Chapter 18

Alex, Sam, and Ruby arrive about 15 minutes early, quickly followed by Nia and Brainy who arrive at the same time as the pizza and chinese delivery guys. J'onn and M'gann also come with a quick whisper to Kara, "We won't spoil the surprise".

"I thought you couldn't read Kryptonians", Kara asks, confused wearing a pink t-shirt and jeans, trying to rep both colors.

"We can't but your wife is practically screaming her thoughts", M'gann says, "Go calm her down and then we can get started".

"Right", Kara says, spinning and heading into the kitchen, smiling at the sight of Lena, pulling chinese containers out of the bag, wearing a blue sweater.

"Is that everyone?", Lena asks.

"Yep", Kara nods, swiping a potsticker, pulling away before Lena can slap her hand away, "you ready?".

Lena nods, handing over the pizza boxes with plates and napkins stacked on top, "how long until they figure it out?".

"J'onn and M'gann already know", Kara says, with a laugh before nudging Lena "apparently you scream your thoughts, but they promised not to tell".

Lena nods, grabbing the rest of the food and follows her into the living room.

"So when do we get to find out?", Sam immediately asks.

"After the games", Lena answers quickly.

Sam pouts and relents but the questions don't stop, coming from everyone.

"Statistically, there is a 50/50 chance", Brainy says, "so I can't guess".

"It's a girl, I can feel it", Nia counters.

"Nah it's a boy, come on", Alex says.

"I agree with Ma", Ruby says, leaning into Alex's leg from her spot on the floor.

"I thought you were a boy until the ultrasound", Sam says, "gut feeling… thankfully the only time it's been wrong". Ruby shifts to lean into her other mother's leg.

"Ok", Kara says, "enough guesses who's ready to play".

Everyone agrees having finished up the food so Kara pulls out the charades cards and everyone divides into teams, Alura and Zor-El, J'onn and M'gann, Alex and Sam, Ruby and Eliza, vs Lena and Kara. "Normal house rules people", Kara says, "no powers, no sign language, and absolutely no talking and we're playing the blue side".

Everyone quickly gets into the game, Alura and Zor-El doing surprisingly well, J'onn and M'gann holding a respectable 3rd place without the use of their telepathy/bond. Ruby excitedly high fives Eliza with every card they get and of course the Danvers sisters are going at it, Sam and Lena rolling their eyes at the antics but definitely getting just as competitive. Finally, Kara and Lena are the first to seven cards resulting in a pout from Alex as Sam restacks the knocked over cards and Kara pulls out Pictionary.

She quickly passes out the papers and blue pens and sets the cards in the middle of the cleared table.

Despite Kara's drawing ability, they still end up in second place to Brainy and Nia. Lena's schematic drawing expertise does not translate to Pictionary whereas Brainy and Nia both seem to be very artistically gifted. Alex huffs and throws her pen at least 5 times in the 9 rounds they played before Brainy and Nia reach the end of the board first.

Finally, they move on to Monopoly, Kara getting it set up while Lena goes to grab a drink.

"They have no idea", she whispers from the kitchen, Kara's ears easily picking it up as they are always tuned to her.

She quickly finishes setting up before claiming she's going to get a drink herself.

"None whatsoever", she whispers into Lena's ear, kissing her cheek as she steps up behind her, wrapping her arms around her stomach.

Lena sighs, sinking into the contact, smiling, "When should we say it?".

"I'll fly and get poppers if no one realizes before the end", Kara says.

Lena turns in her arms, "I love you".

"I love you too", Kara replies, grinning before ducking down to kiss her.

"Oh come on", Alex complains, "We're waiting and you two are in here making out". She quickly turns and leaves the kitchen, "Mom… tell Kara to quit making out with her girlfriend and come play. I've got to bleach my eyes".

Lena chuckles pulling Kara back in as they hear Eliza says, "Wife but Kara come on".

"We should go back in there", Lena says, breaking the kiss.

"Do we have to?", Kara whines, kissing her again.

Lena drops her hand from Kara's face to her wrist and drags her into the living room, with a "last game, let's see if they figure it out".

They're about a third of the way through Monopoly, or at least an hour into the 3-hour timer that's set if Lena doesn't wipe them all off the board first, when Ruby has the first set of three and builds the first house. Eliza hands the cash over to J'onn, pulling double duty as the banker, as Ruby grabs three houses out of the box. Lena keeps her face composed even as she notices Ruby's weird look at the little blue molded plastic pieces. Kara on the other hand can't keep a straight face and has to turn to hide her face in Lena's hair, acting like she's whispering something to her.

