Chapter 25

"Christopher Jonathan Lane you break that box spring and I swear your butt is sleeping on the floor tonight!" Lois yelled out to Chris while he kept jumping up and down his bed. Lois rolled her eyes, "Your mistake buddy. Don't come crying to me when the floor hurts your back tonight!" She walked away holding her cup of coffee. She sat next to Chloe on the couch.

"Geez Lois. You might wanna take it easy on the kid."

Lois squinted at her cousin, "We'll see how you discipline your kid when it grows up. I have no choice but be the tough one. You guys all spoil him and give him anything he wants! Just wait till you become a mother." She pointed her finger at Chloe's face.

Chloe laughed, "We shall see about that. I gotta admit, being a mother is kind of freaking me out."

Lois smiled, "You're gonna be an amazing mother. I mean hell who would've though Lois Lane would become a mother."

Chloe shook her head grimacing, "I sure never thought the day would come. But you proved to be the strongest woman I know. Raising a kid on your own and he's become the best part of all of us."

"I wasn't alone. I had you, and Mrs. Kent, and Ollie. I had help."

Chloe smiled while squeezing Lois' hand. "Listen there's something I wanted to tell you." Lois waited, "Well first off we found out the sex of the baby."

Lois got excited and giddy, "Ouuu yay! Tell me! Tell me!"

Chloe giggled, "It's a girl."

Lois gasped, "Ohhh a girl! Chloe I'm so happy for you!" Lois looked back at Chris who eventually stopped jumping on the bed, playing with his toys, "You know sometimes I wish I had a daughter. You know, a little sister for Chris."

Chloe smiled back at Lois, "You know you can still have that. If you and Clark ever get back together, you can have another child and hopefully it'll be a girl."

Lois shrugged, "I don't know. I mean he left after only a few months since Chris was born. Trust me, I'm gonna have the same fear if I have another child. That he'll leave after a few months. And having another child with Clark is the last thing on my mind."

"Lois. He's not going anywhere this time." She took a sip of her tea.

"I know, he's said that a million times. But he promised me he wouldn't leave me before, no matter what. I don't know how long it's gonna take for me to trust him again I just... I'm just so scared to get that close just to see him slip away again."

"You owe it to yourself to at least give him a second chance. Everyone deserves one."

Lois nodded, and remembered something, "You said 'first off' you found out the sex of the baby... what did you actually wanna tell me." She raised her eyebrow at her cousin.

Chloe straightened up, grinning, she leaned in closer to Lois, whispering, "Ollie and I want you to be the baby's godmother."

Lois' mouth dropped open, "Chloe are you serious?"

Chloe nodded rapidly, "Soo... what do you say?"

"Yes!" She screamed of joy and hugged her cousin so tightly she didn't wanna let her go. "Oh my gosh! I'd be honoured Chlo!"

Chloe laughed, "Good!"

Lois let go of Chloe, "Wait a minute. Who's the godfather?"

Chloe wrinkled her eyebrows, "Clark? Who else?"

Lois sighed and looked down at her cup, "You really think we can move forward after everything that's happened?"

Chloe nodded, "Of course I do. Lois and Clark will always be together. You guys will find your way back to each other. I know it."

Lois nodded, "I've been running away from what I've really wanted. And honestly, I've always loved Clark. Did I hate him for leaving. Yeah. I hated him so much for that. But with all this distance between us I.. I don't want that anymore. I want my family back. I've built up these walls around me, keeping me from knowing what I want. I do want Clark back in my life."

Chloe's face brightened, "So then what's stopping you?"

Lois sighed sadly, "I have to tell Chris who his father is. I can't keep this from him any longer. He needs to know before anything happens between me and Clark."

Chloe nodded, "Are you scared?"

Lois looked up at her ceiling, trying to keep tears from forming in her eyes, "Yeah. I'm freaking out. What if he hates me for lying to him or not telling him sooner."

Chloe stroked her arm, "He'll never hate you Lo. Do you know what you're gonna say?"

Lois shook her head, "I've been trying to figure out what to say for four years. Man I've been dreading this day. I'm just gonna wing it. With nothing prepared." She wiped the tears from her eyes as Chloe comforted her.

