Alex walked down the corridor, seeing her younger sister slumped forward in the chair, her head in her hands. "Kara." Alex spoke softly, her hand squeezing Kara's shoulder.
"Alex." Kara looked up to her and stood up, leaning herself against Alex as she wrapped her arms around her, giving her sister the comfort she so desperately needed.
"Kara, what happened?" Alex questioned, remaining in the embrace. She got a frantic call from Kara but Kara was babbling and Alex couldn't understand much. Just that there had been an accident and she needed Alex to be with her at the hospital.
"We had the most stupid fight," Kara spoke through tears. "And then she left and walked out onto the road and the bus….it didn't stop in time," Kara cried, still in the hug. She was holding onto Alex tightly, maybe a little too tightly, but right now Alex was more focused on calming her sister down, so she'd take the pain of one of Kara's super hugs. "They are checking her over now," Kara stopped talking, pulling back slightly and looking to Alex. "What if she dies?" Kara questioned. "What if she dies and the last memory I have with her was that stupid fight?"
"Hey no," Alex shook her head as she wiped away tears from Kara's cheeks. "Don't think like that. Lena is strong." Alex didn't know what was going to happen but she hated to think that Lena wasn't going to make it.
"I let her leave," Fresh tears rolled down Kara's cheeks. "I should have chased after her. I'd have been able to stop that bus." Kara cried.
"Hey, hey, no," Alex shook her head. "This wasn't your fault." Alex told her. She could see the hurt and pain in Kara's eyes.
"But I could have stopped it," Kara replied. "I could have….I can't lose her." Kara burst into tears again. Alex pulled her sister back into a hug, holding her and rubbing her back in comfort. She felt like crap because of the pregnancy, but she was trying her best to push away those feelings because she was worried for Lena, she was worried for Kara and she needed to be there for her sister right now, for whatever may be about to happen. Alex knew that both she and Maggie would have to be strong and be there for Kara, and hopefully there for Lena too, to help in her recovery.
"I know it's hard but you need to try to be positive," Alex told her. "She's strong. She'll fight this as best as she can. She's in the best possible place to get the help she needs right now." Alex was trying to sound positive herself as she spoke because she didn't want to think about the alternative.
Kara took a deep breath as she remained in the embrace with her sister. "Uhm, Lena Luthor's family?" Alex turned her head as she heard the voice from behind her.
"Yeah, that's us." Alex said as they pulled the hug apart and looked to the doctor. Kara had a look of dread and worry plastered on her face. She wanted to know what was happening with Lena but at the same time, she was terrified of what he was about to say.
"What's she….please tell me she is…." Kara couldn't talk.
"We are going to take her into surgery," The doctor told them. Alex putting her hand on her stomach, a sickening feeling bubbling up. She wasn't sure if it was just because of the baby or because of Lena or a mixture of both. "She has a bleed on her brain," The doctor said. Kara put her hand over her mouth, Alex putting her hand onto Kara's back, rubbing it in comfort. "She also has some internal organ damage and internal bleeding," The doctor told them. "We will keep you posted as best we can on her condition."
"Thank you." Alex spoke, seeing that Kara couldn't. The doctor gave a little nod of his head before he walked away.
"Alex." Kara turned around to face her again and Alex did she the only thing she could in that moment. She pulled her sister back into a comforting hug, because right now, Alex didn't know what else she could say and even if she did say something, she was pretty sure that nothing in that moment could bring Kara any comfort, so instead she just held her little sister and let her shed the tears that needed to fall.
Alex grabbed some toilet roll and wiped it over her mouth before throwing it into the toilet and flushing. She gave a little cough, her hand going onto her chest, feeling more waves of nausea. She took a few deep breaths before she left the cubical and walked over to the sink, running the tap and cupping her hands underneath, taking a few sips of water. She shook her hands dry as she looked in the mirror. She was absolutely exhausted and wanted nothing more than to go home and curl up in her bed next to her wife, but right now, her sister needed her and she'd stay and be there for Kara for as long as she wanted her to be. She glanced at her watch, seeing it was almost 2am. Lena had been in surgery for nearly 5 hours now. The longer the surgery took, the more worried both she and Kara became, but she had to stay strong. She had to assure Kara and be there for her. She pulled her phone from her pocket, as she heard it ring, seeing Maggie's name flash across the screen. "Hey babe." Alex yawned as she spoke.
