Rated: G
Category: Drama
Spoilers: Fragile (and those other delectable Mionel eppys)
Note: Written for the 5/22/2006 Smallville Wednesday 100 word challenge: "Flowers." Yeah, I thought I was gone too. But I watched four SV eppys in one day, and Mionel sucked me back in.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not mine.
Feedback: Gimme, gimme, gimme.

The L Word

"For Martha Kent," the deliveryman said, wielding a breathtakingly gorgeous bouquet. Martha tiptoed outside. "You her?"

She nodded, then signed, and stood on the porch, unable to go in. In a few minutes, she'd be back inside, writing speeches and making dinner with equal finesse. And yet, she needed just a few more seconds to smell them, touch them, enjoy them.

"For your committee appointment – L"

And even she knew the excuse was as transparent as the tulips in her hands.

"Who was that?" Clark called from inside.

"Nobody," she said, tossing them in the trash on her way in.