Hi again, thank you for liking this, it really makes me happy to read what you think about each chapter and this story. So, this chapter will start some days after the previous one. Also, when in the dialogue I write 'Supergirl', it means that Kara is dressed as Supergirl, I hope it's clear...
Here the 8th chapter of this story, thank you in advance if you've the time to leave a review...
What is love? Like the scientist, she's, Lena could say that love is nothing more than a mix of chemical hormones stemming from the brain, yes, that's what she would say at another time, but, now... now with Kara in her life, with a baby on the way, Lena can't define it like that anymore, no, she can't, love is something more, something deep, something...
Kara touches Lena's shoulder. - "Something in your mind...?"
Lena. - "Huh...?" (She gets back to reality and smiles, feeling the soft hand of Kara on her shoulder) "You're here..."
Kara chuckles. - "Well, yeah, this is my apartment after all..."
Lena looks around, the blonde is right, they are in Kara's apartment, how did she forget that? Does love make us stupid too? Lena asks herself that and once again she's lost on her thoughts till...
Kara sits beside her and shakes Lena's knee while she says. - "Hey!"
Lena shakes her head. - "Sorry, I spaced out again..."
Kara nods. - "Yeah, you did... you've been spacing out a lot since we left the DEO..." (She asks, with fear in her voice, she's afraid to hear the answer to her question) "Is it because you're having second thoughts about the baby...? About us...?"
Lena sees fear in the blue eyes of the blonde, Kara might be the girl of steel, but, in front of Lena Luthor, she's more fragile than a crystal glass...
Lena. - "What?! No! Of course not..."
Kara pouts sadly, looking down. - "Are you sure...?"
Lena raises Kara's chin and their eyes meet when she says. - "Kara, look at me, I'm in... 100% in with this... with us..."
The CEO smiles, she's really happy with the news, and, Kara can tell that Lena is being honest, so, that brings a big happy smile into Kara's lips...
Kara raises an eyebrow and asks. - "Then, why are you spacing out so much...?"
The CEO sighs deeply, she leans her head against the sofa where they're sitting and tells the truth...
Lena. - "I was wondering what is love...?"
Kara frowns and Lena chuckles, looking at the confused look of the blonde...
Lena. - "I don't know... It's just... growing up as a Luthor, love was never a thing that I really learned from my family..." (She looks down and says sadly) "And, I don't want to repeat that mistake with our child... with our family, but, I'm not sure what 'love' really is, so, how can I give love to our kid if I'm not capable to put it in words...?"
Kara nods, taking in everything that Lena said, she's insecure about being a good parent, she's insecure about giving the best to the child, and, Kara feels the same, she's insecure too, but, the good thing is that they can feel insecure together...
Kara reaches Lena's hand and says while she softly squeezes it. - "If you ask me, I believe love is when one person knows all of your secrets... your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows... and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you..."
Lena. - "Even if the rest of the world does...?"
Kara smiles to her and replies. - "Even if the rest of the world condemns you, I'll never do it... I could never do it..."
Lena smiles, she hugs her and says with happy tears rolling over her cheeks. - "I love you..."
Kara hugs her tight too, and mumbles. - "I love you too..."
Love is more complex of what it looks, and, these two girls know that their love will not be easy, but, love isn't something you find easily, especially a unique kind of love like theirs, so, they'll do everything to keep it alive... everything... but... will that be enough?
(Some days later, in Kara's apartment)
The blonde is starting her 8th week of the pregnancy, right now, their child is just an embryo with a strong heart beat...
Laying down on bed, Kara caresses her lower abdomen and smiles while she says. - "I can hear it..."
The CEO was the big spoon in the bed, she softly wraps her arms around the waist of the blonde who's carrying their spawn, and, the raven-haired girl smiles when she interlaces her hands with Kara, for the 1st time in her life, work has become 2nd place in Lena's life, because her 1st priority is being beside Kara, all the time she can...
Lena softly caresses Kara's lower abdomen and asks. - "Really? You can hear it already...?"
Kara snuggles into Lena's embrace and nods. - "Yeah, I can hear its heart..." (She smiles) "She or he... has a strong heart beat..."
Lena smiles, proud to know that their kid is growing strong...
Kara rolls on the bed, she faces Lena and says while she softly caresses Lena's cheek. - "I want to tell Clark and Eliza about the baby... about us..."
The CEO takes a deep breath, she knows that sooner or later she has to face them... she's not ready for it, but...
Lena gives her an eskimo kiss and says. - "We will tell them whenever you want..."
Kara. - "Really?"
Lena nods
Kara. - "If you're not ready to meet them, I can tell them alone if you want... I..."
Lena. - "No, you're not facing your family alone..." (She holds Kara into her arms and says) "You've me, and, we're going to do it together..."
