"Halley, sweetie, it's time to go" Alex told the five year old once she was by her side, getting the child to look at her almost begging to stay. "We're meeting Maggie, we'll be coming tomorrow, okay?" she told the kid, who nodded slightly saying goodbye to the other kids before grabbing her hand. "Did you have fun?" she asked.
"Yeah, they were nice" Halley answered. "They didn't think that I was weird" the five year old smiled excitedly.
"That's great, kiddo" she smiled back looking at her.
Halley kept telling her about the friends she had made as they walked to the place where Maggie was waiting for them, the child pulling lightly from her hand when they got closer only trying to hide behind her.
That fact made her laugh slightly but crouching down beside her as Maggie approached them and kneeled down in front of the kid.
"Hey, sweetie" Maggie smiled at the child, who was glaring at her shoes.
"She's not going to hurt you, kiddo" she tried to convince her, getting Halley to look at Maggie.
The five year old was slowly getting used to Maggie's presence, accepting the woman to grab her hand and even smiling eventually to her, but still not a word had escaped her lips. That last part was starting to worry Alex, who was watching closely their interaction, not knowing what else to do for the little one to trust her girlfriend.
However, she knew that the kid needed a process before starting talking to someone she didn't know, so she shouldn't be worried or afraid of her reactions.
Halley was starting to answer Maggie's questions, telling her what she liked to do and everything she knew about dragons, smiling widely when Maggie asked her about them.
"Okay, I know this food is new for you, but you have to try it" she tried to make the child to eat something, because for the past five minutes the kid had been staring the food on her plate. "You're gonna like it" she said offering her the fork with some spaghetti.
Halley looked at her not really convinced about doing it, her brows furrowed, but taking the food to her mouth to chew it slowly. After that first bite she started eating without even breathing, which was starting to scared her, but she was sure that it was because of Kara.
Ice cream was the worst option she had made during that day because the child stained her clothes, so they had to go to her loft to get some clean ones. Soon after that she was called to go to the DEO, so she did bringing Halley with her.
"Papa!" the five year old exclaimed running towards J'onn, who picked her up.
"Hey, kiddo" he smiled embracing her. "Alex you're needed at the lab" J'onn told her, so she kissed Halley's forehead before leaving.
Halley watched Alex left before looking at J'onn waiting for him to tell her what they were going to do while Alex was working. However, a few minutes later they were called to trapped an alien, so she was left with Winn.
She looked at her cousin's friend, her gaze focusing on what he was working on, but getting distracted when she saw Mon-El, so without saying anything she ran to hugged his legs.
"Hey there, kiddo" Mon-El smiled as he ruffled her hair. "What were you doing?" he asked grabbing her hand to start walking.
"Nothing" she answered.
Mon-El picked her up before starting walking to a room, where he sat her in a chair and put some crayons and paper sheets in front of her to color. Both of them talking while coloring, Halley asking about Daxam.
"Oh my God! Here you are, Halley" Winn opened the door from the room like if he had been searching for her for a while. "Next time tell me where you're going, okay?" her cousin's friend asked kneeling in front of her.
"I guess I should have told you, sorry" Mon-El apologized.
"Yeah, you should have" Winn told him. "Alex would have killed me if she had been lost" he commented hugging her. "You're staying with her, right?" her cousin's friend asked to what Mon-El nodded. "Okay, I'll tell Alex, see you later, sweetheart" Winn kissed her hair before sitting her back on the chair and leaving.
They spent most of the time coloring and playing, Mon-El tickling her until she couldn't stop laughing, her head falling over his shoulder when he picked her up to calm her down.
She yawned while closing her eyes, Mon-El hugging her tightly as he caressed her hair waiting for her to fall asleep.
"The four year old was swinging her legs sitting on a chair, her gaze focusing in her shoes while waiting for someone to pick her up from there, tears trying to escape her eyes, but putting a brave face.
She had been following her mother until she couldn't see her anymore, so she had landed on a street not knowing where she was or how to go back home. She had been walking for at least two hours, feeling relieved when a woman had asked her if she was lost, so she had nodded not aware that she would end at the police station.
"You okay, kiddo?" a woman asked sitting in front of her, but she didn't answer. "What's your name?" the officer questioned.
"Halley" she barely whispered, still not looking at her.
"How old are you?" the woman asked trying to keep a conversation with her, so she showed her four fingers. "I'm officer Miller, but you can call me Olivia, okay?" the officer introduced herself making her to look at her for a few seconds before nodding. "Do you know where you live?" Olivia asked to what she shook her head. "Do you know where your parents are?" the woman questioned.
"Home?" she answered not really sure about it.
The officer sighed while observing her, tears starting to fall down her cheeks, she hadn't expected to be there all by herself.
