Chapter 28

Lois sat on the couch keeping her eyes on her son, who didn't react to their surroundings. She had him on her lap and kept stroking his back.

Chris pulled away to face Lois, "It's all my fault Momma. I should've never ran away I'm sorry!"

Lois pulled Chris back against her chest, "Shhh. I don't ever want you to think any of this was your fault Chris. You didn't do anything wrong you hear me?"

Chris nodded against her chest and said quietly, "I don't hate you Momma..."

Lois started to cry again, "I know baby I know." She was overwhelmed. She couldn't believe Clark was gone. It was all her fault. If she hadn't waited this long to tell her son about his father, he would've never ran away. Lois' heart started to ache, ready to shatter. The love of her life was gone for good. She never gave him a chance. She never got to tell him she loves him one last time. She shouldn't have pushed him away. They could've had more time together. Her life was being so cruel. All she wanted to do was cry. As if she hasn't cried enough in her lifetime. She continued to rock her son back and forth in silence.

"Lois." Lois suddenly opened her eyes at the sound of that familiar voice. It was Clark's voice. Was she hallucinating? She slowly looked up at the direction where she heard the voice. Right before her eyes, she saw Clark standing in her doorway, with his clothes shredded and burn marks everywhere.

Lois started to choke, she thought she was dreaming, "C-Clark!"

Chris suddenly turned around at his mother's voice and saw Clark standing before him. Chris' eyes widened and he jumped out of his mother's arms, "DADDY!" He super sped towards Clark and jumped into his arms. Clark held his son so close. He kissed the top of his head. As he opened his eyes, he saw Lois walk towards them and wrap her arms around the two boys. She pulled back to see Clark's face. She cupped his face, and crushed her lips against his, Clark wrapped his arms around them in a tight embrace, with their son in between them with the biggest smile on his face.

"How did you survive?" Lois managed to ask with tears in her eyes.

Clark sighed, "Since the meteor couldn't affect him, Bart ran as fast as he could and he pushed me far away from the explosion so it wouldn't kill me." They all turned to see Bart standing proudly, but silently so that no one noticed him there. Clark kept his eyes on his friend, "He saved my life. I owe you one Bart."

Bart waved his hand at Clark, "Don't mention it Amigo. If anything, this was me owing you for all those times you saved me. We thought we lost you for a sec when you didn't wake up. He managed to recover from it-"

Lois ran up to Bart, and hugged him, kissing him all over his face, "Thank you, thank you, thank you Bart!" Bart started blushing.

"Alright! My work here is done, see ya later boy scout! Oliver needs me back at Watchtower."

Clark was left alone with his family, Chris tightened his grip around his neck, he spoke quietly, "I'm sorry." Both Clark and Lois looked at him, Chris continued, "I'm sorry I caused all of this."

Lois shook her head, "I'm sorry baby." Lois looked at Clark, "I'm sorry I kept you from knowing your father. I should've told you who he was years ago. He is, amazing, selfless, brave, very loving. He loves you more than anything Chris." Clark wrapped his arm around her waist and pressed his lips against her forehead. When he pulled away, he pressed his lips on Chris' forehead.

"I love you Chris."

Chris looked up at his father, "I love you too Daddy." He smiled to himself, "Superman."

Clark chuckled, he hugged him tighter, "You're my Superboy." Chris grinned and hugged his father. Lois started crying of happiness. Her Clark was back. Her family was together again.