"Happy birthday!" her cousin and Mon-El exclaimed as she opened her eyes. "Do you feel a little older?" Kara asked while sitting up on the bed as she nodded. "Yeah? I can't believe you're seven" her cousin tickled her.
She giggled trying to move away from her cousin's hands, but not being able to do so, just calming down when Kara stopped shortly before embracing her tightly.
"Hey, birthday girl, Do you remember what you asked for breakfast?" Mon-El asked brushing her hair away from her face.
"Ice cream?" she questioned still a little sleepy. "Oh, and pancakes!" she exclaimed getting her cousin and Mon-El to laugh.
"Okay, let's have breakfast then" Kara smiled while grabbing her hand to take her to the living room where Alura was waiting for them.
"Auntie!" she ran towards her aunt to hug her legs.
"Happy birthday, sweet girl" Alura embraced her as they both smiled.
There had been a little bit of a issue with her birthday celebration as she understood that if she wanted to invite her friends and her cousin's, her aunt couldn't be there, so that's why they had decided to celebrate it the next day, so she could spend her birthday with her closest friends and family.
After having breakfast they went to Alex's loft because as her cousin had told her, there was a surprise for her and she couldn't wait longer to find out what it was.
"Okay, I've found it this morning, it has your name written on it" the agent gave her a letter. "Read it out loud, kiddo" Alex asked her, so she nodded before starting reading.
She frowned while reading it, the letter talked about her having a new little friend, but she wasn't really understanding if it was a clue or something, if she was supposed to look for it, so she just stared at her cousin confused, asking for help, which made Kara laugh.
"Do I have to look for it?" She questioned. "It says I have to look in my favorite place to hide" she looked at her cousin.
"Where is that place?" Kara asked waiting for her answer.
"Um..., Under your bed" she answered getting everyone to laugh.
"I think it's the right answer" Alex commented while laughing.
She wouldn't hide there all the time, but she did like to do so when she wanted to be alone, which had managed to scare her cousin a lot of times because she couldn't find her anywhere in the apartment.
At first she used to hide under her cousin's bed most of the time, whenever she had a horrible memory about her father, sometimes having the feeling that he was still there, looking for her.
"You sure, baby?" her cousin asked, to what she nodded, but frowning, it wasn't that place.
"No... It's that room at the DEO" she told them, Kara nodding slightly.
All of them went to the DEO, holding her cousin's hand while guiding them to the room where she had spent so many evenings coloring and reading, a wide smile on her face when she saw J'onn, who picked her up to embrace her.
They gave her a new letter, that time the clue was taking them back home, but she couldn't avoid being surprised when it was Winn who opened the door of the apartment.
"You're getting closer, kiddo" Mon-El told her while ruffling her hair.
"I've heard some noises coming from your bed room, Hal" Winn commented as she looked at him before running there.
"It could be dangerous" her cousin held the knob so she couldn't open the door.
"Kara..." she whined as her cousin laughed finally letting her to open it.
A crinkle appeared in her forehead as she approached a box that was in the middle of the room, a letter by its side, so she sat down ready to open the box, but Mon-El told her to read the letter first.
'Hey, you finally found me, my name is Comet and I can't wait to meet you. They told me that we're going to be best friends, I really hope so because I'm going to give you a lot of kisses and love.
Come on, open the box!"
She did as told, her gaze finding a grey puppy with blue eyes inside, which stood up putting its paws on the side of the box while waving its tail happily.
"Are we keeping it?" she asked as her cousin sat beside her.
"Yeah, It's your puppy, baby" Kara gently petted the dog, making her smile.
"Thank you" she hugged her cousin.
She pulled away before picking up the puppy, embracing Comet against her as she felt how the dog licked her face.
She had been asking for a puppy for months, but Kara had always told her that they didn't have enough time to take care properly of it, so at that moment she couldn't say how happy she was.
"It's a boy, a weimaraner, he's eyes reminded me of yours, that's why his name is Comet" Mon-El explained kneeling beside her other side, stroking the puppy.
"He's beautiful, I love him" she kissed the puppy's head.
"Where is Halley?" she asked Mon-El after not being able to find her cousin in the living room.
"Have you looked under your bed?" Mon-El chuckled making her laugh. "I think she's in her room with Comet, they're really getting along" he commented with a smile.
"Comet, huh?" she looked at him directly into his eyes being the first time she did it since Argo.
