Prompt #46:Winter holiday for the family.
December 2038
One reason of knowing about Kara's disease timeline was that they could actually try to do things for her,before the time came. Some 10 or so,years before,they had brought an house in Europe,Austria,to go there in winter,from time to time. They had taken the holiday from time to time and it had been pretty interesting from going skying to gathering flowers. Lexie remembered that Carter had had a zest for those and would gather some everytime he spotted the most beautiful. Some would be given to her,if she liked them or he wanted to make her a gift. She had after all been anything,but a princess as a kid. Lexie had enjoyed her dolls,but not been one herself,and that sat right with her personality.
She slightly stepped aside to let the twins and Lily run around.
"Kids,slow down,it's dangerous."
"Don't worry Lex,we're right here,won't get too far."
Lexie watched her mom go in first,then leaned back into the car.
The disease was eating up at her ma's slowly,but this didn't mean it already hadn't reached devastating aspects.
The two years she had been given had seemed too much,as she had been told that her meetings with such hadn't lasted more than half a year,but this one was coming in slowly,and ma was older than the last time.
She was paying off for this and where she had been trapped in her afterlife,and as of this,though the alien was long gone,she had to pay the ultimate price,and face that too without a chance to fix it. It hadn't happened when she was little. Lexie tried to shrug away the complete tale she had been given,which coupled up to the one she had heard at 13 formed the whole story and the fact that this.
"Ma,I'll get you out now"
"Thanks kiddo"
Lexie hoisted her up on her back with some help from the driver,and sat her on her wheelchair.
It had started with lung crisis and coughing fits,then three months ago she had stopped hearing,so the DEO had given her back the hearing aids…they expected her to lose her sight,soon and then touch.
She had tried to explain it to the twins,and Lily,but it wasn't this easy.
They knew ma/grandma was sick,not why.
They had gone skying,sightseeing,even climbed up on the mountain,with ma always on her back. The family had had lots of fun and now they were coming back home after a full day of fun.
Their chalet was warm and safe. They hadn't been there in a bit,but it was still as cozy as when they had last come,and Lexie was happy to see the twins playing around. Ever since Carter had died everything they gave her mattered even more.
For a bit her life hadn't made much sense,but now she was in the position Carter had found himself into when she was little,and there was no way she wasn't making it easier for everybody.
Lexie watched them model snowmen,and throw balls at each other. All that mattered was for the kids to not have to grow up so fast,even if they had already lost a lot,and were still to lose a lot.
She and mom instead had chosen to stay upstairs.
"It's looking good today"
"It's honey. Are you comfortable enough,do you need anything else?"questioned Cat.
"You're here,nothing else I need."
With the latest relapse Lexie really wanted her mom to just take the time to do things with ma.
She had hit her mid sixties,and though still pretty youthful and fit,Lexie didn't want to leave this all just to her.
One positive thing which came from the fact that she couldn't remember her mother ever not being with her conditions,was that she knew how things worked. She knew where the stuff was,and how to make injections and she had never minded it. Even bullies had stepped aside at a certain point.
She would get to give back all the love and support she had been given even in some of her extravagances and odd ways to do things,from dressing up with her very own code to marrying at the youthfully mature,or so,age of 20.
Lexie couldn't remember ever questioning too much,or the why at first till she had found out. Yes of course it had been so hard that they had fought over that,but there hadn't been ever thinking of her any other way. Her ma had always been pretty and clever,and so everybody had thought,like her. She didn't need her legs with the mind she had.
"Overthinking kid,can hear you from here"
And jokes about her disease.
"I was thinking about how cool the two of you are,we got lucky"
"We did ourselves kiddo. But come on what are you thinking for real,there must be something deeper,you wanna tell your mommies"
"Let's gather up the family"
The family had gotten huge.
By huge she meant that right after Carter's death there had been a surprise and another baby had come to push the family into picking up the pieces and carrying on the best way. Carter had pulled a baby surprise,just like her ma on the first timeline with her.
It was a girl,with his blue deep eyes. Aurore,like tears turned into the morning dew,and a new beginning. Like the rebirth of a phoenix.
Her hand fell on her stomach,the same one which had been squarciato by a bar that now held…a little human being.
"You wouldn't mind helping with another tiny human,would you?Because me and William would be honored to let you"
Everybody's jaws actually fell to the floor.
"Pick those jaws up,wouldn't want you to not be able to talk to the kid"
Her moms came to her and threw their arms around her neck,also kissing William.
Such levity could make them forget how few Kara had.
"You wouldn't mind two now,would you?"
Their heads spun around to look at who had spoken. Adam.
Cat and Kara could've fainted with joy,if they hadn't still been picking their jaws off the floor.
