Missing Lois - TOC A taste of Chapter 7, Part 6...
It was after ten o’clock that night when Sam announced that Lois was finally dilated enough to move to their make-shift hospital. The mother had calmed down again. That flare-up of super abilities had reverted to a normal labor an hour later, then reared its ugly head again about four-fifteen and then again a couple hours later when her waters finally broke. Her temperature had fluctuated between normal ninety-eight point six to one-hundred five point three. They were all tired and exhausted, especially Lois, by the time Sam made the announcement. He had taken another nap that afternoon and Ultra Woman had returned to the office after lunch, only to be called home again at four thirty. Clark had been on duty all day, refusing to leave, refusing to take a break, except when Lois was in the bathroom.
Lois knew that in some ways, Clark felt as close to this baby as if it were his own. He was holding on to Lois’s hand, while rubbing her back, when Sam told them the news. “Oh, yea! It’s almost over.” She smiled.
Sam shook his head. “No, sweetie. The hard part is just beginning.”
“What?!” Lois gasped.
“This has only been labor. You still have to do birth.”
Lois’s eyes actually rolled back in her head with exhaustion and only Clark’s calm voice revived her. “Think of Lara.”
She blinked. Right. Her daughter. “I’m so tired. Can’t I sleep for a while?”
Sam shrugged. “Go ahead and try. Don’t think it’s going to happen, do you?”
The contractions had come so closely together they felt like they were on top of each other at times. She had gone through sixteen cups of ice-chips in the last three hours alone. She looked up at Clark. He looked so much like her Clark that she almost felt him present. “Don’t leave me.”
Clark smiled down at her. “Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”
“I love you so much,” Lucy said, pulling him in for a kiss on her lips.
“I’ll relay the message to Clark,” he murmured. “Or better yet, you do it.”
This Clark would never let her daydream, not even once, that he was her Clark. He always reminded her that he was the other Clark. He didn’t want her to fall into the trap of believing he was her Clark, of pushing herself over the edge towards delusion again. Although he never stopped her from kissing him from time to time either, Lois noticed.
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