Hello! So, remember, when I write 'Supergirl' that means that Kara is dressed as Supergirl. Also, I'll introduce some names that might look familiar to you. Hope you like this chapter, and, thank you in advance if you have the time to leave a review.
*** Lena's narrative (voice-over) ***
We go on without really know our real purpose in life. We set goals, dreams to pursue, and so, we go on following those goals, those dreams till something catches our attention, till someone steal our hearts, and, we realize that our only purpose in life, it's the happiness of this little person who just came to our world...
It was love at first sight, that's what Lena will always think about the 1st time she saw her little baby girl...
Kara pouts sadly. - "You love her already more than me..."
Lena frowns. - "What?! No... I..." (She looks at the sleeping baby that is happily sleeping in her arms, and smiles) "Maybe? No! I... I... It's just a different kind of love... very strong, like something I've never felt before..." (She looks at Kara in the eyes, with the baby in her arms and says) "I love you..." (She looks at the baby) "The two of you, very much..."
The blonde hero knows that she shouldn't feel jealous, but, she's still too hormonal, and, tired...
Kara. - "I know... me too..."
The CEO smiles, and, looking at the tired face of Kara, she says...
Lena. - "You should rest, darling..."
Kara slowly closes her eyes and mumbles. - "Just 5 minutes..."
Lena chuckles. - "Yeah, sure, just 5 minutes..."
The blonde slept for more than an hour, and, while Kara was sleeping, Lena stood with her baby girl in her arms...
Eliza. - "You can put her down, you know that, right?"
Lena chuckles and nods. - "I know, but, I..."
Eliza. - "You don't want to..."
Lena nods. - "Yeah..."
Eliza smiles, recalling the past. - "Yeah, I know the feeling..."
They smile at each other, and, Eliza was cleaning up with Alex, when...
Lena. - "Can I ask you something Ms Danvers...?"
Eliza. - "Lena, call me Eliza, please..."
Lena blushes. - "Oh, yeah, well... Eliza... can I ask you something?"
Eliza nods. - "Sure..."
Lena. - "I don't have a good mother's model to follow, so, I was wondering, do you believe I can really do a proper job?"
Eliza smiles and she pats Lena's arm when she says. - "As mothers, we never know if we're doing a proper job, but, in the end of the day, if our kids are happy, that's the only that matters, don't you think?"
Lena nods, she looks at her baby, and, whispers. - "I hope I can make her happy..."
Eliza. - "I'm sure you can do that... I mean, you're already making Kara so happy..."
Lena smiles, and, someone else who emerges from the kitchen says
Alex. - "And, you're also making the entire family very happy with this little baby..." (She waves her hands and says) "Can I hold her...?"
Lena nods, she carefully puts the baby in Alex's arm, and, a big smile appears on her lips when she realizes that she has good people in her corner, people who will also do their best to keep this baby happy...
Some hours later, Kara wakes up, and, she realizes that Alex and Eliza already left. She tries to move, but, Lena insists she needs to rest...
Kara. - "But, I'm hungry..."
Lena chuckles. - "I'm sure you do. What you want? I'll bring it to you..."
And, just like Kara, someone else also wakes up, hungry...
(baby crying)
Kara panics. - "What is wrong?!"
As first-time parents, they panic for everything, but, then, intuition comes handy when it's needed...
Lena. - "Could she also be hungry...?"
Kara. - "Well, if she's like me, she will be hungry every 5 minutes..."
Both women chuckle till the crying of the baby increases...
Lena holds the baby and says. - "Okay, okay, we heard you the 1st time..." (She puts the baby in Kara's arms and says) "Okay, here you go..."
Kara panics. - "I'v never done this! What if I hurt her?! What if I..."
Lena reassures. - "Darling, you'll do just fine, okay?"
