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I don't own Lois, Clark, Perry, etc. I don't own Superman. I'm not using this for money. Yatsa, Yatsa, and Yatsa.
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I own the characters of Bella Noel Kent and Jesika Love Lizton.
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The Truth
Part Two
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Jesika walked into S.T.A.R. Labs. It had a few weeks since Bella had gotten sick, and she had finally built up the courage to come see her best friend.
"Uncle Clark." She said, seeing him in the hall outside of Bella's room.
"Hi, Jess." He replied, standing up straighter.
"Where's Aunt Lois?"
"Inside. Bella Noel's gotten a bit better."
Jess knew he was lying. Whenever he called her Bella Noel instead of Bella or instead of Bella Beauty, something was bad. "Liar, Liar, pants on fire."
"Saw right through that, huh?"
"Yep." Jess sniffled, "She's going to get better, right?"
Clark looked down at his feet, "I don't know, Jesika. I hope so, but things aren't looking to good right now."
She hugged him, as a few tears slipped from under her eyelids. After a few moments, Lois emerged from the room and Jess released Clark. "Hi, Aunt Lois."
Lois tried to smile, but failed miserably, "I was just going to see if you were here yet. Why don't you go sit her, okay? It might help to hear your voice."
"Can she hear me?"
"I hope so, Jesika, I hope so."
"What should I talk about?"
"Anything. School, those jobs you two wanted, that boy she likes." Lois smiled at the last part, and then sighed.
Jess nodded and walked into the room, leaving the two adults.
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Bella watched Mike pace around for a few minutes, and sighed. He hadn't cleared anything up yet, and she was beginning to miss her parents. She was tired of sitting in the same spot and listening to Mike talk about things in her life.
"Mike."
"Yes?" He said, looking over to her.
"I miss Mommy and Daddy. I want to go home."
Mike smiled.
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Lois looked at her daughter. She was still comatose. It had been almost three and a half weeks, and Bella was still comatose. During that time there had been three mysterious murders, a bank robbery, and a brief return of Lex Luthor, but neither Clark nor Lois had moved from the room to do anything. They only sat there and hoped that she would wake up, although as time went by, more and more doubt entered their minds. Twice there had been talk of turning of the life support and seeing if she would survive.
Clark looked up, "Lois, why don't you get something to eat? You haven't eaten or slept in days. I can stay with her."
She nodded, "Okay." Lois moved to get up, but stopped as she felt Bella's hand moved, "Bella?"
The teen's hand moved again, and then she blinked.
"Bella!" Clark cried happily.
She tried to speak, but something was stopping her from doing so. She tried to move her head, but she was so weak that she couldn't get it. She began to gag, and Clark ran out of the room to find Dr. Klein.
"Bella. Bella, it's mommy. Stay with me, baby girl." Lois pleaded.
Clark came running back, followed by Dr. Klein.
The doctor looked at the girl, "She's awake. Thank God." He walked over and began to pull the tube from out of her throat. Bella coughed a few more times and then sat back, her whole body relaxing.
"Hi, Bella."
"Hi, Dr. Klein." She said, her voice barely above a whisper.
The three adults smiled.
Klein patted her arm, "Bella, think you could answer a couple of questions?"
"Maybe. Could I have some water, please?"
"Okay." He moved, so Lois could give her daughter some water from the cup on the table next to the bed. Bella drank it down greedily.
Dr. Klein and Lois moved back to their previous positions, and he spoke again, "Okay, Bella. Do you know where you are?"
"S.T.A.R. Labs."
"What year is it?"
"Twenty Fourteen."
"How old are you?"
"Sixteen."
"What's your full name?"
"Bella Noel Kent."
"Okay, Bella. You rest now." He said, smiling. He walked out of the room followed by the two anxious parents. After shutting the door behind them, Dr. Klein spoke up, "She's going to be okay. Her basic memory is intact, although she might not remember some things. I don't know what the prolonged exposure could have done to her mind, so if she forgets a few things…"
Clark nodded, "But she's okay, right?"
"Yes, as far as I can tell without running tests. But I'm sure that since she has your healing factor, she's just fine."
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Jesika followed by her mother, Perry, Jimmy, Martha, and Jonathan ran down the hall to Bella's room. They all stopped short at the door. Coming out of the room was Lois, who was holding up her finger to her lips to quiet them.
She looked at them, "Clark just got her to go back to sleep."
Everyone let out a huge breath of air.
"She's okay?" Jess asked.
"Yep." Lois smiled, "Dr. Klein thinks she recovered completely, although she needs to rest a little more before she comes home."
