48. Domesticity & Morning Sickness

“Girls, go to your room for a minute,” Alex told them.  “The grownups need to talk.”

The twins grumbled at being sent away, but did as they were told.

“Kara, we need to talk to you,” Lena informed the Kryptonian.

Kara looked nervously between her three partners. “Um, OK?  What’s up?” she asked, trying to cover her nervousness.

“Well, we’ve been kind of wondering what’s up with you,” Lena explained.  “You’ve been… quite over-attentive to us lately, and it’s… well, frankly, it’s driving us crazy.”

Kara’s mouth opened and closed like a fish, “I…  I…”

“Use your words, sweetie,” Maggie teased.

“I’ve just been trying to make sure you guys are looked after!  I want you to have everything you need and want, and I want to make sure you’re OK!”

“And we appreciate that, Angel, but you’re taking it too far,” Alex told her.

“Lena would have died, if I hadn’t been investigating Jack!” Kara huffed.

Lena raised a hand to stop her.  “This isn’t about Jack. This is about you coming by our offices four and five times a day;  the multiple phone calls and texts you send asking ‘Are you OK?;’ the panicky stance you take when one of us so much as sneezes.  It’s got to stop.”

Kara pouted.  “I don’t know how!  I’m just so overwhelmed by the fact that you guys are pregnant, I can’t help myself!  I want you to be safe!”

“You’re not keeping us safe, you’re driving us crazy,” Maggie pointed out.  

“We’ve all told you this individually, but you haven’t listened,” Lena said softly.  “Maybe now that we’re telling you as a group, you’ll pay attention and back off. If not, we’re going to have a serious problem.”

Kara put her face in her hands.  “What do you expect me to do?”

“Let’s go back to the way it was before you found out we were pregnant,” Alex suggested.

Kara looked warily back at her,  “How am I supposed to do that?”

“I don’t know, but you’d better figure it out quick,” Alex demanded.

“How about this,” Lena spoke up, “One visit per office, per day.  One phone call per day, and absolutely zero texts asking, ‘Are you OK?’  If we’re not OK, don’t we tell you?”

“Yeah, but-”

“But nothing, Kara,” Maggie stopped her ramble head on.  “We are not children. And just because we’re pregnant with your children doesn’t mean you have control over us.  We’re still the same independant, strong-willed women that we started out being, and nothing is going to change that, not even being pregnant.  We don’t need a babysitter. Even if that babysitter is Supergirl.”

Alex nodded.  “Not to mention, you’re really stressing us out, and the more stress we have on us, the more likely it is that something bad will happen.  You don’t want that do you?”

“Of course not!” the Kryptonian whimpered.

“Oh!” Lena gasped.  “I just had an idea.  How about I make us some of those watches like James has that makes a high frequency beep in case of emergency?  We can even have individual tones or rhythms for each person.”

Kara fidgeted with her glasses.  “That would help a little, I guess.”

“What else would help?” Alex inquired.

Kara looked down as she thought for a minute.  “Maybe… We could call Dr. Landry?”

“It’s only been a few days, Kara,” Alex complained.

“But Lena got kicked in the stomach a couple days ago!” Kara worried.

“I told you, I’m fine,” Lena promised.

“Who’s Dr. Landry?” asked Maggie.

Alex turned to answer her, “She’s the doctor that delivered Jamie and Jessie.  Last we knew, she still lives in National City.”

“It would make me feel loads better if we could just call her,” Kara pouted.

“I’m fine with that,” Lena agreed.  “If it gets you off our backs.”

Kara nodded, “Yeah, when Alex was pregnant the first time, she waited like three or four months before she would even let me tell her mom so we could take her to the doctor!”

“Wow, Alex,” Maggie shook her head.  “That was bold of you.”

“I was embarrassed, and I was afraid of my mom’s wrath,” she explained.

“You mean the mom who let you keep on living with her, even after she found out you were pregnant by your alien sister, and then helped you raise your kids for the first five years of their lives?” Maggie pointed out.

“I didn’t say I was smart,” Alex said grudgingly.

“I’m surprised Kara could keep a secret that long,” Lena teased.  “Especially if she was freaking out back then like she’s doing now.”

