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A/N: Alright everybody... as promised, I'm updating early! I've eaten, I've walked my dog, I'm all set for tonight. I can NOT wait for Disciple! It's so close! Woo! 8-)

Okay, enough of that... this has been a fun ride. To be honest, I almost didn't write this story. It started from a silly moment I had and grew into this amazing 100-page story. You guys are what made it great, your comments, and your loyalty - how you kept coming back for more.

It really means a lot to me. I know a lot of writers say they like to hear feedback and it's true. It makes us better writers... I hope some, if not most of you will tune in for whenever I start posting Cause & Effect (whenever I finish it). You guys really do mean a lot to me. :D 8-)

The Epilogue is about 8 pages or so, I hope you enjoy it.

Well, you guys have had had enough of my sappy author's note, you want to see the conclusion, right? I'm not going to stop you! Enjoy the exciting conclusion of Home...

NEW A/N: EDITED 10/24/17 - You guys still mean a lot to me. It really means a lot that this story is still being read, even after years. Hope you all still enjoyed and please still let me know what you think! :)

Epilogue

Lois blinked, focusing on the tablet, "Clark? What was that?"

"I don't know," Clark shook his head. He looked up and his eyes immediately widened, "Why are we in our living room?"

"What?" Lois turned around and noticed that they were in the Farmhouse's living room.

"Where are Lara and John?" she started panicking.

Clark looked down at the tablet and read aloud.

"Kal-El, this tablet was created to let you and Lois Lane find out the changes in the new timeline. Your younger self made a deal with me that if he was allowed to return to his friends and family, I would be allowed to erase the memories of your presence. By returning to the Fortress after the second meteor shower, a new timeline has been created. What you will see before you are key moments in your life as they occurred in this new timeline."

"Well that explains why we don't remember us," Lois shrugged her shoulder. That statement only made sense in Smallville, "So, what are we in some sort of memory? Like our minds are here, but our bodies are back at Watchtower?"

"Basically," Clark replied, "What point in time are we in now?"

"I'm not sure," Lois looked around, but she got her answer when a younger Clark walked through the door with a bag of groceries in his arms. They stopped and watched the scene unfold before them.

"Mom?!" Clark was carrying a bag full of groceries. He picked his head up when he heard some noisemakers and the light turned on.

"Happy Birthday, Clark!" Martha, Jonathan, Chloe, and Lois were standing in the kitchen with noisemakers. Martha was jumping up and down.

"Happy Birthday, sweetheart," Martha smiled, "We got you didn't we?"

They all laughed in merriment.

"Woo!" Lois laughed and threw some confetti at him.

"Let him into the kitchen, Lois," Jonathan laughed. Clark smiled as his dad took the grocery bag from him and put it on the table.

Chloe came up to Clark with a lopsided cake. It had blue icing with red writing on it that read: "Happy Birthday, Clark!"

"Look! And Lois even made her world famous rum cake for you."

"From scratch," Lois beamed. He laughed at that. He knew she couldn't cook. Not even his stomach of steel could take it.

"Wow, I-I never would have guessed," Clark smiled politely after looking a bit scared at its lopsidedness.

"You should've seen the first two," Chloe said.

"Uh, come on. Presents before cake," Lois smiled and led him into the kitchen.

"Come on, birthday boy," Martha smiled. Jonathan put his arm around Martha and followed everyone into the kitchen, "Sit down."

Lois grabbed her present and plopped it in front of Clark, "Open it."

"Wow," Clark sat himself down and unwrapped his present. It was a journal. It was a red journal with blue-lined pages on the outside. "C.K." was engraved in the bottom right hand corner of the journal in gold.

Lois explained her reasoning for getting him that particular present, "Not that you're the "Dear Diary" type, but since you keep everything to yourself, I… I thought it might help."

"Aww," Martha smiled.

"That was very thoughtful of you, Lois," Jonathan smiled.

"And since I'm on an intern budget, I figured uh, I could just comp you a couple of those IOUs that you owe me," Chloe teased.

"Thank you," Clark smiled.

"My turn," Jonathan laughed and handed Clark him his card, "I hope you like it."

Clark took the envelope from him and opened it. The card had mountains on the front and read "For you, son, with so much love and pride."

On the inside it said "Happy Birthday, Son" and he wrote "All the best on your birthday, Clark. Love you, Dad."

There were even two tickets to the Wolverines game in Milwaukee right behind home plate.

He looked up to his dad with a big smile, "Thanks, Dad."

"That's for if you want to go," Jonathan smiled.

"Yeah! Of course I do," Clark laughed.

"Why don't you take someone else? I bought those tickets before I won the Senate race. You could take Lois," Jonathan suggested.

Clark looked to Lois, "So what do you say? Wanna go with me?"

Lois looked like she was contemplating it for a minute, "Why not? It might be fun."

"Great," Clark shone that mega watt Kent smile.

"That was my nineteenth birthday party," Clark said, "My dad was there."

"And it looks like he just set us up on a date," Lois laughed.

The scenery in front of them changed and they were transported into the loft watching a younger Clark fixing a red plaid shirt in the mirror. It didn't look very familiar to them.

