Author's Notes: Wheeeeeeee! Another update. I've been working on Happy Ending (it's a CLOIS website for those who are not in the know). So I've been distracted. Uploading media files aren't fun if you don't have FTP. I'm all manual, baby! I was just kidding. Mostly.

Chapter 10: Another day in the life…

By the time they made it back to the Kent Farm, his parent's had already arrived. Jonathan looked over to his son with a quizzical brow. Martha worked on dinner in the kitchen.

"Hey dad. How was the drive?"

"Long," he answered simply. "It gave your mother and I some time to think"

Clark nodded. He really didn't know what his dad meant by that. He was going to ask him further about it when Lois and a very happy Shelby came barreling in.

"Three years later and he's still torturing me," Lois said, exhausted.

All three Kent's laugh at her ageless predicament.

She and the golden mutt were outside playing Frisbee, and while Lois was all for an exercise, Shelby wouldn't let her rest. He just kept tugging on her to play some more and she had no choice or else he would never leave her alone.

Clark bent down and patted his friend proudly. "Are you giving my wife a hard time, Shelbs?"

He received a bark in return and patted him once more.

"Good boy"

Lois rolled her eyes.

"You're soooo sleeping on the couch tonight"

He immediately changed his mind. "Bad dog," he said, pointedly.

Shelby whimpers.

Meanwhile, Jonathan and Martha watched the exchange with amused interest. Perhaps, the two kids really could make the marriage work. They're both incredibly stubborn, highly intelligent and they work well together. Lastly, what seems really obvious now that wasn't before, they really do care about each other, maybe even love each other too.

"About the sleeping arrangements…" Jonathan began.

Lois and Clark grow automatically uncomfortable as Jonathan continued setting the ground rules.

"I know you're married and we're long past the discussion of safe – "

"Jonathan," Martha interrupted. "They are married. They can share a room."

Clark throws her an appreciative glance. He takes a mental note to buy her flowers sometime in the next day or so. Maybe he could even fly to the nearest flower shop. She deserved more.

Clark rushed into his bedroom with Lois close behind. They shut the door and sigh a massive relief.

Lois throws her arms up. "It's official! I love your mother!"

Clark laughs. "Good. That makes two of us"

"I was seriously close to faking a faint if he had gone any further." She paused. "Our relationship is completely backwards, you realize that, right? Traditionally, it should've been done the other way around"

He crossed his arms, smiling. "Surprisingly enough, I can actually imagine you proposing to me"

"Yeah right!" She laughed at the idea. "Me, get down on one knee and propose to you. Sure, when pigs fly"

"How about man?" he asked with a grin. "It drives me considerably closer to you"

"You flirt dangerously, Kent"

He stepped closer to her. "You taught me how."

Clark kisses her intensely but Lois tries to withhold.

"We shouldn't do anything here"

Caressing her cheek, "Why not?" he asked, softly.

"Your parents…"

He kisses her again. "Know we're married," he finished.

"That's besides the point." She needs to get away from him now.

"I don't see it that way"

"You're not looking hard enough"

He smirked. "I think I can see just fine"

"Have you always been this forward?"

"Only since I've married you"

They start kissing again; working in removing the many layers of clothing they both had on. Just as things were heating up between them, they're interrupted by the last person they thought would come inside without knocking.

"Hey guys, your parents said you were up." She sees the two pretend-newlyweds going at it half-dressed. "Dear lord!" she squeaked, closing her eyes shut.

"Chloe?" Clark said embarrassingly.

"Oh my God." She covered her eyes still. "You were kissing!" She rotated a few times deciding whether or not to leave the room with her eyes still closed.

Lois fixes herself up. "Sweetie, you're gonna hurt yourself"

"Why were you kissing?" Chloe was shocked beyond, well she should be shocked, she already knew they were married, but it wasn't until a moment ago when it really hit home the fact that they are married.

"Well…" Lois starts.

"We remember…"

"Everything…"

"Even…"

"Getting married"

Chloe's hands fell down from her face and she finally looked at the two like they were crazy. "Did you guys rehearse that or something?" And then something came to mind. "Wait a second!" She pointed at the two of them almost accusingly. "At the Talon this morning, you two really are married"

"Yeah," Lois replied softly.

"Hmm mm," Clark answered even more softly.

Chloe is floored. "What about the annulment?"

"Not gonna happen," Lois waved off.

"It's too much hassle," Clark added.

"So you're gonna keep pretending your married?"

"We're not pretending," and Clark emphasized this by pulling Lois closer to him. "We're giving this marriage a shot"

Lois stepped away from Clark. "Besides," she pulled on her younger cousin's arms closer so she could whisper in her ear.

Clark doesn't eavesdrop into their mini-conversation.

Chloe blushed red. "You're so bad, Lois"

"What are you and Clark going to do now?" Chloe asked Lois as the two cousins sit together on the swing outside the Kent's porch.

She merely shrugged in response. "I honestly don't know. It's all happening pretty much at warp speed"

Chloe starts to giggle. "I still can't wrap my head around you and Clark. You two are actually married." She giggled some more. "Oh, Lois. Life is never boring around you"

"It's not like I planned for this to happen"

"But secretly you hoped…"

"Uh…. No"

"Are you honestly telling me you've never thought of Clark romantically?"

"Of course I've thought about him romantically, I've just never dwelled on it for too long unlike some people"

"Hey now! That was sooo two years ago"

"So it's cool with you? Me and Clark?"

"Are you kidding me? Of course it is. You two are the most important people in my life. If there was anyone in the world that Clark could fall for, I'm glad it was you"

Lois breathed out, relieved. "Really?"

Chloe wrapped her arms around her cousin. "You bet I am. And as long as you actually invite me to your baby shower, then I'll let your impromptu wedding get a free pass"

Lois frowned. "Baby shower?"

Chloe shrugged. "I'm just saying"

"Oh God, could you imagine. The pitter patter of little Lois's and Clark's running around here."

Both ladies laugh.

Lois continued. "Yeah, that's not gonna happen for a long, long, long, long, long time from now"

"You'd be surprised how time flies," Chloe nudged.

She smirked. "Are you trying to tell me something, Chlo?"

"Just letting you know now that if you and Clark decide to bring in a little Lois or Clark into this world, I've got first dibs on being a god mother"

Lois smiled widely. "You know there isn't anyone else I would have than you."

The two ladies spend the rest of the night huddled underneath a warm blanket; drinking Mrs. Kent fantastically made hot chocolates and talking endlessly through the night. About the past, the present, and their future.

To be continued…