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Every day was well… normal. Or as normal as if could be. High school definitely felt like more of a prison than a place to learn. Probably like how most teenagers felt. Certainly how this one felt.
The blonde haired green eyed boy sighed as he messed up on his doodle he was making on his notes.
“Ahem. Beckett.”
The boy looked up realizing that everyone in class was paying attention to the slides Mrs. Fray, the science teacher was going over. Now all their eyes were on him.
“It’s Kit,” the boy said.
“Well, Kit. Even though you may seem to know everything on this topic I would still appreciate your attention,” Mrs. Fray said.
The people around the room snickered.
“Sorry,” Kit said.
“So now, some of the…”
Kit fled out of the class as fast as he could once the bell rang. He was extremely thankful that it was lunch time. He went over to his odd group of friends in the cafeteria.
“Hey, Kit what happened back there?”
He turned around to see Rory behind him.
“Nothing,” Kit mumbled as they sat with their friends.
“I totally beat all of those boys!” Lux said to Ricky exasperated.
“Still seemed like a close one,” Ricky commented.
“I still won though!”
“Lux challenged a bunch of boys to a race for a winning prize of 5 dollars from each or them during spare,” Sami explained to Rory and Kit. “How was science class? Heard Mrs. Fray is a tough marker.”
“Well it was fine except that Kit was called out for not paying attention,” Rory answered.
“You know what, I’m not hungry,” Kit mumbled as he left the table.
“Yo dude where are you going?” Ricky shouted when he noticed Kit leaving.
Kit just ignored it and headed out. He walked to where the field met the forest and sat behind one of the trees. He brought out his sketch pad and began to draw because it was what helped him calm his emotions.
“Hey, shouldn’t you be in class?” A voice asked.
Kit turned to the voice and saw… Supergirl. “It’s lunch. You shouldn’t be here,” Kit said.
“And who says that?” Supergirl said as she sat next to Kit.
Kit didn’t answer.
“Hey what’s wrong?”
“Nothing,” Kit mumbled.
“Like I’m going to believe that.”
“What do you want Cassie?” Kit asked.
“I want to know why my little brother is upset.”
“Aren’t people going to notice that you’re in your Supergirl suit?”
Cassie sighed. “I can hear if anyone comes near and I’ll be gone before they even notice. Now, what’s wrong?”
Kit looked at his sister then back at his drawing. “Just science class. I wasn’t paying attention and Mrs. Fray assumed it was because I knew everything. Just because of who my mother and sister are. Everyone just expects me to be like our moms and you and Lori. But I’m not. I’m not going to make the next big discovery in science or release the next groundbreaking novel.”
“Kit you don’t have to do any of that,” Cassie said.
“You can say that, but no one else will understand.”
“Our moms will. More than you’d think,” Cassie patted Kit’s shoulder and stood up. “I’ve got to go, Aunt Nia needs my help with something. Talk to our moms Kit.”
Kit watched as she took off into the sky.
*****
Kit put his bag down when he went to sit at the table. He crossed his arms, his face laced with frustration.
“Is there something troubling you Kit?” His mother asked as she put a sandwich in front of him, green eyes that matched his own looked at him.
“Ooo! Is it a girl?” His mom said from the kitchen as she stuffed a sandwich in her mouth. Her blonde curly hair was in a ponytail and glasses on the bridge of her nose.
“Or a boy,” His mother said as she sat in front of him.
“Or anybo-”
“It’s no one,” Kit interrupted. Kit was very grateful for his moms’ supportiveness when he brought up that he was pansexual last year when he was 14. Though it was no surprise since he well… had two moms. Plus a sister that was bi, a sister and two Aunts that were lesbians, and an Aunt who was trans. So Kit was pretty much surrounded by people who would understand him. Sadly the same could not be said for a few of his friends.
“I- everyone, like my classmates and teachers, except my friends, just assume that I’m a genius at science and am a great writer. Just because I’m a Luthor-Danvers. But I’m not really a Luthor-Danvers am I?” Kit said.