Kara stares at those green eyes she loves so much, and, she nods with confidence because Lena believes in her, and, she's here at her side. Lena helps Kara to expose her breast, and, the baby naturally turns towards the chest. Her upper lip touches Kara's nipple, and, when she opens her mouth wide, the little mouth of the baby covers not just the nipple but as much of the areola as possible.
This is not just new for Kara, it's also a new experience for the newborn, and, both mothers panic when they see that the newborn seems to have trouble finding how to extract the milk from Kara...
Kara. - "Should I do something?"
Lena sighs. - "I don't know..."
Breastfeeding requires patience, and, while the mothers try to figure out how to help the baby girl, the little one starts latching on and sucking rhythmically, and, she smiles when the milk supplying starts...
Kara smiles. - "Look! She figured it out, all, by herself!"
Lena says, very proud. - "That's my smart girl!"
Kara and Lena look at each other and smile, then, they return their gaze towards the baby who's happily eating. It was like experiencing a miracle, and, while Lena watches Kara breastfeeds their little girl for the 1st time. She feels like the most lucky person in the world for such happy family...
Lena softly kisses Kara's head and says. - "I love you..."
Kara smiles, she turns her head just enough to pecks Lena's lips and says. - "I love you too..." (She turns her head towards the baby, and, smiles) "Look at you, you're really hungry..."
The baby doesn't reply, she just uses one of her tiny hands to grip on the boob, like if she was trying to squeeze all the milk from it...
Kara. - "I think she's very strong..."
Lena. - "Really?"
Kara. - "I don't know, maybe I'm just too sore from giving birth. But one thing, it's sure, she did get my appetite..."
Lena chuckles, she kisses Kara's head once again, and, says. - "I'll make you something to eat, I'll be back..."
So, while Kara was feeding the baby, Lena cooks something to feed the mommy of the baby. When Lena comes back with food, they realize that the baby was falling asleep...
Kara. - "I think she's done..."
Lena softly takes the sleeping baby from Kara, and, while Kara eats, Lena takes care of the baby...
Kara. - "She has to belch, do not forget to..."
Lena puts the baby against her chest, she softly pats the back of the baby and says. - "Do not worry darling, I got it..."
Kara smiles, she starts eating and says. - "Look at us, already so pro, on this..."
Lena chuckles
Kara says while she eats. - "I don't know why people say this is so hard, this is super easy..."
Lena chuckles. - "I don't think that it will be 'super' easy..."
Kara. - "C'mon, one little baby against the two of us...? How hard it can be...?"
One week later...
Eliza enters in the house, and, says. - "Hey girls, I came by as you asked, I... Wow, what happened here...?"
It was like if a tornado turned down the house, dishes, clothes, empty bottles, all over the place, and, in the middle of the living room, two sleeping mom with a baby between them...
Eliza chuckles. - "Wow, not even Supergirl can manage this baby, huh...?"
Some weeks later...
Alex was leading a team of the DEO to a raid when...
Supergirl lands and says. - "Hello, agent Danvers..."
Alex frowns. - "Supergirl...?" (She approaches and whispers) "Or it's you, J'onn...? Because I told you that I have this under control, you don't trust me?"
Kara was pregnant, and, for the good of the baby, she took a time off as Supergirl, but, even if she was out of duty, the world kept needling her, so, to not raise any suspicion, J'onn has been showing up as Supergirl, every now and then, but, now...
Supergirl whispers. - "Really, Alex? You can't see the difference between me, and, J'onn...?"
Alex says, very surprised. - "Kara...?!"
Supergirl. - "Sssshhh! Keep it down, Alex..."
The DEO agent nods, she almost make public Supergirl's identity, but, thank God that no one was near to hear them...
Alex. - "What the hell are you doing here...?"
Supergirl. - "What do you mean? I'm here to help..."
Alex. - "You're back...?"
Supergirl. - "Well... I'm trying to... baby steps... J'onn passed by to visit us, and, he told me about the raid. I was worried about you..."
Alex. - "Kara... I can take care of myself..."
