Hello again! I'm so glad to read all your reviews and favorites and follows, you guys are the best! And that's why I bring you this one shot, almost 10k of pure fluff, just what the doctor ordered for our broken SuperCorp hearts, right?
Again, this shot is dedicated to certain GC I recently joined, they're the best gay family one could ever ask for. Specially this is for Barbara who gave me the idea for this (she basically ordered me to write anything with Lori in it hahaha) but I also want to dedicate this to all the babies who's birthdays are in march. I hope you enjoy this.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, if I did I would actually listen to the fans.
What did you teach to my daughter this past week?
It was still dark outside when Kara lazily opened her eyes. She closed them again and turned around, expecting to find a warm body in desperate need of some cuddles but she was met with cold sheets. Opening her eyes once more she searched for her glasses on the bedside table and grabbed her phone, seeing that it was just past 4:45 am. The blonde sighed and stayed in bed for a few more seconds before sitting up, making the covers fall causing her skin to rise in goose bumps because of the chilly air, and swinging her bare legs to the side. Without standing up, she bent down to grab her pajama pants that lay next to the bed, slipped her feet inside the pants legs and stood up, finally placing the garment on her hips. Searching for her shirt, she finally found it on the other side of bed, carelessly crumbled next to the balcony door. Kara grabbed the shirt slipped her arms in and buttoned it up as she walked outside her bedroom. The lights of the hallway were off but the faint sound of the coffee machine brewing could be heard, she was about to walk towards the kitchen when she heard the soft melody of a lullaby coming from the room down the hall.
"Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush now, don't you cry," Kara quietly walked towards the room, already feeling the warmth spread in her chest at the sound of her wife's voice. "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby." The blonde reached the slightly open door and pushed it just enough to see Lena sitting in the edge of Lori's bed as she caressed her cheek with her thumb.
Leaning on the door frame with her arms crossed, Kara cleared her throat as quiet as possible to get the older brunette's attention. "So you were saying goodbye to her but not me?" She accused Lena with a playful tone.
Kissing the little girl's forehead, Lena turned her head to face the blonde as she retracted her hand from her daughter's face and carefully stood up. "I believe we said goodbye many times last night." The businesswoman walked towards Kara, grateful for the fluffy carpet that muffled the sound of her boots.
Kara backed away allowing Lena to step out of the room. "I love it when you sing to her." She said with a soft smile as she hooked her arm in Lena's.
The brunette chuckled. "You're the singer of this family, not me." She replied as they walked to the kitchen.
"You say that but you're the one singing her to sleep in no time. She will ask for you all this week, I can assure you." Entering the kitchen, Kara washed her hands and grabbed two mugs, filling one with coffee and opening the fridge to pull out the milk carton and fill the other one, placing that mug in the microwave to warm up. She gave Lena the coffee mug and leaned on the kitchen counter.
Moving the mug close to her lips, Lena spoke as her pink lips barely touched the rim, "I could probably call before her bedtime." She took a sip of the hot beverage.
"No way I'll let you do that, it would be… what? 4 am in London when she goes to sleep?" Kara covered her mouth as a yawn interrupted her. "I can handle the lullabies for a few nights even if it takes a little longer for her to fall asleep."
"It takes longer for her to sleep because she likes your voice more than mine, I bet she pretends to fall asleep just for me to stop singing." Lena took another sip of coffee, hiding a smirk behind the mug.
Kara shook her head, "That is simply not true. She loves when you sing 'her' song." The blonde air quoted the word her. Little Lorelei believed that the lullaby her mommy sang to her said her name during the 'Too-ra-loo-ra-li' parts and either parent had the heart to say otherwise. "She doesn't even let me sing it to her, it has to be you."
The CEO smiled at her wife. "She's stubborn, the little bug." She raised her mug to her lips once again and finished its contents in one last gulp. "I have to get going."
"I know." The blonde turned around and stopped the microwave before it hit zero and started to make noise. She pulled out her mug and wrapped her hands around it, feeling the warmth. "What time does your plane leave?" Kara brought the mug to her face not counting on the steam fogging up her glasses.
Lena stepped towards her and removed the frames from her face. "Six thirty. Even I have to go through airport security." She cleaned the lenses and placed them delicately on the blonde's face.
Kara smiled at the gesture. She grabbed the side of her glasses and moved them atop of her head before trying to drink from her mug again. "Are you sure you don't want me to drive you to the airport?"
"No, you should get back to sleep. Besides, if you did we would have to wake Lori up since she can't stay here alone and she would get cranky or refuse to fall asleep after."
Before Kara could reply to the businesswoman, small steps caught both women's attention. The tiny figure of a six-year-old cladded in a dinosaur's onesie appeared in the entrance to the kitchen. Rubbing her eye with one hand as she squeezed her Pikachu plush against her chest with the other, the little kid yawned. "Mommy, momma, what're you doin' up?"
The blonde put down her mug and approached their daughter, "C'mere little bug," she grabbed her by the armpits and balanced her in her hip. "Remember we told you mommy will be away for a few days?"
The little brunette buried her face on Kara's shoulder and started mumbling. "Can we go with 'er?"
Lena got closer to her favorite girls and rubbed Lori's back. "You can't go with me, baby girl. I'll be away for almost a week and you have to go to school."
Lori detached herself from Kara, extending her arms towards the CEO who instantly picked her up. "But I wanna go." She whined with a sleepy voice.
Kara sighed as she pushed a lock of Lori's hair behind her ear. "We can't go this time baby."
The little girl pouted, a pout even more powerful than Kara's, and she looked at the woman who held her at the moment, green meeting green. "Mommy, please…"
Fuck.
How could Lena say no to that beautiful face? Was it even humanly possible to do so?
The CEO looked at her wife for help.
In response, Kara stepped towards the pair and put her arms around them, sandwiching the kid. She then rested her chin on Lori's shoulder and whispered to her ear. "Mommy will bring lots of presents, right mommy?"
