Lois was not shocked by the force of his kiss, but rather the passion which was now coursing through every part of her body. This was familiar, but how. Did she remember their night of lust? It did not matter; she needed to push this forward. After that kiss, stopping was not an option.

"I am so sorry for doing that!" A dishevelled Clark announced, as he sat up on the bed.

Lois just glared at him. Not angry at his kiss… but more frustrated because he had stopped. She grabbed his shirt and pulled him back down, lifting her head off the pillow to meet his lips with her own.

Meanwhile, Star entered Smallville for the first time in 10 years. She had kept in contact in the Kent's by letter, and later by email. She last saw Clark when he had been eight, which made the fact she first met him when he was 18 years old so very much stranger.

The town had not changed much; most of the stores were the same. She was early so she decided to head into town for a coffee at the Talon; she had heard so much about over the years when Martha helped out.

She took a seat and started to peruse the menu for something which would be agreeable with her ever growing six month old bump. She had promised her husband, Nick that she would stay off caffeine, but it was hard at times when the smell of coffee filled the room.

She looked around and noticed there were signs of a party being set up, then she noticed a familiar face approaching her. Although she had never met her, she knew the face from her work.

"Hi I'm Chloe. What can I get you?" she said with a friendly smile.

"Could I just have an iced tea please?" Star replied, wondering what such a technical genius was doing serving drinks at the Talon. But then she realised that she would be covering for Lana, who had just boarded the plane for New York convinced she had been handpicked by Dr Swann to complete a two week placement.

The plain fact was that she needed to be kept out of the way of Clark as a marriage proposal would rock the boat to say the least.

She knew they could not take the risk ever since she got the flash-forward in the warehouse when Clark and Lois returned to this time.

Those intervening years had been filled with the opportunity to prevent Clark from losing the one love of his life and maybe from reaching his destiny. They had ensured the time line had followed the course that Star had worked out it should from the visions she had from Clark, Lois and the Kent's.

Virgil Swann offered her a very interesting proposition as an advisor to ensure Clark's future was not adversely affected by this time breach. She did not have to think twice and accepted immediately. It had been agreed from the beginning that only Star and Dr Swann would have access to information about Clark. Dr Swann kept up his membership of Veritas but this served as a way of steering Lionel Luthor and the others away from the truth about the Traveller.

The only part of her role she did not enjoy was the need to lie to Jonathan and Martha Kent. They had asked her why Tom and Lucy had driven a car off the Royal Gorge, but Star just answered with the response that she did not know.

This particular day in 2006 had been the date that Dr Swann and she had been aiming for over the past 16 years. This was the day when Clark, Lois and his parents would learn the truth about what had happened in 1989.

In theory this would be the second time that she had needed to tell the Kent's about the time travel escapades of their son, but the first time was now in another timeline. She laughed to herself wondering if she would ever get her head around time travel and all its infinite possibilities.

Chloe arrived with her iced tea. Star smiled. "I would kill for a coffee."

Chloe looked puzzled. "Should I bring you one?"

Star sat back and revealed her large stomach. "No, I am not a restricted intake."

"When are you due?"

"In April if she is on time." She smiled.

"Star…" an excited voice screamed in the distance. She looked over to see a grinning Martha approaching her.

Star stood up to hug her. "Martha, how great to see you! You look fantastic."

"So do you? I am so pleased you finally got pregnant. I hope Dr Swann is not working you too hard." She smiled.

"No, well it is not hard doing what comes naturally." Star had told the Kent's that Dr Swann gave her a job as he was fascinated with her abilities.

"Where is Jonathan?" Star asked trying not to sound concerned.

His death was the one variable they had not been able to work out. Star had pushed Tai Chi and other relaxation techniques at him over the years and Martha often commented about how much more laid back he seemed. Dr Swann had accessed his records over the years, and although he did have a genetic heart condition, he was kept stable with medical treatment.

"He is upstairs trying to get in contact with his campaign manager, but Lois has her phone switched off." Martha explained. "Hopefully he will beat Lex Luthor in tonight's vote. We are still guarded about toasting his success even though the exit polls are looking favourable already. I am so glad you could come." She hugged Star again.

Meanwhile in the Fortress, Jor-el was deciding on the action to take. The future had changed but he was unsure as to what extent as he was no longer able to contact the Legion. Should he sacrifice Jonathan Kent for Kal-el to achieve his destiny?

"I still cannot get hold of her. God knows where she is. To be honest I have not seen her around the farm this morning." Jonathan was so busy looking at the latest polls that he did not see Star at first.

"Hello Jonathan." Star announced.

"Star, we weren't expecting you until later. How did you know we would be here?" he asked, as he hugged her.