Supergirl. - "I know that you can manage any kind of situation, but, we're talking about alien's trafficker here! Innocent people might be inside too, and, get caught in the crossfire..."
Alex sighs deeply. - "I know..." (She looks at the building) "Ok, so, we were going to do this my way, okay?"
Supergirl nods, and, follows Alex lead. Using Supergirl's help, the DEO is able to handle the situation with a low range of fatalities, but, even then, every loss is painful...
Alex looks at the black bags and sighs deeply. - "Damn it..."
Supergirl puts her hand over Alex' shoulder and says. - "It's not your fault. You did a great job..."
Alex knows that she did the best she could do, but, even then, it wasn't enough to save everyone...
An agent. - "Agent Danvers!"
Alex. - "Yes?"
An agent. - "We have a situation in the basement with..."
Supergirl earing gets overwhelmed when she hears the crying of a baby, she knows too well...
Supergirl. - "Craps, she's hungry..."
Alex. - "Go..."
Supergirl. - "But..."
Alex. - "I can handle it..."
Supergirl hesitates, but, she knows that Alex can continue the job from here, so, Supergirl says goodbye before flying over the air, very fast, a hungry baby needed her. Alex was staring at the sky when...
Agent. - "Agent Danvers...?"
Alex looks at the agent and says. - "Right, so, let's go to the basement..."
In the basement, the DEO found lots of aliens, caged like animals, it was awful, and, when the DEO arrived to liberate them, the aliens ran out of the cages very fast... everyone got out... everyone, except one...
Alex approaches. - "It's a little kid..."
Agent. - "He refuses to get out, and, we tried to get him out, but..."
Alex looks at the other agents, knocked out on the floor, and, she has a pretty good idea of how that it went. The other agent prepares her weapon, ready for combat, but, Alex orders her to put it down...
Agent. - "But, this alien is dangerous, look at what he did to the others!"
Alex cuts her off. - "It's a little kid§ We will never use weapons against kids!"
Agent. - "But..."
Alex. - "But, nothing! Okay, this kid is scared! We don't want to scare him more, so, no weapons..."
The agent doesn't like the idea, but, she has to follow the order's of her superior. Alex puts her own gun on the floor, she slowly approaches to the little kid with the hands up...
Alex softly says. - "Hey, I'm not gonna hurt you, okay...?"
Agent Danvers approaches enough to see the face of the little kid, and, despites the hobo clothes, all the mud & dirt on its face, Alex can see that this kid is actually a lovely...
Alex smiles. - "Girl... you're a little girl, right?"
Like an animal entrapped, the kid groans, and, takes a position that indicates that she's ready for combat. Alex gets tears in her eyes, she can't imagine for what this little girl has been living up to act like this. And, as Alex is surprised, the little girl is even more surprised when she stares at Alex, in the eyes; the little alien gets confused when she sees on Alex' look, something she has never seen before... compassion...
Alex kneels down, she opens her arms, and, says with tears in her eyes. - "I'll never hurt you, please trust me. I..."
The agent Danvers is cut off, caught off guard when the little girl throws herself into her arms, and, Alex just hugs her, trying to calm down the shaky little kid...
Alex. - "It's okay... It's gonna be okay..."
And, while Alex was taking care of a little scared girl, someone else was taking care of a hungry, very hungry baby girl...
(In the house of Kara & Lena)
Kara. - "Lee! I'm out of milk..."
Lena approaches with a bottle and says. - "It's okay, I got a bottle ready, just in case..."
Kara puts the baby in Lena's arm, and, says. - "I'll make another one, just in case..."
At the end, the baby took Kara's milk, plus, 3 bottles of formula before falling asleep...
Kara . - "That most be some kind of a record..."
Lena chuckles, she puts the baby on its crib, and, says. - "So, tell me, how did it feel go back to the game...? Did you kick some bad guys...?"
Kara chuckles, they leave the baby sleeping, and then, they walk to the living room to talk...