A few hours had passed since Chloe had left, Lois was pacing back and forth as she was watching Chris play with his Xbox. Her heart started to race. "Now or never Lane. General said to face your fears. This is it." Lois took a deep breath and walked over to her son. She closed the TV as Chris scowled at her. "Honey can we talk for a bit." She sat herself on the coffee table, facing him while he remained seated on the couch.

He looked at her expression, "What's wrong Momma?"

Lois took his small hands in hers, squeezing them hard. She pressed her lips together. Chris waited for her to speak. She lifted up her head and looked him in the eyes, "I understand that you're confused about certain things. Maybe you wonder why other kids in your school have a mommy and a daddy. I know you've been wondering where your daddy is. I know I haven't really told you anything about your him. Honey I think it's time you know about him."

Chris blinked, "Clark told me he left to protect us. He didn't leave because he didn't like me."

Lois gave him a sad smile, "No. You're father loves you very much. He did leave to protect us and.. well he's back Chris. He been closer to you than you thought."

"What are you saying Momma?"

Lois looked up at the ceiling and breathed out, she looked back at her son, "There's no easy way to say this but... You're father left for four years. He left when you were just a baby because our lives were at risk. He is a hero like everyone in the League. Someone found out his identity and me and you almost got killed because of it. Daddy got scared and he left because he thought that would make us safer. He came back a couple months ago and... well he's been in our lives for a while now, but you never knew he was your father."

Chris pulled his hands out of Lois' grasp, "Who is he Momma?"

Lois was reluctant to say it, tears formed her eyes. She didn't know how this was going to turn out, "It's.. Clark honey. Clark is your father. He's also... Superman..."

Chris held his breath , "WHAT? CLARK?"

Lois nodded, "I'm sorry, I know I should've told you this when you first met him but-"

"You lied to me Momma! YOU LIED! Why didn't anyone tell me?" Chris was freaking out.

"I was trying to protect you Chris."

"Everyone lied to me! You're lying right now! Clark isn't my dad! He is NOT Superman!"

"Yes he is Chris!" She grabbed on to her son's arms who in rage raised his hand and roughly pushed her. Chris' strength made Lois fall to the ground she yelped as she felt intense pain from the impact of his arms pushing her. She felt her arm bruising up, she was in shock. She turned to face Chris while she was still on the ground.

Chris looked at her with hateful eyes, "I HATE YOU!" In the blink of an eye, Chris disappeared out the door, speeding off.

"NO! CHRIS!" Lois sat on the floor crying her eyes out, this is exactly what she was afraid of.

"Do you think you guys are gonna get back together?" Kara asked Clark as they were back at the Kent Farm, doing chores in the Loft.

Kara lifted a stack of hay and tossed it to Clark, who responded, "I don't know. We're taking things slow for now. I guess Lois wants to talk to Chris before anything happens with us." Clark smiled to himself, remembering the moment he had with her during Chris' birthday.

"I'm happy for you Clark. After all these months, Lois is finally letting you in. Before you know it, the three of you will be one big super family" Kara grinned as Clark grimaced at her remark.

While they were doing chores, Clark heard his phone ring. He reached into his pocket to see Lois' name on the caller ID. Clark smiled as he answered the phone, "Hello?" His smiled quickly faded when he heard Lois sobbing through the phone, "Lois?"

She was crying hard, "C-Clark I need your help!"

"Lois what's wrong?" He sounded concerned it caught Kara's attention. She looked at him with her eyebrows furrowed.

"He ran away! Chris ran away and I have no idea where he is!"

"What happened? Why?"

Lois was choking back sobs, "I told him... He knows about you Clark. He was so mad I kept it from him. He hates me. He just ran away and I have no idea how to find him! Please! I need your help!"

Clark took a deep breath, "I'll be right there!"

"Clark what happened?" Kara grabbed his arm before he could speed off.

Clark looked at Kara with worried eyes, "Lois told Chris about me and he ran away. I have to find him."

Kara's eyes widened, "I'm coming with you." Clark nodded as they both sped off to Metropolis.