KARA'S P. O. V
"Kara! We're going to be late!" two little hands grabbed her shoulders to shake her, getting her to open her eyes a little bit confused. "School starts in ten minutes, we have to go!" Halley exclaimed as she just wrapped her arms around the little one to bring her closer to herself.
"There's no school today" she whispered, kissing her cousin's hair, who pulled away from her while frowning.
"But you said that I have to go to school" the child pointed out, to what she nodded.
"I know what I said baby, but after what happened yesterday, I want you to stay here" she told her, for the first time observing the little girl.
Her baby cousin had gotten herself ready for school, not being able to avoid smiling when she saw the attempt of a ponytail the child had made.
"So no school?" Halley asked, looking directly into her eyes.
"No" she answered, the child wasn't trusting her.
"Yay!" the eight year old exclaimed before hugging at her, which made her laugh.
After a few minutes of snuggles, they got up from bed with her baby cousin in her arms, stopping in her tracks when she saw the mess of the kitchen. Halley had tried to make breakfast for herself, a huge bowl of cereal on the table while some of them were all over the floor, not talking about the milk, a little pool under the bowl.
"You really tried to get ready to school, huh?" she asked the kid she was holding.
"Sorry" Halley whispered as she kissed her hair.
"It's okay, baby" she smiled at her before leaving her on the floor. "Let's clean it up, okay?" she told her, the kid nodding slightly.
The both of them cleaned up the kitchen, Halley refusing to have more breakfast apart from the cereal the child may have eaten while she was still asleep.
It was really adorable that the child had tried that hard to get ready to go to school, but at the same time she was sad because her baby cousin was growing up and she was afraid that the little girl wasn't going to need her anymore. Although part of her felt as if she was missing to see the kid grow and that maybe that was the reason why the teenage version wasn't so close to her.
"Shouldn't you be at work? And she at school?" teen Halley asked while appearing in the living room, getting her to frown, she hadn't called to take the day off.
"I'm taking the day off and she isn't going to school today" she answered while approaching her. "Have you slept well?" she asked her, the girl nodding, so she kissed her forehead. "Okay, I'm going to call to CatCo, when I come back I want both of you sitting on the couch, I have to ask you something" she told them, both of them nodding slightly as she walked into her room, looking for her phone.
Once she had made sure that she was able to have the day off, she walked back into the living room, both girls sitting on the couch, staring at her as if they were waiting for her to talk.
"What happened two nights ago?" she asked, observing their faces.
"What do you mean?" the teenager questioned her back. "I put Halley into bed and then I fell asleep on the couch, that's all" the girl explained as she looked at the eight year old, who was with her head bowed.
"Kiddo, What happened?" she asked, the child shaking her head. "I'm not going to get angry" she told her, being prepared to hear whatever Lena had done to the kid.
"I don't want him to hurt you" the eight year murmured, her heart wrenching because of those words.
"Lex?" she questioned her, the kid nodding. "He won't hurt me" she told her, but Halley shook her head.
"I made a deal with him, if I tell you, he will hurt you" the child explained in tears, moment at which she couldn't avoid embracing the little girl.
"He won't know that you've told me, sweetie" she assured her, but her baby cousin was still afraid. "I'm not going to tell him anything" she added, wanting to calm her down.
"Lex broke into the apartment, he injected kryptonite to Hal and... I" the kid started talking without looking at her, her blood boiling in anger.
She was angry. Lex Luthor knew that she was locked in the DEO, that she wouldn't reach her cousin in time, and he had taken advantage of it.
"He took me to Lena's lab, but she wasn't there" her baby cousin pointed out. "When she came back, he wanted her to experiment on me, but she didn't want to" Halley explained as she frowned.
"She didn't want to?" she asked the little girl, who shook her head.
