Stubborn
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the OCs.
Taylor sat at the island in the kitchen biting her lip. Clark looked at her closely from his own position of leaning against the worktop.
This girl had blown into his life with a crazy story and had made him completely confused. And because of that, she actually reminded him very much of Lois.
"Have you got any food?" she asked suddenly.
Clark failed to hide his surprised face and replied, "What would you like?"
Taylor bit her lip again and then said, "Ice cream."
Clark frowned and said, "I don't have any ice cream."
A smile played on Taylor's lips and she replied, "How often does Lois come by here?"
"Almost everyday."
"Then check your freezer."
Clark did as he was told and opened the freezer door. To his surprise the freezer was filled with ice cream of different flavours.
Clark took out a caramel ice cream tub and as he shut the freezer door, he turned to find Taylor sitting with two spoons in her hand.
Clark sat down on a stool opposite her and they started to eat the ice cream out of the tub. He watched as she wolfed down the food.
After dessert, this girl is going to get a proper dinner, he thought.
To fill the silence Clark said, "I never noticed the ice cream before."
Taylor looked up at him. "Just like you didn't notice her coat on the chair, her slippers under the coffee table and her eye liner and lipstick on the worktop."
Clark frowned and looked around.
It was true.
The coat, the slippers, the make-up, they were all there. He hadn't even noticed them before. It was like it was natural for Lois's things to be around his house.
He turned back to Taylor and put his spoon down. He folded his arms and asked. "Are you going to tell me what you're doing here?"
Taylor put down her spoon and folded her arms just like Clark. "It depends on what you're going to ask me. I made a mistake; I gave too much away before. This is like a redo."
"So you remembered every thing before I used the ring?"
Taylor nodded, "I don't think I'm aloud to tell too much Clark. At least, not yet. I need you trust me, Jor-El is sending me some help."
"What kind of help?"
"I don't know. Maybe some friends of mine."
Clark bit the inside of his cheek and thought for a moment. This girl seemed to know what she was doing and there was something about her that made him trust her. He felt a connection with her, a connection that made him want to protect her and help her.
Clark sighed, "Alright. I trust you."
Taylor smiled with relief.
Smallville 2026
The room was quiet. The people in it sat or stood still, without saying a word. They were all thinking about the young girl upstairs.
Footsteps were heard and everyone looked at the stairs to see Lois walking down into the kitchen.
She looked pale and drawn. Her hair was in a loose ponytail and she looked extremely tired.
Johnny wormed out of Dinah's arms and ran over to her, closely followed by Maratha.
"Mommy will Taylor be ok?" he asked.
Lois gave them a weak smile and said "Yes, she'll be fine. She was playing too much today that's all."
They both smiled back at her. Clare took Johnny and brought both of them upstairs.
Chloe immediately went to Lois and hugged her.
BJ stood up and went over to them. "Aunt Lois?"
She looked at him and let go of Chloe.
"I'm…I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Taylor's feinting spells. I promised her that I wouldn't."
Lois smiled sadly at him. "It's ok BJ. You were trying to help her."
Then Clark burst through the doors.
"What did Jor-El say?" AC asked.
Clark walked over to Lois and kissed her head. "He said that Taylor has a job to do. He says that she's in the past…in 2009."
Chloe's eyes grew wide. "2009! That's the year that Doomsday was in Smallville."
"I don't think that they needed to know that Chloe," Kara said.
"What can we do to help?" Oliver asked him.
Clark shrugged. "Wait. That's all we can do. He said that her body is in this time but also in the past. She'll wake up when she's got her job done. Jor-El said he was sending her some help."
Lois leaned her head on Clark's chest. "I want our little girl back, Clark," she whispered.
Clark hugged her and whispered back, "I want that too."
-A few hours later-
Everyone had agreed to stay at the Kent farm until Taylor woke up. It was during the summer so the kids didn't have school.
