Prompt #4:Lexie walks for the first time.
Summer 2018
Little Lexie was a true charmer. Still one year old she had everybody wrapped around her little finger. Cat and Kara were just thankful she was yet to learn how to properly use the flying. She,of course,had learned to fly before walking. Kara didn't know much about that,but she had asked her mother's hologram,and apparently it was on line with the way she had learned,so nothing to worry about. Second summer in Midvale,and it was a pretty sunny day. Truth to be told,it never rained in Midvale. It seemed to be keeping up the same appareance of her teenagehood. Right after Cat had given birth they had built up a ramp which surrounded the courtyard,so that she could've followed the kids around,without having to struggle on the grass,which was one of the reasons why,asides from Cat's job,they had decided to keep staying at the penthouse,and come to Midvale every summer. Midvale was the epitome of calm. She was glad such appearance had gone untouched,even in those days of loss. Non had at last made a mistake. He hadn't caught Eliza at home. The house had been left untouched. No way she would've dared to keep on living there if it was where it had happened. Now their kids could play calmly in there,learn from that place,and beyond. She guessed that maybe it hadn't been a mistake and Non had intentionally created that silence. Whatever silence had hurt her before,and created an hole in her heart,was now filled by the noises of the kids and the surroundings. Maybe he was hoping she would've been left alone. But the point was that Alex and Eliza had left her in good,very good hands. Kara hoped someday she could've only heard those laughters,rather than the screams she still dreamed about at night.
"Ma"
Carter.
"Ma,mom"
Cat came running out of the house as if somebody had screamed bloody murder.
While Kara was looking mouth agape at what was happening.
"Cat,the camera,now"
There was some running back in,and then out of the house. The camera basically lived with them by now,they were even about to name it for how long they had already kept it close to themselves.
"Do you see that?"
Record. It needs to be recorded.
Lex had just stood on her feet. Literally. With her tiny feet on the floor.
Cat struggled with opening it for a little bit,before finally putting it on rec.
The child was looking at them with curiosity,surely wondering what her mothers had to scream about.
She looked at Carter,then back at them,and moved a step forth.
"C'mon kiddo"
"She's walking honey"
Indeed she was,pretty balanced too. Carter was right behind her in case he had had to catch her. But then again…
"Well,at last if she falls she won't get hurt,she'll float"Kara laughed out.
Lexie's step faltered walking towards them,as predicted,but as soon as it did her feet raised a few centimeters from the grass and she tumbled forward,twirling in the air and laughing at them happily,while clapping her hands.
She did so several times,while they all watched mouth agape.
Again,and again 'till she didn't sit back on the grass.
Cat picked her up and tickled her,before sitting Lexie on Kara's lap.
Kara didn't hide her own share of faces,so that Lexie squealed happily at them.
"Well done kiddo. Look,look up at mom,say hi"
"Hi"bubbled his younger sister,waving at him.
Carter grabbed the camera himself so they all could fit in the frame,as his younger sister jumped on Kara's lap.
"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the next video of our homemade collection of videos. Today,23rd of june is an important day,because my sister finally walked. That right Lex?"
"Yay." Nodded the girl,opening and closing her hands as if to catch Carter.
"Now she might look like an ordinary kid,but in truth she got superpowers just like Ma who saves the world everyday. Here we have mom and ma too,say hi to the reporter"
It was for moments like this they lived. Everything they had ever done,or faught for was there with them. They had also just celebrated their second annyversary of marriage and everything was great.
Recording those moments had become a way to fix them in time,and save them from it's tricks. Time went by so fast,that they didn't even know how come it was already an year that Alexandra had come to make their lives better,happier. That little pink bundle of joy they had held in their arms just yesterday was now walking.
To enjoy life,was the best way to respect the gift they had been given. Lexie walking was another step towards the future and the surprises it held.
It was another important step for them,and the first one for their beautiful daughter.
Kara might not have been able to walk herself,but into their girl's eyes she found a light which sent all the nostalgia away. She had had 23 years of walking,she didn't need that to be still alive. To be alive,she needed those moments,in which Cat would wrap her arms around her,and the kids were playing around and laughing. It was the sound of their life,now.