“I think it helped that I could see the babies,” Kara admitted.  “I didn’t know Alex was pregnant right away, so when I did finally notice, I could see them.  I can’t see the new batch yet, so it’s more stressful.”

“Have you even tried looking for them yet?” Alex wondered.

That little crinkle appeared on Kara’s brow.  “No, I just assumed.”

“Why don’t you give it a try?” Lena suggested.

Kara nodded and got on her knees in front of Alex, who was closest to her, making her lean back.  She unbuttoned and unzipped the agent’s pants to get them out of the way, and she looked through her flesh to see into her uterus.  After a minute, she mumbled, “...Um… I can see a tiny little anomalous blobby spot that might be it, but I’m not sure…” She kept looking for another minute.  “Let me see you two,” she told Maggie and Lena.

Maggie leaned back obediently, and Kara undid her jeans to look.  “Hmm, I see a similar blobby speck, but it’s in a slightly different place.”

“Babies don’t take root in the exact same place all the time.  They just need to be connected to the uterus,” Alex explained.

“OK, well, then I think I might see them,” Kara said, her heart fluttering excitedly.  “Lena, let me see you, please.” Lena leaned back enough for Kara to see inside her. After seeing what she saw in Alex and Maggie, she was pretty sure she knew what she was looking for now, and again, she wasn’t disappointed.  She sheepishly bit her lips together at what she saw.

“What?” Lena asked.

“Um,” Kara grinned.  “You have two little blobs.”

Lena’s heart stopped.  “Oh, God.”

“Let me double check Alex and Maggie.”  Kara re-searched the other two women for more blobs, but she still only saw one each.  “Just the one for you two, I guess.”

“Thank you, God!” Maggie exclaimed.

Alex rubbed her tummy dazedly.  “I was so prepared for having twins again, it feels a little shell-shocking to me that there’s only one.”

Kara nodded.  “Yeah, I’m with you on that.”

“Well, Jessie gets her wish… again,” Lena mused.  “Little brat.”

The others chuckled.  

“Are we good, now?” Maggie asked, fixing her pants.

“Yes!” Kara jumped up and threw her arms in the air.  “You guys are the absolute best human beings on the planet!  I love you all so much!” She gave them each a lingering kiss.  “I’m sorry I made you guys feel stressed out. I’ll try to be better.  I just love you so much, and I feel so protective of you, even without being pregnant, so adding the babies in…  I just lost it a little, I guess. I’m sorry. I hope you’ll forgive me.”

“We forgive you, Angel,” Alex kissed her again, and Lena and Maggie followed suit.

Kara’s eyes twinkled.  “I don’t suppose any of you feel like having sex?”

“Maybe after the kids have gone to sleep,” Lena answered.

“What she said,” Maggie added.

Alex just shrugged, “We’ll see.”

“Should we tell the girls I can see the babies?” Kara asked them.

“I don’t mind,” Lena shrugged.

“Sure, why not?” Alex permitted.

Maggie rolled her eyes, “Oh, alright.  Call them in.”

Kara ran and grabbed the twins from their room.  “Girls, we have something to tell you, come on out.”

The kids rejoined the adults in the living room.  

“Is this good or bad?” Jessie asked worriedly.

“Good!” Kara grinned.

“Thank goodness!” Jamie sighed.  “What is it?”

Kara paused for effect, just standing there grinning for a few seconds before she finally burst out, “I can see the babies!”

The girls gasped and beamed from ear to ear.  “Awesome!”

“Are they girls or boys?” Jessie demanded.

Kara chuckled.  “They’re just tiny little specks right now that don’t look anything like babies yet.  We won’t be able to tell that for another few months.”

“Dang it!” Jessie pouted.  “Are there twins?”

Lena raised her hand with a wry smile.  “Right here.”

“YES!” Jessie screeched.  She got up and squeezed the stuffing out of Lena, kissing her on the cheek over and over again.  “Thank you, thank you, thank you!” she said in between kisses.

“OK, OK!” Lena giggled.  “Calm down. I can’t breathe.”

“Sorry!” Jessie yelped.  “At least it wasn’t Jamie squeezing you.”

Jamie stuck her tongue out at her sister.  