Alex gives them a weird look before following Lena's gaze towards Ruby, specifically the plastic houses she's placing on St James, Tennessee, and New York. Something is bugging her but she pushes it away as Sam rolls for their turn. They're the next to place houses on Oriental, Vermont, and Connecticut and Alex can't for the life of her figure out what's wrong. Ruby still has a pensive look on her face and staring blankly at the stack of previous games and the pile of used paper, her brow furrowed. Lena hands the dice to Kara to roll for their turn and as she's placing their own set of houses, Ruby jumps up, nearly knocking her knee into the table.

"Oh my god", the teen yells, "Ma was right".

"That Kara feeds money under the table to Lena, damn right I was right", Alex says.

"We're on the same team", Kara protests, "It's already our money".

"You use your speed to swipe it out of the bank", Alex counters.

"First, no powers and I follow the rules", Kara argues, "second, don't you think J'onn would notice not to mention the wind ruffling everything if I were to do it".

Alex doesn't have a quick comeback allowing Ruby to finally get another word in, "Not about the money! You were right earlier, it's a boy isn't it?", she says, looking at Lena who just smiles. "I can't believe you, Badass Secret Special Agent Detective Danvers didn't figure it out first", Ruby cheers at Alex, who is still stunned, looking between Lena and Kara and Ruby.

"What?", Sam finally asks, "First of all, this does not mean you're going to be a cop, second, how'd you know? Are you psychic? I wasn't psychic, you can't be psychic", she trails off speaking mostly to herself by the end.

"Blue cards, blue pens, blue houses", Ruby says, "and I know you're rich but seriously how'd you get Monopoly official houses in blue.

Kara chuckles to this, "Actually that was me. Hasbro was very happy to help Supergirl have the game in Super colors, blue and red so technically the hotels didn't change but I got a fresh set of houses".

"Ok wait, wait", Nia says, "It's a boy?".

Lena and Kara both nod, quickly, eyes brimming with tears as everyone cheers and congratulates them with hugs. Lena doesn't get as overwhelmed at the physical contact she'd have thought but Kara still never lets go of the small of her back.

"This is going to be the luckiest little boy", Eliza says, to both of them.

"Congratulation Inah", Alura and Zor-El say, looking at both of them, "He will be most loved zhunah".

Even Brainy gives a heartfelt congratulations, "He will be a wonderful man", he adds with a wink. Nia just squeals in their ears as they hug.

Alex hugs Kara as tightly as she can. "This isn't just a do over", she whispers, "because you didn't screw up the first time, you remember that. This is your unah and he is gonna be the most loved kid in the multiverse because he has you two".

"The multiverse doesn't exist anymore Alex", Kara says, voice heavy with tears, "but thanks sis".

Meanwhile, Sam has Lena in a tight hug, "You're going to be great. You love that kid so much already".

"Yeah Lillian loved Lex", Lena quips.

"Hey, hey, no", Sam shakes her head, "You and Kara love each other and this little boy so much already… you're going to be amazing. And I'm available for babysitting whenever you want once you're ready to let the kid out of your sight".

The Monopoly game is officially abandoned as they all say congratulations and talk more before everyone starts to trickle out, Kara never leaving Lena's side, only barely separating as they clean up and say goodnight to Alura and Zor-El as they retire to their room.

They end up wrapped around each other, swaying gently, in the kitchen, Kara having just finished off the potstickers.

"I really thought Alex would get it first", Kara muses.

"Really?", Lena asks, "I'll be honest I didn't know, I actually figured you'd break and end up blurting it out".

"Ouch", Kara says, slapping her hand to her chest in mock outrage, "Me?".

"Oh yeah", Lena says, "You".

"Yeah you're probably right", Kara admits, "did you see the look on Alex's face though? Her and Ruby were both so close. They knew something wasn't right".

"I'm glad Ruby guessed it", Lena says, "she missed the announcement so it worked out".

Kara smiles, tucking head in Lena's neck, kissing the soft spot behind her ear.

"I'm glad everyone knows, now we can start painting and buying furniture and setting up the nursery", Kara says.

"We still have like three months", Lena says.

"Come on", Kara says, "aren't you excited?".

In fact, Lena had gotten bored at work and might have slipped onto a website, specifically catered towards expecting and new mothers. "Maybe", she admits, looking up at Kara and kissing her, making sure to tug gently at her lower lip with her teeth.

Kara lets out a small noise, backing Lena into the counter before lifting her onto it and quickly stepping in between her legs.

Lena wraps her legs around Kara's waist and holds her closer, hands carding through blonde curls.

"Mhm", Kara moans, "wait, Lee".

"Yeah", Lena asks, moving her lips to Kara's jaw.

"Superhearers", Kara sighs.

Lena takes a deep breath as she pulls back to calm herself. "Yeah you're right", she says, still not letting go of Kara, "let's just go to bed", she finishes with a yawn, the excitement of the night finally catching up to her.

"Sounds like a plan", Kara says, carefully lifting Lena off the counter and carrying her to the bedroom.