Chapter 17

"You're starting to show little cuz. Pretty soon you'll be walking like a penguin crying yourself to sleep wondering if you could get any bigger."

Chloe raised her eyebrow, "Gee thanks Lois!"

Lois laughed, "I'm just telling you from experience." She pressed her finger to her lips, "You know I think I was actually getting bigger BY the minute! But that's also cause I had a half kryptonian baby growing inside me. "

Oliver chuckled when he walked into the living room. He sat beside Chloe and kissed her forehead, wrapping his arm around her. Lois smiled at the couple, Oliver spoke, "Either way, you were FAT. I was worried we'd have to commit you to Fat Camp. You couldn't stop eating."

Lois narrowed her eyes at him and threw the tissue box towards his face which he caught, Lois pointed to the box, "You'll be needing those to wipe away Chloe's hormonal tears at your fat jokes."

Chloe laughed, "I remember you were crazy hormonal when you were pregnant with Chris. We always had to watch what we said around you."

"Yeah it didn't help that she could use the baby's powers on us." Oliver mumbled.

Lois scowled at him, "Oh please I didn't do anything to you!"

"Lois you almost fried my ass with your eyes! If that's nothing then I don't know what you'd do if you had them permanently!"

Lois chuckled, "I wasn't aiming AT you Ollie. I just wanned to... scare you a little." She shrugged innocently.

Oliver raised his eyebrow, "You'd be a scary Kryptonian. How did Clark deal with you like that?"

Chloe laughed, "Oh come on you don't remember them racing around the world together. Well it was actually Lois running off and Clark trying to chase her back home."

At the sound of Clark's name, Lois' expression changed, her mood went down. Oliver watched her, "You okay legs?"

Lois nodded, trying to compose herself, Chloe looked at her with soft eyes, "You haven't heard from him since you went over?"

Lois shook her head, "It's a lot to take in. I'm giving him some time."

"Or maybe he's giving you time to change your mind." Oliver said.

"I've made up my mind Ollie. I need to move on."

Oliver shook his head in disbelief, "I love you Lois, but this is probably the stupidest decision you've ever made!"

Lois' lips parted, Oliver continued, "I mean you love the guy! And he still loves you, why can't you see that?"

"Oliver!" Chloe hissed at Oliver.

Lois spoke, "It's not as simple as black and white! You don't know what it feels like to be abandoned by someone who once claimed to love you."

"Why can't you see he did it to protect you?"

"I understand that part. I understood it ever since I was born. When the General left me and my family to serve our country. To protect us. I just couldn't deal with being left alone again and he knew that. And he still left. Clark is staying to get to know his son. He didn't realize he needed him when he was a baby? It took four years to figure that out?"

Chloe leaned in and grabbed Lois' knee, Lois looked at her, "Lois... he's been watching over you for four years. While he was away, he's been there, he's listened to both yours and Chris' heartbeats, he's watched Chris grow up from a distance. Sure he may not have been there physically for both of you, but he never forgot about you. He was always there emotionally." Chloe gave her a faint smile, "And now he's back for good and he wants to make it right this time."

Lois looked down at her lap, "You don't know how it feels like to be left behind Chloe."

"I do." Lois and Chloe both looked at Oliver when he spoke up. "Chloe traded herself in my place when the Suicide Squad kidnapped me. She disappeared after that and I never heard from her again. When she came back, I knew she didn't do it out of selfishness, out of abandonment. She did it to protect all of us. She made the same sacrifice that Clark did. Lois I know you're scared to trust him cause you think he's gonna leave again." Oliver said the last part softly.

Lois didn't say anything, she simply took in what they were saying. It's true, Chloe did leave the same way Clark did and we never heard from her. But Clark had a son to consider before leaving.