"Of course! I'll bring you so many pretty things." Lena kissed Lori's cheek. Her pout began to disappear.
"I don't need presents, I…" With her free hand, the young brunette fisted her mommy's green sweater. "Will you call?"
Kara looked into Lena's eyes. At the short distance, even without her glasses on, the blonde saw Lena's features soften. Their daughter had everything she needed and more, of course she didn't care about some stupid presents, she just wanted to be with her moms. The blonde tilted her face and kissed her daughter's other cheek. "Of course she will call."
"As often as I can, darling." Lena rested her forehead in Lori's for a few seconds. "Now I have to go, little bug. Promise me you'll take care of your mamma."
"But who will take care of you mommy?" The girl asked with concern, making both women chuckle lightly.
"Your mommy is a pretty strong woman, baby. She can take care of herself." Kara assured her.
Lori turned her upper half around to face her blonde parent. "But she will feel lonely without us."
Lena made Lori bounce in her arms. "That's why I'll call you and momma every day. Every free moment I have I'll use it to send you pictures of London and I expect you to send some pictures as well."
Lori nodded as another yawn escaped her mouth. "Okay… but," she pushed her Pikachu plush towards Lena, "you should take Pikachu with you, he'll keep you company."
The CEO's brows knitted. "Won't you miss him?" Her daughter had many plush toys, lions, dinosaurs of many kinds and many other Pokémon but Pikachu was her favorite.
The girl nodded again. "I will but I have momma to keep me company and Pikachu is the best partner." She explained to her mommy.
Both women smiled at their daughters words. She was the cutest.
Lena grabbed the plush toy from Lori's hand. "Okay, I'll take him with me. We'll take care of each other." The CEO's phone started ringing in the back pocket of her jeans, signaling her that it was 5 am already. Kara smirked and grabbed the device, not without squeezing her wife's ass in the process, and turned the alarm off. "I really have to go now, little bug. Go with momma."
The girl obeyed Lena, hooking both arms around the blonde's neck. "I'll miss you mommy."
The brunette leaned down and kissed the girl's forehead. "I'll miss you too, my love." Her eyes shifted towards Kara's. "And I'll miss you too."
Kara was the one to lean this time, leaving a chaste kiss on Lena's lips. "I miss you already."
Lena's green eyes sparkled with love as she looked directly into the blue ones of her wife. Reaching out for the glasses on the top of her head, she fidgeted with the frames, even putting them on Pikachu's face. "Of course you miss me already, I bet you couldn't see me without these."
Kara and Lori both laughed at the dumb joke. "I'm not that blind." She rolled her eyes.
Seeing that Lori found the debate funny, Lena kept going. "I'm sure you can't even see how many fingers I'm holding up right now." She showed three fingers, wiggling them in front of Kara's face.
The blonde playfully tried to bite them, but obviously not being fast enough. "You weren't complaining about what I could or couldn't see without my glasses last night." She waggled her eyebrows up and down, sure that her wife was blushing with the comment.
Lena was indeed blushing, and she swatted her wife in the arm. "Shut up."
Lori looked confused, shifting her gaze between her two moms. "Why are you blushing mommy?" She innocently asked.
"Nothing little bug, ignore your momma." Lena finally placed the glasses on Kara's face. "I think you two should get back to sleep."
"We will babe. Have a save flight." Kara wrapped her free arm around the brunette, who returned the hug.
"I'll call you when I land." Lena detached herself from the embrace.
The blonde nodded. "I'll text you when we wake up."
Lena smiled again, making the corner of her eyes to crinkle. Her mother would be horrified to see she had wrinkles at her age, still being half a decade far from 40, but she didn't mind. They were signs of how much she smiled since Kara entered her life. "Tell me everything about your day. I'll be half of mine stuck in a flying metal tube so I'm sure I'll be bored out of my mind."
The little girl buried her face on Kara's neck, a sign that sleep was taking over her again. "I love you mommy."
"I love you both." And with that, Lena started to walk towards the door or else she'd never leave. Her suitcase and handbag already waiting for her by the door, she put on her coat as she took one last look at her family before walking out the door. Kara waved at her and Lori did the same even with her eyes half closed. Lena waved back with Pikachu in her hand. Once the brunette closed the front door, Kara and Lori were finally alone.
"Let's get you to bed little bug." The blonde said and started walking towards the bedrooms with Lori in her arms.
The little girl hid her face in her mother's neck. "Can I sleep with you?"
Kara pretended to think about it for a moment. "Oh, I don't know… you will take all the space in my bed."
"I won't, I'm very small momma!" Lori lifted her face to look at her mom.
"You are small but, what if you hog all the blankets? I'll be so cold!" The blonde pretended to shudder.
"I will hug you and keep you warm momma!" Lori tightened her hold on her mother's neck and her legs around her middle section.
Kara chuckled and kissed her daughter's nose. "Okay, you can sleep with me tonight. But," she raised a finger trying to emphasize her next words, "go pee first and wash your hands." She put the girl down and watched her run towards the bathroom. That would give her time to change the sheets.
The blonde was just finishing placing the fresh sheets in the bed when Lori entered the bedroom. She was walking like a little zombie, slow, dragging her feet and with her arms in the air trying not to bump into anything. Kara was melting from all the cuteness. "Momma…" Lori now lifted her arms asking the blonde to carry her, which she did.
"Let's sleep baby." Kara gently sat down in the bed, grabbed the comforter at the end of the bed and then leaned down with Lori nested in her chest. Trying not to move a lot, she took off her glasses and placed them in the bedside table beside her phone. It didn't take long for both to be asleep.
Just a few hours later the sun rays coming from the balcony's glass door woke the blonde up. Opening her eyes, the first thing she saw was wild brown hair next to her face. Rubbing her eyes with a fist as if trying to force sleep away, she finally noticed the position she was in: she was on her side, being the really big spoon to her little daughter whose head was resting on her arm, which explained the tingly sensation she had on it. Kara let out a happy sigh and shifted to be on her back without disturbing Lori. She closed her eyes, trying to enjoy a few more minutes in bed when something unexpected happened. Her features, which were so peaceful seconds ago, twisted in pain as a small arm hit her right across the face, her nose being the most affected.
