slayers_desire | a whirlwind of a month

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a whirlwind of a month

April nervously adjusted her cap and gown in her bedroom. Trying it on the night before her big graduation. She couldn't believe that tomorrow would be her final day at university. That she would receive a diploma. And that it would open new opportunities.

She had dealt with a whirlwind of activity in the last month. First Jimmy's funeral. Then helping Chloe recover from losing her husband.

There was also a lot of time spent working on her bridesmaid dresses, and the vests for the groomsmen tuxes. In addition, her final university project was also her wedding topping. It meant that she was spending a lot of time in her craft room.

It meant a little less time with Clark. And that was another situation, with Clark now wearing the dark Blur costume. He was still dealing with some distance in his heart, but at least it was not affecting their relationship too much. Not to say the stress and sadness didn't have an effect. Their last intimate moment was the night before Doomsday was destroyed. And Jimmy and Davis both lost their lives.

But at least they still came home to each other. Spend the night in each others arms.

It was something. April sighed, touching the mirror as she looked at the final image of herself in the cap and gown. "Tomorrow I graduate..." She whispered. There were so many questions in her heart about what she would do next... about her future.

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Clark stands in the doorway, watching her, his black coat draped over one arm. "How does it feel to know that part of your journey's almost over?"

"Scared." April admitted. "A part of me feels like I am losing something."

"School gave me a purpose."

Clark never got to graduate from college, and his high school graduation didn't go as planned. So he feels like this is something he doesn't share, something he can't know exactly how she feels.

But that doesn't mean he won't stand at her side and feel proud of her accomplishments anyway.

He steps forward, putting his free hand on her shoulder. "Now comes the fun part of finding a good job. A way to use your skills in the 'real world.'"

"Oh gosh the real world. I don't feel ready." April chuckled softly.

((brief absence, back in an hour))

"I don't think anyone ever does. But I know you'll be out there making a name for yourself in no time at all."

"I hope so." It is nice to have his continued support. She brushes her fingers across his chin.

He smiles faintly, and touches a corner of her cap with one finger. "You look good."

"Blue is my color." April chuckles. "And we get to keep it. So I can put in the back of the closet."

"You look good no matter what color you're in." He has to admit that blue really looks great on her, though.

"Is your father going to be able to make it to the ceremony?"

His compliment makes her warm. April bit her bottom lip to the second question though. "No."

"We'll have to make sure to take lots of pictures for him then."

"Sort of knew it would be next to impossible. With the ceremony during the day." April carefully takes off her cap.

"It's almost too bad it isn't going to rain tomorrow, or they'd have to do it inside." He knows better than to wish for that, though. His high school graduation had perfect weather up until the meteor shower.

"Most universities these days sell copies of commencement on DVD. We could get one for him, if he wants it."

"Thats a good idea. We will do that."

She smirks. "He would be interested in your jacket." April touches the black coat on his arm.

"...it is sort of his style, isn't it?" He hadn't even considered that before.

"It is similar." April replies. Clark wears it differently, of course.

He moves to the closet to stow it in the secret compartment in back. His more colorful costume from before is packed away, waiting for a day when he feels that the Blur can be the Red-Blue Blur again. "I think people have started to notice the change."

"Yah? Tell me about it?" April removes the gown and puts it in a special storage bag. Underneath she is wearing Hello Kitty pajamas.

He's a little amused to see what she's wearing underneath, which does at least a little to lighten the mood as he takes off the rest of his costume, trading it for his own pyjamas. "I'm still letting traffic cameras and security cameras see me occasionally, and the ones that use color have picked up on the blur being black instead of red and blue now. There've been a couple of opinion pieces on it in a few papers so far." And he would have a better one out, except that Lois has gone missing. And he isn't sure he trusts anyone else to be his 'contact' at the Daily Planet.

"No one knows where Lois went, huh?"

"Its been quite a while, do you want me to see if I can sense where she is?"

"I'm getting worried about her," he agrees. "The last day anyone saw her was... the day we faced Doomsday."

"I will project out..." April doesn't want Clark to be worried about any of his friends. Right now he might think the worse.

Concentrating, April projects her voices out as far as they will go, hoping to sense any sign of Lois, or where she disappeared to.

((let me know if she sees anything))

Lois is nowhere near Metropolis, or Smallville. And as April reaches further out, it becomes clear that Lois is not in Kansas at all. Or the United States. Or anywhere on this planet Earth. She's simply gone, and wherever she is, she's out of reach, though April won't get the sense that she's dead. And something feels important about her disappearance. A circle coming to a close.

"This is impossible..." April has to take several breaths after extending her powers that far. "But Lois is not on Earth."

"She is not dead."

"But the reason she is gone is important. It will close a circle."

He frowns in confusion. "Not on Earth? Could she have found the Nexus somehow?" But that answer doesn't seem right. "Closing a circle..."

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