“Hey, don’t you ever think that Kit. You are our son,” Lena said.
“Not by blood,” Kit said.
“Love bonds us all, not blood,” Kara said as she came over to them and sat next to Kit. “Me and your mother were adopted into our families as well Kit. And it took a while to learn, but blood isn’t all that makes family, it’s the love you put into it.”
“And we love you,” Lena said.
Kit looked at his moms. He did know that they loved him. But there were still those words, those expectations that nipped at his worst fears.
“Even if I don’t become a scientist or a writer?” Kit asked.
“Of course. You go find whatever it is you want to do. We never expected you to become either of those things. We never even expected Cassie or Lori to. It’s just what their passions were. And we supported them with that,” Lena said. “Don’t listen to what people think of you before they get to know you. I had to deal with the connotations having the name Luthor for a long time. People assumed I was as terrible as my brother. But I’m not. You can’t let what others think dictate your life.”
Kara reached for Kit’s hand. “Beckett Alexander Luthor-Danvers, do whatever your heart desires. And we will be right here next to you. Don’t listen to those people who put you in a box of expectations. Because if they do that means they don’t really see you.”
“So if I wanted to become an artist?” Kit asked.
Lena smiled. “We think you’d be a great one.”
"Thanks," Kit said. Those words meant a lot to him. Since he was little he loved art, it started the day his mom was painting and he wanted to join in. At the end of the day they created an awesome fingerpainting piece that was still hung up in the house. Even though his moms would always put up his artwork, Kit still worried that they just thought of it as a hobby than what he could do in life. But here he was sitting in front of them as they told him the exact opposite.
There was a knock on the door. And Kit’s phone buzzed.
Ricky: Hey we’re outside if you want to hang out.
“It’s my friends, I- ma can I?” Kit asked Lena.
“As long as you finish your homework when you get back,” she said.
“I will.”
Lena then nodded. Kit smiled and kissed both his moms’ cheeks. “Thank you moms,” Kit said.
“We love you,” Kara said as he grabbed his sketchpad and headed out.
“Love you too!”
Kit opened the door to see Ricky standing there and Sami looking at the flowers in his mom’s garden.
“Hey man, doing alright?” Ricky asked as he brushed his curly dark brown hair out of his chocolate coloured eyes.
“Better,” Kit answered.
“Kit, what kind of flowers are these? They look…” Sami trailed off. Sami loved plants, she often asked Kit to draw them for her so she could put the drawings of them in her room.
“Look out of this world?” Lux said as she came up to look at one of the tree-like plants after getting off her skateboard. It was his mom’s Dar-Essa flower that bloomed into a tree.
There had apparently been a part of Krypton that survived out in space. Cassie discovered that on one of her missions, and apparently their Kryptonian grandmother had survived. Kit learned a lot about Krypton on their family vacation just a few years ago. Though he already knew Kryptonian it was pretty cool to just have casual conversations with strangers in his mom’s native language.
“Really? Just seems tropical to me. Don’t remember the name of it,” Kit said.
Things nowadays weren’t so bad for aliens. No one discriminated against them anymore, heck even Lux was one. But the Luthor-Danvers family still kept it a secret since Cassie was Supergirl. It was dangerous if any enemies found out and would target him and his family if they made the connection.
They all started walking to the park.
“Woah!” Rory said as they bumped into Kit. Kit helped them rebalance on their skateboard.
“Hey, be careful there,” Kit said worriedly.
Rory smirked. “In a better mood? Back to telling me to stop being reckless?”
Kit rolled his eyes at them. “Yeah. Talked to my moms.”
“Your moms are awesome,” Sami said as the 5 of them started walking.
“No kidding you’re so lucky Kit,” Rory said.
“You’re parents still…” Kit trailed off.
“Still call me ‘she/her’ and use Brianna? Yep. Seriously annoying. No matter how many times I tell them I’m non-binary they just ignore it. I hate the name Brianna. It's so girly. Heck they won’t even use my middle name Emory like I ask them to. They even named me that so what’s the big deal?” Rory said upset.