"Sh–" she bit her tongue, preventing the curse to leave her lips, "shoot!" Kara winced as she moved Lori's arm down. She turned her face to look at the child who appeared to be still sleeping, unaware of what she just did. Kara laughed under her breath, reaching for her phone. The clock said it was almost 9 am but it was Sunday so it didn't matter. She saw there were few messages from Lena and opened the app.
06:10 am. *I just boarded the jet, we'll be leaving anytime soon*
06:10 am. [photo attached]
It was a picture of Pikachu looking out the window of the plane. Kara laughed and kept on reading the texts.
06:45 am. *We're in the air, these will be some boring 11 hours, I'll try to get some sleep*
07:23 am. *I can't sleep*
07:37 am. *I hope I don't wake you up with these, sorry if I did*
08:11 am. *I guess I didn't* [laughing emojis]
08:44 am. *I love you and Lori* [heart emoji]
Kara exited the conversation and opened the camera app, extending her arm to take a selfie and making a piece sign with the other even if it was trapped under Lori's head. Her nose was starting to redden and Lori's arm was now over her neck, the rest of her body limp and her mouth open.
08:56 am. [photo attached]
08:56 am. *you didn't wake me up, the little bug did* [sun and ladybug emojis]
Lena replied immediately.
08:57 am. *Oh god your face is getting red, did she hit you? Are you okay?*
08:57 am. *don't worry, I'm okay*
08:58 am. *and we love you too* [blushing and heart emojis]
08:58 am. *how's the flight?*
08:59 am. *Aside from the fact that I can't sleep, is good, no turbulence and Pikachu is indeed great company*
08:59 am. [photo attached]
It was a picture of Lena with Pikachu on her shoulder doing a thumbs up. Kara spend longer than she realized staring at the image of her wife.
09:01 am. *not better than me I hope*
09:02 am. *No one is better than you… maybe Lori but that's it*
09:02 am. *I can accept that*
09:04 am. *I'm gonna wake the bug up and make some breakfast*
09:05 am. *did you eat?*
Writing with one hand was a little more slow that what Kara would have liked, even more so with her non dominant hand but she didn't want to wake Lori up just yet.
09:05 am. *Eating you last night counts?* [winking emoji]
Kara bit her lip as she read that text, taking a quick glance at her daughter before replying.
09:07 am. *I know I'm delicious but I most definitely don't count, so eat some shitty plane food*
09:07 am. [pouting emoji] *Aw, is not fair… and the food of my plane is not shitty by the way*
09:08 am. *I did buy something to eat at the airport but I'm starting to get hungry again*
09:08 am. *Go make breakfast and kiss Lori for me*
Kara turned to her side again, moving Lori a bit, kissing her cheek as she took a picture.
09:09 am. [photo attached]
09:10 am. *kiss delivered but I'll give her another one from you when she wakes up*
09:11 am. *now eat something and try to sleep please, you still have a long flight ahead*
09:12 am. *I'll try to sleep I promise* [blow kiss emoji]
09:12 am. *and eat*
09:12 am. *And eat*
09:12 am. *Talk to you later darling, send pictures of your day*
09:14 am. *I will, and you let me know when you land please*
09:14 am. [heart emoji]
09:14 am. [heart emoji]
Kara freed her arm from under Lori and sat up, reaching out for her glasses after that last text. She started flexing her arm, trying to get the blood flowing again. "Lori honey, wake up." She gently shook her child.
Lori scrunched up her face but didn't open her eyes.
"Baby, let's go have some breakfast." The blonde insisted, shaking the brunette again.
"… 'm not a baby…" the kid mumbled, still refusing to open her eyes.
Kara smiled at the statement, brushing a lock of hair away from the girl's forehead. "Wake up little bug, we can have pancakes and then we can go to the park or anywhere you want to go."
A quiet snore left Lori's lips. "… wanna sleep…"
"Well… maybe I'll have to call the tickle monster to help you wake up…" Kara threatened the girl, who opened her eyes in alarm.
"Not the tickle monster, please momma." She begged but Kara already had her hands in the air, arching her fingers over and over again.
"Oh is too late, the tickle monster is already here." The blonde pounced over Lori, tickling her belly and her neck. The kid was laughing, asking her momma to stop. After a few seconds Kara stopped, she didn't want Lori accidentally wetting the bed and she was also a benevolent tickle monster. "Let's go was our hands, our faces and our teeth so I can start making breakfast."
Lori jumped out of bed. "Whoever gets last to the bathroom is a rotten egg!"
Kara rushed to get up and run after Lori. "You won't defeat me, little bug!"
But of course she let her win.
:::::
Lena had put a sleep mask on so she could try to get some sleep. It wasn't working. She asked the flight attendant – because of course she had one – for a glass of scotch, hoping that would help her relax a bit. She was starting to drink her second glass when her phone vibrated.
09:52 am. [video attached]
Lena wasted no time in opening the file, smiling instantly as she saw her girl with a plate full of pancakes and strawberries in front of her.
"Hi mommy! Momma showed me your pictures with Pikachu, I'm so happy he's with you!" Lori took a piece of pancake with her fork and shoved it in her mouth. "I miss you so much, I hope you two have fun in Lonlon."
"London, baby." Kara's voice could be heard correcting the little girl, even if she didn't appear on the shot.
"Lon-don. London! Have fun in London mommy, show Pikachu all the cool places for me!"
The camera changed from the back one to the selfie camera, showing Kara who was also stuffing her face with pancakes. "I hope you ate babe, Lori and I will go to the park or somewhere else –"
"To the museum to see dinosaur bones!" Lori interjected.
The blonde chuckled. "We'll go to the museum, I'll send you all the pictures. I love you." She blew a kiss to the camera and changed it after, pointing at the girl. "Say bye to your mommy."
