Living With Superman

Chapter 8

The door to the apartment in the Talon opens and Chloe sees Clark and Oliver enter. They look relieved to see her. As soon as they entered, Clark walks over to Chloe and hugs her. 

"I looked every where for you." Clark says, still hugging her. 

"You mean we." Oliver comments behind them. He chuckles but no one seems to be in the right mood to join him. 

As soon as Clark and Chloe separate, Chloe asks Lois to brew her some coffee. Lois nods and starts to walk downstairs. Once Chloe knows that she's out of ear shot, she asks, "Clark, was I really gone for that long?"

Clark nods. "What do you remember?"

Chloe takes a deep breath and tries to find her memories. It was all a blur, but the memory comes back when she was kidnapped in her car. 

"I don't exactly remember who, but I think it was Brainiac who kidnapped me." Chloe explains, looking at both of them in the eyes. 

"Brainiac? What would he want to do with you?" Oliver asks, walking forward, facing both Clark and Chloe. 

"I don't know..." Chloe replies, taking a seat on the couch. 

"I'll find him." Clark says and in a quick second, he disappears.

Lois enters the room with a cup of coffee in hand looking at both Oliver and Chloe. "Where's Clark?"

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No matter what time it is, as long as it's helping a friend or for justice, Clark always prioritizes that than time. And right now, finding Brainiac can lead him to have his questions answered. Why would he choose Chloe? What would he do to her? What was his main plan?

 Super-speeding across Metropolis at 3 in the morning, he feels hopeless when he finds no track of him. He later gives up and super-speeds home. 

As soon as he enters the Kent Farm, the light in the house is still on. He thinks that Ashleigh is being a little bit troublesome tonight. He sympathizes Heather for doing all this, but a mother's got to do what a mother's got to do. 

He opens the door and enters. Upstairs, he can hear the loud wailing of Ashleigh. 

"Honey! I'm home!" Clark says in a joking way. Once he says that, he feels that feeling of a father. The typical father who comes home from work while the house wife comes and kisses him on the cheek. Clark smirks at his thought and walks upstairs to their bedroom. There he sees Heather carrying Ashleigh. She sees him and Ashleigh stops crying and smiles a toothless smile. 

Heather giggles and so does Clark. 

"Being troublesome, are you, Ashleigh?" He smiles, walking towards Heather and giving her a small peck. 

"How's Chloe?" Heather asks as Clark sits down on the bed. The moon light shines on Heather's face and he can't help but stare at her. The way her brown hair shines from the light and her face highlighted with the moon light, she looks like the girl he met in High School. Now, there she is, carrying their baby. 

"She's fine. Looks like she was never touched." Clark replies.

Heather bounces the baby in her arms, trying to make her sleep but it seems like it's impossible for her to sleep now. She sits besides Clark. 

Silence fills the room and they look at each other in the eyes. No matter how many times Clark has looked at Heather in the eyes, her heart still skips a beat. 

The silence is broken by Ashleigh snoring in Heather's arms. Clark and Heather chuckle as they look at their sleeping beauty. Then they look at each other again.