Kara smiles and mutters the word 'together'... she has always taken care of the world by herself, so, it's nice to realize that she's not doing this alone... she's not longer alone...
Some days later, that same week, they program a family dinner. Clark is the 1st one to arrive, and, let's say that he's far of looking happy when he sees the young Luthor inside... and, he looks less than happy when Kara introduces Lena as the love of her life...
Lena shakes the fear away and says while she stretches her hand towards Superman. - "Hi Clark, nice to see you again..."
Clark hesitates on shaking hands with her, but, Loise throws him an elbow, pushing him to do it, so, he just fakes a smile and shakes hands with the Luthor. It was a strong shake, and, it hurt a little, but, Lena wasn't going to show fear, or, pain. She's strong, and, she's more than decided to prove that she's strong enough to protect and take care of Kara and the baby...
Lena smirks. - "You'll need more than a strong shake of hands to scare me off, Clark..."
They exchange challenging looks, neither Loise or Kara knows what to say or what to do, so, good thing that Eliza arrives... just in time...
Eliza enters and hugs Lena with lots of affection. - "Oh, Lena! I'm so happy to meet you!"
Lena blushes, she has imagined this 1st encounter in so many ways... but, not like this...
Alex steps in, behind Eliza, and says. - "Mom, stop it, you're making her feel uncomfortable..."
Eliza breaks the hug and asks. - "Am I making you feel uncomfortable...?"
Lena shakes the blush of her cheeks and chuckles. - "No, no, no... I... I... I'm just not familiar with that kind of affective greeting... that's all..."
Eliza - "Well, you better get familiar with it, because, I'm so happy with the news of the baby..." (She says with a pitched voice) "You're making me a grandma! And, I'm so happy that I could kiss you right now... Oh, what the hell! I'm gonna kiss you!"
Eliza kisses Lena's cheeks and the CEO blushes, Lena stays stiff, still processing everything that Eliza just said...
Clark frowns. - "Baby...?! What baby...?!"
Superman is not the only one shocked by Eliza's words, Lena & Kara can't believe how Eliza knows about it, but, then, when they see how the older Danvers is looking at the ceiling, they get a hint of how the information got infiltrated...
Kara. - "Alex!"
Alex has no clue of how defends herself, but, thanks God that her girlfriend just arrived in time to do it for her...
Maggie. - "Hey, little Danvers easy, there, it's not Alex's fault that Eliza read your medical file without authorization..."
Kara looks at her foster mom and says. - "You did what...?"
Eliza crosses her arms above her chest and says. - "Don't look at me like that, I did nothing wrong... I was just looking after my kid..."
Alex mutters. - "And, by that, you just flout the confidentiality between doctor and patient..."
Eliza rolls her eyes, she can't believe that her own daughter is lecturing her...
Clark. - "You're having a baby...?" (He waves his finger between Kara & Lena and asks) "The two of you...? Together...?" (He looks at Kara in disbelief and says) "You're forming a family with her?! With a Luthor?!"
Lena wants to act strong and confident, but, one part of her, it will always fear of falling short of what it means being Kara's partner, but, those fears vanish when...
Kara stands up in front of Clark and says. - "Yes!" (She holds Lena's hand and says very proud) "I'm choosing Lena as my partner, as the mother of my kids, as the love of my life, and, if you don't like it, well that's your problem, not mine..."
Lena smiles
Clark. - "She's a Luthor..."
Kara. - "She's more than a Luthor... she's Lena..."
Once again, Lena smiles, no one has ever defended her like Kara, and, she couldn't feel more in love with her than now...
Clark opens his mouth, he was planning to say one piece of his mind, but, before he could say a word...
Eliza. - "Clark, come with me for a second, let's have a little chat outside..." (She grabs him by the arm and walks him out the apartment for a moment) "We will be back in a moment..."
What that little chat was about? No one knows, but, whatever was, the pep talk that Eliza gave him, it changed it... everything...
They walk in, again, and Clark says with open arms and a genuine smile...
Clark. - "Lena! Welcome to the family!"
Lena frowns. - "What?!" (Clark hugs her tightly and Lena pats Clark's back when she says) "Oh, okay..."
Eliza. - "Good! Now, that everyone is in a good mood, let's eat, should we...?"
From that point, the dinner went very smoothly, even with the sarcastic comments of Alex...
Alex raises an eyebrow. - "If you keep eating like this, I really believe you'll win some extra weight...?"
Kara pouts with the mouth full of food. - "And, that's bad...?"
Lena kisses Kara's cheek and says. - "Of course it's not bad, darling, you should eat without worries of getting extra weight..."
Kara pouts. - "You'll love me even if I get fat...?"
Lena holds Kara's hand and smiles. - "No matter how many extra pounds you get, I'll always love you..."
