Lois woke to the smell of cooking bacon. It reminded her of the time she lived with the Kents and experienced Martha's cooking on a daily basis.
She got up and went downstairs, where she was greeted by Clark's wide grin.
"Morning, Lo. Sleep well."
"You're a bit of a bed hogger aren't you?" Lois joked. She wanted to broach the Mindy subject but also wanted to continue this moment with Clark.
"How would you know? You were fast asleep apart from going on about the Red Blue Blur whilst you were asleep. You have quite a thing for him don't you. Should I be worried?" he laughed.
"Look, Clark I cannot lie. I almost kissed him yesterday when he brought me back here." Lois felt compelled to tell Clark the truth.
She did not their new found relationship based on lies. She knew deep down that Clark was the one and the RBB was just an infatuation.
"Oh, I see. He initiated the kiss though?" Clark tried to sound disappointed.
"No, it was mutual to be honest Clark. I am so sorry."
"Do you have feelings for him, Lois." Clark probed further.
"I don't know how I feel Clark. His presence is overpowering and electrifying. I cannot explain it."
"I'm so sorry Clark, this must be devastating to hear but..." Lois paused.
"Go on..." Clark said
"...I need to be honest with you. Maybe I was just angry because of you and Mindy."
"i thought we had cleared that up, Lois." Clark remarked.
"I saw you and her Clark. I did not believe you when you said you were meeting a new friend, so I followed you."
"What exactly did you see?" Lois was surprised at Clark's coolness when she had admitted to following him.
"you seemed to be smiling and you reciprocated when she hugged you. What did she say to you that made you react that way." Lois was upset and began to sound angry.
"She told me she had to use me for a cover story for her pregnancy until her father came around to the idea of the pregnancy and the identity of the real father." Clark was emotionless in the delivery of the story.
"And you agreed." Lois looked at Clark.
"Yeah I did, but..."
Lois snapped. "but nothing Clark. How can you be so stupid not to see through her act. And why are you not bothered of my admission that I am attracted to another man. What's going on. Tell me..."
"Close your eyes, Lois..." he looked at her. She was totally knocked off guard and out of her growing feelings of anger.
"What..."
"Do you trust me?" Clark asked.
"Yes..." she closed her eyes.
Lois felt Clark touching her cheek with his fingers, then he worked his way down to her chin. The sensations were electrifying, much like the feelings she had yesterday with RBB. Her brain was no longer trying to compute what this meant.
Clark was overpowered by his need for Lois. He bent over and their lips met. This time nothing was going to tear them apart. At this place and time, only Lois mattered. He knew this would betray his secret, but subconsciously that was his intention.
Their lips met in a frenzied fashion, releasing all the pent up feelings and emotions of the past four years. Lois was intoxicated with lust. She could not stop what was happening, she didn't want to. This moment would change their lives forever.
She felt Clark place his hands under her and lift her up whilst never breaking their kiss. He ascended the stairs and kicked open the bedroom door. She still had her eyes closed. He lay her down on the bed and laid by the side of her. They broke their embrace, and Lois looked into his eyes.
He kissed her, this time crushing her lips with his. His leg moved against hers and her hands moved down his taut muscular stomach. He let out a sudden gasp .
She kissed her way from his chest downwards. Making him gasp for breath made her want him that much more. At that moment their eyes met, shining in anticipation of what was about to happen
"I want you," Lois groaned.
Their clothes left their bodies at a quickening pace. Soon they were together – emotionally and physically. Everything about Lois was irresistible and he could not get enough of her. Soon they were lying in each other's arms in the afterglow of their frenetic lovemaking.
"So I take it you have a fetish for red and blue. I should have known that considering your wardrobe consists of those two primary colours" Lois joked.
"Lois, are you ok with it?" Clark whispered.
"Better than ok." Lois groaned. "Although one thing would make it even better"
"Clark, your meteor powers have their advantages, don't they." Lois asked seductively.
"I think we need to clear up a few issues, Lois" Clark kissed her. "but first, I never like to disappoint a lady." Clark pulled her on top of him.
Clark and Lois woke when they heard a voice from downstairs. "Clark, are you there?"