“I don’t know how you deal with it Rory. Like my father basically ignores the fact that I’ve transitioned. But I don’t have to deal with it everyday like you,” Sami said.
Sami had transitioned around middle school, her mother, brother, and sister were supportive and helped her through the process. But her father wasn’t, but Sami’s parents had divorced when she was young and she lived with her mother.
They all had arrived at the park. Sami went over to the flowers and Rory tagged along, camera and skateboard in hand.
Lux started doing cartwheels in the grass and Ricky started to entertain a small group of kids on the playground as he drummed with the set of drumsticks he carried with him, against random stuff somehow making beautiful music.
Kit pulled out his sketchbook and started drawing as he leaned against some wooden fencing.
His group of friends were very interesting. But they had all been brought together. Kit met Sami first. It was a rainy day and they were 9 years old. Sami was crying at the park and Kit, who was upset that the rain had ruined his latest drawing, noticed a raven haired kid crying behind one of the trees. He had asked her what was wrong, and she had said she wanted to be a girl and not a boy but everyone made fun of her for it. Kit could see in her brown eyes how much that hurt. Kit felt like he had heard about something like that. So Kit took her home and went to the basement to find one of Cassie or Lori’s old dresses for her. Kit wasn’t sure he had been hugged so tightly before that moment. His moms found them and helped them get dried up since they were soaked from the rain. Then his moms explained that Sami was like Aunt Nia. They told her it was alright and that it was a normal feeling.
Then there was Ricky. He was singing a song when Kit and Sami were on the swings seeing who could swing the highest. Sami said he had a really good voice. Ricky smiled and told them that no one told him that before but he really liked singing. They later found out that Ricky was the eldest of 5 siblings and things at home were chaotic. He always spent his time outside because he couldn’t listen to music with the racket his siblings caused. Sami just smiled and said that he could hang out with them and sing for them. Later on he would hang out at his or Sami’s house to get away from the noise so he could play music.
Not long after they were at a field one day, where Kit was drawing flowers for Sami and Ricky was learning the uke. They all heard a loud commotion. The three of them turned to see a blonde haired girl, with hazel eyes that were lit with anger, throw a soccer ball at a boy. She walked off in frustration and as she did she walked by the trio mumbling words that Kit later found out was her native alien language. Ricky asked if she was alright. She had been upset because the boy she threw the ball at had tried to kiss her. She kinda just joined their group that day. But Lux still frequently spent her time with her soccer friends. The day she really joined them was when she came up to them during recess and asked if it was weird that she didn’t want to be kissed like the other girls wanted to on her soccer team. Because the other girls said it was. The three of them just shrugged. The four of them were outside of Kit’s house later that day with his mom’s laptop as Kit said he might know why. They searched up LGBT terms and as they did so they heard a photo being taken behind them.
The four turned around to see someone their age with a camera. They had fairly long brown hair and striking blue eyes. Lux slammed the laptop shut. Rory had laughed and said they saw what they were looking at. Rory then said that they were non-binary and went by they/them pronouns. And preferred to be called Rory instead of Brianna which is what they were called at school. Then Sami smiled and said that she wanted to be called Sami instead of Sam and go by she/her. Lux then told Rory about her situation and Rory suggested the term she may be looking for was something along the ace spectrum.
That was also the day Kit had come across the term pansexual. It kind of stuck with him since that day, but then came to understand it and identify with it a few years after. The five of them frequently hung out at Kit’s place since they weren’t bothered by siblings much. Cassie and Lori were both in college and his parents were the most accepting of each of their situations. Kara would sing with Ricky and showed him the magical world of musicals. Cassie and Lori told Kit that he could give some of their old clothes that Kara hadn’t thrown out to Sami. Kara and Lena talked about space a lot with Lux. And Lena had helped Rory when they had one side of their long hair shaved off.
Despite all of their differences, they just clicked. Connected by the way they felt like outcasts at school or at home. But they had each other which made everything alright.
“How was your performance?” Kit asked as Ricky came over.
“The kids loved it,” he smiled.
“Nice.”