"She wanted to take me home, even if you didn't believe her... She wanted me to be safe" the eight year old looked straight into her eyes as she was still processing the child's last words. "I agreed to it because I didn't want him to hurt you, but Lena didn't use kryptonite, she didn't hurt me" her cousin continued explaining. "She brought me home and stayed with me until I fell asleep"
She closed her eyes, not knowing what she should say or do. Her former best friend had tried to protect Halley from Lex, probably because Lena knew that he would have tried something even worse, but still it was a step forward in their friendship. Maybe Lena had finally realized that what she had been doing to the little girl was wrong or maybe not, she should talk to her before making assumptions.
"He can't know" her baby cousin whispered as she embraced her tightly.
"He won't, I promise" she kissed her forehead. "You should have told me when it happened" she grabbed her cousin's face in between her hands.
"I was scared he was going to hurt you" Halley whispered, she was able to distinguish tears in her blue eyes.
She didn't say anything, just embracing the little girl tightly, her cousin crying in her arms as she tried to calm her down a little.
"It's okay, baby" she whispered, kissing her forehead."I'm sorry I couldn't get to you in time" she told her, being upset with herself for not having been able to be there to protect her baby cousin.
Halley was clung to her hand as they walked to school, the little girl was unsecure about having to talk in front of all her classmates about her family, so she had asked her teacher to be there as well, to help her baby cousin and be with her in case the child had an emotional breakdown.
However, she knew that what scared her cousin the most was the fact that Lex was going to be there since the school had that stupid program that let him attend whatever activity the children was doing and, of course, he had chosen Halley's class the exact same day the child was doing her show and tell. Although, a huge part of her hoped that he wouldn't go.
"Alex!" the eight year old let go of her hand to run towards her sister, who embraced the little one for a few seconds.
"Hi, good morning, kiddo" Alex smiled keeping the child hugged before finally approaching her. "How are you, sis?" her sister asked while embracing her as she shrugged, she was nervous for her baby cousin
"Fine" she smiled as Alex observed her, but her sister didn't have time to ask since Nia arrived causing Halley to run to hug the girl as well.
"Hey, girls" Nia smiled with the child still clinging at her. "What do you have there?" the girl asked, pointing to the folder she was holding.
"Pictures for Halley's show and tell" she answered, it had taken them a whole week to chose the perfect pictures.
"What is it about? I loved doing them at school" Nia commented, getting the rest of them to smile.
"It's about family" she told her, Halley nodding slightly while gripping to Nia's hand.
"I'm going to talk about all of you" her cousin pointed out as she smile, the child had included literally everyone.
"You're going to do it amazing, kiddo" her sister ruffled the kid's hair as she sighed. "You okay?" Alex asked while observing her.
"Yeah, just a little nervous about how she's going to be feeling" she answered, observing how the child was talking happily to Nia. "She wants to talk about Astra and I don't... She's not ready" she commented, even though what was bothering her the most was the fact that Lex was going to be able to learn more about the little girl.
"You're thinking about Lex, right?" her sister looked at her as she nodded. "Everything will be fine, you're going to keep her safe, plus Halley knows how to stand up for herself" Alex pointed out, to what she smiled a little.
Her baby cousin did know how to defend herself, but it didn't mean that she was less scared because the little girl was going to be in a vulnerable position, even giving him more ideas to torture her and she didn't want to let that happen.
She could tell that Halley was excited and happy, observing how the child smiled widely while running towards Kelly, to what she couldn't avoid smiling as well, she shouldn't be nervous if her cousin wasn't or, at least, the kid wasn't showing it that much.
"Don't look now but the coworker you rejected is coming this way" Nia told her as she turned. "Don't look!" the girl exclaimed.
"We gotta go" her sister said.
"Traitors, traitors" she murmured as Alex and Kelly walked away. "Hello" she turned with a smile, her baby cousin's hiding behind her.
"For Nia a vanilla latte" William said while giving a coffee to Nia. "And for you a doble cup, doble foam caramel and mocha" he handed her another one.
"How do yo know that?" she asked, kind of surprised.
"I'm an investigator journalist" he answered. "But don't we all know what friends order by heart?" he questioned them.
