stroking her hair and arms. Several moments passed before either of them could speak.
“I don’t want to leave you tonight, Lois,” Clark managed to say as he sighed into her hair.
“But they’re waiting for you, Clark. You have to go,” Lois said leaning up on her elbow to see his face. She touched his cheek. “I’ll see you in a few hours.”
Clark sighed, knowing she was right. He looked into her eyes trying to grab hold of that faith she always seemed to have in him. He kissed her softly stroking her hair. “Get some rest honey.” He touched her stomach. “You too, little one,” he said and smiled.
He left their bed, went to take a quick shower, and twirled into the suit all in a matter of a few minutes. “Am I forgiven just this once?” He asked smiling.
Lois grinned and shook her head. “Yeah, I suppose, just this once.” She paused. “I love you.”
Clark leaned down and kissed her again. “I love you too. Good night,” he said and smiled. He couldn’t bring himself to say goodbye.
“Good night,” Lois smiled in return.
Then he was gone.
TBC!
A/N: If you’ve seen the movie, then you know that Jason has displayed a few abilities, strength and sight at a great distance. In my earlier story, he displayed speed and hovering too. Like father like son! I hope you liked it. Just a brief note: you don’t want to miss the next chapter. Thanks for reading everyone. Reviews are love!
Author: Babette babettew54
Category: Superman Movie-verse
Characters: Lois/Clark/Kal-El, Jason, Richard/Lana, Perry, Martha
Rating: M
Word Count: 3,900
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer:DC Comics/Warner Brothers owns. No profit is being made from this story. This is strictly for my own amusement.
Beta: hanakt; And my good friend Mary!
A/N: This chapter seems appropriate in light of what happened yesterday. For those of you who don't know, I became the proud grandparent of a baby boy, Anwar Nicholas Tate, Jr. ("AJ")! Now, on with the story. In this chapter, Lois and Perry have an awkward meeting, Lois and Clark have their first doctor’s appointment, and Jason is his father’s son. I hope you like it. My sincere thanks go out to my beta for her encouragement and support and to my 'back-up' beta, good friend Mary. I really do appreciate it. *hugs* Read on, folks! :D
Banner by hanakt
Act I: Devotion
( Chapter 1) ( Chapter 2) ( Chapter 3) ( Chapter 4) ( Chapter 5)
( Chapter 6) ( Chapter 7) ( Chapter 8)
Act II: Lost
( Chapter 9) ( Chapter 10)
Chapter 11: The Power of the Sun
Previously:
She came into his arms then. “I think this place needs to be christened properly,” she said and then she kissed him. After a few moments, she pulled back and looked into his eyes. “Come with me,” she smiled and took his hand and led him to the window. He came up behind her, pulled her close to his chest from behind and kissed her cheek. “Wow, what a view,” Diana said.
Bruce wasn’t looking at the Earth, the Moon or the Sun. He felt as if he had captured all of those things and more and they were all right here in his arms.
~o~o~
The Daily Planet offices the next morning:
Lois was in Perry's office awaiting feedback on the article she and Clark wrote about their investigation into the D.A. and his connection to Morgan Edge and Intergang. Where is he? He should be arriving soon from his late night meetings with the League.
After reading the article, Perry was thoughtful for a few moments, and then he had a few things to say. "When you first brought this story to me Lois, I was definitely intrigued. I've had my eye on them for months, but nothing has panned out. Washington is good at covering his tracks. This article is excellent with just a hint of scandal, nothing that actually connects him, but enough to worry his PR firm, that's for sure. Are you going to tell me your sources?"
"Superman, of course, and the League have been very forthcoming with information."
"Oh, I see. Please tell me more," Perry said, wanted to hear everything.
"Well, the League planted a mole inside the organization and all the recent record breaking drug busts were due to his tips to the League. Once they received his last tip, however, he was pulled and put under police protection."
"And why was that?"
"Apparently, there was a big meeting of all the heads of Intergang in Gotham, and according to Superman, Edge contacted Darkseid."
Perry had hoped never to hear that name again. He stood up and went to the window thinking about this revelation. "Edge has become desperate, hasn't he?"
