A/N: Yes, I know. It's literally been months. Many, many months. But I will continue! I've just been busy with a lot of other things, but I am attempting to move on with this!
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Kara was almost surprised. She'd grown used to having this imaginary friend around at all times, whenever she needed him. Edward had told the truth, he'd be there and never leave until she was ready. Not that she thought she was. Four years and she still couldn't quite connect with other kids like someone her age was supposed to be able to.
Kara wondered if maybe the reason she couldn't get along with real people was because she was still talking with an imaginary friend, like that was what was holding her back. As much as she loved her "older brother," and having him around all the time, it was possible that him being around so much was the reason she wasn't friends with any of the neighborhood kids.
Because maybe if he wasn't there, she might feel more inspired to try her luck with the girl across the street. But knowing she had someone to fall back on if things didn't go the way she wanted them to didn't give her a real reason to try.
Le sigh. Oh well. If she stayed lonely forever, perhaps Edward stay forever. An awkward thought, being ancient and in her fifties with a sixteen-year-old as a best friend, but more tolerable than attempting to make friends with other eight-year-olds who listened to songs called "Grind on Me."
But that's neither here nor there.
In the four years Kara had known Edward, she had discovered some oddities about him. For instance, one time in the morning before school, she had been sitting in her chair, kicking her legs happily underneath the table and devouring her breakfast cereal.
Ed had just watched with a sort of disgusted, queasy expression, prompting Kara to giggle every time she looked at him. "What?" She asked playfully.
"Nothing," he muttered, looking away.
"Uh-huh," Kara said, unconvinced. "What do you have against my cereal?"
"Nothing!" Ed protested. "I like your cereal, remember? It's what it's...soaked in," he broke off with another disgusted face, and Kara laughed harder.
"What, the milk? It's good, and healthy for you! It makes bones grow!"
"It's not good!" Ed complained. "Why would I want to drink a white liquid secreted by a cow! It's like drinking vomit!"
"Well, I think it's yummy," Kara said, with an air of finality. "Especially the strawberry milk that Mommy gets sometimes."
Edward snorted in disbelief, though he smiled at his charge as she happily continued with her breakfast. "If you say so, kiddo."
"I do say so! And maybe you're so short because you don't drink any milk! I bet if you drank a lot of milk, you would grow!"
It should be noted that Kara, after four years with her best friend, had experience with Edward's little breakdowns after comments on his height, and knew exactly what impact her words would have.
She stopped eating, watching in amusement as Ed's face turned a variety of shades, mostly in the red spectrum. "I-I'm not short!" He spluttered, triggering more of Kara's giggles.
"I'm not!" He protested, smiling despite himself at Kara's mirth. It was this partial scene that Cat Grant walked in to see, her daughter apparently giggling to herself while her breakfast sat half finished before her.
"Kara, why haven't you finished yet?" Cat asked, moving to her daughter's side and moving to sit in the very same seat Edward had claimed ten minutes ago.
With a panicked look on his end, Ed jumped out of his seat just in time, cheering silently with a small happy dance when he didn't jar the table and Cat didn't sit on him. Kara laughed harder, dropping her spoon back into her bowl to hold her stomach.
Cat looked on in confusion as Kara laughed helplessly, seemingly at nothing. Kara calmed her giggles enough to explain. "You almost sat on Ed, and he had the funniest looked on his face when he got out of the way."
A knowing look crossed Cat's face, and she laughed a little as well, having almost completely forgotten about her daughter's imaginary friend. "Oh, I'm sorry Ed," turning her head in where she thought Ed might be standing, based on Kara's glance.
Edward smirked, dropping into a small bow. "It's nothing, m'lady." Kara snorted with more laughter, attempting not to knock over her cereal bowl while her mother looked on with a baffled expression.
"Did I say something?" Cat asked.
Kara shook her head. "No, Ed is just being a smart-aleck."
Ed grinned. "Always, kiddo."
A/N: Here's the part where I ask you guys for inspiration! My original plan for these drabbles was to have each chapter be a different mini-adventure as Kara grows up.
Unfortunately, I lost my original planning sheet, and thought it would be fun if you guys came up with a few scenarios! They can be sad, happy, funny, fluffy, anything you'd like!
That's all for now, folks! Til next chapter! (yes there will be another one, lol)