The kid waved both hands enthusiastically. "Bye mommy! I love you!" She placed her hand in her lips and blew a few kisses at the camera.
The CEO almost melted in the spot. She also felt a little guilty for not eating anything like Kara asked her to so she called the flight attendant again – Sarah according to her name tag – and asked her for something to eat. After having eaten, Lena finally started to feel tired enough to fall asleep, which she did. When she woke up she saw that her phone had several messages from Kara.
11:18 am. *on our way to see dinosaurs* [dinosaur emojis]
11:18 am. [photo attached]
The picture, clearly taken with a selfie stick, showed Kara kneeled beside Lori who was wearing a grey shirt with the 'Jurassic Park' logo under her green dinosaur hoodie, because of course she loved the 'Jurassic Park' franchise and was not afraid of it like most kids her age should. She also had her T-Rex plush with her. Kara on the other hand was wearing a black shirt that read 'Rawr means I love you in dinosaur' with the silhouette of a blue long-necked dinosaur with orange bumps on its back.
11:24 am. *I'll assume you're sleeping but I promised you updates of our day*
11:35 am. *we're here*
11:35 am. [photo attached]
In this picture, Lori was standing in the entrance of the museum of natural history, hands in the air and a big smile on her face.
11:40 am. *she wants to buy everything from the gift shop, help*
11:40 am. [photo attached]
The little brunette had about every dinosaur related item from the gift shop in her arms.
11:46 am. *negotiations happened, she promised to be extra good if I bought something for her and for you at the end of the visit, she definitely has your businesswoman genes*
11:53 am. *she's keeping her word, no touching anything and staying in my sight at all times* [googly eyes emoji]
11:53 am. [photo attached]
Lori was posing in front of the T-Rex fossil like she was showing her plush toy that they were the same dinosaur.
12:01 pm. *she even likes the small things*
12:02 pm. [photo attached]
Lori was taking a look at some small fossils in a display.
12:15 pm. *we wish you were here*
12:15 pm. [photo attached]
Both Kara and Lori were pouting and their brows were drawn together forming adorable crinkles. Lori was in Kara's arms and was holding her dinosaur above the blonde's head like a hat.
12:39 pm. *she's sad the dinosaurs died because of a big rock* [dinosaur, explosion and skull emojis]
12:39 pm. [photo attached]
The girl was standing in front of a model of the meteor falling in the coast of Yucatan, Lena could almost read the information that was shown below a map of the peninsula in the wall next to the model.
12:40 pm. *now she wants to go to the place the meteor fell*
12:40 pm. *how does a trip to Mexico sound?* [Mexican flag emoji]
12:41 pm. *we could visit the pyramids too*
12:55 pm. *she likes mummies now too btw*
12:55 pm. [photo attached]
The little brunette was standing before a sarcophagus with a big smile on her face.
01:15 pm. *little bug wants to go for ice cream now, she's had her fair share of dinosaurs for the day if that's possible* [ice cream cone emojis]
01:15 pm. *but she wants to come back with you next week*
01:16 pm. [photo attached]
Kara had clearly asked someone to take this picture for her. The blonde was standing in front of the same T-Rex Lori had in one of the first pictures but she had the little girl sitting in her shoulders. Lori was so happy, like she was in the top of the world, she was smiling so big Lena could almost see the little spot where a tooth was missing.
01:27 pm. *ice cream time* [ice cream and heart eyes emojis]
01:27 pm. [photo attached]
Using again the selfie stick, the picture showed Kara and Lori sitting in a booth in a small traditional ice cream parlor they loved. The kid had a waffle basket with chocolate ice cream and sprinkles on top and Kara had a banana split with more whipped cream than necessary. Lori wasn't even looking at the camera, her focus was on the dessert in front of her. Lena also noticed the T-Rex plush on the table alongside a model of a T-Rex skeleton and a water ball, like those Christmas ones with the snow inside, but with a dinosaur hatching out of its egg.
Finally catching up with the thread, Lena started typing a text.
01:52 pm. *You've had quite a day, haven't you?*
01:52 pm. *I still have four more hours of boredom left*
01:52 pm. [incoming video call]
Lena answered right away. "Hello loves of my life."
"Hellooooooo!" Both Kara and Lori were on the screen, the blonde holding the phone with one hand and the other behind Lori's shoulders. They appeared to be still in the ice cream parlor.
"Hi mommy, how are you?" The kid asked as she continued to wave at the camera.
"I'm fine little bug, I just woke up from a nap. How are you?"
"I'm so happy! We saw the dinosaur bones and we bought you your own dinosaur, look!" Lori reached out for the model of the T-Rex skeleton and held it in front of the camera. It appeared to be made out of metal and it was really pretty. "You can put this one in your office mommy."
Lena nodded eagerly. "Of course baby, I'll think about you every time I see it."
Lori pouted and crossed her arms awkwardly as she still had the skeleton in her hands, "I'm not a baby, I'm a big girl…"
"We know but you'll always be our baby, Lori." Kara removed the model from Lori's hands and placed it on the table and then she rested the phone on it so she could have both hands free to hug her daughter and give her a kiss on her temple.
"Your momma is right. You'll be our baby even when you're all grown up and have a job and a house and a family…" Lena grabbed Pikachu and held it to her face, as if talking to him. "Right Pikachu?" She made the plush toy nod. "You see? Even Pikachu says so."
Lori's pout began to dissipate. "… kay."
"Cheer up little bug, we'll go to auntie Alex's home to have fun with her and auntie Sam." Kara ran her fingers through Lori's hair.
"You still have more plans then?" The businesswoman asked, kinda sad she wasn't there with her family.
"Yes! Auntie Alex called when we were at the museum and told us to go to her house to play in the pool!" Lori answered excited.
"We'll eat first and then you have two wait half an hour to get in the pool, missy." The blonde clarified.
"That sounds like so much fun! I want many pictures of this too."
"Of course babe. We'll go home first to get our swimming suits and Lori's floaties."