"Hey," Maggie replied. "How's things? Any news yet?" Maggie questioned. Alex kept Maggie posted whenever they heard anything, but it wasn't really that much since she was still in surgery.
"She's still in surgery," Alex told her wife. "It's still a waiting game." Alex said.
Maggie exhaled, worriedly. "It's been a while." Maggie noted.
"Sometimes surgery does just take time." Alex replied as she yawned again, her other hand going to her stomach. She felt awful.
"Babe you sound exhausted," Maggie told her. "I know you want to be there for Kara but you need to think about you and nugget," Maggie said. "How about we switch over. You come home and get some rest and I'll come to the hospital, be there for Kara." Maggie suggested. She knew Kara would want Alex to stay with and that Alex would want to stay with Kara, but she also knew Alex needed rest, she needed to look after herself and the baby and it wasn't as if she could sleep anyways with worry for Lena.
"No, I can't leave Kara," Alex said. "I'm okay, Maggie, I promise. And, I'm in the best possible place if anything was to happen." Alex told her, Maggie sighing.
"Alex," Maggie sounded annoyed at her wife. "Please."
"No," Alex told her. "I need to be here for Kara," Alex said, as she walked out of the restroom and headed back down to the waiting room that she and Kara had been placed in. "I'll let you know if we hear anything else," Alex said, before she hung up the phone and turned the corner, seeing the surgeon walking out of the room. She picked up her pace, almost running down the corridor to the room. She rushed in, seeing Kara wiping away tears from her eyes. "Hey, hey, what's he said?" Alex questioned, walking closer to her sister.
"She out of surgery," Kara said, Alex feeling a little relieved. "She's going to recovery and I can go see her soon for a little bit, but he said that she is in an induced coma right now," Kara sniffed back some tears. "With having brain surgery, it's just a precaution so…." Kara trailed off, rubbing her hand over her forehead. "I can't really remember what he said. I wish you were here." Kara said, Alex taking a step closer to her and rubbing her sisters arm.
"Well when someone comes to let you go see her I can ask them to explain it all again." Alex told her and Kara gave a little nod.
"Thank you, Alex," Kara got teary again. "Thank you for being her with me." Kara was so grateful that she had a sister as supporting as Alex was. She knew she'd not be coping at all right now if it wasn't for her.
"Hey, I wouldn't be anywhere else," Alex enveloped her sister in a hug. "I'm always here for you, no matter what." Alex told her, rubbing her back and placing a kiss on her temple.
"Can I stay at your place when we have to leave here?" Kara questioned. "I can't go back to our apartment." Kara couldn't be alone right now, especially not in the home she shared with Lena. She needed to be with her family, with her sisters and little Riley would be sure to make her feel better, if only for a little while.
"Of course you can," Alex told her, continuing to rub her back, bringing her sister some comfort. Alex was worried for Lena, so she couldn't imagine what Kara feeling. She couldn't imagine how she would feel if it was Maggie in that situation, that was something that was unbearable to think about. "You can stay with us as long as you want." Alex said, knowing she didn't even need to okay with Maggie. They didn't know how long Lena was going to have to be in hospital for and Alex and Maggie would both be there for Kara to help her through this time.
Maggie heard the front door closing, so she got out of bed and walked over to the bedroom door, hearing footsteps on the stairs. She saw Kara going into the guest room before seeing Alex at their bedroom door. "Kara is staying here." Alex said she walked into the room, Maggie closing the door behind her.
"Yeah that's fine," Maggie answered as Alex pulled her into a hug. Maggie wrapped her arms around her wife, holding her in the embrace for a moment. Alex needing that comfort from her wife. It had been a long emotional night with Kara and she was really exhausted but she just needed that little bit of comfort from her. She loved Maggie more than anything and Lena's accident really brought it home that anything can happen at any time. "How is Lena?"
"She's in recovery," Alex pulled back from the embrace, tucking Maggie's hair behind her ear as she looked into her eyes. The pair of them looking tired. "They need to wait till she wakes up to assess for brain damage but they're hopeful that she's…." Alex trailed off, looking downwards and she rested her hand on her stomach, Maggie noticing the look of pain on her wife's face.
"Woah babe, are you okay?" Maggie looked worried for a different reason now as her hand went onto Alex's back, her other onto her stomach, over Alex's hand.
"I'm fine," Alex grimaced before she took some deep breaths. "I just need to go lie down and get some sleep."