"Yes, he has. Apparently, there are only a few drug shipments left and Edge and the D.A. want to stop the League at any cost, even at the expense of the entire city."
"That includes Superman, of course." Perry turned from the window and faced his star reporter. "You seem to be taking this very well." He paused. “So, you’ve forgiven him?”
Lois was confused. "Taking what very well, forgiven who?" Does he mean Clark or Superman?
"Lois, I can read between the lines. After you wrote that article, everyone knew how you felt about him. I published it because I thought it would purge him from your system. You needed that and I agreed with you."
"Perry, please let's not do this again. All of that is in the past,” Lois said determined not to get into it. “Have you decided when you’ll run the article?"
"It will run in tomorrow's edition. And one more thing, Lois, I wanted to apologize for the other day to you and to Clark."
"There's no need. We both understood where you were coming from. You care about us, Perry, and it means a lot, but Clark and I are fine. We couldn't be happier."
Clark arrived at his desk and he could see that Lois and Perry were very intent on their conversation. He did hear that last part, however, and smiling, he decided to stop listening.
"I am happy for you both. I mean that, Lois."
"I know you do, Chief."
"I have a few minor edits to this and I'll send it down to copy in a few minutes."
"Thanks, Chief," Lois said and left Perry's office.
~o~o~
Clark watched his wife leave Perry’s office and wondered what type of mood she was in today. With the baby, Lois was even more moody than normal. He decided to tread lightly. “Hi, Lois, umm, did you give Perry the article? What did he say?”
“Yes, I gave him the article, but I really don’t know what’s gotten into him. He keeps harping on the past. I had to nip it in the bud before he got carried away again.”
“Oh, dear, what did he say this time?”
“He brought up my article, you know the one.”
“How in the world did that come up in the conversation?”
“We were talking about Superman and Darkseid and how I felt about Superman back then and how I feel about him now in the present. It’s all irrelevant. He knows I love you Clark. All of that is in the past.”
“Please, honey, don’t let it bother you. I’ll talk to him,” Clark said wondering if Perry was putting two and two together after all this time.
“He said he wants to apologize to you. He feels bad about what he said to us the other day.”
“Really? I’ll go speak with him. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
“Alright, Clark, but be careful. I’m getting a bad feeling about all of his questions about us. Oh, and before I forget, we have our first OB-GYN appointment at two-thirty today,” Lois said and smiled at her husband’s look.
“Wouldn’t miss it,” Clark said and smiled back. He then left to talk to Perry.
~o~o~
Clark tentatively knocked on the Chief’s door. “Umm, Perry, do you have a minute to talk?”
“Sure, Kent, come in, take a seat,” Perry said waving him in, a little distracted by his edits to the Edge/Intergang article.
Clark sat down and waited for Perry to finish his edits. “Good work on this article Kent.”
“Thanks, Chief, umm, is there something you wanted to say to me?”
“Oh, Lois told you I wanted to apologize?” He stood up and went to sit on the side of his desk. “You know, Kent, I only said those things because I care.”
“I know that, Chief. Lois and I understand. There’s really no need to explain.”
“I think I should explain,” Perry said. He stood up then, walked around his desk appearing to be deep in thought, as he stared out the window. “You see, when you left for your trip, I could see how much Lois missed you. Oh, she tried to hide it, but I know her. I’ve known her for a very long time, Kent, and she couldn’t hide it, not from me. Then, Superman disappeared from her life. She was pretty torn up about it, both you and Superman gone, and then she wrote that article.” Perry turned to face him.
Clark decided to stop him before it got too close for comfort. “I know Lois was confused about a lot back then, but she’s forgiven me for leaving. We’re happier than we have ever been Chief.” He stood up to leave. “Thanks, Chief. I’ll be getting back to work now.”
Perry watched him for a moment, thinking Kent couldn’t wait to get out of his office. “Sure, Kent, I’ll see you later.”
Clark left Perry’s office and breathed a sigh of relief. There’s no doubt in my mind now. Perry is definitely fishing for something.