"I just thought I would stop for a drink because I was early." She replied.

They spent the next hour catching up on old news. Just then Star received a call. "Hi… What do you mean? Great, so where do they think she is?"

Star put her phone down, and looked worried. "What is it, Star?" Martha asked, worried by the look of panic on Star's face.

"Can we go somewhere private?" Star replied.

"Yeah, Chloe has gone to find Lois so we can use the apartment." Jonathan offered, puzzled and slightly worried by the request.

As soon as the door was shut, Star explained her concern. "Lana is supposed to be on her way to the Swann Institute now but she did not board the plane. She was last seen getting on the bus back to Smallville. We need to distract her before she can talk to Clark."

"What is this all about?" Jonathan asked.

"Listen, can you call Chloe and ask her to ensure that Clark and Lana are not left alone as he is trying to propose to her." She asked.

Martha trusted Star and grabbed her cell to ring Chloe. After she had made the call she said. "Chloe was very confused but agreed to do so."

They all took a seat at the table. "Alright.." Star paused. "I need to tell you a few things which may seem unbelievable. My sole purpose of my role at the Institute for the past 16 years has been to protect Clark with the help of Dr Swann. This all started in 1989 when I met Tom and Lucy. They were time travellers from the future and had been sent back in time to repair a time rift caused by Brainiac. Martha, it was Brainiac impersonating Jonathan who told you all those horrible things that night which almost wrecked your marriage. He wanted to stop you from finding Clark during the meteor shower."

Martha looked at her husband. "But you told me it was you."

"Tom and Lucy convinced me that it was only way to save our marriage. I would never have said those things to you, but if admitting to it was the only way to keep you, I agreed to it."

"So things went back to normal. I only wish we could have thanked Tom and Lucy. They sacrificed so much." Martha continued.

"Yes, things went mostly back to normal, but Dr Swann and I have been observing to ensure this happened. Tom and Lucy were not in that car when it went over the cliff. They had time travelled back to their time."

Martha smiled. "I am so happy that they made it back. Where are they now?"

"At your farm. You cannot remember what they looked like, can you?"

"Now you mention it. No we can't. I have tried to envisage what they looked like, but have never been able to. Martha said the very same thing. We put it down to the stress of the meteor shower." Jonathan replied.

"Your minds were selectively wiped by me so you could not remember. It may have affected the future if you realised Tom was your future son."

Jonathan and Martha looked at one another. "Oh my god!" he exclaimed. "It was Clark, wasn't it. Who was Lucy?"

"It was Lois."

"So Clark and Lois pretended to be a couple. They were very convincing. " Martha smiled.

"They weren't acting." Star replied. "They fell in love back in 1989. Now they have come back to this time with their minds wiped by Jor-el. Clark was just about to propose to Lana before he jumped back to 1989. It will be the worst mistake of his life. We need to stop him from making it."

Martha and Jonathan jumped up. "Let's get to the farm."

"You two stay here. I will go, as I need to restore their memories." Star remarked.

"Be warned! You will probably walk into the middle of a squabble about who is going to use the bathroom first." Jonathan smirked.

"So does that mean we are going to go from a warring couple to a madly-in-love couple once they have their memories back?" Martha grinned. "It has to be an improvement."

Chloe had sped most of the way to the farm curious why she needed to act as a distraction and why on earth, Clark felt the need to propose to Lana. To be honest, as much as she was friends with Lana, the thought of coming between Clark and her was not an unthinkable one.

She pulled up to the farm, but there was no sign of life.

Clark had left Lois in bed with the promise of his return with a drink. Their exploits of the past two hours had left them both very thirsty. Deep down his head was starting to question what had just happened but then he decided to think about it later. Just as he was grabbing some juice, there was a tap on the door, and it was pushed open.

Luckily Clark had put on some jeans before he came down. "Chloe, what can I do for you?" he asked, trying not to sound distracted and praying Lois was not coming down to see where he was.

"I am looking for Lois." Chloe lied, but then she noticed his flustered look and the fact his hair was mess and his jeans were unfastened. She panicked, and arrived at the conclusion that Lana was there. "Oh my god, she is here, isn't she? You haven't, have you?"

Clark thought Chloe was on to him and Lois. "Haven't what?" he tried to sound naïve.

"Gone and done it!" Chloe replied.

Clark took exception at her prying. "Ok, we have but I don't regret it for one moment. My feelings for her run deeper than I ever thought."

"But you are only doing it out of desperation to keep her. She will only hurt you."

"Hurt who?" an inquiring voice asked from behind them.

They turned around to see a surprised looking Lana who had just come into the house…