To the guest that left the review regarding my next story; Cat and Kara not being able to be together is the whole point. Two people who fall for each other but can't do anything about it. Cat would rather suffer than ruin anything with Adam and no one said that it would be a happy ending. Anyways, here's chapter 14. I just needed to address that.
Chapter 14
The next morning, Cat began to stir in her bed. When she finally opens her eyes, she sees Kara staring at her.
"What are you looking at?" Cat asks in a playful tone while stretching.
"The most gorgeous woman in the galaxy. You're so beautiful and peaceful when you're sleeping." Kara answers seriously.
"I bet I wasn't so peaceful when I would wake up to vomit every morning after chemo." The older woman says half serious and half joking.
"No, but the beautiful part never went anywhere."
"Damn you're good." Cat smirks as she pulls Kara over into her arms for a kiss.
"Mmm…" Kara moans at the contact. "I've missed this. I wasn't sure if I would ever wake up to you again."
Well, not you're stuck with me. You're going to have to wake up with me every morning, even when I'm older and wrinkled." Cat says with a look of distaste on her face at the thought of wrinkles.
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Looking forward to me getting older?"
"Waking up to you every single morning for the rest of my life. You are the most beautiful site when you're waking up. I mean you're gorgeous when you're at work and dressed impeccably but right now, you're just Cat. You are the only person I want to see when I wake up." Kara says as she runs her fingers through Cat's blonde hair.
"Right back at you, gorgeous." Cat says kissing Kara once more. "You should be getting ready for work about now, shouldn't you?"
Kara sighs after looking over at the clock on her bedside table. "Yes, I should." She groans out wanting nothing more than to stay in bed with the love of her life all day. "You have no idea how much I miss you being at work, Cat; even when you're yelling at me and everyone else. I miss your presence so much at CatCo."
"I don't yell at you that much anymore and I might be back soon if my cancer test comes back clear." Cat says pushing herself up to lean against their headboard. Her appointment was scheduled for the next day.
"Everything is going to be okay. You know that right?" The younger woman asks pushing herself up as well.
"I don't know that and neither do you. The transplant could have worked or I can go and they tell me that my cancer didn't go anywhere." The older blonde sighs. She's truly frightened to think that the bone marrow didn't take.
"We need to have hope and if you can't then I'll have enough for the both of us but either way, no matter what your results are, we'll get through this together just like we did the first time." Kara says in a confident tone looking into Cat's hazel eyes while holding her hand.
"You always know just what to say. How on earth did I get so lucky?"
"You saw me for me; Kara and not Supergirl. Plus, you're so cute I just couldn't resist you." The younger woman teases knowing that her statement is going to rile Cat up.
"I am not cute, Danvers." Cat huffs smacking her hand against their bed.
"Yes you are. Suck it up, Grant." The younger woman says. After saying Cat's last name, all she can think about is how she can't wait for when they share the same last name or hyphenate their names. Kara's thoughts of marriage had been frequent before their break. She and Alex had been looking at engagement rings for weeks. Kara knows that she needs to slow down in her thoughts for the time being because she knows that her relationship is still very fragile in ways. They have to take the time to get back where they were.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get ready for work before I fire you." Cat says kissing her girlfriend again.
"Yes ma'am." The younger blonde grins as she slips out of their bed to prepare herself for work.
30 minutes later, Kara was ready for work. She had taken a quick shower, dried her hair and gotten dressed in that amount of time.
"What are your plans for today?" Kara asks Cat as they're standing at the front door.
"I think I might just take Sarah out today or something when Carter is in school. If I can't help her with whatever is bothering her, I can at least try and distract her." Cat says frustrated as she still can't for the life of her think what has bothered her sister this badly.
"I hope Sarah talks to you. It's obvious that whatever happened really got to her."
"Talking about me while I'm not in the room; nice." Sarah says walking towards the door fully dressed.
Kara immediately feels her heart sink into her stomach. Could she dig a deeper hole for herself when it comes to her girlfriend's sister? "I-"
"It's fine and I'm sorry. That was rude of me to say." Sarah interrupts, holding up her hand to stop Kara's unnecessary apology.
"Where are you off to Sarah?" Cat asks the long haired brunette.
"I just have to make a quick run." Sarah answers vaguely.
"Mind if I join you? It'll only take me a few minutes to get dressed." The older blonde asks blocking the door with her body purposely.
"You're not going to let me leave unless I take you with me, are you?" Sarah asks already knowing the answer.
"Not a chance." Cat smirks.
"Kitty, this is kind of something that I need to go alone."
"I'll stay in the car no matter where we go if you want me to. Plus, I was going to ask if you wanted to go out to lunch today, anyways. This way we're already out." Cat says convincingly to her sister.
"Fine, but hurry up before I change my mind." The brunette groans out before going over to sit on the couch. She never could say no to her sister.
"Give me 25 minutes." The older blonde says to her sister. She then stands on her tip toes to give her girlfriend a quick kiss on her lips. "Have a great day, darling. I love you."
"I love you, too." The younger woman replies.
Cat turns around and heads upstairs a moment later. Kara looks at Sarah sitting on the couch. She wants to say something to the other woman but decides against it and just walks out of the door.
30 minutes later, Cat as gotten Carter off to school in her town car, has showered and gotten dressed. Walking down the stairs, she spots her sister who is still sitting on the same spot on the couch looking at her phone.
"Are you ready?" The blonde asks her sister once she reaches the couch.
"Let's go." Sarah says standing up from her sitting position.
The two women make their way from the house to Sarah's car and minute or two later, they were on their way.
"Where are we going?" Cat questions about 10 minutes into the drive.
"You will see when we get there." The brunette answers quickly.
15 minutes later, Sarah finally stops the car. Cat looks around and realizes that they are at a cemetery.
"You can come if you want to." Sarah says quietly getting out of the car.
A few moments later, the sisters are walking through the cemetery when Sarah stops at a grave. Cat gasps as she reads the name.' Colt Powell' That's a name she'll never be able to forget. That's the name of the man who assaulted her sister and almost sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. She reads the dates on the headstone and realizes that he died less than three weeks ago.
"How-"
"My lawyer called me yesterday and told me. That's why I was acting weird so to speak." Sarah says still staring at the headstone. Colt had spent over 7 years in jail for the assault. Cat's mother had used her power in National City to make sure he got as much time as possible which shocked everyone who knew Katherine. That was the only good thing that Cat had ever seen her mother do but that was enough for her. Sarah moved over 6 hours away when she went to college. Being in National City was just too much for her and she had made a life there once she graduated. For the last 33 years Colt had moved and lived in Wyoming before coming back last year. Cat had made sure to always keep tabs on him. That night of the assault, he was drunk and he was very aware of what he did and felt remorse that everyone saw during the time they were in court, but you can never be too careful.
"Do you know what happened?" Cat asks her sister.
"He had heart failure. He came back here to spend some time with his brother before he died." The brunette answers in an even tone.
"Are you okay?"
"I think I am. I guess I just needed to see for myself. Not in a mean spirited way or anything."
"I get it." Cat says grabbing onto her sisters arm and lacing their fingers together.
20 minutes later, the two women were pulling up to a restaurant that was outside of National City for lunch. After they had ordered, the two women sat in a comfortable silence, waiting on their food.
"Do you want to talk about it?" The blonde asks her sister.
"No, I'm okay, babe. But thank you for asking. I just needed closure. I mean, I got over what happened a long time ago but hearing that he passed, kind of brought it all back." The brunette answers in a low tone.
"Is there anything I can do?" Cat asks wanting nothing more than to take away the pain that her sister is feeling when it comes to thinking about her past.
"You're doing it right now." Sarah answers.
"I love you, Sarah." The blonde says simply.
"I love you too, Kitty." The brunette replies as she smiles at her sister for the first time that day. Sarah knows that she would truly be lost if it wasn't for her sister and Cat felt the exact same way. Kara was great but Cat knew she wouldn't have been able to survive her battle with cancer if it hadn't been for her sister and she wasn't even referring to the bone marrow that Sarah had given her. The fact that her sister dropped everything to come and stay with her for months meant the world to her and the blonde would do the exact same thing for her.
7 hours later, after spending the day together, the two sisters and Carter were curled up in Sarah's bed, watching a movie and cuddling together. Sarah was lying with her head on Cat's chest with her arm around her waist and their legs were intertwined. The blonde had one arm wrapped around her sister while she was running her fingers through the long brown hair with the other hand. Carter was leaning into Cat's other side with his head on her shoulder.
"Hey, guys." Kara says as she walks into the room after looking around for the three of them and finally finding them together.
"Hi, Kara. How was work?" Carter asks as he gets off of the bed to hug her.
"It was good, buddy." Kara replies wrapping her arms around Carter and holding him.
Sarah moves to untangle herself from her sister when Cat tightens her hold on her sister.
"What are you doing?"
"Kara's home; I figured you would go and spend time with her."
"I'm fine here." Cat says truthfully.
"I'm okay, Cat. You can go." Sarah says softly.
"Well, I'm not okay and I need to stay here a little longer."
"Cat…"
"You're not going to win this."
"Do I ever win an argument when it comes to you?"
"Nope." Cat smirks as she presses a kiss to the top of her sister's head. "I'm going to stay here for a while, darling." She says to Kara.
Kara just smiles at the sight of the sisters wrapped around each other. "Okay. Want to go and play a video game, Carter?"
"Yes!" Carter says enthusiastically as he walks out of the room and drags Kara with him.
2 hours later, Cat and Sarah had fallen asleep together. Kara walks into the room and pulls the comforter up on their bodies and kisses her girlfriend on the cheek and walks into the bedroom and falls into her bed, succumbing to the sleep that takes over her body.
The next morning, Sarah wakes up and realizes that her sister is still in the bed with her.
"You didn't have to stay, Cat. I'm pretty sure I fell asleep before you did." Sarah says to her sister when the blonde finally wakes up.
"I wanted to." Cat says simply.
"Thank you for yesterday, Kitty. I really needed that."
"No need to thank me. You know that no matter what you need, I'm here, always." The blonde says to her sister.
3 hours later, Kara and Cat were sitting in Cat's car outside of the hospital. The older woman had needed a moment before going inside and getting the blood test done and her scans to see if her cancer was still there or if she was in remission.
"I got you something." Kara says softly while looking at her girlfriend who has her eyes closed and her head leaning back against the headrest of her seat.
"What is it?" Cat asks curiously tilting her head to the side.
Kara goes into her jacket pocket and pulls out a long black box. "I wanted to get you a promise ring but I felt like it was a little too juvenile so I got you this." She opens the box and inside is a beautiful but simple silver necklace with a heart that has a diamond in the middle of it. On the other side it is engraved with one word 'hope'.
"I got this because I wanted to let you know that no matter what your test says, I am not going anywhere at all. And that one day, I want to be able to call you my wife. This is a promise that you and I are forever."
Cat listens to her girlfriend's words as she tears up. "I love you so much." Cat says kissing her deeply. "I can't wait to put this on once we get out of here."
The two women get out of the car and head into the hospital. They walk inside and head up to the 8th floor on the elevator and walk to the receptionist desk as Cat signs herself in. Once that is done, she walks over and sits next to Kara who has already sat down in one of the waiting room chairs.
8 minutes later, a nurse shouts out "Catherine Grant!"
Cat stands up and looks at Kara and gives her a quick kiss.
"I'll be right here when you get out. I love you." Kara says.
"I love you too." Cat says softly as she turns around and walks towards the nurse leaving Kara in the waiting room silently praying that Cat will be okay.
Quick update for you guys. I wanted Sarah to deal with something heavy this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Please please please review