The adults slept upstairs while the kids were sleeping downstairs in sleeping bags.
When most of the younger kids were asleep, BJ whispered, "Is anyone awake?"
"Ya," five voices whispered back.
As he sat up Kyle, Penny, Leo, Rachel and Paul sat up as well.
"What are we going to do to help?" Leo asked.
"Nothing. We have to wait. Just like Uncle Clark said," Penny replied.
"We can't just sit here!" Paul said.
"Didn't you hear Uncle Clark?! There's nothing we can do! Taylor is has to do this on her own" Kyle said.
"Guys! This isn't helping!" Rachel said.
BJ sighed, "We need to keep it together. Jor-El said that he was sending Taylor help. That could be us."
Suddenly the phone rang on the worktop. Penny super-sped and answered it before the adults woke up. "Hello," she said quietly.
Some one answered back and Penny looked over at the other kids.
"Who is it?" Kyle asked.
"Alfred, he is saying that Bruce has passed out…just like Taylor."
-C&L-
Clark sighed and looked back at Lois, who was lying by his side in their bed. "It's Alfred. He's says Bruce has passed out. I think that Taylor is getting the help that Jor-El promised."
Lois wiped a tear from her face. "Why is he doing this? Why can't she just come home?"
Clark kissed her hand and wrapped his arms around her. "He wouldn't do this if it wasn't important. Plus, she our daughter remember. She's one of the strongest people in the world. In more ways than one."
But even with these reassuring words, both of them still worried about their daughter, hoping she would come home soon.
Smallville 2009
Taylor flipped through the channels on the TV. Clark had gone to collect Lois from the Daily Plant and she was made stay at the farm until they got back.
Seriously, how was she going to get them together if she couldn't get near them?!
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Taylor turned to look through the window on the door to see the visitor.
A visitor she least expected.
She jumped off the couch and ran to the door. She opened it to see Bruce Wayne standing there looking very confused.
"Taylor what's going on?"
Taylor smiled and hugged him. "You have no idea how glad I am to see you Uncle Bruce."
She let go and they walked into the kitchen, closing the door behind them.
"Please answer my question Taylor. What's going on?"
Taylor gave him a weak smile. "Well…basically…we're in the past and my mom and dad need my -our- help getting together. It's kind of important."
Bruce sat on a stool and ran a hand through his hair. "Ok…what do we need to do?"
"I don't really know."
"Taylor!" he exclaimed.
"What?! It's not like this time travel thing comes with an instruction manual!"
Bruce sighed. "Do you have any ideas at all?"
Taylor sat on a stool and drummed her fingers off the worktop.
Suddenly a smile came across her face.
She looked at Bruce. "You're hot, rich and famous."
Bruce frowned at her, "Um…thank you?"
Taylor shook her head. "No, no, I mean you're my mom's type before she fell in love with my dad. All you have to do is flirt with my mom and get my dad jealous. How does that sound?"
Bruce's jaw dropped a little. "That sounds like a 'Hell no'!"
"Why not?" Taylor argued.
"Two reasons. Number 1: She's Lois Lane; she doesn't fall for simple flirting. Number 2: She married to Clark Kent. If I ever made a move on her, he would kick me all the way to Canada!"
A shocked look came over Taylor's face.
"He would not!" she said, "He would control his powers and just punch you…my mom would make wish he had kicked to Canada."
Bruce just sighed.
"Please Uncle Bruce. It's really important!"
There was a pause and then he said, "Fine. I'll do it."
Taylor smiled at him and Bruce mumbled, "It's a good thing I like Canada."
Then the door opened and Lois and Clark came into the farm house.
They stopped and looked at the two of them. "Who are you?" Clark asked Bruce.
"I'm Bruce Wayne…I'm from the future too."
Lois frowned, "Too? You mean that you and she are both from the future."
"When did she find out?" Taylor asked.
"I filled her in while we were driving here," Clark replied.
