maybe kara putting a red sock with the laundry and making all the clothes getting pink or something like that. and then baby lori or baby livia saying "you're in trouble, mama"


"And you're sure you'll be okay on your own? Kara, Alex and Maggie offered to stay here until I get back. It's okay if -"

"We'll be fine." Kara grabs Lena's hand in an effort to get her to stop her frantic checking and re-checking of everything she has packed. "Lena," she speaks softly, ducking her head to catch her wife's eyes.

Lena sighs before turning to face Kara. "I'm sorry."

Kara gives her a quick kiss on the lips. "It's okay, Lena." She squeezes Lena's hand. "This is the first time either of us will spend a night away from them." She tilts her head in thought. "You have to admit that it's pretty impressive you've managed to go almost three years without having to go on an overnight business trip."

"Hmm," Lena hums in thought. "That's true." She looks down at their joined hands. "Can you blame me though?" When she meets Kara's eyes again, there are tears threatening to spill. "I still have nightmares about when they were kidnapped, Kara. It's… I can't help but feel like they are much safer when we are both there."

Wrapping her arms around Lena's waist, Kara pulls her wife against her body. "Oh, Lena." She kisses her head. "I still worry about that, too. I know it's been over two years since that happened, but…" She takes a deep breath. "I should have known they were in trouble. I should have been able to stop that from ever happening."

Lena pulls back enough to see Kara's face, but keep their arms around each other. "Kara, that wasn't your fault."

"It wasn't yours either." Kara's response is instant. "Okay…" She takes a deep breath with a slight shake of her head. "That's enough of that, Lena." She gives Lena a quick squeeze around the waist. "I'm not going to have you getting on that plane with our last conversation being about this, okay?" Lena nods. "Good. We're going to put your bags on the floor because you are not forgetting anything and don't need to check them anymore tonight. Then we're going to bed because it's late and you need your rest. In the morning, we'll have breakfast with Lori and Livia before we drive you to the airport."

"That sounds like a plan I can't refuse." Lena finally smiles.

With a decisive nod, Kara steps back from the hug to begin taking Lena's bags off of the bed. "Good."


"Okay, Lori, you be good for Mama." Lena is kneeling down and hugging Lori close to her.

"I will, Mommy." Lori squeezes Lena as tightly as she can.

"That's my girl." Lena gives her one more squeeze before letting go and turning to Livia. "And you, Miss Thing." She smiles at the sight of the dimples that form on her daughter's face. "Don't go getting your sister into trouble."

Livia giggles. "Okay, Mommy." She throws her arms around Lena's neck, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Just three sleeps?"

"That's right, baby girl. I'll be back after three sleeps."

Kara watches her wife and daughters share their goodbyes with an adoring smile. "Lor, Liv, one more big hug, and then Mommy has to go."

Both girls sandwich Lena in between them, wrapping their arms around her as much as they can. They both express their love and how much they'll miss her before releasing her to allow her to stand. Kara hands each of them their stuffed animals before Lena is stepping into her embrace.

"Sure you don't want me to fly out to have lunch with you everyday?" Kara whispers into Lena's ear, making sure their daughters can't hear her.

Lena shakes her head, knowing Kara can feel it. "We've spent time apart before, Kara." She lets out a slight self-deprecating chuckle. "I'll see you on Monday."

Kara sighs, but relents. "Fine, but if you even feel a little lonely, just text me, and I'll be there in five minutes."

"Deal." She leans back and presses a kiss to Kara's lips. "I'm not sure how lonely I'll get with how much Lois has been texting me, wanting to meet up."

Kara laughs and steals another kiss before releasing Lena. "I forgot about that."

"Ha, I didn't. She text me first thing this morning to tell me she'll be at the airport to pick me up." Lena rolls her eyes, but she's smiling in amusement.

"You know you love her."

"Yeah, yeah." Lena bends down to press a kiss to each of their daughters' heads. "I'll see you on Monday, my loves. I love you both so much."

"Love you too, Mommy." The two girls speak with smiles strikingly similar to Lena's, bringing the same smile to her face.

She smiles at Kara as her hands play with their hair. "I'll see you on Monday."

"See you on Monday."


"Mama, why are we going home?"

Kara peaks at Livia in the rearview mirror. "I got today off of work, so we can spend the whole day just the three of us." She tilts her head for a moment. "How did you know we're going home."

Livia shrugs nonchalantly and continues reading her book.

"Well, okay then."


"So what do you two munchkins want for dinner?" Kara and the twins are in their playroom, sitting on the floor with a variety of toys.

"Pizza!"

"Potstickers!"

Lori and Livia speak at the same time.

Kara looks around as if making sure Lena isn't watching. "Okay," she whispers, "but just this once. Tomorrow, we have to eat something green."

The twins only giggle, and Kara shakes her head in amusement.


"Mama! Mama!"

Kara wakes to Lori jumping on her bed. "What are you doing, Lori?" Kara rolls over, looking for any sign of the other twin.

Lori flops on top of Kara with a giggle. "Liv opened it."

"What?" Kara asks, still trying to wake up.

"She opened the gate."

Kara's eyes go wide, and she throws her blanket off of her body before running out of her room and down the hallway to see the fallen baby gate that is supposed to be separating the bedrooms from the rest of the penthouse. She runs into the kitchen to see all of the lower cabinets open with various items on the floor.

"Livia?" She follows the giggling to find Livia sitting on the floor on the opposite side of the kitchen island.

"Hey, Mama." Livia smiles up at her with the ice cream maker sitting on her lap.

