Clark was having a lovely Friday afternoon. He was off work, alone, relaxing with his feet up watching TV with a large pizza and a bottle of fruit punch. Since his mattress was hadn't been delivered yet, he was at Diana's apartment, where he had been staying for the last several days. Diana was out, clothes shopping with Kara and Shannon. It was his suggestion that they call Shannon to accompany them and much to Clark's delight she was happy to. Leaving him with the house to himself, but more importantly not having to shop with Diana and Kara. He'd forever be grateful to Shannon for this. He didn't like shopping with Diana at all, she took too long to make decisions, and he worried that Kara could be the same or worse. Instead he was free to channel surf, he quickly cycled through the daytime soaps and the shopping channels, and the sports channel had a log rolling competition. He was about to look for a movie to stream until he came across a program on one of the science channels that attempted to explain how Superman could be so strong. It was several years old, but he'd never seen it before. Some of their speculation was spot on, however most of it was not. All in all, it was a pretty entertaining show.

Kara was in total culture shock, the Southside mall was drastically different than the Themysciran marketplace, or the small shops that Martha had taken her to in Smallville. Seeing men was still a bit of a change for her, as for the last year the only ones she'd really seen were Clark and Jonathan. Even more strange was the attention she was receiving. For the last year nearly every Amazon tried to instil in her that she was beautiful, as all women were, but the cat calls from just about every guy they saw was just weird. While she wasn't worried about any of them, as she could level the whole building if she wanted to, she had no idea how to react. And her two companions weren't exactly great examples of how to react either. Diana rolled her eyes and gave annoyed and disinterested looks to every guy who looked her way. While Shannon was much more welcoming to the attention, a few times she broke away to engage in conversation, which is what she was doing now.

"Diana. I'm not really sure how to respond to all this. I've never had guys coming after me before, I actually kind of feel like a 5 year old." Kara whispered, so far she'd just gotten nervous and looked to Diana every time someone tried to speak with her.

"For now just ignore them." Diana whispered back, in all honesty, Diana wasn't sure she knew how to handle them either. She always shut them down quickly, and sometimes rudely. She wondered if there was a better way, but didn't know who to ask.

"Kara, Kara, come look." Shannon came rushing over to pull Kara towards a store.

She stopped in front of a mannequin that was displaying a short dress made from a material that looked black or silver depending on the light.

"Absolutely not." Diana channeled what she thought Clark would say. "She will not be wearing that!"

"Why not?" Shannon asked, while Kara remained silent.

"Look at this, the neckline is far too low and the sides are cut far too liberally. No way." Diana put her foot down.

"Okay sure, it shows a little side boob, ok a lot of side boob, but that's not bad is it? You'll certainly be a head turner." Shannon asked.

"I'm only 16." Kara pointed out, thinking that this dress would cause unwanted attention. "Plus I live on a farm."

"Oh right." Shannon had forgotten that already.

"I think it's something you would like to wear Shannon. You like displaying your... assets a bit more than most."

"That's true, I paid good money for these, I gotta show them off sometime." Shannon said proudly.

Kara was confused at what Shannon paid for, but thought better about asking. Figuring to ask Diana about it in private.

"Either way it doesn't matter, this thing won't fit me anyway. They just don't make anything for us huh Diana?"

"No."

"Ok you're right, this is a little too trashy for high school. But we need to find you something cute, something that will make all the boys do a double take." Shannon announced.

"Fine, just keep in mind I only have about $100 left." said Kara.

The three of them agreed on a not too revealing one shouldered teal dress that Shannon suggested would be perfect for a homecoming dance, but not good enough for prom. Neither Kara nor Diana knew what homecoming or prom was so they just smiled and nodded.

"I'm hungry, can we get something to eat?" Kara asked, as they headed for the exit, each with bags in both hands, even though most of the items purchased were for Kara.

"That sounds good to me. We should pick something up and head back to my apartment. I bet Clark will be hungry too." Diana said first.

"You know Diana, you're an awesome girlfriend. You spend your time and money on your boyfriends baby cousin, you think about him enough to bring him lunch. If he doesn't treat you right he's a total moron."

Part of Diana's considerateness stemmed from the fears brought up several days ago by Clark, about the breakup of Cressida and Briony. He was convinced that they couldn't even be friends anymore, and over the last few days Diana started to believe him. Yesterday it was reported to her that Cressida had been so distraught over being rejected that she tried to hurt herself.

But Diana was afraid for herself and Clark, she couldn't stand the thought of them not even being friends. She cared for him far too much for that, and wanted to make sure he would never forget how much she did.

Clark was asleep when the women returned, sprawled wildly on the couch. One leg was draped over the back of the couch and one arm dangled to the floor. In his sleep he must have turned over several times, because the loose t-shirt he was wearing was hiked up exposing his torso. There was also something else, that Shannon was the first to notice. In his sleep he was sporting quite the bulge in his shorts.