"Alex," Maggie raised her voice a little. "Are you in pain? What's wrong?" Maggie swallowed a lump in her throat as she could feel her heart beating within her chest. She knew this would happen. She let herself get to excited about the baby and now something was wrong. Alex was in pain. "I knew it. I knew -"
"Maggie," Alex spoke over her. "I'm okay. The baby is okay," Alex assured her. "It's just growing pains. My uterus is expanding to make room for the growing baby," Alex told her, Maggie pursing her lips. "I promise you," Alex rubbed Maggie's cheek. "But if it is going to reassure you then when we go to the hospital tomorrow with Kara to see Lena we can pop over to the maternity unit and we can talk to a nurse or midwife and be sure." Alex told her, seeing Maggie giving a little nod.
"Okay. If you don't mind. I would like that." Maggie told her. She wanted to trust Alex's self-diagnosis. Alex had been through pregnancy before and knew what to expect, but after everything she'd been through, she couldn't help but be worried at every little thing that was happening with Alex right now.
"Then we'll do that," Alex replied, understanding why Maggie was so jumpy during this pregnancy. "But right now, all I want to do it sleep." Alex spoke through a yawn before walking over to the bed. She grabbed her pyjamas from under the pillow as Maggie walked over and slipped into the bed. Alex gave her a reassuring smile before she walked over to the en-suite to get herself ready for bed.
Around lunch time, they'd brought Lena out of the coma and had done some checks on her and she showed no signs of any brain damaged, much to the relief of everyone. The doctor told Kara that he wanted to come back and do more extensive checks on Lena, but that right now, she could have time with her. Kara took hold of Lena's hand, her thumb lightly rubbing over the top. "Quite a scare you gave me, babe," Kara said, feeling herself tearing up. She was so relieved that Lena was going to be okay. "This is probably a silly question but how are you feeling?"
"Like I've hit by a bus." Lena croaked.
Kara stifled a laugh. "Rao, if I lost you, I…." Kara stopped talking and looked downwards, not able to finish the sentence. Losing Lena was something that was unbearable to think about.
"Kara, I'm sorry," Lena spoke hoarsely. "What I said, I didn't -"
"Hey, hey, no," Kara shook her head as she ran her hand over Lena's forehead. "We don't need to talk about that," Kara told her. "Not right now. Not ever," Kara said. "Let's just focus on you getting better yeah?" Kara took a deep breath, feeling her eyes glazing over. She reached up and wiped her hand over her eyes.
"No," Lena spoke quietly. Her body ached all over and every time she took a breath, it hurt. "Because I need to explain," Lena told her. "I was wrong and I was nasty to you." Lena told her. She tried to sit herself up a bit more in the bed, but it was a bad idea because pain shot through her upper body.
"Be careful, honey." Kara gently helped her get comfier.
Lena winced, before taking a moment to collect herself. "Ever since my Mum kidnapped me and Maggie, I have been putting everything into my work and yesterday it all just became too much," Lena told her. "I know she is not a nice person because who could do that to her own child," Lena said, looking to Kara. Kara pursed her lips but didn't reply because she knew Lena didn't want to her too. She knew she wanted to keep talking. That she wanted to say more. "But at the end of the day she is my Mum. She's the woman who raised me and it hurts that she could do that and try to destroy my happiness and take away the love of my life," Lena said, Kara noticing tears in her eyes. She squeezed Lena's hand a little tighter, but not too much because she knew she was in pain. "I took my frustrations out on you and I'm sorry because you didn't deserve that and Earth Birthday isn't stupid and I love that you are so passionate about being Supergirl and helping National City," Lena squeaked. "I'm really sorry."
"Lena," Kara exhaled. "Why didn't you just talk to me about how you were feeling?" Kara questioned. If she'd known about Lena struggling with Lillian going to jail and what she tried to do, maybe she could have helped her. Lena wouldn't have gotten herself so stressed over her work because she wouldn't be using it as a distraction.
"Because you hate my Mum." Lena felt a tear rolling down her cheek.
"I don't hate her," Kara told her. "We are very different people and she's tried to destroy me on a number of occasions and I hate what she does, but…." Kara trailed off. "I love you so much, Lena, and no matter what, I'd be there for you and I'd help you through anything," Kara told her. "And if you want to talk about what happened and if you want to go visit your mother, even if it's just to get closure from everything, then I'd understand that." Kara said, Lena giving her a little smile.
