Together forever - 2
The
next morning, they have breakfast really early because they have to
be in the farm before Clark went to the university. They went by
Lionel's limousine because he didn't want her to drive. All the
travel Lionel hold her hand.
When they arrived, Martha opened the
door with her key.
- Clark!? - she asked - Honey, mum's home!
Where are you?
- Mum! I'm here, in the kitchen! - shouted Clark
from the kitchen. He was really happy to see his mum again.
When
they met hey hugged really hard.
- Oh mummy, I missed you a lot!!
What are you doing here? When have you arrived?
Lionel had just
came in the kitchen.
- Hey, Lionel! You have come back too?!
That's fantastic! Have you already seen my mum or have you met at the
door? - Clark was happy, but all change when he saw his mother so
sad.
- I arrived yesterday, Clark.
- Yesterday?
- Yeah. I
came to see you and Lionel, I rang him, he came back, and I staid at
the Luthor's tonight. - she started to cry because she knew that the
moment to tell all to her son had arrived and she couldn't.
- Oh!
Fantastic! You come back after months of not seeing your son and you
preffert to spend the night with... with him! - he was shouting
really upset.
Martha started to cry harder and Lionel hugged
her.
- Why are you crying, mum? Are you feeling guilty for
anything? - he was being sarcastic and cruel with her... he didn't
understand the situation.
- Clark... - tried Lionel, but Clark
didn't stop - Clark! - shouted finally.
- What?! - shouted
louder.
- Clark your mum has cancer!
Clark couldn't
believe what he listened and what he have done before.
- That
can't be true...
- It's true, honey, they told me two days ago.
That's why I came back and... I couldn't told you... I...
- She
called me and I came immediately. You can get upset if you want,
Clark, but your mother just needed a friend to speak with, and I just
tried to be there for her - helped Lionel to Martha, to explain all
to Clark.
- But... but you are not dying, are you?
Clark's eyes
were wed. Martha went toward him and dried his tears. She caressed
his cheek and said...
- You will not lose me, son, because I will
fight to continue next to you. - she smiled.
- And we will help
you, Martha. You needn't to do that alone. - said Lionel putting his
hand on her shoulder.
That same week Martha started with
the quimio, and because she didn't want to stay in the hospital,
Lionel prepare all for make her room in the farm a good place for
her, and also paid the best doctors, two nurses to be with her the
twenty-four hours, and an assistent to do the housework.
- I will
take care of you, Martha... I want you to be the most relax you can
to overcome the cancer. You needn't to be worried of anything else,
because I will be aware of all that... - that's what he said once to
Martha.
The first days Clark tried to be the most time he
could at home with his mother, but when Martha notice that after come
from the university he didn't went anywhere, she wanted to speak with
him. So when he arrived from his classes the seventh day Martha was
in the quimio, asked Lionel to leave them alone.
- Honey, I know
that you're just worried about me, that's normal, and nice... but you
can't stop your life for me.
- But I want to take care of you,
mum. That's what Lionel is doing and I just want to do the same.
Because instead I know you're more than friends, I still being you
son, and that's my obligation.
- Oh, no honey! I don't want you to
think that. I'm very proud and glad seeing that you love me so much,
but, you're young, and you're studding, and you need to go out, to
see your friends... you can't stay all the day here seeing how your
mum is fighting with the death.
- But... it's so frustrating,
seing you here, lying in the bed while I can't do nothing, even
having my superpowers...
- Sweeter, don't worry about that. Look,
I have a nurse all the time at home who would come inmediatly if I
feel bad, ok? I have Lionel almost all the time with me, just holding
my hand...
- I could do that, too! - didn't let Martha continue.
-
I know honey, but you have a life to live, you have to enjoy your
youth, you have enjoy the time with friends, you have to find a
love... - she was smiling - you can't stay here ALL the time, but you
can come to say me hello when you arrive, you can come some time at
night, we can talk about your classes, about your problems... but if
I know that you spent all the time here, or in your room, I feel like
if I was taking your life, and I really don't like that...
- And
Lionel? You do let him stay here...
Martha stayed a while watching
at her son.
- Clark... before I came back, while I was in
Washington, what did you do at the afernoons?
- I used to go to
the Talon, or to the Daily Planet with Chloe.
- Right. That's what
I mean. You have stopped to do that for stay here for me. Now, when
you leave room, ask Lionel what he did in London this months. - she
smiled.
Clark went out the room, Lionel was coming upstairs
with Martha's lunch.
- Is all ok, Clark? - asked Lionel with a
smile.
First, Clark didn't want to ask taht to Lionel, but
then...
- Lionel, can I ask you something?
- Of course.
-
Well, it was my mum, she said me I... well... it doesn't matter.
-
Come on, I will be honest.
- Why did you travel to London? I mean,
what did you do there?
- I was just running away.
- From
what?
- I couldn't stop thinking on your mother. But you know
what, it doesn't matter where you are, when you love somebody the
distance is not a handicap to think about her... I was in Liondon
trying to convince myself that it was a madness to love Martha, and
it was impossible to take her away of my mind. When she rang me and I
listened the word cancer I said to myslef "How fool have you
been, Lionel, you had the best woman in the world so close to you,
and you run away leaving her alone". That's why I'm doing that,
I don't want to lose her, and I'm not going to leave her
again.
Lionel watched at Clark thinking that maybe he had been too
much honest with his answer, but Clark, after a while of silence,
said...
- You shouldn't do that, because she is really the best
woman in the world, and she's my mum - he smiled and went downstairs.
Now he understood why Martha let Lionel to spent all the time
with her and not him. He was young and was just starting to build his
life. Lionel's life was Martha.
Lionel went in the room
and gave Martha her lunch.
- Have Clark ask anything to you?
-
Yes.
- What have you answered?
- That you are my life.
They
kissed.
TO BE CONTINUED...
