Chapter Forty Four

The wedding was drawing closer and with the General finally on board (even though he still had issues with Clark), it seemed like everything was falling into place and the final pieces were coming together starting with the dress.

Ever since she was little she had always envisioned wearing her mother's wedding dress and with a few modifications it was perfect. While wearing it she felt as if her mother was right there besides her smiling, "You look beautiful Lo" she could hear her mother say and it brought a sad yet happy smile to her face.

"Wow" a voice said from behind and she turned around to see Maggie standing there, "Dad's gonna pass out when he sees you. You might want to invite Dr. Emil just in case" she couldn't help but laugh as Maggie walked towards the bed and sat down.

A thought occurred to Lois and she turned around to face Maggie, "I've been meaning to ask you this but your father and I were wondering if you wanted to be in charge of the rings"

"Like the ring bearer?"

"Exactly"

Maggie immediately got up and was careful with the dress as she hugged Lois, "It'd be my honor."

Lois smiles and pats her back when Clark's voice causes the girls to separate, "He can't see me in this yet"

Maggie nods and gives a salute, "I'm on it" she runs off shutting the door behind her and went to distract Clark, "Hey daddy"

"Hey kiddo" he responds while hanging his coat on the hook and began untying his tie when he noticed something, "What's up?"

"Nothing"

He stared at her for a few seconds then responded, "Last time you said that I caught you playing with one of Dinah's throwing knives and Bruce's bat-pellets"

"How was I suppose to know it wasn't the Smokey ones"

Clark crossed his arms over his chest and gave her that look he often used to get her to talk, "What did you do?"

Just then the bedroom door and Lois stepped out fixing her hair into a ponytail, "She was keeping you busy while I put the wedding dress away. Its bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the wedding" Lois walks up and places a kiss on his cheek.

"When have you ever believed in superstition?" before Lois could respond he continued, "Oh wait. I'm talking to the woman that rubs her rabbit's foot keychain before every interview"

Lois goes to punch him in the arm only to end up pressed against him within the blink of an eye, "Hi" he whispers with that charming smile of his

"Hi back"

Maggie stands there looking between them and shakes her head before turning around and head towards her room leaving the couple alone.

As soon as the little one was away Clark dove forward pressing their lips together. It started out slowly but quickly escalated into something more, "I've wanted to do that since last week" he states once they separated.

"Well what stopped you" Lois responds with her arms draped over his shoulders.

"I don't really know" they laughed together before leaning in simultaneously only to be interrupting when a cellphone began to ring, "You better get that." Says Lois as she leans up to press a soft kiss against his lips then pulled away only to have Clark pull her back.

"They can call back later" he whispers and closes the gap letting the pent up passion consume them.

The couple was barely one foot through the bedroom door when the phone began ringing again, "Smallville" she says trying to get his attention but he was too busy kissing her neck which caused a small giggle to escape her lips, "C-Clark." She stammers when her eyes rolled back until she mustered up the strength to push him away, "It might be important"

"Nothing's more important than you"

"That's really sweet" she gave him one more kiss before spinning him around towards the door, "Go answer the phone while I go take a cold shower" he was about to retort something back but she held up her hand to him, "Don't even say it just go" he gave her his best puppy dog look, "Not gonna work on me Smallville" she pushes him all the way out of the bedroom as the ringing seemed to get louder, "Answer it or…"

Before she could finish that sentence he blurred from one side of the room back over to her and held out the cellphone for her to see before answering it, "Clark Kent"

"We need you down at Watchtower"

He gave Lois a quick glance before responding, "Can this wait. I'm sort of in the middle of something"

"I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important"

The phone clicked and Clark just shook his head, "Unbelievable" he whispers to himself before walking back to the bedroom only to pause when he heard Lois humming a happy tune and decided not to bother her, instead he left a note and dressed in his suit then blurred away.

The doors to Watchtower opened and Clark looked around the empty headquarters confused as there was no one there until he spotted Bruce lurched over the main desk, "You rang" he states appearing at the brooding figure's side.

Bruce didn't say anything and just tapped a few items on the desk before the screens around them lit up with images of a lab, "What's all this?" asks Clark just as another image pops up this time of suit of armor that caused memories to flash in Clark's minds that he had no idea where they came from.

"I wanted you to be the first to know"

"Know what?"

"That Luthor is becoming a problem, one that we can't ignore any longer"

"What's that suppose to mean?"

Bruce turned and gave Clark a very serious look before answering, "You know what I mean. We have to stop him before he has a chance to test out his new toy on the city or on you"

"I told you I would handle it" he responded back turning back to walk past Bruce who didn't seem amused by the response.

"It's been years and you haven't done a thing to stand up to him. You continue to see him as your friend and its going to get you killed and the planet torched"

"This is none of your business so I suggest you stay out of it" there was an underlying threatening tone to the kryptonian's voice as he practically towered over the bat, "I. Will. Handle. It" he turns around and goes to leave Watchtower.

"It's too late for that" Bruce responded once the man of steel had left and the dark knight turned back towards the desk and began fiddling around with a few more files, "Luthor's not going to win this time."

Bruce's gloved finger presses the ACTIVATE button and let out a deep breath knowing full well that Pandora's Box was about to be opened

TBC

Gonna leave it there because I love to tease and cliffhangers.

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