Prompt #43:Five things which make sense(in a way that's left free to your interpretation*),one which doesn't,and one which is far beyond this antithesis and fully into it at the same time.

*Let me know what's yours.

Here we go.


"Where are we?"

"The same place as before"

"It's dark,we should get out"

Lexie grabbed Cart's hand and the two of them found an hole to get out from. They felt a bit like Alice in Wonderland,but nothing went said,they were transfixed by the beauty of the sun.

It was like the whole city had stopped. There were few cars,and people were walking by,talking amiably,doing their lives.

They walked through some crowd,but it was odd to see how quickly they had changed scenario.

They had gone from the parks of National City to that of their home in front of the sea in Midvale,and the sky had changed as well.

It was dark,covered with clouds.

"You've always been afraid of the dark,but enjoyed the rain a lot."

"You're there. And I've always liked the rain. It's so fresh and maybe free."

He walked forward and into the house. She looked around herself and followed him.

"Hey wait up Cart!"

Straight through the stairs,up to the second floor. Nothing out of place,of their things which were still there. But the twins'toys were nowhere to be seen. It didn't look half as messy as usual.

"Come up here kid"

Lexie walked to the landing,and towards the room they had shared.

"Look"

The girl's eyes widened,as she peaked into it.

Two younger versions of themselves sitting by each other. She remembered it as one of the nights in which she was too worried about the darkness to go to sleep,and Carter would stay up till 4 a.m to tell her stories about stars or family adventures.

"You liked those stories,so much you'd ask me to repeat them for you as soon as I was finished. "

"Sorry if I kept you awake."

"No way you should apologize. I loved it. You and my daughter are the perfect listeners."


The door to their room fully opened and Lexie was afraid that they might have seen by their younger selves,but then she remembered this was a memory. A memory they couldn't be seen from.

How come they were traveling through those?One moment they had been into their old room,but when she looked up she saw white walls,and a ward which was just as familiar to her.

"Look,kid"

"Ma and mom were so happy. They had even stopped hoping. But then the twins came. They're even a bit like us. I'm pretty proud myself of them."

He said so looking longingly at both Nate,Yael and his daughter,sleeping in his wife's arms.

"It's like a loop,Carter"

"Do you mind it?"

Her chest burnt briefly.

"No,it's just…odd"


"The pads the pads"

"How are they?"

"You need to stay out Supergirl"

Kara and Cat were both pushed out of the way. Cat fell to her knees as Kara slumped in her whelchair,dirty and dusty,and defeated.

They needed to call the rest of the family.


Lexie couldn't believe how many things they had seen. School,free time,simple games,love. This loop had to be one of the coolest things she had ever lived through. It felt almost as if it wasn't supposed to happen,but not exactly wrong either. She was with Carter,reliving some of their best moments,and she was ok.

Standing in front of the sea,with it's air so salty they felt free.

"You're so athletic. Lex"laughed out Carter.

She pushed him a bit.

"Shush,who doesn't love some competition?"

"Indeed. Though you weren't the best cheerleader... We're not making that sandcastle again".

They sat down,cross legged on the sand.

"It's a shame. It would've come out nice,much better than the first one."said Lexie,playing with some grains of it. Like those of an hourglass which pointed out how much time you had left for something.

When she looked up he wasn't in a casual outfit anymore,but his uniform.

"God,you're gorgeous"

Sure she was. Wearing her wedding dress,and black gloves to her hands,like that day.

It would've been almost dreamy,except for the horrible red stains on their clothes,as they looked at each other.

"What's wrong Carter?"

He didn't answer to her. If not he walked further and through the light,through which she was sucked as well,and into a night she remembered well.


She had fallen from the stairs and Carter had blamed himself. To this day she knew it had been a stupid choice and never blamed him. She knew it had been her fault.

"And learn to forgive yourself,kiddo"

"What for?"

"Just do it"

"I promise I will,if needed"

"Do you ever wonder why is it that if somebody tells you there's a billion stars you'll believe them,but if they tell you the wall has wet paint you will have to touch to make sure?"

"This makes no sense"

"It doesn't"

"No more quoting the net. You know?The sites about things which make no sense"

It didn't. Just like the cheeseman in Btvs.


If she had thought it was like Alice in wonderland she wasn't wrong,as they walked from the house in Midvale, into the hot morning of a church as she recited her wedding vows. From afar she could spy the joy in everybody's face,the emotion in her and William's eyes.

"Did I do something Cart?"

"Nothing. You'll be very happy,Lexie. "he hugged her,and she did back though she really wasn't following his reasoning.

"Ma doesn't look good in there"

"She's not good"

He looked down at her.

"You wanna walk in again?We can do it."

"Ah I don't know,I'm afraid I might trip once we get in for the second time.

"You won't. You walk straight in my dreams,and the desert is already dry,you've to go back."

She left his side and sat back down,the dress puffing around her,as she huffed like a child.

"It's stained,they'll lecture me"

Carter looked down at her,and extended his hand her way.

"They won't. Promise."

He had that sincere way to look at her that she could've said no but then would've felt bad about it. Carter had always done everything for her. She could've dared doing something for him. So Lexie grabbed his hand,and let herself be pulled up.

Carter hugged her,kissing her check. Then as chivalrously as he had done on her wedding day,he performed an hand kissing,and smiled at her,resuming his position,his arm under hers.

The doors opened and they walked in,then it all went bright as she looked into his blue brotherly eyes and how their forms were bathed in light.