"Where are we now?" Lois asked.

"I'm guessing we're about to find out," Clark pointed to Jonathan walking up the steps. Once again, they stopped talking and watched the scene play out in front of them.

"Ready for your first day at the Planet?" Jonathan came up the stairs. Jonathan was already wearing his glasses and some grey was becoming more prominent in the sides of his hair.

Clark sighed, "Yeah, I just hope I can live up to expectations."

"You will, Clark," Jonathan assured him, "I'm very proud of you. You've come a long way over the years."

"Thanks, Dad," Clark nodded. He grabbed his red backpack and slung it over his shoulder, "I'm ready to go to work."

"Just be warned, Clark…" Jonathan started.

"Yeah?" Clark wondered.

"Lois is going to make you change out of the plaid," Jonathan winked and turned around. He trotted down the stairs. Clark shook his head and smiled. That would be something to look forward to.

"Mr. Kent sure knows me well," Lois laughed.

Yet again, the scenery around them changed and they immediately knew where they were this time. It was their wedding day. Lois and Clark smiled a little brighter, knowing that this time around, Jonathan would be there. They watched the younger Clark trying to fix his bow tie in the mirror. Lois wiped away a happy tear when she saw Jonathan walk into the room.

"Knock knock," Jonathan came into the room. Clark turned and smiled as his dad entered.

"Ready to become a married man?"

"As long as it will be to Lois Lane," Clark smiled and continued to try and tie his tie.

"Let me help you with that, son," Jonathan chuckled, "I'm glad Lois is able to help you with the other ones, but since you're not allowed to see the bride before the wedding, I guess I'll have to suffice."

"Thanks, Dad," Clark let his hands down as Jonathan began tying his bow tie.

"I don't think I've ever been as proud of you as I am right now," Jonathan finished tying it and put his hands on Clark's shoulders.

"Not even when I became Superman?" Clark teased.

"I was proud then," Jonathan assured him with a nod, "But now you're marrying Lois, and I have to say, son, that proud really doesn't even begin to describe it."

"You and Mom knew all along that Lois and I would end up together, didn't you?" Clark asked.

"Maybe," Jonathan winked, "I think we've known ever since you danced with Lois at your senior prom. Plus, you acted more like yourself around her than anyone else… She kept you on your toes."

"And you set us up on our first date," Clark smiled, "To the Wolverines game."

Jonathan smiled and gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"I really love her, Dad," Clark said, "And I can't wait until the moment I get to call her my wife."

There was a knock at the door and they turned their heads to hear Martha's muffled announcement, "Come on, boys. We're ready to start the ceremony."

"Looks like that moment is coming, Clark," Jonathan smiled and led Clark out of the room.

"That was really sweet," Lois sniffed.

"Lois, are you crying?" Clark let out a laugh.

"Oh, shut up, Clark. I saw you tearing up before," Lois slapped him in the chest, "Our wedding day just got a million times brighter with your dad there."

"You remembering more too?" Clark asked.

"Yeah," Lois nodded, "I still remember the other timeline, but the new one is becoming more dominant."

"Me too," Clark said. He looked back up to see that their setting changed once again.

They were back at the Kent farm. This time they were in the dining room and it was a packed house. The younger Lois was seated next to an empty chair, no doubt for the other Clark. On her other side was Jonathan Kent. Next to him were Martha, Jimmy, Chloe, Oliver, and Kara sitting around the table. Kara was on the other side of Clark's seat. It was the night Lois and Clark announced to everyone that they were expecting twins.

"Lois didn't cook this meal, right?" Oliver asked Chloe. He looked a little wary at what the answer might be.

"I heard that, Queen," Lois leaned forward, facing Oliver, "And no, I didn't… I didn't want to poison everyone."

"I chipped in, Oliver," Martha told him, "Clark did most of the cooking."

"So, we going to find out what the special occasion is soon, CK?" Jimmy took a sip from his glass of water.

"How about we start eating first, Jimmy?" Clark set some of the food on the table in front of him. He walked around the table and sat down in between his wife and his cousin.

"Thanks for dinner, Clark," Oliver grabbed a chicken thigh from the plate Jimmy passed over to him.

"No problem," Clark smiled, "I found out that I can use my heat vision to cook it."

"Good to know it has more practical uses," Chloe laughed as she took her food. Eventually the food was passed around the table and everyone had something to eat in front of them.

"Do you think we can find out what the big announcement is now?" Jonathan asked after a few moments of everyone quietly chewing.

"Yeah," Clark nodded and took Lois' hand in his, "We have an announcement we want you all to know."

"Clark and I…" Lois started. She turned and smiled up at Clark and then looked around at everyone once again, "We're expecting twins."

"Congratulations!" everyone smiled at the same time.

"I'm gonna be an aunt! This is amazing!" Kara smiled and Chloe agreed with her, "Tell me about it."

"I'm so happy for the two of you," Martha smiled.

"Now this is a real sign that we're getting older," Jonathan laughed, "We're going to be grandparents."

Lois turned in her seat and shook her head, "Mr. Kent… You're not old."