~o~o~
STAR Labs, 2:45 pm:
Lois and Dr. Hamilton were in his office going over her and Jason’s records from her pregnancy over six years ago.
“Thank you, Mrs. Kent, for bringing these records to me,” Dr. Hamilton said. He noticed she kept looking at her watch. “Are you in a hurry, Mrs. Kent?”
“No, no, I was hoping Clark would be here by now.”
“Humm, I see. We’ve only just started. He may still show up. Let’s get started on those tests. They will take a little while, and hopefully, he’ll arrive by the time we’re finished.”
“Alright doctor,” Lois said sighing, as she followed the doctor to the lab for tests.
Thirty minutes later, Clark showed up smoothing his hair into place and straightening his tie. Lois and the doctor were in the examination room going over a few of her test results as they both turned at the tentative knock on the door. Clark poked his head in hoping Lois wouldn’t be too mad at him for being late. “I’m so sorry I’m late honey,” Clark said as he kissed Lois’s cheek. “Is everything alright, doctor?”
Lois smiled at her husband and took his hand. “I’m just glad you made it Clark. We were just getting started.”
“Hello, Mr. Kent. Mrs. Kent is in excellent health, but I wanted to talk to you about Jason and the problems he had early in life. Mrs. Kent explained to me about his asthma and other immune deficiencies that plagued his childhood.”
“Yes, doctor, Jason was very sick as an infant. We almost lost him; he was so small,” Lois said as she squeezed Clark’s hand.
“And you were pregnant for …,” he glanced at Lois’s records from years ago, “38 weeks, which is full term normally?” Dr. Hamilton inquired.
“Yes, I thought Jason would be fine. I never had any problems during my pregnancy, so when he was born, and he only weighed five pounds, the doctors couldn’t understand what had happened. I ate right, took my vitamins, quit smoking, but Jason wasn’t getting any bigger, then I went into labor. The doctors fully believed that since he was full term, that he would be fine, but that wasn’t the case.”
The doctor took a few notes, but then his beeper went off. “Excuse me, I have to take this. I’ll be right back.”
Clark watched the doctor leave and wondered what Lois could possibly do differently to ensure their next child would be healthy.
“Clark, I’m worried now. Jason was just so sick. The doctors took good care of him, but he was in the hospital for over a month,” Lois said remembering that terrible time.
“I’m so sorry honey,” Clark said squeezing her hand, as the guilt tore him up inside.
“I know it’s hard to hear all of this Clark, but we can’t change the past, just try to do things differently this time. I want this child to be healthy and happy.”
“So do I, Lois, and he or she will be,” Clark said hoping and praying for it to be true.
The doctor came back then. “I’m sorry about that. I’ve checked some things out concerning Krypton and how a pregnancy might have happened on your planet, Mr. Kent. I think your son needed an additional month to grow. If he’d had that additional time, his body would have matured more, specifically his lungs, and I believe he wouldn’t have had those problems. We have to make sure you have a full ten month pregnancy, Mrs. Kent. If you go into labor sooner than that, we have ways to stop the labor. I also think once you reach your ninth month, we could put you on bed rest. It certainly couldn’t hurt, and of course, we’ll monitor the baby’s weight and how he’s doing.”
“Lois, what do you think? I know it will be hard to be in bed for a month, but …” Clark said letting that hang in the air. Their child’s health had to be a priority.
Lois didn’t need to think about it. “Of course, I’ll do what the doctor says.”
“Good, now, I’ll set up a schedule today for your future appointments, and a sonogram in a few months to see the sex of the baby, if you’d like to know.”
Lois smiled at her husband. “Clark, do you want to know the sex of the baby?”
“I would like it to be a surprise, if that’s what you want, honey,” Clark said leaving it up her.
“It’s settled, doctor. We don’t want to know.”
“That’s fine, then. I think we’re done. I’ll see you back here in a month, Mrs. Kent,” the doctor said as he prepared to leave.
“Thank you, doctor,” Lois said.
“Yes, thank you, doctor,” Clark said as the doctor left.
As Clark helped her down from the table, he could see she was deep in thought. “What are you thinking, honey?”
