Prompt #14 Best gifts are always unexpected.

No way. No way. Yes way in a good way. My God she had seriously gone crazy. She had taken all the check outs,people over people had made sure of it…she had made sure of it. This was…so beautifully unexpected. She had to give the news,let the family know..

She couldn't believe it. Twice.

Today was march 3rd. On this day,15 years ago,she had lost her sister. Kara didn't know if it was a cosmic joke of destiny or anything,but if it wasn't a joke,and it wasn't because it had been confirmed,then it had to be the most beautiful gift they had dreamed with for a very long time. One way or another life had kept doing everything it could to wipe away the unfairness of what had happened,and allow her to live it the way Alex would've wanted her to live it. At the best of all her chances.

They had two kids,Carter was even married with a newborn of his own. This was the other blessing they had been waiting for,ever since she had gotten tested right after Lexie's birth.

Pregnant,holy Rao. Pregnant with another child they had made.

It was so unexpected,that she didn't even know how to tell Cat.

She missed greatly the days in which the kids were little. Carter's games scattered in the living room,and his curiosity over technology and science. Taking Lexie in her arms and being able to lift her even if sitting on a wheelchair.

Now Lexie was too big to be lifted,even if she still did enjoy sitting in her mothers' laps at times and was still the biggest cuddler she had always been,even as a child.

Truth was she had pretty much lost hope after their fifth anniversary to ever get pregnant.

Cat had done everything to not make her feel guilty over it and promised if so hadn't happened,and Kara hadn't had the chance,she would've kept on being as happy as she had always been with her. They had been given Lexie. That teenager making them proud everyday was the proof of the miracle they had been gifted with.

Her joy was double with the news she had received at the DEO that morning. Whether her health issues had cut her life shorter than it had been expected to be,making her to die respecting human canons,rather than alien,though always long,by marrying Cat,she may not have given her any power,but in change gifted her with an extremely long life,and a permanently youthful look,which had been passed down onto Carter,Lexie,and surely the incoming baby,and all the kids to come.

The house of El,which had once risked to die out with her and her cousin,and the Danvers'soul which had never wavered into her,kept on living.


She was nervous the way she had never been. In her memories,it was still burnt the evening she had woken up to Cat's hand into hers,and the tiniest donut she had ever touched tellin her they were expecting. Now she was giving this moment back to Cat,the one with the surprise,the one dying with emotion and heart in her troath.

Dinnertime,with everybody sitting right there. Family reunion,the perfect time to do it.

She let the fork slightly hit the glass to recall the family's attention.

"It's great to be here all together,whenever we gather it's a massive party. Tonight is pretty special to me,another year with my Cat at the head of Catco has come,we have wonderful kids,and the prettiest granddaughter in the world. This is our yearly family gathering,and we must celebrate as greatly,so that my wife doesn't leave the job she loves any time soon and you may all keep on holding onto the wisdom which makes you all special."

"Karaaa"

"We must celebrate the best way we know. The other day,I passed by the office,and had somebody do something for you honey"

She handed Cat a light package,which unwrapped had held a copy of her paper,but paged as a magazine.

Cat looked through it,and the several pictures,till the end. There were even pictures she didn't remember having taken. Pictures of her time at CatCo since the opening,till now,through even office photos. She felt a nostalgic pull lookin at a younger version of themselves posing for one of the latters,the year she had aired Kara as her assistant.

Her wife rolled out of her position at the table and turned on the tv which sat a few meters above,on the wall.

This time,it was a video,which had her in tears two seconds after it had began.

"Kara Danvers in Grant get the fuck here or I swear to God..."everybody,everybody laughed.

"Wow,you swore,I think I shall leave you up there"

"You're carrying next time,Kara Danvers"

The images came and went till they got to a stop,straight to several photos of an ecography with date and everything,as Kara rolled closer to Cat,who turned around to look at her,tears streaming down her face,their hands intertwining.

"For a long time we were in doubt wether we would've had another chance. Now that we're here,surrounded by our family,our friends,kids,and granddaughter I want you to take the most precious gift I can give you"

"Are you…?"exclaimed Cat mouth agape,and eyes glistening.

"It looks like the eco might say so"

All around many voices started talking excitedly,sharing ideas and thoughts,but Kara had eyes solely for her wife,looking more or less the way she must have looked when she had been told the same 15 years prior.

"Cat?Honey?"

Cat bursted into laughters and tears all together,and launched herself at her. With an armful of media mogul into her,Kara had no idea what to do either. They had waited for this for so long.

"All ours?"

"It looks like"

"I can't wait for that"

"Me either"

"Time goes by so fast…that's not something we expected anymore. I mean with me being almost 60."

"You don't look one day older than 30,Cat. And I'm sure you'll keep on doing so for a very long time"

"What about it?"

"Just telling you,that we're in for far more decades than expected"

"What did you do Mrs. Grant?"

"Just gave ourselves more time. I'm looking forward to that as well"

"This kid is in for us being 30 again is that?"

"Sort of"

"Just how long for?"

"Me I don't know,you sure"

"I'll make sure you get there as well."