So, I've decided to update every Sunday or Monday nights. Here's my second chapter, I hope everyone enjoys!
Disclaimer: I don't any of the Superman movies or Smallville and any of its characters.
Chapter two
Lois is sitting at her desk in her office at home. She's looking at her laptop, trying to think of what to write for her next article. Jason was in the other room watching TV. She was at a loss for words. Her phone rings and she picks it up, regretting it immediately.
"Hello?" she says moodily. "Clark, I've heard enough from you for one day. Can't it wait until tomorrow?" She's silent for awhile, Jason watches her intently. She rolls her eyes and Jason giggles. "Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can." She hangs up the phone.
"Okay, Munchkin I guess we're going to Clark's. Get your coat on." She says reluctantly. Jason smiles excitedly and runs to get his coat.
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When the trio got to the apartment they stood in the living room awkwardly. Clark goes to his room to change and quickly comes back. They all sit on the couch silently. Clark looks at the clothes they are wearing and scrunches his nose. They couldn't get supper if they were dressed like that.
"Jason, Marty if you want to go out in public you can't wear those clothes. You need something more… normal." They nod.
"What should we wear?" Marty asks.
"Well, Jason can wear my clothes, though they might be a little big."
"What about glasses? I need glasses or people could recognize me." Jason says.
"I've got a spear pair of glasses in my closet you can wear; they're not as thick as these ones. Is that alright?" Jason nods and walks to Clark's room.
"Jason started wearing glasses when he was eight 'cause people started to see the resemblance and I started wearing them last year." Marty adds. Clark nods a little surprised. She looks at him expectantly and then it hits him.
"Oh Marty, I don't have anything for you. As you can tell I don't have women's clothes lying around." Marty looks at him as though he's brain dead.
"Well, da. Just call mommy, she'll get me clothes." Clark growls inwardly, he didn't want to bother Lois again and he knew she would chew his head off. He reluctantly calls her a few minutes later.
"Hi Lois." He pauses, Marty hears her mother yelling. "I'm not calling for me. Marty needs some clothes. She can't go around dressed the way she is so I thought that maybe you could bring something for you to wear." He waits, Lois' tone softens. "Thank you, I owe you one." He hangs up soon after. He sees his future son dressed in his clothes and wearing his glasses. He had to suck in a breath, he had been momentarily surprised; he looked so much like himself at that age, it scared him. Jason sees his expression.
"I know right. It's creepy how much we look alike. Mom always calls me Junior." He laughs and Clark has to laugh at that too. His pants were too big on Jason and his plaid shirt was a little baggy and the glasses looked awkward on him.
"You look silly." Marty says and Jason rolls his eyes.
There was a knock at the door fifteen minutes later. Clark opens it to see little Jason holding a pair of pants and Lois holding a shirt and boots.
"Hi Lois, come in." Lois does so and Jason follows her, stopping to hug his legs. Clark's heart melts and he leans down to hug his son. Then he hears a gasp and things falling on the ground followed by a "Holy crow!"
Clark and younger Jason rush over to Lois. "What is it?" He asks. Lois points at older Jason. Younger Jason looks over puzzled, and then he sees the resemblance. He looks from the boy to Clark and again.
"Yeah." He says confused. Clark gives a nervous chuckle.
"Yeah, my reaction was…uh…similar when I saw him." Clark says. Older Jason shrugs and says: "Hey, it's genetics. It's not my fault that I look more like dad then you. If it helps, people say Marty looks a lot like you, minus the eyes." Marty nods at that.
Younger Jason looks at everyone with a confused expression on his face. "Mommy, are these the people from the Daily Planet? Why did he call Mister Clark dad? And why did he say the girl looks like you?" Lois' mouth hangs open; she doesn't know what to say.
"Yes, they are the people from the Daily Planet and they need our help. Can you help us and keep this a secret?" Clark comes to the rescue, avoiding the other questions. Jason looks at the strangers and nods excitedly. Marty gets dressed in Lois' clothes and comes out of the bathroom in very baggy sweat pants and a loose sweat shirt.