"This was very thoughtful of you, thank you" she told him with a smile.
"It was nothing" he smiled back, his gaze focusing on the child that was was gripping tightly to her jacket. "And I heard that a sweet girl has to talk in front of her classroom today, so I brought this for her" William commented while offering Halley a lollipop, which managed to get her cousin's attention even if it was just for a few seconds, seeing how the kid took it from his hand.
"What do you say, baby?" she asked her cousin.
"Thank you" the eight year old whispered.
"You're so much welcome, kiddo" he smiled. "See you guys around" he said shortly before leaving.
"We should be heading to school, we're going to be late" she commented while holding her cousin's hand.
"Good luck, Hal" Nia ruffled Halley's hair. "You'll have to tell me how it went, okay?" the girl asked, to what the child nodded. "See you later, girls"
The eight year old was getting more nervous as they were getting closer to the school, not wanting to let go of her hand once they were inside of the classroom, her gaze locking with Lex's, who was sitting there just waiting for the child to start talking.
"Okay, today Halley is going to talk about her family" her Halley's teacher said, everyone focusing on her cousin, who was standing next to her without wanting to move.
"You can do it, I'm right here, kiddo" she told her while embracing her, the child nodding slightly before finally pulling away from her.
"Hi" the eight year old smiled shily. "I live with my cousin Kara since I was five years old" the kid pointed at her, to what she smiled while waving. "She took me in after my mom's death..." her cousin's voice cracked, her gaze meeting her shoes as her heart broke down into pieces, which made her approach the kid, kneeling beside her.
She knew that her baby cousin was going to react that way while talking, so she wrapped her arms around her just to keep her calm.
Halley turned to look at her, tears welling up in her bright blue eyes as her lower lip was starting to tremble, the little girl was about to start crying.
"Could I talk to her outside?" she asked, her cousin's teacher nodding, so she took the child's hand and walked outside. "Hey, hey, it's okay" she whispered as Halley hugged at her, kneeling in front of the kid.
"I can't do it" the eight year old sobbed as she tried her best to calm her down.
"Why?" she asked while taking her cousin's face in between her hands, the little one staring at her shoes, getting her to understand what was going on. "It's because of Lex, isn't it?" she brushed her brown hair away from her face, the child nodding. "I hate that he's here, but there's nothing we can do, baby, just try to imagine that he's not there" she told her, knowing that it wasn't that easy since she was feeling the same way.
"But..." the eight year old bit her lower lip with nervousness.
"It's going to be okay, sweetie" she embraced her again as the door of the classroom opened.
"Is everything okay?" her cousin's teacher asked, worried about how the child was clinging to her.
"Yeah, it's a little difficult for her to talk about it" she explained and she wasn't lying, it was sore spot for her baby cousin, even for herself.
"You can talk for her if you want to" the woman told her, to what she looked back to her baby cousin before nodding.
It took her a few more seconds to get Halley to calm down, the little girl gripping tightly to her hand as they walked back inside, sitting on a chair while keeping her baby cousin embraced.
She sighed, taking the folder with the pictures, looking for a way for the child to talk, even though the eight year old was still seeking for her protection.
"Halley's mom loved astronomy, they would spend nights looking at the night sky talking about the stars and constellations" she started to explain while showing the last picture her cousin had with her mom. "We do it from time to time as well" she pointed out, taking the next picture, one the had taken last Christmas, letting her cousin see it before showing it to the class. "This is Halley's family" she said, pointing to Alex, just waiting for the child to talk. "Who is she?"
"Alex" the eight year old answered in a whisper as she nodded.
Slowly the kid started to talk less shy about it, still having to push her a little bit, but being able to observe how a smile was forming on her cousin's face while talking about Mon-El.
"Could I make a question?" Lex asked, getting her cousin to move closer to her before nodding. "From all your family members, Who's your hero?" he questioned her.