“Alright, that’s enough,” Alex chuckled.  “Don’t forget, we’re still keeping this a secret.”

“Dang it!” Jessie complained.  “I’ll be right back.” She got up and ran out onto the balcony, closed the door behind her, and started hollering at the top of her lungs, “I finally get my babies!  Woo!” She ran around the balcony with her fists in the air, jumping and skipping and shouting happily. “Yes! Yes! Yes!” It made everyone laugh. When she came back in, she wiggled herself in between Lena and her mother and wrapped her arms around both of them.  

“You’re silly,” Alex told her.

Jessie raspberried her cheek in response.

“Hey!” her mom tickled her under her arm, making her squeal.

“Ow!” Jamie complained, rubbing her ears.

Maggie agreed, “That hurt my ears, and I don’t even have super hearing.”

“Sorry, Maggie,” Jessie said contritely.  She reached over her mom and kissed Maggie’s cheek.  “Lena, can we play chess before we have to go to bed?”

“Certainly,” Lena replied contentedly.  “Have you been studying your strategies?”

“Yeah!” the girls both answered.

“OK, I’m going to test you.  You’d better be ready!” Lena grinned.

The twins sat on the floor across from Lena at the coffee table where the chessboard waited for them.  Kara climbed behind Lena and wrapped her arms around her waist, and Maggie crawled into Alex’s lap while they watched the others play until bedtime.

After the kids were asleep, Kara managed to convince her partners to let her make love with them.  It was a short, but sweet affair, sans condoms, leaving Kara giddy and her partners satisfied… For the time being, anyway.

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The next morning, Maggie woke up in the midst of vomiting, getting sick all over the bed in front of her.  She rolled over to sit up on the side of the bed, and was sick again on the floor. The other three were awake in an instant.  Kara zipped out from behind her and put the trash can in front of her. Maggie wrapped her arms around the bucket and heaved into it.  This all triggered Lena’s gag reflex, and she flew into the bathroom to be sick herself.

“Oh, Lord have mercy,” Alex sighed.  “We don’t have enough bathroom space for three women with morning sickness.”  She started gathering the bedclothes up, and then remembered that they had someone to do that for them.  She made her way across the hall to the twins’ room and knocked. “Jamie! We need you!”

Jamie sleepily answered the door, rubbing her eyes and yawning.  “What’s wrong?”

“Maggie got sick in the bedroom.  Tag, you’re it.” Alex tapped her daughter on the shoulder and then shoved her toward the master bedroom.

“Oh, God!” Jamie whimpered, seeing the mess.

“Consider yourself lucky that Maggie and Lena eat like birds.  It could be a lot worse,” Alex smirked. “Can you imagine if Mama was pregnant?”

“Oh, God!” Jamie repeated.

“Get to work.  This mess isn’t going to clean itself.”

Jamie pouted and went into the kitchen where the cleaning supplies were, gathering up what she needed and heading back to the master bedroom.

Maggie had stopped throwing up for the moment and was just letting Kara hold her.  Lena did not have the luxury of getting a break. Alex went in to check on her. She wasn’t sure why she herself wasn’t sick yet, but she was thankful.  She put a cold cloth on the back of Lena’s neck, pulled her hair back and rubbed her back. Annoyed, Lena swatted her away. Honestly, Alex should have known better.  Lena had made it very clear that she didn’t like to be touched when she was sick. It was a hard thing to accept for such tactile people, especially Kara, but they had to be respectful of Lena’s wishes and boundaries, or else where would they be?

“Sorry, sweetie,” Alex left Lena alone and went back to the bedroom where Jamie was scrubbing the carpet.  “Where’d Mama and Maggie go?”

“I think they went to the bathroom in the hall,” Jamie replied.

Alex left the room to track down her other partners.  “Hey,” she said softly. “How are we doing in here?”

Maggie didn’t answer, she just looked green around the gills, but Kara had put a cloth on her neck and was standing by, so there wasn't anything for Alex to do.

“Not so great,” Kara answered.  Maggie gave an answering retch behind her.

“You want me to do anything?” Alex checked.

“No, I’ve got Maggie.  You go check Lena,” Kara replied.

