Alex smiled as she watched Maggie and Riley sleeping. They'd eventually taken Riley back through to her cot but she'd woken up again and wouldn't settle, so Alex had brought her back through to their room, it being the middle of the night and everyone wishing for sleep. Alex woke like always first. It was a little later than she'd usually wake but that was understandable given she'd been up with Riley most of the night. She was still lying in the bed, popped up by her elbow, her head resting on her hand as she watched Maggie sleeping, all curled up with Riley cocooned into her. Alex was disturbed from watching her two greatest loves, when she heard the doorbell ringing, before she heard the sounds of Kara's voice. She sighed lightly as she got out of the bed and walked out of the room and down the stairs, brushing through her bed hair with her fingers. "I am going to take that key off you." Alex mumbled as she saw Kara loitering about in the hallway.
"No you're not," Kara followed her into the kitchen. "You love it when I turn up unannounced." Kara grinned as she picked up a banana from the fruit bowl and peeled it open.
"Hmm," Alex raised her eyebrows as she put a pod into the coffee machine and put a coffee mug underneath. "You want a coffee?" Alex asked but Kara shook her head as she took a bite of the banana.
"Don't tell me you were still in bed?" Kara questioned, Alex of course still in her pyjamas. "It's almost 9am." Kara sounded surprised. Alex was always an early riser and she knew Riley usually woke up at 7.
"Well for one it's a Sunday morning," Alex muttered. "And I was kept awake all night." Alex yawned as she rubbed her hands over her face.
"Oh, Rao please tell me it was your daughter and not your wife you are talking about here." Kara screwed her face up, not sure she wanted to know that information.
"Yes, it was Riley," Alex answered. "She is cutting more teeth."
"Ahh," Kara exhaled. "So how come Maggie gets to sleep in with her?" Kara questioned. "Maggie is always the one who gets to sleep in." Kara noted.
"Because she is a cranky little thing if she doesn't get enough sleep," Alex told her and Kara laughed as she walked over to the bin and discarded her banana skin before she opened the fridge and took out a yoghurt before she grabbed a spoon.
"That's an awfully healthy breakfast for you," Alex noted as she picked up her coffee and took a drink of it, leaning herself against the worktop. Kara glared at her sister in response. "So, what's up?" Alex knew there was a reason for Kara's early morning visit.
"I eh…." Kara bit her lip. "I went over to Lena's last night after dealing with the alien." Kara spoke quietly.
Alex raised her eyebrows at her sister. "And how did it go?" Alex questioned, knowing Lena was mad for Kara not even telling her she'd be late.
"We had wine and potstickers and watched Pitch Perfect and most of the second one." Kara told her. She was trying to stay casual when she spoke but she couldn't help getting a grin on her face.
"Oh God that is such a you movie," Alex laughed. "You made her sit through both?" Alex questioned. "Poor Lena."
"Pitch Perfect is awesome," Kara gasped. "I cannot wait for the third one to come out."
"They are making a third one?" Alex questioned and Kara nodded, a grin on her face as she was clearly excited for the third movie. "Anyways, uhm….how did your date go?" Alex questioned, keen to know both how the date went and what Kara was thinking.
"It was good, really good," Kara couldn't wipe the smile off her face. "Eh, we are going to have a second date," Kara said, Alex smiling at seeing how happy her sister looked at this. "We haven't arranged it yet but I left last night uhm, saying we would arrange another so…" Kara trailed off. "Yeah." The smile was still on her face.
"Well I'm pleased you are getting back out into the dating world and Lena does seem lovely, so…I'm happy for you," Alex told her, Kara still smiling as she ate the yoghurt. "But what does this mean for you? I mean are you…." Alex trailed off, letting a puff of air escape between her lips. "Do you think you are gay? Or?" Alex bit her lip. She wasn't really good at working out the sexual orientations of people and even Maggie, who seemed to get it pretty spot on, didn't think Kara was gay, but she was clearly feeling something for Lena.
Kara took a deep breath, feeling herself shaking. "I think I am bisexual," It was the first time she'd said this out loud. "It's not like I didn't enjoy being with guys and I find them attractive, but Lena is….." Kara exhaled loudly. "She is gorgeous and kissing her just felt so right." Kara felt her heart flutter at the thought of kissing Lena.
"Ah so there was a kiss eh?" Alex teased her sister.