“I was just wondering how Jason is going to react to the news,” Lois said hoping he will love the idea.
“Well, Jason and I haven’t known each other very long, but my son will be absolutely and totally thrilled to have a sibling.”
“Oh, you think so?” Lois said smiling as she couldn’t help but be encouraged by Clark’s opinion.
“Yep, I know he will,” Clark said, as he silently sent up prayers that it be true.
~o~o~
Later that evening after dinner, Clark and Lois sat Jason down admitting to themselves that they had no idea how he was going to react to the news.
Jason was facing his parents and he could see it was going to be one of ‘those’ talks. He was starting to pick up things about his parents and how they acted when there was something important they wanted to tell him. “Mom, Dad, what’s going on? I have homework.”
“This won’t take long, honey. Your father and I have some wonderful news to tell you.” Lois took his hands in hers. “We’re going to have a baby, Jason. You’ll have a baby brother or sister in about nine and half months.”
“A baby, really?” Jason could not believe it. He was beginning to think he would be an only child. “Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Well, we won’t know until the baby is born. Does it really matter which it is, Jason? He or she will look up to you to teach him or her things about life and you can be there for each other all your lives.”
“I know that, Mom, but a baby brother would be so awesome,” Jason said getting more and more excited about the idea. He stood up then and went to stand before his father. “Will he have powers like you and me? Wow, Dad, that would be so cool,” Jason asked and as he said that, he started to float up towards the ceiling. “Dad, Mom, look, look, I’m flying,” he said looking down at his parents’ shocked expressions.
Clark got over his initial shock and tried to coax Jason down from the ceiling. “Jason, Jason, look at me. Concentrate son, take a deep breath and come down ... that’s it, slowly, slowly.”
Jason did as his father said as he drifted down to the floor with his arms out trying to balance his weight. “Wow, Dad, I didn’t think I would ever do that again.”
Lois was still in shock. I’ve never seen Jason so excited. Clark was right; he is thrilled about the baby. She shook her head smiling at her family. “Jason, are you alright honey? How did it feel?” She asked as she held out her arms to her son.
“It felt great, Mom. Can I do it again?” Jason asked looking between his Mom and Dad.
“Well, honey, I don’t know,” Lois said looking to her husband for help.
“Jason, you need to practice control. You know you’re too young to even think about using your powers. You have a long way to go before that happens. What we need to concentrate on now is not letting your powers control you. Do you understand?”
Jason hung his head but he knew what his father said made sense. “I understand, Dad, but you promise to help me, right?”
“Of course I will son. Why don’t you go on up and do your homework? We’ll be up in a little while before you go to bed. Go on now,” Clark told his son.
“Alright, good night, Dad, Mom,” Jason said as he kissed his Mom’s cheek.
“Good night, son,” Clark said.
“Good night, honey,” Lois said watching him go up the stairs. Clark went to his wife and enveloped her in a warm hug. “He’s growing up so fast. Tell me everything will be alright, Clark,” Lois said.
“He’ll be fine; we’ll be fine,” Clark said trying not to think about the threat that could tear his family apart.
~o~o~
Later that night:
Clark watched his wife getting ready for bed. He had to leave to meet up with the League to plan their strategy against Darkseid, but a part of him felt as if these days may be their last days together. He didn’t want to think this way, but he couldn’t help it.
“Lois?” He spoke her name like a prayer.
Lois stopped brushing her hair and watched her husband in the mirror for a moment. “Aren’t you leaving soon?”
“In a little while, here let me,” Clark took the brush from her hand and brushed her hair running his fingers through the silky strands.
Lois sighed and leaned her head back. “HUMM, that feels so good. You missed your calling, honey.”
Clark stopped after a moment, got down on one knee, pushed her hair aside and kissed her throat moving up to her ear. Lois moved her head to the side to give him better access. He then turned her around and pulled her into his arms and kissed her, holding her tight. She kissed him back moaning his name. He stood up then, lifting his wife into his arms and brought her to the bed. Lois could feel how tense he was and she had a feeling she knew what was bothering him.