“Lena already chased me away.”

“I’m sorry, honey” Kara gave her a kiss.  “Go lay back down with Jessie or something.”

“Yeah, I might just do that.”  It was only five in the morning, after all.  Alex wandered back to the kids’ room and curled up next to Jessie in the bed.  Her daughter nuzzled into her in her sleep, and Alex was out like a light in no time.

In the master bedroom, Jamie finished scrubbing the carpet, then gathered up all the bedclothes and put them in the washer.  When she was finished, she didn’t know where the fresh sheets and things were, so she had to ask. She wandered into the master bathroom, where Lena was sitting on the floor in front of the toilet looking miserable.  “Um, Lena?

“Hmm?” Lena whimpered.

“Sorry, but… Where are the blankets and stuff?”

Lena took a few deep breaths and pushed herself up off the floor.  “I’ll show you.” She leaned on Jamie’s shoulder and lead her into the big closet across the room.  The kids weren’t normally allowed in there because Lena was very protective of her clothes, but that’s where she kept her extra bedding.  “Just use the stepstool on the end, and make sure you’re careful not to wreck my stuff.”

Instead of using the step stool, Jamie just floated up and grabbed the sheets and blankets she needed, careful not to touch Lena’s clothes at all.

“That works too,” Lena chuckled, but it didn’t last long because she immediately needed to be sick again.  She ran back into the bathroom and threw up some more.

Jamie was starting to feel really bad.  She’d known about morning sickness before, in an abstract way, but seeing it in person was an entirely different reality.  It seemed to make Lena and Maggie quite miserable, and that hadn’t been her intention. She fixed the bed up as best she could by herself, and put the cleaning supplies back in the kitchen closet.  When she returned to her room, her mom was passed out in the middle of the bed with Jessie snuggled up next to her. Jamie smiled at how cute they were. She curled up under her mom’s other arm and tried to go back to sleep, but every time she almost dozed off, she heard someone throwing up, and it startled her back awake.  She decided instead to just get up and make breakfast for herself and her Mama.  

When she went into the kitchen, she dug around in the fridge to see what she might want to cook.  There were tons of fresh vegetables, so she decided to make omelets. Ordinarily her parents were the ones to handle chopping up vegetables, but she’d seen it done enough times to know what to do, and now that she had her powers, there wasn’t really anything to worry about in terms of hurting herself.  She pulled out a knife and studied it for a moment. It was a bit fascinating that something that would have hurt her a few months ago was now as harmless as a feather to her. She pressed the blade into her hand, bending the tip. “Oops!” she yelped, trying to bend it back into shape with her fingers. Next, she pressed the edge of the blade around her arm, feeling nothing but a little pressure, and no pain at all.

“I used to do that when I first came to earth,” Kara said behind her.

Startled, Jamie jumped three feet in the air.  “Sorry, Mama!  I didn’t mean anything by it!”

“It’s OK, baby,” Kara assured her.  “It used to scare your mom when she’d catch me, but I only did it because I was fascinated by my new powers.”

“Yeah, that’s-  I don’t really know why I was doing that.”

“Just don’t do it in front of people,” Kara soothed.

“OK, sorry.”

“What are you trying to do here?” Kara asked, looking at all the food everywhere.

Jamie shrugged sheepishly.  “I was just trying to make breakfast.”

“OK, why don’t you take Lena and Maggie some water, and I’ll get started.”

“I wanted to do it!” she whined.

“OK, OK,” Kara held her hands up placatingly.  “I’ll just put some coffee on, then.”

“Thank you,” Jamie grabbed a couple of water bottles out of the fridge and headed into the bathroom where Lena was still sitting, leaning on the toilet.  “Here, Lena,” she said gently.

Lena took the water and rinsed her mouth with it.  “Thanks.”

Next, she went to the hall bathroom where Maggie was leaning against the wall, looking sweaty and miserable.  “Here, Maggie,” she held the bottle out.

Maggie glared at her, took the water battle and grunted, “Get out.”

Jamie whimpered and took off before Maggie could see her cry.  She ran back into the kitchen and bawled.