"What are you doing, Liv?" Kara crouches down, looking around and trying to figure out how long it took her to make this mess.

"It's too slow." Livia looks down at the ice cream machine with an all too familiar crinkle between her eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

Livia holds out the ice cream maker to her mother. "Wanna fix it."

Kara blinks as she sees that Livia managed to open a part of the machine. "You want it to make ice cream faster?"

Livia nods.

"How about we go buy ice cream later, and you and your mommy can put this back together when she gets back?"

Livia narrows her eyes as she thinks about that. "Can we get the one with the big choc'late?"

"Yup. You have my sweet tooth." Kara looks around them before leaning close to whisper to her. "We can get the chocolate ice cream, but you have to eat vegetables first."

Kara hears glass breaking coming from the direction of her bedroom.

"I'm okay!" Lori's voice reaches Kara's ears.


"Livia, we had a deal." Kara still hasn't perfected her stern, mom voice. "Vegetables first, and then ice cream."

"But Mama, these are too mushy." Livia pouts as she pokes a piece of broccoli. "Mommy doesn't make them mushy."

Kara sighs. "When Mommy calls tonight, don't you want to tell her that you are all of your vegetables?"

"No."

The seriousness in Livia's tone catches Kara off guard. She blinks in mild shock.

"Mama, can we just drink the juice?" Lori is playing with her own broccoli.

"I didn't make any, munchkin."

Livia climbs out of her chair while Kara is focuses on Lori. "Mommy made some."

Kara hops out of her seat to go after Livia, who is trying to open the refrigerator. "Woah, there. Let me get that for you." She opens the door.

"There, Mama!" Livia points to a container of green juice as she hops up and down on her feet.

"I see it." Kara reaches for the bottle and turns to face her children. "If I give you two some of this, are you going to drink it?"

"Yes!"


"Mama, what are you doing?" Lori walks into the laundry room with a stuffed dog in one hand.

"I'm doing laundry." Kara smiles down at her. "That wasn't a very long nap, munchkin."

Lori pouts. "Not tired, Mama."

Kara quickly finishes loading the washing machine, so she can turn her attention to her daughter. "And why aren't you tired, hmm? We spent all morning playing. Is Livia sleeping?"

Lori nods. "I'm too awake. Wanna play still."

"Oh, so you have too much energy, huh?" Kara scoops the older twin into her arms.

"Energy?"

"That's what makes you go." She carries her daughter back to her bedroom. Kara and Lena only recently moved the girls to new rooms and turned their joined baby room into a playroom. "Will a story help you sleep?"

"No, Mama. Don't wanna sleep."

"Why not?"

"Wanna do something."

"What do you want to do?" Kara sits on the edge of Lori's toddler bed with her daughter on her lap.

"Can we make cookies?"

Kara purses her lips in thought. "Cookies, huh?"

Lori nods as her eyes light up. "Please, Mama."

"Mommy wants to make cookies with us when she gets back."

"Can we make a cake?" Lori bounces up and down on her lap.

Kara sighs. "That's a lot of sugar, munchkin."

"I won't tell Mommy."

Shaking her head, Kara tries her best not to laugh. "That's not what I was worried about, Lor."


"Mama."

Kara turns from Lori and the game they are playing to see Livia walking toward them, rubbing her eyes with one little fist. "Hey, sweetie." She smiles lovingly at her daughter. "Did you have a nice nap?"

Livia walks over to sit on Kara's lap, whining slightly. She yawns and rests her cheek against Kara's chest.

"Wanna play?" Lori asks her sister.

Kara brushes the dark hair out of Livia's face before placing a kiss on top of her head. "Are you not awake yet, Liv?" She chuckles lightly when Livia snuggles in closer to her.

"'m hungry," Livia mumbles.

"Okay, munchkin." She transfers her daughter from her lap to a bean bag nearby. "You hungry too, Lor?"

"Can we have cake now?"

Kara laughs as she stands. "Maybe after Mommy gets back. How about I go take care of the laundry, and then we'll go get some frozen yogurt? How's that?"

"Yeah!" Lori jumps up onto her feet.

"I want strawberry yogurt." Livia is a little more awake now.

"Then it's a plan. You two go pick out what you want to wear."

While the girls run off to their bedrooms, Kara ventures to the laundry room. She sets aside their jackets fresh from the dryer before quickly folding the rest of the clothes while they can't see her using her powers. She switches back to human speed when she hears footsteps coming down the hallway.

"Mama, can I wear this?" Lori walks into the doorway with a Wonder Woman t-shirt their Aunt Diana got them, unknowing of her other identity.

Kara laughs, remembering when Diana came to visit and brought them those shirts. "Sure, you can." She opens the washer as she continues to talk. "I have your stormtrooper jacket. Do you want to wear that?"

"Is that Mommy's shirt?"

Following where Lori is pointing, Kara sees a pink shirt in her hands. "No, this is pink…" Her eyes go wide in sudden realization. She frantically rifles through the clothes in the washing machine, pulling out various shades of pink clothes until she pulls out one of the twins' Supergirl t-shirts. "Oh, no." She groans and rubs her forehead.

"I don't think Mommy's going to like that."

"Like what?" Livia joins them. "Why is everything pink, Mama?"

"Mama accidentally put a red shirt with all of the white clothes, and they changed color." Kara pushes all of the pink clothes into the washing machine before pouring in a substantial amount of bleach.

"Are you going to be in trouble, Mama?" Livia asks.

"Who wants to bake a cake?" Kara asks enthusiastically as she shuts the washing machine.