“Hey, I was thinking of uh… asking Sami to the dance. Do you think she’d say yes?” Ricky asked.
Kit smiled. “Of course she would,” He said sincerely. “Do you have a song for her?” Kit joked.
“Well..” Ricky said as he blushed.
“Really?”
“In the works. I’m too nervous about singing it to her though.”
“She’s been listening to you sing since we were nine. She’s gonna love it,” Kit said.
“You know, you should ask Rory,” Ricky suggested.
“What? Why wo-”
Ricky laughed. “I’ve seen your drawings. You draw them the most. And in the most detail.”
Kit sighed. “I don’t know… would they even say yes?” Kit’s green eyes went to them. Watching as they brought up the camera to their blue eyes. Long hair on the side of their head that wasn’t shaved and the flannel tied around their waist wisped in the wind.
“I have just a hunch. Go for it Kit. Either way, I’m pretty sure they’ll just ask you if you chicken out.”
Kit rolled his eyes.
“Oh, and we have to be on guard duty.”
“We probably need to start working out if we are going to continue doing that. High school jocks- boys or girls- keep getting scarier each year,” Kit said.
“Yeah, but are we? No. Lux can take care of it anyways if they get past us. She’s punched far more people than either of us have combined,” Ricky said with a laugh.
“True. It’s so annoying that people don’t get it when she says she’s ace.”
“And what's we’re here for. Guard duty buddies,” Ricky said.
“Do you really have to call us shooing away people who want to ask her out, that? Plus she’s shooed more people away than we have. Combined,” Kit said.
“Hey, she loves that we try.”
“Yes, even though Lux and Rory are far more scarier than we are when they’re angry.”
“That’s why it’s good to be on their good sides. Never want to be on either of their bad sides,” Ricky commented.
“Guess you learned your lesson the last time you stole Rory’s popcorn during movie night huh?”
Ricky glared at him.
“Hey, you saps, race you to the store! Loser pays!” Rory shouted.
Kit and Ricky’s eyes widened when they saw that Rory was already on their skateboard. And Lux with a bold smirk on her face had managed to balance her and Sami on Lux’s skateboard. The three had already taken off.
Kit and Ricky looked at each other. They both knew that one of them was gonna be the last one.
They both took off running.
*****
Cassie entered the vet clinic with a cute tabby cat she had found stuck up a tree. The cling of a bell sounded as she entered. She garnered a lot of looks from the employees there and a father and son who were waiting with a little pup, since she was still in her Supergirl suit.
“Lucky!” A little girl exclaimed. She ran over Cassie.
“This your cat kiddo?” Cassie asked.
“Yeah. Thank you Supergirl!” The girl said as Cassie gently placed the cat in her arms.
The girl went over to her mom with a happy smile on her face.
“Thank you Supergirl, we’ve been looking for Liv’s cat for the past few days,” the mother said.
“Don’t worry about it. The poor cat was stuck up a tree.”
“Well, I can take Lucky there for a check up since you’re already here,” A woman with bright reddish orange hair with a white lab coat on said. “You three can head into that room and I’ll be there in a bit.”
The mother and daughter went into the room as the girl pet her cat. The red head came around the front desk and to stand next to Cassie.
“What made you come to this clinic out of all the other ones in National City Supergirl?” She asked.
Cassie smiled and shrugged. “I had a good feeling.”
“Mmhmm.”
“You know we should get a cat,” Cassie whispered.
“And how would we manage that when I’m working at the vet and you’re off saving the city Cas? And quit dropping in at my work,” she softly said so no one else would hear.
“Oh, come on Maya. Is it that bad that I miss my girlfriend?”
Maya rolled her green eyes at Cassie. “We live with each other. Now go and quit bringing in animals here, there are other clinics. My co-workers are starting to question.”
“So no kiss?” Cassie teased.
“There won’t be any at home if you don’t let me get back to work,” Maya said.
Cassie just pouted and reluctantly left.
Cassie landed back onto the balcony of the D.E.O where she worked.
“So what’s up?” Cassie asked as she reached the round table.