Lena pats Kara's knees and says. - "You need to be careful out there, I know you're the girl of steel, and, it's in your DNA to help people, I can't ask you to stop being who you're, but, you need to promise me you'll take care of yourself, we need you here too..."
Kara nods, she holds Lena's hands and says. - "To be honest, I thought I would be more thrilled about going back to be Supergirl, but..." (She looks in the direction of the nursery room) "Leaving the two of you alone, while I'm out there, doing my thing... it really breaks my heart..."
Lena hugs Kara, and, says. - "You don't need to worry, about us, we will always be here, waiting for you, you just worry to always come back to us..."
Kara nods. - "I'll... I promise..."
The blonde really meant it, like any promise she makes with Lena, but, we never know what the future has for us, and, sometimes, we can't decide our fate...
Lena breaks the hug, and, asks. - "So, tell me, how did it go with Alex...?"
Kara. - "Fine, why...?"
Lena. - "Well, I thought that she was still mad because we named our kid..."
(At the DEO)
Alex whines. - "Clarke! CLARKE! Can you believe them?! I mean, I get that Clark saved Kara from the phantom zone, and, that he's family, but, I'm family too! I'm her sister... well, not by blood, but, we're family! And, I've saved Kara' ass more times than him! So, why they didn't call their kid after me?!"
The Agent keeps talking about her life to the little girl who Alex had rescued just some moments ago. All the other aliens were released after taking their statement, but, this little kid was the only one who was without parents. So, here, she's, eating a big pizza that Alex ordered for them while they wait for J'onn...
Alex looks at the kid and says. - "So, tell me, Am I exaggerating...?"
The little girl replies in her natal language, and, Alex frowns because she has no idea of what she's saying. Time flies, and, Alex decides to use the time to clean up the kid, and, check if she was hurt. The medical check was easier than the cleaning part. Who knows when was the last time that this kid took a shower, and, it was obvious that the kid wasn't used to the use of soap...
Alex chases the kid on the showers. - "Come here!"
The little girl giggles, and, Alex smiles. From the scary little kid, now, the little girl is acting more friendly...
J'onn sighs when the kid puts him down. - "What the hell?!"
Alex smirks. - "Impressive..."
With one move, the kid put J'onn down, and, she looks up, and, smiles to Alex. Yes, she was friendly, but, for now, just with Alex...
J'onn. - "Agent Danvers, a little of help..."
Alex. * "Right..."
With the barrier of language, Alex uses signs to communicate with the little girl. And, it's hard to communicate, but, at least, as common ground, they got that open arms mean hug. Alex opens her arms, and, smiles when the kid throws herself into her arms...
Alex caresses the hair of the kid, and, says. - "You're so pretty. I love your brown hair, and, your green eyes.."
The kid says something in its language, and, Alex doesn't get it, but...
J'onn stands up and says. - "She's telling you, that, you're pretty too. And, you've lovely eyes too..."
Alex. - "You can understand her...?"
J'onn nods
Alex. - "Do you know from where she comes? Do you know her family...?"
J'onn. - "I don't know her family, but, I know her dialect. Trikru... a tribe of noble warriors, I'm not surprised that she was able to put down so many agents..."
Alex smirks. - "Even you..."
J'onn sighs. - "Yeah, even me..."
Alex, and, the little girl look at each other, and, they giggle...
J'onn. - "We have no registration of anyone of her kind. And, no one has approached to the authorities asking for her..."
Alex frowns. - "She has to have a family! Ask her..."
J'onn approaches, and, the little girl grips hard on Alex, but, the agent tells her that it's okay, that she's safe, and, the kid relies on Alex, so, when J'onn starts talking to her, in her language, the kid replies to his questions...
J'onn asks in Trikru. - "Where is your mom?"
The kid frowns, she has no idea of what he means by the word 'mom', so, J'onn explains to her what it's a mom. And, when the little kid understands the meaning of the word, she looks at Alex, and, points out at Alex face...
