Chapter 04 - You Get Me

On thanksgiving day, Lois Lane Kent was in her office at home finishing an article when a five year old Lara stormed into her office.

"Mom? Can I have an elephant?" the little girl asked with her eyes shining.

"No," Lois answered with a serious look.

"Can I have a killer whale?"

"No." Lois sighed annoyed. "Mom's on a deadline, Lara."

"Can I have Wonder Woman be my best friend? Can I have a puppy? Can I have a polar bear? Can I have a robot?" the little girl asked without taking a breath.

"Just go play in your room until dinner okay?" Lois said and Lara went back to her room frustrated before Clark arrived home.

"Hey honey," he said kissing her cheeks. "How was your day?"

"You know… The usual. I'm trying to finish my article about Intergang but your daughter keep interrupting me with requests."

"What kind of requests?" Clark inquired curious as Lois stands up before close her laptop.

"Elephants… frozen caveman… robots… polar bear… puppies." Lois sighed frustrated.

"Welll… at least the puppy it's not so impossible like the other things." Clark said with a smile and Lois rolled her eyes annoyed.

"Clark Jerome Kent!" Lois yelled angry. "Are you thinking of bringing your dog back to our apartment? Are you insane? Did you forget what he did last year when he stayed a week with us?"

"Come on, Lois. Krypto is so alone in the Fortress and I think it would be great for Lara to have him around. She wants a pet."

"But why him? He almost destroyed our apartment last time. I don't think it's a good idea."

"I know Lois but he is house broken now. Everything is going to be okay. I promise you."

"It better be…" Lois said with a determined look to Clark who smiled at her before giving her a very passionate kiss.

"I'll tell Lara the good news," Clark said with a happy face heading to Lara's room where he finds her playing Heart and Soul on her keyboard. Clark knocked on the door. "Hey, Princess. Can I come in?"

"Yes, daddy," Lara said. She stopped playing and focussed her attention on him.

"I have some good news. I've talked to Mommy and she agreed to give you a dog."

"Really?' Lara said with her eyes shining.

"Really." Clark chuckled before Lara hugged him dearly.

"Thanks daddy," she said kissing him tight. "Where is he?"

"Do you remember Krypto, right?" Clark asked as Lara nodded. "So what do you think if we go brought him from the Fortress tomorrow?"

"I would love, daddy," Lara said with a goofy grin to him. "Can he sleep in my room?"

"I guess so." Clark nodded before Lara gave him another hug. "So are you ready for dinner? Your cousin Kate is coming today with aunt Chloe and uncle Richard," Clark reminded her making the girl smile.

"Yay, that's true! I almost forgot!" Lara stormed out of her room using her super speed scaring Lois who was in the kitchen.

"Lara, I already told you to not use the super speed in the apartment!" Lois pointed out as she sighed relieved. "You almost gave mommy a heart attack!"

"Sorry, mommy. I'll be good."

"All right. Go wash your hands. Chloe, Kate and Richard are on their away."

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Lois took off her apron to open the door. She smiled as she saw Chloe, Richard and Kate there and she hugged Chloe to welcome her. "Chloe, welcome back to America ! How are you?"

"I'm great and the trip was wonderful. We just come back from looking at that house in the suburbs I told you about."

"Really? Clark is bugging me to see some of themespecially now we'll have a dog." Lois was still frustrated that Clark convinced her to bring Krypto back.

"Really?" Chloe asked surprised. "That's great, Lo. We can be neighbors."

"Yeah, that would be awesome." Lois said with a smile. "Make yourselves comfortable. I'll just call Clark ," she said heading to her room.

" Clark, Chloe is already here and the food is…," she stopped talking when she noticed Clark in his Superman outfit. "Oh no. Not today. What happened?"

"A missile in Russia . Somebody needs to stop it or…"

"Go!" Lois said smiling although a little frustrated. "This seems like a job for Superman!"

"I'll be back as soon as possible," he said giving her a very passionate kiss before flying away.

"I'll wait," Lois said still looking out of the window before Chloe interrupted her thoughts.

"Lois?" Chloe called as Lois turned around to face her. "Where's Clark?"

"He had to going out. Something came up but he'll try to come back as soon as possible. The world needs him right now."

"Oh. Is he going to be okay?"

"I hope so," Lois nodded with a sad look. "So let's eat then," she said when they came back to the living room and noticed Lara and Kate playing together as Richard was watching a game on TV.

TBC