Author: Ashley

Title: Contractually Yours

Rating: M - Mature

Part: 8/?

Pairing: Mon-El and Kara Danvers (Zor-El)

Word Count: 1,855

Summary: Long ago, the Daxamites chased the Kryptonians off of their shared world. They were forced to live on a nearby moon. That Kryptonian moon is now running out of resources, while the Daxamites' planet is becoming a wasteland. The Royal Families have decided to come together in a truce to help everyone live better lives; a truce made with a signed contract involving their children; a contract that the children have no say in. Arranged Marriage Karamel AU.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl, DC Comics or anything related to such things. The ideas, dialogue and plot points of this AU were inspired by the show, but they are my own. Plagiarism isn't nice. Please don't steal my ideas.

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Chapter Eight: Friendly Advice

Day Two (Continued)

Kara sat in one of the libraries of the Palace, her hand flipping through a book (which it had been doing for at least a couple of hours), her eyes barely scanning the words on the pages anymore. She didn't feel like reading. She didn't want to be in this house. She wanted to go home; back to her own Palace on her own planet, with her family and her friends and her life.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the open door of the room and her head lifted toward the sound.

"Princess Kara, you have a visitor," a servant greeted her.

Then Alex jumped into the room, bypassing the man completely and running into Kara's arms.

"Alex!" she shouted happily, clearly ecstatic that her friend had finally made it to the planet. "You're here!" she whispered into the girl's ear as she pulled her into a tight hug.

"Of course I'm here!" she returned as she gripped onto Kara just as tightly. "You needed your stuff, but more importantly, I needed to see this new guy of yours," she winked at her as she pulled back.

"My parents told you?" she asked sadly, her voice filled with disappointment. In one day's time, they'd already told Alex about the arrangement, yet they'd managed to keep the secret from their own daughter the entire time that the contract was being drawn up?

"They told me after you left. Last night they called and said that you came here and needed some of your things to be brought to you and they thought it would be best if I did it."

"Did you read the contract?" she sighed.

"Contract? What contract?" she questioned, her eyebrows furrowed.

"So they didn't tell you?" Kara asked confusedly.

"They told me you'd met a boy from Daxam and that you two were going to get married."

"And that didn't sound strange to you?" she asked exasperatedly.

"Well, yeah, obviously," she agreed. "I mean why would you want to live here of all places? They had said it really nonchalantly. I just assumed that you'd be the only one to tell me the whole story anyway," she shrugged. "What contract?" she asked again.

"They went behind my back and drew up a contract for me to sign that says I have to marry a guy from Daxam in order to unite our people. Well, not just any guy. Their Prince."

Alex cocked an eyebrow at her friend. "And you signed it?"

"Alex, I didn't have a choice! It was a binding agreement between my parents and his." Kara moved to sit down on one of the sofas in the middle of the room. Alex followed her and did the same.

Kara told her about the contract; the terms she was bound to, the requirements of their people, and how everyone would eventually be united on a single planet again.

"Okay, Kara, I know this all sounds ridiculous to you, but…maybe this could be a good thing for you?" she said as she cringed slightly and watched Kara's reaction to her statement.

"How in any way could this possibly be a good thing for me?" she asked her friend, her eyes wide.

"Well, not just you. I mean, I don't know. Maybe he's not such a bad guy? Maybe you'll actually learn to like him; to fall in love with him even. But for our people…the Kryptonians, Kara." Kara sighed loudly as Alex continued. "We'll have a home now. You and I both know our planet wasn't thriving; it was barely existing. We can start fresh here. It sounds like this contract is going to make sure that happens."

Kara stared at Alex, her eyes starting to fill with tears. "I don't want to marry him, Alex," she shook her head. "He's a terrible person."

Alex wrapped her arm around the girl she'd come to know like a sister. "How so?" she prodded.

"He's rude, self-entitled, spoiled," her voice quieted to a whisper, "and he sleeps with everyone!"

"Kara," Alex whispered back. "You've probably just described every Daxamite…"

"Now you see my point!" She stated exasperatedly. "Why do I have to be stuck marrying a guy like that? Why is that my responsibility?"

Alex shrugged. "I suppose it's just something you have to do as the Princess of Krypton. We all have to make sacrifices sometimes and I guess this is yours."

"You sound just like them." Kara said as she shook off Alex's arm and stood from the sofa.

"Sound like who?" Alex asked, eyebrows furrowed together.

"My parents! The ones who ditched me here with this awful family. You…I thought that you of all people would be on my side!"

"I'm always on your side!" Alex stated as she stood and moved back toward Kara.

"Kara," Mon-El started loudly as he let himself into the room, eyes trained on the screen of the device in his hand. "My parents said I have to take you shopping after your friend visits, so when-" he paused as he finally glanced up, noticing Kara and Alex both staring back at him silently. "Oh," he paused. "I guess your friend is already here," he stated obviously.

