Lois led him to the sofa to sit down. "Whatever it is, you can tell me. I know it will involve Lana so just tell me. Are you still in love with her?"
"Actually this is not about Lana. In some ways it would be easier if it was because you might be able to deal with it better." Clark explained. He decided to test the water.
"Lois, I want to start off by saying I know John is an alien." Clark smiled.
"Oh no. I didn't want you to find out. I tried to protect you. I thought you may have trouble taking it in."
"I am not naive Lois." He laughed and then turned to look deeply into her eyes. "I love how you try to protect me though." He started to push a few strands of hair out of her face.
"How long have you known?" she asked.
"About 2 years."
"How have you known that long?" she was shocked and then it was as though something went click in her head.
"You and Oliver have something going on, don't you. And that night in the alley, it was you I kissed wasn't it." Her face lit up with realisation.
He smiled. "No wonder you make such a good reporter."
"So why would you be part of Ollie's superhero club if you didn't have any powers." Lois questioned him.
"Lois, I do have powers."
"I should have realised you were a prime candidate to get powers from the meteor shower growing up in Smallville. You have hidden them well." She smirked.
"I am the Red/Blue Blur." He said waiting for a shocked reaction, but her reaction took him by surprise.
"Thank you." She looked at him. "For all those times you saved me."
He relaxed a little. "I just wish you did not have to be in trouble all the time. I think you need to be tied down somewhere."
"Maybe later." She laughed. "For now, all I want to hear about is your superpowers and how you got them."
"Lois, I am not meteor infected. Why did John tell you he came to Earth?"
"He said he had come to watch and protect another alien." Then it hit her. "That is you isn't it?"
He nodded. "Yes Lois. It's me. I am from a planet called Krypton, although it is now destroyed. I was sent to Earth by my parents before it exploded. The Kent's found me on the day of the meteor shower and raised me."
Lois placed her hand on his and squeezed it. "It must have been so lonely for you growing up."
"No, not really. I had people around me. Chloe has been one of the best friends I could ask for." Clark commented.
Lois nodded. "I thought Chloe might know. I assume Lana does."
"Yes, she found out a few years back. But you are the first person I have told willingly." Clark offered.
"I'm glad you told me, but I would have waited."
"If we are going to take this relationship to the next level, I needed you to know." He explained.
"I hope you don't mind but I need time to get my head around this before anything happens." She went red. "...if you know what I mean, but this does not change the way I feel about you. I will love you no matter what." She stopped after she realised what she had said.
"Love me?"
"Yes Clark. I love you and I will sing it from the roof of the Daily Planet if you want me to."
"I love you too."
"Lo, I need you to know you were never second choice but I did need Lana to come back at the wedding so I could finally say goodbye to what I had with her. If she had not come back, any relationship we may have started would have been under the spectre of Lana and I didn't want that. Now I have finally gained clarity in my life, and for the first time ever things have never been clearer. I need one thing in my life – you!"
She leant over and kissed him. "Let's get takeaway tonight."
"Ok, Chinese or pizza."
"You choose Clark, then if it is horrible I can blame you." She grinned at him.
Meanwhile thousands of miles away in the Arctic...Lana stood in the Fortress.
"Jor-el, talk to me. Where is Clark? He is training with you."
She waited a few minutes before her voiced echoed impatiently through the Fortress again. "Jor-el, I can see why Clark hated you."
There was still no reply. "I will find your son, and once he find out you ignored my request for information he will turn his back on you, like you have on him so many times." She shouted with venom before she sped off back to Smallville.
Clark spent hours talking about his childhood and growing up with his powers. Lois was captivated by his every word; she wanted to know every detail about him.
"There is one thing I have been curious about. That lipstick incident a few years back – did we fly?"
"Yeah we did."
"Any chance of a repeat performance?" she asked hopefully.
"I wish I could but I can't normally fly. Somehow the lipstick affected me and made me able to fly. I should be able to fly, something Kara never lets me forget."
"She is Kryptonian?"
"Yeah her father is my father's brother. She can fly." He explained.
"You must miss your Kryptonian parents."
"I miss my human dad more." He said with tears in his eyes.
She hugged him.
"I can still see my Kryptonian father. He made a Fortress for me in the Arctic and there is an artificial intelligence form of him."
"I would love to meet him sometime." She suggested.
"Ok let's go tomorrow." He said excitedly. "But first let's head to bed."
Lois smiled and grabbed his hand. "You can sleep in the bed, as long as you don't try anything." She winked.
