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A/N: In this next chapter, Lara and Jonny's first day of school does not turn out quite as they expected. Thanks Hana and Nicole for all of your support. I really don't know what I would do without either of you! *hugs* Please R&R. Thanks!

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Chapter 2 – Lessons

Previously:

"Coming, Mom." They both drifted down to their mother barely touching the steps. Lois stared at her two children in shock. When did this happen, and why didn't they say anything? I wonder if Clark knows about this.

The kids were herded off to school. They barely had time to have juice and a few mouthfuls of cereal before the honking of the school bus horn had them running to catch it. Their feet did touch the ground this time, Lois noted.

This is going to be some school year, Lois thought, as she waved goodbye to her two kids, shaking her head and wondering how they were going to deal with flying children.

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Lois arrived at the office about an hour later, feeling agitated and anxious to speak to her husband. Could I have imagined it? No, I know what I saw. She couldn't help remembering the first time Clark had flown, with all the terror and excitement she had felt. It was hard to rectify those two emotions. It was not a good feeling. The kids were a long way from doing anything like that, at least that was what she believed. Now, she didn't know what to think.

Clark came into the bullpen an hour later, straightening his tie, and looking wonderful to Lois, if a bit windblown. She couldn't help but smile at him. "Good morning again, Lois. You look lovely today." He smiled back, as he immediately went to his computer and booted up. "How did it go this morning? I'm sorry I had to leave so early, but there was a bad accident on the freeway."

"Good morning, Clark. Well, how should I put this? It was a morning I'll not soon forget. It was very ... interesting." Lois glanced at her husband to see if he had read between the lines and he had.

"Um, Lois, should we talk?" Clark hesitantly asked.

To answer him, Lois got up from her desk and headed to the elevators. She looked up at the ceiling, looked at Clark, and entered the elevator without a word. Her actions spoke volumes.

Oh, boy, this must really be serious, Clark thought. He followed his wife to the roof. When he arrived a few moments later, Lois was pacing and fidgeting. "Lois, what happened this morning, or do I want to know?"

Lois took a deep breath trying to calm down. "Clark, I know I said that I could handle anything that happened with the kids' powers, but I'm not ready for this and neither are they."

"Lois, just tell me what happened."

"Well, this morning was a bit hectic. I called up the stairs for the kids to hurry up and come downstairs. Then, I watched as they floated or hovered towards me. Their feet barely touched the steps."

"Oh, I see. Well, this is a surprise," Clark said.

Lois just stared at him. "A surprise? Is that all you're going to say? Clark, we have to do something. Suppose this had happened at school? I don't want to think about it."

"Lois, honey, please calm down. Let me think for a minute. Maybe they didn't realize they were hovering. Maybe they were … um..." Clark was at a loss.

"What, Clark? You don't have an explanation, do you?" Lois went back to pacing. "We have to take them out of school and have them home schooled. That's the only solution." She looked at him then. "Are you with me on this Clark? We don't have a choice."

"Lois, let's not rush into a decision. I'll tell you what. Why don't I take a quick trip over to the school, have a look around, and make sure everything is fine. I'll be back in no time at all, and please try not to worry so much."

"Thank you, Clark. I just hope everything is fine over there." He gave her a hug and a kiss, twirled into the suit and took off for the school.

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Lara and Jonny boarded the school bus that morning a little out of breath. They glanced at each other, silently speaking and then took their seats away from each other, pretending not to know each other. The night before the first day of school, they had decided to pretend that they weren't related, just to see if anyone could tell if they were brother and sister. It was a game, and it could be fun.

Lara sat next to a little dark-skinned girl. She introduced herself. "Hi, my name is Lara. What's your name?"

"Oh, hi, my name is Jasmine."

"What grade are you in?"

"First grade," Jasmine said.

"Oh." Lara was disappointed. Jasmine seemed really nice, but they wouldn't be in the same classes. "I'm in kindergarten. Well, maybe we could play at recess together. How's that?"

"Ok, sure," Jasmine said.

Jonny, meanwhile, tried to make friends with the other boys on the bus that seemed to be hanging around one particular boy. He seemed a few years older than the other boys and they all ignored Jonny's attempts to be friends.

Lara and Jonny found their classrooms without any problems. Their teacher's name was Mrs. Bennett. All the students introduced themselves to the class. The teacher assumed they were brother and sister but didn't mention it to the class. Jonny and Lara smiled at each other, feeling like they had fooled everyone.