“Actually, nothing much,” Uncle Brainy said as he typed stuff on a tablet.
Aunt Alex came over to hug her. “Dreamer’s got it handled. Otherwise, everything is pretty chill. Though great work taking that hostile alien down earlier.”
“Thanks. C.J is visiting this weekend right?” Cassie asked Alex.
“Everyone is coming for Kit’s birthday, Cassie.”
“Okay cause that girl’s gotta show me those new suit tech designs that she’s been annoyingly teasing me about,” Cassie said.
C.J was adopted by Aunt Alex and Aunt Kelly when she was 8 a while after the two married, and was a wild and outgoing kid once she had gotten comfortable with them. C.J was in college studying engineering, had the coolest pixie cut, was scary when she started rambling angrily in spanish, and knew the many ways to hurt a person with her pinky finger just like her mom.
After Aunt Alex, Aunt Nia, Uncle Briany, and Uncle Winn had tried to run their own little superfriends team they all eventually got recruited by J’onn J’onzz to the D.E.O. Aunt Nia became the superhero known as Dreamer and eventually trained Cassie when she started her path to become Supergirl not long after Cassie graduated university. Nia also reminded Cassie that superheroing can’t be her entire life. So like how Aunt Nia managed to balance being Dreamer and a reporter, Cassie became a writer. Her debut novel got lots of attention and was pronounced the next classic, one that everyone would come to know. Possibly the next Harry Potter or Percy Jackson series. Cassie was just editing the next book. Writing stories sure helped when you actually went on quite a bit of awesome adventures.
Aunt Alex eventually became the Director of the D.E.O when J’onn retired. Uncle Winn met his wife Lyra on one of the missions they had gone on. Aunt Nia and Uncle Brainy had also married.
Safe to say, life was great. And for Cassie things just got better when she had met Maya. Cassie had accidentally bumped into her on the sidewalk when she was listening to music and had her head in a book. When the girl with freckles splayed across her cheeks picked up the book that Cassie had dropped when they bumped into each other, Cassie was sure she had already fallen for her. All Cassie had said to the beautiful girl was thanks, and immediately regretted when her gay panic resulted in not even getting her name.
Cassie ran into her again when she was well, saving the world. Once the crowd had cleared and the D.E.O were wrapping up the situation and she nearly tripped over her boots when she saw her. Maya had commented that she liked that she didn’t wear a skirt like most superhero women in comics do. Cassie once again was speechless as the redhead walked away.
Then of course as people say, third time’s a charm. Cassie was hanging out with Lori at a cafe. Cassie froze when she exited the bathroom to see Maya with a very confused Lori. Cassie came up to them and Maya laughed when she realized that she must’ve confused Lori for Cassie. Maya finally introduced herself and Cassie managed to actually form enough words to have a proper conversation with the girl. Lori had teased her endlessly after that and the rest was just well… history.
Cassie’s super hearing suddenly picked up the sound of firetrucks.
“Looks like I’ve got work to do, up, up and away I guess,” Cassie said as she flew out of the D.E.O.
*****
Lena laughed at her wife who had downed 3 of her sandwiches in the past while. They were watching a movie since Kit had left to spend time with his friends.
“What?” Kara said with her mouthful.
“Nothing, just… I just love you,” Lena said.
Kara finished chewing and smiled brightly as she leaned in to kiss Lena. When they parted, their foreheads leaned against each other. Lena brought her hand against Kara’s cheek.
After that day all those years ago, when Lena had placed the plumeria flower on her left ear, she came to have the life she had always wanted. One with someone who loved her. With kids, and friends who became family, and Lena loved every moment of it.
Lena and Kara had dated for about a year after, where Lena learned what it was like to be loved again and became a wonderful mother to the twins. Then Kara proposed. They got married, a mix of Kryptonian and human culture was how they had their wedding. At the altar but with bracelets instead of rings. Kara wore a beautiful cultural Kryptonian dress and Lena in white. It was one of the best days of her life.
They and the twins moved into a house just at the edge of the city. Then Kit came into their lives.