Clark kissed her. "I will wait until you are ready Lois even if that takes forever." They were soon snuggled up together in bed as though they had always belonged together.
Lois woke up to find herself lying in Clark's arms and he was staring at her. "Morning, Lo."
She glared at him jokingly. "Why didn't you try anything last night?"
"You told me not to!" he fired back laughing.
"Clark, I am a woman. I don't always say what I mean. You will learn in time." She smiled
His eyes flashed. "Well...I could always try something now."
"No way, Smallville. You missed your chance until later. I am too excited about our trip to the Arctic. How long will it take to get there and what do I need to wear?"
"Something warm and seeing how you have brought enough clothes to open a department store I am sure you can find something appropriate." He grinned.
"I am sure I have a polar jacket lying about somewhere. When are we going?"
"Calm down, Lo. It is only a few minutes run away. Let's have breakfast first." Clark pushed her hair out of her face and then leaned over and kissed her on the lips. Before she had the chance to respond, he was out of bed and fully dressed.
"Playing hard to get, are we Smallville?" She thought to herself.
He cooked her breakfast and waited two hours for her to get ready. She come out of room six times to ask his opinion on which gloves to wear.
"Lois, this is not a fashion show."
"I know but I am meeting your birth father for the first time. I have to look my best." She replied seriously.
"He is not alive. He is a computer. I don't think he will compliment you on your taste in woollen wear." He joked.
"Ok ready." She jumped into his waiting arms and they sped off to the Arctic. Minutes later they were there. He put her down.
She looked amazed. "This is unbelievably beautiful and not as cold as I thought."
"It is sometimes. I think it depends what sort of mood Jor-el is in."
"Hello Mr El..." Lois announced loudly, taking the initiative.
Clark laughed and then shouted. "Jor-el?"
Suddenly a voice boomed. "Hello, my son."
"I have brought someone to meet you."
"Lois Lane... I have been expecting you."
"How did he know?" Lois looked at Clark, talking quiet as she did not want Jor-el to hear.
"I have always known that you are Kal-el's soulmate." He answered.
Clark was shocked. "If you have always known, why didn't you tell me."
"Kal-el, it was up to you to find out who you were destined to be with."
"Thank you for sending your son to Earth. He has been there so many times for so many people." Lois shouted.
"There is nowhere else I would have wanted my child to grow up. The Kent's raised him well and now you will continue to be by his side." Jor-el announced.
"No pressure then!" Lois laughed under her breath.
"Kal-el, before you go. Lana Lang came to the Fortress yesterday and asked where you were. She seems to have attained powers and she will present a danger to you and those around her unless you find out how to take those powers off her."
Lois looked at Clark. "Since when did Lana become super powered?"
"Long story. Let's head back and I will tell you everything."
"Jor-el, what did you tell her?"
"I did not answer her when she asked me the questions. She will come looking for you." He warned.
Lois was starting to feel the cold so Clark scooped her up and took her back to Virginia.
Once they got back to the house, Clark led her to the sofa. "Ok, about Lana. Just after she came back, she stole a prototype suit which Lex had developed for himself. It gives her super powers much like mine."
"Why did she do it?" Lois asked curiously.
"I think Lana has always hated me having super powers when she didn't. She saw putting the suit on as a way to become my equal."
"you mean she was jealous." Lois offered.
"Yeah exactly. She thought I would respect her more with powers, but it makes no difference to me. I like to think that my powers don't define me."
Lois smiled. "They don't define you. You are still Clark Kent underneath all those abilities. So do you think she is dangerous."
"I don't know but I think we need to keep an eye out for her in case she blows our cover. "
"There is no way she is going to react well to us being a couple." Lois commented explained.
"Well, she is just going to have to get used to it because I'm not going anywhere." Clark continued, pushing her down and the sofa and kissing her.
There was a knock at the door. It was Mike. "Hi guys. Sorry to disturb you but we were wondering if you wanted to come for dinner tonight. We have not seen you for a few days and thought you had been kidnapped."
There was stuff, Clark and Lois would rather be doing but knew they had to accept.
"That is so nice of you. We accept your invitation. What time?" Lois asked.
"About 7pm." Mike smiled.
Lois shut the door and made a face at Clark. "Gee, what an exciting night we have ahead of us. I had other plans for tonight." She said, leaving Clark in no doubt about what she had planned.
"We will stay until 10pm at the latest, I promise." He said eagerly.
"Ok then. We'd better get ready for the ordeal." Lois smiled...
