Conversations on a Balcony

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A/N: Ok, so, once again, a brief interlude, this time into Conversations in Alex's Office.

Translation: /Ieiu/: Mom.


Kara and Cat were sitting together in the guest chairs in front of Alex's desk, waiting for the director to come back from the lab. Kara was rubbing absently at the spot in the crook of her elbow where her sister had inserted a Kryptonite needle to take a blood sample.

"Did it hurt?" Cat asked softly.

"Nah," the younger woman replied. "Just a little pinch." She took Cat's hand, lacing their fingers together and squeezing gently.

The older woman could feel faint trembling through her wife's touch, and she squeezed gently in return, offering a smile. "It's going to be ok," she said.

The hero nodded and took a deep breath in and out. "I know. I just REALLY want this for us."

"Me too," Cat replied, tears welling unexpectedly but she blinked rapidly as she got up and pulled Kara to her feet. "C'mere."

They just held each other, swaying gently to some unheard melody. "I love you, Cat-El," Kara murmured. "More and more each day." Then she heard something and tipped her glasses down to look through the wall. "She's coming."

The door opened and Alex came in looking slightly flustered. "Sorry," she said shaking her head. "Damn containment unit broke down. I've been chasing a Grapblor around half the building.

Kara winced. Grapblors, a fairly primitive species, naturally secreted a very sticky substance that got all over everything... as her super suit could attest to. Her nose wrinkled. "Please tell me you wore gloves."

Cat just looked amusedly between them as Alex's nose wrinkled too. "I did. He's a cute little guy but God, he's a handful." She moved around her desk and took a seat, leaning back in her chair. "Ok... so..." She tented her fingertips in front of her face. "Remember I told you guys I was going to be the best fucking aunt on the planet?"

Kara and Cat held their breaths, nodding.

"Well, I'm going to get the chance. Congratulations. The blood tests confirmed that you're pregnant! I ran it three times just be sure."

Kara and Cat looked at each other and then the older woman grabbed her wife as Kara's knees suddenly gave out. "Whoah... easy... I gotcha."

Alex quickly rounded the desk to move the chair for Kara to sit in and Cat crouched in front of her, a huge smile lighting her face. The Kryptonian was speechless and her hand drifted to her stomach as she looked at her wife, blinking. "We're... we're..." She swallowed as tears trailed down her cheeks.

Cat gently wiped them away and nodded. "We're having a baby, Sweetheart."

Alex smiled and stepped back as Kara surged forward and kissed her wife, wrapping her up in a bear hug and grinning like an idiot. "We're having a baby!" Then she went to her sister and pulled her into a hug. "Thank you, Alex," she whispered. "Thank you so much for making this happen for us." Cat wrapped her arms around both of them as they cried happy tears together.

Then, as they eased back, Cat crouched and hugged Kara around the waist, lifting her t-shirt a little to kiss the warm skin below her navel and then press her ear to it. "Hi, Baby," she murmured. "This is your Mom. /:Ieiu/ and I love you and can't wait to meet you."

Alex and Kara looked at each other and just melted.