I hope everyone is doing well lets get into the middle sections of this story now. Stay safe.

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Metropolis, Queen Tower, The Loft

Oliver was rubbing his temples after hearing Clark's theory on what happened and asked, "So you think she somehow got your legion ring and used it to go into the future and in which case what are we supposed to do? I mean do we even tell Chloe, or will that only worry her more? Do we try to find a way to time travel now? Is that even possible?" Clark could see that Oliver was starting to unravel at the situation at hand and said, "Look hiding things like never really work out in too well in the end, so we can tell her and maybe she might even think of for us to get her back. This is just a theory so keep the detectives looking for her just in case she isn't lost in the future." Oliver gave a nod before walking to his bar and pouring himself a glass of scotch.

Oliver sat back down slowly drinking his scotch while thinking, 'How the hell is this going to play out?' Oliver downed the last of his scotch and said, "At the very least we have a direction to follow, so I'll talk to Chloe and let her know what we got and let you know if we come up with anything." Clark gave a nod before turning to leave and said, "Alright have a good night and keep me up to date." Oliver locked the door behind before heading off back to bed. As he made his way to his bed, he made a couple of phone calls to the people he had looking into Lois's disappearance.

Oliver finished all of his calls and lied down in his bed staring at the ceiling in pitch blackness. He was constantly thinking about how he was going to talk about their findings to Chloe. He would replay the conversation in his head multiple times trying to find the best way to break the news and how to comfort her once she understood. Oliver eventually drifts off to sleep not noticing he had been doing this for over three hours.

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Titusville Florida, Dream Space Coast Apartments

Alicia woke up to the sound of sizzling and made her way to the kitchen to which she saw what was becoming one of her favorite sights of Clark multitasking of cooking and playing with Grace. She made her way over to them and saw he was making French toast. She picked Grace up into her arms while saying, "Good morning to you two." She Grace a quick kiss on the head before moving to Clark and giving him a quick peck and said, "French toast is new from you I haven't had any since I was child" Clark gave a smile as he went to flip it over and commented, "This used to be my father's favorite. My mom would make it for his birthday every year. This is also French toast with a slight surprise and promise you that you have never had quite like this before. It's my mom's original recipe I just hope I did it justice. It should only be a couple more minutes now." Alicia stared at the pan with the sizzling French toast in it trying to figure out what the changes were. In the end she figured she would find out in a little bit and instead put Grace back into her seat before heading back to their room and saying, "Alright well I'm going to go through my morning routine and should hopefully be done soon. I'll see you both in a little." Clark watched her walk away with a smile as he started getting her coffee ready.

Clark finished everything for breakfast and began plating and placing at the table. Clark heard the shower still running and figured he had around another five minutes before she would be out which would be fine as the food still needed a little time cool and if push came to shove, he could just reheat it with his vision.

Clark spent the entire time trying to get Grace to say "Dada" however Grace found it to be much more interesting to pull on his lips while he tried this. Alicia soon came out in a robe and with her hair in a towel making her way over to them.

They both took their places at the table, but before they began eating Alicia had to ask, "So what did you do make them special because from what I can see so far they look amazing yet normal? Is it the batter that's different?" Clark gave her a chuckle before cutting a piece of his and showing it to her saying, "While the batter is my mother's recipe this French toast is stuffed with cream cheese and strawberries." Alicia could not stop herself from cutting into hers to try a piece only to melt into her seat as to how fluffy yet crispy and creamy it was. She couldn't stop herself from savoring the meal as they ate.

As they finished and Alicia was sipping on her coffee Clark got up to take the dishes away and place them in the sink. As he returned Alicia commented, "You know it's not fair that you can cook like that because you will end up becoming Grace's favorite." Clark looked over to his daughter and smiled while saying, "I think it's more like she will have me wrapped around her cute little finger and I will be powerless against her." They both broke out into laughter at the thought of what Grace would eventually have Clark do.

