The girls spent the rest of the day hanging out with Eliza and Jeremiah. They woke early the next morning, so they could head back to the city. They ate a quick breakfast and then said goodbye to the two parents before they all got into the car. They made a few quick stops but made it home in pretty good time. Alex dropped Kara and Lena off at Lena's penthouse and then her and Maggie drove back to their apartment. Kara and Lena unpacked their clothes and then settled on the couch.
"Do you want to watch a movie?" Lena asked as Kara settled into her side.
"Sure, why don't you pick one for us," Kara said as she yawned.
"Would you rather just take a nap? You seem tired, I know you didn't sleep that much last night," Lena said as she rubbed Kara's back.
"No, it's fine. I am just a little tired, but I would rather watch a movie with you," Kara said as Lena got up and put a movie on for them. She came back to the couch and sat down as Kara laid her head on Lena's lap. Within five minutes of the movie starting Kara had already fallen asleep. After the movie had finished, Kara was still sleeping so Lena grabbed her tablet from the side table and caught up on some emails she had missed from their trip this weekend. Lena was replying to emails for about an hour when Kara finally woke up.
"Hey, how was your nap?" Lena asked.
"Good, I didn't mean to fall asleep," Kara said as she kissed Lena.
"That's okay. I just ordered some dinner, so it should be here in like 20 minutes," Lena said.
"Alright, I'm not too hungry," Kara said as she kissed Lena again on the lips.
"I am really glad that I got to know Eliza and Jeremiah better this weekend," Lena said as Kara turned towards her.
"I am too. I miss them, and it was really nice to get some time to spend with them this weekend. I loved having all of my favorite people under one roof," Kara said.
"It was nice seeing where you and Alex grew up," Lena said and noticed that Kara still looked a little tired. "We might need to have an early night tonight. You still look a little tired," Lena said right as Kara was yawning again.
"Yeah I guess I still am a little tired. I am just feeling a little run down maybe from the long car ride back," Kara said. "I also am feeling this weird tickle in the back of my throat, but I am not sure what it is," Kara said, and Lena reached her hand out to Kara's forehead.
"Kara you feel a little warm. It's possible that you are getting sick. You don't have your powers so that is possible now. Let me go grab the thermometer and we can check your temperature," Lena said as she got up and went to her bathroom to get the thermometer. She texted Alex on her way back to see what Kara's temperature was normally like when she was without her powers for a day or two. Alex texted back saying that her temperature usually ran a few degrees higher even if she didn't have her powers. She said that anything above 102 degrees would be considered a fever for Kara.
"Alright Kara stick this under your tongue for me," Lena said as Kara took the thermometer and put it under her tongue. It beeped after a few seconds and Lena took it out frowning as she did.
"Is it bad?" Kara asked seeing Lena's face.
"It's not horrible, it is 104. Alex said anything above 102 would be considered a fever so I hate to break it to you, but I think you might be getting sick," Lena said as Kara pouted.
"I don't want to get sick. I honestly don't feel that bad though. I think I will be fine," Kara said as Lena just laughed.
"I hate to break it to you dear, but unfortunately you can't just wish away sickness," Lena said. "Tell you what, why don't you go take a shower," Lena said as Kara got up and went to the bathroom. As soon as she walked out of the kitchen Lena's phone went off and she saw the call was from Alex.
"Hey Alex," Lena said as she answered the phone.
"Hey Lena, is Kara getting sick," Alex asked with concern.
"I think so. She fell asleep pretty soon after we got back from Midvale and then said her throat was feeling a little weird. I checked her temperature and it was 104 so a slight fever," Lena said.
"Alright, I was wondering when she would finally get sick. Her immune system is pretty weak without her powers, so it was going to happen eventually. She has never really gotten sick before, so everything will probably be a little worse for her than it would be for you or me. Do you want me to come over or do you two need anything?" Alex asked.
"I think we will be okay. I will let you know if she gets worse, but I think she will probably just end up falling asleep. I have some soup here and medicine, so I will give her some when she gets out of the shower and keep an eye on her," Lena said.
"Alright just call if you need anything and I can come over. Tell Kara I hope she feel better," Alex said and then hung up the phone with Lena.
Lena put her phone down and went to the stove to start heating up soup for Kara. She put the kettle on the stove to heat up some water, so she could make some tea for both of them. Kara came out of the shower a minute later dressed in her fuzzy pajamas.
