Lana closed the Talon early so that they could hear how Lex made it back to Smallville. Lex sat on the couch with Helen. Pete and Chloe, Lana and Clark, and Martha, minus Jonathan were all there listening to him talk.

"So" He continued, wrapping his arm around Helen "The plane crashed into water and I took the life jacket and swam ashore.. I could see there was land from where I was swimming.. I am so thankful now that I took those swimming lessons when I was a kid.. I remembered some of the things they had taught me. That water tide was so strong, I can just feel it now.." He stalled and sighed

"You OK?" Lana asked

Lex smiled "Yeah I'm fine, Just a flashback.."

"If you don't want to talk about it anymore..."

"No, I'll talk... So where was I? Oh so I swam ashore and got to dry land and everything went black. When I woke up, I was in a hospital. Suprisingly nobody knew who the Luthor family was" He smirked "But just to be sure I went under a different name.. Terrance Richardson.. They bought it without questions.. Well, I was fine other than a lot of scratches and burns as you can see" He pointed to the many bruises on his face "I stayed at the hospital for 2 days so I could rest up.. The whole time I was thinking about Helen.. If she was even alive, If she was alive what was she doing? What was she thinking?"

Helen smiled "I was thinking the same thing about you"

"So after the two days I decided it was time for me to come back to Smallville... You can imagine my confusement when there were news reports that I had died in a plane crash" In spite of themselves, they all laughed a little. It was really ridiculous. Lex continued. "Then, I heard that my funeral was today.. So I decided I would check it out.. Clark your speech was amazing"

Clark blushed "No, It wasn't"

"Yes it was. You spoke about something that actually mattered. No person who read a speech even liked me and they were up there saying how great of a guy I was. You.. You're speech was actually truthful.. You didn't make up lies about me to say that I was the greatest guy on earth. You talked about living life to the fullest and taking chances. That was amazing"

Clark blushed again "Thank you"

Martha looked at the clock "When is Jonathan going to be here?"

"He said around 10 o'clock" Clark told her

Lex checked out Martha's pregnant stomach "Wow, You're stomach grew a lot sense I last saw you"

Martha smiled "Actually, Jonathan and I were in a car accident and the hospital told me I had miscarried, but yesterday I was feeling pregnant again, We found out the baby is still l alive. It just grew like that overnight"

Lex raised his brow "Would I be wrong if I said it had something to do with the meteors? Because they'd be able to tell if you miscarried"

Martha shrugged "Definitely the meteors. But whatever it is it's a miracle"

Lex smiled, then looked over at Chloe and Pete "Looks like a lot has changed in a period of 3 days in Smallville, When did you two start going out?"

Pete and Chloe smiled at each other "The day of your 'funeral' He just asked me to be his girlfriend.. Very spontaneous"

Lex looked over at Lana and Clark, who were sitting closely on the other couch "Looks like love is in the air in Smallville" he joked

"It's definitely a good time" Clark said, brushing his lips against Lana's cheekbone

"Couples night at The Talon" Lana joked

Martha laughed "As soon as Jonathan gets here it will be" she paused "Do you kids want some coffee?"

"Oh, I'll get it, Mrs. Kent" Chloe "You don't have to get up"

"I don't know how you could with stomach that large" Pete joked and they all laughed

"Very funny, Pete" Martha said, fake-glaring at him "Don't worry, let me go get you guys some coffee"

"Are you sure?" Lana asked

"I insist"

Martha smiled and went up to the Talon counter. She went up to the coffee machine.

"Hey Lana" she called "Where's the switch?"

"Oh, On the side"

"Found it, thanks"

Martha made coffee for everyone and Lex continued talking.

"You know, I knew he hated me.. But I never thought he'd try to kill me" Lex said, obviously talking about his father

"Don't worry about him" Helen said reassuringly "He's in jail now"

"Helen's right" Lana said "This is a time to be happy, You're alive!"

Lex smiled "Where did these people get that I was dead?"

"They found you're plane but not you're body. I guess they just went with their first choice" Clark said shrugging

Martha smiled, listening to them talk. She smiled to herself. Just a few days ago, she thought everything was horrible. She had lost the baby she had been looking forward to! She rubbed her belly. Well, baby, she thought, You're back. It was so crazy and weird how the baby came back. But hey, this was Smallville! She looked over at her oldest 'baby'. He and Lana looked so cute together. Her head was resting on his shoulder and he had his arm around her. He would make a fabulous big brother when the time came. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain.

"Ow!" She exclaimed

"Mrs. Kent?" Lex asked concerned "Is everything okay?"

She felt more pain and screamed again. She knew what it was as soon as she felt water running down her legs. The baby was coming right now! There was no time to make it to the hospital! She was going to give birth at the Talon.

"Oh God!" Dr. Bryce observed "Her water broke!"

Clark and Lana ran over to her.

"Call 911!" Clark yelled "We need to get her to the hospital!"

"No! There's no time!" Martha cried "The baby is coming now!"