“Aww, come here, baby,” Kara said, pulling her daughter into her arms.  “It’s gonna take some time, but she’ll come around, OK? I’m sorry. If I had known she was gonna react like that, I wouldn’t have sent you in there.”

“She’s not going to hate me forever, is she?” Jamie sniffled.

Kara rocked her.  “Honey, Maggie doesn’t hate you.  She’s just mad at you. There’s a very big difference.”

“I don’t want her to hate me,” Jamie cried.  “I love her.”

“I know you do,” Kara assured.  “And I know she loves you too. Even after what you did to her.  You just have to give her time. She’s the one that has to suffer because of your actions.  It’s gonna be awhile before she forgets what you did. It could be a lot worse, you know, but Maggie is a woman of honor, and she still treats you with love and respect 99.9% of the time, so let’s give her a little credit, huh?  One little comment when she doesn’t feel well shouldn’t be the end of the world.”

Jamie sniffled and tried to pull herself together.  “OK, let me make us breakfast,” she finally pulled away from Kara and went back to chopping vegetables.

“OK, baby, are you sure you don’t want me to help?” Kara checked.

“I’m sure,” Jamie answered.

Kara was about to go check on Maggie and Lena again when Lena wandered into the kitchen looking haggard.  

“Give me coffee and no one gets hurt,” the CEO grumbled, sitting down at the table.

Kara quickly poured her a mug of coffee and handed it over.  “Here you are, my love.” She kissed Lena on the temple and sat down next to her.

“Thank you,” Lena sipped happily on her beverage and absentmindedly watched Jamie cutting vegetables.

“Can I cuddle you?” Kara put on a plaintive face.

Lena nodded imperceptibly and nuzzled into her fiancée.  She closed her eyes and rested there in the comfort of Kara’s arms until she smelled the butter sizzling in the pan on the stove.  “Oh, God, I’ve got to get out of here, or that smell is going to make me sick again!” She hurried out of the kitchen and headed back to her office, coffee in hand.  On the way, she passed Maggie in the hall bathroom. “You gonna be OK, honey?”

“I think I might be done for the time being, thankfully,” Maggie responded with gravel in her voice.  She stood up and swished some water in her mouth before spitting it back out in the sink. “I’m gonna go brush my teeth and lay back down for a little while.  You want to cuddle with me?”

“Certainly, my love,” Lena followed her partner into the master bedroom and sat down on the bed to wait.  When Maggie came back in and sat next to her, Lena put her arms around her and kissed her temple. “How are you feeling?”

“Like someone shoved a hot poker down my throat and stabbed a hole in my stomach,” Maggie responded colorfully.

“Aww, baby, I know,” they rocked together for a minute before scooting back and snuggling into the pillows.  

After a few minutes, Maggie mumbled, “That coffee smells good.  I might want some.”

Lena pulled a face.  “I’d be careful going in there, if I were you.  Jamie’s cooking, and it smells really strong.”

Maggie frowned.  “What’s she cooking?”

“I didn't stick around long enough to find out,” Lena replied.  “I had to get out of there. How about this: KARA!” she shouted.

The Kryptonian appeared in an instant.  “What’s wrong?” she said, panicked.

“Nothing, I just want some coffee,” Maggie informed her.

“Oh,” Kara sighed in relief.  “OK. One coffee coming up!” Kara zipped away and was back in an instant with Maggie’s coffee in hand.  “Here you are, honey bunny.”

“Thank you,” the detective pursed her lips for a kiss, and Kara was happy to oblige.

“Do you guys need anything else?”

Lena and Maggie shook their heads.

“I’d like to try to sleep some more,” Maggie said, nuzzling into Lena.

“Yeah, that sounds good,” Lena yawned.

“OK, I’ll leave you alone,” Kara kissed them each on the forehead.  “I love you both.”

“Love you too,” they muttered as she left the room.

Kara returned to the kitchen to sit with her daughter who was doing a lovely job of making breakfast for the two of them.  It smelled divine, and Kara’s stomach growled loudly. Jamie giggled. Suddenly, they both heard someone throwing up again.

“Oh Rao,” Kara sighed.  “That’s your mother.”

“Aww, man!” Jamie lamented.

“I’ll go check on her,” Kara offered.  “You finish cooking.”

