Chapter 5:
Back in the bullpen, Lois realizes Clark's secret and puts everything together like a puzzle...now that she's found the missing pieces.
Lois (quietly so only Superman can hear): Clark!
Clark (nervously): Um...Lois...
Lois (getting angry): Don't "Um...Lois" me! I want to know everything like why I have these dreams that feel real to me and...?
Clark (trying to calm her down): Lois, I think we should talk somewhere else...
Lois: All right. How about on the roof since you seem to like it so much!
Clark: Sure...
Clark slowly walks behind Lois feeling and looking like a little kid on his way to the Principal's office. And they get on an elevator to go up on the Daily Planet roof.
Lois (taking Clark's glasses off of him): Now, can you talk to me, Superman!
Clark: How did...When...
Lois (waving her arms about): Just now when I saw your "cousin" and our son running superspeed!
Clark (trying to calm her down): Okay, I think I should tell you...You knew before that I was Superman.
Lois: WHAT! How? I don't remember...wait, so those dreams are real?
Clark (fidgeting): They are...and yes, I erased your memory so that you didn't remember that I told you who I was.
Lois: My memory! I didn't know you could do that...WHY did you do that? Did you not want me to know?
Clark: I did, but I could tell that you had a hard time handling it when we were back in the Daily Planet five years ago...so I decided to take only the memory from when found out till we got back to the paper. Then soon after that I found out about Krypton from some scientists and it was as hard for me to go as much as it was hard for me to not go. I wanted to see if there was someone else like me out there (looking out at the sky), I realized when I came back that I did have someone here...Jason.
Lois: Oh, so who is Supergirl? I mean Christy?
Clark: She's my daughter from the future...
Lois: Your daughter? And mine?
Clark: What? Wait, I hear Christy and Jason. They are in trouble...
Lois: What! How? They were in the elevator!
Clark: I hear Lex...
Lois: I thought he was still on that island...
Clark: I've got to go save them from Lex. He could do anything to them.
Lois: Wait. Remember that you almost died because of that crazy man and he has Kryptonite!
Clark: But I have to this even more than saving the world every day...they are my kids!
Lois: They are mine too! I'm going with you...
Clark: No. I need to do this...I don't want him to hurt you.
Lois: Superman or not, You are not changing my mine...I'm going!
Clark: What about Richard?
Lois: What about him?
Clark: Shouldn't he know, he was more a father to Jason than I could ever be...
Lois: He's not the one I love, Clark. It's the reporter and savior of this world...my world...and the real father of my son who I love. Richard is a good man and he loves both Jason and I, but I don't love him like I do you. It wouldn't be fair to him to marry him when I don't love him. He deserves to marry someone who loves him back, and I am not that person. Go look for Jason and Christy, but when you find them come and get me. Lex would need to have Kryptonite just to capture Christy and Jason. And you know he'll use it against you in a heartbeat.
Clark (strips out of his suit almost instantly): All right. Don't worry, I'll find them.
Lois: Even though you're Superman, I'm still a mother, worrying is part of the job description.
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"Hey. I actually edited the dialogue a bit. I just got kind of lost when they were making the speeches. I can see a big action scene in the future. I'm not quite sure how you can end this, but you know I'm rooting for a happy ending. What are your ideas?" from my beta reader, transgenic-girl .
I'm glad that she did because it makes my story a lot better. I even enjoyed my story more when she edited it. I have this action scene in my mine with Lex and Superman plus Lex will find out something about Superman too. I love happy endings and I love reading/watching them so you know I'll have a happy ending to mine. I just need to see what I'm going to do for my next chapter and also see if I only need one more chapter to end my story or not. Some part of me wants to end it at 6 (or 7 chapters) because I'm a Harry Potter fan and I also because I feel like my story is close to ending. Then there is that other part of me that wants to keep going because I like that people are reading my story and I like the feeling when posting a new chapter too. My number one thing though is to keep going till it's done because this will be my first finish fanfic ever.