CNR Chapter 3: Give a Little Whistle, a smallville fanfic

Chapter Two: Give a Little Whistle

Conner turned to Megan.

"Now what?" Conner asked.

"Oh yeah." Megan said. "I should probably begin with a heart to heart about how to tell right and wrong."

"Why?" Conner asked.

"Well you wanna be a real boy, right?" Megan asked.

"Uh-huh." Conner answered.

"Okay, then sit down." Conner sat down on the bench as Megan climbed up to sit next to him. "Let's see, first the world is full of temptations."

"What are temptations?" Conner asked.

"They're the choices that seem right at the time but are actually wrong." Megan said, and then she got confused. "But even when the right things may seem wrong at the time, sometimes the wrong things… Um… Maybe right at the wrong time… Or visa-versa…" Megan had no idea what she just said. "Do you understand what I just said?"

"Uh-uh." Conner said.

"Good." Megan replied.

"But I'm gonna do right!" Conner said with a smile.

"That's the spirit, Conner!" Megan said with a smile. "And I'll help you! If you ever need me, just whistle, like this."

Megan whistled.

"Like this?" Conner asked, and he just blew.

"No." Megan said.

"Like this?" Conner asked again as he blew some more.

"No, now listen." Megan said, and she whistled three times, going up a pitch every time. Superboy blew the same way until he finally whistled at the last one. "That's it! Come on, let's sing it!"

"Okay." Conner said.

When you get in trouble,

And you don't know right from wrong,

Give a little whistle.

When you meet temptation,

And the urge is very strong,

Give a little whistle.

Not just a little squeak.

Pucker up and blow.

And if your whistle's weak, yell.

"Megan?" Conner asked.

"Right!" Megan said with a smile.

Take the straight and narrow path,

And if you start to slide,

Give a little whistle.

And always let your conscience be your guide.

Megan put her hand on an unused violin when a string snapped and hit her in the rear.

"OUCH!" Megan called out.

"Are you okay?" Conner asked.

"Yeah, I guess I shouldn't lean on instruments."

Take the straight and narrow path,

And if you start to slide,

Give a little whistle!

And always let your conscience be your guide!

Megan then hopped down.

"And always let my conscience be my guide!"

Conner walked to the side, so that he wouldn't land in front of Megan when he got tripped up in painting cans and fell over.

"Ah, look out!" Megan yelled, but it was too late, and there was a resounding crash.

()()()()()

Clark and Lois shot out of their beds in alarm.

"Who's there?" Clark called out.

"Me!" A little boy's voice said from downstairs.

"Oh thank goodness it's just me." Lois said as she and Clark were about to go back to sleep when their brains suddenly jumped back into action.

"ME?!" Clark and Lois asked at the same time. Clark then walked down cautiously in case someone else was down there. They went down with Krypto in front when they saw a mess by the counter with Conner on the floor.

"Oh, Conner, how'd you get down there?" Lois asked as she picked him up and was about to put him back on the bench.

"I fell down." Conner said.

"Oh, are you o- What?" Lois asked as she blinked.

"You're talking?" Clark said as he blinked.

"Yup." Conner said with a smile.

"No, no, that can't be." Clark said.

"Yeah, and I can move too." Conner said as he got up and waved his arms.

"No, this is impossible!" Lois said. "We're just dreaming! Clark, wake me up! WAKE ME UP!"

Clark pinched Lois in the shoulder.

"Ow." Lois said. "Oh, Clark must be the one that's asleep then."

Lois pinched Clark.

"Ow." Clark said.

"I guess we just imagined it then." Lois said.

"Right." Clark said. "Imagined it. Now Conner, say something."

"You two are funny!" Conner said with a laugh. "Do that again."

"You do talk!" Clark said in surprise.

"Yeah!" Conner said. "An angel named Shayera came and brought me to life."

"An angel named Shayera?" Lois asked.

"Yeah, and I got a conscience." Conner said. "You wanna meet her?"

