I smiled as I looked at everything carefully, looking at the house where my sister had grown, yes, we were in Midvale. This was as a result of a new holiday, Christmas, which seemed to have everyone excited, except me, who despite my sister's explanations, I still did not understand.

That day was in a week, however, we had arrived earlier because my sister was obsessed with decorating the house, which fascinated me, because I had seen the exterior decorations of others and were incredible with all those lights.

"Hey, girls, come on in" Eliza smiled from the door, but the truth is that I was still in the observation, so it took me a couple of seconds to move.

My sister showed me the rest of the house, but I could not help but stand on the balcony of her own room, fascinated by what lay ahead.

"Can we go there?" I asked as I pointed out that I was not sure what it name was.

"To the beach?" She asked, receiving my statement, yes, that's what I meant. "Sure, but we have to wait for the rest," she explained.

"Why?" I looked at her in exasperation.

"Only an hour, Kaelah, you can bear it." She smiled. "I promised Alex that we would wait for her, she wants to go with you too," she explained at the same time as I nodded.

The waiting it was eternal if we were sincere, because the eagerness to get there, to go, were superior to me, so I practically ran to them when I heard them enter.

"Alex, we have to go to the beach," I said, making her giggle as she shook her head.

"Where?" Mon-el asked, genuinely confused by the situation.

"To the beach, do you remember the sea of National City?" She asked so he nodded. "It's something like that and yes, we will go in a few minutes, but first we have to leave things," she said to me.

"Yay!" I exclaimed, truly excited.

"You're adorable, "Maggie smiled at me and I smiled back." Danvers, I love your family, "she told Alex, who nodded approvingly.

Luckily for me, less than half an hour we were ready to leave. The road was not long, but to me it became eternal, but when we arrived I stood still watching everything carefully, feeling as my sister looked at me waiting for my reaction, but the truth is that I did not know what to do, because I wanted to do so many things.

I tried to run to get close to the water, but it was not easy, since my feet were buried in the sand and prevented my movements.

However, I managed to get there, observing the footprints I had left on the wet sand, an area my sister had called the shore earlier.

"Kaelah, you're going to get wet," she shouted, hoping I'd pull away, but I was not going to do it, I was too focused on the water.

"It's okay for the waves to wet her boots," Alex defended me by introducing a new term.

"Waves?" I asked, turning to them.

"Yes, that's what they are called." She smiled.

I could not help but notice Mon-el, who was also absorbed in the scene and I was not surprised, it was all so beautiful.

In Krypton this did not exist, well, not like this and much less the birds, which had been attracting my attention since I arrived and continued to do, especially now, because I was so close that I was fascinated to be able to observe them like that.

I tried to go back to where they were, stumbling over my own feet, but being held by Mon-el.

"Good stop," Maggie laughed at the scene.

"Thank you." I smiled slightly, getting him to smile back at me.

I pulled away from him to get close to my sister and start with the long list of questions I had in mind, hoping that she could answer all of them.

"I hope you don't mind sharing me for a little while," Alex said to Maggie, who questioned her with her eyes. "Kaelah usually falls asleep on my shoulder," she explained as I settled down.

"No, I don't care for this cutie" she caressed my hair. "She's really adorable" she smiled causing me to smile back.

I closed my eyes tiredly, sleeping on her shoulder as she hugged me, stroking my hair.

"She's asleep," Alex said.

"It seems to be a lie that at first she wanted nothing to do with you," Kara said, looking at her sisters.

"Well, who would say it?" Maggie smiled, stroking the girl's face.

They all laughed at the remark, especially at the situation they were experiencing at the time, for the young girl did not seem intent on letting go of her, for she had clung to her T-shirt just as Mon-el had tried to catch her.

They needed another couple of seconds to separate her, beginning her agitation, which did not end until she was handed the teddy, getting her face buried in it.

The agitation of her sister managed to wake her, watching as her body was shaken by sobs.

She tried to wake her, however, and she remained in that deep sleep despite her attempts, getting Mon-el, who slept in the next bed, to get up and come to see what was going on.

"Kaelah, sweetheart, it's a nightmare." She wiped away her tears.

Her sister's eyes widened, looking at her with some fear before she placed the teddy closer to her face and turned her back as she whispered that she was sorry.