The raven-haired kisses Kara's hand, and, the blonde giggles with blush like a teen in love...
Loise. - "Awww... you're adorable, I can't wait to see how you act on your wedding..."
Kara & Lena say at the unison. - "Wedding...?"
Clark nods. - "Yeah, wedding..." (He asks with a serious look towards the CEO) "Because you will marry my little cousin, right? You'll make an official commitment with her right...?"
Lena opens her mouth and thinks about it, yes, marriage was something she was planning to do, but, she wasn't sure how doing it just yet, but, she was sure that she couldn't say that now... the young Luthor doesn't know how to reply, so, once again, Eliza steps in to her rescue...
Eliza - "Clark, don't put more pressure on them, they've plenty on their hands with a child, whatever they decide to do: marriage or not, it's up to them, and, we should be okay with it..."
Kara smiles, she mutters a thank you to Eliza because she always knows what to say, except, when she says...
Eliza - "Changing the subject... how many grandkids I can expect from the two of you...?"
Lena raises an eyebrow and blushes - "Huh...?"
Kara replies with a smile - "10!"
Lena and the rest of the people at the table say at the unison. - "WHAT?! 10?!"
Kara feels all the eyes on her and says. - "Why are you looking at me like that...? There's nothing wrong with wanting a big family..."
Alex. - "A big family is 4 kids... 10, it's a volleyball team, Kara..." (She looks at the astonished face of Lena and teases her) "But, anyway, Lena has the money to feed 10 little Karas, right...?"
Alex pats Lena's back and now the ball is on her hands. 10... not 2 or 3... 10! Lena can't imagine how the hell Kara can picture a life with so many kids, but, then, when Kara stares at her, when Kara looks at her with deer's eyes, Lena can't say no... but, she doesn't say 'yes' either till...
Maggie teases - "Please Alex, Lena may be rich, but, she's not that rich... I mean, do you see how much Kara eats? 10 kids would eat the entire fortune of Lena in a blink of an eye... nahhh... Lena can't handle so many kids..."
Maggie's teaser comment, it hit Lena's pride and the raven-haired girl replies...
Lena says very confident of herself - "Excuse me detective, but, I'm more than capable to procure food and anything else to, as many kids, as Kara wants to have!"
Maggie and Alex just exchanged looks, Lena has no idea of what she said till...
Kara hugs Lena and says - "Great! So, maybe we should consider to have 20, then..."
Everyone says in shock. - "20?!"
Alex smirks. - "Okay, now you passed from a volleyball team to a football team..."
Kara giggles, and, Lena just become very pale... 20 kids... 20! Lena gulps hard, she's not feeling confident with having a big family, but, when she closes her eyes and just for a brief moment, she pictures herself with lots of mini Karas, the CEO smiles, feeling better, picturing her life filled with little sunshine kids, just like, Kara... now, the number 20 doesn't feel that bad after all...
And, just like that they survived their 1st family dinner...
(Later in bed)
Lena asks while she makes the bed for them. - "Do you really want to have 20 kids...?"
Kara pouts while she thinks about it and says. - "Well, I really want a big family, I grew up alone in Kripton, and that felt sad, but, then when arrived on Earth and I got Alex as a sister, it felt good, it felt right... so... at least I would like 2 kids..." (She looks at her abdomen and thinking about their 1st child, she says) "Our kid should have the joy of having a brother or a sister don't you think...?"
Lena chuckles and nods. 2... even 3, that's a number that she can handle...
Kara lays down on bed and says. - "We can do this... right? Being a parent...?"
The CEO gets in bed with the blonde, she softly interlaces their fingers together and says with a big smile...
Lena. - "Of course we can do this!" (She kisses Kara's cheek) "But, there are some things we need to discuss..."
The blonde rolls over and she stays on her left side, looking at Lena in the eyes...
Kara. - "Things to discuss...? Like, what?"
Lena brushes Kara's hair behind her ear and says. - "Well... for starters, you can't be Supergirl while you're pregnant..."
Kara frowns and sits on the bed when she says in shock. - "WHAT?! No way! I..."
Lena sits too, she holds Kara's hands and pleads. - "You are pregnant, and, yes, you're the girl of steel, but, our child has 50% of my DNA, so he or she... it's not made of steel, as well as you..."
Kara sighs heavily, she doesn't want to stop being a hero, but, Lena makes a valid point, they don't know how strong or not, the little kid will be, and, the last thing Kara wants, it's to put their child at risk...
Lena. - "According to the A.I. holographic form of the DEO, Kriptonians's pregnancy, it takes just 7 months, but, for humans, it's 9 months, so maybe your due date will be in between since the kid is half a human and half a kriptonian..." (Sighs) "The city can survive a few months without Supergirl..."