"There might have been a couple," Kara murmured almost shyly as Alex raised her eyebrows. "Uhm…but it scares me right now to think that one day it's going to -"
"Kara," Alex interrupted. "Don't worry about that right now," Alex told her, knowing exactly what was on her sister's mind. "You've been on one date," Alex reminded her. "So just, take it date by date and things will happen when they are supposed to and more importantly, when you are ready for them too." Alex said, Kara pursing her lips as she exhaled lightly.
"Yeah sorry, I just..." Kara trailed off, taking a deep breath.
"I know," Alex walked over to her sister and rubbed her arm. She knew what Kara was feeling and thinking right now, or least she had an idea. She wasn't saying it was the same for everyone but she'd been through this already. "But you've already admitted you have feelings for her, you've just came out to me as bi and you are planning a second date with a lovely woman, so I'd say you are doing pretty okay with this so far." Alex kept rubbing her arm as she spoke.
"Yeah?" Kara questioned.
"Mmm." Alex nodded.
"Maybe pretty soon we can have some double dates," Kara suggested. "If things go well with me and Lena." Kara added, her lips pursing.
"We sure could." Alex smiled at her sister, hoping that things would go well between the pair. The short time she'd spoken to Lena, she thought she was lovely and Maggie only had nice things to say about her. She thought she might find it weird at first because of what had happened in the past with Lena and Maggie, but Lena was so head over heels for Kara already, and it was over 10 years ago when things had happened between Maggie and Lena, so she trusted fully that there were no pent-up feelings between the two.
"Cool." Kara grinned, clearly excited to be able to double date with her sister again.
Alex went back up the stairs, going to see if Maggie was ever going to get up. She stopped in the doorway of her bedroom, seeing Maggie and Riley were both awake, Riley sitting on Maggie's knee, reaching out and grabbing the book that Maggie was reading to her, Alex chucking at Maggie who was doing different voices for the different characters in the book. "Peppa Pig is the most annoying thing in existence." Alex noted as she walked back over to the bed.
Maggie gasped as she glanced up Alex. "Well Riley and I disagree," Maggie told her. "And coming from an agent of the DEO, I am sure you have come across more annoying things that actually do exist." Maggie smirked at her wife as she joined them on the bed.
Alex rolled her eyes. "I suppose so," Alex murmured, shifting over in the bed so she was sitting closer to Maggie. "So, you guys just planning on staying up here forever? I'm getting a bit lonely down there," Alex pouted sadly. "And, she will need fed." Alex said as she ran her hand over Riley's hair. Riley turned her head to look up to her mother and gave her grin, Riley clearly having woken up in a good mood.
"Yes, but she told me she wanted a Peppa story then she wanted breakfast." Maggie told her wife, a grin on her face.
"Ah I see," Alex nodded. "Well if it's what little miss Riley wants," Alex said, once again running her hand over her daughter's soft chestnut locks. "You not hungry baby?" Alex questioned. Riley grinned at her before hitting her hand off the book. She'd not been eating as well lately, but losing their appetite was something that could come with teething.
"Mumma is hungry." Maggie said as they heard her stomach rumble.
"You don't say," Alex widened her eyes. "Oh, you should make pancakes." Alex bounced on the bed as she hit her hands against Maggie's shoulder.
"I should?" Maggie titled her head to the side.
"Yeah," Alex answered. "You know what happened the last time I tried to make them." Alex said, Maggie laughing at the memory that popped into her head. Alex's cooking skills less than impressive and when she'd attempted to make her and Maggie pancakes, it had resulted in the mixture getting stuck to the pan, resulting in them having to go out and purchase a new frying pan.
"Well what do you think sweat pea?" Maggie said, turning Riley around on her knee so she was facing her. "Should Mumma make Mummy pancakes?"
Riley grinned as she reached out and grabbed Maggie's cheek. "Mu…Mu….Mumma." Maggie and Alex gasped. Riley had always referred to them as 'Mu' before now.
"No way," Alex moaned. "Baby girl you are supposed to say Mummy." Alex pouted sadly. Of course she was thrilled that Riley had learned a new word but couldn't help feel a little jealous that she'd said Mumma before Mummy.
"Ahh my little lady," Maggie hugged Riley close to her. "That's right. I'm Mumma. I am." Maggie couldn't wipe the smile from her face.
"Mumma," Riley said again. "Mumma." Riley seemed to be enjoying saying her new word.
"Aww babe, don't look so sad," Maggie saw the pout on Alex's face. "She'll say Mummy eventually," Maggie reassured her. "And hey, we'll work on getting this next baby to say Mummy first."