"Kara" her cousin answered without even thinking about it. "She told me once that you don't need superpowers to be a hero, you just need to do what is right" the eight year old explained as she remembered that day, it was after the child had tried to fight Pestilence, not being able to avoid smiling. "And she's the best mommy I could have ever imagine" the kid's words brought tears to her eyes, wrapping her arms around her cousin.
"I love you, baby" she whispered, kissing the child's hair.
"I love you, too" her cousin murmured while burying her face in her neck.
It wasn't the first time her baby cousin had said that she was a mom for her, but it kept getting her emotional and, even though, she knew they acted like mother and daughter, she had never wanted to make the child feel like if she was taking her mom's place.
However, she couldn't lie, she was happy to know that Halley considered her as her mommy because she was always going to be there for the child.
After leaving her cousin at the school, she went back to CatCo, having to save Andrea from a pink energy that was attacking her, not being able to avoid frowning when Lex asked her to go to the DEO.
"I'm not a bodyguard, Lex" she told him while frowning.
"With you guarding her there's a 99,7% chance that Andrea survives" Brainy explained as she sighed.
"Well, instead why doesn't the DEO track the terrorists before they attack again?" she asked, she had promised teen Halley that they would spend they afternoon together, just the two of them. "When I rescued her there was pink energy surrounding the elevator" she added, hoping that it was enough information.
"Pink energy would suggest a chlorophyllian and their energy is impossible to track" Brainy explained.
"Finding them before the launching tonight seems unlikely" Lex commented while getting closer to her. "And if you refuse... I don't think you want me near the child" he shrugged as she felt how the anger was getting control of her. "She said your her hero, but what would happen if her hero can't get to her on time, Will she lost hope?" he questioned her.
"Leave her out of this" she asked him.
"I will, but only if you do what I asked you to do" he answered.
"Fine, but if you touch her..." she couldn't finish her sentence.
"Don't worry, I know how to keep my deals, not like your cousin" he interrupted her while smirking.
At that moment she frowned. He knew, but how he was able to know that the child had told her? She hadn't talked about it with anyone else besides Alex, but her sister wasn't even working at the DEO anymore, unless he had been spying them.
She didn't say anything else, just flying to her apartment still confused, scaring the teenager girl that was sitting on the couch reading.
"You're home early" Halley pointed out as she shook her head, scanning the whole apartment with her x-ray vision. "What's wrong? What are you looking for?" the girl got up from the couch to approach her. "You okay? You're acting weird" her cousin commented, still observing her.
"Yes, no... Um... Lex has been spying on us" she finally answered, looking everywhere.
"What?!" the teenager exclaimed as a tiny box in one of the kitchen shelves got her attention, it was covered in lead so she couldn't see the inside. "It's that a mic?" Halley asked as she pulled out a small device from inside the box.
"Yeah" she frowned before crushing it, not sure if there were more around the apartment. "If you find one of these, crush it" she told the girl, who nodded.
"How did you know he was spying us?" her cousin questioned her kind of confused.
"He knew that Halley had told us" she answered, still searching for more. "The only person who knows besides us, is Alex" she explained as she found another one in living room cabinet. "I have to go" she told her cousin, who frowned. "He asked me to bodyguard Andrea. Pick up Halley from school and keep an eye on her, please" she asked the girl, seeing her nodded.
"I'll keep looking for more mics while you're gone" the teen said as she pulled her into a hug.
"I'm sorry we won't be able to spend the afternoon together" she apologized, they had been postponing it for a week.
"It's okay" Halley smiled. "Be safe" her cousin said when she pulled away.
"I'll be, see you later, kiddo" she kissed her hair before flying away, still angry about Lex having been listening about everything they had been talking during the last week.
FUTURE HALLEY'S P. O. V
"Are you sure you don't want to do anything else?" Kara asked while sitting next to me on the couch, a bowl of popcorn on her hands. "I'm so sorry we've been postponing it, Hal" she apologized.
"This is fine" I smiled at her. "I like this little moments" I admitted, looking away, since I had believed that I wouldn't see her again.