"Can we take the flamingo floatie?" Lori used her puppy dog eyes, not that Kara would have said no to the request.
"Yes! But you have to share it with me and your aunties. Your flamingo floatie is so cool everyone will want a turn with it and you can play with one of auntie Alex's floaties." The blonde bumped Lori's nose with her index finger.
"Kay kay." The girl accepted.
"Well, I'll leave you to it then. I have some reading to do for my meetings tomorrow." Lena started to say goodbye to her family.
"Okay, call me when you land please and don't forget to eat again or at least drink some water, keep that big beautiful brain of your hydrated." Now it was Kara's turn to use puppy dog eyes but this time Lena was on the receiving end.
The businesswoman chuckled. "I will, don't worry. Talk to you later."
Kara smiled, then she lowered her head, covered her mouth and whispered something to Lori's ear, giving her a knowing look once she backed away. She started counting with her fingers as she counted under her breath as well, "One… two… three…" Both of them looked at the camera with a smile and spoke at the same time. "We love you to the moon and back!"
Lena's eyes teared up a little. "I love you too, so, so much." She waved at the camera
The blonde and the little brunette blew kisses at the camera, Lori waving and Kara extending her hand towards the screen of her phone to end the call. "Bye babe."
"Bye mommy!"
And the video call ended.
Lena took a moment to gather herself, willing the tears away. She saw the time on her clock, a little past 2 pm in National City – she hadn't changed her phone's time zone and wouldn't do it until she landed – and decided to start reading her material for her meetings of the next day. All she needed was to talk less than ten minutes with her family to feel so happy but also sad at the same time for not being able to be there with them.
A little over an hour later Lena's phone started vibrating with incoming messages.
03:14 pm. *just arrived at Alex's*
03:14 pm. [photo attached]
The selfie was taken by Ruby, who Lena was surprised to see since Kara didn't mention her earlier, and showed all the other women behind her, Alex and Sam hugging Lori and Kara was pouting beside them, alone and with her arms crossed. Lena couldn't help but notice how well her legs looked in those jean shorts and how her muscles looked strained even through the fabric of her flannel shirt.
03:15 pm. *they stole my baby* [crying face emoji]
03:15 pm. *No one can steal my baby*
03:15 pm. *I thought that Ruby wouldn't be there with all that "I'm an adult now" thing*
03:16 pm. *our baby please, and Ruby came as soon as she heard Sam would let her have some beers* [clinking beers emoji]
03:16 pm. *You better not be drinking and swimming, you need to watch out for Lori*
03:16 pm. *I'll let Alex all the drinking, I'm here for the burgers* [burger emoji]
03:17 pm. [photo attached]
Kara showed her the grill with 5 raw burgers waiting to be ready.
03:18 pm. *I'm still preparing for tomorrow, send me photos even if I don't reply?*
03:18 pm. *of course babe, the girls say hi btw* [blowing kiss emoji]
03:18 pm. [photo attached]
Alex, Sam and even Ruby were holding their beers up, as if saluting Lena.
03:19 pm. *Say hi for me as well*
03:21 pm. *already did, now if you excuse me I have to go blow some air into Lori's floatie, some idiot cofcofalexcofcof forgot to mention she didn't have an air pump* [rolling eyes emoji]
03:21 pm. [laughing emojis]
Lena put down her phone and continued reading, just to get distracted again when her phone vibrated once more after a few minutes but this time the messages weren't from Kara, they were from Alex.
03:30 pm. *I can't believe you married this mess*
03:31 pm. [video attached]
Kara was sitting close to the pool, the sad figure of the flamingo floatie half deflated in front of her, blowing so much air her cheeks were all read and she was panting every time her lips left the valve.
"C'mon mamma, you can do it!" Lori encouraged the blonde as she ran in circles around her already on her flamingos swimming suit because of course she had to match. "Blow faster!"
Kara let out a frustrated sigh. "This would have been faster if your auntie Alex had told me she didn't have an air pump…" She continued blowing. She regretted buying the largest flamingo floatie she could find.
"Oh no, don't blame me, you didn't ask." Alex's voice was heard defending herself.
"You can do it aunt Kara!" Ruby said already inside the pool, waving at the camera when Alex pointed it at her.
Kara buried her face in the pink plastic, grunting.
The video ended there.
03:34 pm. *Please don't kill my wife, I kinda like her*
03:35 pm. *I'm telling her you said that*
03:35 pm. *Not if you don't want me to spill the beans to Sam about your anniversary gift* [purple smirking devil emoji]
03:36 pm. *… damn you Luthor* [unamused emoji]
03:36 pm. *Have fun with the girls Alex* [winking emoji]
03:37 pm. *we will, wish you were here to make fun of Kara*
03:37 pm. *I wish I was there too*
Lena didn't wait for a reply as she put her phone in 'don't disturb' mode, later asking the flight attendant to let her know when they were about to land.
Two hours later, Lena was informed they were going to land in London City Airport in the next minutes so she carefully folder her papers and put them in her handbag, reaching for her phone to let Kara know not without reading all her messages first.
03:50 pm. *mission accomplished!* [clapping and arm flexing emojis]
03:50 pm. [photo attached]
The picture showed Kara straddling the flamingo's back, her arms up in the air in a triumphant gesture. Lena saw that she still had her short on but her flannel shirt was nowhere in sight so her tanned arms were in display and, if the flamingo's neck and face wasn't in the way, also her stomach. It was incredible how after all those years of watching Kara eat like there was no tomorrow she still was in incredible shape with well-defined muscles.
03:54 pm. *now I need to fill the tank* [drooling emoji]
03:54 pm. [photo attached]
The picture showed Kara taking the biggest bite possible of her burger, Alex by her side judging her as she sipped her beer.
04:25 pm. [video attached]
Kara was laying on the pool chair with some sunglasses on, Alex at her right in the same position and Sam in the last chair. Then the notes of a piano playing could be heard.