"She is," Alex stated, eyes wide as she stared at him. "Are you the soon-to-be-husband of my best friend?" she asked with a cheeky smile.

"Unfortunately, yes," he sighed heavily. He turned to Kara. "When you're free we'll go? I don't want to spend my whole day girl-shopping."

"I thought that was your favourite activity…" Kara bit back.

"Ha ha," he fake laughed and Alex let out a chuckle. "Whatever. Come find me when you're done." He turned around to leave, his eyes falling back to the device in his hands. He left the room without another word and Alex immediately turned to face Kara.

"Wow," she stated excitedly. "He's really hot."

Kara stared back at her annoyed. "He is not," she stated firmly.

"Do you have eyes?" she asked with a laugh. "He's gorgeous. I mean, you know I have a thing for the ladies, but whew," she lifted her hand to dramatically fan herself.

"He didn't even introduce himself to you."

"Doesn't bother me," she shrugged.

"He's a Daxamite."

"And?" she returned.

"And…" Kara paused. She didn't really have a point that she wanted to prove other than that fact. "And we're not supposed to like them."

"Says who?" Alex asked.

"Ancient custom. Kryptonian culture."

Alex laughed loudly. "Kara, times are changing. It's clear with this contract. Pretty soon, we'll all be living here again. Together." She put her hands on Kara's shoulders. "Pretty soon, nobody is going to care who's a Daxamite and who's a Kryptonian. We'll all be nice enough to each other in order to share this planet and its resources and who knows, maybe we'll even eventually be friends."

"You sound a little too hopeful," Kara said. "I think you have too much faith in these people."

"I have faith in you, Kara. You're going to find a way to make this work. You're smart and your parents are smart. If they drew up this contract, they must have a reason to believe that it'll work."

Kara sighed heavily as she placed her hands on Alex's. "I sure hope so. But I don't think I'll ever be accepting of this situation."

"Just think," Alex started. "In a worst case scenario, you can get some of that," she shook her head in the direction of where Mon-El had walked out.

"Alex!"

"I'm just saying," she shrugged. "He's hot." Kara rolled her eyes. "He sounds experienced-"

"Ew," Kara interrupted.

"You need to finally get some…" she continued.

"Alex!" she whispered harshly.

"What? An opportunity has presented itself. We all know that you weren't getting any on Krypton."

"Shhhh!" she shushed her friend. "Can you not?"

Alex laughed. "Oh, so they don't know that you're a-"

"No! No, they don't and I'd appreciate it if you'd keep that to yourself, please."

"Hmph," she hummed. "I would have thought that that would have been a big part of the deal."

"Ew, Alex-"

Alex held up a hand toward Kara. "I'm just saying that why wouldn't a Royal Family want someone who was…how do I say this?" Kara glared at her. "Precious enough for their little Prince," Alex finished with a laugh.

"Well, I can tell you one thing. He's never going to find out."

"Well, he will when you sleep together for the first time," she laughed again.

"We're never going to sleep together."

Alex cocked her eyebrow at Kara. "I'm pretty sure you just said that sex was in the contract..."

"I'm going to find a way to break it."

"You're going to go out and get some somewhere else!" Alex shouted in a whisper as she raised her hand in a high five.

Kara ignored her gesture and simply shook her head. "No."

"You're going to kill him non-suspiciously?" she questioned with furrowed eyebrows as she dropped her hand.

"I'm going to wait it out."

"Wait what out?"

"The contract," she said plainly. "We get married in six months and I have to conceive a baby in the six months after that. So," she shrugged. "I'll just wait a year and then they'll let me out of the contract and find someone else to hook him up with."

"A year is a long time, Kara," Alex stated.

"A lifetime married to someone you hate is a lot longer, Alex," she returned.

"I see your point," she leaned into her friend. "I just don't see why you can't have a little fun in the meantime." She wigged her eyebrows at Kara.

"Our first night together, he took me to a club." Alex jokingly gasped in horror and Kara nodded at her, completely serious. "And he left me there while he found some girl and he brought her home with him and they had sex in the room all night next to me."

"They were doing it in the same room as you?!"

Kara nearly stomped her foot on the floor beneath her. "Alex, please be serious about this!"

Alex laughed. "Kara, you're a tough girl. If you set your mind to something, you'll get it done. I'm sure you'll wait out this contract just fine, but can I give you some advice? Because I just want to be selfish for a minute. Please, think about the rest of us for a little bit; all the people you'll be saving by going through with this. Just…maybe be open to the possibility of learning to get along with and like the guy, and dare I say it again, maybe you'll even come to love him."

Kara sighed and after a few moments. "I'll keep an open mind."

"Great," she nodded. "Now, you're going to give me a tour of this place before I have to head home."

"I hope I don't get lost doing it. I still haven't quite figured out the whole layout just yet."

"How many rooms are in this monstrous place?" Alex asked, wide-eyed.

"Fifty-eight."

"Fifty-eight?! Insane!"

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