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Chapter 13 - Hard Working Man

"Good morning Lois. What's this?"

"My notes from last night. Superman met with me." Perry crossed behind her and stopped in his tracks.

"Repeat that please Lois."

"Superman gave me an interview last night at my apartment." She glowed with happiness that Clark didn't even understand. Lex walked up and greeted Clark while Lois prattled on about her new story.

"You have quite a grip there Clark." Lex shook his hand out as Clark let go. Lex continued to listen halfway in on Lois' interest in this new story.

"You have no idea," Clark said under his breath at Lex's remark as he stood, listening to Lois intently.

"Lex, could we cancel lunch today? I really need to get hopping on this story. This could be the biggest thing in years. I have some research I want to do with my partner here." Lex winced at Clark and cordially agreed with Lois.

"See you around ... Lex." Clark patted him on the back as Lois turned around. He practically threw Lex across the newsroom. A few people stood around and giggled, thinking that the billionaire had tripped over his own feet. Lex picked himself up and exited without notice from Lois.

"Clark, where's Brit today?"

"I dropped her off upstairs where we could work. So, what do you have so far?"

Standing over her sitting at her desk, "He said that he was pretty much built like a human but just has some powers that are not really explained. He said he was from the planet Krypton. Is that a real planet?"

"Could be. We're not the only universe in the galaxy." Lois smiled up at him realizing the stupidity of the question. "So now what should we do? We have to find a way to contact him again."

"Have you ever thought he was being courteous for his first visit? Maybe he doesn't want to be bothered." For some reason, he thought this would entice Lois to work harder. He was right.

"Forget it Clark. He wouldn't have come by to see me if he didn't want to be known."

"Maybe he's not interested in being known, but just someone." Lois whipped around and gave Clark a nasty look that told him to drop it. He had just gotten his response from the night before. She wanted to see more of Superman and soon.

"Come on. Let's check out that building from the day before."

When they arrived, Clark wandered around looking for what he didn't know while Lois looked for hand prints. "Clark, come here." She pointed at a dent in the wall. "Do you think he did that?"

"Lois, I have no idea. This is all very strange. Why don't you just ask him out again?"

"Clark, I didn't ask him out. I interviewed him - that's it." Clark shook his head and glared at her while she turned redder. "If you are insinuating that I have some weird romantic attachment to this alien, you are mistaken." She heard Clark mumble something else. "What was that?"

"I just wonder after you told me that he sees through things, how much of you he saw last night." Clark could just feel the temperature of Lois' blood go up a notch.

"Clark Kent, if you are thinking you are making mad, you are anddfdfheeriuka." He wrapped his hand around her mouth and pulled her out of the light.

"Shut up Lois," he whispered as he heard footsteps.

"Don't bother...come on out." A strange little man stepped out of the shadows and pointed a gun at the two of them. "Why are you here?"

"I'm investigating a story thank you. If you could just put that down." Lois reached out past Clark and then backed up again when the man obviously wasn't kidding about his intent on using it.

"I don't think there is a story here. This is my home now. If you would please leave, that would be nice."

"You're homeless sir? Why don't we take you to the shelter or something?"

"Sir, you think this is a perfect little world with your perfect little woman..."

"She's not my...ummpphh. What was that for?" Lois punched him in the ribs.

"Just get out." The little man started waving the gun erratically so they both hurried.

"Clark, that was real strange."

'Went to a movie...be back later. Love, mom.'

Pulling Brit's jacket off, he looked down at her and then in the kitchen "Just you and me for tonight sport. What you want?" Brittany took off to the living room and came back with the Little Mermaid movie. "Pizza ok?" The shaking of her head made it evident that it was the official opening to father and daughter night. "Go put the movie in - I'll go call." He went and changed while calling for the pizza.

Several hours later, his mother walked in and smiled as her two favorite people laid on the couch sleeping to static. There had been a car wreck and a bus accident that night but he had obviously tuned everything out that night. Martha went off to bed and left them there to sleep the rest of the night.

"Good morning mom. How was your night?" Clark stretched, feeling he had slept wrong.

"Wonderful and yours?"

"You saw...we watched a movie and guess were so tired we didn't make it through. Brittany, what do you want for breakfast?"

"Eggs. Can I get the paper?"

"Sure."

She came quickly back from the front porch. "Dad, look the man who flies." She opened the paper to the first page where a picture of Superman from behind was on the cover with the story by Lois gracing the rest of the page.

"She wrote it without me. That's what I get for being a family man." His mother stood on one side and read it along with him, seeing that everything he had told her on the record was perfectly accurate. That was Lois - never make a mistake. "She'll be getting Kudo's for this one." He put the paper down and started breakfast. Martha stood back and watched as he taught Brit about cooking like she had taught him.

Well, there's the fluff portion.

Coming up...the plot thickens