Not The Enemy

Chap 8 "Eye Opener"

Noel's POV

I have carried my baby for six months and I was exhausted. I was sitting in my office at LuthorCorp as Caden walked in. "You're back from school early," I stated. He looked at me. "Caden, what's wrong?"

"Mom, I would really like it if you'd come to my school for show and tell day," Caden stated. I looked at him. "Uncle Clark was going to, but I told him I'd rather have my mom there with me instead."

"It's today, isn't it?" I asked He nodded. "Let's go."

"Thanks, Mom," Caden smiled. We got to his school and we went to his class. We walked in. "Mrs. Schnizer, this is my mom."

"Ms. Luthor," she smiled. "Call me Amber."

"Please, call me Noel," I nodded.

"You have the floor," Amber stated.

"Thank you," I replied. I looked at the students. "You heard your teacher address me as, Ms. Luthor. I haven't been a Luthor for five years now."

"You remarried?" Amber asked.

"I did," I nodded. "I married Oliver Queen."

"Wow," Amber stated. "I didn't realize Mr. Queen had settled down."

"We didn't publicized our wedding," I replied. "Anyways, I am Caden Luthor's mom. I am the co-CEO of Queen Industries and the primary CEO of LuthorCorp, which was known as LexCorp a few years ago." I looked at the students. "If I'm not mistaken, most of you are seniors. If you know what you want to do, Queen Industries has an amazing internship program on how to run a business. Now, I'm not saying that because I'm affiliated with the name. I am one of the people who was a part of that internship, years ago. It teaches you how to balance books, read ledgers, have your financials in line and so much more. Please free to ask questions, okay?" Hands shot up in the air. "Oh wow. Okay. Uhm, how about the back corner, red shirt."

"Is the internship paid?" he asked.

"It is a paid internship," I nodded. "We also take care of one of your expenses for the whole school year, excluding tuition and loans."

"Who can apply?" he asked.

"Anyone in business classes at Met U," I answered. More hands shot up. "Green floral shirt."

"How many applicants are chosen each year?" she asked.

"That's a good question. Mr. Queen and I get roughly a hundred and fifty applications a year," I stated. "Of those hundred and fifty, we choose up to ten students for the internship." I pointed at one of the students. "Yes, black blazer."

"What are the requirements?" she asked.

"The qualifications sometimes change every year," I replied. "Last year we had everyone looked at, but the GPA needed to be a three point four or higher to qualify."

"If you had an internship with Queen Industries, why did you work for LexCorp?" Amber asked.

"I learned I have to work for my share," I nodded. "When I graduated from Met U, I was dating Lex Luthor. He offered me a job as soon as I graduated." I looked at everyone. "I was his assistant. The job paid well and my schedule was very lenient, especially while we had a family. Now, if there isn't anymore questions about the job, I have to get back to work." No more hands were raised. "You guys have a good day." I went back to my office and looked at the schedules. Oliver walked in. "Hey, Tabitha has cheer auditions later this evening. Are you going to be able to take her?"

"I thought that was tomorrow," Oliver replied.

"It was, but she told us last week it was rescheduled to today," I looked at him. "Are you going to be able to take her?"