Kara sighs. - "I don't know..."
Lena. - "I know I'm asking a lot, but..."
Kara looks down and says while she hears the heartbeat of the baby. - "But, it's for our kid..."
Lena nods...
Kara mumbles. - "I could be very careful when I'm Supergirl, I could..."
Lena. - "You could get hurt, and, maybe you'll be okay, but, our child..." (She sighs and softly puts her hand over Kara's belly) "I... I don't want to really risk it, don't you think the same...?"
Kara sighs, her maternal instict, it tells her one thing, but, her hero's instinct tells her another thing...
Lena. - "Besides, when the pregnancy progresses, you can't go around the city, dressed as Supergirl, people will notice your belly and..."
Kara mumbles. - "And my enemies will find out I'm having a child, and, they could..."
Lena. - "They could come after him or her..."
Kara sighs heavily, she knows the risks, and, talking about it, it makes them so real that she's more than worried, now...
Lena caresses Kara's cheek and says. - "Hey, hey, I'm not telling you this to worry you, I'm just saying that we should put our kid as our priority... at least for now..."
Kara looks at her in the eyes and says. - "Does that mean that you'll stop working so much...?"
Lena chuckles. - "Darling, I'm already doing it, the last couple of weeks, I've spent more time in this apartment with you, than in my office..."
The blonde giggles, happy, she knows that Lena is telling the truth...
Kara leans her head over Lena's chest and says while she hugs her. - "Fine, I'll take a time off, if you promise to take a time off too, just like you're doing right now..."
Lena smiles and says while she hugs Kara with lots of love. - "I'm already looking for an interim CEO, someone to handle the company while I'm taking care of you..."
The blonde smiles, she's happy with the news, but, then, she remembers something and asks...
Kara. - "Wait a moment, weren't you working on a confidential project with someone...? I remember you said that it was important..."
Lena nods. - "It was... It's, but..."
Kara. - "But...?"
Lena softly tastes Kara's lips and says with a big seductive smile. - "But you're more important than any project I could have..."
Kara giggles and she just hugs Lena's neck, pushing her against the bed, and filling it with kisses till both fall asleep. That night, Lena had a dream about their future, about their possible big family, and, that dream, it put Lena to think, so, some days after...
(At a house)
Kara. - "You bought us a house...?!"
Lena. - "Are you mad...?"
Kara looks around and says. - "No, I'm not mad, I'm just... I'm just..." (She looks at the kitchen and says, amazed) "Wow, that fridge is huge..."
Lena smiles and she gives Kara a tour of what she expects, it will be their new home...
Kara smiles. - "I like this house, the rays of the sun are strongest in the room of the baby, that's good..."
Lena smiles. - "I know, I really tried to find something in a really good location where the bright light of the sun could come into the house, at any moment..."
Kara smiles and closes her eyes, while she stays close to the big window, the rays of the sun touch her skin and Kara could feel how good this was for her and the baby...
Lena looks at her and mutters. - "So beautiful..."
Kara turns towards Lena and asks. - "Did you say something...?"
Lena chuckles and shakes her head. - "Nothing important... anyway, we can make all the changes you want, we can do whatever you want..."
Kara. - "Whatever I want...?"
Lena nods
Kara smiles. - "Then... when we can move in...?"
The CEO smiles, creating a family was never one of Lena's goals, but now, there's nothing else she desires more than this...
Lena hugs Kara and says. - "I'll take good care of you and our family... I promise..."
Kara nods and smiles. - "I know..."
A promise wasn't enough, that's what the CEO thinks, so, she breaks the hug and knees in one knee...
Kara mumbles in shock. - "What are you doing...?!"
Lena smiles and shows off a beautiful ring. - "Kara, will you...?"
The blonde doesn't let her finish her sentence when she throws herself into Lena's arms and says loudly. - "Yes!"
Lena smiles happily, feeling like the most lucky person in the world, and, she's not the only one feeling like that, Kara smiles and she buries her face in Lena's neck, breathing the nice aroma of the raven-haired woman... nothing can ruin this moment, nothing... but...
(In a space ship)
Rhea groans angrily. - "How she dares?! How does Lena Luthor dare to walk away from this project?! MY project!" (She tears apart the entire command room, she's furious till she realizes something) "Well, if Lena doesn't feel motivated enough to collaborate with me, then, maybe I just need to give her an incentive..." (She looks at the newspaper cover of Catco and smirks while she reads) "Lena Luthor getting engaged with the journalist Kara Danvers..." (devious smirk) "And, I think I know where I can find that incentive..."
They say life is full of surprises. That our dreams really can come true. Then again, so can our nightmares. And Lena has no idea of what Rhea is capable to do... Waiting for the fallout...