J'onn sighs
Alex. - "Can you explain me why she's nailing her finger in my face...?"
J'onn hesitates in answering that question...
Alex. - "J'onn...?"
J'onn takes a deep breath, and, says. - "I think that she thinks you're her mother..."
Alex. - "What?!" (She looks at the kid in the eyes, and, says) "You see me as your mom...?"
The kid nods, and, Alex gasps surprised...
J'onn. - "Alex, listen to me, you don't have to..."
The kid hugs her, and, says her 1st word in English. - "Mom..."
J'onn sighs. - "Alex..."
Alex hugs the little girl, and, says to J'onn. - "I'm taking custody of this little girl..."
J'onn. - "Alex! You can't do that, you..."
Alex. - "You can try to stop me, or, help me with the paperwork, what will be your choice...?"
J'onn stares at Alex in the eyes, and, they look at each other in the eyes in silence, for a long, very long time...
*** Lena's narrative (voice-over) ***
You see people talking with babies and doing all kinds of silly things just to make them laugh. And, you say to yourself that you will never be one of those crazy people, and yet…
Lena talks with a baby's voice. - "To whom is this little foot? Huh? To whom...?" (She puts the foot of her baby girl in her mouth and pretends to eat it) "I'm gonna eat it, yummy, yummy..."
The baby girl giggles, she chuckles, she waves her little body from right to left with a big happy laugh. The baby is amused with everything that Lena is doing, and, Lena is more than amazed to hear her little angel laughing. It's amazing how far they have got from the day Clarke born to this day.
From panicking about everything, the couple started to rely more on their maternal instincts, and, with each other. No more panicking, and, it's not to show off, but, they really make a great team, taking turns to take care of the baby and keep going with their other activities in life, like job; they have found the perfect balance after the 1st weeks of becoming mothers.
Lena was with the baby while Kara was finishing the laundry. With a baby at home, the amount of dirty clothes doubled very fast. And, Kara was folding the clean clothes when someone knocks at the door..
Kara. - "Lee, can you answer the door...?" (She sees that Lena keeps talking to the baby, and, frowns) "Lena, are you hearing me...?"
The CEO has eyes just for her little girl, she's so enthralled with her baby girl, that for the 1st time in her life, she's ignoring Kara...
Kara. - "Lee..." (she pouts) "Lee, stop ignoring me! I'm here too!"
Lena. - "Darling, please, we've talked about this, you can't be jealous of our kid..." (the baby grabs her finger, and a big smile appears on her lips when she says) "Look at her, how can you be jealous of this cutie...?"
The blonde hero chuckles, she has never seen Lena like this, but, she can get used to it. And, Lena too...
Kara takes the baby into her arms. - "Give me the baby..."
Lena pouts. - "Hey!"
Kara. - "It's my turn to hold her..."
Lena tries to take the baby again, and says. - "5 more minutes..."
Kara shakes her head, and, walks away with the baby. - "Oh, no, Miss Luthor. I'm not falling for that again! You said that 30mn ago! And, look! She's still with you..."
Lena sighs, and, she sighs harder when the baby starts to cry...
Kara. - "Hey, I'm here, please, you don't have to cry..."
The baby loves her blonde mom, but, she's more attached with the CEO...
Kara. - "Maybe she's hungry..."
The blonde tries to nurse the baby, but, the baby refuses to eat, something that's very rare for her, because just like Kara, she loves to eat...
Kara. - "Okay, it's not that..."
Lena can't take it, she can't see her baby crying, craving for her arms, and, Lena decides to do something about it, so, she distracts Kara's attention for a second, and, she quickly takes the baby into her arms, once again...
Kara pouts. - "Hey!"
Lena smirks. - "Sorry, darling, but, she needed my arms..." (She kisses the head of the baby and says while she waves it between her arms) "And, I'm here, I'll always be here..."