She took his face between her palms. “We’ll get through this, Clark. I know we will. We just have to have faith.”
“I know,” Clark said, as he proceeded to make love to his wife, slowly and reverently. Once they were both undressed, Clark’s gaze moved over her body. His eyes stopped at her stomach as he slowly reached out to touch it, feeling a bit afraid to touch her. Lois took his hand and placed it on her stomach. She smiled at him. “Is it too soon to hear the baby’s heartbeat?” He asked hoping he could hear it.
“Yes, Clark, it’s only been a few weeks.”
He leaned down anyway and placed his ear against her stomach. Clark listened, but he couldn’t hear the heartbeat yet. He didn’t know why he felt disappointed, but he did.
Lois stroked his hair understanding. “It will be a few more weeks yet, Clark.”
He sighed and kissed her stomach. His lips moved up her torso taking a nipple in his mouth pulling delicately. “Ohh,” Lois said and arched her back. Clark could see how sensitive Lois’s breasts were becoming, as she was even more turned on than usual. He continued to lave and kiss her nipples for a few moments more. Lois clutched his dark head to her breast as she watched him pleasure her. “Oh, Clark,” Lois said as she felt her stomach clench with every pull of his lips.
Clark had to stop for a moment to get some control. Lois’s moans were turning him on beyond measure. He wanted their time together to last a whole lot longer. Lois knew how tense her husband had been over the past few weeks so she pushed him back on the mattress to pleasure him in much the same way. He groaned as her lips closed over his nipple and then went to pleasure the other one. I know how much he likes that, but I know he likes what I’m about to do even more.
She kissed her way down his stomach, as she stroked and caressed his ever hardening erection. Clark closed his eyes as his wife’s moist mouth slowly moved over him up and down, up and down. She stroked him for a few more moments, and then he pulled her up and kissed her thrusting his tongue inside his mouth. He left her hot mouth and kissed his way down her throat and back to her lips again. His hands roamed over her body, wanting to make this moment last forever, oh, if only he could.
Despite his raging need, his mouth slanted against hers, as his fingers traced the opening of her body, moving along her sensitive flesh and then her hand covered his to press his fingers inside her body, a low moan rumbled in his chest.
“NOW, Clark, I want you now… please,” Lois pleaded on a moan throwing her head back into the pillow.
Clark positioned himself between her thighs and thrust home, too hungry for her to delay the pleasure any longer. They both gasped when he filled her. Lois pulled his mouth back to hers and thrust her tongue inside his mouth. He held the back of her head and took her lips in a deep kiss one after the other. Soon, they found that ancient rhythm. She felt so good in his arms, as her cries and thrusting hips sent him closer to that peak. Her delighted cry and her expression of release sent him over the edge. They floated back down to earth caressing and stroking their heated bodies. Clark pulled her close, stroking her hair and arms. Several moments passed before either of them could speak.
“I don’t want to leave you tonight, Lois,” Clark managed to say as he sighed into her hair.
“But they’re waiting for you, Clark. You have to go,” Lois said leaning up on her elbow to see his face. She touched his cheek. “I’ll see you in a few hours.”
Clark sighed, knowing she was right. He looked into her eyes trying to grab hold of that faith she always seemed to have in him. He kissed her softly stroking her hair. “Get some rest honey.” He touched her stomach. “You too, little one,” he said and smiled.
He left their bed, went to take a quick shower, and twirled into the suit all in a matter of a few minutes. “Am I forgiven just this once?” He asked smiling.
Lois grinned and shook her head. “Yeah, I suppose, just this once.” She paused. “I love you.”
Clark leaned down and kissed her again. “I love you too. Good night,” he said and smiled. He couldn’t bring himself to say goodbye.
“Good night,” Lois smiled in return.
Then he was gone.
TBC!
A/N: If you’ve seen the movie, then you know that Jason has displayed a few abilities, strength and sight at a great distance. In my earlier story, he displayed speed and hovering too. Like father like son! I hope you liked it. Just a brief note: you don’t want to miss the next chapter. Thanks for reading everyone. Reviews are love!