One thing that Smallville changed that I always thought probably should have at least stayed the same was his degree in journalism. I thought it was fine to change the college he went to, but at least let him finish even if he really didn't need it for the show since he got the job at the daily planet anyways. Stay safe.
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Titusville Florida, Playalinda Beach, Wednesday
Clark was setting up a large umbrella above of their beach towels while Alicia was putting sunscreen all over Grace. Clark finished setting everything up and looked over to them and couldn't help but laugh. Alicia gave him a light glare to which he responded, "I think she looks cute, kind of like a snowman." Alicia gave him a playful smack on the arm and responded, "I did not use that much on her and you can never be too careful." Clark could appreciate how caring she was to their daughter and felt that there was nothing wrong her being protective in the case Grace didn't soak up sunlight like him.
Clark blew up the baby floaters to put around her while Alicia started putting sunscreen on herself. Once they were both ready, they put the floaters on Grace and went to the shoreline where the tide was slowly ebbing forward. They stood Grace up and held on to her as the tiny residual waves pushed through their feet. At first Grace didn't enjoy the feeling of the cold water or how the sand seemed to sink under, but after a few rounds of trying to squirm away from the water she eventually found herself liking it.
Clark decided to take her out a little further after making sure the floaters were on securely while Alicia went to grab the camera. She soon came back to Clark floating his back with Grace sitting on his chest splashing around the water.
Alicia was able to get some wonderful pictures of them together as well as the pod of stingrays that had come close to the shore. Clark had hand Grace over to Alicia while he cautiously picked one up and brought it over for the to see. The strong was docile for the most part and made its way into a couple of their picture since Grace enjoyed playing with it so much.
As they came back to their beach set up for lunch. They both had a salad they had made that morning and put into their ice cooler for later while Grace had her bottle and some yogurt afterwards. Grace had soon fallen asleep in her mother's arms, so both parents thought to join her since she would be out for an hour or two.
The first of the three to wake up was Grace who immediately managed to wake up Alicia by pulling on her lips. Alicia noticed upon waking up that Clark was still asleep and reached for her camera. After taking the pictures of them with her camera she looked back to Clark and realized just peaceful he looked. Alicia couldn't help but wonder, 'I wonder when the last time he ever just had a day to himself where he could laze around at the beach and just completely unwind.' Alicia felt it would be best to let Clark be and take Grace into the sand to play.
It was around an hour later that Clark woke up from his nap and noticed two important people missing from his side and looked around. To Clark's amazement when he sat up, he saw a decently large sandcastle being built. It was a little over three quarters his size tall with enough space inside for a couple of people to stand in. As he walked closer to then he noticed next to Alicia's sandcastle was a pile of mushy sand that his daughter had clearly taken directive lead on. He came up behind Alicia and gave her a sensual kiss to the neck before saying, "I hate to break it to you, but our daughter is an architectural genius and seems to have beaten you." Alicia chuckled at his joke as she took the camera and shot a couple of pictures of them and their creations while saying, "You are completely right." Alicia immediately followed up with pushing down one of the walls and watched as one side crumbled beneath them. Grace seems to enjoy the destruction of the sandcastle and decided to join in by pushing her way through one side of the walls only to be covered in sand. Both parents moved over to Grace who was buried in sand with only head poking giggling like a mad man. After Alicia took another picture, they cleaned Grace up and began packing everything up to head on home.
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Titusville Florida, Dream Space Coast Apartments
On the drive home they discussed dinner and felt they could try sushi another time since today was such a great they didn't ruin it by eating something they might end up hating. It was a mutual agreement for falafel in a pita wrap from a restaurant that Clark liked from Metropolis. They split as soon as they got home with Alicia giving Grace a bath and cleaning her up while Clark went to order and pick up the food.
Alicia had finished with Grace and changed her into her onesie. She took Grace back into the living area and got her bottle ready when Clark came back with a large bag that permeated the scent of Mediterranean throughout their apartment. Clark placed the bag down on the table and went over to them while saying, "I'll finish feeding her if you want to clean up then we can switch." Alicia gave a quick "Okay" before handing over Grace and her bottle to him and head for a quick shower.
Clark fed Grace while also taking everything they ordered out from the bag. He didn't plate anything as he ordered a couple of extra things and wasn't sure what she would want from it. Alicia came back after around five minutes and came up to the table. Clark went ahead and explained everything that was on the table, "I got us the pita wraps with falafel, hummus, and tahini sauce. I also got a large Chicken Leek Soup and a small spanakopita." Alicia knew of the wraps and soup, but not spanakopita and asked, "I have no clue what spanakopita is, but it looks good, so I'll try some with my wrap, but what is it exactly?" Clark plated some of it with her wrap and said, "It's basically a spinach and feta cheese pie. There is obviously more to it than that, but a spinach feta pie is the simplest way to explain, but I promise you'll like it." Alicia nodded her head while she took the plate from Clark and headed to the table. They both began eating and started talking about their experiences at college.
Alicia had finished her spanakopita and was going to start on her wrap, but first asked, "I remember you said you went to Central Kansas A&M and I always thought that with your football skills you would have gotten a scholarship if not multiple so what happened?" Clark let out a sigh before telling her of his father's condition and continued, "With my dad like that there was no way they could run the farm without me so I decided to go to the closet college I could in order to help with the farm. As for football let's just say that I met someone who was affected by the meteor shower and was using his abilities to cheat, and I had realized that my dad was right and that the pressures of college football would eventually wear on me until I end up using my abilities." Alicia had finished her wrap by that point while Clark was only halfway through his and seemed a little down trotted at remembering his father, so she reached over and gave his hand a gentle squeeze to show her support. Clark returned a smile to her and began eating again as she responded, "I never really cared much for sports I mean I would go to a game every now and then, but it was never I would want to do more like something a friend would ask me to go to. My college days were spent mostly studying or in a lab." Clark smiled at the thought of her in goggles and a lab coat.
As they were putting away the leftovers and started to clean the dishes Alicia asked a question that Clark had sort of placed at the back of his mind, "Have you ever thought of going back and finishing your degree or a different one? Not that it matters one way or another to me, but I know your mom wanted you to finish. I personally feel that you're a great farmer and journalist even without a degree in either." Clark couldn't help but agree with her in that he was decent in both without the degree. Clark thought it over for a second before replying, "It might be nice to just have as a backup and it would make my mom happy. I understand that it's becoming more of a necessity to have some type of degree so I wouldn't mind completing something in journalism to help my resume along with my past work, but usually stopping someone from trying to destroy world or something like that comes up." Alicia placed the last plate away and came back over to him. She hugged his arm and pecked him on the cheek before saying, "Regardless of your choice we will be here for you and if you do choose to go back there are a lot of colleges that have online programs that can work for your schedule, but I do agree that if you do you should it when you don't have to worry about a monster trying to kill you." Clark agreed and added, "Plus I'm pretty sure that eventually Grace is going to go to college, and I don't want her to think it would be okay to just not finish it. I need to set a good example for her, so I think I'll look into the online thing." They both headed over to the couch to continue with watching the Harry Potter series.
