Rating: PG
Song: Dancing in the Moonlight by Harvest King
A/N: This story was inspired from Alison's Lilies and recent events in my life. Thank you Lara for being an awesome beta.
Chapter 1: Memory
The hot muggy summer night was making it impossible for Lois to sleep. She rolled over and glanced at the clock on the nightstand. Big red numbers blared out at her, reading 11:45pm.
She slowly rolled out of bed, stood up, and made her way silently to her dresser and slowly opened the drawer. She looked over her shoulder momentarily to make sure that Chloe was still asleep. Once Lois was certain that her cousin was slumbering, she continued.
Lois inwardly sighed, as the drawer stood open. She reached inside carefully and pulled out the white sundress that belonged to her mother. She held it up to her chest and gently hugged it, remembering the first time she saw her mother wearing it.
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Five-year-old Lois was tossing and turning in bed,
unable to sleep in the summer heat.
Why does it have to be so hot? she complained to herself. She was positive that she was sweating to death, as she glanced over at the clock and saw that the time was 11:40pm.
She let out a quiet groan. She looked over to see if Lucy was sleeping. She needed water and didn't want to wake Lucy; once her sister was awake, she remained awake. Lois swiftly rolled out of bed and made her way downstairs, heading towards the kitchen.
On her way there, she noticed the curtains to the patio were pulled back. Naturally, curiosity got the best of her, and she walked to the sliding door.
What she saw that night she would never forget.
Her mother was outside in the backyard, dancing and singing softly to herself.
We
get it almost every night
When that moon gets big and bright
It's
supernatural delight
She spun around in a circle, causing the white summer dress to wrap around her.
Her long, chocolate brown hair was down, gently swinging back and forth in the midnight breeze. Lois' hand unconsciously went to her brown locks and gently ran it through her hair, which stopped short of her shoulder.
Everybody was dancin' in the moonlight
Ella let out a small laugh, as she threw out her arms and continued to spin across the backyard.
Everybody here is outta sight
They
don't bark, and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep
things light
Lois stood rooted in her place. She was awe stricken; she had never seen her mother so as happy as she was at that current moment.
I want to make mommy that happy, all the time, Lois said to herself; it felt as though her heart was being tugged at with a chain. She felt guilty because she rarely saw her mother truly happy, as she was at that moment in time.
I should go and give mommy a big hug, she thought. Instead of running out to embrace her, Lois' eyes drifted upwards towards the supernal sky.
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight
Dancing in
the moonlight
Lois heard her mother's melodic voice gradually crescendo, until she was finally able to hear the words that her role model was singing.
"Everybody's feelin'
warm and right
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's
dancin' in the moonlight
We like our fun and we never
fight
You can't dance and stay uptight
It's supernatural
delight
Everybody's dancin' in the moonlight…"
Ella stopped dancing, her back turned towards the sliding door. She felt a pair of eyes come to rest in between her shoulder blades and she knew that those eyes belonged to her eldest daughter. She smiled to herself as she heard Lois quickly run out of the room before she had a chance to turn around and look at her.
Lois panicked, as her mother stopped dancing. Oh no, I'm probably going to get in trouble if I stand here much longer. But its mommy, she won't punish me. But I shouldn't be up this late either. She mentally debated with herself and decided it was time to go, as she jet out of the room.
Ella let out a sigh of content. Lois was only a few years younger than she was when she had seen her mother dance under a full moon and in a white dress for the first time. "Someday, Lois, someday soon," she whispered to herself, as she resumed dancing.
Lois sprinted up the stairs, blood pumping through her, as she soundlessly jumped into bed.
When I grow up, I'm
gonna be just like mommy, Lois promised herself. And with that
thought, she drifted off to sleep, mentally singing Dancing in the
Moonlight, forgetting about her thirst.
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Lois silently changed into her mother's old unsullied silk dress and hugged herself. Whenever she wore this dress, she felt closer to her mom. The sleeveless dress, that was two fingers straps wide, fell just bellow her knees, slightly flaring at the bottom.
She sighed, as the knots in her stomach grew tighter. Why am I so nervous? Especially tonight, she asked herself as she made her way out into the cool, deserted hallway, which was faintly lit by the moonlight.
She started counting the steps as she descended the flight of stairs; five, six, seven. She jumped over the eighth step, and landed on the tenth. She had miscounted, which resulted in a loud creak. Lois inwardly cringed, hoping that no one would wake up, though she was certain enough that the pounding of her heart would be enough to wake the household.
She stood there until she was certain that no one had woken up from the creaky step.
Lois cautiously made her way down the remaining stairs, hoping that she wouldn't make another sound, and passed by the living room where Clark was sleeping.
-TBC-