"It's out with the old and in with the new, goodbye clouds of gray, hello skies of blue," Kara started singing – not lip synching, they had the karaoke version – imitating every move Sharpay Evans did on HSM2. "A dip in the pool, a trip to the spa, endless days in my chaise, the whole world according to moi," Kara placed her hands behind her head to the beat, "Excuse me?" She sat up and spoke to the imaginary piano player, "Thank you." The blonde grabbed the beer at her side, "Iced tea imported from England," taking off her sunglasses, she handed them to Lori, "Lifeguards imported from Spain," Kara dragged her hands on the towel "Towels imported from Turkey," Lori appeared again, this time with a burger in a plate, "Turkey imported from Maine."
"We're gonna relax and renew," Alex joined Kara, moving the same way as Ryan, as Lori handed the blonde her sunglasses again.
"You, go, do!" Kara sang alone again. "I want fabulous, that is my simple request, all things fabulous, bigger and better and best," The three women moved like in the movie, hands in the air, lowering their sunglasses, crossing their legs, all the same. "I need something inspiring to help me get along, I need a little fabulous is that so wrong?" Kara spun around and launched herself into the pool in a cannon ball, splashing everyone.
Lena was laughing so hard even the flight attendant went to check on her, but she was unable to speak as she was still laughing. When she finally calmed down, she dismissed the woman telling her she was fine and ready for landing. She started writing a text for Kara.
05:48 pm. *I can't believe you guys recreated Fabulous, it's the best thing I've ever seen* [laughing and heart eyes emojis]
05:48 pm. *I love your voice so much*
05:48 pm. *I'm about to land, I'll call you when I get to the hotel but don't worry if I don't, I might pass out from exhaustion*
05:49 pm. *Keep having fun, tell Lori I love her*
05:51 pm. *can you believe Ruby didn't know what hsm is? I can understand it from Lori, she's a baby, but Ruby?! I feel so old!* [crying and heartbroken emojis]
05:51 pm. *You're not old, you're collector's edition babe*
05:51 pm. *… you're not making it better*
05:52 pm. *I would love to help you lick your wounds but I can't right now, I have to turn off my phone for a few minutes*
05:52 pm. *I love you* [heart emojis]
05:52 pm. *I love you too* [blushing emoji]
The CEO smiled softly as she exited the app. She went to her settings and changed the time zone on her phone, which confirmed to her that it was almost 1 am in London. She turned off her phone after that. The landing was uneventful, London City Airport was smaller than the Heathrow and closer to her hotel too.
She stepped out the plane with Pikachu in one hand, her suitcase handle on the other and her handbag crossed over her chest – thank God it had a long strap –, Lena was so glad she didn't trip with so many things in her hands. She had scheduled a town car to be waiting for her, the driver helped her get her things in the trunk but she kept Pikachu with her. Her hotel was on the south side of the Thames – close to the Tower Bridge –, she was there in a little over thirty minutes. Quickly checking in, she crashed in her bed as soon as she entered the room. Closing her eyes, she was about to fall asleep when she remembered she needed to call Kara and take a shower – or at least change her clothes – so she quickly pulled her phone out of her coat pocket and turned it on again.
01:58 am. *I'm at my hotel room about to fall asleep*
01:58 am. [photo attached]
Lena took a blurry selfie of her in bed with an arm over her eyes.
01:59 am. *change your clothes and brush your teeth baby* [blowing kiss emoji]
02:00 am. *Help me* [pouting emoji]
02:00 am. *you know I'd love to take your clothes off but then you wouldn't get any sleep* [smirking emoji]
02:00 am. *go change and then sleep, you need it* [heart emojis]
Lena huffed in false annoyance, she knew she had to change. She rummaged through her suitcase and found her sleeping clothes and some panties, pulling out her new toothbrush as well. She walked to the ridiculously large bathroom – it matched the ridiculously large and luxurious room – and started to undress. Once naked, she tied her hair up in a bun and was about to step in the shower when she had an idea that made her smirk.
02:08 am. *I hope no one is around when you see this*
02:08 am. [photo attached]
Lena took a mirror selfie with her white towel barely covering her breasts and other private parts.
02:08 am. *fuck Lena, why are you doing this to me?* [hot face emojis]
02:08 am. *it's so unfair I can't be there*
02:08 am. *if I had superpowers I would fly to you immediately*
02:09 am. *Such a pity you don't, I guess I'll shower on my own* [shrugging emoji]
02:09 am. *you're the devil, Luthor*
02:10 am. *But you love me anyway* [blowing kiss and purple smirking devil emojis]
02:10 am. *more than anything and anyone*
02:10 am. *well, I might love Lori just a tiny bit more*
02:10 am. *I'm okay with that*
Putting her phone down, Lena finally stepped inside the shower and scrubbed herself clean. She toweled herself and then brushed her teeth. Deciding to skip her skin care routine for this occasion, Lena put on her clothes and got into bed, deciding to send one last quick message to Kara.
02:26 am. *I'm off to bed, I love you* [heart emoji]
02:26 am. *sweet dreams my love* [heart emojis]
02:27 am. [photo attached]
The pictures showed Lori doing a heart with her little hands and her lips pursed as if giving a kiss. It was the last thing Lena saw before falling asleep and she was glad.
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Kara smiled at her screen, only for Alex to throw a fry at her face. "Hey!"
"Stop it with the sexting, will you? God knows what did Lena sent you to have you flush the way you did." Alex rolled her eyes playfully, loving the way the blonde flushed again.
"We're not sexting!" Kara whispered/yelled at her sister. "I just sent her a picture of Lori from earlier, she just went to sleep."
The redhead wiggled her eyebrows. "Sure Jan." She said incredulously and then took a sip of her beer.
Kara let out a sigh, knowing that she would not change Alex's mind even if she showed her the last message she sent – there was always the risk of Alex snatching her phone away and actually see Lena's picture – so she just kept drinking her soda as she watched Lori and Ruby playing with the flamingo and crocodile floaties. "Lori, baby, is time you get out of the pool."
