Chapter 3

Three Weeks Later

"Chloe, like I said before I really don't care choose whatever dress you want for the thousandth time!" Lois was speaking to Chloe on the phone while making copies at the Planet.

She could hear Chloe laughing through the phone, "Honestly cuz haven't you heard a word I said? I can only choose a dress that suits the theme which you haven't even chosen yet! It's been three weeks and all you've done was set a date a year from now! I mean what were you guys thinking?"

Lois rolled her eyes, "I chose that date because it's the date where Clark and I first said 'I love you' to each other and got back together. Is it my fault it's a year from now! I usually forget that day every year and Clark always makes me feel guilty. Except this year! This year I was so happy I remembered, I planned something so special for us... of course he didn't show up till the next morning, but it was still amazing! I never wanna forget our anniversary again so I figured it would be smart to put our wedding on that same day so it'll be twice as special to celebrate." She smiled to herself, proud of the way they planned it.

Chloe laughed, "Alright well you are taking advantage of your long delay there. I won't pick the dress till it comes sooner, but I still need you to choose a theme it was hard enough to get you to choose a location!"

Lois took her copies out of the copier and kept reading her memo's given by Randall. She wasn't really focused on her conversation, "We have so much time in our hands. We'll talk wedding details in like another 11 months okay?"

"You are one major procrastinator Lois Lane. Where's Clark anyways? Maybe I can get some ideas from him since he is half of this wedding."

Lois smirked, "Oh you know the drill, he's busy saving the world. Besides he's just happy I set a date, at least I made it official that I'm not backing out of this."

"Well isn't he a romantic!" Chloe said sarcastically.

Lois kept her eyes on her papers, "Tell me about it. I gotta go Chlo, these workloads aren't gonna disappear themselves. Love you bye!"

"Bye love you too." Lois looked down at her phone as she hung up and walked into another man. Her phone and the rest of her copies flew to the ground as she scowled at the man who had walked into her.

"Hey! Watch where you're going bucko!" She bent down to pick up her stuff in frustration.

"Excuse me but you walked into me Ms. Lane... but I can't imagine getting angry at such a beautiful woman." Lois looked up at the man who was now helping her pick up her things. She snatched the rest of the papers off her co-workers hands.

"Yeah well this woman is never clumsy John. You on the other hand could use some tips on telling from your left to your right."

John Corbin had laughed at her remark as they had both stood up, "My bad for losing my balance. Guess it was the view." He looked her up and down, admiring her figure. Lois rolled her eyes at the man who wished he could x-ray her, she had walked past him towards her desk, all of a sudden she started to have the biggest craving for a maple donut, she didn't know why, but she felt like she could smell one nearby, her mouth started watering as she turned and saw the copy boy eating a maple donut a few feet away from her. Lois squinted, how could she smell it from a mile away? She wanted it so badly.

All of a sudden John was in her view, standing closer than she would've appreciated. She rolled her eyes at him and took a step back, "What do you want?"

John curved his mouth upward, checking her out again, "You look good in blue." He complimented on Lois' blue blouse that matched with her black pencil skirt.

Lois furrowed her eyebrows, "Thanks?"

"You know what else would look good on you?"Lois waited for his answer, knowing she wasn't gonna like it, "Me."

Lois squeezed her eyes shut, "Oh god. You know I feel sorry for those snooty girls who actually fall for that crap." She turned away from him and started to organize her files.

John walked closer to her from behind, "What are you doing later tonight? Lemme buy you a drink."

Lois started to laugh and turned to face him, "Not in a million years buddy!" She patted him on the arm and walked away.

John raised his eyebrows, "Why not? C'mon, I'm sure you've fantasized about me a couple times. Lemme make your dreams come true baby."

Lois stopped abruptly and stomped towards him, she wanted to wipe that stupid smirk off his face, "Okay first of all, I never fantasize about someone with such an unattractive ego, secondly, don't ever call me baby again and thirdly..." She was gonna enjoy saying this one, she brought up her left hand in front of his face so he could see the sparkling object on her finger, she gave him an amused smile, "I'm engaged."

John pursed his lips, "Engaged huh...funny I haven't heard about this till now." He shrugged, "Well you know what they say, what happens at the office stays in the office." He grinned at Lois showing his teeth as she scrunched her face as he started to walk closer to her.

"I think you a little out of your league." Lois suddenly felt Clark's broad chest brush against her back faintly as she realized he was standing behind her, as he spoke in a threatening, angry tone.

John's eyes slowly went from Lois' face to Clark's, he huffed at him, "Well well Kent. Didn't anyone tell you it was rude to interrupt? I was just making a conversation with Lois here."

Lois huffed out of anger, "Yeah do all your casual conversations start with a pick me up?"

