Conversations on a Balcony

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A/N: Abby OWNS this chapter!


Kara tutted as she plucked her hovering daughter out of the air and then playfully smooched her cheek. "What did I say about flying, Abigail?"

The little girl sighed and shook her head. "Can't do it without asking Mom or /:ieiu/ first."

"Right. It's very important that we don't show our special powers."

"Is painting a special power?" Abby asked, thinking about the things /:ieiu/ did and obviously trying to understand.

Kara shook her head as she carried her child into her small bedroom. "No, painting is something everyone can do."

"Cooking?"

"No…"

"Reading?"

"No…"

"Running?"

Kara could tell that this line of questioning could potentially take forever. "Honey, it's only the things that most people can't do. Like flying, freeze breath, heat vision, super speed… got it?"

"Cooking?"

"You already said that one… and no, Baby Girl," Kara chuckled. "Mom cooks, right? And while she's super and amazing in loads of ways, she doesn't have special powers like you and I do. Ok, we'll come back to this later. How about we take a soak in the hot tub?"

"Yeah! Where's Mom?" the little girl asked.

"She's on the balcony, finishing up some work. Which bathing suit do you want?" She held up two, one red and one blue.

"Blue," Abby replied, pointing at the blue one.

Kara grinned happily, astounded by how much her child had developed over the previous year. "Well done, Baby Girl. You're so smart. Do you need help with your buttons?"

"No, I can do it," Abby said with a smile.

Kara held up her hands in surrender. "Go ahead."

After a couple of false starts, Abby got her shirt and pants off. Then she stepped out of her underwear and took the bathing suit from her mother. "I think I need help with this please, /:ieiu/. It's too little."

"Too small," Kara corrected gently. "Sure, I can help you. It's just tight."

After they'd wrestled Abby into her suit and Kara had changed into hers, they stepped out onto the balcony to meet a smiling Cat, who peered over the top of her glasses at them from her seat on the couch.

"Two peas in a pod," she said lovingly, taking in the matching blue suits and blonde ponytails. "Let me just get changed and I'll meet you in the hot tub."

Cat firmly closed her laptop, article be damned, and disappeared into the bedroom for a few moments, while Kara lifted their daughter into the warmly bubbling water. She climbed in herself and then took a seat on one of the molded plastic benches, sitting Abby on her lap and kissing her cheek. "This is nice."

"Very warm," Abby agreed. "/:ieiu/, can we go to the zoo?"

"Now?" Kara asked.

"Not now, Silly. Tomorrow," the little girl replied, rolling her eyes in a perfect reproduction of Cat's.

"Maybe we can go on Saturday," her mother chuckled. "That would be three sleeps."

"Three sleeps," Abby mused. "Ok. Check the calendar."

The Kryptonian almost burst into laughter. That was exactly what Cat always said when they discussed outings. "You are SO adorable, Baby Girl."

"You both are," Cat said as she got into the hot tub and sat across from them. "Did I hear something about the zoo?"

"Three more sleeps," the youngest Danvers-Grant said solemnly, and Cat knew she'd hold them to it.

They settled in together and then Kara looked at Cat with raised eyebrows. The older woman nodded and leaned forward. "Hey Abby, /:ieiu/ and I want to tell you something very important."

Blue eyes blinked and the little girl looked back over her shoulder at her Kryptonian mother. "Is something bad?"

"No, Honey, nothing's wrong," Kara said with a smile. "We have very, very good news."

Abby smiled and nodded. "What?"

"/:ieiu/ and I are going to have a baby." Cat said gently. "You're going to have a baby sister."

"Like a puppy?" the little girl asked. Kara did laugh this time.

"No, not a puppy," Cat clarified with a little grin. "A little girl like you."

"Oh…" Abby digested that for a long moment. "I'll still have my room?"

"Actually," Kara said. "Now that you're four and a big girl, you'll be getting a bigger and much cooler room of your own and the new baby will have your old room so she can be near to Mom and me. She's going to be very small, and she'll need us to take care of her a lot. She's also going to need you to teach her a lot of things."

"When will she come here?" the little one asked.

"Not for another six months. Lots of sleeps," Cat explained gently. "The new baby is in /:ieiu/'s tummy and she'll grow bigger and bigger. Then she'll be born with tiny fingers and toes. Her name is Olivia."

Abby turned and looked down at Kara's stomach, narrowing her eyes. The hero's breath caught as she looked at her wife. "Did she just… x-ray vision me?"

Cat couldn't do anything but laugh helplessly as Kara shook her head in disbelief.

"Was I in your tummy, /:ieiu/?" Abby finally asked with a frown.

"You were," Kara replied. "And I loved having you in my tummy… but now I have Olivia in there."

"How did she get in there?"

"Uh…" Kara looked at Cat for help on that one.

"Aunt Alex and Uncle Brainy did some special science stuff," the older woman said.

"Oh…." The little girl nodded. "Was Carter in your tummy, /:ieiu/?"

"No, Carter was in MY tummy," Cat explained. "A long time ago." She chuckled as she watched their daughter trying to figure it all out but finally, Abby just nodded sagely.

"Good. Can we get a puppy?"

Kara and Cat looked at each other and just sighed.