The little brunette stopped splashing her cousin for a second. "Why momma? I wanna keep playing!"
Kara stood up and walked to the edge of the pool and crouched down. "Because you're looking like a raisin, little bug. Look at your fingers!"
Alex snorted. "She looks like she did when she just came out of the womb."
From the pool, Lori scrunched up her little face in confusion. "What's a womb, momma?"
Alex spat out the beer she was drinking, Sam almost lets the dishes in her hands fall and Ruby tumbled over the flamingo floatie into the pool. Kara, on the other hand, wanted to shove her head on the ground like an ostrich.
"Ah… you see…" The blonde opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to say. She wanted to kill her sister. "The womb is…" For God's sake, Kara lived of writing words! How could she not explain to her daughter something like that, why was English failing her? "It's the place where… babies come from."
"And where is it?" Lori innocently kept asking.
Sam had to put her hand over Alex's mouth to stop her from laughing.
Kara tried to buy herself some time as she went to grab Lori's towel. "Well…" She gestured her daughter to come out of the pool and she wrapped her in the dinosaurs' towel right away. "Every woman has a womb, is in their bellies, okay?" The blonde started drying the brown locks gently.
"I have a womb?" Lori wondered, her voice muffled by the towel in her head.
"Yes, you do. I do too and so do auntie Alex, auntie Sam and Ruby. You came out of mommy's womb." Kara couldn't believe she was having this conversation so soon and without Lena around. Alex was so dead if Lori asked anymore follow up questions like 'how does the baby gets in the womb?'
"Oh… so I will have a baby in my belly someday?" Lori grabbed her tummy with both hands.
"Only if you want to, little bug. There's nothing wrong if you never have a baby, okay?" Kara kneeled down to look at Lori in the eyes. "Besides, you're way too young to be thinking of that. Forget about it for now." She kissed her forehead as she stood up.
"Okay…" the girl agreed but then she looked at her wrinkly hands, and decided to show them to the blonde. "But I looked like this when I came out of mommy's womb?"
Kara laughed at that. "Yes little bug, you looked exactly like that."
The blonde helped Lori out of her swimming suit and gave her a quick warm bath in Alex's house. Not long after they were all hugging goodbye. When Kara hugged her sister, she threatened to her ear and it must have been some good threat since the FBI agent paled a little. They were back home just in time for Lori's bed time.
Opening the door and letting Lori in first, Kara closed it behind her, putting down the bag with their clothes and the floatie's box, and started walking towards the kitchen. "Lori, let's eat some cereal and then to bed, okay?"
"Can mommy sing to me over the phone?" Lori asked as she followed Kara.
The blonde started pulling out a bowl, the cereal and the milk. "No, little bug, mommy can't. You see, in London right now is really early in the morning and mommy hasn't woken up, okay? We don't want to wake her up yet."
"Oh…" The little girl pouted as she lowered her face.
Kara picked her up and sat her on one of the high stools with her back to the kitchen island. "What if I sing to you?"
"I want mommy to sing my song…" She didn't meet her momma's eyes.
The blonde placed a finger under her chin and lifted it so her blue eyes could see the little one's greens. "What can I do?"
Lori stayed silent for a few moments but she finally spoke. "Can I sleep with you again?"
Kara smiled softly. "Of course baby. Now, eat that cereal and then we have to wash those teeth, alright?"
Lori ate her cereal in a much better mood now that she knew she'd sleep with her momma. Soon, both girls were cladded in their pajamas – Kara had Star Wars pajamas and Lori had Pokémon ones – and lay in bed, looking at the ceiling.
"Momma, I can't sleep." Even with the day they had, Lori's energy never seemed to die down.
"Want me to sing?" Kara tried once more.
The brunette shook her head in the pillow. "No."
Kara made an offended sound. "Why not?"
"Because when you sing I want to sing with you momma, not sleep." The explanation eased the blonde.
"Okay…" Kara thought of another solution to their dilemma. "Turn around, on your belly."
Lori giggled. "Why?" She asked but did as she was told.
"Cause we're gonna play a game." Kara shifted to her side, her elbow resting on the pillow and her head propped on her hand. "I'm going to draw something on your back and you have to find out what is it, kay?"
"Kay." Lori crossed her arms on the pillow, resting her cheek on them.
The blonde started easy. She drew a circle and then some lines around it. "What is it?"
"It's the sun!" Lori answered quickly.
"Yes, it is! You're so good at this already!" She rubbed her hand up and down Lori's back. "Let's erase it and I'll start on the next drawing."
"What about you momma? You won't play?"
"Okay, I'll play too." Kara shifted to lay down on her stomach. "Do your best, little bug."
Lori straddled Kara's back, doing nothing for a few moments in which she thought of what to draw. After a few moments, she started. Kara felt Lori drawing a circle, then a horizontal line cutting the circle in half and then another small circle. It was a poke ball. Should she said it or let her baby win?
"Is it… a dinosaur egg?" She would always let her baby win.
"No momma! It's a poke ball!" Lori let herself fall to the bed, ready for her turn.
"Oh, shoot, how could I not know it?"
They kept playing until Lori was too tired to draw on Kara's back, so the blonde decided to simply caress her daughter's back until she fell asleep.