Bruce stood up and turned on his charm. "Well, you know my name but I don't know yours…and that seems like a shame," he said to Lois.
Lois smiled back and said, "Lois Lane."
Clark let out a low growl. He hated it when men flirted with Lois.
"Oh and he's Clark," Lois said with a wave of her hand.
Bruce smiled his million dollar smile and replied, "It's very nice to meet you Lois."
"Likewise," she replied.
Clark's jaw was tight and he said, "I need to do some jobs around the farm."
With that he walked out of the door, shutting it behind him.
Lois looked at the door with a slight frown. "Well the two of you look hungry. Do you want me to cook you anything?"
"NO!" both Taylor and Bruce shouted.
Lois looked at them with wide eyes.
"What we mean is…can we have some sandwiches," Taylor said.
Lois replied, "Okay…"
-A few minutes later-
Bruce and Taylor sat on the porch chairs outside.
"Do you think its working?" Bruce asked.
Taylor nodded, "Defiantly! Dad looked like he was about to explode."
Lois came out and placed two sandwiches in front of them.
"You're lucky Fate; you got the last of the ham. We have to go into town and buy more. I'll just go check on Clark."
Taylor smiled as she dug into her meal.
Bruce took a bite out of his and looked out over the farm.
"Fate?" he asked.
Taylor just smiled and shrugged.
"You know, when I met your mom for the first time, I didn't peg her as the housewife type," Bruce said.
Taylor smiled, "She's not. But my mom takes care of the people she loves."
Taylor let put a little laugh. "Even though they're not even dating yet, Lois and Clark act like their living with each. Plus my mom's an award winning journalist, not just a housewife."
Bruce nodded, "True. But we might have a problem. She didn't even notice me just now. She left the sandwiches and went to see Clark in the barn."
Taylor smiled. "That's what I hoped. She's paying less attention to other guys and more to Clark. Come on."
With that the two of them stood up and walked to the doorway of the barn.
As they stood there and watched the two of them Bruce Wayne felt inspired.
They looked so natural around each other. You could feel the love coming from the both of them as they stood in the barn just watching and talking to each other.
Taylor sighed happily.
This was just like it was at home. Lois and Clark, her, Martha and Johnny on the farm, helping with the work. It wasn't like the kind of life someone might have in Metropolis but Taylor loved it more than anything.
She wanted more than anything to get back to it.
"They look so good together," she said.
When there was no response, she turned to find that she was by herself.
Bruce had disappeared.
"Thank you Uncle Bruce. You did your job," she said.
Then she heard Jor-El's voice speak. "More help is coming, little one."
Taylor sighed and she walked into the barn.
Smallville 2026
There was a knock on the door and Clark, just like his daughter in the past, opened it to see Bruce.
"Bruce! You're alright!" Clark said.
Bruce nodded. "I had the weirdest time of my life just now and I'm the guy that dresses up like a bat."
"Did you see Taylor?" Clark asked.
"Ya, she's doing a fine job. She'll be home soon Clark."
Clark nodded. Everyone was gone out for the day to stop the kids from worrying. It was just him, Lois and and unconscious Taylor in the house.
"Do you want to come in?" Clark asked.
Bruce shook his head and pointed behind him at his car.
Before he turned to leave, Bruce asked, "Clark…do like Canada?"
Clark frowned, "Um…ya, Canada's nice."
Bruce just nodded and walked out to his car.
Smallville 2009
Lois and Clark stood in the barn. Clark was leaning against a pile of hay and Lois was standing in front of him.
"That is one really weird kid," Clark said.
"We do live in Smallville, Clark. This is the hometown of the freaks," Lois replied.
Taylor walked towards them. "Ya, that doesn't change, by the way," she said.
Lois looked at the door of the barn and then back at Taylor.
"Where's your friend?" she asked.
Taylor shrugged, "Ah, they come and they go."
Clark looked at Lois and said, "Ok this is weird even by our standards."
