Chapter 12

Martha and Lois were worried sick at home waiting for news. Martha was afraid Lois would make a hole on the floor from all her pacing around the kitchen. She was about to try to tell her again to sit down when they heard the sound of Chloe's car in the driveway.

Both women were outside in a heartbeat.

Chloe got out of the car first and gave Lois a big hug, telling her it was over. Clark got out and hugged his mom, letting her know everything was okay.

When Clark and Lois finally looked at each other, it felt like they hadn't seen each other for months. Clark got to her side so fast he later wondered if he had used his powers. Hugging her now, after having defeated the beast that had occupied a lot of his thoughts over the past two weeks, he didn't remember ever being this happy. And since his mom and Chloe had gotten inside the house to give them some privacy, nobody noticed that they were hovering about a feet from the ground, not even Clark and Lois, who were too busy finally having their first kiss under the stars.

Three weeks later

"Do you really have to go?" Clark asked Lois, as she finished putting her bags in the car.

"Come on, Smallville, don't make this harder on me." she said, kissing him lightly.

The last three weeks had been perfect. Sometimes Clark would just stare at Lois and think about how lucky he was. Now she was going to Metropolis to try to find herself, and he was happy for her. Lois had said that now that he was starting college he would be able to try to find himself too. But he knew he didn't need it anymore. He had found himself in her.

"I got you a gift." Clark said, giving her a little box.

Opening it, Lois found a silver bracelet with a turquoise square.

"It's beautiful, Clark. Thank you." she said, putting it on her wrist.

"Now whenever you look at the bracelet you can know I'm right there with you."

Holding back her tears Lois told him "But I didn't get you anything."

"You didn't need too." And pointing to his heart "There's no way I can forget you're right here."

They kissed passionately, wanting that kiss to never be over. They knew that wasn't goodbye. There were just some things they had to do before they finally got their happy ending. But now they both had that happy ending to look forward to.

Finally breaking the kiss, Lois got into her car and said before driving off "See you around, Smallville."

Watching her car disappear from view, Clark said to himself "You sure will, Metropolis."

The end