The day started with Kara making Lena breakfast in bed. She made silver dollar sized heart shaped pancakes that she kabobed with slices of strawberry and whipped cream. On the savory side she made eggs in the cloud which was an egg baked into the center of shredded potato with bits of bacon and sprinkled with parmesan cheese. She even made one of Lena's pregnancy smoothies complete with kale. She placed it all on a tray along with a beautiful new breed of orchid that was the color of a sunrise and named after her beautiful wife. She carried it up to Lena when she heard her wife began to stir. She knew better then to wake her heavily pregnant wife. Pushing open their bedroom door she smiled at the sight of Lena struggling to sit up.
"Good morning." Kara said brightly as she crossed the room.
Lena grumbled a, "Good morning." Before seeing that Kara came bearing food. Once she was settled back against her pillows she smiled and asked, "What is all of this?"
Kara beamed as she set the try on Lena's lap. "Happy Valentine's Day, my love."
"Kara." Lena said, her voice soft and sweet. Reaching out she ran a finger along the edge of the beautiful flower before leaning close to smell it. "Kara, it's beautiful."
Breakfast was finished and the tray moved away but Lena and Kara were still cuddled in bed when Andrew knocked softly on the door. Lena smiled as she called out for him to come in. Andrew happily joined his moms on the bed before presenting them with the card he made for them with Ruby's help. Ruby had painted the bottom of his feet and then he'd stepped on the card stock to make footprints. Ruby drew faces on the toes and wrote, "I toe-tally love my Moms!" Andrew then used stamps to add hearts and signed his own name. He giggled when his moms kissed his cheeks and squashed him between them to cuddle him.
When he pulled out a felt butterfly whose wings were made of hearts with pipe cleaner antena and googly eyes from under his pj shirt and placed it on Lena's enormous belly and explained it was a valentine for his baby sister, both of his mothers were left with tears in their eyes.
Kara used her superspeed to get more breakfast and the family of three spent the rest of the morning in bed together, except for the many, many times Lena had to get up to use the bathroom. With the baby due any day Eliza had come to town to help out so after she picked Andrew up to spend the day with him Kara set about preparing Lena's next surprise.
She surrounded their huge bathtub with candles and filled it with Lena's favorite milk and honey bubble bath and rose petals. Lena had been almost constantly uncomfortable for weeks now, with the last week being almost unbearable at times. She knew that Lena was tired of being pregnant and wanted to help as much as she could as they waited out the baby clock.
Valentine's Day was in no way one sided. Lena was full of her own surprises. Lunch was delivered by Jess and consisted of heart shaped pizza and potstickers but what made it truly special was the beautiful chocolate cake made by Kara's favorite celebrity baker. Kara watched the video that came with the cake and then turned and looked at her wife with sheer awe and utter devotion.
"How… How did…" Kara blinked. "How did you get Mary Berry to bake me a cake!?"
Lena laughed. "I may not have Cat Grant gets NSync to play at our wedding reception levels of influence and power, but I do have some influence and power. I am a Luthor after all."
Kara was taking an inhumanly big bite of her amazing chocolate cake when she saw Lena trying to hide what looked like a grimace of pain. She frowned as she choked down the delicious cake and as soon as she could she asked, "Lee, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, love." Lena replied while slowly breathing out a long breath. There was a pinch to her eyes and a downward curl to her lips that said otherwise. She'd woken up feeling something was just a little off but hadn't had the heart to spoil the wonderful day Kara clearly had planned for them.
Because Lena's heart had to work a little harder because she was pregnant Kara had to get use to the change in Lena's heartbeat. Kara tuned into that increased heartbeat and immediately noticed that it wasn't the new normal she'd become use to over the last nine months. "Lena, you're in pain."
"Maybe a little discomfort." Lena corrected. "But I wouldn't say I was in…"
Whatever Lena was about to say was cut off as she groaned as her hand went to her belly.
"I'm calling Alex!" Kara said as she snatched up her phone and quick dialed her sister's number. They had decided on a home birth since Lena's pregnancy had gone well and all her check ups pointed to everything being normal. When Alex didn't pick up Kara looked over at Lena and said, "Don't move I'll be right back!"
"Kara." Lena called out but it was to late. There was a soft breeze, her wife's clothes hit the floor with a soft thump, and the balcony doors were wide open. "Don't go flying off after your sister. I'm fine."
Ten minutes later Kara was landing on the balcony with her arm around Alex's wasit and Alex's arms around her neck. Sam landed softly beside her. While her sister looked grumpy her cousin looked incredibly amused. Apparently Kara and Alex had been arguing since Kara burst into Sam and Alex's house. "You and Sam can have sex anytime you want, Alexandra. Lena and I are having a baby now!"
"Kara you didn't." Lena said from where she was now standing behind the sofa. She had a death grip on the back of it and was slightly bent at the waist.
"She did." Sam said with a laugh as she removed her mask. She started walking towards Lena as she continued, "Alex is just mad because we'd just started her turn." She laughed along with Lena while pressed her hand gently to the small of Lena's back. "How are you feeling, sweetie?"
"I was fine until a few minutes ago." Lena admitted. "Then the discomfort turned into something more."
Sam nodded in understanding while rubbing circles on Lena's back.
"Have you called Paige yet?" Alex asked her sister.
Kara blinked. "Paige?"