"Hey, I am just heating up some soup for you and then I will get you some medicine. Why don't you go sit on the couch and find something to watch on tv," Lena said as Kara headed over to the couch thanking Lena as she went. Lena came over a few minutes later and gave Kara some medicine to take and then gave her a bowl of soup and some tea. The two sat together on the couch as Lena ate some of the food she ordered for them earlier and Kara ate her soup. They were watching tv for 30 minutes when Lena looked over and noticed Kara struggling to keep her eyes open.
"Hey honey, why don't you go to bed," Lena said as Kara opened her eyes and looked at Lena.
"Alright will you come lay with me for a little bit," Kara asked, and Lena grabbed Kara's hand as they walked to the bedroom. Lena waited until Kara was sound asleep before she went out into the main room to get some work done. She kept her bedroom door open, so she could listen for Kara in case the girl needed her and worked for a few hours before she decided to go to bed. She grabbed some of the medicine for Kara in case she woke up in the middle of the night and a bottle of water and went to get ready for bed.
Kara woke up and immediately shut her eyes. She had a massive headache and it hurt to swallow. She also felt hot but cold at the same time. She looked over at her clock and saw that it was 5 in the morning. She was glad that she didn't have to work today as she couldn't imagine sitting there all day feeling like this. She tried to quietly get up to go to the bathroom. Lena was still asleep and didn't need to get up for another hour and Kara didn't want to wake her up early. Kara stood up and immediately regretted it as the room began to spin. She tried to steady herself on the nightstand and immediately knocked all the stuff off of it as she gripped the table tightly.
"Kara, honey are you okay?" Lena said immediately waking up at hearing the noise Kara was making. Lena turned on her light and after taking one look at her girlfriend she got up and went over to the other side of the bed, grabbing Kara to help steady her.
"I'm fine. I just got up too fast and felt a little dizzy. I was just trying to go to the bathroom," Kara said as Lena helped her get to the bathroom.
"Alright I will be back in a minute. You feel pretty warm still, so I am just going to grab the thermometer, so I can see if you still have a fever," Lena said as Kara nodded and shut the door to go to the bathroom. She finished up and Lena came back in.
"How are you feeling?" Lena asked.
"Honesty pretty bad. My head hurts and it feels hard to swallow." Kara said as Lena put the thermometer in Kara's mouth.
"Oh babe, your temperature is 106. I'm going to run a bath for you to try and cool you down a little bit," Lena said as she handed Kara a fever reducer pill to take and started the bath. She helped Kara get in and then went out into the bedroom to call Alex.
"Hello," Alex said her voice thick with sleep.
"Hey Alex, sorry to call you so early but Kara's fever went up," Lena said as Alex sighed.
"What is it now?" Alex said much more alert.
"I just checked a few minutes ago and it was 106. I just ran a cool bath for her to try and cool her down a little bit and gave her some medicine," Lena said as she checked in the bathroom again to make sure Kara was still okay.
"Alright give the medicine like an hour to work and then check her temperature again. If it is any higher call me back and I will come over before I go to work and see if I need to take her to the DEO," Alex said.
"Alright I was supposed to go into work today to and go to some board meetings, but Kara needs me, so I will just cancel those," Lena said as she was about to text her assistant to let her know she needed to cancel her meetings. Lena heard Maggie talking quietly in the background before Alex spoke again.
"Lena, Maggie isn't working today so she said she would come over and take care of Kara. She can be over in like an hour," Alex replied.
"Are you sure? I feel bad just leaving Kara when she is this sick and I don't want to mess up Maggie's plans," Lena said feeling guilty for leaving Kara.
"Of course, it's not an issue at all. You shouldn't feel bad. Kara will be in good hands with Maggie and the two were planning on spending some time together today anyways," Alex said.
"Alright, I am going to go so I can help Kara get dressed but I will leave the front door unlocked for Maggie when she gets here," Lena said as she hung up the phone after Alex said goodbye. Lena went back in the bathroom and helped Kara get out and change clothes before getting her back into bed.
"Kara, I have some board meetings today and Maggie offered to come over, so I could go but if you want me to stay home, I can cancel them," Lena said as she sat down next to Kara.
"No of course you should go into work. Thank you for the offer but I will be fine with Maggie," Kara said as she laid her head back down on her pillow.
