Chapter 4:I'm here for you
Both Kara and Mon-El's pasts
Mon-El didn't grow up in a very supportive family. He grew up in a house where the parents were always fighting, where the golden older brother used to secretly take drugs, where he was always alone. He was the big disappointment. Nothing he ever did was good enough for them.
He was depressed and alone, so he didn't know why when he came home one day with his baby in his arms, he had a little hope that maybe they'll be there for him. But no, he was met with anger, yelling, abandonment and disappointment. Again.
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Her whole life changed in one second. Her parents left her at home alone to go to the library to buy her some stuff because she wanted to make a beautiful drawing because she was bored alone, she was the only child after all. She didn't expect to open the door to find a stranger man wearing a police uniform, with a really sad and hurt expression on his face.
"Kara Danvers?" he asked.
"Yes, can I help you officer?" She asked with a frown in her face.
He gulped and looked down "There-there was an accident. And-and I'm so so sorry to inform you that your parents...they- they didn't…" he couldn't finish. How could he tell that to a 12 year old girl?
Kara was confused for a second, until she finally understood what he was trying to say. She was shocked. She stood still there, not moving, shock clear on her face.
A few seconds later, tears started streaming down her face. She started breathing heavily and screaming and crying "No, no! No! NO! NOO! This can't be happening! NO! There must be a mistake! No no no please…" She felt the officer's hands around her, trying to calm her down "No…" She said through her sobs "This is my fault...this is my fault… they were doing this for me! Cause I was bored...no… I killed them! I killed them! I killed them…"
They're gone. And she was all alone now.
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Present
It's been 3 weeks since Kara met Mon-El and became really close and good friends with him. She felt young and free with him, something she didn't feel in a long time.
They were sitting on her couch watching a movie and eating ice cream when Mon-El decided to speak "So, Kai has this soccer game tomorrow morning, and he would absolutely love for you both to come." he said with a smile on his face "What do you say?"
"Yeah! Sure, why not? We would love to come and see him beating the other team."
Mon-El smiles at that and slowly said "Great, and I-I was thinking, that maybe we can go and have lunch together after that."
Kara blushed. She didn't know exactly why she was blushing but she could feel the heat in her cheeks. She nodded and agreed with a adorable shy grin on her cute little face.
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Past
He knocked on the door. He has been standing there for almost 20 minutes coming up with ways to tell his family why is he holding a baby in his arms.
When the door opened, the disappointed figure of his mother appeared behind it "Mon-El, you've been writing this novel for months and it's terrible! It's not- what's that?!" She asked with a confused look when she saw Kai.
Mon-El gulped "Mother, thi-this is...Kai. My...my, my son."
She stared at him before she calmly -yet clearly angry- said "Excuse me? You son? What?!"
"Imra found out that she was pregnant but now she doesn't want him-"
"Yeah we don't want him either. Give him to adoption or something but I will not have another one if your mistakes and disappointments in this house!"
"What?! No mother, I'm not abandoning him! He's my son!"
"Mon-El you're 20 years old! Do you expect to raise a child alone when you also have college?"
"No, cause I won't be raising him alone, I have you guys." he said hope in his eyes.
She stared at him then started laughing "You-you expect us to take care if him? To take care of your stupid mistake?"
Here we go again, mistake. He is NOT a mistake. He was beautiful and strong and he was…his son. How could she say that about her grandson? How could she abandon him? Well, she barely cares about her own son -not the golden one but the failure- so he shouldn't have been so surprised.
He won't abandon him. No. He doesn't need them. He could take care of him on his own. He took care of himself most of his life anyways.
But she was right, how could he take care of his baby while going to college?
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It has been days since she was adopted by the Danvers. They were nice people, and by nice people she meant Elisa and Jeremiah, Alex? Not so much. She secretly liked her but she would never tell her that. But after a while, and after an accident that happened at their new school, thing between them we're getting better. They didn't fight to who's gonna enter the bathroom first in the morning. They didn't fight about keeping the light on at night. They didn't fight about who takes the garbage everyd- okay that's not completely true but that's not the point.
After time, she really loved her sister that has always been there for her.
And now they are adults and their love is just getting stronger and stronger everyday, but what will Alex's reaction be when she comes home one night to find her sister in the floor crying? To find out that she's pregnant? To find out that her boyfriend and father if her baby just left her? Left them...
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Present
"Come on sweetie, wake up." Kara said gently shaking her daughter.
"You waking me up? That's new." the little girl said with a sleepy voice. "Why? What changed today?"
"Today is Kai's soccer game, so can you please wake up?"
"Kai? Okay? I don't care, I don't like Kai."
Kara looked at her and raised her eyebrows "You Love Kai, so please just get up." She said before running to prepare breakfast.
One hour later, they were dressed and ready to go to address that Mon-El sent.
When they arrived, they found a small football yard with the kids preparing. "Hey!" Kara screamed when she saw Mon-El.
As soon as he turned around, his face lit up, and he smiled his cute and usual charming smile "Hi." he hugged her and then kneeled down to hug Eve "Hey Supergirl."
"I missed you Monny." She said adorably "But I hope Kai loses."
Mon-El laughed and shrugged.
After a few seconds, Kai noticed his fans or "the Kaineses" as he liked to call them, so he waved at them screaming "Hey Kara! Oh, and hey princess."