"Both of your eyes, Halley's and yours, remind me of comets, when I saw his eyes I knew it was the perfect name" he explained. "That way you will remember me" he said as she closed her eyes, Halley didn't know that he was going to leave.
"When are you going to tell her?" she asked afraid of what her cousin's reaction would be.
"I...I don't know" he answered bowing his head.
"You're leaving in two days, I'm not the one who should do it, Mon-El" she told him, seeing him nod.
"You're leaving?" both of them turned when they heard the seven year old asking, the puppy in her arms as tears were being contained in her eyes.
"Hal..." Mon-El called the child before her cousin ran away.
"No, give her space" she stopped him.
By the time she went to her cousin's room, her mom was already there comforting the child, having her sat on her lap while embracing the seven year old as tight as possible.
Comet sitting next to Halley, looking at the child kind of worry, which made her smile, that puppy would always be there for her cousin, he was loyal and really friendly.
"Hey, baby" she whispered brushing her cousin hair away from her face, the child barely looking at her.
"He's going to leave" her cousin sobbed as she couldn't do other thing than nod.
"He was going to leave, eventually, baby" she told her trying to explain that it wasn't a decision he had made recently.
"I know, but I hoped..." Halley's voice cracked, but she understood what she was referring to, because she had hoped for him to stay as well. "Is Winn leaving too?" the child asked her.
"How do you know that?" she questioned before nodding. "He is."
At that moment her cousin looked away while sobbing, her tiny face hidden in her aunt's neck, tears still rolling down her cheeks.
Little by little Halley calmed down, the child falling asleep with little Comet between her arms, who had also fallen asleep.
It had broken her heart to see her cousin sobbing that way, but it was how she had expected Halley to react, because she knew that the seven year old wouldn't be okay with her best friend having to leave.
"How is she?" Mon-El asked entering the room, stopping to observe the scene. "I'm glad he's going to be there for her while I'm not" he commented with a sad smile.
"She's upset" she told him, seeing him nod. "She thought you were going to stay" she explained.
"I wish" Mon-El caressed the child's hair. "Maybe when all of this is over..." he whispered. "Keep her safe, Kara" he asked before kissing the kid's forehead.
"No! Don't leave, please" she begged grabbing Mon-El's t-shirt, who kneeled down in front of her.
"Hey, it's okay, kiddo" he tried to smile at her. "I'll come back to visit, okay?" he said as she shook her head, that wasn't what she wanted, she was still expecting for him to stay there with them. "I'm gonna miss you so much" he pulled her into a hugged, burying her face on his neck while closing her eyes.
She didn't want to let go from him, still not being ready to do so, starting to cry, moment in which Mon-El decided to pick her up in an attempt to calm her down.
"Take care of your cousin and Comet, okay?" he pulled her away a little as she nodded. "I have something for you, kiddo" he told her while giving her a necklace with a dragon on it, so she gripped it tight. "I love you, baby girl" Mon-El kissed her forehead.
"I love you, too" she whispered embracing herself against him with all the strength she could.
"Hey, you're ready to leave, buddy?" Winn asked getting her to stretch her arms towards him. "I'm going to miss you, too, kiddo" her cousin best friend hugged her. "Just remember me to introduce you into Star Wars once I come back here" he ruffled her hair before kissing her cheek.
She smiled grabbing her cousin's hand shortly after Winn left her on the floor, Comet being held by Kara as she observed how they walked inside the ship that would take them to the future.
Mon-El turning to observe them one last time, so she waved her hand to him in a way to say goodbye even if she didn't know for how long, but seeing how he signed for them to get closer, which she did, hugging his legs with a wide smile on her face.
"Ask Brainy to help you use it, okay?" Mon-El gave her a small device. "It will let us communicate with each other" he explained to what she nodded excitedly. "See you soon, kiddo" he ruffled her hair before getting inside the ship.
Kara embraced her tightly the moment the ship took off, not being able to contain her tears while watching how it disappeared in the blue sky, her cousin crying as well.
"Will we see them again?" she questioned looking into her cousin's eyes.
"Yeah, they'll come back" Kara answered gently brushing her hair.
She nodded. Tears still running down her cheeks as she tried to think that their best friends would return as soon as possible, at least she hoped.
Hi!
I know it's a short one, but it was necessary before I start writing season 4. I searched for breeds of dogs that had blue eyes and I thought it would be funny for the puppy to be a Weimaraner because Chris Wood's dog, Drift, is that breed.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin