I looked at Alex strangely, not understanding what she was doing there, since my sister was supposed to pick me up, so I could not help but worry that something had happened to her.

"Where's Kara?" I questioned as I reached her side.

"If I tell you the truth, I don't know anything about her." She shrugged, alarmed me even more.

"Don't you know where she is?" I asked, altered, rather worried that she would not.

"Yes, I know, she's at CatCo, but what I don't know is that it's why she didn't come to pick you up when she was supposed to do it," she replied trying to reassure me. "It's a strange day, she has let an alien escape and she has not stopped striking the DEO" she explained causing me to be surprised enough that she was behaving that way, "Did she braid you hair?"

I nodded, for the first time she had succeeded after many insistences on her part, since I used to deny the idea whenever she offered, however, today I had not been able to do it, since she had not given me the option to do so. I used to deny it because it was what I did when we were little, and the simple fact that she wanted to do it brought all those memories, so I never wanted, or rather, I wanted to cry when I remembered.

"Hey, what do you say if we do something?" She asked. "We can go to get some ice cream." She smiled.

"I have ..." I began to speak in order to deny it subtly, but she interrupted me.

"You can do them later, you need to distract yourself, also since Kara doesn't want to accompany us ..." she commented causing my laughter, to finally give my approval to the idea. "Perfect, let's go then."

The truth is that I was having a good time, I was forgetting everything that had overwhelmed me during these last weeks, starting with Jean, going through my desire to destroy my sister, my aunt's rebellion and, finally, Cat Grant, who did not stop calling me to do another report. Despite the fact that I liked to do it, I was not in one of the best situations to repeat it. Another fact that had really surprised me was that Kal-el had been so worried about me for the next few days, since he had not stopped writing to my sister to know if I was okay, but, above all, what were the reasons that had made me do it, seemed quite dismayed that I had done that.

I shook my head at Alex, who had been talking all this time, but honestly, I could not say about what, since I had not paid attention, so I waited for her to give me a little clue about she what she was talking.

"What world are you in, Kaelah?" She asked. "Seriously, you're very thoughtful, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, too many problems and none without solution," I replied in a whisper.

"Well, stop thinking about it, they'll sort themselves out," she said, as if it were simple. "Do you think all those problems leave you empty for go to get some napkins? Because you just set up a pool of chocolate on the table, "she said, trying not to laugh.

I looked at the table carefully, noticing that the ice cream had indeed started to melt, so I nodded before getting up for the napkins, stumbling on as I saw him sat there, trying to be as stealthy as possible, however, when I heard him say my name, I knew he had seen me.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked me as if nothing had happened in the last few days, as if we were still having the same friendship.

I turned to him, trying to be as calm as possible, but I could not, for my nervousness was present, and there were several facts that betrayed me, such as that I had crumpled the napkins into a ball.

"I came with Alex," I tried to answer, feeling that my voice did not come out, as I noticed the presence of a girl around eight years old at the table from which he had risen.

"I think I should introduce you, Kaelah, she's Ava, my little sister, and Ava, she's my friend." He introduced me, getting me a little surprised.

"I didn't know you had a sister," I said, looking at the girl, who seemed to want to hide as if she was embarrassed by the fact that she was looking at her, but the truth was that I could not find the resemblance in them.

"There are a lot of things we don't know about each other," he replied simply, causing me to nod, remembering that Alex was sitting at a table and this was supposed to take me a couple of seconds.

"I think I should go," I said with a sigh, for I did not want to end this conversation, for after all this time we were finally talking.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." He smiled.

I said goodbye to him, returning to the table, looking for a way to explain why I had been delayed, however, I sat in silence after realizing that she was talking on the phone, but she did not seem very happy with what she was listening.

"You sleep in my apartment today," she said, making the confusion invade me.

"Why?" I asked, waiting for a reasonable explanation.

"Kara's going out tonight," she replied.

I got upset, my sister going out? Seriously, what was going on? Something happened, that was obvious, because she had never behaved this way, she didn't used to go out daily, so I could not help wondering, trying to understand what was happening.

It was not long before we went to Alex's apartment, where I spent the rest of the afternoon doing homework, ending up arguing with her who slept in bed, having to get in, since the more the discussion became more serious, she was getting more serious, starting to scare me.

However, bedtime was like a nightmare, since I could not stop thinking about what had happened in the afternoon, in addition to my concern about my sister, so I was not able to fall asleep.

"Kaelah, it's bedtime," Alex said, turning off the light, pausing after watching my face. "What is it?

"Nothing," I replied.

"Are you sure?" He asked, approaching, sitting down beside me.

"It's just ... Kara is acting so weird, I'm worried," I explained. "What if something happens?"

"It's not going to happen," she said, hugging me before placing her hand on my forehead. "I think you have a fever, maybe you'd better not go to class tomorrow," he said.

"No, I don't," I said.

She nodded, stroking my hair, waiting for me to relax enough so that I wanted to sleep, which was not long in coming.

"You're still having a fever, you should stay home," she said as I shook my head.

"No, besides I don't feel bad" I denied getting her to sigh.

"Promise me something," she said before continuing. "If something happens, you're going to call me or Kara, but you call us," she warned, making me nod.

I knew perfectly well what she meant, but that this condition had been given the first time, did not indicate that it was going to happen again or at least I hoped.

Thanks for reading,

Ayrin