Prompt #25:A special cry.

The day they first brought Lexie home was pretty bizarre. Once they were out of the hospital,Carter and the driver half carried half dragged the baby pulman(the carrier was ready at home),before Adam took pity in them and came to their hide,as Cat held Lexie. In half an hour their car incredibly blew a tire. They were still for a bit,but the one only reason why Cat didn't fire the driver was because it took him ten minutes to get the new one. When they finally got back on the road,and had been at it for some kilometers going back to the penthouse,Lexie started crying. And they didn't know what it was about,only that they were freaking out. She had last been pregnant 13 years prior,every cry had her on alert.

"Cat calm down,she must be hungry,or maybe we need to change her,or she just wants to sleep,and doesn't like the car?"wondered Kara,grimacing and trying to calm her wife down.

Cat would've snapped,but holy cow,Kara had supported her every single day of the pregnancy. She was the reason why they were here,holding their little bundle of happiness. Nah,no snapping.

"Let's try to see"

She checked out. She wasn't to change,she wasn't hungry,tired. What was wrong then.

"Give her to me mom"

Cat handed Lexie to Carter who was sitting between her and Kara,so they could be all together.

The child stopped crying.

"I got magic hands"

The rest of the journey was spent chatting,as Carter cooed and talked to his younger sister,sometimes to Adam too,who had come from pretty far to be with all of them. He had sworn to pass by more,and he had done everything to help them right after Lexie's birth.

When they got home,it was quite the emotion to first sit there with her,just looking at her pretty face,her Cat eyes,and her auburn hair like Kara's. Her look,was so expressive,that if she could've spoken already,she would've told them the world. Lexie seemed to hold every secret of it.

Carter stepped out of the room to get something for all of them to celebrate,but as soon as he went Lexie started crying.

Their attention was drawn back to the kid as they tried to figure out what was wrong.

Hungry she wasn't. She had just eaten. Cold,hot,neither. To be changed?No.

"I'm back."

Adam took the champagne from him,and opened it himself.

"Just some Cart,we have to keep some more around for the guests who ll come pretty soon"

Indeed they were going to receive people pretty soon.

They had had visits from Hank,Winn,James,Lucy,even some people from the DEO,who knew them well by now,above all friends of Alex,of the namesake.

Kara and Cat were totally transfixed by the sight of their daughter. How was it that girl had been another anchor to life?All she wanted to do,after what they had faced,was living,and living for Alex too. If that kid was inheriting some of Alex's ways,she would've been happy. Her sister run inside of her too. Lexie was one of the silver linings.

Her eyes sparkled,with just seeing their daughter. One thing they couldn't figure out.

Why was the kid crying?

Pretty expectedly,Lexie started crying at around two in the night,as every night in the last week. She was as on time as a swiss clock. They were surprised it hadn't happened before. Cat chose to stand up,and attended to the baby's needs. Once they had worked out a better schedule they could've gotten around to how Kara could help,no matter her condition.

Instead of putting Lexie down and back into her crib,however,she put her in the middle between them. Nestled between them,she calmed down a bit,as Kara stroked her tiny soft back,and Cat her feet.

"Do you have any idea why she starts crying just like that sometimes?"

"I've no idea. And every time she does,it all seems to be ok,but then she does anyways."

"I called the GYN,just out of safety,she gave me an idea about what that might be"

Kara smiled at her wife.

"Mom,I'm going"

"Come here Carter"

She heard feet walking into the room,and Carter came in kissing them on the cheek briefly,before turning to nudge Lexie in her nose. He needed to go because the driver was pretty dutiful and wanted to respect the schedule Cat and Kara had given him. He liked when they could come too. Mom had taken up to the habit to go to work a bit later to accompany him,and ma did whenever she could.

Today he was going alone,but not to be minded. They were taking care of his beautiful sister.

The baby girl turned at him,and closed/opened her big doe eyes,twice. She still couldn't focus on any of them,as they had been said and wouldn't have been till her eyes hadn't developed a bit more,but she might as well have recognized her big brother being the one to touch her.

"I gotta go"

"Do you have everything,Carter?"

"Yeah,bye"

"1…2…3!"Just as foreseen,a cry could be heard,and their suspicion was confirmed. It was him.

"Ohh"they both ended up,ohing and ahing at what it meant.

She wanted Carter. Everytime Carter left the room,she would start crying. If Carter wasn't around,it was as if she knew.

They heard steps drawing back into the room,just as Adam came downstairs still in his pjs. He had chosen to stay for three weeks,and then he needed to go back to his job. Adam looked between them,then at Carter who had come back.

"Does this mean what I think it means?"

"She wants me?"

"Looks like"he walked towards them,and lifted Lexie up in his arms.

"It's me that you want,yeah?"cooed Carter at her.

Adam bursted into laughters,as Kara and Cat looked at the moment with smiles on their faces.

Carter punched Adam in his arm and said:"shut up stupid".

"Lexie wants Carter,Lexie wants Carter"singsonged the eldest brother.

"She likes me better,then"

"Nah,no way. I'm older and cooler,you'll see she'll be like me. Going around,being all mischevious!"

"Nah,not at all. She's gonna be all me. Studying,serious,no mischief,she's too cute for that."

The two disappeared from sight,as their smiles turned to laughter. Lexie was in for quite a ride of a life. But surely well protected.

"We'll be overpowered someday,those three are too clever."

"Let's brace ourselves"added Kara hugging Cat,kissing her.

"Yeah..let's..let's do it"

Kara floated out off the couch,shouldering her backpack again,then with a swift movement she lifted Cat up.

"Kara,c'mon your back"

"We did it once,don't worry,you know it has nothing to do with being broken. C'mon"she muovere man per segnalare di venire.

Kara lifted her completely into her arms as if she weighed nothing. She knew it would've gotten hard for her in a bit. Her wife might have been lifting every kind of building at alternate days,but she also knew it coasted her now,both for breathing and back pains.

That was how they climbed the stairs,anyway.

"At last this once"

Yeah,at last this once.

"Carter,hurry up and go to school".

But they knew,it wasn't probably going to happen.