Recess came several hours later. Lara found Jasmine easily enough, but Jonny was still having a hard time making friends. She saw him all alone by the swings. "Jonny, what's wrong?"

"Nobody likes me," Jonny answered, depressed.

"That's not true. It's only our first day. Jonny, this is Jasmine. Jasmine, this is … a close friend, Jonny."

"Hi, Jasmine," Jonny said. "It's nice to meet you."

"Hi, Jonny. Do you want to come and play with us?" Jasmine asked.

"Ok," Jonny said and followed the girls over to the slides.

A few of the other boys from the bus, including the older one, named Adam, watched their interaction and snickered loud enough for Jonny to hear. Jonny had good hearing, so he heard every hateful word. Lara also heard them.

"Jonny, let's go. Don't pay any attention to them. Let's go play on the slides."

Superman had arrived a few moments earlier, and watched the entire scene unfold before him. He hovered in the trees away from the playground so the children wouldn't see him. He decided to watch and see what happened.

Jonny went to the top of the slide watching the group of boys. He was beginning to get angry. Sometimes he hated his hearing.

"Jonny, it's your turn. You're holding up the line!" Lara called to her brother, but he didn't seem to be listening. She also heard the other boys. "Leave him alone. Go play somewhere else!" Lara was starting to get upset, too.

Jonny came down the slide, but Adam was waiting for him at the bottom and stood in Jonny's way. "Aw, so you like playing with girls?" Adam asked.

"Leave him alone!" Lara raised her voice. She was drawing a crowd.

"And you have girls fighting your battles, too?" Adam teased the furious boy.

"I'm not going to fight you," Jonny said as calmly as he could, considering he could not remember ever being so angry.

Jasmine didn't like what was happening, so she ran to get Mrs. Bennett.

Clark had seen enough. He flew over the school for a moment and then landed in the school yard. The children immediately gathered around him trying to touch him and speak to him.

"Superman, Superman." The children were all speaking at once.

"Hello, children. It's good to see all of you today."

Mrs. Bennett came forward to welcome Superman to the school. "Say good morning children."

"Good morning, Superman." The children chorused.

"Good morning, children." Clark noted that Adam was among the first group of children to greet him.

"What brings you to our school today?" Mrs. Bennett asked, more than little curious.

"I know my visit is unplanned and I apologize to you Mrs. Bennett, but I could not stand back and watch what was happening any longer. So, I'm here today to talk to the children about … bullies." He then looked directly at Adam when he said that last word. Superman put his hand on Adam's shoulder and walked with him over to Jonny. "What is your name little boy?" Clark asked Adam.

"Adam." He hung his head, ashamed of his actions.

"What is your name son?" Superman asked his son.

"Jonny."

"Hello, Jonny. It's nice to meet you." He shook Jonny's hand. "I'm proud of the way you handled Adam. You did the right thing by not fighting him and ignoring him."

"Thank you, Superman," Jonny said.

"Adam, do you know why bullies treat people the way that they do? You don't have to answer that. I saw the way you treated Jonny and his friends." He turned and faced all the other children. "Bullies treat people bad so that they can feel better about themselves. Would you like to be treated that way?" He asked the children. They all shook their heads and answered no. He turned back to Adam.

"You should apologize to Jonny and everyone else in the school yard."

"I'm sorry Jonny. I'm sorry everybody."

"I hope you have all learned a valuable lesson today. Be good to each other and treat each other the way you would want to be treated. Remember that. I'll be going now."

"Thank you, Superman. Say goodbye children," Mrs. Bennett said.

"Goodbye, Superman." The children chorused.

"Goodbye, children." Superman flew up and away.

Lara and Jonny watched their father with smiles on their faces. The other children immediately surrounded Lara and Jonny asking all kinds of questions and wanting to touch the hand that had touched Superman's hand.

They just couldn't believe their father had showed up at that particular moment. They were happy to see him, but something wasn't right. But soon enough, they went back to playing with all the other children in the school yard, and nothing happened the rest of the day. No more bullies!

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A/N: I wanted Jonny to kick Adam's behind across the school yard! That's just me. Maybe one day!? I hope you liked it. Next up … tough talk. Thanks for reading. Reviews are love!!