"Okay, so... Which movie do you want to watch?" she questioned me, slowly covering up with a blanket as I shrugged.
"The Wizard of Oz" I answered, my cousin frowning.
"You don't like that movie" she pointed out.
"I do" I debated her, Kara looking at me as if she was trying to read my mind. "I didn't like it, but within the years I learnt to love it" I told her, seeing her smiled before pulling me into a hug.
"I love this little moments with you, too" Kara kissed my hair, getting me to smile. "It's weird, but fun, to be with you" she commented, still keeping me close to her.
Both of us remain in silence during the movie, eating around three bowls of popcorn and two ice cream tubs, not counting the fact that we were going to have Chinese food for dinner.
By the end of the movie I was with laying on the couch with my head over my cousin's lap, who was caressing my hair, which made me closed my eyes, I had missed spending time alone with her.
"You okay?" she asked, to what I nodded. "You sure?" she brushed my hair away from my face shortly before I sat up.
"I just... I thought that I would never have this opportunity again, being with you" I told her, barely meeting her eyes.
"You miss them, don't you?" she asked, to what I frowned, confused by her words. "I... I read the letter" my cousin admitted as I stared at her with widened eyes. "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have, but..." she apologized, to what I shook my head, not knowing how it would affect my time.
"It's okay" I calmed her down. "Mon-El asked Winn to give it to me" I tried to explain.
"What did it mean to you?" Kara asked, kind of curious.
"Everything" I smiled. "I've been thinking they were gone during all this time and now... I can't wait to hug them" I explained, not being able to stop smiling.
"But you're dead in the Future" my cousin commented, to what I sighed, I had tried to avoid having that conversation with her.
"Not yet for me, actually, but yes, I'm dead" I answered, a crinkle appearing on Kara's forehead, she wasn't liking the idea of me being dead.
"How do you know?" she questioned me as I looked away, not wanting to tell her the truth.
"Winn told me" I answered, seeing how she was about to ask the next question. "I don't know how" I lied, my cousin observing me. "And you, well, you're future self, went into a mission for a month, which is unlikely of you" I pointed out, kind of angry because she had abandoned her family for two months, first sending us to Argo and at that moment... I didn't even know where she could be.
"I'm probably looking for you" Kara answered.
"I'm dead!" I exclaimed, those kids needed her. "You sent us to Argo for a month and when they finally got you back, you disappeared again" at that moment I couldn't fight the tears that were streaming down my cheeks.
Kara didn't answer anything, just hugging me against her, letting me cry on her shoulder as she just rubbed circles on my back, trying to calm me down.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't..." I whispered while pulling away from her, but she didn't let me.
"Shh, it's okay, Hal" she increased the strength of the hug. "You're angry and it's okay" she said, wiping the tears from my cheeks.
"I know that you did it to protect us, but..." my voice cracked. "It was a huge responsibility for me" I admitted, Kara observing me.
"But you're weren't alone in Argo, right?" she questioned a little bit afraid of my answer.
"No, I wasn't, but still, those kids were my responsibility" I answered. "I promised Leo that we were going back, that you were alright, even if I didn't believe it and when I finally thought that we were going back... You..." I was still crying, my cousin holding me against her. "They didn't want to tell me" I told her, I was kind of upset because of that.
"Who did it then?" she asked.
"Brainy. I insisted" I looked at her. "Alex and..." I stopped talking, not being sure if she had realized who the father of her kids were.
"You can say his name" she told me, but I kept staring at her, trying to understand how she knew.
"Alex and Mon-El tried not to tell me anything. The last thing I remembered before the Crisis was passing out" I explained a little bit calmer.
Kara kissed my forehead, her arms wrapped around me as she forced my head on her shoulder, keeping me as close as possible.
I was happy of not having to keep more secrets, to finally be able to have a honest conversation, but, at the same time, I was scared of what was coming next since I wasn't sure how Kara knowing all of it was going to change the future.
