How did I let this excellent story go by without a comment? blush

Nice sweet surprise. Smart Kids is my second least favorite episode. But here it is redone with a great deal of style! Pop Tarts for breakfast? Perfect. Lois had a chance to relate to her young guest without dealing with the humiliation of being tied up. Clark, great short conversation with Philip. Seriously, your version is far more realistic than what the writers came up with in canon. That's the beauty of fanfic, we get to correct their mistakes!

Morgana

A writer's job is to think of new plots and create characters who stay with you long after the final page has been read. If that mission is accomplished than we have done what we set out to do, which is to entertain and hopefully educate.