"Damn Diana. I didn't know you had it like that."

"Had what like what?" Diana came to Shannon who was looking at Clark asleep on the couch. Then Diana gasped suddenly. "Oh my! Clark!"

Diana quickly pulled his shirt down and sat down on his lap, blocking Shannon's view of him.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Clark awoke with a fright looking around wildly, and throwing his hands up defensively. "What the hell?"

"What are you screaming for?" Kara asked, she was the last to enter the apartment, and had missed what Shannon and Diana did. She looked around at the other three people in the room and their drastically different expressions.

Clark was startled and confused, Diana was mortified, and Shannon had an ear to ear grin looking back and forth between Clark and Diana.

"We brought food." Kara said, "What's wrong with you guys?"

They had gotten carryout from a local diner near the apartment. Diana ordered Clark exactly what she remembered he liked, a medium well bacon burger with everything and onion rings on the side. Kara ordered the same, while Diana had chicken strips and fries, and Shannon had a turkey burger and a salad.

The meal began awkward, Diana had suddenly become shy, Shannon couldn't stop looking back and forth between Clark and Diana, and Kara was flat out confused. It all stemmed from Diana sitting on Clark, but so far no one would explain exactly what happened to Clark or Kara. Luckily the burgers were good, so the cousins got over it. After several minutes of silence, the conversation began.

"Oh by the way Diana I took your landlord's advice and took that defensive handgun class." Shannon said.

"You actually did it? I thought you said you hadn't decided."

"Yeah, well I went through with it. I bought a single stack 9mm, but I'm still waiting for them to send me the permit in the mail."

"You got a good holster?" Clark asked.

"Not yet."

"Make sure you get one if you're going to carry. And always remember that self protection doesn't begin or end with a gun. Situational awareness is your best friend, and remember everything they taught you in that class."

"Do you have one Clark?"

"Not anymore, I let it expire. I did an assignment for the Planet and they had me go through the training. But like I told you before, it's not for me." He's Superman, what does he need a gun for? Kara meanwhile didn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about, so she stayed quiet.

Shannon suddenly got an idea. "Diana we should go to the range sometime. Shooting is kind of fun."

"Maybe." She's Wonder Woman, what does she need a gun for?

After dinner Kara and Clark left, leaving Shannon to assume that Kara was staying with him, but in actuality they flew back to Kansas. Shannon was on her way out, but had to say a little bit more.

"I think I know why you're such an awesome girlfriend, Diana." Shannon said as she picked up her purse.

"Why is that?"

"Because Clark is built the way a man should be. You are so lucky."

Diana knew exactly what Shannon meant in reference to Clark's build. She told Shannon in confidence some time ago about her first time with Clark, not in detail, but about how much she enjoyed that first weekend they spent intimately. Now that Shannon had gotten a glimpse of Clark, Diana somewhat regretted it, fearing that Shannon would become more like Zatanna. "I guess so."

"Don't get all shy, you know it's true. Does Kara have any brothers?" Shannon asked hopefully.

"I don't think so."

"Damn. I guess this means I'll just have to find a farmer."

Diana got a look of confusion,

"I'm joking Diana." Shannon clarified. "I'm joking about everything. I was simply commenting on what a handsome man Clark is, not only that, he seems really into you. And if you really like him, when he comes back, you should hug him, kiss him and let him know how much you do. Because a good man is hard to find."

"You know Shannon that's a good idea." Diana smiled.

Several hours passed and Clark still hadn't returned. Diana expected him to come back right away, but he apparently spent some extra time with his parents and cousin. Giving Diana some time to consider Shannon's words. By all accounts a good man was hard to find, and Diana knew long ago Clark was one of them. She was planning to heed at least part of her advice, if only Clark would hurry up!

He finally arrived as Diana was exiting the shower.

"What took you so long?" She asked as she walk out of the bathroom wearing her robe and her hair wrapped in a towel. He was wearing different clothes, and was putting some different clothes in the closet. When she walked past him she smelled a freshness on him which probably meant he took a shower too.

"I had to explain about your friend's surgical enhancements, which took about 30 minutes. Then I just hung around for a while."

"Oh, Shannon briefly talked about her implants while we were shopping. I don't think Kara understood." Diana sat on the bed and began tying her hair into a ponytail.

"Not at all. The Amazons did a good job at teaching her body image and self respect. I'll give them that."

"Yes. All women that choose to be, are beautiful. However Shannon tried to convince Kara that in order to get noticed, she needed to buy a very low cut dress that was as revealing as the nightgowns I wear. But don't worry, I stopped her. I heard your voice in my head and refused to let that fly. Plus Kara didn't want it anyway."

