Vesta

Clark gave Chloe a wide smile before heading back into the house .

Vesta was already up , and drinking some strawberry milk .

He sat down beside her.

“ Daddy how old were you when you stopped having bad dreams”?

“ Vesta I still have bad dreams sometimes”, but the thing you have remember is they are only dreams .

“ Sweetheart you have to comes to terms with who you are”.

“ Daddy its hard too”.

“ Nana told me how hard it was for you to keep your secret, and worrying about people taking you away".

“ Sweetheart you don’t have to worry about anybody taking you away”.

“ I’ll never let that happen”.

Vesta took a big gulf of milk, and gave a wide smile .

Clark cells phone rings .

“ Clark I have to go check on Lois she not feeling well , and she is cranky”.

“ Must be that time of the month”.

“ Yes” you hit the nail on the head.

“ Tell Vesta I’ll see her later”.

H e looked over at Vesta

“ Chloe said she’ll see you later” .

The back open , and a very happy Kara came in”.

“ I was just thinking about taking a certain little girl to get some ice cream at the talon”

“ Daddy , can I go?”.

“ Sweetheart I don’t care”.

She gave him a kiss on the cheek .

“ See you when we can back.

An hour later Chloe came marching in the front door.

“ God I hate when she gets on her monthly , because she jinxed me”.

“ Chloe are you okay?”

“ Clark Joseph Jerome Kent what do you think”?

“ Out of the kindness of my on heart I go , and check on my dear cousin , and now I’m gushing blood like a bleeding hatchet wound!"

“ God I hate this empathy thing"!

“ Lord I give any thing to have… she looked around .

“ Clark , Clark”

A moment later he was he was standing there with a box of imported chocolates .

“ Clark that is very thoughtful of you” , she said taking the box.

“ She sit the box on the table , and pulled out a chair.

“ I see you were looking at old photo Albums .

“ Yea I got kind of bore , Vesta went with Kara to the talon.

“ Look Clark here is a picture of Lana, and you at the park in town” .

“ To bad it had to be thorn down , so Luthor Corp could put up a building”.

“ I loved going there in the summer time”,he said.


“ When I moved here from Metropolis it had already be thorn down”.

“ I like looking at old photos”.

“ Chloe me too I like remembering days gone by”.

Chloe put her hand on his Clark we still have a lot more pictures to take plus you , and Lana have Vesta now”.

“ I know she our little miracle”, and the next time I see Lex him ,and I are going to have a long talk on the matter of kidnapping”.

“ I can’t believe he just disappeared”.

“ Chloe that snake will come out of his hole soon enough”.

“ Lana , and I missed the first years of our daughter life ,that is something I’m finding hard to come to terms with”.

“ Clark you , and Vesta, and Lana have a whole life ahead of you , and just think of all the pictures you’ll get to take of many more birthdays , and there is her first boy friend , and spring formal , and prom”.

“ Okay Chloe I get what you’re saying” .

She smiled at him .

“ Chloe this dad thing is not as easy as my dad made it out to be” .

“ Clark you’ve adjusted well , even Lana is amazed how well you handle being a father”

The schedule you have keep would make even a sane person insane” .

“ Chloe thanks for the words of encouragement”.

“ Its nice to have someone like you in my life”.

“I Feel the same about you” Clark , she said opening the box of Chocolates .

“ Clark you didn’t have to fly to Belgium just to get me a box of chocolates”.

“ Chloe I know , but I wanted too”.

She took a bite , and sweet cream ran down her lips.

He pulled her close , and gave her a deep kiss.