"When were you going to tell me the truth?" Lois wanted to know. "At our wedding ceremony? On our honeymoon? I could see it all now. The preacher saying do you Lois Lane take the Blur to be your lawfully wedded husband. What would I have said then? I thought I was marrying Clark Kent. That's not even your real name, is it? Kara just told me the truth about where you're from."

"Clark is my real name. I mean I was born Kal-El but it's not really my real name."

"And you call yourself the Blur when you're saving people. I can see you have some sort of identity crisis. How many more names do you have that I don't know about?"

"None. I was planning on telling you. I wanted to tell you when I proposed but then your father came in and there was another problem to deal with, but I was going to tell you. Please, tell me you still want to get married."

"If someone had asked me just a little while ago who the most honest person I ever met was, I would have said Clark Kent. Do I even know the real you?"

"The Blur was just a name to attach to my acts to save people. I haven't been masquerading behind a different personality. You know the real me."

Lois looked a little less angry, but she didn't look ready to forgive him just yet.

"And while we're on the subject of deception," Kara said, looking pointedly at Bruce. "You're not a real superhero, are you? You haven't been super-palling around with my cousin."

"Yes, I mean no. I mean yes."

Kara's look became even more dangerous-looking if that was possible.

"What I mean is," Bruce, who was normally so calm, cool, and collected, around anyone but Kara it appeared, finally seemed to get a hold on himself, "that I haven't been consulting with Clark as a fellow superhero only as a friend, but I am a superhero just as I told you. I hope you can forgive me. I intend to be fully honest with you from hereon out."

Like Lois, it appeared the apology and explanation appeased her somewhat even if it didn't completely reassure her. "Well, I suppose we can try again and pretend this never happened."

Just as they were starting to get the mess sorted and get things a little less complicated, the door burst wide open.

"I am here to get my daughter," General Lane said in a none too quiet voice. He became somewhat distracted from his mission by seeing Kara and Bruce standing together. "You're going to marry into the Kent family?" he asked Bruce.

"I don't quite see how it concerns you. Do you have some sort of prejudice against the Kent family? To answer your question, nobody is talking marriage yet. I do plan on pursuing this relationship though," Bruce answered.

General Lane appeared to think on the news carefully and a satisfied smile began to creep onto his face, which Lois knew was hardly ever a good sign. "You remember that issue we were discussing last night. I know you might be able to persuade Senator Kent to our way of thinking now that you're dating her niece, at the very least she will listen to you."

"I'm not sure Senator Kent will be persuaded to waver on her position even if I were to marry her niece. However, I would be willing to speak to her on the subject if you were to reconsider letting Clark and Lois marry with your blessing."

General Lane gave a heavy sigh and looked at Clark. "I suppose I might be willing to discuss the possibility of marrying my daughter, but my concerns remain. I still want proof of your background or your perfect health."

"Dad, I'm not searching for a dog with a fancy pedigree. You can drop the Victorian mother act. Besides, I'm still not too sure that I want to accept the proposal now, but whatever I decide that's my decision, not yours."

Clark looked crestfallen. Lois became sympathetic. "I'm not saying no. I just need to process this new information about you. You have to admit that it's a lot to take in at once and I still have questions."

"Questions that I'm willing to answer," Clark told her, "as much as I know."

"I don't know what questions Lois has for you, but you have yet to answer what I want to know about you," General Lane informed him.

"I believe I might have the answers you're looking for," Ms. Pris-Im announced as she came into the living room.

TBC