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TALON COFFEE HOUSE
Clark came into the coffee house after him and his father had come back from skating rink. Jack had went to talk to some important people. "Hey Clark." His friend Pete said.
"Hey guys." Clark said sitting down. Lana Lang came over and sat down with them.
"We heard that Senator Jack Jennings is staying with you." Chloe said.
"He is. Him and my dad went to high school together. Apparently they're good friends." Clark said.
"Wow having the Senator as a friend could come in handy." Chloe said.
"Yeah. He came cause his adopted daughter is in Olympics in Metropolis. And he wanted to get me and my dad's help with getting votes." Clark said.
"I never knew Senator Jennings had a daughter." Lana said.
Clark nodded. "He adopted her. And you guys should see her skate sometime. Talk about gifted. Her and a partner of hers did a little song with it." Clark said.
"When can we meet her?" Chloe asked.
KENT FARM
Martha Kent had just gotten home from shopping in town when Jonathan and Jack came through the door laughing. "Hey where have you 2 been off too?" Martha asked.
"Oh Jack was just showing me his interest in Olympics." Jonathan said laughing.
"Oh I never knew you liked the Olympics. You tried to stay away from that stuff in high school." Martha said putting stuff away.
"Well there is a reason for it." Jack said.
"Yeah she's about 14 years old." Jonathan said.
"Ok someone explain that to me." Martha said.
"Well if your son would come on and bring her you can meet her." Jack said. Just then Clark came into the back door with a girl with light brown hair and was shorter than Martha. She was laughing at something Clark had said.
"Oh hey Clark who's your friend?" Martha asked.
"Actually Martha this is Jacey my daughter. Jacey this is Jonathan's wife Martha." Jack said from his spot in front of the counter beside Jonathan.
"Oh wow. Nice to meet you." Martha said.
"You too." Jacey said.
"How did rest of practice go?" Jack asked.
'Fine Steve wants me there at 8 tomorrow morning. Seeing as the big night is about 3 days away." Jacey said.
"What big night?" Jonathan asked.
"The competition. Olympics will be for a week starting with the figure skaters. I am in 2 different categories. Pairs and singles for women." Jacey said.
"Wow. That must be hard work." Martha said.
"It is. But I've done it for about 3 years." Jacey said feeling something bumped her hand.
"Oh shoot Shelby what are you doing in here." Jacey asked squatting next to the dog.
"You know you weren't supposed to come in with me." Jacey said petting the dogs head and getting her small leash out of her purse.
"Wait before you take her out show Martha what you did with her at the rink." Jonathan said. Jacey nodded and made a hand motion and the dog sat down and watched her. One more hand motion the dog was laying down. And another she was rolling over and playing dead. And the last one she jumped up and barked at Jacey.
Martha smiled. "Wow. Where did you teach her all that." Martha asked.
'When I got her the people were deaf and they taught her the sit and stay command. I learned the rest." Jacey said.
"She is so cute." Martha said.
"Yeah she's been my girl since just before everything happened." Jacey said rubbing the dog. "Come on girl let's go out to the car." Jacey said opening the back door. "I'll be right back." Jacey said walking the dog out.
When the door shut Martha turned to Jack and smiled. "She's a good girl. You're gonna have to tell us the story of how she came to living with you?" Martha said.
"I will." Jack said. The back door opened and Jacey walked back in and stood there.
"Well sleeping arrangements. Jack you want to take the loft and Jacey can take the guest room." Martha said.
'Actually I can just take the couch. I won't sleep much got a term paper coming up in my online studies that I need to study for." Jacey said.
"Ok if you're sure. Shelby can come in and sleep beside you." Martha said.
"You sure it ain't a problem?" Jack asked.
"None at all. Seems Jacey and Shelby are best friends." Martha said. Jacey looked down and smirked.
DINNER TIME
KENT FARM
Martha Jonathan and Clark were sitting around the table listening to Jack recite how he met Jacey. "I was doing a debate at a school in Florida when I seen her. She was sitting in the back sporting a black eye." Jack said. Jacey looked down smiling at the memory.
"I asked the principle and he told me about her. So I went and talked with her. Over the course of a few weeks we wrote each other." Jack said.
"Jacey how did you get the black eye?" Martha asked.
Jacey looked down steeling herself. "My father. My mom had just died of cancer and he was mad at me cause he thought I had caused it. So he hit me. That day I was just looking to be invisible. Hoping to be anyway." Jacey said.
"Any ways she stopped writing me one day. We talked through Email all the time and then it just stopped. So I contacted the school and asked the principle. He told me that she had been beat up pretty badly the night before and was in the hospital." Jack said having to clear his throat.
"My god Jacey how did that happen?" Martha asked the teen girl. This girl was growing on her.
"I had problems at school that day and he just went off on me. I was on the top step and he shoved me and I fell 2 flights down." Jacey said.
Martha gasped. "Oh my. How bad were you hurt?" She asked.
"I was in the hospital for a week. I had a concussion that they didn't think would go away. Bruised me up and sprained my wrist." Jacey said.
"Dang and I thought a broken leg hurt." Jonathan said. Everyone laughed.
"Wrist was very hard. It was about a month after that I got Shelby. The family was a friend of my grandparents and heard of what happened and gave the dog to me cause I had helped take care of it." Jacey said.
"So when I found out she was in the hospital I went to see her. God that was an awful site." Jack said.
"So how do you like living with Jack and Natasha?" Jonathan asked.
Jack cleared his throat. "Uh Jon I haven't actually been so forth coming with my relationship. Natasha and I split up about a year ago." Jack said.
"Oh. Well I am sorry to hear that." Jonathan said.
"Thanks. Um would you guys mind if me and Jon talked for a while. Alone?" Jack asked. Martha and Clark watched at as the men got up.
Jack walked behind Jacey's chair and squeezed her shoulder. "Need me we'll be right outside." Jack said.
"Ok." Jacey said. After Jonathan and Jack were out of the house Martha cleared her throat.
"Oh well I think I have homework." Clark said getting the hint and leaving the room. Jacey smirked.
"I'm glad the guys are gone. Gives us girls a chance to get to know each other." Martha said. So for the next hour or so Martha and Jacey sat and talked.
TBC