"Did you come back alone from Argo?" my cousin asked, getting me to shook my head as she looked at me, waiting for me to answer.
"My mom and Val came back with me" I told her, observing how she frowned.
"Do you think she's alive in this Earth?" she questioned me, to what I sighed, not knowing what to answer. "Do you know where she could be?" she asked, to what I nodded. "So we could see if she..."
"No" I shook my head, Kara staring at me without understanding why I was reacting that way. "If she's alive, shew will appear when she's needed" I pointed out.
"But imagine if you could have seen her again when you were eight, Wouldn't you have wanted it?" my cousin was confused.
"I was sixteen when she come back to my life and I wasn't ready for that" I looked away a little bit ashamed of how I reacted when I learned that she was alive. "I was mad at her for abandon me, for not being there for me" I explained. "I can assure you that if you put Halley through that, she's not going to cope well with it" I stared back at her, seeing her nod.
"I thought that you would be happy" Kara commented.
"I am now, but it took time" I told her, I was still a little upset. "I didn't think she had a right to tell me what I should do. She didn't know me at all, still doesn't" I explained, it had took me so much time to finally opened up to my mom.
"But she's your mom" Kara pointed out, to what I shook my head.
"Birth mom" I corrected her, seeing how she frowned. "You're the one who took me in and raised me. This was the first place I called home, where I felt safe, protected and loved" I looked directly into her eyes. "You're my mom and nothing it's going to change that, I've always felt it that way" I told her, my arms wrapping around her as fresh tears appeared in her eyes. "I'm sorry if it took you by surprise" I apologized, my cousin shaking her head while pulling away from me.
"No, kiddo" she said while taking my face in between her hands. "You don't know how much I love you, baby" she kissed my forehead.
"I love you, too" I whispered as she hugged me as tight as possible.
We remained like that for as long as we could. Kara kissing the top of my head a few times as I was sure that she was still crying.
I remembered when I had told my cousin shortly after having talked to my mom, Kara was afraid that I wasn't going to keep staying with her, that I wouldn't choose her, but she was my mom and would never say no to our family.
"So… Val came back with you as well?" I heard her asked, so I pulled away from her while nodding.
"What?" I asked after feeling observed by her, my cheeks turning red.
"You have a silly smile on your face and, oh, Rao, look at your cheeks, you like him!" she exclaimed as I looked away, I couldn't deny it, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to talk about it. "Are you two together?"
"No" I answered quickly.
"Why not?" she asked, being really disappointed by my answer.
"He has a girlfriend" I barely whispered, Kara frowning while observing me. "We kind of try, but I pushed him away from me after an event… I didn't talk to him during a whole year and when I saw him in Argo, I thought…" I couldn't keep talking while avoiding the tears that were filling my eyes.
"You thought it would be the same" Kara completed the sentence, getting me to nod.
"He had moved on" I shrugged. "I told him how I felt and it only got us to stop talking for two weeks, but he kept helping to fix the portal… He knew how important it was for me" I felt a few tears running down my cheeks.
"What happened for you to push him away?" my cousin asked.
"A lot of things that I really don't want to talk about" I answered, not wanting to mention Non or the kidnapping, she already knew a lot of the Future. "We argued because he asked me to move to Argo and I didn't want to, it was the last time I spoke to him before…" my voice cracked, I felt so horrible about everything I had told him that day.
"But he decided to come back with you?" Kara questioned me, to what I nodded. "You know, I really think that he still likes you, Hal, but that he doesn't know what to do because he doesn't want to hurt you or his girlfriend" she commented while wiping my tears. "Only time will show you if he's the one, but I'm not liking the fact that he's breaking your heart" she said as serious as possible, getting me to laugh. "I'm serious" she laughed as well.
"Thank you" I smiled, it was the first time that I talked with my cousin about something like this.
"Do we in the future talk about this stuff?" Kara asked as I shook my head. "You don't talk to anyone about this?" she questioned kind of worried about it.
