Chapter Thirty Four

It was Smallville's annual Harvest Festival and was the first time Lois had ever been to such an elaborate small town get together such as this, "So everyone in town spends the entire day eating corn" Lois stated from his side with her arm looped through his as he lead her around each booth.

"We are well known for a corn but there's more to the festival then that, it's about celebrating togetherness." Several children including Maggie run past him, "You don't get this kind of hometown stuff in the big city"

She gave him a questioning look then gave him a smirk and playful nudge, "Looks like someone's a little homesick"

"I'm home whenever you're with me" he says with a small smile as he lifts her hand to place a kiss on her knuckles but before she could say anything he was called away by Jonathan and Kara.

Lois watched him help unload the truck with a small smile, "Come on Lo!" a voice calls out causing her to turn her head to see Maggie waving at her from the Kent's booth, "Come grab a slice before they're all gone"

She smiled and walked through the crowd towards the booth unaware that Clark was watching her walk away with a small smirk, "You thinking of popping the question anytime soon?" Jonathan asked while handing off the last of the corn off to Kara.

His eyes never left her when he replied, "Hopefully it'll be soon." he turns back to give his father a large smile, "I'm going a little stir crazy here trying to come up with the right way to do it"

"It doesn't have to be perfect son." Jonathan climbs down from the truck and slams it shut, "All that matters…" the sandy haired farmer trails off when a sudden feeling of dizziness hits.

Clark acted quickly to help lean against the truck, "I almost lost your mother's ring the night I proposed to her." Jonathan adds leaning against while wiping the sweat from his brow and let out a small laugh, "My hands were all clammy that night that it slipped out of my hands…twice"

Clark stared down at Jonathan with a concerned look, "Maybe we should take you back to the farm and have you lay down."

"I'm fine" he responded rising back up only to stumble back but luckily Clark caught him, "Just a little overheated is all. I'll be fine" he take s a few breaths before standing up once more and walking over towards the booth with Clark following close behind in case of an emergency.

Surprising the rest of the day went off without Clark having to run off to save the day or Lois getting calls from the office.

For once there was actually a normal day in the small Kansas town.

The shattered robot lay on the steel table for Lex Luthor's inspection while the rest of the kryptonite was extracted from it, "Prometheus is moving faster then I had anticipated." He smirked and began to move past several other lab tables that contained robotic pieces that looked like they fit a human, "How soon until its completed?"

"All the pieces are in working order but the software hasn't entered the beta test yet. It's still a work in progress until human testing can begin." Doctor Edward Groll answered

Lex's smirk disappeared and was replaced with a scowl and fought off the desire to berate the doctor but instead took a step back, "I expect the beta tests to be finished by the end of the month and the suit to be assembled for testing" he states in the calmest voice he could muster.

He turns ready to leave the lab but immediately turns around to say, "Oh and Dr. Groll." The doctor looked towards him, "If you don't finish this project in the next two months then I'll make sure you never work ever again" he gives a small smile before leaving the lab in dire need of a drink.

Lois closed the door to the bedroom with a small smile as she turned and walked out to see Clark sitting on the couch with a beer watching the news on a low volume that you could barely hear anything that was being said.

She sat down at his side and took the beer from his hands to take a sip, "Sometimes I think you cant get any weirder" he looks at her and she gestures to the TV, "People usually don't watch this with the volume all the way down"

"I didn't want to wake Maggie up. She's tuckered out" he takes the beer from her and takes sip then hands it back to her before clicking off the TV and turning around to face her, "What did you think of today? Was it as boring as you thought it would be?"

She gave him a small smile while she placed the bottle on the table then turned back towards him, "It was different then what I'm use to but yeah, I had fun"

He stretched his arm out to place over her shoulder drawing them closer together with her head resting on his chest, "I'm glad" he whispers softly as he places a kiss on her forehead, "I love you"

"I love you too" she replied tucking herself further into his embrace as they just sat there enjoying the silence and the comfort they felt in each other's arms.

TBC

I'm sorry for the short chapters but I thought I'd give you all some nice/sweet moments that I hoped you enjoyed before we get to the next chapter which has something big happening that affects a lot of characters.

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