She sighed, not understanding why she repeated that over and over again, trying to calm her down and ask her, to get a response that would help her understand the situation, but her sister seemed not to be responding, so she gave up, stroking her hair until she fell asleep again.

"Kaelah, it's time to get up." She brushed the hair away from her face, still aware that she had not slept at all.

Her sister moved away, snuggling again, still with her eyes closed.

"I can not leave you any longer, sweetie." She caressed her face. "We're waiting for you," she whispered, trying to wake her up.

She succeeded, for a few seconds later she was opening her eyes, watching her, tiredness reflected on her face.

"Hey, good morning," she smiled. "We're waiting for you to decorate," she explained as she stood up. "We'll wait for you downstairs, okay?" she kissed her forehead.

She nodded tiredly rubbing her eyes, rising, however, she decided to leave and let her end up waking herself.

I went downstairs still sleepy, meeting everyone there, who looked at me closely as I approached my sister.

I listened carefully, we were going to decorate everything, wanting to remember it by the time we started.

"What's this?" Mon-el asked, pulling out a small bouquet from one of the boxes, looking like ivy.

"That's mistletoe," Eliza said.

"Mistletoe?" I repeated the word, wanting to make sure I understood correctly. "Where it goes? It doesn't look like a tree decoration, "I said, watching her smile as she shook her head.

"We have to put it in the door" she guided us to this one.

"Why?" I asked, not clearing her purpose. "I mean, does it bring good luck?" I asked, genuinely confused.

"Hmm, no," she laughed. "It could be a good interpretation," she said. "In fact, tradition says that when two people are underneath it, they should kiss each other," she explained at the moment when I felt Mon-el lookin at me, but I did not I turned to him, I was not going to do it. "Kaelah, sweetheart, do you put it there? "She asked me.

I extended my hand to him so that he gave it to me without even looking at him, feeling as he tried to grab my hand, however, he did not, so in just a couple of seconds it was located in the entrance.

I smiled at Eliza the moment I put my feet back on the floor.

"You remind me so much of your sister," she smiled. "You are very curious, although she was a little more than you," she said at the same time she was claimed by her. "I'll see what happens," he said to what I nodded, turning to Mon-el, who came up to me grabbing one of my arms to keep me from leaving.

"I like this tradition." he smiled, approaching me.

"No, no, no, Mon-el, stop-" I pushed him.

"I thought ..." He grabbed me again.

"Nothing," I interrupted, biting my lower lip, I was going to fall, I knew, so I pushed him away from me.

"Why are you still fooling yourself?" He asked, stroking my face.

I cursed myself inwardly, why did he have to know myself so well? I sighed angrily, looking directly into his eyes seconds before kissing him, catching him by surprise.

"Hey ... wow ... what does that mean?" He smiled as I broke the kiss.

"I don't know, you tell me," I replied with a half smile before answering his kiss.

"Does this answer you?" He questioned in my ear.

I nodded, yes, it did, however, I pulled away when I heard Alex and Maggie talking too close.

"You know how to fake it, don't you?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, come on, really?" He winked at me.

I struck his arm and finally pushed him away from me before walking between the two of them in the direction of the hall, where my sister was, who, despite her concentration, raised her head to look at me, studying my expression before daring to ask something.

"Mon-el?" She asked, receiving a statement from me. "If he hurt you, I'll go after him." She threatened to make me giggle slightly. "Do not laugh, I'm serious," she looked at me, causing me even more laughter, I could not help it.

"It's not the first time you've done it," I said with a laugh to which she nodded proudly.

I rolled my eyes as we continued the decoration, taking in my hands the last thing that was in that box, a red star. I watched it without being able to avoid thinking, Rao.

"Do you like it?" Eliza asked, pulling me out of my thoughts and getting a statement from me. "Kara chose it on her first Christmas." She smiled at her, who was watching me warily.

"It's ... hmm ... Rao," I whispered, looking at her.

"That's why I chose it," she explained. "It reminded me of Krypton." she smiled, though the mark of sadness was reflected on her face.

I approached her, hugging her for a couple of seconds. No doubt she had been worse off than I had when she arrived, since she had practically been alone, while I had found her support.

She stroked my hair as she hugged me back, staying that way for a couple of seconds, she seemed to frighten to let me go.

"This year you're going to put it," she said, pulling away from her. "It's your first Christmas, you have to do it." She gave it to me, making me look at her for a couple of seconds, wanting to avoid memories.