John gave her an amused smile, seems like anything Lois said just couldn't send out her actual message. He took a another step towards her when Clark suddenly walked in front of Lois with his back to her and a hand on John's chest, pushing him back roughly, "You're funny if you think I'm gonna let you take another step towards her." He said through his teeth.

John looked down at Clark's hand and looked up at him, "Relax Clark I was just messing around! I didn't realize you were Lane's body guard."

Clark narrowed his eyes at him, "I'm not her body guard. I'm her fiancé."

John raised his eyebrow and looked back at Lois, "This is the guy you're engaged to?" He said pointing to Clark.

Lois smiled proudly, nodding her head, "That's right."

John simply gave an amused laugh, "Who knew your taste in men were tall, dark and... well... nerdy?" John laughed as he turned and walked away from them.

Lois heard Clark growl in anger as she walked around to face him, as he looked past her to make sure John was gone, "Does he always talk to you like that?"

Lois rolled her eyes, "Don't worry about John. He doesn't know his boundaries. No one whose ass I can't kick." Clark smirked at that and was lost in thought; Lois furrowed her eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

Clark met her eyes and shook his head, "People are always gonna wonder. What does she see in him? She can do so much better..." Clark shrugged, "I sometimes wonder if you can handle being judged like he just did."

Lois gave him a warm smile and wrapped her arms around his neck, "Clark forget about them. Who the hell cares about what other people think. You are the love of my life and I promise you I do not regret being with you. Anyone who even tries to judge me will get a black eye. I don't care if they call you a bumbling nerd." She hugged herself closer to his body and ran her fingers through his hair, "You're my bumbling nerd." Clark smiled back at her as she grinned. Lois' face turned seductive, she pulled away from him and tugged at his tie, "Besides... it was really sexy how you defended me just now. I've never seen your jealous side before."

"What jealous side?" Clark chuckled as she pulled his tie towards her and pressed her lips against his as he wrapped his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to his body.

When she broke the kiss, Lois was left gasping. "Now you need to buy me dinner babe because I am starving to death here!"

Clark laughed at her request, "You got it. Where to? You wanna go to the cafe across the street?"

Lois shook her head, "I'm in the mood for Chilli cheese steak, nachos, fries and... pretty much the whole menu from Chilli's!"

Clark raised his eyebrows, "Wow, what, did you miss lunch today or something?"

Lois thought for a moment, "No actually... I had like 2 burgers at lunch today with Oliver. Hmm weird?"

Clark laughed, "That's why I love you, not ashamed to eat 2 burgers."

Lois grinned, "That better not be the only reason Kent." Clark kissed her forehead as he pulled her hand to walk out of the Daily Planet.


Clark leaned his head against the bathroom door, holding a glass of water, "Lois honey are you okay?"

He didn't hear an answer and opened the door to see Lois hovered around the toilet bowl, puking. Clark knelt down beside her and stroked his hand up and down her back while removing strands of hair from her face. Lois looked up towards Clark, looking pale and exhausted, "I think I've pretty much puked my guts out." She started to breathe heavily as Clark handed her the glass of water and supported the bottom as she drank some. "Thank you." She whispered.

Clark brushed his fingers against her cheek, "I guess you ate way too much at Chilli's tonight. You probably have food poisoning. You should go to the hospital tomorrow, I'll take you."

Lois shook her head abruptly, "No way Smallville. I am not missing work over this. I think I've puked it all out. If I'm still sick tomorrow I'll go to the doctor."

Clark rolled his eyes at his stubborn fiancé, "Lois you're not gonna get better in a couple of hours. You're sick."

"I'll take some Pepto Bismol then! I'm not wasting precious time in a hospital where I can be covering the story of the century!"

Clark smirked at her, "You've already got that covered..." He gave her a cocky smile as she rolled her eyes at him and stood up, walking towards their bedroom.

"Well then I mean covering up the next best thing... like Superman getting the key to the city!" she raised her eyebrow at Clark as he smiled at her. She crawled into their bed, taking another sip of water. Clark crawled in next to her as he wrapped his arms around her, she buried her head into him, snuggling closer, "Mmm that'd be something eh Smallville."

Clark kissed her forehead, "Goodnight Lois." By that time, Lois had murmured a goodnight and was fast asleep with Clark.


The next day, Lois had eaten 4 maple donuts for breakfast, and was now having lunch with Chloe at her place. Even though she got sick the night before, Lois' appetite didn't falter. She was chowing down on her Thai food as Chloe watched her amazed, "You might wanna pace yourself there. You're eating like you've never seen food before."

