"We shouldn't be doing this."

"Come on, Kara! It'll be fun! Please?"

And somehow Kara couldn't bring herself to argue with Alex. She'd not been on Earth for long and even though Jeremiah and Eliza had told her not to use her powers, sometimes Kara needed an escape...flying was a good escape. Following rules was important, but she knew at the same time that she and Alex didn't get a lot of time that didn't involve them being under the watchful gaze of Eliza and Jeremiah or school. This was a chance for them to go out and be free...together. As hard as being on Earth and in this new family was for Kara, it was also hard on Alex and she realized that.

"We have to be quiet," Kara whispered. "Jeremiah and Eliza can't know."

"Deal," Alex said.

Kara curiously watched Alex as she prepared the beds and after a moment, it looked like they were both asleep under their covers in their beds. Blinking for a moment, she wondered if deception was something that Alex did often when it came to her parents. Was this something that all Earth children did? On Krypton, she'd never felt the need to rebel, manipulate, or deceive her parents…

"Just in case," Alex seemed to explain as she motioned to the beds. "They'll think we're asleep if they peek in to check on us."

The two of them spent what felt like the entire night flying around. They didn't go too far, but they saw the world differently than normal. They laughed. They talked. In those moments, Kara finally felt what she thought it was like to have a true sister. The Danvers were really pushing Alex to make Kara feel like her sister and that was just not something that could be forced...for either of them.

"If you didn't have to hide your powers...who you are, what would you do?" Alex asked as they sat on a church top and just looked out at the city lights.

Kara thought about that for a long moment. It wasn't like it was a new topic, she'd thought about it before. She just thought that it made her sound ungrateful or elitist or something...something more than it felt to her. The Danvers wanted her to be normal...but the truth was...she could never be normal and Kara knew that deep down inside. "I was sent here to take care of Kal El, to protect him," she said slowly. She could see Alex nodding in the corner of her eye. "But he's grown...he doesn't need me to protect him...he protects Earth now…" Her voice trailed off and she looked over at Alex, wanting to see her reaction. "I want to do something as great as Kal El. I want to protect people. I have these powers, why is it so horrible for me to use them?"

"Because people are ignorant. They don't understand when people are different," Alex said gently. "This planet has a hard enough time dealing with living together...different skin colors, genders, cultures, religions, ages, and things that just shouldn't divide us...well, they divide us a lot. Could you imagine what would happen if you exposed yourself to the world? What people might try to do?"

Alex seemed confident in her response and thoughtful at the same time. From what Kara had learned of Earth, Alex wasn't wrong. At the same time, Alex seemed scared...scared for her. "Do you think there will ever be a time where it will be safe? Maybe where I could do good like my cousin?"

"Maybe."

Kara let that sink in. It was so odd to have such an uncertain future. She supposed that that should really be something that she should be used to. Her future had been uncertain since the moment that she was put into the pod on Krypton. "Maybe," she echoed in a whisper to herself.

The two of them flew home in silence. There had been some heavy talk, but Kara had actually felt like it had brought them closer. Sisters was still something hard to consider Alex, but it seemed possible. Kara smiled to herself at that happy thought as they gently landed on the roof outside of their bedroom window.

Alex was the first into the bedroom and came to such a quick halt that Kara nearly knocked her over as she climbed in after her. Standing in the bedroom with arms crossed were Eliza and Jeremiah and neither looked happy. "Crap," Alex mumbled.

"Alexandra!" Eliza scolded.

Kara wasn't sure if Eliza was scolding over their adventure or Alex's language. Either way, this wasn't good. It was never good when they called Alex by her full first name. "I can explain," Kara spoke up.

"I hope that you're both going to explain," Jeremiah said.

"Alex, you know better!" Eliza exclaimed upset.

"It wasn't her fault," Kara defended. "I'm the one who-"

Jeremiah just sighed and cut her off. "You're both safe, right?" They both nodded. "Did anyone see you?" They both shook their heads. "We're going to talk about this in the morning and you'll both be punished, am I understood?" They just nodded quickly. "Bed...and no more flying."

Once the door was shut, she turned to Alex. "I'm sorry."

"It's my fault," Alex insisted. She was obviously upset and frustrated with the situation.

"You're not the one who was flying," Kara pointed out.

"So, we're both to blame," Alex put it out there. Silence filled the space between them and Kara watched as Alex flopped onto her bed. "They shouldn't complain about us doing stuff together."

Kara sat on the edge of her bed, watching Alex still. "I think it's more that we were being troublesome."

"Oh, that wasn't troublesome," Alex countered as she sat back. "If they want to see troublesome...we can do that…"

"You make it sound like we should come with a warning label."

There was a beat. "Maybe we should," Alex surmised. "We're the Danvers sisters after all."