He nervously ran a hand through his slightly greasy hair, then adjusted his glasses.
Someone's not taking good care of himself. You don't often picture Clark as being greasy.
The door swung open suddenly, and Clark found himself face to face with his stone faced father-in-law.
Whoops!
“Mr. Lane,” Clark nodded to the man.
Sam Lane seemed to take his entire bedraggled appearance in with an expression of irritation and mild surprise. “Mr. Kent.”
Oooooh! Not good.
“Why don’t you step inside for just a minute, Clark?”
Uh-oh!
“That being said, stopping by to see your children once every couple of days is inexcusable.”
*nods* You tell him, Sam!
“Granted, but that’s not the point. Look, Clark, you may think me a hypocrite, but I know what... what this is like. You think it won’t affect the kids just because you’re around them every now and then, or because it’s not their problem... but the why doesn’t matter to children. To them, they just see their parents aren’t together anymore.”
Sam Lane = full of win.
Clark set his jaw. “Yes, well my situation’s a bit different than yours, now isn’t it? I never cheated on my wife.” Anger flashed through Sam Lane’s eyes, and Clark strived to eat his words. “Mr. Lane, I’m sorry. It’s just... I didn’t mean that. I’ve just been... acting out lately, I guess. Saying stupid things–”
Ouch! Can I smack Clark?
“However, it doesn’t change anything. And it doesn’t discount anything I’ve said as being true. Just because you haven’t physically cheated on my daughter doesn’t mean you haven’t cheated her on time. You... trying to leave her for Superman– it’s not any more right than what I did. And at the end of the day, I’m the one sitting here with my wife and daughter and grandchildren– and you,” he appeared to survey Clark a moment. “Well, you go and do what you do best, Superman.”
Sam thought about what his son-in-law had just said and gave a slight smile. He shook his head. If that boy took away anything from this conversation, he hoped it wouldn’t be a blistering hate of his father-in-law. But somebody had to smack some sense into that boy. Hopefully it would work out for the best.
I'm SOOOOO loving Sam right now! And he's so right. Hopefully what he said will strike the right chords and get Clark ou of his funk and back to normal so he can make nice with Lois again.
Awaiting the next installment with baited breath.
Smack away, Sam!
Clark should have learned his lesson. Don't piss off a Lane.
Don't know when next one will be up, but I've got a week off for the end of the semester (woo-hoo!) so hopefully I'll get another one up this next week.
