Alright back into the swing of things. I am trying to get the plot of this season done sooner rather than later so that I have more freedom to do with the story as I want because I don't want to have to constantly work in the confines of season eight. Again, I probably won't being writing any of the actual scenes from the show just referencing them.
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Atlanta Georgia, Highland Square
Clark woke up surprisingly to the sun snipping at his face. He looked over to Alicia who had somehow found her way into his arms. On closer inspection though he found Grace lying on her mother's chest sleeping away like she was on cloud nine. He sat there forgetting about all things that were resting on his shoulder and instead just soaking in the peaceful and calm surrounding. He looked back to Alicia and saw two beautiful brown orbs staring back at him and a bright smile that could match the sun. Clark smiles back to her and says, "Morning. Did you bring her in here with us?" Alicia was slightly confused till she looked down to her chest and saw Grace sleeping. Alicia hadn't even realized the protective way her arms were wrapped around grace until that moment and answered, "No, unless I did it in my sleep, I didn't bring her with us to bed." As she snuggled back into Clark's arms making sure not to wake up Grace.
Clark began thinking, 'She can't even walk so I don't think she got out herself and if we didn't take her out how could she get from the crib to the bed unless.' The realization hit Clark and looked to Grace's neck and found the cause. He chuckled which caused Alicia to turn her head up to him and and questioned "What caused this reaction?" Clark points towards Grace's neck and explains, "She teleported to us. That's how she got in the bed. When you were cleaning her the paint mark must have gotten cleaned off and we forgot to reapply it and now she can teleport again." Alicia face went through a few stages with the first being shock, then understanding with it ending at fear. Clark was going to ask what was on her mind but she suddenly blurted out, "I can't believe we were so careless she could have teleported anywhere in the world and we wouldn't have been able to find her and god knows what could have happened and it was all my fault if only I had noticed that the mark was gone or if I had been more careful to not completely remove it. Maybe I was wrong maybe I'm going to be a bad mother it hasn't even been a day and I've already could have caused a serious problem I." The rest of what she had to say was stopped when Clark put both his hand on the side of her head and caressed her cheeks before giving her a kiss filled with warmth that they both took pleasure in letting last a good couple dozen seconds.
They both split apart from the kiss and Clark kept one hand on her cheek with his thumb still caressing her as he said, "Like you told me we are in this together and this isn't just your fault I isn't notice it either and that's what parenting is about you learn from your mistakes so you know what not to do and I'm pretty sure she is using the power subconsciously for now if she wants to be with her parents really bad then she teleports herself there, so I don't think she was just going to pop up randomly at the other side of the planet. As long as we love her and care for her as much as I know we can then I know she is going to love us and we are going to be great parents." Alicia felt better and gave Clark a peck before saying "together" as they both stared into each other's eyes.
It wasn't until about a minute later that they were broken out of their love-struck stupor by a babbling coming from below them. They both turned their heads to see Grace awake and tapping on her mom's belly finding some form of enjoyment from it. However out of nowhere Clark picked her up and brought her towards his face and gave a big kiss on the cheek to which grace squealed in joy. Clark sat her down on his abdomen and said, "Well good morning to you Ms. teleports to her parents bed." Grace having no ideas what was going simply just began clapping her hands together.
Alicia decide that it probably best that they got up, so she snaked her way out from Clark's chest and bicep and began gathering her clothes to go take a shower. She finished getting everything and walked towards the shower and said, "I'm going to take a shower first try not to have too much fun." Clark waited until she was in the shower before he decided to get up.
He heads out of the bedroom with grace in his arms. He heads over to the storage closet and searches for the special paint they had bought for Grace. Clark finds it and grabs a brush before heading to the kitchen. He places Grace down on the countertop with hand steadily around her waist in the case she falls. Clark takes the brush and dips it into the paint and begins drawing a circle and then petals connecting to the circle. Once finishes he turns Grace towards him and says, "Now you have a pretty flower and no teleportation powers." Grace would have tried saying something but for the entirety on that endeavor she had been transfixed on her foot trying to pull on her toes. Clark just sighs and says, "I guess I'll just get your bottle ready, maybe see if I can whip something up for your mommy." Grace responded by forgetting about her toes and instead trying to pull on Clark's nose.
Clark placed Grace in her feeding chair and begun getting her bottle ready. It wasn't until about halfway through and he had to go out her line of sight to grab a pan for breakfast later while the bottle heated, he heard screaming and crying and immediately ran back to his daughter to see what happened. However as soon as Grace could see him, she stopped and began what looked like a reaching motion.
Clark quickly picked her up and began rocking her on his shoulder and whispering, "Hey everything is alright Daddy is right here okay he didn't leave you." Grace seemed to relax after being in her dad's arms and stopped crying.
All of a sudden the bathroom door opens up and Alicia runs out dripping wet with a towel on leaving a trail of water the entire way to check on Grace, but stops when she sees Clark consoling their daughter and began slowly walking towards them with a smile on her face. She comes next to Clark and asks, "Is she alright now?" Clark still focusing on grace finally turned to Alicia and began to blush at the sight before commenting, "Yes I think she doesn't like not being able to see anyone and do you know your only in a towel." Alicia just smirked at him and said, "Clark were both adults not to mention you already saw most of me after our first date back in Smallville when I teleported into your room in the middle of the night." Clark blushed a little harder at the thought of that night but decided not to comment. Alicia went back the bathroom to finish drying herself off and getting dressed. Clark decides to go ahead and start feeding Grace since the bottle was warm enough. He took a seat on the couch and sat Grace down on his legs and began feeding he the bottle.
The bottle was done about halfway through when Alicia came out of the bathroom. She took a seat next to Clark and laid her head on his shoulder as they just sat there in peace and watched Grace devour her bottle.
Once Grace finished, Alicia took her and the bottle off of Clark's lap and said. "You go ahead and take a shower and get ready I'll clean up and hopefully by then we can see what to do for breakfast." Clark didn't have a problem with that and sped to grab his clothes and then headed to the bathroom.
Alicia strapped on the baby carrier and placed Grace in it and began cleaning the bottle. Once the bottle was clean, she decided to take stalk of what she had and make a list of what she would need for the week when she went grocery shopping later in the day. She ripped the page off the notepad and put it in her purse.
Clark came out of the bathroom properly dressed and ready for the day. He went over to Alicia and Grace and asked, "So, any thoughts on what you want to eat?" Alicia took a second to think before saying, "How about we just make some omelets for today and I will go to the store after I get done with the lab." Clark nodded his head than asked, "Wait what are we actually going to do about her during the day. I can probably ask my mom to see if she can just watch over her for now since I know that this time of year can be dry for the senate since they have their break and I'm sure she would enjoy it." Alicia just shook her head and said, "No it's fine I can take her they have their own daycare service at the CDC that way I can check up on her whenever I want." Clark was stunned to hear that but was glad that at least one of them would be near her and responded, "Okay that sounds like a plan then, I'll try to get back early so I can accompany you while shopping." He leaned to and planted a kiss on Graces forehead before saying, "Be nice for your mommy now." He straightened back up to Alicia and gave her a quick kiss and said, "Good luck and remember to call me if you have any problems." However, as he tried to break away Alicia grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled down for another kiss that was a little bit more intense and said, "Please be safe out there and remember were here for you." Clark felt like he had just been filled up with sunlight. He gave a nod and super sped out and towards to the Daily Planet.