"Thank you, sweetie," Jonathan kissed her cheek, "Do you know what the sexes will be?"

"Not yet," Clark shook his head and Lois finished, "But one thing we know for sure and that's if one of them is a boy, he's being named after you."

"Lois, you don't have to do that," Jonathan shook his head.

"No," Lois shook her head, "We do… You have been more like my father than my own over the years and Mrs. K is the mother I never got to have. So yes, we have to."

She started to tear up. Damn those hormones.

"Then isn't it about time you called us Mom and Dad?" Jonathan smiled. Lois let out a laugh and embraced her father-in-law in a hug.

"I love you," Lois said into his shoulder.

"I love you too, sweetheart," Jonathan whispered into her hair.

Once again, the white light appeared and Lois and Clark found themselves taking in their surroundings again after it disappeared. They were back in Watchtower. Jonathan was holding John and Martha was holding Lara.

"Hey, they're waking up," Kara let everyone know when she saw Clark and Lois sit up, "Welcome back."

"Weren't you guys concerned about why we suddenly went unconscious?" Clark sat up a little straighter.

"At first," Bruce nodded over to Kara, "Until she read what that Kryptonian tablet said. We knew it would only be a matter of time before you returned to us."

"So, how much different is this new timeline?" Jimmy asked.

"Pretty different," Lois replied, "And so much better with-with Dad here."

Jonathan smiled at her calling him that.

"Oh, Lois," Chloe brought her attention over to her, "While you and Clark were taking a stroll down memory lane, Lucy called."

"She did?" Lois immediately perked up.

"Yup," Chloe nodded with a smile, "She heard about the twins being born and is on her way over here."

"I told you she would, Lois," Clark said.

"No need to rub it in, Smallville," Lois nudged him in the shoulder. Not two seconds later, Bruce opened the door for Lucy Lane.

She spotted her sister and embraced her in a hug, "Lois! I'm so happy to see you! I'm so sorry for being MIA all these years. I guess I thought I disappointed you so much seven years ago, I didn't think you'd want to have anything to do with me."

"Lucy," Lois chided, "That's ridiculous, you're my family."

"I know," Lucy nodded, "And I have my brother-in-law to thank for talking me into coming."

"Clark called you?" Lois furrowed her eyebrows.

"Yeah, a few months ago," Lucy nodded. Lois gave him a look, one he shied away from. No wonder he knew Lucy would come. He had called her.

Lucy was oblivious to this whole exchange, "So… Do I get to meet my niece and nephew?"

"Yeah, they're being held by their grandparents," Lois nodded over to Martha and Jonathan. They smiled and introduced her to the new members of her family.

"I'm sorry I went behind your back," Clark snaked his arms around her waist as she immediately fell back into his arms out of habit.

"It's okay, Clark," Lois assured him and turned around in his arms, "I should've known you would do anything in your power to get the rest of our family together. But you can't work miracles, I'm sure the General is busy."

"Actually… He will probably be coming by within the next month or so," Clark admitted, "I called him at the same time I called Lucy. He said he wanted to meet his grandchildren when they were strong enough to hold their heads up."

Lois laughed, "That sounds like him… Thank you, Clark."

"My pleasure," Clark smiled and gave her a peck on the lips.

Lucy headed back over to Clark and Lois with Jonathan and Martha at her side. Everyone else was standing around them once again.

Lucy smiled, "They're beautiful, Lois. Thank you for letting me back into your life."

"You were never out of it, Lucy," Clark told her, "We'll all finally home."

"Home is wherever your family is," Lois smiled and looked to the children in her in-laws' arms and Clark at her side. Then she looked to Jimmy, Chloe, Kara, Oliver, Bruce, and the rest of the Justice League. They were her family as much as everyone else.

"Lois, you're starting to sound as sappy as me," Clark teased.

She simply shrugged, "Eh, what are you going to do? Your sappiness was bound to rub off on me eventually."

"I'm just glad you two are here safe and sound," Jonathan said.

"And we're glad you're here to share this moment with us, Dad," Clark smiled as tears formed in his eyes. It was going to take awhile to get used to the fact that his father was still alive, but it was a feeling he would gladly take the time to get used to.

"Yes," Jonathan smiled. He had tears of joy of his own threatening to fall. His grandson was laughing in his arms and placing his small hand on his face in a playful manner.

"We're all together… we're home." Jonathan proclaimed.

THE END

Well... that's all I wrote. A long time ago, I decided I wanted the last word of the story to be 'home' and I hope you liked who I decided to be the one to say it. ;)

I hope you guys enjoyed the ride and will continue to read stories from me as long as I keep writing them. Cause & Effect will be the next one unless a plot bunny hits me and I write something else, but right now I don't see that happening. :P

Please Comment! I want to know what you thought of the whole thing! Did you like the full circle thing? Did you like that Jonathan lived and the past remained changed like the Clois dance at the Prom, Jonathan setting them up, etc? ;)

Clois Forever! :D

NEW A/N: EDITED 10/24/17 - Still hope you guys liked this story and if you get a chance, let me know what you think. :) As as I said above, it really does mean a lot to see that this story is still being read and enjoyed even though it's been posted for years. :)