"Thank you." I smiled.

She smiled back at me shortly before I placed her on top of the tree, landing next to my sister, who hugged me slightly before kissing my forehead.

We both turned toward the door, finding that everyone was watching us, a fact that could not help me smile timidly.

"We didn't want to break the moment," Maggie laughed.

"It's okay," my sister smiled.

"You needed that moment alone," Alex said.

I nodded, it was true, we needed a moment to connect, since lately we had not been too close.

Kara stroked my hair smiling, so I smiled back as I felt like Mon-el's gaze was stuck in me much more than before, but no, I did not think to have that conversation with my sister right now.

"Come on, come on, come on," my sister whispered, pounding my arm, causing me to open my eyes confused, but to turn me back to sleep. "Kaelah, come on, it's Christmas," she said as if that way could make me move.

I sighed wearily, getting up, knowing that my sister would not give up. I looked at her hoping she would tell me what she wanted, since I was very lost right now.

"Kaelah, it's Christmas," she said again. "Come on, they're all waiting," she said, grabbing my arm and pulling me.

Sure enough, everyone was in the room, watching us, but the only one impatient here was my sister.

"I'm sorry," Mon-el said, picking up his cell phone, which had started ringing. "Hey, Babe," I heard him talking, getting my jaw tight, but still listening, even though I knew I should not. "Eve, hey, yeah, we'll be able to see each other tomorrow," he said, and I closed my eyes trying to control my tears. "I love you, Merry Christmas, Eve," he hung up short before I got up from the couch and ran to the room.

Tears were uncontrollable at this point, so I was not interested in hiding them when I crossed with him, feeling like he was trying to catch me, but no, I was not going to listen to him.

I threw myself on the bed beginning to cry, trying to swallow my sobs, however, my sister entered the room, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"I know it's for him, but I don't understand what you got in your hands, I need you to explain that to me," she asked, but I could not, much less explaining everything from the beginning. "Do you want to be alone?" She asked at the same time I nodded, "Okay," she whispered before kissing my forehead and leaving.

I still sobbed, unable to believe it, struggling not to, for I truly preferred to be wrong, not to have listened to it, not to have fallen as I had done.

I stood up to hear my cell phone ringing, so I cleared my throat before picking it up, because I could not respond in this way.

"Hey, sweetie, Merry Christmas," Zyan said to the other side, which made me not be able to speak. "Kae, honey, are you okay?" He asked worried. "You're in Midvale, aren't you?" .

"Yes .."I tried to speak. "I miss you" I whispered trying to avoid the tears.

"Hey ... don't cry," he said to the other side of the line. "And if I told you I was here, in front of Eliza's house, would you believe me?" He asked.

"Really?" I questioned getting up from the bed to look out the window, watching out. "Give me five minutes," I asked, truly excited.

"Okay, I'll wait for you here" she hung up.

I ran to the living room once prepared, creating confusion in all those who were there, for they looked at me as if trying to understand the situation.

"Zyan's out, I'm going to spend the morning with him, I'll be back," I said suddenly.

"What?" My sister looked at me. "But it's Christmas ..., you ... your first Christmas ..., Kaelah ..." it seemed to cost her to understand the situation.

"Please ..." I pleaded.

"Hey, why don't you invite him over, Kaelah?" Eliza asked.

"Really?" I looked at what she nodded. "Thank you." I hugged her.

"You're welcome, sweetie." She hugged me back.

I said goodbye to them despite my sister's anger, but I needed to clear myself, forget about all this, so I went along with Zyan to the beach, sitting on the sand.

"I have something for you," he said, getting me out of my embarrassment, for I was watching the waves. "Close your eyes," he said, as I listened to him, feeling that he was putting something on my neck.

I opened my eyes, watching the necklace, holding it in my hands, watching it cautiously, turning to look at it.

"It is the symbol of your family, Zyan ..., I …" I was not able to speak.

"I wanted you to have it," he said before kissing me.

"Thank you" I smiled hugging him feeling that I was starting to get dizzy.

I sighed, I was not liking this feeling, because I was practically sure of what it meant and to my misfortune, I could not do anything about it, so when the headache increased I closed my eyes waiting for that moment when my body would stop answering me, falling unconscious in his arms.

Thank you for reading,

Ayrin