It was Chloe. Clark kissed Lois. "Wait here!"
Clark got dressed and zoomed downstairs. "Chloe, what's up."
"I have been trying to call you for hours but your cell was switched off. We have a major problem. Ollie has gone AWOL. I think he has gone after Mindy."
"Has he been drinking again? Can you not track him?" Clark asked.
"I don't know where he is. I have tried everywhere I can think. Bart and AC are on their way." Chloe explained.
"I will go and look for him. Give me a moment Chloe. He was going to go up to the bedroom to tell Lois he needed to go, but was greeted by the sight of Lois listening at the door.
"Clark, I'm sorry for listening in. I couldn't help myself." Lois looked worried. "What is happening?"
"As far as I'm concerned there are no secrets between us. Lo, I gotta go and find Oliver. He is trying to use Mindy to get to Lex."
"Lex, I thought he was dead." Lois was puzzled.
"Lo, I will explain everything when I return. ...I love you..." He kissed her passionately and sped off.
Lois headed downstairs to ask Chloe what was going on.
Chloe felt Clark zoom past her. She wondered if Lois was still in bed, then she appeared from upstairs only wearing Clark's plaid shirt. Well nothing new there, Chloe thought.
"Chloe, what the hell is going on?" Lois asked.
"Nothing Lois, what do you mean?" Chloe deflected the question.
"Chloe, I know about Clark and his powers. He told me about them. In fact he was just about to elaborate when you turned up."
"Lois, I don't know what you mean." Chloe was still hiding the secret.
"Chloe, could you contact Clark on your cell."
Chloe knew when Lois was lying and this time she seemed sincere, so she did as Lois asked.
Clark answered and his face appeared on the screen. The background was flying past him. "Hi Chloe, have you heard anything.?"
"Well, plenty from my cousin. Is there anything you need to tell me?"
"Lois..." he shouted loudly so Lois could hear. "I hope you have not gone into details."
Chloe was confused and looked at Lois who had turned a bright shade of red.
"Yeah, she knows part of my secret. I will tell her the rest when I return, but feel free to fill in some of the blanks for her if you like. I will call you when I find something." Clark hung up.
"Shall I put the kettle on, Chloe, unless you have to be somewhere else." Lois smiled.
"Ok, I need to head back to Metropolis later but I can spare a while."
"So spill, how long have you known, Chloe?" Lois asked.
"Four years – Alicia showed me Clark catching a car. It was a bit of a giveaway" Chloe smirked.
"Who else knows?"
"Oliver and Lana are the two main ones." Chloe explained.
"I guess Lana has known for ages." Lois replied.
"No, only a year. She tried for years to get it out of him but he repeatedly refused to tell her. In the end she tricked him into revealing his secret. She locked me in a wine cellar and waited for Clark to rescue me."
"Do you know if she left because of his secret?" Lois knew she was maybe delving too deep, but she still needed reassurance about her relationship with Clark. She still expected the spectre of Lana to reappear at some point.
"I honestly don't know why she left, maybe it was because of sexual frustration." Chloe said sarcastically.
"What do you mean?"
"I shouldn't be telling you this but I have always been a sucker for gossip. Clark only slept with Lana twice."
Lois could not believe what she was hearing, "No way, why?"
"Cos Clark was always worried he would hurt her with his powers. I remember he came to the Planet one night to discuss the problem with me. Needless to say, it was a bit of an awkward and embarrassing conversation."
"He mustn't be worried anymore." Lois commented without thinking.
It took a few minutes to work out what Lois was implying by her comment. "Lois, you and Clark...since when..."
"Since last night officially but we have had a few false starts over the past few weeks." Lois smiled.
Chloe screamed with girly excitement. "I can't believe it. I'm so happy for you. So are you telling me you and Clark have...you know what..." Chloe winked.
The nod of Lois's head and the naughty grin said it all.
"That is one hell of a news flash." Chloe remarked.
"What's one hell of a newsflash...?" Both of them turned to see the owner of the familiar voice. It was Martha and following behind her Chloe noticed a flustered Perry White...
"Martha..." Lois shrieked as she went to hug her.
