Chapter 8: His and Hers, Hers and His

The sun shines in through Alicia's window as 7:00 rolls around. Clark and Alicia sleep soundly, until the sun hits Clark. The warmth of the sun wakes up Clark, and he stretches his arms and legs. Alicia stirs, but still sleeps. Her hair covers her face, and Clark watches her. As the sun moves and rests on her, she stirs, and wakes up.

"Morning, beautiful." Clark says.

"Morning, baby." Alicia states, resting her head on Clark's chest.

"Ready to go back to Smallville?"

"Yeah...I can't wait to go back to school. Let's go have some breakfast first. For some reason, I'm really hungary." Alicia says, getting out of bed.

Clark stands up, and both of them walk out of the room. They walk hand in hand down the stairs, and see Virgil and Dr. Crosby in the dining room. As they sit down, several waiters bring in pancakes, bacon and eggs. Alicia takes a plateful of pancakes and starts to eat.

"So, did you two have a busy night?"

Clark immedietly looks over to Alicia and blushes. She smiles, but doesn't respond, her mouth full of pancakes.

"Yeah, uh...we were busy..." Clark starts.

Alicia eats her plate of food, andsets her fork on the plate. She sits, basking in the sun's warm rays. Virgil notices her behavior, and turns his wheelchair towards her.

"Alicia, are you allright? You don't seem, yourself."

"Oh, I'm fine, Dr. Swann. I just need to go to the restroom."

Alicia stands up, and walks down the hall. Upon entering the bathroom, she runs to the toilet, and throws up. She flushes the toilet, and sits near it. The sickness in her stomach can only comprehend with the splitting headache that suddenly overtakes her system. She stands up, bracing herself as she pulls back the mirror, and grabs a bottle of asprin. She takes two, and sits back down. The nausea controls her stomach, but she holds it down.

She reaches over and opens up her purse. She pulls out a pregnancy indicator that she used when Clark was asleep, and looks at the sign. A knock at the door startles Alicia and she throws it in the trash. The door opens, and Clark walks in. He sits next to her, and puts his arm around her shoulder.

"Are you okay, hunny?"

"Yeah, I'm fine... When can we leave?"

"Well, we can leave now, if you want."

"Okay."

They both get up, and walk out of the bathroom, hand in hand. They walk to the main hall, and are greeted by Virgil and Crosby.

"I guess this goodbye, Kal-El. These are parting gifts for both of you."

Dr. Crosby hands them two small boxes.

"Congradulations to the both of you." Virgil states.

Thank you both for letting us stay here. Goodbye, Dr. Swann and Dr. Crosby."

"Goodbye, Kal-El and Alicia. We hope you visit again."

They wave goodbye as Clark picks up Alicia, and they shoot off into the atmosphere. Normally, the high wind and cold air would make Alicia freeze, but not this time. They shoot off, out of New York City, and head back to the Kent farmhouse. Cities turn to towns, and towns turn to countryside. After a few seconds, they enter Kansas. Metropolis sits on the horizon, and they fly through it, heading for Smallville. They pass by the still broken Smallville sign, and they land in front of the Kent house. A man in a black suit stands next to the door, a gun in his holster. They walk inside to discover Alicia and Clark's parents having breakfast. Martha and Lucy run over and hug each of them, while Johnathon and Greg walk over.

"Son, you don't have to worry about Lionel anymore. Lex has us under protective security, and has issued a restraining order on Lionel."

"If you guys want to stay here, we can understand." Lucy says,

"Actually mom, I want to go back to school." Alicia states, and Clark nods in agreement.

"So do I."

"Well, if you want to." Greg says.

"We brought over some of your clothes Alicia." Lucy says.

"The cops are still trying to figure out how the two men had their necks broken, and what could have thrown them straight into one of the walls." Greg says, looking at Clark.

"Well, we'll go change." Alicia says, teleporting both herself and Clark upstairs.

"Seems like our kids have something in common." Greg states.

Later That Day...

Clark and Alicia were late for school, and were studying together in the library. Clark notices that the other fellow students were looking at them weirdly, and one writes something down on a piece of paper with a sharpie. He shows it to Clark, with the word FREAKS written on it.

Alicia doesn't notice, and is busy taking notes out of her Chemistry book. Clark continues to write his notes for Algebra.

"Hey Alicia?" CLark whispers

"Hmm?"

"Let's go somewhere else, I feel uncomfortable in here."

"Why hunny?" She whispers back.

"Because everyone is watching us."

Alcia looks around, and notices the piece of paper. Tears well up in Alicia's eyes, Clark picks up the books, and they teleport away, before she cries.

They reappear in the office of the Torch, now empty. Clark closes the door, and superspeeds to the couch where Alicia sits. She cries on his shoulder, and Clark holds her.

"How can they be so cruel?" Alicia asks, still sobbing between her words.

"I don't know, but I fuccing hate it. Why do humans hate things they don't understand? It sickens me."

"Me too.." Alicia says, and she dries her tears on Clark's shirt. The embrace each other, and Clark moves his hand around Alicia's abdomen. She sets her hand on his, and Clark smiles.

"Clark...I have something to tell you."

"Ok, what is it?"

"I'm pregnant."

Clark stares, open mouthed at Alicia. She smiles, and continues to hold his hand.

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to keep it." Alicia says.

"Than I want to raise it with you." Clark says.

Alicia and Clark continue to hold each other, and don't notice the third bell ringing. The door to the Talon opens, and Chloe walks in.

"Hi guys. I heard what happened. It's the talk of the town."

"What is?" Alicia asks.

"That both of you have superpowers. What, didn't you read My Torch article?"

Chloe throws the latest edition at Clark, and he catches it in midair. The title reads:

Smallville High Torch

Special Report!


Fellow Students Discovered with Hidden Superpowers

A series of ongoing reports claim that Metropolis's own Lionel Luthor concludes that he has discovered proof of people that have been given latent super abilities from the meteorites of '89. After a thorough investigation, Lionel states: "I have already discovered how to enhance the meteor rock samples to create mutant abilities within normal people. I have even found out who has been hiding their abilities from the rest of the world, several names come to mind, but the most extraordinary on the list are Alicia Baker and Clark Kent. I hope that with this info, and several experiments being provided at Luthor-Corp, we can soon alter the genetic code of people and discover how to stop, and destroy various diseases and cancers."

Clark and Alicia look dumbstruck at the article that Chloe had written.

"I can't believe you, Chloe. How could you put our names in the paper! People have been calling us freaks all day, and this is why!"

"But Clark, I-"

"What, you actually believed him? That he is going to use those powers to help mankind? Hell, he's doing it for the money! What the hell were you thinking, printing this off!"

"I know what she was doing! She wanted to get herself into the Dailey Planet! She doesn't care how many people get hurt, as long as she get's her precious job!" Alicia screams.

Chloe raises her hand to slap Alicia, when Clark intervenes. He holds her arm, not allowing her to hit his girlfriend.

"How could you believe that!" Chloe screams.

"Because it's true." Clark simply states, much to the shock of Chloe.

"It's not true!"

"Yes it is, Chloe. You did this before, when you worked for Lionel to investigate me. Why should I believe you now?"

And with that, Clark and Alicia dissappear in her green flash, leaving Chloe to ponder in her own mind the actions that pissed off her ex best friend.