Is Well – Glimpses of the Kent Family

Sequel to - All Is Not Well and All Is Well That Ends Well-Short Xmas Story and
All Is Well The Kent Family Saga

All Is Not Well - Short synopsis

Lois and Clark found their way back together shortly after the events in SR partly with the help of Jason who inadvertently reveals Clark 's secret to both Lois and Richard. Richard has become good friends with Chloe a former schoolmate of Clarks. (not related to Lois here but same basic character from Smallville now working at the DP) Clark has quit the paper and is now working freelance for more independence. Jason is becoming more and more like his father.

After getting married Lois and Clark settle down in a new home together with Jason and Kala a young girl they adopted after Superman rescued her from an abusive situation. They also have a dog named Einstein, a young golden retriever that they adopted from the prior owners of the house they just purchased which is just a short distance from where Richard and Chloe live.

The story continued in The Kent Family Saga where the family faced new trials culminating in the birth of Elina Lauren Kent and Braden White born approximately one month after Elina. During the story it became known that Kala has abilities of her own. She can read minds, has premonitions and is able to communicate telepathically with Clark and to a lesser degree with Jason.

Xoxoxoxoxoxo

Chapter 1 - Richard's Ponderings

I can't believe it has only been one year since his return. So much has happened it seems like a lifetime ago. I would never have believed that my life was going to change so drastically, that Lois and I would both be married to someone else, expecting babies even. Yet somehow we are still very much in each other's lives. It has to be his influence over us making us better than we would have been otherwise.

When he first came back I was like everyone else in awe of him. That is till I realized Lois was less in awe and more like in love with him, even if she wouldn't admit it to me. It was always there, an unspoken truth between us. It suddenly made perfect sense. Why, after all the years she had refused to set a date for us to be married. Oh, I never doubted she loved me. She just wasn't in love with me.

I wanted so badly to hate him. Heaven knows, I certainly tried to hate him, but there is just something so innately special about him that, try as I might, in the end I could do nothing but admire and respect him. Just as he was trying to let go of Lois it became more and more evident to me that she belonged with him. Jason belonged with him. Who was I to stand in the way of what was written so indelibly in the stars.

When they first got back together insisting I would still be Jason's Daddy I was skeptical at best. I was sure they meant well but doubted it could ever work. How would he be comfortable having me around always reminding him of what he'd missed, of what I had taken in his absence. No, I was sure it wouldn't, that it couldn't possibly work.

Boy was I wrong. Maybe it's his otherworldly optimism or maybe it's his small town goodness and charm or perhaps the strange combination of both. Whatever, it has worked! Somehow his view of the world seems to rub off onto those within his close influence. He doesn't seem at all like that aloof and all powerful alien or the 'other man' in a love triangle. No, he seems like a favorite brother. Even to me, an only and dare I say, rich spoiled former brat of a man.

Speaking of brothers, I am honored that he evidently feels the same way. Why else would he give me the keys as it were to the starship he made for his family? I can't even begin to tell you how it feels to pilot that starship. I used to love my seaplane but it pales in comparison to piloting the starship, even better when I am shadowing Clark and Jason. Seeing them flying together is like watching magic happen. Sometimes Clark is carrying Kala in her little Saturn Girl suit. Sometimes she's with me. Often other members of the family join us as well. Lois and Chloe in particular love watching their antics in the sky. Yes, it is definitely magic when we are all together, there in the sky.

Last week was Father's day. I can't remember ever having a happier one. Lois and Chloe were both waddling around, hands on their expanding stomachs. Luckily it was a quiet day for Clark he only had to leave a couple of times. Chloe and I insisted it was our turn to host a BBQ on our patio. After dinner we played with the kids in the pool for the rest of the afternoon and evening. I tell you that tight blue suit of his hides a lot. Seeing him in just a swimsuit, if I wasn't a happily married straight man I might be tempted to ….well you get my drift.

Kala and Jason both gave us the cutest home made cards. I love that Kala calls me Daddy Richard just like Jason. It totally warms my heart. Kala is so much like Lois and Clark it's uncanny. She looks like she could be Lois' daughter and her spunk is all Lois but she is in many ways like Clark too. She has his sensitive and loving nature. God worked a little miracle making sure she got where she belonged in their care. In just the short time she has been with them she has changed from a timid, insecure, damaged child into a loving, inquisitive, confident, caring, and wise beyond her eight years child. Jason benefits from her influence as well. He is just too young to keep all his secrets without her vigilant watchful eye and ever present help particularly at school. She has defiantly been a godsend.

Speaking of Jason today is his sixth birthday. There's a bunch of the kids from the neighborhood and also from school here for a birthday swim party right now. Clark and I are the 'official' life guards for the party. Not that my help would really be needed if anything were to really happen. I have to laugh at some of the mother's ogling Clark and he doesn't even have his shirt off. Good call on his part I might add. What is even funnier, he doesn't even seem to notice or understand how he affects women. Either that or he is damn good at hiding it.

It never ceases to amaze me how good Clark is with kids. I get the feeling he would gladly welcome a dozen or more children into the family. I wonder how Lois feels about that! No doubt she keeps his feet firmly settled in reality where that's concerned.

Tonight the 'whole family' is getting together to celebrate. Bruce and Catherine are even coming and from what I hear they're becoming quite the item. Jimmy even has a steady girlfriend he is bringing. Everyone seems to be settling down. I can't help but think that just seeing how happy and content Lois and Clark are makes everyone around them want the same thing for themselves. They just exude happiness and fulfillment.

It has been really interesting getting to know the real man hidden behind the flashy suit. He is beyond genius in so many ways yet almost childlike in his incessant curiosity and fascination with life. He is infinitely patient and loving with the kids and so like them unwavering in his optimistic view and unconditional love of life.

Yes things have certainly changed in the last year and I can honestly say that Chloe and I are blissfully happy too. I thank the stars every day for sending him back to us, his family and to the world in general.

Lois was so wrong, the world did indeed need a savior and he more than fulfills the need on a daily basis.

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Vger's note

I really don't know where this is going to go from here. This was bothering me last night and wouldn't let me go to sleep so I just typed it up.