"No," Lena shook her head. "I don't want to have a relationship with her," Lena said. She knew that for sure. There were just issues that she needed to work through. That she needed to come to peace with. "I just…" Lena exhaled lightly. "I'm sorry for taking my frustrations out on you and I will make it up to you. I promise because you didn't deserve what I said," Lena felt awful for how she acted with Kara. "And I make enough money for the both of us," Lena told her. "I don't even know where that whole money thing came from," Lena screwed her face up a little. "If you want to give up CatCo and focus solely on being Supergirl then you can because we can still live comfortably. Comfortable than most people." Lena said, Kara giving a little smile before she shook her head.
"I need the normality of a job," Kara told her. "Even if I am only there half the time." Kara quipped, her lips curling into a smirk.
"I'm sorry." Lena told her. She did feel bad for what she said. She knew it wasn't easy for Kara to juggle trying to be Kara Danvers and Supergirl.
"It's okay," Kara gave her a smile as she leaned up and placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Although the thought of being your little housewife isn't actually that off putting," Kara laughed. "You go out and bring home the bacon while I stay at home with the kids and fight the odd alien every now and then," Kara said, Lena giving a little laugh before wincing. "Sorry." Kara felt bad for making her laugh and causing her some pain.
"It's okay," Lena said. "I'm the one that's sorry for not feeling like I could talk to you about it," Lena bit her lip. "Because then I probably wouldn't have got hit by a bus." Lena said and Kara chuckled.
"Well the main thing is, this has got us talking about it and we'll get you through all this together," Kara told her. "Your recovery from the accident and the stuff with your Mum," Kara said, Lena giving a nod as Kara leaned forward and wiped a tear that was threatening to fall from Lena's eye. "I love you honey." Kara told her.
"I love you too." Lena smiled before Kara leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Lena's lips.
Alex and Maggie walked back to the ward that Lena was in. "I'm sorry that was a waste of time," Maggie said as they walked through the corridor. "I should have trusted you more."
"It's okay," Alex told her. As Maggie had wished they'd gone to see the nurse but just like Alex had suspected, it was just her uterus expanding so the baby had room to grow. "It never hurts to go get things checked out if you are worried. It's always better to be safe," Alex assured her. "We won't have been the only people to go in with those kinds of pains and we won't be the last." Alex said, wrapping her arm around Maggie's shoulder and leaning into her to kiss her temple.
"I suppose not," Maggie murmured. "So, you think we should go back in or leave Kara to have more time with Lena?" Maggie questioned as they neared the room Lena was in.
"We can go say hey," Alex shrugged. "Kara should probably go get some air and something to eat and drink anyways," Alex noted. She didn't have breakfast at their house, heading straight for the hospital first thing and Alex knew she wouldn't have left Lena's bedside all day. They knocked softly on the door before opening it, Kara and Lena both looking around to them.
"Everything okay with the baby?" Kara asked, sounding concerned.
"Yes," Maggie answered. "Just me overly worrying," Maggie said, before looking to Lena and giving her a smile. "Those pain killers kicking in yet?" Maggie rested her hand on Lena's leg. Lena looked down to where Maggie's hand was resting and swallowed before looking back to Maggie.
"Not fast enough," Lena told her. "Uhm, Kara sweetie could you go see if you could get me some ice chips?" Lena questioned, her gaze looking back to Maggie's hand before looking back to her fiancée.
"There's water right there." Kara said, pointing to the jug of water on the bedside cabinet.
"I know but I want ice chips," Lena told her. "Please, Kara." Lena said.
"I'll go." Alex offered as she turned to walk out of the room.
"No," Lena raised her voice. "I want Kara to go for me." Lena said, swallowing a lump in her throat.
"Okay," Kara looked a little confused as she shared a glanced with Maggie and Alex. "I'll be back soon." Kara stood up from the chair and walked out of the room.
"Uhm," Lena took a deep breath as she looked to Maggie again. "Can you do that again?" Lena questioned, gesturing to her leg.
"Do what?" Maggie looked a little confused.
"Hit my leg," Lena said, her heart started to beat faster with worry. "Please." Lena pleaded with her. Maggie exchanged a look with Alex before she hit Lena's leg.
"Alex," Lena looked at her. Alex was standing at the other side of the bed to Maggie. "Please," Alex hit her hand against Lena's leg. "Do it again, both of you." Alex and Maggie once again looked at each other, both of them with the same look of worry on their faces as they did as requested and hit their hands against Lena's legs once again.
"I can't feel it," Lena sounded like she was about to burst into tears. "I can't feel my legs."
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