"It's too big." She complains. Lois looks at her and says: "Well, if you're here longer than a couple of days, we'll go shopping." Marty smiles and hugs Lois. Lois smiles at the unexpected display of affection. On the other side of the room Jason stands next to Clark, observing his younger self.
"It's kind of weird, seeing myself from the past." Older Jason whispers to Clark. He smiles at him and nods.
"All of this is very weird." He says, so everyone can hear. "Just another day in Lois and Clark's lives." Lois says with a silent smile playing on her lips. Clark looks surprised at her choice of words and then nods at her. Older Jason observes his parents, he was happy that they were communicating somewhat like they did in his present.
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Richard arrived to an empty house. He was starting to get worried, he hadn't heard from Lois since he had gotten back. He dropped his things off at the door and dialed Lois' cell number. To his dismay he heard her ring tone coming from upstairs. He cursed under his breath and called Perry, this time he answered.
"Hi uncle. Do you know where Lois is?"
"Last I saw her, she was heading home. She should be there by now." Perry answered gruffly.
"I am home, Perry. She isn't here. Do you have any idea where she might be?" he asks in desperation.
"She and Clark had an interview with those kids who saved the Planet. Try calling Clark, he might know."
"Thanks Uncle Perry. Goodnight." He hangs up the phone and looks at his cell phone for Clark's phone numbers. He dials his cell phone first with no avail. Then he calls his apartment number, but the phone line is busy. In a split second he decides to head over to Clark's place.
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Clark's home phone started ringing and he picked it up only seconds after the first ring. It was his mother. Martha started berating him with questions about the attack on the Daily Planet and asked him about the kids on the news.
"Ma, I have guests right now. Can I call you back later?"
"Oh, sorry Clark, I didn't know you had company. Call me as soon as you can." She says sternly.
"Okay ma, I'll call you soon. Bye." He hangs up the phone to see Lois with one of her eyebrows quirked up. Clark only shrugs and then he hears a knock at the door. Before he had time to move Marty had already super sped to the door. Lois lets out a: "whoa" and younger Jason looks at her wide eyed.
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Richard arrives at Clark's apartment fifteen minutes later; he hadn't been to Clark's new place yet and was a little curious as to how he lived. He looks at his cell to check Clark's apartment number and heads up to the third floor, to door 307. He knocks on the door without hesitating. To his surprise he's met with a little girl with oversized clothes.
"Uh, sorry, I think I have the wrong apartment." The girl shakes her head and says: "Hi Uncle Richard." He's puzzled and speechless.
At hearing Richard's voice Clark walks over to the door. "Richard?"
He looks up at Clark. "Uh… Do you know where Lois is?" he asks. Lois walks up behind Clark and says: "Richard, I thought you were in London." He has a suspicious look on his face.
"I got back today. You were supposed to pick me up at the airport. I started getting worried when I couldn't get a hold of you. Perry said to try at Clark's." Lois has a guilty look on her face.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Richard. I totally forgot."
"That's okay. I saw what happened on the news. Are you and Jason alright?" Lois nods. Richard stands awkwardly at the door. Clark would have invited him in if it weren't for his future son standing in the living room. Lois yells back at Jason.
"Munchkin grab your coat we're going back home now." Jason looks up at her from his drawing.
"Ahh. I don't want to go; I want to stay here with Clark. It's more fun than watching you type." Jason whines. Richard looks questioningly at Lois.
"No Jason, not tonight. Another time, okay. Let's go." Jason puffs out in frustration and drags his feet over to his coat. Marty is still standing at the door in between her parents. Richard looks from Clark, to her, to Lois. She looked a lot like Lois though Richard noticed she had the same color of eyes as Clark.
"Clark", he says weakly, "you haven't introduced me to this young lady." Clark looks up at Richard.
"Oh, where are my manners?" he says. He points to Marty: "This is my, uh, niece Marty and her brother is inside his name is… Jay." Richard nods at him slowly; his investigative skills kicking in. Lois leaves Marty's side to help Jason get his coat on.
She notices older Jason standing out of sight. Lois walks up to him.