"You bet your ass we will, Sawyer," Alex muttered. Maggie was already booked in to try again, and they were hopeful that she would get pregnant on their next attempt. "Now c'mon, you are definitely making pancakes now." Alex said as she got out of the bed, lifting Riley into her arms. Maggie put the book down on the bedside table and followed Alex and Riley out of the room, a huge grin on her face at Riley having called her Mumma.
Lena had been invited over to Kara's loft. Kara wasn't sure if this was going to be classed as a date as it was pretty casual and they were just hanging out but she was glad to be spending more time with her. "So, you have a poster of Nsync in your bathroom," Lena noted as she walked back into the room, walking over to the DVD collection. "And every movie Justin Timberlake is in, by the looks of it." Lena said as she looked through Kara's DVDs.
"Well Justin Timberlake is my guy," Kara widened her eyes. "Screw Jessica Biel." Kara muttered, folding her arms across her chest.
"I'd screw Jessica Biel," Lena said and she and Kara gave a little laugh. "But uh, someone a bit of an Nsync fan growing up?" Lena questioned, her head titled slightly, eyeing Kara's CD collection.
"Growing up?" Kara questioned. "I still am all about Nsync." Kara told her.
"Did you ever go see them in concert?" Lena wondered, figuring she would have as she seemed to be a super fan.
"No," Kara pouted sadly. "Alex wouldn't go with me. She had weird punk rock taste in music." Kara screwed her face up, still not understanding how her sister couldn't like Nsync.
"Aw that's a shame," Lena noted. "You didn't have a friend you could go with?"
"Uhm," Kara pursed her lips as she shook her head. "I was the weird new kid for a long time," Kara exhaled. "And…yeah, I didn't find making friends easy. Followed Alex around a lot but her friends didn't really appreciate it." Kara leaned herself against the back of the couch, her gaze staying on Lena.
"Well that's not very nice," Lena gave her a sympathetic smile. "But I guess I won't tell you that I saw Nsync twice in concert because that wouldn't be very nice to hear."
"Great thanks, I appreciate that." Kara quipped and Lena laughed as she looked to the DVDs again.
"Really?" Lena pulled a DVD from the cabinet. "Trolls? You have Trolls?"
"That is a great movie," Kara defended as her voice went high and squeaky. "I mean what is there not to like about singing trolls? Especially when it's a Justin Timberlake singing troll," Kara added. "And anyways, it's for when Riley comes over."
"Sure, it's for Riley." Lena rolled her eyes as she put the DVD back in its place. She looked around to Kara to see she was scowling, her nose curled.
"You look so cute when you do that with your nose." Lena told her. Kara tried to stay in her scowl but Lena's compliment brought a smile to her face. Lena smiled back at her before looking back to the cabinet. Seeing a picture of what she assumed was a teenage Kara with Alex and two people she assumed were her adoptive parents. Kara saw her looking at a picture.
"That's Alex and me with Jeremiah and Eliza," Kara said. "My adoptive parents," Kara told her. "Jeremiah, he uhm…" Kara pursed her lips. "He died shortly after that picture was taken. He was a scientist and was going to Peru to do some research and uhm….the plane went down." Kara looked down as she played with her hands.
"Kara," Lena spoke softly as she walked over to Kara, rubbing her arm in comfort. She couldn't imagine losing her parents then shortly after, losing her adoptive father too. "I'm so sorry."
"It's fine," Kara murmured as she looked up to Lena. "I still have Eliza and Alex. Maggie and Riley. Winn and James," Kara said. She was about to say J'onn as well, but that would lead to a whole other conversation and explaining that Alex wasn't really FBI as she'd led Lena to believe but DEO. "But you should meet them sometime. Winn and James. I'd think you get on well with them." Kara told her, a smile on her face.
"Yeah," Lena cleared her throat, surprised Kara wanted her to meet her friends already. "I'm sure we could do that soon."
"Cool," Kara smiled. "So uhm, did you want to watch a movie?" Kara questioned.
"Sure, yes," Lena nodded, walking back over to the DVD cabinet. "Now, I'm picking Friends with Benefits but not so you can look at Justin Timberlake, but so I can look at Mila Kunis." Lena smirked as she took the DVD from it place.
"Okay," Kara laughed. "Fine by me," Kara said as they made their way over to the couch, Lena putting the DVD into the player before they sat down together. "She's not bad to look at either." Kara murmured and Lena gave a little laugh as Kara leaned herself against her. Lena smiled as she wrapped an arm her, the pair getting comfy to watch the movie.
Reviews are appreciated :)