Things are about to get serious and this will probably be the start of where I will really be changing plot.
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Atlanta Georgia, Highland Square
It was a wonderful sleep that they were both enjoying until the sound of crying about an hour later had woken them up. They both jerked up very quickly once they heard Grace. Alicia tried to let Clark sleep by saying, "Don't worry I'll get her you can continue sleeping." Clark however wasn't having any of it and said, "No, remember you said we are in this together which means we lose sleep together as well." Both of them dragged themselves over to Grace's crib and Alicia picked her up and began rocking her in her arms. Clark was on the other side of the crib
and commented, "I guess yesterday was a coincidence that she didn't have any problems during the night." Alicia trying not to fall back asleep gives her head a shake before responding "Yeah I was wondering about that this mourning, but her sleeping through the night isn't anything to complain about." Clark couldn't help but agree as Grace seemed to calm down.
Alicia commented, "Well she didn't need changing or feeding so I guess she just wanted some attention." Alicia placed the now sleeping grace in her crib before pulling on Clark's arm and saying, "Come on let's go to the bed this time." Clark just went with flow of things and followed her to the bed. They both entered the bed as Alicia pulled herself towards Clark and laid her head on his chest before knocking out like a light. Clark didn't put much thought to it and just wrapped his arm around her before drifting to sleep.
It only took about forty minutes before Grace started crying again and both parents awoke immediately to check on only to go back to sleep once in her mother's arms. This pattern repeated three more time before Clark suggested, "Maybe we should take her with us I mean normally that might be dangerous, but she is a particularly tough one. I mean last night when she couldn't feel us next to her she just teleported maybe now that she can't just immediately teleport to mommy, she gets scared." At this point was tired enough to try anything and after listening to Clark's explanation she figured it would hurt to try. They both headed back to the bed with Grace in Alicia's arms. They slid into the bed Alicia Clark's arm as a pillow and had Grace sleep on top of her with her arms wrapped protectively around her but not too tight since she didn't want to hurt her. Before they even realized it all three were out until the morning.
It was about seven in the morning when the first rays of light showed through the window from the sunrise. Clark was the first to wake up as soon as he felt the sunlight dancing on his face and laid there looking at Alicia and Grace wondering, 'I never even thought I could have this type of life.' He soaked in the peace until he remembered the fact that Chloe was still stuck with doomsday and sighed beginning to think, 'How can I fix this problem.'
Alicia woke up a couple of minutes after Clark and saw him lost in his thoughts. She was going to wake him from his thoughts when she noticed her little bundle of joy waking up on her torso and had thought of a better way to bring Clark back to reality.
Clark was trying to find a way to split Davis from doomsday when he realized there was a giggling baby lying on top of his face. He slowly and safely picked her up from his face and saw grace smiling at him and gave her big kiss before sitting her down on his chest. He turned to Alicia to see her smirking at him. Alicia moved closer to him and gave him a quick peck before asking, "Good morning so what we're thinking so hard about." Clark visibly deflated as he said, "I was trying to find a way for me to split Davis from Doomsday because Davis still deserves to be saved he didn't choose to have a monster be stuck in him Davis himself is also a victim he didn't do anything wrong either." Alicia could see the stress forming on his face and said, "There is a quote I really like from philosopher Jeremey Bentham, "It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong" so Clark I can't answer that for you , but I can tell you sometimes it's hard to think that the worst decision can be the best decision. Think of it like someone who has a disease and it hasn't exactly killed them, but it makes there body go through torture every day and maybe to them it would better if the disease would have just killed them because how they are living now isn't any better. You also have to think the kind of damage that has already been afflicted to their head. Take the same person with the disease and they end up being cured much later down the line it doesn't mean they are going to forget everything they had to endure and in the back of their mind they are going to have a fear that maybe by some impossible odds the disease will still come back. All I'm trying to say is are you trying so hard to save Davis because that's what's in the best interest for him or because that's what you think is in the best interest for him and maybe even for yourself." Alicia could the thoughtful expression Clark was wearing and decided to finish off on, "No mother the outcome of decision you make we will always be here for you." She gave him another quick kiss and grabbed Grace from him before heading out of the room to begin their new morning routine.
Clark just sat there running what she said in his mind and after a couple of minutes he came to a decision and whispered, "It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong." Clark got up from the bed and walked out of the room with a newfound determination and a plan. He also made the decision that while he was at home, he shouldn't let his extra duties change his mood. Clark walked behind Alicia who was getting Grace's bottle ready and wrapped his arms around her waist to give her a hug from behind while saying, "Thank you for the words of wisdom." Alicia turned around and draped her arms around his neck before saying, "Always and I hope helped even a little bit." Alicia went on her tippy toes and began a heated make out session with him for what felt like minutes till they were broken out of it by a clearly impatient Grace who was waiting for her bottle. The both stated laughing staying in each other's embrace. Finally, they both broke apart and got the rest of the morning started.
