CHAPTER 13

It was dinner time at the Kent's farm. Clark had done a lot of thinking and came up with a simple conclusion; he was going to ask Lois Lane to be his wife. It would be something special. Everyone they cared about would be there. Even Sam and Lucy Lane. He had called them and told them it would mean everything to him if they were there. He of

course didn't tell them what was going on.

It was now 7:30PM and Lois sat in Clark's room wondering where he was at. She went downstairs and was surprised to what she saw. There in the dinning room where Clark, Martha, Chloe, Jimmy, her father and her sister. "What's this?" she asked.

"I invited everyone over. I wanted the people we care about to be here for our special news," Clark said helping Lois down the stairs.

"I'm completely lost. What's going on?" Sam asked as Lois gave him a hug and then hugged her younger sister. "One minute you hate each other and now you are helping each other down the stairs and sharing a special night. What's that about?" the general asked.

"Dad, we are not just helping each other out. We're in love," Lois said.

"What?" Lucy asked with her jaw half hitting the ground.

"It's not that breaking news, Lucy. Smallville and I had it coming," Lois said flashing Clark a smile.

"I just want to enjoy tonight," Clark said guiding everyone towards the table.

They ate for about 30 minutes letting dinner pass with small talks. But Sam Lane couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to know what was going on. "Ok. Clark, what's the deal? What's so special about tonight?" he asked.

"I'm glad you got to that." Clark looked at the general and then put him attention towards Lois. "Lois Lane, we've been so through so much together. We've fought, made up, gotten mad at each other, cried with each other, but I realized through all of that you were still here. When I'm with you, I feel like I'm in the right place and I'm who I'm meant to be. I didn't realized this until recently, but, Lois, I'm madly in love with you."

Clark bent down on one knee in front of Lois. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Lois Joanne Lane, with you marry me?"

Lois was now in tears. But they were not sad tears, but tears of joy. Of happiness. "You mean so much to me, Clark Kent. So, yes I will marry you," Lois said.

Clark stood up to give Lois a hug, but they were interrupted. "Wait a minute! Aren't you rushing into this?" the General asked.

"Daddy, I love him."

"You barely even know him."

"With all due respect sir, we've known each other for four and a half years. I think it's safe to say we know quite a lot about each other," Clark said.

"I like you, so you might want to keep you mouth shut," the general told Clark.

"If you like me then why don't you want me to marry your daughter?"

"There is no reason for the two of you to rush into this. There is nothing holding you down."

"I'm pregnant."

The general was pissed. He only had two daughters and now one of them was pregnant. With a farm boy's child. He had always had expectations of his daughter's future husbands and Clark Kent was far from reaching them. Clark Kent was a great guy, but not great for Lois.

"I take back liking you," the general said. He stood up and started walking towards Clark.

"You got my baby pregnant!" he yelled at Clark.

Lois knew what was going on. This situation, well not exactly this situation, had happened before. Her father had caught her making out with her boyfriend and then chased him around until he beat the crap out of him. She could only imagine what kind of stuff he had in store for Clark.

"Dad, calm down," Lois tried to say. She ran and stopped him from going face to face with Clark.

"Calm down? How am I suppose to calm down when I just found out that my daughter is pregnant. And she is not even married!"

"I don't recall you and mom being married when she got pregnant with me," Lois said defensively.

"That was different," he said.

"How?"

"We were dating for years. We knew we loved each other when I asked her to marry me."

"I know that Clark loves me and I love him too," Lois said angrily. She didn't understand why her father was acting this way.

"It's just different."

"Uncle Sam, I know this may sound crazy, but their love for each other didn't just out of nowhere appear. I have been watching these two and they have been in love with each other for a while now. I have never seen Lois this happy. Clark and her belong together. No matter what, they'll be there for each other," Chloe said.

It was then when Sam Lane realized that he raised his daughter. He raised her to never give up. To always strive to get what you want in life. To fight for what is yours. It was then when he realized that no matter what Lois and Clark loved each other and she wouldn't give up on love. She wouldn't give up on him. It was then he realized that Lois Lane was really happy.

The silence was killing Clark. Lois's father was staring back and forth between the two of them, not saying a single word. He was clearly thinking about something. But what could it be?

Clark was very relieved when the general finally spoke. "Lois. Clark. I'm happy for you. I may not agreed on everything you do, but all I care about is my daughter's happiness."

Those words were the last that Lois expected to hear from her father. "Do you really mean that?" Lois asked.

"I love you. I want to see you happy. And it's clear that Clark makes you happy," the General said.

"Thanks daddy." She walked over and gave her father a huge hug. "He really does make me happy."

"I promise I'll love your daughter with all my heart for the rest of my life."

"And if you hurt my daughter, I'll hunt you down like a fox."

"And I'll knock you over your head if you think about breaking her heart," Martha joined in.

"I promise, Lois and I will be happy for the rest of our lives."