CHAPTER 2

A few weeks after Kara had moved in Alex had realised that having a sister wasn't as easy as she thought it would be.

It wasn't sharing her bedroom or her stuff, she was enjoying teaching her foster sister the names of everyday items. In turn Kara was teaching her the Kryptonian names. The issue was she was running out of reasons to out hang out with her friends. Of course they understood her having to hang out with her new sister the first week or so but her mom expected her to spend all her time with Kara.

The young Kryptonian still broke things but it was happening less due to Alex spending hours sitting with her while she held balloons learning how much pressure she could apply before they popped. The loud bang was helping her not to react at sudden loud noises. The first time they'd made popcorn Kara had hid under the table.

Her dad had set time aside each day to help focus Kara's super hearing. After the popcorn incident Alex had got her foster sister to concentrate on her voice. That helped.

At the moment they were sat on the floor of their room passing a red balloon back and forth, Kara was counting out loud.

"Nin…nine….teen."

Alex grinned that was a new record.

BANG!

Kara jumped and slumped over backwards.

"Almost," chuckled Alex, "We'll hit twenty next time." She got a grunt in response.

"You're doing great."

"Not."

"Yes."

"No."

Both girls laughed as Kara sat up. "Th….thanks." Her English was improving with leaps and bounds. She did tend to stutter on the first sound of some words but it would stop with practice. It was beyond frustrating to understand everything said around her and not be able to reply or join in.

On Krypton families never had more than one child unless they were lucky enough to have twins, like her mother and Aunt Astra.

Alex loved reading stories about other planets once Kara had been shown how to use a computer. She didn't ask about Krypton in case it upset the younger girl.

And Kara didn't mention it either because she still felt ill when she thought about her parents or her home planet, she had no idea why. The two girls had the same bedtime as Kara got a huge energy boost every morning.

Alex knew Kara wasn't sleeping very well, but the bond girl had asked her not to tell her parents, the blond girl didn't want to be a bother. Alex was a light sleeper and woke when Kara would get up to find another book to read under the covers with a flashlight.

A few hours after the older Danvers sister had fallen asleep she woke suddenly and glanced over as she heard a quiet sob. Instantly she was out of bed. Kara's head was buried in her pillow.

"Hey, it's ok." She said softly as she rubbed her foster sister's back. "Bad dream?"

Kara shook her head.

"Homesick?"

Kara said something in Kryptonian then switched to English, "Miss them."

Alex sat with Kara until she calmed down. It was the first time that the young girl had grieved for what she had lost.

The next night Kara had her first nightmare, the fact that the blond girl had rushed to the bathroom before she was sick scared her. Kryptonian's did not get ill. Alex followed and rubbed her back she wanted to get her parents but Kara didn't want her to leave, she was in no way prepared to deal with what Kara told her. She couldn't even begin to comprehend what seeing her whole world explode killing everyone she'd ever known.

Alex hugged Kara tightly, it was the only thing she could think to do. In the morning she would go with Kara to tell her parents. She wondered if Kara crying the night before had somehow triggered the memories of Krypton.

Kara was grateful that Alex had told them about her nightmare. Though she felt awkward about waking them next time she had one. Alex solved that problem as she always woke up too and Kara was happy to snuggle until she felt better, she'd even suggested listening to her heartbeat until she slept.

Even with the nightmares Jeremiah started taking her out to the store and the whole family went to the beach at the weekends.

Kara loved the beach and the ocean, especially the seagulls there were no birds on her planet. Sometimes some of Alex's friends would be there too and she went off to hang out with them. Alex knew some of them thought her sister was retarded or had something wrong with her and it made her mad because she couldn't explain how smart Kara actually was.

Eliza still wanted her older daughter to spend time with the young girl but Kara knew how much she was giving up being her friend.

It took nearly two months for the two girls to be allowed out by themselves. Kara could go without her headphones now and only carried them in case she got overwhelmed. And the glasses that Jeremiah worked wonders at keeping her x-ray vision in check. He worked with her to learn how to control her powers. Although he didn't want her using them it was better that she knew how. Just in case. It also gave her more data on Kryptonian's and a comparison between her and her cousin.

Those were the only times Alex wasn't happy with the new edition to the family. That time she used to spend with her dad now it was all Kara. Her head might understand that her sister needed the training but it didn't mean it hurt less.

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Kara was sat slumped on the wooden garden bench in their back garden terrified that Alex would hate her. One minute they were enjoying an afternoon at the beach the next she'd heard a crash from the road parallel and had ran off to help. She had saved a lady and her baby from a burning vehicle before it exploded, but Alex had been hurt.

Jeremiah sat down next to her, "Alex needs a few stitches but she'll be fine."

Kara exhaled with relief.

"The things you can do make you special but it can be dangerous. People don't know how a little girl pulled off that rescue, we said you were lucky that reason will work once. Earth already has a Superman. All you need to be is Kara Danvers."

Kara nodded, she was dreading Alex coming home.

The entire ride home from the hospital Alex was lectured about keeping her sister's powers a secret so by the time she went upstairs she was angry.

"I am so s..sorry," said Kara tearfully, her eyes zeroing on the white bandage on her arm. "I'll d…do anything."

Alex couldn't be mad at the younger girl ad opened her arms for a hug.

Kara loved cuddles and hugs. Once she was confident that she wouldn't hurt the person she wanted to touch, there was no stopping her. After her mom's lecture Alex was feeling more than a little rebellious. If she was getting blamed for something she did not do, why not do something that deserved it'

"Take me flying?"

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The next school semester Kara started school, some of the kids thought she was strange but Alex kept an eye on her as much as she could. The youngest Danvers loved history and Art because both were so completely different from what she had done back in Argos City. She hated science and maths though she found them relatively easy here. Her foster parents had told her to hide how smart she was, though she often helped Alex with her homework. She took her own lunch every day as she ate way more than an average teenager, to make it not so noticeable she had lots of energy bars.

Kara was beginning to sleep through the night with not as many nightmares. Listening to her sister's heartbeat was better than counting sheep.

The sister's went flying nearly every week until some men in black uniforms had shown up at the door. Jeremiah and Eliza had sent them up to bed and made them promise not to listen. Afterwards they were grounded and made Kara promise never to use her powers again. Soon after Jeremiah changed jobs and was hardly ever home.

Kara knew how much Alex missed he dad and had no idea how to make it up to her. It came to a head when Alex snapped at her for having to miss a party because she needed to watch Kara when Eliza was out.

"I'm sorry," said Kara quietly. "Kal should have left me someplace else."

Alex glanced into the expressive blue tear filled eyes. She loved having Kara, everything was better because she could share it. "Kara no, it's not your fault. I asked YOU to take me flying."

"But we carried on…."

"Exactly WE did." Alex sat on her bed and patted the spot next to her.

Kara sat down and tensed when Alex wrapped her arm around her.

"I'm glad you're here. Yes things are different bit they're a good kind of different."

"Really?"

"Kara Danvers you are my sister and I love you."

The Kryptonian's breath hitched, the last person to say that to her was Alura right before putting her in the pod. "I…love you too."

TBC…

A/N. Hi thanks for reading. Next chapter introduces Lena ;). I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review . Have fun. Stay tuned. T-Rex