"What are you doing?"
"I can't let Richard see me or he'll know I'm Clark's son and at this point in time dad would've been like thirteen when I was born. So, that wouldn't really make much sense. Anyway, I don't want to ruin what's left of our future." Lois nods in understanding.
"Smart. Can he be trusted?" she asks. "In time, yes. But, now is not the time." The way he talked, it reminded her of the way Clark talked as Superman; cool, collected and authoritative.
"Okay." She puts her hand on his shoulder; he looks sad for some reason. "I'll see you soon then."
"How did she know my name?" Richard asks, talking about Marty.
"Jason was talking about you. I guess when she saw you; she must've put the pieces together." Clark's answer didn't really fit because she had called him 'uncle'. Richard was going to get to the bottom of it. Lois walks through the door with Jason.
"Ready to go?" she says to Richard. He nods and Clark watches them enter the elevator. Marty notices his sad expression as he closes the door.
"It's okay dad, you'll get her in the future." She reassures him. Clark smiles down at her, noting how smart she was for only ten.
"Are you sure you're ten?" he says jokingly. She nods quickly and runs over to her brother. It was only five and they hadn't had supper yet.
"You guys want to go out to get something to eat?" Clark asks. "Yeah!" Marty says cheerfully, Jason nods. Clark notices he's unusually quiet, but ignores it temporarily thinking that maybe that's how he is now. "Okay, but first Marty, we need to get you glasses before anybody recognizes you."
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As Richard drives the car back to their house, everyone had become silent, Jason was nodding off. He decided it was the right time to talk.
"I didn't know Clark had any siblings." He starts. Lois looks at him; he's not looking at her, but is concentrating on the road.
"He doesn't, but he likes to think of them as relatives. They're just kids of a close friend." Richard always knew when Lois was lying and unfortunately, he knew she was lying to him now.
"How old is the girl?" he asks, playing along.
"Marty is ten." She says putting emphasis on her name.
"How long have you known Clark?" he asks curiously. Lois doesn't know where he's going with the conversation, but answers him nonetheless. "Eight years." Richard frowns.
"Richard, where is this going?" she asks, getting frustrated. He sighs.
"Lois I know you're lying." She decides to play innocent. "Lying? About what?"
"About who the kids in Clark's apartment are."
Jason is fully awake, listening to their conversation. Richard keeps going.
"Why does that girl look so much like you, Lois?" Lois couldn't find a logical explanation. If she said she was her and Clark's future child, he would definitely not believe her and he'd get angry; she had to find an explanation and fast.
"Is she your daughter, Lois?" She hadn't expected him to come to that conclusion so fast. The color in her face drained and her head started to spin. She opened her mouth to protest when he kept going on. In Richards mind all the puzzle pieces were falling in place.
"Is that why Clark left for so long? So that he could take care of his daughter because her mother didn't want her? How could you not want to know your own daughter?" he looks at her angrily.
"How could you have not told me? God, we have a child together." He's fuming and not letting Lois get a word in.
"Poor Clark. No wonder he looks so scared of you." He says disgusted. Lois is furious.
"How could you even blame me for such a thing!" Jason looks at the two angry adults; he was scared now, his little heart pumping quickly.
"Then explain it to me." Richard yells angrily. Jason's breathing starts to be labored.
"For one, I did not know Clark ten years ago and I didn't have a child ten years ago either and if I did I would never have given her up! How could you even think of such things from me?" She's on the verge of tears. Richard realizes that maybe he had been wrong. His face softens as he sees a tear trickle down Lois' cheek. He tried apologizing, but she wouldn't let him. He knew that it would take a lot of apologies and time for her to forgive him. He had jumped to a conclusion and it was a foolish one too. He was such an idiot.
Jason couldn't breathe anymore and he couldn't find his inhaler. The grownups were yelling too loudly to hear him wheeze. He was beginning to feel light headed. He hadn't had an asthma attack since he was on the boat with the bad man and most of his allergies had disappeared. But, now he felt like his lungs were going to explode and no one could hear him.
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