"Yes, Lena's doctor." Alex said as she shook her head at her frazzled sister.
Kara's eyes went wide. "No, I didn't think, I called you."
"I'll call Paige." Alex said calmingly as she took Kara's hand and squeezed it. "Why don't you help Sam get things ready. You have the home birth box, right?" When Kara nodded Alex continued. "Ok, why don't you get it for Sam. She can get the bedroom ready while you help Lena into her delivery gown. Then we can set up the pool."
"Right." Kara said with a nod. "Right."
"So am I the only one amused by the fact that she can face off with worldkillers and alien invasions, but is completely rendered helpless by her wife going into labor?" Alex asked the two women remaining in the room. "No? Just me? Must be a sister thing."
Lena stayed downstairs surrounded by the people she loved and trusted most for as long as she could. She sat on a huge pink birthing ball, rolling her hips, and would focus on Kara who knelt in front of her every time a contraction would set in and sing to her until the pain stopped. She would walk around the penthouse just to be moving and would suddenly stop just to see who would get to her side faster, Kara or Sam. What she liked best was just standing with Kara as they swayed together, Kara's arms around her, and her fists gipping tightly to Kara's sweatshirt.
Several hours into her labour but not quite close to being ready for delivery Lena leaned against the side of the large round inflatable birthing pool in absolute misery. She'd hit the wall, she was tired and everything hurt and she was just so ready to finish this. Of course that's when Kara asked what she needed and Lena's response was to lift her head up, glare at her wife and say, "A kryptonite knife to stab you with."
Kara was stunned and Alex had to reassure her that threats of bodily harm were normal at this stage of labour. A few minutes later Lena was a weeping mess crying in Kara's arms that she wasn't strong enough to do this, that she couldn't do it, and Kara just held her and reassured her that she could do it and that she was the strongest person she'd ever known. "So strong." Kara whispered into Lena's ear. "So beautiful."
When it was time to actually deliver the baby Kara carried Lena up to their bedroom for privacy. Kara settled in behind her as she sat on the edge of their bed, giving Lena something safe and strong to lean against as she pushed. She held Kara's hand and squeezed as hard as she needed to knowing she couldn't hurt her. After hours of exhausting build up when the moment finally came Lena felt something come over her and she pushed with an almost primal scream.
Kara had never witnessed anything like this before. The whole thing had left her in complete awe of Lena. Lena, who was human and fragile in comparison to herself, had just done the most amazing feat of strength the girl of steel had ever seen. Then as Lena collapsed against her completely spent the room filled with the cries of a little girl that Kara prayed to Rao would grow up to be just like her mommy. "She's here, Lee." Kara whispered as she watched Paige lift the baby up and placed her in Lena's arms. "Look at her, Lee. She's beautiful and perfect."
After mother and new baby were cleaned up and given the medical all clear Kara held Lena in her arms while Lena held their newborn daughter to her breast. She was so tiny, smaller than Andrew was, with wisps of dark blonde hair. Her eyes weren't the kind of blue Andrew's were, the shade where you just knew they were going to stay blue. They were a shade of blue that Kara could easily see changing to green.
"She still needs a name." Lena said softly as she watched her daughter nurse. Looking down at her daughter Lena's heart filled with such love that she couldn't help the tears that rolled down her cheeks. It felt a little surreal to finally be holding her, looking at her, after carrying her around inside for so long. Lena was simply in awe and deeply in love.
"I've been thinking a lot about that." Kara said just as softly. Reaching out she gently traced her new daughter's jawline with her finger and smiled when the girl half opened her eye as if to glare at her for bothering her while she ate. Barely thirty minutes old and she was already acting like a Luthor. Kara laughed. "When we first started talking about having a baby you mentioned wanting to give Andrew a sibling because we both knew how special it was to have one."
Lena smiled up at her wife. "You're first instinct wasn't to get my doctor it was to get your sister. You and Alex have something special. I want that for them."
Kara nodded. "We do, and I want that for them too. But I don't want to overlook how much you loved your brother, how much you still love him despite everything that's happened." Kara bit her lip nervously before asking, "What do you think of the name Alexis?"
"Alexis?" Lena repeated with wide eyes.
"In honor of Alex and Lex." Kara said with a nod.
"Kara." Lena breathed out her wife's name as if she were afraid to say it any louder. "You're a Super. You want to name our daughter after Lex?"
"I want to name our daughter after the big brother who taught you to play chess, the big brother who would buy you Star Wars novels and help you hide them in the wall panel beside your bed, the big brother who would sneak you a double dessert when Lillian would take yours away at dinner. I want to name our daughter after the brother who showed a shared little girl love before she could grow up into the amazing woman I would love."
Tears streamed down Lena's cheeks. "Roa, I love you."
When Sam and Alex came up to meet their new niece Kara proudly and happily placed the baby girl in her sister's arms and said, "Alexandra Danvers meet Alexis Lee Danvers-Luthor."
Alex's breath hitched as her eyes filled with tears. She stared at her sister and then down at the baby before looking up at Kara again. "Alexis? You, you named her after me?"
Kara nodded as she wrapped and arm around her sister as she held her daughter. "You were the first person on this planet I ever loved. I wouldn't be here with Lena and our children if you hadn't taught me to open my heart again."
Alex pulled Kara close and kissed her temple before looking down at the baby in her arms again and smiling. "Welcome to the adventure, Alexis."