Conversations on a Balcony

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A/N: this one is for chupeydupey who asked to see Kara giving the locket I referenced in the previous chapter to Cat for their anniversary.

Translations:

/:ieiu/: Mom


Cat was still asleep when Kara got a call from Alex saying she was needed. She sighed and then super sped into her suit and headed out through the balcony door.

An hour later, Cat woke slowly, her hand automatically sliding to Kara's side of the bed to find the sheets empty and cool. On her wife's pillow was the little Supergirl fridge magnet that she used to let Cat know she was gone on a mission when she didn't have time to wake her. It made the CEO smile every time.

It was their second wedding anniversary and Cat took a moment to reflect on the last two years of her life. Marriage was hard… with her previous four husbands… but it seemed like the fifth was the charm because her marriage to Kara had been nothing but joyful and amazing.

Cat grinned to herself and rolled over, holding the magnet in her hand as she hugged Kara's pillow, inhaling the fresh scent of clean linen infused with her wife's shampoo and light perfume.

The Perfume.

She chuckled to herself. Maybe they should have realized their feelings for each other sooner. The bottle of perfume had been something Cat had received as a gift and hadn't liked, so she'd tossed it to her assistant offhandedly the next day. Kara had looked so surprised, then her face had eased into a beaming, affectionate smile that had stopped Cat's usual snarky comments in their tracks. Instead, she'd returned the smile and the wash of attraction she felt towards the younger woman had colored her cheeks just a tad. The hero had worn nothing else since and Cat had come to love the scent over the years.

The baby monitor next to the bed came to life and the CEO smiled as she pulled back the bedcovers and headed for Abby's room, slipping her favorite silk robe on over her nakedness. She leaned over the crib to pick up her delightedly grinning daughter but then a burst of air displacement lifted her hair and she chuckled softly as Supergirl's blue-clad arms came around both of them and squeezed gently. "Good morning. How are my two favorite girls?"

"Glad to see you, /:ieiu/," Cat replied with a loving smile as she stroked Abby's blonde curls. The little girl's blue eyes moved back and forth between her two mothers and she smiled happily. "Everything go ok?"

"Alien bank robbers," Kara replied with a grin. "They're nabbed." She shrugged. "I nabbed them." She kissed Cat then with a quiet passion that made the older woman's heartbeat quite a bit faster. "I love you. Happy anniversary." She grinned as Abby slapped her in the nose. "I love you too, Baby Girl."

"Happy Anniversary… and seventeenth Earth Birthday, Kara."

"Thank you! I got a cake from Alex at the DEO," Kara chuckled. "She's so funny. Every year she holds it out with the lit candles and says blow… gently. I mean, it was just once, years ago, that I blew her over, c'mon."

Cat laughed heartily. "Better to be safe than frozen," she joked, making Kara roll her eyes. Then she linked her wife and led her back to their bedroom and out onto the balcony. She flipped the hot tub on and then pulled back the cover. "How about a little bit of relaxation? It's Sunday after all."

"Sounds amazing. Oh hey, you want eggs and bacon?"

"I want you," Cat countered with a little grin.

"That comes later," the Kryptonian promised with a wink. "Why don't you change Abby and get her into her bathing suit while I cook." A moment later, she was in shorts and a t-shirt and she kissed each of her girls again before strolling off towards the kitchen.

Cat smiled and rubbed the lipstick mark off her daughter's cheek. "We're the two luckiest girls in the world," she said as she carried their daughter back into her room to change her. She dressed her in a fresh diaper and blew raspberries on her belly as she struggled to get her into her bathing suit. "I think you might need a new one soon," Cat said with a frown. "You're growing so fast, Baby Girl! Couple more months and you'll be a whole year old. How about that?!"

Abby laughed and waved her hands before hovering several inches off the changing table.

"Oh God! KAAARAAAA!" Cat yelled, holding her daughter securely in case she suddenly solar flared. The Kryptonian was in the room a split second later.

"What?! What is it?!"

Cat let go of Abby and stepped back. Kara's eyes widened. "Oh shit. Um… ok… not totally unexpected but… damn! Look at our kid!"

The older woman laughed gently. "I know, right?" She paused then. "What do we do?"

"I have no idea," Kara replied uncertainly. "I don't want to make her think it's wrong but…"

Cat decisively reached for her child and took her into her arms. "Good Girl, Abby," she said as she kissed her forehead and set the straps of her bathing suit into place. "For now, I guess when we're out, we make sure to keep her strapped into her stroller," the older woman smiled.

"Sounds like a plan," the Kryptonian replied with a nod. "Let me just check on breakfast. Want me to bring it to you in the hot tub?"

"Please," Cat replied. "It'll give Abby a chance to do some splashing around before she eats."

Fifteen minutes later, they were all in the tub. Cat was sitting with her back against Kara's chest while Abby floated in her inflatable chair with a small portion of scrambled eggs on its table. Kara was intermittently feeding her some yogurt too, but Abby was enjoying the fistfuls of soft eggs that she was shoving into her mouth much more.

Kara kissed Cat's temple. "Hey," she whispered into her ear.

"Hmm?" Cat replied, lazily stroking her hand down her wife's thigh. Then her eyes widened as something dangled in front of her. It was a piece of jewelry… a locket on a short chain. Cat took it into her hand and looked at it. It was platinum and exquisitely detailed with tiny diamonds. It was open and she turned it to find pictures of Abby and Kara inside. The back was engraved with First two years of forever, with all my love, K.. Cat's eyes filled with tears. "Oh Kara," she whispered. "It's so beautiful. I love it."

"May I?" Kara asked and her wife nodded quickly. The younger woman swept Cat's hair back from her neck and kissed the soft skin gently before clasping the chain around it. "When we were in Paris," she murmured softly. "You told me that you've never loved anyone the way you love me."

"Yes," Cat whispered, voice stolen.

"I thank Rao for that every day because I feel so honored and privileged to be yours and to be Abby's mother. I love you, Cat, and I promise to love you every moment of every day for the rest of my life."

"Ma," Abby said with a smile as she splashed a little with her hands. The now floating eggs drifted toward Cat and Kara and it was all just… perfect.