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Chapter 19- "Theoretically speaking."

Lois's day

Lois put the empty feeding bottle down and gently placed the baby on her shoulder and slowly, but firmly rubbed her small back, waiting for the faint sound of a burp.

"You're a natural." Said the young blonde nurse watching over the babies in the hospital nursery "Got any kids of your own?"

"No."Lois smiled sadly "None." She handed Durga over to the Nurse. "Okay, Shorty. I have a busy day ahead of me, but I promise I'll come and visit you tonight."Lois picked up her things and made her way out of the Nursery at such speed that she nearly collided with the female doctor that she had met on Durga's first night.

"Oh,sorry Dr Lakhani."

"Call me Jaspreet. It's lovely to see you again, Ms Lane."

"Call me Lois."The two women walked together making polite conversation about Durga's progress.

"I hear you've been here to visit Durga every single day this week." Jaspreet said.

"Yeah well, her mother asked me to look after her baby before she died" Lois stopped walking "I guess I feel responsibility towards her. At least until Social services finds her relatives."

Dr. Jaspreet Lakhani nodded. Her pager beeped and she looked down at it. "It was nice seeing you again Ms Lane, I must get on."She touched Lois's arm apologetically and hurried off in the opposite direction.

Lois smiled her goodbyes, before making out into the Metropolis sunshine. Lois looked down at her watch. She was late for her appointment. She had to get uptown in 15 minutes. She raced to her car and drove over to her Lawyers office.

'Crawford, Polinsky and Wrexler' The huge gold embossed sign read. Before entering the building Lois inhaled and exhaled deeply. Never in the seven years she and Clark had been married had she imagined seeing divorce Lawyers.

Finally inside, Lois sat opposite her divorce Lawyer Golda Wrexler, the fiercest thing since 5 inch Louboutin heels.

"Lois, you have to be strategic about this."

"I just want what I paid for my half of the apartment, nothing more and nothing less."

Golda Wrexler shook her head in disbelief. "I've never met a divorcee like you yet. Most broads I meet want as much as they can get their hands on. Men and women."

"Well,I guess I'm not most divorcee's."

"You said your Ex had some investments tied up on a farm. How many acres?"Golda asked, shuffling through her notes.

Lois held her hand up "No. That's not what I want. His mother, a woman I have a great deal of respect for still lives on the farm and besides, his father left him the farm before he passed."

Golda looked sceptical and reclined in her huge leather chair "You're not still in love with this man, are you?"

"What's love got to do with it." Lois looked down at her bare ring finger. "I just want to walk away with my dignity intact."

Golda Wrexler did not look convinced at all "Sure, whatever you say."

Lois sighed a sigh of relief.

"Well, now that we have agreed upon the exact terms of the divorce, I'll have them drawn up and served to your soon to be ex-husband. A.S.A.P."

Lois felt her mouth go dry.

Lois took her time walking out of the Lawyers office. She couldn't believe that it had come to this,it all seemed so final.

As she slid into her car and put on dark glasses to cover up her red eyes, her cell phone rang. The name 'CHLOE' appeared on the screen. Lois hesitated before picking up the phone,after all they had parted on less than friendly terms the last time Chloe was on American soil.

"Lois, it's me Chloe."

"Hey Chloe."Lois said in a small voice "How've you been?"

Chloe bit the bullet "Not so good. I just found out that my best friend and my cousin are heading towards divorce court."

Lois bit her lip "Just don't Chloe, ok?"

"Just don't what?"Chloe asked sarcastically "tell you the truth?"

"I don't need a lecture, I need a friend."Lois said, a tear running down her cheek.

"When are you going to stop running away, Lois?"

Lois gritted her teeth "I don't know what you mean."

"You run away Lois, it's what you do. Sure you've got the witty sarcastic remarks and a killer karate chop but when it comes down to it you just keep running."

"You think I'm running away!?" Lois asked shaking her head

"Yes. That's exactly what I think you're doing." Chloe was on a role. She tried not to think about the international phone call bill "You ran away when you were 14,you ran away from military school, you ran away from MET U and now you're running away from Clark. He loves you."

"He loves me so much he asked for a divorce." Lois scoffed "I bet he didn't tell you about his little friend, Diana."

"Diana?" Chloe asked.

Lois took off her glasses and checked her face in the rear-view mirror. She rubbed her eyes and tried to move distorted mascara stains.

"Tell him about the baby, tell him about the overdose, and tell him everything. He'll understand..."

Lois shook her head, she could feel a headache coming on, and she really didn't have the patience for this. "Maybe I don't want him to understand, MAYBE I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!" Lois slammed her cell phone shut and punched her steering wheel in frustration. She only realised she was sobbing when she felt moisture on her hands.

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Dr Fox undid the stirrups and took off her gloves. "You can get dressed now,Lois."

Lois closed her legs and slipped down from the examination table.

"Your cervix is doing well; no lacerations or ulcers. You could carry a baby again." The doctor paused "In theory you could carry a..." Lois could sense the doctor tripping over the words.

"A human baby." Lois finished the doctors' sentence with ease.

"Exactly. It's not advisable that you and your husband try to get pregnant again, otherwise we'd be dealing with a repeat of last time, unfortunately."

"Don't worry that won't be happening. Clark and I are getting a divorce."

Dr Leticia Fox couldn't hide her visible surprise. "That's a shame. I truly am sorry to hear that. You seemed so in Love."

Lois did the zip of her skirt and sat down opposite the doctor,"Doc,can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, Lois. Go ahead."Dr Fox, wrote notes down and didn't look up.

"Theoretically speaking...."Lois started tapping her fingers against the chairs arm "Had I been non human myself, really strong, like, perhaps an Amazon from somewhere far like another galaxy, would I have carried the baby to term?"

Dr Fox looked up from her notes, "I don't understand. What exactly are you asking, Lois?"

"Could I have a half Kryptonian if I was Wonder woman?" Lois asked bluntly.

Dr Fox made a face, but put her pen down. "Yes" was all she said as she got up and rummaged around for some folders.

Lois nodded slowly and bit her lip, as her stomach dropped.

"Intergalactic biology is highly different from human, but there are so many similarities. As long as the female owns a female reproductive gamete that can merge with a viable male gamete, there is no reason that fertilization shouldn't occur. Then of course it's just a matter of the body's ability to create a viable environment for the foetus to grow. Here's some reading material, if you'd like to read more, it's incredibly interesting." Smiled Dr Fox.

Leaving 's office had deflated her. But she could think of an immediate upper, something that would make her feel good. Holding a certain beautiful baby girl in her arms.

Lois rounded the corner into the hospitals nursery; Lois entered the doorway and stopped immediately. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. There, in front of her, stood Diana Prince and Clark cooing and awwing over baby Durga.

TBC

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