" MOMMY! MOMMY! WE GOTS YOU A SURPRISE!" Johnathan yelled as he stormed upstairs as clark supersped past him and picked him up and covered his mouth .
" Shhh... Dont want to wake up mommy just yet okay?"
" Alright" He said disapointed.
" Okay I belive we still have a dirty doggie running around this farm... so go find him and bring him to the barn I will help you wash him okay?"
" Okey Dokey!" He said as he ran off.
" Amanda?" He said knocking on her door
" You can come in dad" She called back
" Hey , wow you look really nice ..."
" Oh you think?" Amanda said fluffing her hair
" Yeah...why?"
" Duh im going out tonight..."
" yeah but you dont always look that nice when you go out ..."
" gee thanks dad..."
" No I didn't mean it like that "
" Oh so now I never look good?" She said teasing
" Well... I didn't know how to break it to you... you see your not that pretty and well..."He teased
" Uh!" She replied and punched him in the arm
" you know your mom used to punch me the exact same way in the exact same spot..."
" She still does.." Amanda replied smiling.
" yeah I know ..." he said rubbing his arm
" So what is the real reason you came here dad?"
" Just wanted to tell you I was home"
" Okay I see you now goodbye"
" Alright...alright...what time do you need a ride ?"
" Mom's drving me ..."
" Well she dosen't feel good so I will drive you"
" Dad... Its a mother daughter thing please let her do something? you know she may be pregnat but she's still human"
' somewhat' clark thought
" I know I just like to take care of her thats all"
" just give her a chance to breath on her own thats all im asking dad"
" I know I will try"
" Okay "
" Alright ...will you be home for dinner?"
" Probabbly not"
"okay love you"Clark said shutting the door
" love you too dad"
"Oh Clarkiekins... I know your not going to go downstairs to wash that dog that I happen to be allergic to without seeing how im doing?" Lois called from behind him
" Of course not baby" He said embracing her and kissing her neck
" My weak spot... how dare you go there..."
" We got you a big cookie" he said kissing her lips
" Oh really how big?"
" Really ...kisses her really big"
" Okay I love you baby but johnathan is lose outside I can't leave him for too long"
" I know okay bye "
" Okay get some rest"
" Clark, If I got anymore rest I would be exstinct...no more sleep... "
" Okay , calm down"
" Okay I love you"
" Love you too"
" Daddy hows mommy?" Johnathan asked while trying to hold shelby from jumping all over clark
" She doing great "
"Good"
" Alright ... get the soap and lets get started..."
Clark lifted shelby into the washtub which he hated and refused the whole way so much that only a superpowerd man could get a superpowered dog to behave .
They began to hose down shelby and rub the suds into his fur.
" Daddy?"
" Yeah?"
"When can I begin to do some big boy jobs?"
" You do , I have you close the big gate for me and feed the chickens that a really big boy job ..."
" But I want to help you with the feed in the truck and stuff..."
" Tell you what... the day you weigh more than the bag of feed is the day you can help me okay?"
" Okay..." He said disapointed
" Besides I take you out in the feilds with me on the tractor dont I?"
" yea"
" Yeahhhh so have fun with what you can do now then worry about growing up later"
" Okay I guess your right..." johnathan mumbled back
Then shelby decided the try and jump out of the tub all covered in soap knocking over the tub sending a tital wave of soap and water to knock johnathan of his tiny feet and got soaked in the process.
Clark instantly began laughing
" Im All wet!" He cried out
" At least your not covered in cow pee" Clark joked
They both laughed and shared a hug
" It was getting to be bath time for you anyway"
" Aw come on dad..."
" Sorry you know the rules 5:00 is dinner then 6:00 is bathtime and bedtime at 7."
" Can't I stay up late tonight?"
" Nope... you start kindergarden in 1 week and you need to get into a sleeping habit"
"Aw man"
" Yeah I know" He said picking up little johnathan and carrying him to the house for some towels. It was moments like this that truely reminded him of his father and him...
6:15 P.M
" Clark there's some pasta boiling... im going to drive amanda to the movies make sure it dosent over boil okay?"
" yeah ... you know I could always drive her..."
" She wants to have some mother daughter time sorry"
" Okay then me and the little solider will man the fort."
" Alright love you" Lois said grabbing her car keys
" AMANDA LET'S GO!" Lois yelled up the stairs
" Im coming!" She yelled as she ran down the stairs...
" Bye dad!" She said as she quickly kissed him on the cheek and ran away ...
" Amanda!" Came a high little voice
" Right the munchkin... Bye Johnathan"
" Bye sissy"
" Okay hello's goodbye's lets go amanda I dont want to leave your father too long with dinner cooking in fact in remember this one time he tried to cook for me and ..." Lois trailed of leaving the house leaving clark with his mouth open as usally beacuse she was telling such a ridculous embarassing story.
6:30
" Okay mom I love you..."
" Okay Baby dont forget everything I told you ... now before you go show me who he is "
" Thats him with the green shirt and black converse and hat " She said pointing out Brad Myers
" Oh Good taste ... just had to make sure he was hot enough for you...bye !" lois said blowing a kiss
" Bye mom!"
" Hey brad!" Amada called out ' act natural remember that'
" Hey, Im really glad you came " He replied..
" So what are we seeing ?"
" I dont need to see anything but you Amanda..." he said
" Oh please tell me you wouldn't rather see Carmen Electra in that new ' Cheaper by the dozen' movie." She joked
" Well acually no... Shes' pretty but she's all fake and you are a natural beauty"
Amanda was speechless and couldnt help but smile back and meet up with her other friends from school.
