Just Another Day...

By Mary Potts aka Queen of the Capes

Rated: G

Submitted: January 2016

Summary: It's an ordinary day for Clark Kent. He and his wife
are on their way to go interview Superman and ... wait. What?

Story Size: 954 words (5Kb as text)

***

Lois was already up and typing furiously on her laptop by the
time Clark came downstairs. For a moment, he just stood watching
his whirlwind of a wife, an amused smile playing on his lips.
"Good morning," he said at last, pulling her attention from the
screen with a soft kiss that she happily returned.

"Mmm, good morning." She smiled back.

"So," he said, dropping one last kiss onto her hair before
turning to look at her screen, "you seem awfully busy for
someone who's not supposed to be at work, yet."

She grinned sheepishly. "Well, Jimmy called earlier with a new
lead on that Myerson case," she admitted. "Then, while we were
talking, I got a great idea for a possible side-bar, which I want
you to look over before we interview Superman."

Clark nodded. "Okay, I'll--" He paused. "What was that last
part?" he asked.

"Superman," his wife repeated. "I know he's a busy person,
but Jimmy says he managed to corner him at a rescue this morning,
and that he agreed to make some time to meet with us."

Clark stared at his wife. "Um, Lois?" he began. "How could
Jimmy have spoken to Superman this morning?"

"By getting to the scene of the rescue before he flew away,"
Lois answered as if it were natural. "It's lucky for us,
really; about five seconds after agreeing to the interview, he
got called away to a fire."

"But," Clark continued after a long pause, "I was sound asleep
this morning!"

Lois gave him a mildly annoyed look. "I know," she said, "and
if you want to get the exclusives, Clark, then you'll need to
step it up and quit being such a lazy-bones."

Clark looked around the house. As far as he could tell, there was
no-one in the house besides them, and no listening devices of any
kind. He scrutinized Lois, and found no indication that she was
unwell or had been replaced by a pod-person. "Lois, aren't you
forgetting something kind of important?" he asked.

Lois frowned at her computer screen. "No, I think we have all
the bases covered," she mused. "We have most of the evidence
for the main article, plus the possible sidebar and Superman
interview. Perry should be happy with it. Why, what do you think
is missing?"

Clark ran a hand through his hair. "Lois," he said, slightly
agitated, "*I'm* Superman!"

Lois smiled up at him, stroked his cheek, then kissed him.
"You're *my* Superman, Sweetie." She closed her laptop and
stood. "Now come on, we have to get to the Planet before our
interview flies away."

Clark followed her, now beginning to wonder if he had, in fact,
woken up this morning.

***

Lois was out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. Clark
followed behind, surreptitiously checking the back of her head
for any bumps. Jimmy met them in the bullpen.

"Where is he, Jimmy?" Lois asked, immediately.

Jimmy looked chagrined. "I'm sorry, Lois," he said. "He just
left five minutes ago. We were heading into the conference room
when he heard a cry for help and took off. He said he'd try to
drop by later, if he can."

Lois sighed. "Great," she muttered. "Well, thanks anyway,
Jimmy."

"Um, Jimmy?" Clark asked, frowning at his friend, "what did
this Superman look like?"

Jimmy gave him a blank look. "Dark hair, brown eyes, giant S on
his chest," he replied with a shrug. "You should know, CK,
you've seen him before."

"Clark's been acting pretty strange this morning," Lois
confided. "He kept asking me all kinds of questions about
Superman, on the way here. You'd think they'd never met!"

Clark sputtered. Before he could respond, though, their editor
strode out of his office.

"Lois! Clark!" he bellowed. "There you are! You know, you
missed your interview."

"Yeah, Chief, I know," said Lois. "Jimmy told me."

"Well, I suppose some things just can't be helped," Perry
admitted in an understanding tone. "The man was hardly here five
seconds before he took off like a rocket--made a sonic boom that
shook the whole building! My ears are *still* ringing! So just
give me what you've got on the Myerson case, and then head to
city hall. The mayor's giving another press-conference about
that landfill catastrophe."

"On it, Chief," Lois dutifully replied. She turned to Clark,
who was currently gaping at the three of them. "Are you coming,
Honey, or did you want to sit this one out? We probably both
don't need to go, and you seem to be a little off, today."

"Uh..." said Clark. He shook his head. "You know what, you go
on ahead. I'm going to go visit--er, call--my parents. From
home," he added, then turned and headed for the stairwell. Less
than a second later, there was a sonic boom.

"You already called his parents, right?" asked Perry.

Lois grinned. "Yep."

"Oh, speaking of calls, that reminds me," said Jimmy, "Bruce
Wayne is on hold for you on line 1, and there's a message on
your desk from some woman who only called herself Diana."

Lois's grin widened. "Excellent," she said, rushing off to
take the call.

Jimmy turned to his boss. "So, Chief, how long do we keep this
up?" he asked.

"Until the day is over, or until Clark realizes he's an April
Fool," said Perry, grinning. "Whichever comes first."

"Works for me," said Jimmy, and he headed off back to work.

THE END