The child knew what would happen when her father learnt where she was and the reasons why she was there.
"You hungry, sweetie?" Olivia asked handing her a package of cookies.
She barely nodded taking a cookie from the package, eating it slowly while observing the woman she in front of her, her eyes narrowing when the officer stood up ready to leave the room.
She couldn't avoid panicking because of the thought of being alone, unsure of what would happen next, so she just looked at Olivia with bright eyes, almost crying.
"I have to leave for a little while, but officer Sawyer will stay with you, okay?" the officer told her pointing to the woman that had entered the room recently. "Stay with her while I come back"
"But I... I'm not good with kids" officer Sawyer said shortly after Olivia had walked out of the room. "Hi! What's your name, sweetheart?" the woman smiled sitting in front of her.
"Halley" she barely whispered.
"That's a beautiful name" the woman told her."I'm Maggie" the officer introduced herself. "What would you like to do?" Maggie asked to what she shrugged.
The woman just looked at her for a few seconds without knowing what to do with her, so she just let her head fall over her arms, tears running down her cheeks before closing her eyes.
"You're tired?" Maggie asked while getting up to hold her, putting her jacket on her shoulders. "Here, that's better, huh?" the woman asked her making her nod. "We're going to find your parents soon, kiddo"
She nodded again while closing her eyes tired, being relaxed as she listened to the woman's heartbeat, eventually falling asleep."
Alex walked up to the room where Mon-El was staying with Halley, smiling slightly when she saw how the little girl had her head resting on his shoulder with her eyes close, deeply asleep.
Mon-El looked up at her for a few seconds before hugging the child tightly as if he was trying to calm her down, Halley moving in his arms without waking up.
"She seems to be calm with you" she commented observing the five year old. "Had you ever taken care of a child?" she asked curious.
"No, not until I met Halley" Mon-El answered gently brushing Halley's hair from her face.
"Well, you're good at it, Kara should hire you to babysit" she smiled at him. "I should take her home" she told him, so Mon-El handed the child to her. "Thanks for staying with her" she said hugging the child tightly.
"No problem" Mon-El smiled caressing one last time the child's hair.
She wasn't surprised when she saw Maggie waiting for them at her place, the kid still asleep in her arms, so she laid her down on the couch and covered her with a blanket.
She watched how Maggie kneeled in front of the child, caressing Halley's hair while observing her, which made her frown not understanding what was happening.
"What's wrong?" she asked approaching them getting Maggie to look at her.
"I've met her before, a year ago or so" Maggie finally answered, which made her frown confused. "She was lost, so she was taken to the police station, I spent the night with her until her parents arrived, but if I had known what was happening... I wouldn't have let her go" her girlfriend explained to her.
"It's not your fault" she told her. "We didn't know either" she sighed. "Halley's story it's complicated, we only know what she dreams about, she barely talks about it" she explained. "But I agree with what Kara said once, 'Halley has us now', we're her family and we can make things better for her" she said, caressing the child's face.
"Yeah, I guess you're right" Maggie nodded.
She smiled slightly, Halley finally had a family who would protect her from any harm and that would support her in everything she would made.
Halley looked at Alex before grabbing her hand, her backpack on her back while they entered the DEO, a huge smile on her face when she saw her cousin waving from the other side of the hall.
"Kara!" she squealed running to her with arms open.
Her cousin embraced her with all her strength, picking her up from the floor and kissing her forehead as she couldn't stop smiling.
She had spent four days with Alex and she had loved it, but she had really missed Kara, being afraid of her cousin's safety, so she couldn't avoid the tears to fall down her cheeks.
"Hey, Why are you crying?" Kara asked pulling her away a little. "Are those happy tears?" her cousin questioned making her nodded slightly. "I've missed you too, baby" Kara kissed her hair. "How was it?"
"Good, we've had a lot of fun together, right, kiddo?" Alex answered as she nodded.
"We went to the park!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"You did? Wow, that's amazing" Kara tickled her. "Did you make friends?" her cousin asked to what she nodded. "Well, we'll have to go back then"
"Can we go tomorrow?" She asked seeing her cousin smile.
"We'll see, okay?" Kara kissed her forehead as she nodded. "Sister's night at my place?" her cousin looked at Alex, who nodded. "Okay, I'll see you later, but until then you and I are going to spend some time together, What do you think?" Kara asked looking at her eyes.
"Yeah!" she exclaimed giggling.
She smiled relieved that her cousin was safe and back at home after all those days, not being able to wait to start explaining her everything they had done.
Hi!
Kara is back! And Maggie knew Halley from before.
I'm really trying to move forward to episodes 12 and 13 of season two, but before that, if I have enough time to write it, I'll be publishing a Christmas chapter.
Let me know what you think, thanks so much for reading and reviewing,
Ayrin