"Uh… Sure." Clark said.

Conner hopped down from the bench and ran to the largest music box and pulled from behind it a five-year-old girl in a pure white leotard with a matching cloak.

"Hi." Megan said nervously. "Um… I… Kinda snuck in while you were putting the finishing touches on Conner, and I was afraid that if I told you I was here, you'd send me back to the orphanage."

"Oh, well you're welcome to stay here." Lois said. "What's your name?"

"Megan Morse." Megan said.

"With her help, I'm gonna be a real boy some day!" Conner said excitedly.

"Well whether it's today, tomorrow, or next year, our wish came true, right Lois?" Clark asked.

"Of course it did, oh come to Mommy sweetie." Lois said as she picked Conner up and kissed his forehead.

"Krypto, look!" Clark said excitedly. "He's alive, and he can talk."

"Go on, sweetie, say hi to Krypto." Lois said as she knelt down and placed Conner in front of Krypto.

"Hi to Krypto." Conner said as he petted Krypto, and he panted and began licking his face as Superboy giggled.

"Oh, Krypto, no." Lois said. "No licking Conner's face, you might wash the paint off."

"Oh, he's fine." Clark said with a smile. "I think this calls for a celebration."

Clark pushed a button by the large music box, and Megan backed away a little as Clark held Conner now and was pushing several buttons.

"Your turn to start one, Conner." Clark said.

Conner pushed one, and he laughed at the music coming from apparently nowhere.

The four then danced around in a circle as Krypto ran around them and barked happily.

()()()()()

As everyone danced around, Conner looked at a yellow and orange thing on top of a long white thing as he stared.

"Ooh, nice." Conner said. He tried to grab it, but he couldn't. He then held his finger out, and the thing on top spread to the tip of his finger.

"Look Mom and Dad!" Conner said as he walked up. "Isn't it pretty?"

"AH!" The other three screamed. Clark picked Conner up, turned on a nearby sink, and put Conner's finger under the water.

"Phew." Clark said. "That was close."

"No playing with fire, young man." Lois said firmly but not unkindly.

"Why?" Conner asked.

"Because you'll get burned." Lois explained.

"What's burned mean?" Conner asked.

"It means you'll end up as a pile of ashes and die." Megan said.

"What's die mean?" Conner asked.

"It means you won't live anymore." Lois said.

"Oh." Conner said.

"Now let's go to bed before anything else happens." Clark said.

They then took Megan and Conner up to their room as Clark took Conner into the bathroom to put some pajamas from the attic on him, so Megan could put on a nightgown Lois had saved privately.

"Now, we'll all have to sleep in the same bed tonight." Clark said. "Tomorrow, I'll build two new beds for you two."

"Thank you, Mr. Kent." Megan said as she snuggled down with a yawn as Krypto lied down between Conner and Megan.

"Now go to sleep dear." Lois said as she made sure Conner and Megan were tucked in, and Megan was already asleep and petting Krypto.

"Why?" Conner asked.

"Oh everybody has to sleep." Clark explained. "Your mom sleeps. I sleep. Megan sleeps. Krypto sleeps, and besides, tomorrow, you're going to your first day of school."

"Why?" Conner asked.

"To learn things." Lois said with a yawn. "And get smart."

"Why?" Conner asked.

"Because." Clark said with a yawn as he and Lois nodded off.

"Oh." Conner said as he snuggled next to Krypto and petted him with Megan. "Good night Dad."

"Night son." Clark said without waking up.

"Good night Mom." Conner said.

"Night son." Lois said without waking up either.

"I love you." Conner said as he fell asleep, and Lois and Clark waked up a little as they smiled at their new boy, and the girl who would probably be staying with them for awhile.

"We love you too." They both said as they made sure both children were comfortably covered, and they went to sleep.

Aw…

Megan: That does it.

Me: No wait! I didn't mean it!

Kara (sleepily): Yay!