"Alright I am going to go get ready for work but let me know if you need anything. I am going to check your temperature again before I leave," Lena said kissing Kara's head as she made her way to the bathroom to get ready. Lena came back into the room 30 minutes later and took Kara's temperature sighing in relief when she saw it had gone down to 105. She heard the front door open and said bye to Kara before she went out into the kitchen and was greeted by Maggie holding two cups of coffee.
"I figured you wouldn't have had time to make coffee this morning," Maggie said as she handed Lena one of the cups of coffee.
"Thank you for the coffee and for coming over today," Lena said.
"No problem at all Lena," Maggie said as she sat down at the table.
"I have to leave in a minute, but I just checked Kara's temperature and it went down to 105," Lena said as Maggie nodded. Lena took another minute to make sure she had everything together and then headed out the door saying goodbye to Maggie on her way out.
Kara woke up an hour later feeling slightly better. The pounding in her head was still there and her throat was killing her, but she didn't feel as hot as she had earlier this morning. She heard someone come into the room and looked up to see her favorite detective walking in.
"Hey little Danvers, how are you feeling?" Maggie asked as she sat down on the side of Kara's bed.
"I'm feeling a little better, but my head and throat are still killing me," Kara said as she sat up slightly.
"Alright, why don't I make you some tea to drink and then in another hour or two I can give you some more medicine," Maggie said as she got up and started making tea for Kara. She came back to Kara's room 5 minutes later and gave her the tea. Maggie sat in the bed next to Kara for a few minutes before Kara started to drift off to sleep again. Maggie grabbed the mug of tea out of Kara's hands and helped the younger girl lay back down in bed before she covered her with her blanket and kissed her head. She stayed in the bed for a few minutes making sure that Kara was asleep before she went back into the main room to watch tv. As she was sitting down on the couch, she felt her phone vibrating in her pocket. Pulling her phone out she saw Lena's name on her phone and answered the call.
"Hey Lena," Maggie said.
"Hey Maggie, how is she doing," Lena asked the detective.
"She's doing alright. Her head and throat are still hurting but her temperature hasn't gone up any more so that is good. She was awake for a few minutes but just fell back asleep," Maggie said as she flipped through the channels trying to find something to watch on tv.
"Alright I am going to try and see if I can get out of work a little early, but I am not sure if I will be able to. Do you think she has strep throat?" Lena asked as she shuffled through the papers on her desk.
"I am not sure. Alex is going to bring some supplies by your house after she gets out of work to check," Maggie said.
"Alright, I have to go to another meeting in a minute but just keep me updated on Kara," Lena said as she hung up and headed into the boardroom.
Alex showed up a few hours later and determined that Kara didn't have strep throat just a case of the flu. She gave her some different medicine hoping that it would help and sat in bed with her well Maggie made Kara some soup.
"Are you feeling any better?" Alex asked her sister as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"I am feeling a little bit better. I never knew how much it sucked to get sick," Kara said as Alex smiled.
"Welcome to my world sis," Alex said as both girls chuckled. Maggie came in a minute later and gave Kara some soup as she sat down on the other side of Alex. The three girls sat there watching tv until they head the door open 30 minutes later. Lena came into the bedroom and smiled at the sight of the three girls all cuddled together on the bed watching tv. Kara noticed Lena and a big smile appeared on her face seeing her girlfriend come into the room.
"Hey how are you feeling?" Lena said as she sat down next to Kara.
"Better now that you are here," Kara said as Alex and Maggie started to get up.
"I think that is our que to go," Maggie said laughing as she said bye to the two girls and walked into the main room waiting for Alex.
"Kara, I think Maggie and I are going to head out unless you want us to stay," Alex said as Kara shook her head.
"You two can go. Thank Maggie for taking care of me today," Kara said as Alex kissed her head and turned to go.
"Alright I will Kara. Call me if either of you need anything," Alex said as Lena thanked her and she made her way into the main room where her and Maggie left to head back to their apartment.
Lena and Kara spent the rest of the evening watching tv and decided to both go to bed early.
"I love you Kara and hope you feel better in the morning," Lena said as she kissed Kara's head.
"I love you too, thank you for taking care of me," Kara said wrapping her arms around Lena.
"I will always take care of you," Lena said as the two laid down and drifted off the sleep in each other's arms.