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In Medias Res

"Into the middle of things"

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." Kahlil Gibran

Chapter 52

What's Going On Here?

When Clark landed on the balcony of Lois' apartment the last thing he expected to see as he entered the apartment was his son standing in the middle of the living room with the couch hoisted high above his head as his mother was on her hands and knees next to him.

"What's going on here?"

He asked as he approached them. Lois scrambled to her feet with an audible "shit!" narrowly avoiding hitting her head on the corner of the couch. JJ turned his head and looked at his father with a bright smile on his face.

"Hi daddy!"

Lois adjusted her sweater dress,

"Hey Smallville, you back!"

She exclaimed shakily. Clark narrowed his eyes at her; she had the look of a child being caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"What is this?"

He asked pointing to his son; JJ looked at his mother,

"Mommy is looking for her Christmas present."

JJ explained looking back at his father. Lois sharply turned and stared at her son horrified. She had sworn the child to secrecy.

"You are not supposed to tell."

She whispered to him, JJ looked back at his mother,

"If you found your present, you didn't find your present."

The child pointed out. Clark could not help but smile at them,

"Why would she think it's under the couch?"

JJ looked back at his daddy,

"Mommy asked me where you hid her present and I told her somewhere unconbentional, because that is what you told me, remember daddy."

Clark nodded trying not to smile wider.

"And then she asked me if it was in the apartment and I said maybe because I don't know where you hid it, then she made me promise not to tell you if she found it, and I said okay and that's when mommy asked me to lift the couch."

Clark fought back the urge to laugh, those two were something else.

Lois gave a nervous laugh,

"Kids, why don't you put the furniture down honey and go wash your hands."

JJ put the couch down as he was told but ran to his father for a hug first before bouncing into his room.

Clark turned to her and she rolled her eyes,

"You're unbelievable Lois."

"How sweet of you to notice Smallville."

She replied sarcastically with a smile. He shook his head.

"Okay daddy I'm ready!"

JJ yelled as he came running out of his room towards his father excitedly.

"See you soon baby!"

Lois smiled and waved eager to have them leave, she was already thinking of the places she could look without the help of JJ. Though she knew Clark would be back quickly for her, she was confident she could cover many of those places in the two minutes she would probably have.

Clark scooped up his son in his arms.

"Come on let me get you out of here before she asks you to lift the refrigerator next."

JJ giggled and waved to his mommy.

I Need Your Help

JJ waited until his father flew up into the sky before running over to his grandparents who were in the kitchen,

"Grandpa, I need your help!"

He exclaimed, Martha turned and smiled at her grandson who had a serious determined look on his face.

"What is it JJ?"

Jonathan asked coming towards the child.

"We need to make mommy and daddy get back together."

He declared bluntly, Jonathan chuckled,

"I don't know if you can make your mommy do anything she…"

"She went out on a date again last night, with Roger."

The little boy explained with a grimace on his face. It was Martha's turn to chuckle.

"Grandma, this is bad!"

He reprimanded his grandma who quickly nodded but still had a smile on her face.

"Sorry honey, your right this is bad, real bad."

Jonathan looked at his wife, who shrugged. He looked back to his grandson,

"JJ your parents have to figure this out for themselves."

"But they are not grandpa, mommy is going out on dates with Roger and daddy wants to go out on dates with Ms. Battle."

Jonathan frown,

"Your teacher?"

JJ nodded, Martha shook her head,

"I don't think your daddy want to date you teacher JJ."

The little boy bowed his head,

"Ms. Battle gave me a note on Friday, she said it was just for daddy and I know I shouldn't have looked but David said it won't hurt to take a peak, and it was a number. David said that it was probably Ms. Battle's number so daddy could call her so they could go out on a date."

Jonathan was stunned and Martha was deeply frowning. JJ looked up at his grandparents, he could tell by their expressions they did not like what he just told the on little bit.

"I don't want mommy to marry Roger, and I don't want daddy to marry Ms. Battle, I want them together like David's parent."

Jonathan looked at his grandson sadly, he wished he could give the child he loves so much what he desires most, but this was something that even he could not give.

He took the little boy up in his arms and held his small body to his chest. JJ laid his head on his grandpa's shoulder feeling the instant comfort it always brings.

"I'm sorry JJ there is just some things that cannot be forced, it has to happen in its own time."

"But grandma said they love each other but are too afraid to say it, couldn't we just make them say it."

Jonathan shook his head stroking the child's back.

"We have to let them admit what they feel when they are ready, we cannot force someone to see something they are not ready to see."

JJ lift his head and stared at his grandpa,

"Maybe if we could make them see that they love each other, they would get back together."

Martha moved then, coming towards the two,

"What grandpa is saying is that, even though we know daddy and mommy belong together, we cannot make them be together, they have to work it out for themselves, and we have to let them, without interfering."

JJ looked at his grandparents, he wanted to let their words be true, he wished he could, but he could not just sit by and let his parents work it out for themselves. They were doing such a bad job of it already, who knew how long it could be and if someone didn't do something daddy could be moving in with Ms. Battle instead of him and his mommy. So he would find away, he had to find a way.