"Perry White...Nice to see you again." Chloe smiled, noticing the distracted look on his face.
Lois turned from Martha when she heard his name. "The Perry White."
"Martha, it's no good. I have definitely lost my passport, I will have to head back to the airport. I promise I'll be back as soon as I can." He gave an uncomfortable looking Martha a kiss on the cheek.
Lois and Chloe were aghast.
Martha noticed their looks. "It's a long story and I will tell you everything when Clark appears. Where is he by the way?"
"He's gone looking for Oliver." Chloe explained. "look guys I would love to catch up but I need to get back to Metropolis."
"Chloe, I'm back for a few days. Make sure you come for dinner sometime." Martha smiled.
Chloe nodded and rushed out the door, hugging Martha on the way out and whispering quietly. "Lois knows about Clark.".
"So Mrs K. Can I get you a coffee? I want to hear everything." Lois grabbed some coffee and ushered Martha to sit down.
"You and Perry White..." Lois exclaimed.
"We have only been dating for a few months. We met at a charity do in Washington. He is not the drunk that Clark will have told you about all those years ago. He is a charming, sincere man underneath the bravado and makes me laugh."
Lois beamed. "I'm so happy for you, Mrs K."
"Lois, could you please call me Martha."
"Ok, then. " Lois hugged her.
"I just hope Clark will not freak out about Perry. He was always a bit funny about my relationship with Lionel. He still misses his dad."
"Lionel was a Luthor. He never would see eye to eye with him." Lois remarked.
"Lionel and Clark saw eye to eye more than you may think." Martha replied.
"I think you will find that Clark has grown up a lot lately." Lois smiled.
"Is that actually a compliment you are paying to Clark? What happened to the world's most famous bickering couple." Martha asked sarcastically.
"We fell in love..." Lois couldn't help herself. She looked at Martha for her reaction.
"Lois..." she screamed. "You and Clark finally worked it out"
"Worked what out?" Lois asked puzzled.
"That you were made for each other. I have known since you first met that he would soon be besotted with you." Martha smiled.
"You don't mind?" Lois asked.
"Hell, no. I could not ask for a better daughter in law. I love you as if you were my own. Jonathan loved you too."
"We're not married yet!." Lois replied.
"Give it time." Martha grinned.
"How long have you been together?"
"One night..." Lois realised what she had implied and started blushing.
"Oh, I see."
Lois panicked. "Don't worry I'm on the pill."
"Lois, you are over 21. I'm sure I can trust you two to take care." Both of them burst out laughing.
Martha continued, "I'm glad he has found someone he can trust and love. He has not had an easy time of growing up."
"You mean with his powers." Lois expected Martha to be shocked.
"Chloe told me you know. Did he tell you?"
"Well bits and pieces before he ran off. He never got round to telling me how he got his meteor powers..."
"Lois, he is not meteor infected. He arrived in the meteor shower."
Lois did not understand, "What do you mean?"
"Maybe Clark should be telling you this." Martha realised she had said too much already but she knew she had to continue..
"Arrived...are you telling me he came from outer space?"
"Clark is from another galaxy, from another planet. It was called Krypton. It was destroyed by a civil war, just after Clark's real parents sent him to Earth on a spaceship."
"He is the only survivor?"
"No there have been others. Kara is his real Kryptonian cousin. Look Lois, I am going to leave the rest for Clark to tell you."
"Martha, I never asked you what made you come back?" Lois changed the subject.
"I got a phonecall from one of the Planet's owners congratulating me on the fact I was going to be a grandmother."
Lois almost spat up her coffee. "And you believed him?"
"Of course not but it made me realise I don't know what is going on in my son's life at the moment and I wanted to come and see him."
"He will be thrilled to see you. I will make myself scarce tonight so you can catch up with Clark."
"Don't be silly, Lois. I heard you had moved in while your apartment is getting sorted out."
"I will take the sofa though..."
"No, you and Clark can share, that's if you want to. I'm not in the dark ages, you know. Anyway if you share, maybe he won't mind if me and Perry sleep in my old room." Martha blushed.
Lois was pleased Martha was back...but how would Clark react to this new addition to his mom's life.