Resistant • Jonathan Kent

ix. Of Sound Mind

"I look like a deflated balloon." The description was painfully accurate as Tiana was looking at Jon, who was wearing an old Smallville Fire Department uniform as she clamped her hand over her mouth to stifle her laugh.

"That's actually pretty accurate." Tiana mumbled and she was eating an entire pan full of scrambled eggs, an entire loaf of toasted bread, a bunch of strawberries, blueberries and granola that was thrown into a bucket of yogurt.

"Liliana's up." Clark said, looking up from his eggs that he was cooking and swiftly now, Tiana put her food down, before she was walking quickly up the stairs to go and grab her daughter out of the crib. The little girl after a month and a half, she was finally sleeping through the night and both Tiana and Jon were relieved about that particular fact.

"I've got her." Lois said, taking the baby from her and she was giving her the bottle, while Tiana was finishing her food.

"So, how soon can she eat solid food?" Jon wondered out loud. Having sure that he had read that information somewhere, but it was just out of his reach and Tiana glanced at him, before she turned to look at Clark and Lois with a look that visibly screamed. "Help me" to the adults that were a lot better and more knowledgeable about parenting than she was and Lois nodded.

"It's usually about six months. Or at least, that is the recommended age." Lois quickly chimed in and Tiana was holding out her arms, so Lois handed Liliana over to her and the bottle was empty. "Well, well. She's got your appetite, that's for sure." Lois noted and Tiana smiled slightly at the words, although it looked like more of a grimace. "You wouldn't be excited to have another speedster around the house?"

"I was a handful without my speed at her age. If I had my speed as a toddler, my parents might've strangled me just to get some peace and quiet. I wasn't known as the calmest of kids, I grew into that eventually." Tiana said and with a loud boom of air, Jordan arrived back at the house and Tiana was bouncing Liliana, who babbled louder with excitement every time.

"Dad, I beat the last fortress hologram, and it was that Kryptonian martial arts lady." Jordan stated quickly and out of the corner of his eye, he was catching sight of Jon in the old uniform that had Rusty on the back. "You... You look like a guy who made a wish to be a kid again." Jordan said with a laugh and Tiana stifled a chuckle of her own, which earned a smile from Jordan and Tiana was shaking her head.

"Hilarious." Jon said as he was hugging Tiana and Liliana quickly. "I have to go. If I'm late, the crew might make me dress up as a dalmatian or something." He said and he was rushing out of the door.

"Hey, it might be an improvement." Jordan chuckled after his brother, but Tiana hit him in the arm in response, she was sharply glaring at him with irritation in her eyes.

"Take it easy on him. He's training just like you." Lois responded to her other son's jabs and Tiana was hearing a beeping, before she was looking down at her watch and her eyes narrowed with confusion.

"All right, well, Dad said that after I win the last hologram fight, that I can actually go and do some saves on my own." Jordan said and Tiana scoffed at the words, definitely not believing it even remotely and she was clearing her throat.

"Lois, are you able to..." Lois held her arms out for the baby and carefully, Tiana handed Liliana over to her and Clark's eyes flashed, before he looked over at the doorway.

"That is not even close to what I said. I'm sure that it's what you wanted to hear me say, but--" When Clark heard the noise too, he nodded over at Tiana and she was disappearing out of the door in a flash of lightning.