Smiles creased everyone's faces.
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"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy, when skies are gray. You'll never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away." Clark sang quietly. He was lying in the bed beside the teen, who was now detached from all the tubes and medical paraphernalia. She was facing him, and breathing softly. She was clutching her teddy favorite teddy bear, named Toggy, in one hand, and holding her father's hand in the other.
He continued humming the song softly, and began to run his hand through her hair. "Bella Beauty, I'm so sorry, honey. I should have told you years ago. I should have told you the truth. I didn't, but I will now. I promise, I'll tell you."
Bella moved her head and sighed in her sleep. Clark smiled at her.
Lois opened the door, and walked over to her husband and daughter, "They're all here. I told them that you just got her to sleep, so Erin suggested that we go out and get something to eat and get some stuff from the house now that she's alright." She whispered to him.
He looked up at her, "I'll stay with her, just in case."
"Okay." She leaned over and kissed him, and then kissed Bella on the forehead. She smiled, placed her hand on Bella's cheek, before walking out of the room.
Clark resumed watching Bella sleep. He had always been in awe of his daughter, ever since the day she was born. He could remember clearly that Christmas in nineteen ninety-seven.
Lois, tired from the day, plopped her pregnant body onto the couch. Clark was standing next to the television, flipping through the channels manually.
"There's nothing on." He muttered and turned off the TV. He walked over to his wife and sat down next to her. "So, how's our little one?"
"Very energetic. She's been kicking all day."
"She?"
Lois smiled, "My mother said I'm carrying baby the same way she carried me, so I'm figuring it's a girl."
Clark smiled.
"Whoa."
"What?"
"She's kicking again." She took his hand and placed it on her bulging stomach, "Feel it?"
"Wow."
Lois' face changed, "Clark. I think my water just broke."
The two adults looked down. A spot had formed on the couch as though it were wet.
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"Come on, Lois, just one more push. Come on." Dr. Klein yelled over Lois' screams.
Clark was standing next to her, holding her hand, "Come on, honey. Just one more push and we can finally hold the baby."
That was enough for the extremely tired and sore woman.
Cries were heard soon enough. "It's a girl."
Clark looked at the little face in the hands of the nurse. The nurse, after cleaning up the baby, walked over and handed him the newborn. He smiled at her.
"What's her name, Clark?" Lois asked, putting her finger on her daughter's cheek.
"Bella. Bella Noel Kent."
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"Daddy?"
Clark's gaze fell on his daughter. He smiled at the pair of blue eyes that were looking at him. "Hello, Bella Beauty. Feeling better?"
"Much. Can we go home now?" She asked, snuggling closer to her father.
"When your mother gets back." He said, closing his eyes and resting his chin on her head.
"I missed you."
Clark smiled, "I missed you too."
"So, umm, what happened?" She asked, her voice quiet.
"I'll tell you when we get home."
"Okay." Both slipped into a peaceful slumber, happily.
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Lois walked back into S.T.A.R. Labs carrying a duffel bag. Inside she had things her daughter would need to get cleaned up before they returned to their house – clothing, deodorant, etc. The others had chosen to stay behind at the house, so Bella could have some servants (besides her parents) for a few hours.
She rounded the corner and came down the hall. She reached the door, and pushed it open. Lois smiled at the two in the bed – Clark had wrapped his arms around Bella, and the teenager had snuggled into his chest, her forehead just touching his neck.
Dr. Klein walked up behind her; "They've been asleep for two or three hours now."
Lois turned to look at him, "It's so sweet to see him with her. He loves her so much."
"You two were lucky to get her. I guess Clark recognizes that."
"I feel guilty that I have to wake them up." She whispered.
Dr. Klein smiled, patted her shoulder, and left the room.
She sighed and walked over to her husband, "Clark. Clark, wake up. It's Lois. I'm back."
He sighed, "I know. I heard you and Dr. Klein talking." He moved his head to look at her, "I don't want to wake her. Why don't I just pick her up and bring her to the car? You know, let her get some more sleep."
"Kay."
Clark sat up and stretched. He got out of the bed and proceeded to slide his right arm underneath Bella's knees and his left arm underneath her back. He lifted her from the bed, shifted her a bit so he wouldn't drop her, and walked out of the room followed by Lois.
"I'll go tell Dr. Klein we're leaving. You take her to the car."
Clark nodded. A smile creased his face as he walked to the front door. His little girl was coming home, finally.
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NEXT CHAPTER:
They finally tell Bella the truth.
Jesika gives Bella a present.
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*v* Cassie Jamie *v*
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