When she arrived , she hoped to jump in Clark's arms but she only found Tess , sitting up on the couch , drinking some water .
- Lois ? I didn't think you'll come here ..
Lois looked around her and knew that was a false alarm . She looked at the text again and she could see that indeed , Tess wrote that even with that , Clark and Oliver weren't back .
- crap … I misread your text . I was expecting to see Clark and Oliver ! What a disappointment !
She sighed . She couldn't stand to stay one more night alone . She will take care of the moving , the day after .
- well .. Okay .. I'm gonna take something and I'll be right back .
Tess nodded a surprised face
- are you saying that you're gonna spend the night here ?
- yes ! I'm feeling like we're going to do some camping here , until they came back . I couldn't sleep one more night alone , it was hard enough like that last night .
- I got it ! Well , that's good , I needed to talk to you .
Lois was surprised , wondering what she wanted to talk about , but nothing could be worse now .
She made her way back to the apartment , took Clark's shirt and her Whitesnake pillow , her toothbrush and a picture of her and Clark .
She joined Tess who was waiting of her , leaning against the couch and not in .
Lois put down all of her stuff and took her pillow that she hugged into her arms , Tess couldn't help but smile .
- you're cute with your pillow .
Lois smiled back to her .
- thanks ! I made it myself when I was a teenager . Clark's not a big fan on my hard rock side but this is also for this crazy side of me that he loves me so he's agree that I'm keeping this pillow in our bed and since he cannot stop teasing me with it , makes me think about him right now .
The following sigh she made , reflected her mood , her distress . Tess put a hand in her shoulder .
- he'll come back ! Don't worry !
- I know he will ! I believe in him but I think this is every women's job to be worried about their man .
- understandable !
- yes … Well anyway , what did you want to talk about ?
Tess blushed a bit , didn't know how to bring the subject but she had to , maybe it will be embarrassing for Lois but she wanted to have some answers .
- well .. Perhaps you're gonna think I'm shameless but I need to know . When you left yesterday , you seemed very tired and once I told you Clark and Oliver were trapped , your face turned very white and when you left the tower , I saw you stumble , like you were about to faint . So , while I was looking for some informations to cancel the countdown , I cannot stop thinking about you , wondering if you were sick but I don't think it's a big deal and I was wondering if … You ..
She kept blushing and Lois knew what she was going to say but let her go .
- Are you .. Are you pregnant ?
Tess made a face … If it wasn't true , Lois could be in shock but she didn't react and as answer , she only smiled , putting a hand on her belly . Tess didn't need a drawing .
- well … Looks like I'm not learning you something with my questions . How long it's been ?
- something like six weeks .
Tess raised an eyebrow , surprised that she kept the silence until now .
- why aren't you talk about it sooner ?
- because I just learnt about it .. I mean , a few days ago . I never had some nauseas and sometimes , a headache or some few seconds blanks but nothing that could ring a bell .
- so what the thing that made it ring ?
- I started to ask myself some random questions when I saw that my period weren't coming and then I made the link with my blanks and the headaches but I wasn't so tired , not like I am right now but since Clark is trapped … My pregnancy hormones starting to play on me … And just between you and me , I was under the pill but a few weeks ago Clark and I , we were talking about kids , so something changed inside of me , like I was ready and so we told ourselves , we're gonna try . So I stopped being under the pill and apparently it didn't take so long for Clark's little heads found their place .
Tess scoffed and hugged her to congratulate her .
- I'm so happy for you .. Well for both of you . Clark will explode with joy .
- yes .. This is why I wanna enjoy our moving to talk about that , that was the good occasion .
- so sorry to have broke the moment …
- don't worry , it's not your fault if there's always a problem in this World . Besides , I wasn't expecting to be pregnant so quickly but I'm fine with it , I'm so happy !
- great ! That's a good thing . And so , did you do a pregnancy test ?
- yes and then I asked Emil to confirm . I told him to keep the secret for now , that I will say everything all by myself and here we are , you're the first one to now
- thanks for the privilege . And when did you learnt about it ?
Lois counted in her fingers since her second day without Clark .
- probably four days !
- okay .. Now I see ! Indeed , that is really recent for you to know since the baby is sleeping well in his mother's belly for a few weeks already .
- My thoughts exactly !
They smiled at each other and realized than they had just talked without a fight . Lois was very happy to finally find a way between them , after all those years of fighting with her , but now , she knew she could trust her .
They kept talking for almost the whole night , while watching the screens . They had fun , already looking for some names for the next Kent and especially imagined Clark's reaction and their friends/family , once they'll know .
I'll keep the translation during the week and the next chapter will be there soon ^_^