Chapter 7

4 Years Later

It was a sunny day in Metropolis as Lois was mixing her coffee, not laying her eyes off the screen. Lex Luthor had become elected president. He was telling his speech on what he plans to do for a positive change in the world.

"I will make America my number one priority. As I have already mentioned, there will be tremendous changes for the better. We don't need these so called 'heroes' to protect it."

Lois closed her eyes and sighed, this was all she ever heard at the planet, her interview with him had been less than helpful, but it was helpful to the League to figure out if he was up to anything. She heard little footsteps approaching her from behind, "Morning sweetheart." Lois turned around and smiled at him.

Chris looked up at her with sleepy eyes, "Morning momma."

Lois tasselled his hair and walked around him to the counter, "Sit down, I'll make you some breakfast."

"Pancakes and fruits with bacon will do the trick." Chris spoke with twinkling eyes and a grin spread across his face.

Lois rolled her eyes at her son, "Already one step ahead of you big guy." Lois placed the breakfast on a plate and place it in front of him.

Chris looked down and frowned at his food, he looked up, "Is something wrong?"

Lois furrowed her eyebrows, "No? Why would you ask me that?"

Chris sighed, "Well you didn't make a smiley face with my food, which you always do unless you're worried about something." He looked up at her, "What is it?"

Lois' mouth opened, she hated it whenever her son picked up on these little things, she didn't want to lie to him either because she knew it would be useless. She was a terrible liar. Lois gave him a smile, "I was just looking at the news, and the president isn't making me very happy right now. I'm just worried what he's going to do."

"Why?"

Lois pursed her lips, "Well... Lex Luthor is a bad guy. And I don't think he should've become president but he's tricked people into believing in him. So that sorta made me angry this morning."

Chris started thinking, "Did he do something bad to you momma?"

Lois looked back at her son and blinked, she still couldn't believe how much he looked like his father, those same blue eyes, same black hair, same look of worry for her. She swallowed hard, these were one of those rare moments where she thought about him. She hasn't said his name in 4 years. Lois looked back at her son and replied quietly, "Yes he did Chris. Something terrible. To me and you, when you were just a baby."

Chris blinked and reached out to touch her hand, Lois looked down at their hands and smiled, she squeezed his hand back and took his plate, "I'll fix your breakfast. Make sure it smiles back at you." They bother laughed as she tasselled his hair again and walked away.

She heard a knock on the door and opened it to see Oliver walk in, "Hey legs!"

Lois rolled her eyes, that name still never faltered, "Hey Ollie."

"Uncle Ollie!" Chris jumped off his seat at the kitchen table and ran up to Oliver, more like super sped and jumped on him, which made Oliver walk a few steps back when he ended up in his arms, he felt a little winded.

Lois laughed, "You need to work on controlling your pace super speedygonzolas. Uncle Ollie's getting the wind blown out of him."

Chris looked back at Oliver, "I'm sorry." He frowned, feeling guilty.

Oliver laughed and kissed his forehead, "That's okay buddy, if your mom can take it, then so can the Green Arrow."

"Momma gets hurt too, but never shows it." They both look at Lois, who raised her eyebrows.

"That's cause your momma's a tough woman. Not as strong as you of course!" They all laughed.

Oliver put Chris down to which Lois said, "Go eat your breakfast it's getting cold!" When Chris walked away she turned to Oliver, "What's up Ollie?"

Oliver shrugged, "I was just in the neighbourhood. Is this your day off?"

Lois nodded her head, excited, "Yep! I get to spend the whole day with Chris."

Oliver laughed, "You gonna be free for lunch? I want to take you both out."

"Sure! Where's Chloe these days?"

"Chloe's working with Bruce today. Apparently there's been a breach at Watchtower but no one knows who it was."

Lois' face turned serious, "What are you talking about? Someone knows about Watchtower?"

Oliver shook his head, "It's probably nothing. But there is a villain that's appeared in Metropolis. It's Braniac. He's become Lex's consultant at the White House."

"Brainiac? What is he some sort of super computer freak?" Lois joked.

Oliver shook his head at her sarcasm, "Yes in fact he is."

Lois' smile faded, "Why would he be recruiting a super computer?"

Oliver shrugged, "Who knows. That's what Chloe's trying to find out with the help of Bruce. He's going undercover and forming an alliance as you would think, with Lex to get into Luthorcorp and see what he's hiding."

Lois nodded, "He needs to be careful, after everything Lex has done, he's capable of anything. I almost got thrown off a roof for getting THIS close to exposing him!" Lois gestured with her fingers.

Oliver patted her shoulder, "Don't worry about Lex. I would tell you to stay away from him, but you never listen."

Lois shook her head, "I would stay away. Especially for Chris. You do what you need to do and just lemme know if you need any help."

Oliver gave her a faint smile and looked back at Chris who was stuffing his face, "I know this is out of the blue and strictly in the 'not to mention' pile." He looked back at Lois, "But has he asked about...him?"

Lois raised her eyebrow and glanced at Chris. She looked down and faced Oliver again. She sighed, "No Oliver. These are those years I'll cherish because I know that he'll ask about him one day. And I need to be prepared for that one day. The one day he'll ask me where his daddy is. Who he was. And why he's gone. And on that day, I'm gonna look in those beautiful eyes. Eyes that don't know of hatred, and grief, and loss. And I'm gonna say..." Lois swallowed hard, "Your father was a good man, but he was selfish and left us for our entire lives. And made sure you wouldn't know him." Lois stared back at Oliver with hard eyes, there wasn't a hint of sadness in her eyes, just a hint of hatred that lasted for a second. She looked at him, hinting with her eyes to never mention him again.

Oliver took a deep breath and nodded his head, with eyes closed, Lois waiting for him to speak. He opened his eyes, "I'm sorry Lois." Lois nodded, he continued, "I'll pick you up for lunch?"

Lois smiled back, "Okay" He bent down to kiss her forehead.

"See you later Chris!"

"By uncle Ollie!" Chris spoke with his mouth full of pancakes. Oliver looked back at Lois for a moment and walked out the door. Lois took a deep breath and turned around to spend the morning with her son until she saw Oliver again that day.