That evening after Lois or Chloe had left Clark sat in silence. He sat on the old couch from his loft in Smallville and rubbed his temples. It was not exactly how he had the evening planned , but he was still surprised by her reaction. 'This is Chloe for Christ sake! She of all people would understand something this strange going on. 'He thought to himself. He needed to get out to think. But all he could think about was Chloe. Was adventures of their past and how she could forget about him.
That evening after Lois or Chloe had left she went home to her apartment. She called the babysitter ahead of time and offered her a ride home. She went up into the apartment only to be greeted by the little boy.
" Mommy Mommy!" She said trying not to wince at her strength as he ran up to her squeezing her legs.
" Hey, Clark" She said with giggle , " Where you good for Chelsea?"
" Yes , I swear , tell her Chelsea tell her how good I was. "
" He was an angel I swear ," She said with a wink.
" Oh that's great. Clark why don't you go put on your p.j.'s on and I promise you that you can sleep on the couch with me ok?"
" Yeah Yeah Yeah!" He said jumping up and down
" Okay" she said with a smile.
Clark was in fact the spitting image of his father . Lois had never known the father nor knows how she got pregnant . She was a virgin the day she found out she was pregnant and since raising little Clark something told her he was special. He had curly raven locks and piercing green eyes. Until that evening she had no idea who the father could have been or if by some miracle there even was a father. When little Clark was born something inside said Clark when she looked at him. She didn't know why or how but that's what she knew she had to call him.
" I owe you thirty right?"
" Oh no please twenty is plenty. " Chelsea offered
Chelsea was Clark's babysitter. Chloe had met her through a coworker. She was a fabulous babysitter . She always made sure he had dinner and played games with him. She read him stories and tucked him in even thought no matter how quiet Chloe or Lois tried to be when coming home he always knew somehow and jumped out of bed. She was the father Clark never had some nights.
" Your turning down an extra ten?"
" I actually have fun watching Clark , we have a lot of fun together . "
" Wow, um ok then I will call you again., once again I'm sorry to call you on such short notice its just that a work thing came up tonight and ..."
" Please its ok. "
" Alright at lease let me give you ten for a cab fare..."
" No No I have my car in the alley ..."
" If your sure , just be careful , I know there's a real crime rate shoot right now."
" I will , call me again.."
" I will.."
Suddenly Clark came running out of the room
" wait wait wait dont leave yet Chelsea wait ,"
" Okay okay , I'm not leaving yet what?"
" Bye!" He said giving her a hug
" bye . " Chelsea said trying to pry his arms from her legs .
" Clark let go ..."
" Oh sorry Chelsea "Clark apologized
" Its ok , your just so strong sometimes , I will see you again. "
" ok bye . "
" Bye Clark. "
That evening Clark had decided to go for run. He could have flown around but he didn't feel like it at the moment. He just wanted to run , just like he used to.
He ran across town , stopping in a harder parts of town. He decided to walk a little to think. When he was walking down an alley he heard a scream. The scream of a young girl . It was no where near where he was in fact it was more downtown , if anything near the sharks stadium he determined. He ran towards the scream to find a young girl with curly blonde hair being mugged . Her arms restrained behind her back and a gun to her head .
" EMPTY THE BAG! " The mugger commanded .
The girl was in hysterics as she began to unload a cell phone , a magazine , and a pack of cigarettes.
" well somebody hasn't been a good girl he whispered into her ear . "
Clark couldn't take anymore, he super sped in and pulled the man off of her . He punched him so hard that he slammed into the car nearby and made a dent in his body shape.
He bent over to comfort the girl . " Are you ok?"
" uh yeah , I ...I .. I think so ." She said trying to bring herself together as he brought her into a hug.
" Uh my name is ...Jeff. " He lied. He didn't want her to know his real name after that display of power.
" Chelsea ." She said taking his hand as he helped her up. " Thank you so much I ought to be going. "
' He looks so familiar .' she thought to herself.
" Oh it's no problem , I have to go too , uh bye. "
" bye. " She waved off getting into her car.
After she was out of sight Clark picked up the mugger and called him a cab.
" Lets get one thing straight , if I catch you around here , or anywhere for that matter doing anything like that again , and I guarantee you that I will , you are going to be so sorry. " He whispered into the muggers ear while tightening his grip on the muggers neck.
" Got it ?"
" Yea." The mugger shook nervously.
" Good. " he said as he threw the man into the cab and turned around to go home.