Lena got to experience so much with Kara. A life that she had thought impossible, told was unrealistic, became her everyday life.
All her previous worries about Lex had never come to fruition. Lena was so very thankful for that.
Lena then gave Kara a quick peck and stood up.
“Where are you going?” Kara pouted.
“Work, I’m supposed to sign something and also make sure our daughter doesn’t spend the night in the labs. Again,” Lena said.
Lena was proud of Lori. The sneaky girl had submitted her resume to L-Corp under a false name and since employment wasn’t directly conducted by Lena but approved by Lena, Lori had ensured she got the job not because she was Lena’s daughter but because she worked hard for it. Though Lena had no doubt that Lori would have been picked by those who recruited potential employees. Lena had a nice laugh when she saw the resume and recognized accomplishments that were all too familiar to her.
Just like Lena, Lori loved to spend time in the labs, in fact far too much time. There were many moments in the past few years since Lori started working at L-Corp that Lena found her daughter asleep in the lab.
Having Lori work at L-Corp was more amazing that Lena had managed. After quite some time not seeing the sheer amount of knowledge that girl held since she and Cassie had left for university, Lori always seemed to surprise Lena. Within a year they had uncovered many groundbreaking scientific discoveries together.
Lena grabbed the keys to the car and kissed Kara’s forehead. “Bye, love,” Lena said.
“Bye, oh and tell Lori she’s missing out on a great rerun of Disney movies,” Kara said.
“Okay, darling. Love you,” Lena said as she headed out.
“I love you too!” She heard Kara’s shout just before she closed the door, and left with a smile on her face.
When she exited the car she recognized a familiar boy waiting outside L-Corp with a bag of food.
“Hi Tyler,” Lena said.
The boy saw her and smiled. “Hi, Miss Luthor-Danvers.”
“How many times have I told you to call me Lena?”
“Right. Sorry, Lena.”
“Waiting for Lori?” Lena asked.
“Yeah.”
“Well I left her in the labs this morning so I doubt waiting outside here will do any good,” Lena said. “Come on, before you end up camping out here.”
Tyler followed her into the building.
“She’s in lab C. I would also appreciate it if you make sure she doesn’t spend the night in there. Also, tell her that I wanted to talk to her about something before you two leave,” Lena said as she pressed the button on the elevator for Tyler that would lead him to the labs.
“I will. Got my bargaining chip,” Tyler said as he lifted the take out.
Lena laughed. “Good you figured that out.”
The elevator door closed and Lena waited for the next one that would head up.
*****
“Ah, nope,” Lori said as the device malfunctioned again. She picked it up again and tried to figure out what was wrong with it.
“Is it still not working?”
Lori sighed. “No, I was so close earlier, but I think I made a miscalculation when I was reprogramming it.” Lori tugged on her ponytail in frustration.
Lori saw at the corner of her eye a bag of takeout placed on the desk. She looked up to see grey eyes meet hers.
“You got dinner?” Lori asked.
“Yep. But you’re not getting anything unless we head to the apartment,” Tyler teased as he pulled out a fry from the bag.
“You got Big Belly Burger?!” Lori said excitedly.
“Mmhmm, and it’s gonna get cold soon,” he said as he leaned against the table.
“Ugh, I hate how you know my weakness for food,” Lori complained as she took off her safety goggles, and pushed her lead lined glasses back up.
“By the way, your mother said she wanted to see you before we left,” Tyler mentioned as he helped Lori out of her lab coat.
“Okay, just wait for me in the car?” Lori said as she kissed Tyler’s cheek.
“Sounds good,” Tyler said.
Lori then went off to her mother’s office.
“Hi Jess,” Lori said.
“Hi Lori, she’s just inside.”
Lori nodded and went in.
“Hi ma,” Lori said when she walked in.
“Lori, hey sweetie, come over here,” Lena said.
Lori went to stand next to her mother who was standing in front of her desk.
“Your mom wanted to say that you’re missing out on a perfectly good Disney rerun.”
Lori chuckled. “Tell her she better be watching Beauty and the Beast.”