Magically, when the baby feels itself warm in Lena's arms, the baby girl stops crying, and, she grips hard on Lena's clothes, closing her little fists tight, just to be sure that Lena will not go anywhere...
Kara pouts. - "Lee, it's not fair, she loves you more than me..."
Lena chuckles. - "Oh, come on, darling, that's not true, right...?" (She looks at the baby in the eyes, and, says with a baby voice) "You love us equally, right, baby girl? Yes, you do... yes, you do... right?"
The baby smiles, and, giggles. And, just like her blonde mother, the baby girl has a weakness for green... beautiful green eyes of her mom Lena. Both moms were so delighted with the little Clarke, that, they forgot about the unexpected visit, till...
Alex yells from the other side of the door. - "Can you please open this door?! We need to use your bathroom..."
Kara. - "Oh, yeah, right..." (She opens the door, and, frowns) "Wait, what do you mean with 'we'...?"
The couple gets shocked when they see Alex rushes to the bathroom with a little brunette...
Lena frowns. - "It's that a kid...?"
Kara nods, she exchanges looks with Lena, and, they wait impatientily for Alex return...
Alex sighs. - "Uff, that was close, right?"
The little girl nods
Kara clears her throat. - "Ahhhmmm... Alex, is there something that you want to tell us?"
Alex tells them everything that happened after Kara left the raid the other night...
Lena. - "It's very noble of you, to take care of her, but..."
Kara. - "But, what about her real parents, Alex...?"
Alex. - "I know, I know. J'onn is still looking for them, but, till that day come, someone needs to take care of her..."
Kara doesn't like this decision, she knows her sister, and, her desire of being a mom. Kara is worried that Alex will get attached to the kid, and, when the parents will appear, she will be heartbroken, and, Alex knows that might happen, but, even then...
Alex. - "Look, I know what I'm doing, so, please, can you just give me your support on this...? Please...?"
The blonde hesitates, but, Lena pats Kara's back, and, with just one look, she makes her understand that Alex needs their support...
Kara nods. - "Sure, whatever you need, I'm here for you..."
Lena. - "We are here for you, the two of you..."
Alex smiles, and, hugs them. They keep talking in the living room. As the good host they are, Kara brings snacks, wine for Alex, and, juice for the little one...
Kara. - "Here, take it's apple juice..."
The little kid takes it, and, says thank you in her dialect, and, to the shock of everyone, Kara replies in the same language...
Alex. - "You talk trikru?!"
Kara nods
Alex. - "You need to teach me!"
Kara nods. - "Sure..."
They start talking, and, Lena had baby Clarke on her lap, the baby had a pacifier in its little mouth till this drops, but, before it could touch the floor, the little kid catches it in the air...
Lena smiles - "Good reflex, little mmm..." (She looks at Alex, and, asks her) "What is her name...?"
Alex sighs - "I've no idea, we haven't arrived in that part, yet. I can't understand her, she can't speak English, well, some words, but, she can understand us, I mean, she must be a fast learner, because it seems that she's starting to understand everything very fast..."
Kara approaches to the kid, and, says - "Maybe, I can help, talking with her..."
The blond hero starts talking to the kid, they start a conversation, and then...
Alex says impatiently - "Well...? What does she say? What is her name...? She has a name, right?"
Kara - "Well..."
Lena frowns - "Kara...?"
Kara - "It looks like she took 'Alex' name to formulate her own name..."
Alex & Lena say at the unison - "What?!"
Kara - "It's a trikru tradition. From one of the parents' name, using the same letters, the kid's name is done..."
Alex smiles, she can't believe that someone will be named after her...
Lena - "So, her name is Alex...?"
Kara shakes her head - "No, it's..."
The kid puts the pacifier in the mouth of baby Clarke and says - "Lexa... Me, Lexa..."
Green eyes, beautiful green eyes, it's what sees baby Clarke, and, the baby smiles to Lexa, and, Lexa smiles to her, too...