Eve's face turned red at that and she exploded "I AM NOT A PRINCESS! PRINCESSES WEAR DRESSES AND CROWNS! DO YOU SEE ME WEARING DRESSES AND CROWNS?! I AM WEARING SOME JEANS WITH A SWEATSHIRT! NOT WHAT PRINCESSES WEAR! SO I AM NOT A PRINCESS!"
Kai just stared at her before he started laughing. He absolutely loved making her angry -and she secretly loved being mad at him, but she will never tell him that- She looked like a crazy old lady mad about the kids stealing her stuff.
The game started. Kara and Mon-El were cheering and laughing while Eve was still glaring angrily at young Kai playing.
The game ended with Kai's team winning 3-1 with 2 points by Kai.
"Good job little champion!" Mon-El said high fiving his son.
"Yeah you did great Kai."
"Thank you Kara."
Mon-El then turned around to look at the young blonde "So you promised me...dinner on me?"
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Past
It's been two months with Mon-El taking care of Kai, but now, he's gonna start college. He had no money for the babysitter, he barely managed to make a little bit of money with helping people by lifting heavy stuff. His parents left him, with no money, with no help, without anything. He had to survive and feed his son, so he worked hard everyday for hours. The money that his grandfather left for him when he passed away was left for college. But he decided to use a little bit of it anyway for a babysitter, he had no other choice.
It has been a couple of weeks and Mon-El has barely seen his son. He wakes up early in the morning, prepare Kai's milk, then say goodbye at tag babysitter's house. Then he comes back an hour before Kai's sleep time, so he didn't notice any symptoms like coughing, fever, shortness of breath. So he was shocked when he was sitting in class and got a phone call from Ruby, the babysitter, telling him that his son may have pneumonia.
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She held her head in her arms "Shh… Kara please tell me what's wrong."
Kara was still crying and sobbing uncontrollably. Alex was getting really worried. She has never seen Kara this much sad, this much...terrified. She had fear and disappointment and sadness in her eyes.
After a few minutes, she finally let some words out between her sobs "He-h-he left…"
Alex was confused, did she mean James? Why would James leave her? They were doing fine.
"He-he left-us…"
Okay, it's James… but again why would James leave her? Wait… Did she just say leave us?
"Kara? Leave who?" Alex asked still holding her.
"Kara then looked up at her and slowly put her shaking hand on her belly.
Alex's eyes widened when she understood what was happening. Kara is pregnant. And when she told James about it, he was scared and left her-them.
Okay, he is an ass.
"Oh god, Kara. I'm so sorry."
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Present
"So, what do you wanna have for lunch guys?" Mom-El asked while driving Kara's car.
"PIZZA!"
"PIZZA!"
The two little kids screamed at the same time. Kara and Mon-El looked at each other, they knew that if they don't do as their kids say, they will be murdered very soon.
Kara sighed "Okay, pizza it is."
They arrived at the restaurant and sat in the little booth in the corner.
"So Kara, how do you like your pizza?"
"Uhh, with pineapples."
Mon-El looked up at her and then down again grinning before he said "You are my soulmate." His eyes then widened and his face turned red like a cherry "I mean- yeah me too I'll-I'll just go and order them…"
Kara smiled at him, he was just so cute when he was awkward.
They were eating and talking and laughing, joking around but then talk about their past. It was really nice to open up to each other, and get to know about each other even more. The kids barely ate, they were fighting most of the time. But then they got up to play together, progress.
On their way back, the car was filled with laughter. They were all so tired but yet so happy. He just made her laugh so easily and so naturally.
She dropped him at his place before hugging him and saying goodbye. He has became one of her best friends only in a few weeks. But she felt like she knew him for 20 years. She just knew that no matter what, he'll always be there for her.
When they arrived at her loft, she changed into he pajamas, kissed Eve goodnight and went to bed. But the a text was sent from Mon-El: "Today was amazing. I had a really nice time with you Kara *heart emoji*.
She smiled a really genuine smile and texted him back "Yeah me too. Hope we will have more days like that."
"Oh yeah, don't worry about that. Goodnight Kara."
"Goodnight Mon-El" she typed before she turned off her phone and put it on her heart with a smile on her face.
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Past
Guilt. The word to describe how he felt. He felt a lot of things: disappointment, sadness, anger, fear… But most of all, guilt.
They went to see a doctor, and Kai is struggling with pneumonia. He was been treated well, and he was going to be okay but still, guilt. His son was so sick and he wasn't even there with him when he was in pain. He left him to go and sit in some classes and enjoy his time with his friends. He was having fun while his little boy was in so much pain. And he felt guilty. He wasn't there for him, and he more than anyone knows how does that feel, and it really hurts. Kai is still a baby but he doesn't want to leave his son.
That's it. Being in that college and having really boring classes and having fun with friends isn't more important than Kai having a father.
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After a few hours, Kara calmed down and sat on the couch next to her sister "Kara, I-I'm sorry. How long?"
"9 weeks." Kara said in a low voice.
"I'm so sorry sweetie. I know that this is so hard for you but I'm here. And I will always be here. Always. And I'm sure mom will be supportive. And you also have Winn. You have all of us here by your side and we will always stay. You don't need him."
At that tears filled Kara's eyes again, and when Alex noticed she hold her head in her hands to make her sister look at her and said "Hey, listen to me. He doesn't deserve you, okay? You're so much better than him. And you know what? This is for the best cause this showed what kind of man he is. He's a coward. And you don't want that as the father of your baby. And again, I'm always here for you. And I will never, ever, leave you. You know that, right?"
Kara sniffed and said "Yeah." before she fell asleep in her sister's arms.
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