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Titusville Florida, Publix

Clark grabbed a shopping cart and brought it over to Alicia who placed Grace into the front seat of it. They began going through the store picking up the different things they would need for their new place and for the week. They had gotten to the produce section relatively quickly which made Alicia question, "I wonder why there are so little people?" Clark who had been distracted with playing with Grace looked around and also noticed how few people were here, but came up with a guess quickly enough, "Well it's a little before nine on a Sunday morning so my best guess would be that people are heading to church not the store and for those who aren't they don't want to go out early on a weekend." Alicia mulled over Clark's answer and figured that he was probably right.

They approached the different selection of fruits they had picking up what they thought could be useful to use in a dish or just as a snack. As they both focused their attention to the bananas neither noticed Grace trying to reach over towards the oranges. Before anyone knew what was happening hundreds of oranges were rolling on the ground as Grace had broken the front portion of the shelving, they were held in. Seeing this both parents began panicking as they tried to figure out what to do with multiple people looking at them now including a couple of employees who were coming over to them.

Clark immediately looked over the situation and thought, 'Okay other than one broken shelving and some bruised oranges there isn't a huge problem and as far as the video tape would show would believe a baby was able to break the shelving without it being damaged before.' Alicia was thinking along the same line and figured it would be best to act ignorant as to what happened when the employees came over, "Oh my god I don't even know what happened one minute we are picking some bananas and the next there is just oranges rolling everywhere." One of the employees came over to them with a smile and said, "Mam don't worry about it seems that one of the shelving must have been faulty or something we're just thankful you guys are okay. If you wouldn't mind coming to the side while we clean this up and then you guys can continue with your shopping and again, we're very sorry that this happened." Clark and Alicia both moved grace and the cart to the side as the employees cleaned up everything with relatively quickness.

As they both clicked in their seatbelts and released the breath, they had not known they were holding they looked to the back where Grace was in her car seat unable to stop giggling since the orange incident almost as if she knew the trouble she caused. They both just shook their heads as Alicia began driving back home.

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Titusville Florida, Dream Space Coast Apartments

As the day continued, they spent it watching the first two Harry Potter movies while playing with grace in between her naps. As they were about halfway to finishing The Chamber of Secrets they paused to wash and put away their ice cream bowls and use the bathroom as needed. As both made it back to the couch Clark mentioned, "We should go to the beach sometime this week before you start." Alicia liked the idea almost as soon as he said and replied, "That sounds wonderful and we can try sushi afterword's, let's try to shoot for Wednesday." Clark agreed with Wednesday as well and started the movie back up.

As it finished Alicia commented, "The sixth movie just came out, so it will be some time before I can get the DVD of it." Clark just waved it off as he was still going through the books and he more enjoyed the time spent with her rather than the movie.

They finished cleaning up and were making their way to bed when Clark said "You know when I was younger it used to really annoy me the way my parents would coddle me because I was different. In retrospect after seeing how Harry's family treated him because he was different it becomes much clearer at how grateful I am for getting the Kent's for my parents. I can honestly say they never mistreated me or abused my abilities for their personal gain. It's a scary thought to think of what I could have become if I had fallen into the hands of people like." Alicia let him let his thoughts while listening and checking to make sure Grace was still asleep and comfortable.

Alicia finished checking on Grace's crib and scooted up to Clark on the bed and leaned her head on his shoulder. Clark was thankful for her comforting him while he vented, "I mean if what if a different country got ahold of me like Russia or China and used me as a weapon for war. I could be the most destructive and feared person in the world. I could have lost everything important to me, you and grace would never be a part of my life." Alicia cut him off here and said, "Yet here we are and we're not going anywhere and let's not think about all things that could have gone wrong and be thankful for what did happen. I have no doubt in my mind that one day people all over the world will be inspired by your heroics and find you to be the light at the end of the tunnel of despair they face." Clark gave her a smile and a chaste kiss before they both went off into the land of dreams in each others arms.