“Don’t worry I was watching that with her before I came here,” Lena told Lori.
“Tyler said you wanted to see me?”
“Ah, yes. Sweet boy,” Lena said before she turned to Lori. “Lori, I wanted to ask you if you’d want to be CFO next year.”
Lori’s eyes widened. “What?”
“Our current CFO is retiring next year. And well… When I retire I want to leave the company to you. I know you prefer being in the lab like I do. But there’s no one I trust more with the company than you. Of course, I want you to take up the CFO position so you can start to learn the reins of how business works while also letting you have some freedom to still work on projects in the lab. Especially since when I took over the company I was just thrown into it all. I thought this might be a good opportunity to ease you into it,” Lena said.
Lori didn’t know what to say. She definitely never expected that her mother would be asking this. She honestly never really thought of the prospect of running L-Corp in the future.
“I don’t know ma. Wouldn’t you want someone who has a business major or something?”
Lena laughed. “Honey, I don’t have a business major. Being a CEO and running a company is more than just knowing the ins and outs of the business world. It’s having a vision for the future. Having a passion for what the company does. You have that. You’re only on the surface of what you can do Lori. And this company can give you all you need to do it all. I’ll be here to guide you for now.”
Lori remembered when she had first met her mother. When she had been so amazed that she was both a scientist and a CEO. Lori never thought she could do the same. But her mother was now offering her that chance.
“You can guide this company to do even more good in the world, my dear,” Lena said.
Lori then smiled. “Thank you ma.” And hugged Lena.
“So that’s a yes?”
“Yeah, let’s do it,” Lori said.
Later during dinner, Lori told Tyler about the position.
“That’s amazing Lori,” he said as he hugged her.
“How was your day, my favorite singer?”
“Good. We recorded a new song,” Tyler said. He went on to describe the song and what they were planning to do differently. Lori smiled as she listened.
Lori had met Tyler thanks to Cassie. During university Lori very much preferred reading books till it was late. While most students would spend their nights partying. Cassie sometimes indulged in it. Then came the day that it was Cassie and Lori’s birthday and they weren’t going to be home till the weekend. So Cassie had managed to drag Lori out for a night with some of their friends.
It was at some bar, and Lori had been nervous because even though she learned to control her powers she still didn’t like to go to places that may risk it. Even if she had her bracelet and glasses on. But nevertheless, she let Cassie bring her there, where some new rising band that was quickly gaining popularity, especially with people their age were going to play. Lori never did expect that the lead singer/guitarist was going to head out of the bar right after their last performance to ask her her name. Their friends stared awe struck while Lori just looked confused. The light brown haired boy introduced himself as Tyler.
The next time she ran into Tyler was on campus where he was apparently taking a music major. Lori got to know him, he was a kid from a small town with big dreams. He had to get a scholarship to go to school. He was also bi which made for fun moments where they’d both agree on whether that girl or guy they saw on TV was attractive. But Tyler always reminded Lori that he liked her. Though, Lori constantly found that hard to believe, because why would a rising star like him want to be with a quiet nerdy girl? But yet… Tyler never forgot to remind Lori that he loved her and that led to them having dated throughout university despite the jealous looks from many other pretty girls that Lori would get. Tyler reminded her that they didn’t matter to him, but she did. He loved Lori for all her nerdiness and calmness. Lori herself came to love the emotion the boy could create through music and how he made everything around him look bright and new.
“Play it for me,” Lori said.
Tyler smiled and picked up his guitar.
*****
Kara smiled as she saw Alex hug Kit. Cassie and Lori were helping Lena with the last of the decorations.
“Do we really have to have a big party?” Kit asked.
“It’s not that big. It’s just family,” Cassie said.
“Yeah, but we have a big family,” Lori noted.
“Oh! Hey, I’ll get a picture of everyone,” Alex said. She tugged the kids to where the ‘Happy Birthday!’ banner was. Kara took Lena’s hand to bring her over.
