"Kayla!" Clark cried catching sight of her in the airport.
Pulling away from his parents he ran over to her. He managed to slow down
before he reached her and gave her a gentle hug.
"I'm not glass you know," she teased as she picked him up and gave him a kiss. She put him down as Jon came over. She smiled as he gathered her into one of his bear hugs. Releasing her so Martha could give her a hug.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Martha asked a worried tone in her voice.
"Yes, I'm sure. Nothing has happened since then." Kayla answered as Bruce came over with the luggage.
"Did you bring me anything?" Clark asked holding onto Kayla's hand.
"I'm your present." Kayla teased watching as Bruce and Jon talked a bit away from them.
"Kayla, you promised me something cool!" Clark whined
"I thought I was cool," Kayla laughed catching Martha's eye and giving her a wink.
"You're teasing." Clark told her having decided that he had presents some where in her bag.
Kayla only rolled her eyes in reply giving Bruce a hug as he left to catch a plane to Africa.
"So what was the Powwow about?" Kayla asked as they got into the truck
"I promised to let him know how today went and thanked him for the name he gave me."
"I have an appointment today?" Kayla asked pouting a bit at the thought of being poked and prodded.
"Yes you do, in fact you have the appointment in 30 minutes," Jon informed her driving towards the office.
4 hours later
Kayla sat in the office holding Clark on her lap. They were waiting for the Doctor to come back out. Clark was busy telling her about his summer so far being careful not to hit her arm still tender from the blood tests.
Finally Doctor Kozack motioned them to come in. Once they were all once again seated in his office he began talking. "Well you did not have a heart attack," she assured the group waiting for the sighs to stop. "We did find something however, nothing serious. In fact she has had it her entire life. What she has is Mitral Valve Prolapse. It is not life threatening in fact you can live a completely normal life. In fact it will not affect you in any way for the most part."
"The most part?" Jon asked looking over at Kayla who was being hugged by Clark.
"There will be some painful attacks, nothing like what happened in Paris," he assured them. "An uncomfortable pinching feeling. What happened in Paris was a combination of your symptoms and a panic attack."
"Panic, what happened?" Jon asked turning to Kayla.
"I got stuck in the elevator," Kayla said giving him half of the truth, not wanting to worry Jon about Lionel's threats.
"I recommend that you spend you're last year at Smallville high. The low stress environment will be very beneficial for you, especially if you plan on attending college." Standing he crossed and opened the door signaling the end of the meeting. "Make an appointment for a follow up 3 months."
It was Clark to break the silence in the car. "Kayla does this mean you are staying all the time?"
Kayla smiled at the little boy before saying anything. "Well until I go to college I am."
Jon and Martha said nothing only listened to the excited words that floated throughout the truck.
Later that night.
Martha and Jon had just gotten Clark back to sleep promising that he would get his presents in the morning. Then they went into Kayla's room and found her looking through her photos from the summer.
"Kayla, are you sure you are happy about staying here?" Martha asked knowing Jonathan wouldn't. He was just as excited as Clark about her staying.
"Yes, I am. It will be great to be home full time. I'm not going to miss Metropolis and Bruce can always visit here as usual. Besides it will help you guys out as well."
"This is only for a year though; you are going to go to college." Jon told her trying not to sound to happy about her reply.
"I plan on it. I already have already been accepted at Gotham so that's where I plan to go." Kayla said putting her photos away.
"We can talk about it some more in the morning," Martha said tugging on Jonathan's arm.
Getting the hint he went over and kissed Kayla on the forehead. "Don't let her fool you, she wants you to stay here as much as Clark and I."
"Thanks, Beaker," Kayla told him before climbing into bed and going to sleep.
A/N You can find information on Mitral Valve Prolapse or (MVP) on many medical websites. The information I used came from my roommate who has this. I used her experiences in the story and the information her cardiologist gave to her.
"I'm not glass you know," she teased as she picked him up and gave him a kiss. She put him down as Jon came over. She smiled as he gathered her into one of his bear hugs. Releasing her so Martha could give her a hug.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Martha asked a worried tone in her voice.
"Yes, I'm sure. Nothing has happened since then." Kayla answered as Bruce came over with the luggage.
"Did you bring me anything?" Clark asked holding onto Kayla's hand.
"I'm your present." Kayla teased watching as Bruce and Jon talked a bit away from them.
"Kayla, you promised me something cool!" Clark whined
"I thought I was cool," Kayla laughed catching Martha's eye and giving her a wink.
"You're teasing." Clark told her having decided that he had presents some where in her bag.
Kayla only rolled her eyes in reply giving Bruce a hug as he left to catch a plane to Africa.
"So what was the Powwow about?" Kayla asked as they got into the truck
"I promised to let him know how today went and thanked him for the name he gave me."
"I have an appointment today?" Kayla asked pouting a bit at the thought of being poked and prodded.
"Yes you do, in fact you have the appointment in 30 minutes," Jon informed her driving towards the office.
4 hours later
Kayla sat in the office holding Clark on her lap. They were waiting for the Doctor to come back out. Clark was busy telling her about his summer so far being careful not to hit her arm still tender from the blood tests.
Finally Doctor Kozack motioned them to come in. Once they were all once again seated in his office he began talking. "Well you did not have a heart attack," she assured the group waiting for the sighs to stop. "We did find something however, nothing serious. In fact she has had it her entire life. What she has is Mitral Valve Prolapse. It is not life threatening in fact you can live a completely normal life. In fact it will not affect you in any way for the most part."
"The most part?" Jon asked looking over at Kayla who was being hugged by Clark.
"There will be some painful attacks, nothing like what happened in Paris," he assured them. "An uncomfortable pinching feeling. What happened in Paris was a combination of your symptoms and a panic attack."
"Panic, what happened?" Jon asked turning to Kayla.
"I got stuck in the elevator," Kayla said giving him half of the truth, not wanting to worry Jon about Lionel's threats.
"I recommend that you spend you're last year at Smallville high. The low stress environment will be very beneficial for you, especially if you plan on attending college." Standing he crossed and opened the door signaling the end of the meeting. "Make an appointment for a follow up 3 months."
It was Clark to break the silence in the car. "Kayla does this mean you are staying all the time?"
Kayla smiled at the little boy before saying anything. "Well until I go to college I am."
Jon and Martha said nothing only listened to the excited words that floated throughout the truck.
Later that night.
Martha and Jon had just gotten Clark back to sleep promising that he would get his presents in the morning. Then they went into Kayla's room and found her looking through her photos from the summer.
"Kayla, are you sure you are happy about staying here?" Martha asked knowing Jonathan wouldn't. He was just as excited as Clark about her staying.
"Yes, I am. It will be great to be home full time. I'm not going to miss Metropolis and Bruce can always visit here as usual. Besides it will help you guys out as well."
"This is only for a year though; you are going to go to college." Jon told her trying not to sound to happy about her reply.
"I plan on it. I already have already been accepted at Gotham so that's where I plan to go." Kayla said putting her photos away.
"We can talk about it some more in the morning," Martha said tugging on Jonathan's arm.
Getting the hint he went over and kissed Kayla on the forehead. "Don't let her fool you, she wants you to stay here as much as Clark and I."
"Thanks, Beaker," Kayla told him before climbing into bed and going to sleep.
A/N You can find information on Mitral Valve Prolapse or (MVP) on many medical websites. The information I used came from my roommate who has this. I used her experiences in the story and the information her cardiologist gave to her.