"Mon-El" I answered as she frowned, trying to act offended. "I'm sorry, but there are things you can't tell your parents" I commented with a smile, seeing how she was trying not to smile. "He's my best friend and he's a really good listener" I pointed out as she nodded with a smile. "We've never had the opportunity to talk about this" I explained.
"Well, I hope that we can do it more often, okay?" she looked at me, to what I nodded.
I didn't know if it was a good idea to ask her about William since she had been avoiding it for the last week, but I needed to know.
"Do you really like William?" I asked as she stared at me not understanding the question. "I mean, it's not that you didn't date anyone after Mon-El left in the other Earth, but it didn't look this serious" I explained, worried about how the future could change.
"I like him, but I'm not sure if it will work out" she answered. "Did we go out in the other Earth?" she questioned me.
"No, he was just a really good friend" I told her, but not being sure if they went out sometime or not. "At least you never introduced him as your boyfriend" I shrugged.
"You're worried about the future, aren't you?" she hugged me as I nodded. "There's no way of knowing if it will change or not, but it doesn't matter because I'll always be with you" she kissed my forehead as closed my eyes, trying to calm myself down. "Hey, why don't you tell me a little about the kids?" she asked as I doubted about what I should do.
"Um... Leo, he's seven and he's the perfect mix between you two" I couldn't avoid smiling. "He's so smart and caring, but he's as goofball as Mon-El" I pointed, getting Kara to laugh. "He's such a sweet little boy, funny and charming and I love him" I was barely meeting my cousin's gaze.
"From what I read, he worship you" she commented, getting me to sighed while nodding.
"He does" I answered. "And Juliet..., she's six months old and she looks a lot like you, she is always giggling and happy, she's the family's little princess" I commented, that baby girl was adorable.
"And that's the real reason why you didn't want to be called Juliet" my cousin looked at me.
"Yeah" I nodded. "They're the best part of all of us" I told her.
"I bet they are" Kara said with a smile, just as the door of the apartment was being opened.
Alex and my eight year old version walked inside the loft, the little girl running to hug Kara, a huge smile on their faces, which got me to smile as well.
"Did you have fun?" Kara asked the child, who nodded.
"What about you two?" Alex questioned us, leaving the dinner on the kitchen table.
"It was good, right, Hal?" my cousin smiled at me as I nodded. "And now let's have dinner, I'm starving" Kara said.
"You've been eating ice cream and popcorn, Kara" Alex pointed out, getting her sister to shake her head.
"You know I'm always hungry for potstickers" my cousin answered.
"You have to share" the eight year old complained.
"Yes, you're right, you all can have one" Kara told us. "Just one" she repeated as I got up from the couch, speeding up to grab the potstickers' tray. "Hal!" she exclaimed, running towards me. "Give me the tray" she asked, but I didn't do it, hiding the tray behind me. "Halley!" she grabbed my arm, trying to pull from it, but it was Alex who took it from my hands, my younger self clinging herself to Kara's legs, so she couldn't walk. "Why are you all against me?" Kara frowned while folding her arms over her chest.
"We're not against you, but you really need to share" Alex answered, to what I nodded, even though I knew there was one more tray of potstickers.
"Okay, fine, you win" she surrender herself.
"Great, there you go" I gave her the other tray, getting her to smile widely.
"Yes!" she exclaimed happily.
I smiled. Those moments were the ones I had been missing during the last few months, being happy that I was being able to spend time with them before I would go back to the future and have to say goodbye to everyone I loved.
Hi!
It took me a while, but I managed to finish this chapter. I wasn't sure about where I was going, the two things I knew I wanted were the conversations with both Halley's and after watching last episode and re-watch a few scenes, I thought of those scenes.
I hope that all of you are doing well with the coronavirus, it's being a tough time, for example in my country we can't leave our house unless it's for work, buy food or medicine or go to the hospital. Stay safe.
Thanks so much for reading, let me know what you think,
Ayrin