Lois walked out of the bathroom with the timer in her hand. Clark stood up and walked over to his wife wrapping her in a hug. For over a year they this had become a monthly ritual…and for over a year it had ended in disappointment.

Lois had always been so regular and as soon as they started trying to get pregnant her period started playing hide and go seek. Every month on the day she should start Clark would run to the store and buy a test and they would sit anxiously awaiting the news hoping this time would be different, and every time it was negative.

"I really feel like this could be it," Clark said as he rocked Lois back and forth in his arms.

"Clark we agreed no more of that. We have to try not to get our hopes up. I mean, this may never happen," Lois said. She felt like a hypocrite for telling Clark not to get excited when she had secretly started thinking of names and ways to tell their family and friends they were having a baby. It was just that the look on Clark's face when they saw the negative results every month broke her heart.

"I am not getting my hopes up. I am just trying to be positive. How long has it been?"

"About a minute," Lois said looking at the time. After a few months of looking at the test before the maximum time was up, throwing it away and then convincing herself she needed to look again because it may have not been enough time, Los had learned to set a timer and leave the bathroom. Watching the stick not get a line in the right window was just to hard to watch.

Clark hoped that the test would be pregnant. He wanted nothing more than to start a family with Lois and he knew it meant a lot to her too. He knew that Lois would never regret their life together whether they had a baby or not, but he felt bad knowing that he was probably the reason they could not seem to get pregnant.

Jor-el had said that Lois would not have any additional risks carrying his child than she would have with any other man, but that the chance of them actually conceiving was not as good as it would be with another human for Lois or another Kryptonian for Clark.

Lois's stomach was turning and she felt like she might throw up. She hoped that was a good sign, but assumed it was probably just her nerves.

Lois and Clark had tried every trick their was to conceive a baby. Lois kept track of her cycle, checked her temperature every morning, practically stood on her head after her and Clark had made love, and even gave up caffeine. She exercised regularly and ate healthy, but nothing seemed to change anything.

As the timer finally went of Clark and Lois looked at each other as they stood up and walked into the bathroom hand in hand.

"You look," Lois said closing her eyes and squeezing Clark's hand tightly.