In the center was Kit who was just a bit taller than Lena and almost as tall as the twins now. Cassie and Lori were on either side of Kit, they both were just a bit short from Kara’s height. Kara was next to Lori and Lena next to Cassie.
“Say cheese!” Alex said with her phone in hand.
“Cheese!” They all said as Alex took the picture.
“How about a silly one?” Alex asked.
The silly one ended up being Cassie and Lori trying to shrink Kit down back to what they said was his 'before puberty size'. Kara had made a silly face, and Lena was looking at them laughing.
Kara looked at the little boy who was turning 16.
She remembered the day she found him. Kara was chasing a lead on a few missing women cases. There were about 3 women who had oddly similar links to their disappearances. Kara eventually discovered a warehouse that had held a bunch of women that had gone missing. She had already given Alex who was still working with the FBI the location of her discovery and knew that they would arrive soon. But Kara’s heart sank when she saw these women. Hurt, starving, and eyes held the pain of trauma. Something that Kara was familiar with. She comforted a few women and checked for who could have been responsible. But there was no one else there besides the young ladies. Then she reached the other end of the warehouse. That’s when she saw her. A young lady, her face sunken from sickness and whatever may have happened. She was holding a baby. Kara knelt next to her. While it looked like it took a lot of energy, the woman smiled at Kara. Her eyes glimmered with what looked to be hope. She moved her arms that held the child towards Kara as if… Kara then carefully took the baby out of her arms. “His name is Beckett. Please take care of him,” she said weakly. Kara tried to reassure the woman that there were medics coming soon. But she just said thank you. And she took her last breath.
Kara then looked to the child in her arms. He couldn’t have been more than a few weeks old. Soon Alex arrived and all the young women were brought to the hospital, Kara still held Beckett in her arms. Then it was when he opened his soft green eyes Kara knew. Lena and the twins had come to the hospital not long after hearing what had happened. Kara told Lena everything. Lena looked at the child. Kara said he had green eyes like Lena. Cassie and Lori also excitedly looked at the baby Kara held. Even though nothing at that time was for sure, Kara could feel like they were all a family.
Thus they became one.
Soon enough everyone arrived. Ricky and Tyler chatted about music. Rory and Kit were chatting. Sami, Lori, Maya, and Lena were in the backyard talking about the garden Kara had made when they first got the house. Kelly came with her and Alex’s daughter C.J, Kara still couldn’t believe she was 20 already. C.J tackled 17 year old Jonathan and 16 year old Conner, Clark’s sons that were striking images of him. Winn and Brainy went to chat with Lena about some nerd stuff that soon enough drew Lori’s attention. Lyra and Nia were chatting about their home planets. And Clark and Lois were talking to Kara and Eliza about how Jon wanted to train to become a detective and later on join Cassie and Nia in their superheroing. While Conner had gotten MVP on his basketball team. C.J and Conner soon joined Ruby and Lux in a game of soccer. Lucy, Sam, Jack, and James were chatting at the table where Lena had put far too much food. But then again there were quite a few Kryptonians present so it wasn’t like any would go to waste.
“Hey Kara, can I change the song? I want to show Ricky some classics,” Tyler asked.
Kara smiled. “Of course.”
The second Kara heard the new song play, she excused herself from the conversation and headed over to Lena.
Lena looked over to her and smiled.
Kara took Lena’s hands and placed them around her neck, and Kara put her hands around Lena’s waist.
“And if you leave me now you'll take away the very heart of me. No baby please don't go, no I just want you to stay. A love like ours is love that's hard to find ,” Kara softly sang to Lena.
“Well I won’t be leaving,” Lena said.
“Hmm, that sounds good.”
“I think we’ve built far too much here for either of us to ever let go.”
“Yeah, we have,” Kara said as she looked around them. She chuckled when she saw the embarrassed looks on Cassie, Lori, and Kit’s faces.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Lena said and Kara looked back to the woman she loved with all her heart. Lena’s eyes matching the amount of love in Kara’s. “And even if I did, I know you would find your way back to me.”
Kara kissed Lena, and when they parted Kara said the one word that she knew would forever be true.
“Always.”