The next day, Lois was still with Clark in the waiting room when the doctor arrived to talk with them about Sam's condition.

"Mrs Kent…your father is awake!" The doctor revealed to them. Lucy had just come back from the coffee shop with two cups of coffee when she noticed the doctor.

She gave the coffee to Lois and Clark and looked at the doctor with a serious glare. "How is he?"

"He is fine although I would change his diet from now on if he doesn't want to come back here," The doctor pointed out with a friendly smile.

"Can we see him?" Lois asked, impatient to see her father.

"Of course."

They entered the room where Sam was awake watching TV. He immediately noticed his daughter and his son in law standing there staring at him.

"Lois… what are you doing here?" Sam asked with an angry look.

"What do you think daddy? I came to visit you." Lois pointed out with a smile. "We thought about bringing Lara for you to meet but I didn't think it wasn't a good idea."

"Lara?" The General asked confused as Lois rolled her eyes annoyed.

"Your granddaughter. My daughter. Lucy told you about her, right?"

"Yes, I did," Lucy defends herself crossing her arms.

"Oh…your daughter. Yes, she told me about her," Sam said with an angry look at Clark. "Where is she?"

"With Chloe. She suggested that it wouldn't be safe for her to be in a hospital. She still fragile," Clark told him.

"But you can visit her after you leave here," Lois said with a sympathetic smile. "If you want of course."

"Yes, I want to know her, Lo," Sam finally said also smiling. "How is she?"

"Five months. I tried to contact you before but you were always out of the country," Lois pointed with a sarcastic smile.

"Yeah, I'm pretty busy lately," Sam pointed out, already annoyed with Lois's behavior.

"Luthor is giving you a hard time at the White House, huh?" Lois asked with another sarcastic smile.

"Yes, especially after you invaded with your friends." Sam said, reminding her about the time that she, Superman and Batman had invaded the White House to get the Kryptonite ring Lex had in his possession.

"What do you expect me to do, daddy? Let Luthor kill Superman? You know I couldn't do that."

"Right." Sam gave Lois an angry look that she reflected back at him.

"Right." Lois repeated Sam's line, crossing her arms annoyed.

"And you know I can't give you information about National Security or about the President. I already told you that, Lois."

"Yeah, I remember that. I'm not deaf."

"Hmm…anyone want more coffee?" Clark suddenly asks, trying to change the subject of the conversation.

"Yes, I would love some, honey."

A few days after Sam Lane left the hospital, Lois finally invited him to come to her apartment and meet his granddaughter. Lois awoke that Saturday, pretty nervous about his arrival and she couldn't seem to stop cleaning the living room. Overall, she was driving Clark nuts.

"Lois, stop doing that! Everything is fine!" He said stopping her to clean. "Besides your father is coming to visit Lara not to check our apartment." Clark pointed out trying to calm her. "Stop! You are obsessing!"

"But I know what he'll do anyway," Lois pointed out, irritated. "We are talking about the General, that's what he does best - criticize my lifestyle."

"Lois…"

"Okay, I'll stop," she said, putting Lara in her arms and taking her to the baby's room. "Come on, Lara, let's change your clothes before Grandpa arrives."

Lara was giggling while Lois put the baby on her bed to change her dress to a white and blue one. She also put a yellow ribbon in Lara's hair before giving her a kiss on her face.

"There. You are beautiful now, Lara." Lois pointed out putting Lara in her arms as she ears the doorbell.

"Lois!" Clark called for her from the living room. "He's here!"

"I'm coming!" Lois said as she came back to the living room with Lara in her arms. She opened the door to received Sam and Lucy into her apartment. "Hi, Daddy! Lucy! I'm glad you came!"

"So…this is my granddaughter?" Sam asked, putting Lara in his arms as Lois closed the door.

"Yes, this is Lara." Lois said fixing the hair that was in Lara's eyes. "Your granddaughter. Lara, this is your grandpa."

"She is beautiful, Lo," Sam said, giving her a smile and trying not to cry. "And looks exactly like you."

"I told you, Lois," Clark pointed out, interrupting them with a smirk. "She is all you."

"So, let's sit down?" Lois said as they came together to the living room where Lois put Lara in her play pen.

"How old is she?" Sam asked as he looked around Lois's house like she was still expecting.

"Five months," Lois answered, already expecting for her father to start to criticize her life.

"Hum…So, when are you quitting your job?" Sam asked. Lois opened her eyes wide, shocked.

"And why should I do that?" she asked in a sarcastic tone.

"For God's sakes, Lois. You are a mother now. You have to think about other person's life besides your own."

"I do, Daddy, thank you very much. I think about Lara and I think about Lara. I don't need you telling what I should or shouldn't do, thank you," Lois snapped at him, clearly angry. "We are doing pretty well so far."

"Lois… calm down," Clark said as he puts his hand on her shoulder.

"I can see you still can't accept a word of advice from your own father," Sam pointed out, annoyed. "Kent, I'm very disappointed in you."

"Here, we go!" Lois snapped back at him when she noticed that Sam was about to criticize Clark again. "General, for your own information, Clark is the best husband a woman could have and I'm lucky to have him around. If you aren't happy with my life choices, that's fine, but it's time for you to accept them. To accept that I grew up and don't need Daddy's approval anymore," Lois said without taking a breath. "God, Daddy. I invited you to come here to get to know Lara, not to fight with you about my life. Can you let go just this time?"

Sam Lane gave Lois and Clark a hard look and then looked at Lara and smiled. "I'll try… Just this one time."

"I wouldn't expect any longer anyway," Lois said with a sarcastic smile.

TBC