"Good." He was glad for that, as Diana's nightgowns could barely contain her, he didn't want Kara in anything like that, ever. "Smallville isn't ready for that, and neither are my parents. Your friend is something else."

"I know she is, she has a warped sense of beauty. But I like her, and I trust her. Except for her gawking at you when you were sleeping."

"What was that about anyway? I almost cold cocked you for sitting on me like that."

"She saw your stomach muscles and went a little overboard." Diana chose not to tell him the real story, it wasn't his fault, and she thought she might have overreacted.

"Oh?" Clark didn't get it, he was no more defined than a bodybuilder or professional athlete, why would his abs cause such a fuss?

"So how are your parents?" She wanted to change the subject, slightly disappointed she brought it up in the first place.

"Same as always. They're eager to have Kara there to help them out and Kara's more than willing to help. She gotten used to farming and animals and the like while she was on Themyscira." He told her.

"I told you that was the best place to send her." She said with a smile.

"Mama is particularly happy, now that there's another girl around finally. She always wanted a daughter. I think Dad wanted one too, but that's not the hand they were dealt. So what are plans for tomorrow?"

"I have to go to Themyscira. Cressida has taken a turn for the worse, she tried to hurt herself. I need to convince her that she can live on without Briony."

"Really? That's weird, but I don't think that's it." Clark said. "I think she's more upset that she hurt Briony, not that she was dumped. She's distraught, heartbroken and feels betrayed, but she's most upset that she became an abuser." Clark actually spoke with her, so he knew better than Diana would at this point.

As she finished tying her hair, Diana watched Clark take off his jeans and shirt and lay down in the bed, wearing just a pair of boxers. She thought he might be right about Cressida, he had been so far. "She's hurting, we must find a way for her to heal."

"If anybody can do it, it's you."

"With your help?"

"Yes." Clark sighed, he didn't want to get in the middle of anyone's personal problems but for Diana he'd muscle through it.

"I don't want to talk about that anymore. Come hold me." Diana took off her robe, revealing she wasn't wearing anything underneath and beckoned him to come close. Which he did, pulling her into a warm embrace. "I think I've figured out why I keep taking my clothes off in my sleep."

"Yeah?" He asked as they held each other close, face to face.

"Because I like the way your skin feels against mine. I can't explain why, but I just do."

Clark just smiled. He liked to touch her, and she liked it when he did. No complaints from him.

"In fact, I'm implementing a new house rule. When we're in bed, no clothes. We'll just make it easier on ourselves." She made up that rule just then, and wondered why she didn't do it earlier.

"Oh! That definitely solves that issue. I'm good with that." He removed his boxers rather quickly. Up to this point if Diana removed her clothes before bed relations were guaranteed, he hedged his bets and figured tonight would be no different. He rolled her underneath him and kissed her over and over.

"Wait stop." Diana demanded. "I want to, but not here."

Clark pulled away slightly. "Fortress?"

"Fortress." Diana agreed quickly.

Clark scooped her up and zoomed her to the fortress at top speed. Where they finished what they started in Metropolis. In the fortress Diana worked out her fears that she had for the future. There were words she wanted to say, but wasn't sure how to say them yet. So she used her body to convey all the feelings she felt for him. It would suffice until she found the courage to speak the words.

The next morning Diana awoke in the cloud bed, with Clark holding her as always. This was it, feeling his body on hers, it was definitely the reason she disrobed in her sleep. The second he began to stir awake she sat up in the bed.

"Good morning." He said opening his eyes, the lights were dim and probably had been on since they came into the room.

"Good morning stud." Diana said happily, rolling over to get up from the bed. "What are these beds used for anyway? It's too soft for us to do anything on, I'm tired of using the floor."

"It's for sleeping. As I understand it, Kryptonians didn't have sex, we were created as a genetic mix between our parents, who were genetically matched to each other."

"What were relationships like on Krypton then? If no one chose to be together." Diana couldn't imagine that, not choosing her partner, or not having sex for that matter.

"I don't know." He said softly.

"Hmm. Well either way, we need something better to make love on, soft enough to be comfortable, but strong enough to handle our strength."

"I'll see what I can do." He said.

A few hours later after some bed material research and a long bath, Clark and Diana returned to her apartment to discuss the plans for Themyscira today. They were bringing members of the Justice League for a visit, several women, and a few men who were with their girlfriends or wives. Other than Cressida and dealing with more men on the island, neither knew what else to do. They were sitting around doing nothing when Diana's phone, which was also her JL communicator, went off.

"Hello?" It was Bruce on the other line. "The Watchtower? When? Ok."

"What's up?" Clark asked after she hung up.

"Bruce says there's something for us at the Tower, they want us there now."

"Did he say what?"

"No, he didn't, and you never know what that could mean."

Clark and Diana got into uniform and transported up to the Watchtower, ready for anything.