"Lois?"

Was that Kal-El waking her out of her peaceful slumber?

"Lois?"

It was a woman's voice.

"Lois?"

Lois' eyes finally opened. She had fallen asleep at her desk.

"Sweetheart, when you fall asleep on the job that's a sign that you've been working too much overtime."

Lois's eyes focused onto Martha Kent. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Kent. I don't remember falling asleep. I had one of my nightmares."

"About the guy with the red cape?" asked Martha with a smile.

"No. It was similar though. It felt too real like a premonition."

Lois wasn't going to tell her that this super man and Kal-El, the alien, bore a creepy resemblance to her son, Clark Kent. She was having fantasies about the boss' son.

"For a nightmare, you looked pretty happy," Martha remarked.

"That's what makes it scary. Do you believe you can dream about your future husband?"

"I've heard that if you take home a slice of wedding cake and put it under your pillow, you dream about your spouse-to-be but it's just an old superstition."

"Yeah and there's no cake near here."

"Are you awake enough to drive home?"

"I'm fine. I've done put that dream out of my mind"
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The knocking wouldn't stop.

"I'm coming," Chloe called.

Clark was at the door.

"This better be good, Clark. It's very late."

"It's about Jor-El. Can I come in?"

Chloe gestured him to the couch.

"I learned that he can give people dreams, when I was talking to him tonight."

"Is that all?"

"No. He gave one to my soul mate."

"Soul mate?"

"You know my future wife. Apparently, he knows who she will be because of some forces that have already been set in motion."

Chloe looked a little confused because she was still waking up and the whole thing was strange.

"He gave her a dream about what I become in the future and about Krypton. It's supposed to help mentally prepare her."

"Is that bad?"

"Yes, it's bad. There's a woman walking around that knows all my secrets."

"Does she know that she knows your secrets? I don't know many people who take their dreams seriously. Furthermore, if the two of you end up together, I doubt she goes around blabbing deep, dark secrets."

"You're right. It's a good thing Lois isn't my soul mate," he said with a smile.

"You don't give her enough credit. She likes to run her mouth but she would never tell a secret even under torture. In fact, she told me one time that if she did know someone's secret, someone that she cared about, she would wait until they opened up to her."

"She said that?"

"She's one of the most trustworthy people I know unless there's a good reason to expose someone."

"Lois has a lot of good, hidden qualities, doesn't she? Maybe I should start paying more attention to her."

Chloe smiled and pushed Clark toward the door. "I'm glad you've figured that out but I like to sleep every now and then."

"Maybe I should introduce myself as Kal-El to every woman I meet and see who knows that name. That would be stupid and dangerous, wouldn't it?"

"Good night and sweet dreams, Clark"

"Good night."

The End