Lois shook her head in disbelief, "I know right! Lately I haven't stopped eating. I'm ALWAYS hungry! Even last night I ate so much for dinner, but then I threw it all up. You would think I'd slow it down but..." Chloe raised her eyebrow at Lois. She shrugged and pulled out a scrapbook.

Lois looked up at her confused, Chloe spoke, "I made a wedding scrapbook with all the venues, themes, music...dresses" Chloe grinned, her eyebrows bouncing up and down to try and get Lois in the spirit of wedding planning.

Lois huffed, "Chloe we have so much time. I'm really not up for any wedding plans. It's too much work. You just pick whatever you want. Plan it out with Mrs. K! It'll be all you and I'll just come and choose my dress and walk down the aisle. Hey do you have any pickles?"

Chloe shook her head in disbelief and went to her fridge, "I can't believe this! You're the bride! What if you don't like anything we decide? What if Clark wants to do things with you together like oh I don't know... cake tasting, dance lessons, etc?"

Lois put her hand out in front of Chloe, "Whoa there Olivia Newton-John! Clark and I can dance just fine thank you very much. We're not gonna be that cheesy couple who takes dance lessons so that they can prove they can waltz. Simple slow dancing is fine with us." She went back to eating her food when Chloe came up with the jar of pickles.

"Have you asked Clark what he wanted?" She raised her eyebrow while she opened the jar of pickles.

Lois chuckled, "Clark doesn't care about dancing, he just wants to be my hus-" Lois abruptly stopped talking and held on to her stomach. The smell of the pickles overwhelmed her stomach as she ran towards the bathroom covering her mouth.

"Lois!" Chloe started to get concerned as she heard Lois puking from the bathroom; Chloe cringed at the sound as Lois came back out in a matter of five minutes, after rinsing her mouth. She came out breathless. "Are you okay?" she walked up to her; Lois nodded as Chloe supported her, sitting her on the couch.

"I guess my appetite got the best of me. Just make sure I can't smell those pickles. What are those, expired or something?"

Chloe furrowed her eyebrows and walked up to close the jar and checked the date, "I just bought this yesterday. And pickles don't expire Lois... they're your favourite."

Lois shrugged, "I don't know what it is. I'm just getting sick at random lately."

Chloe put her hands on her hips and walked up to Lois, who was taking a tissue and wiping the edge of her mouth with it. Chloe stared back at her thinking for a moment, Lois looked up at Chloe, who started to ask, "Lois... when was your last period?"

Lois raised her eyebrow, "Why?"

"Just tell me."

Lois shook her head, counting in her head, "Uhmmm... about... 6 weeks ago?" Lois gasped and thought for a moment, "I-I was supposed to get it over a week ago!" Her eyes widened at Chloe, whose jaw dropped. Lois stood up and started pacing around Chloe's apartment, "I've been eating like a pig, the puking... I missed my period" She stopped abruptly and gasped facing Chloe.

The edge of Chloe's mouth curved upward, "Lois... could you be pregnant?"

Lois shook her head in disbelief, "I-I don't know I... we never thought we can have any I...Chloe... I think I am!" Chloe's eyebrows shot up. Lois snatched her keys and purse off the counter and tugged Chloe's hand out the door.

"Where are we going?" Chloe asked while being pulled out the door by a frantic Lois.

"To find out if I am!"

An hour later

Chloe looked down at her watch, "It's time Lo."

Lois started to shake her hands as if she was drying them off. She took a deep breath and picked up the pregnancy test holding her breath. "Okay it's a purple vertical line. What does that mean?" Lois waited as Chloe read the box, and looked up at Lois with a blank face, "Well?"

"Positive."

Lois' jaw dropped, she walked towards Chloe's bed and read the other two tests she took which were also positive. "Third time's the charm right?" Lois' breathing started to pick up.

Chloe put a hand on her shoulder, "Lois? How are you feeling?"

Lois stood up in silence and went to look at herself in Chloe's mirror; she hesitantly lifted up her blouse and stared back at her now flat stomach. She turned to the side and noticed it had slightly gotten bigger. She saw a small bump forming, but you can only tell if you really look. She gently grazed her hand down her belly, her eyes never leaving the small bump. Lois' mouth opened in awe. "I-I'm actually pregnant. I have a baby in me... Clark's baby." She whispered and turned to Chloe, who had a worried look on her face. Tears started to form in Lois' eyes as a sob was about to break in her throat. "I'm gonna be a mom Chloe." She suddenly had a huge smile on her face. The tears fells down her face as she started to laugh, "Chloe I'm pregnant!" She couldn't even believe the words coming out of her mouth. Chloe ran up to her smiling and wrapped her arms around her cousin, hugging her tightly as they were both overjoyed. Lois never thought this would happen, but it has. She and Clark were going to have a baby.