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Lena's week was hectic. Board meetings were never fun, even less if they were overseas where people thought she couldn't touch them because she would leave eventually. What actually got her through the week was Pikachu, as ridiculous as that sounded. She promised Lori she would take him everywhere and she did just that, taking the little plush toy inside her purse, taking pictures of him – and with him – in the iconic places of London when she had some free time and sending them to Kara so Lori could see them. She was so excited Pikachu was touring around London with her mom because Lena even bought a little scarf and a rain coat for the plush. Some people stared at her like she was crazy but she didn't care, it made Lori happy and that was enough. Pikachu had photos in front of the Big Ben, the Buckingham Palace, the Tower Bridge and more. The people she was meeting with never mentioned anything but they certainly looked puzzled as to why Lena Luthor, one of the most powerful people in the world, was carrying around a Pikachu toy all over the city. She loved Lori's reaction to the photos, Kara sent videos very often of the girl telling Lena about her day in school and how much she loved the lasted PikaPic as they had started calling them. The texting was frequent as well, and Lena liked to call Kara before bed – not to do anything dirty, of course not –, she just liked to hear the sound of her voice before sleeping, talking about the articles she was working on. However, carrying Pikachu around did not slow her down, in fact, she was going back home earlier and she intended to surprise her wife. So, instead of leaving Saturday afternoon, she left London on Friday's evening so she could arrive to National City the same night thanks to the time zones. She took some more photos before leaving but didn't send them right away, they would serve as her decoy, making it seem like she was in London when in fact she would be thousands of feet up in the air. Leaving London at 6 pm local time, she should arrive to NC around 10 or 11 pm, perfect time to get some pizzas and potstickers and have a late family dinner.
Just as planned, Lena was leaving National City Airport at 10:35 pm. asking her driver to take her to Kara's favorite pizzeria for her order and then to their favorite Chinese food restaurant for the potstickers. When she arrived home, she was literally juggling with all the things she had to carry, her suitcase, handbag, a few gifts and the three P's, pizza, potstickers and Pikachu. She managed to open the door and kicked it in, struggling with her big suitcase. However, she made more noise than what she would have liked it.
"Who's there?" Kara came out from the hallway with the baseball bat they kept under their bed in her hands, ready to pounce on any intruder. She opened her eyes wide behind her glasses as she took in who it was. "Lena! How are you here? I thought you came home tomorrow!" She left the bat on the floor and rushed to her wife, taking the food away from her hands leaving it on the coffee table and smashing her lips against hers. The brunette returned the kiss immediately, having missed this kisses so much.
After a few minutes, Lena pulled back but leaving her hands intertwined behind Kara's neck. "I wanted to surprise you and the little bug." She answered a little breathless, looking between the blonde's lips and eyes, satisfied to see her lipstick on Kara's lips. "Is she sleeping already?"
Kara grinned. "I'm sure she won't mind waking up to this surprise." Leaning forward to steal another kiss from the brunette, Kara also bit Lena's lip a little. "You brought my favorite things to eat that begins with P." She whispered against her lips.
"Pizza?" Lena raised a brow, rubbing her nose with Kara who shook her head. "Potstickers?" Kara shook her head again. "Pineapple? I didn't bring any, sorry."
"That's not it and you know it…" The blonde's sultry tone made Lena's legs turn into jelly. "I mean your pu–" before Kara could finish her sentence, a quiet little voice interrupted her.
"Momma, where did you go?" Lori was in the hallway, rubbing her eyes with her fists. Once she stopped, she opened her eyes, same green eyes that went wide as they saw the older brunette. "Mommy!" She ran towards Lena, making Kara step back so that the CEO could hold the little girl in her arms.
"Hello my little bug! I missed you so much!" Lena squeezed Lori between her arms.
"I missed you too mommy! And momma missed you as well!" The girl was so happy to finally see her mommy after so long.
"I missed your momma too, baby girl. I'm so glad you were here with here so she wouldn't feel lonely." Lena finally let go of Lori, giving her a kiss in the top of her head.
"And Pikachu kept you company too!"
"Speaking of Pikachu…" Lena turned around and pulled him out of her handbag. "Here he is!" She handed it over to Lori who hugged the little plush toy as hard as she had hugged her mom.
"Thank you Pikachu for being a good Pokémon to my mommy." Lori kissed the toy in one of its red marks.
Kara clapped her hands to get both brunette's attention. "Well, I say we eat the food mommy brought before it gets cold, shall we?"
Lena grabbed the food and everyone moved to the kitchen, not bothering to go to the dining room and get everything dirty. They ate in the kitchen island directly from the food containers and boxes as Lori asked Lena a million questions about London and what did she do. Lena answered every question happily, mesmerized with the image of her family. She had so much, they were so happy. She couldn't ask for more, could she?
After they were all full they put the leftovers in the fridge – something that almost never happened since Kara ate it all but she had had dinner earlier so she wasn't super hungry –, they washed the glasses they used and Lena changed into her pajamas as Lori and Kara brushed their teeth again, the CEO doing the same after. They were all together in bed, Lori between both women and they facing each other.
Lena was caressing Loris's tummy and Kara was playing with her hair. "I want another one." Lena whispered, trying not to wake up the child.
"You want another what?" The blonde asked without stopping what she was doing.
"I want another kid." Lena clarified.
Kara's eyes shifted from Lori's face to Lena's. "You want another kid?" She asked, not being able to hide the excitement in her voice.
"Yes, I want another baby. I could carry it again but it could be your egg this time." Lena's hand traveled from Lori's belly to Kara's hip. "What do you say?"
Kara didn't have to think about it twice. "Yes! Yes, of course!" She winced at her high voice tone, but looked down at Lori and saw that her eyes were still closed. "Nothing would make me happier." She pushed herself up with her arm and, careful not to put her weight on Lori, she kissed Lena. "We're gonna have another baby."
"We're gonna have another baby." Lena confirmed her.
"Will the baby be in mommy's womb?" Lori's soft voice startled both parents.
Lena looked at Kara absolutely shocked. "What did you teach to my daughter this past week?"
Even with the faint moonlight that came through the window, Lena saw Kara blush. "Well, you see… this is Alex's fault…"
I hope you enjoyed this! Also, I'd like to thank my sestra Nicole for the womb idea xD it came out so well.
Sorry for any typos btw, as you may know English is not my first language.
Happy birthday to one little demon from the group chat, Azzie. You rock girl!
Also, I wanted to say I love my "daddy" :3
ps. did you like this week's episode? I loved it, I didn't know Kelly could speak so much for real.
Go check out my Twitter "dayanaalpuche" if you want to see Kara's dinosaur shirt and Lori's hoodie
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