Thank you guys so much for the love in the last chapter! This one is a little shorter, but I hope you enjoy the fluff!
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Chapter Seven
The next morning came too quickly for Alex and Maggie. They were awakened by the pitter patter of little feet and giggles coming down the hallway, signalling that the two little girls in the house were awake and ready to be entertained. The footsteps got louder as they came closer to their closed door until they went silent and a timid knock sounded through the room.
"Who is it?" Maggie tried to hold in laughter.
"Kara and Lena," a little voice squeaked. "We come in?"
"Come on in guys," Alex laughed.
The door was thrown open and the two little ones rushed in and jumped up onto the bed. Lena, while much more timid than Kara about invading the space, was smiling behind the pacifier as she climbed up onto the bed beside Alex. The redhead ended up having to help Lena up, taking her under her arms and hauling her up onto the bed. Looking over at the alarm clock on the bedside table and saw that the red numbers read '7:00'.
Lena had wiggled her way under the blankets, curled herself around Alex and closed her eyes again, obviously ready for another couple minutes of sleep. Alex ran her hand through Lena's dark locks.
"Are you still sleepy?"
Lena nodded her head, not bothering to open her eyes to answer the question.
"Cookies?" she asked around the pacifier.
"What?" Alex asked, not sure what the little girl was asking.
"Make cookies," Lena commented.
Alex racked her brain for a minute before remembering the promise she had made the day before to the two little girls. Of course Lena had remembered her reward for behaving at the DEO yesterday.
"Cookies at 7 in the morning?" Alex laughed.
Lena nodded against Alex's chest.
"I think we might have to wait until later today to make your cookies, Little Miss," Maggie jumped in.
Lena's eyes cracked open, green orbs peeking at Alex through dark lashes.
"Why?"
"Because, you can't eat cookies for breakfast, Little Miss," Alex poked Lena's stomach, tickling the sleepy little one and making her giggle.
Kara, who had been bouncing around the bed, stopped when the conversation turned to the topic of food. Dropping down into her bottom, she looked up at Maggie and Alex, tilting her head to the side.
"Breakfast?" she asked.
"We're going to get breakfast in a minute Munchkin," Maggie reasoned with the little girl.
"What are we gonna have?" Kara asked.
"Maybe… pancakes?" Alex smiled, knowing that adult Kara really liked making and eating pancakes on her days off.
Kara's blue eyes got wide and she scrambled off the bed and rushed to the door.
"Come on, come on, come on!" Kara squealed.
"Just a minute," Alex laughed, lifting herself off the bed, she went to lift Lena up onto her hip, the little girl placed her head on Alex's shoulder, still sleepy.
Maggie and Alex followed the little blonde out the door and into the kitchen where Kara scrambled up into a chair at the table, practically vibrating with excitement.
Alex got to work quickly, handing off the sleepy Lena to Maggie and hauling out some pancake mix and other ingredients, and getting started mixing their breakfast together. When the batter was being spooned into the pan, Alex decided to give the kids a little surprise. Dropping some chocolate chips into Kara's pancakes, and some blueberries into Lena's, she plated the pancakes onto the plastic plates, waited for them to cool while she made up some pancakes for herself and Maggie, and then placed all the plates on the table.
"Dig in."
Kara was quick to follow that order, scooping up a piece of pancake onto the plastic fork, and shoved it into her mouth. When the melted chocolate hit her tongue, Kara's face lit up and she eagerly devoured the rest of her breakfast. Lena was a little more tactical with feeding herself. Even being a year younger than Kara, the little raven haired girl was very clean and precise with her movements, placing a bit of pancake on her fork and smiling when she could taste the blueberries mixed into the batter. She ate her breakfast quietly and neatly, still waking up from her night's sleep.
After breakfast, Alex and Maggie cleaned up the dishes and sat the little ones in the living room with some toys and colouring books. While they were entertained with their toys, Alex and Maggie switched off taking quick showers and changing into some leggings and sweaters for the day of relaxing and baking they were about to have.
When Alex came back into the living room, hair still slightly damp and fresh clothes on, she found Maggie reading a book to the little ones. Kara was leaning against Maggie's arm, snuggled up and holding onto one of her dolls while her other hand was holding Lena's. The dark haired little girl was lounging in Maggie's lap, her bear resting against her side, green pacifier in her mouth and hand clasped in Kara's. Maggie was finishing off the last page of the book, a story about some monkeys and bananas, so Alex hung back, taking in the sweet sight. When Maggie finished the book and placed it on the cushion beside them, the two little ones were sent back to the toy box in the corner of the room to play for a moment.
"Ready for the day?" Maggie asked, coming up and wrapping Alex in a loose hug.
Alex hummed in response. "Baking and more entertaining of the little ones."
"What are we baking?" Kara asked, the little girls perking up and looking at the adults from their spot by the toys they had taken out of the box.
"I thought we could bake some chocolate chip cookies," Alex smiled, lifting Kara from the floor and placing her on her hip, making her way to the kitchen.
Depositing Kara on the stool by the island, Maggie followed suit with Lena, placing the little one, along with her bear, beside the little blonde. Alex dug through the cupboards, pulling out ingredients for the cookies and placing them on the counter with measuring cups, spoons and bowls. Maggie had turned on the oven, letting it preheat so they could get their baking underway.
Alex pulled out the cook book, smeared with flour and milk, and placed it on the counter in front of the little ones.
"Okay, so first, we have to find the recipe," Alex instructed, knowing that the page was already bookmarked, being one of the only recipes that she knew how to make.
"What page is it?" Lena asked.
"This one," Alex flipped the book open to the dog-eared page and pointing out the recipe to the little ones, paired with a picture of the cookies.
Green eyes went wide at the picture of steaming chocolate chip cookies in the book and she looked up at Alex in awe.
"We're makin' those?" Lena pointed a pale little finger at the picture.
"Yup, is that okay with you?" Alex laughed.
Lena smiled and nodded quickly. The adults laughed at the little one's reaction, and Alex felt horrible. That sweet little girl had never even experienced cookies. She vowed to hunt down Lillian Luthor herself if she had any say in it.
The quartet spent the next hour mixing and blending ingredients together, Lena getting flour in her hair and Kara finding herself with a smear of chocolate across her cheek. When the first tray of cookies was in the oven, Lena and Kara sat themselves in front of the oven, watching the treats bake and Alex and Maggie got another tray ready for baking. Lena was amazed at the way that the cookies were baking, and watched in awe from a further back spot as Maggie pulled the first tray from the oven, placing it on a cooling rack and placing the second tray into the oven.
When the first batch were cooled enough to eat, Alex set up the two girls at the table with a little plate and two cups with milk in them. She and Maggie both took a seat as well, and watching the taste testing unfold. Kara was quick to grab up a cookie and take a huge bite, smiling around a mouthful of dough and chocolate. She had some melted chocolate around the corners of her mouth, and Alex and Maggie chuckled at the sight as they munched on their own treats.
Lena was much more delicate, as she tended to be, picking up a cookie and examining it before taking a little bite from the edge. She chewed on it, thinking about it as she did, before smiling and taking a bigger bite, smearing a little bit of chocolate on her lip. Alex smiled at the little girl as she enjoyed the sugary treat. She knew that, even if Lena didn't remember this when the two were aged back up, that she would try her hardest to make sure that little girl had the best chance at a second childhood while she was with Alex and Maggie.