from every tree an acorn will fall

[slayers_desire]

Four days had passed since Clark and April first encountered the Darkness that was threatening the world. Since then, Kara had truly stepped into her role of 'Maiden of Might' and was being talked about all over the country. And she was inspiring hope while doing it... fighting the Darkness with small steps.

There were still unanswered questions since their first encounter with the Darkness. The most uneasy question was why April's voices were half-whispering to her. The whispers would come without reason and leave quickly without figuring out why the whispers were happening.

April had tried tuning into the whispers with no luck. And the last four days with them coming and going had left her feeling tired. She also knows that Clark was concerned about her too.

Laying in bed, the sun had risen a couple hours earlier. Clark was out doing chores and April was just waking up. A half-whisper came... causing another rush of dizziness just as her feet touched the floor. And something else... April didn't have time to try to sit down.

She knew this feeling. A feeling of nausea that had her rushing to the bathroom. And making it just in time to get sick into the toilet. Not the best way to wake up...

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[smallvillians]

Martha's a little puzzled. "What is it?"

[slayers_desire]

"After Clark defeated Zod and exiled the Kandorians, we saw Jonathan at the farm." April is not sure how much she should tell Martha. "We think he knew that I was with child because of something he said."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"He told us that there was going to be 'so much good,' and the seeds have already been planted," Clark adds. He doesn't want to drag down the tone by telling his mother the other message, the one about the darkness. So he stays focused on the good message. "That must've been... the first few days."

Martha looks surprised, but not as if it wasn't something she suspected. "Oh..." She's not sure what to say. She still thinks she sees him sometimes, out of the corner of her eye, but to really see him... "I wish he could see you both right now. And once the baby is born."

[slayers_desire]

"I think he can see us. All of us." April is sure of that. "He said he had been watching over us."

"And I just know that if this is a Jonathan..." April touches her belly again, "Or a Laura. Either would make him so happy."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Martha gets up and comes around the desk to hug them both again, so tightly, like she doesn't want to let go of them. And there are unshed tears in her eyes. "Nothing would make him happier than knowing you two are happy. And I know you'll be wonderful parents."

"We had a good example," Clark tells her, and knows that it's true for both of them. Even if April was a relatively late addition to the family, she's a Kent now, in every way that matters.

[slayers_desire]

"And we will be calling on that good example. A lot."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"You can always come visit me," Martha promises. "And I'll come visit whenever I can, when you need a hand. In the meantime, you take good care of yourself, and enjoy every moment."

"Except the morning sickness," Clark says with a wry smile.

[slayers_desire]

"You are not the one who will have it." April chuckles lightly. Nudging Clark playfully.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"No," he agrees. "But I will be there for you, and get you as much ginger ale as you need."

[slayers_desire]

"And sooner or later you can be my 'crazy craving' delivery man." There are some advantages to being married to him. And she is not thinking about the superpowers right now. Just how wonderful he is.

((how did you crosspost from dreamwidth multiverse to LJ's?))

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Anything you want, from anywhere in the world, in thirty minutes or less or it's free."

((just copied and pasted and then manually edited in the link to each other's post, unfortunately there's no setting to do it automatically))

[slayers_desire]

"World's best delivery service. Ever." April leaned over to kiss him.

((aha. good to know))

[smallvillians]

Martha takes advantage of the moment to dab at her eyes a bit with a tissue. Tears of joy have been a rare thing lately. And she smiles and gives them one last hug. "Thank you for coming to tell me. Keep me posted. And April, you have my cell phone number, right? You can call me anytime."

[slayers_desire]

"We will. We were just happy to share this news with you. Besides the doctor, you are the first to know."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Thanks, Mom. For everything." For raising him, for accepting April, for being the wonderful mother and grandmother-to-be that she is.

[slayers_desire]

April gives her mother-in-law another hug, before they leave for the day. "Thank you for bringing me here."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Keeping this secret for a while is going to be difficult. I'm glad we could tell someone else." Keeping secrets has been a lifelong habit, but this is going to be a good one to reveal. And that's special all by itself.

[slayers_desire]

"I like the fact that this is a good secret." For too long, the other secrets seemed harder to hide.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Opening the portal back home, he has a sudden thought, and groans a little. "We're going to need to buy a lot of stuff over the next few months." Some of his things from toddlerhood are still in storage at the farm, but his parents never had him as an infant. Or a newborn.

[slayers_desire]

"Yes. We will. And... I don't how to say this... but when I met future-you and future-me went to the past... future-us lived in a different place than the farm."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

That surprises him. The farm is his home, and always has been. "Why? Where were we?"

[slayers_desire]

"You wouldn't really tell me. All you said was it was closer to Metropolis. But not actually in Metropolis."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Maybe so I'd be closer if you needed help?" he guesses. "It'd look better to my coworkers to have us living closer to my job, and you could get to Watchtower easier if you wanted to help with mission control."

[slayers_desire]

"I am thinking that is likely the reason." It does make sense. "But we do have time to think about it. I am not that big yet."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"And we don't know what symptoms you might get later on," he agrees. "Whatever we end up doing, wherever we live at first... I want our kids to go to school in Smallville. We won't be leaving the farm for good."