-
After Clark and Lois put Johnathan to bed they decided to snuggle up a bit since the kids were all away.
They lit a fire and snuggled up against each other's bodys .
" Lois I love you so much... you have made me the happiest man ... I never even dreamed I would be this happy with someone..."
" Clark, you may be dorky, and corny, and an all around nerd sometimes no ... most of the time but your my nerd, my dork who has given me 2 beautiful children and 1 on the way, my dork who accepted me into his family and gave me the mother and father I wish I would have had, I love you"
The looked into each other's eyes and kissed, they felt each other's lips warm up and looked back into the fire. These were the kind of nights they would cherish forever.
The movie had begun and Amanda and Brad sat next to each other and put the arm rest up to be closer together. They caught themselves not watching the movie and looking at each other. Then he made the move and put his hand on top of her's .
She kept feeling her body heat up more and more. She looked into his eye's and got lost in her mind. she did not know what else to do but to look at him
She felt this intense heat between her and him.. she was sweating profusily and kept opening and closing her eye's feeling like they were on fire...
She put her head in her lap... trying to relive this intese headache building up and then something happened that hadn't happened in her entire life. Something that she didn't think ever would happen ... She shot burst's of fire from her eye's just like she had seen her father do in the morning making toast or lighting candles. she shot the fire onto the ground a few feet away lucky enough for her it was to far for anyone to says she caused it.
She got up and rubbed her head ... while some girl screamed fire and ran out of the theather to get someone.
" WOAH! Amanda! Did you see that fire start? " Brad yelled
" Uh.. yeah I definatly saw it start" She replied stunned that she had did that
" How did it start?" He asked among the pepole talking about it rather than running out of the theather screaming as well.
" I ... I dont know" She said
Then Brad pulled her into a hug and said " Don't be scared I won't let it hurt you..."
" Uh I gotta do like now!" She said as she pulled away from the hug and began to leave the theather
" Call me soon?" Brad yelled from the balcony
" Definatly" She yelled back while running out of the theather to call her dad to come pick her up.
-
Clark and Lois were still cuddled up when the phone rang.
" Im too comfortable ..." Lois muttered
But clark was already up looking for the phone
" Clark," Lois began
" What if it is Amanda?"
He said using his x-ray vision around the house to find the phone
"hen she will leave a message and you can be there before she has a chance to hang up " Lois said
Clark lifted up the pillow and found the phone
" Hello?... Hey what's wrong did the movie end early ?"
' You could say that ' amanda replied
" What's wrong?"
' I will just tell you when I get home I can't say it here ... come pick .' Before she could finish her father was standing right next to her
" Me up?" She finshed looking at him and rolling her eye's . I could have waiting 10 minutes for you to drive ... " She said before begging to leave the movies looking for a back alley to jump into her father's arms to superspeed home.
" Yeah but it sounded important "
" Oh it is but let's just get home okay?"
" Okay " he said
" Ready?" He asked while they stood in a back alley behind the Talon movie theather.
" When you are ..." She said sarcasticlly and rolled her eye's
Clark held out his arms and Amanda jumped into them
" Hold on"
" Like always... I pretty much know the drill now dad..." She said as he took off.
-
" Amanda whats's wrong?" Lois asked when she saw Clark carry her in
" Thanks Dad... well I don't know if you will belive me but here goes...I was in the movie with Brad..."
" Brad?" Clark interuptted
" Right He's this hot guy I know and we have awsome chemistry and we were in the movie and we kept looking at each other and then I began to sweat alot and feel really hot and I could feel my body tempeture rising, and then I got a headache and ..."
" OH NO!" Clark cried out!
" Uh... yeah... Bursts of fire started shooting out of my eye's ...and then when it ended it was all cool again"
" Oh my gosh!" Lois cried out and ran to give her a hug .
" Did anyone see you?" Clark asked
" No "
" Your sure?"
" Well as sure as I can be"
" Okay ... look we are going to have to focus this okay? Then we will talk about the fact that you and your mom hid the fact that this was a date tonight from me"
" Okay " Amanda replied
" Okay just try to go to bed and please dont think about the opposite sex untill tomorow okay?" Clark reasoned
" Okay I love you and im sorry"
" yeah I know and if you feel weird or feel it happening again please come wake me up so I can help you or make sure you dont burn the house down okay? "Clark said
" yeah ...Okay... Goodnight "
" Goodnight" The 2 parents said in unison.
Clark and lois climbed into bed and began to snuggle again.
" Well?" Clark said
" Well what?"
" Our daugther and her newfound ability... what do you think?"
" Honestly?" Lois relplied
" Yeah"
" Im scared for her... it's great you know she is just like you sorta but now..."
" She has to carry a burden like I did throught my teenage years and now"
" Exactly"
" She is a strong girl lo ... she was raised by two strong pepole..."
" yeah,... so you never told me what it was like your first heat vision experience ..."
" Yeah uh it was pretty much the same thing... only it was a really hot teacher and there was no a.c. so it was relly hot and we were watching a sex ed video and yeah..."
Lois burst out laughing
" I know I know " Clark said knowing it was one of his dorkier momments.
" Clark?"
"Yeah?"
" Dont worry she will be just fine... I know she will find a way to have fun with this power just as you ahve with it..."
" yeah goodnight angel"
" goodnight clarkie" Those were their pet names and as corny as they were theys till used them.