“OK, Mama.”

Kara wandered into the hallway where Alex was in the bathroom praying to the porcelain goddess.  “Aww, poor thing,” she cooed. “I thought you were in the clear today.”

“Guess not,” Alex grumbled.

“I’ll get you some water.  Be right back,” Kara sped into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water for her wife.  

Jessie sat on the tub next to her mom, rubbing her back and keeping her hair out of her face.  “I’m sorry, Mommy,” she whimpered.

Alex didn’t answer.  She just threw up some more.

Kara handed the bottle of water to Jessie to hold for her mom.  “Poor baby,” Kara cooed at her wife, stroking her head. The battle-trained warrior that was her partner had been reduced to a weak, whimpering mess on her knees.  It was heartbreaking.

Jessie had tears in her eyes.  “Isn’t there anything we can do for her?”

Kara shook her head.  “We just have to let nature run its course.”

“I don’t like seeing Mom like this.  It makes me feel bad.”

“It’s just part of being pregnant,” Kara shrugged.  “You do your part by keeping Mom happy the rest of the time.  Do your chores and your homework and obey without a bad attitude, and help her out when she asks you to, and we won’t have many problems… besides whatever life throws at us to keep us on our toes.”

“I promise I’ll be good, Mama,” Jessie swore.  “I’ll be the best big sister ever!”

“I’ll hold you to that,” Kara replied, kissing her on the head.  “Why don’t you go let your sister know you’re up, so you can have breakfast too.  If you can eat after this, that is.”

“OK, Mama.”  Jessie kissed her mom on the head, “Love you, Mommy.”

Alex tried to respond, but threw up instead.

“I’ve got you, baby girl,” Kara said, rubbing Alex’s back.  Her wife leaned into her, closing her eyes to rest a minute, and Kara brushed the hair out of her face.  “I love you so much, Alex. I'm so proud to call you mine. I’m so happy that you’re the mother of my children, and even happier that you’re giving me another one.  You make me so happy. I couldn’t even be happy on this planet without you. You’re my home, my compass, my everything.”

The agent hugged her leg in response.  They just rested there together until Alex felt the nausea pass for the moment.  “I still don’t feel great, but I think I’m OK for now.”

“Thank Rao,” Kara sighed.  “You want to try some toast or something?”

“I probably ought to,” Alex agreed.

They went into the master bedroom, so Alex could brush her teeth, but before she could get in there, Lena was running back in to be sick again.  “Aw, honey,” Kara soothed. “My poor sweet girl. I know you hate me right now, but I love you so much, and I’m here when you want me.”

“Lena doesn’t hate you,” Alex mumbled around her toothbrush.  “Do you, baby?”

Lena shook her head, but she didn’t dare speak, lest her stomach be upset by it.

Kara peeked in at Maggie.  She was just laying on the bed, not sleeping, but not awake either.  “Hi, honey bunny,” she kissed the detective on the forehead. “You OK?”

Maggie nodded sleepily and held her arms out for cuddles.

Kara chuckled and curled up next to her, tugging her into her arms and holding her against her chest.  “My good girl,” she cooed. “I love you so much, Maggie.” She scratched the detective’s head affectionately, feeling her nuzzle closer.  It warmed Kara’s heart to a burning, protective flame, and she kissed Maggie’s forehead over and over again. “My beautiful girl.”

“Aww,” Alex grinned when she came in and saw them.  “You guys are so cute!” She crawled across the bed and laid herself against Maggie’s back, sandwiching her between the two Danvers.  Loving the smell of her, Alex nuzzled into the detective’s hair and breathed deep. It was a very soothing aroma of coconut and Maggie’s own personal scent, and it had a very calming effect on her.

The tender moment between them was ruined a bit by the sound of Lena retching in the bathroom, but there wasn’t anything any of them could do for her, so they cuddled there for a little while longer until Kara’s stomach growled loudly again.  “Jamie is making omelets, if either of you are hungry. Or I can make you some toast or something.”

“I’m willing to try some toast,” Alex told her.

Maggie felt queasy just thinking about food.  “I think I’m just gonna lay here and rest until it’s time to go to work.”

“OK, suit yourself,” Kara and Alex got out of bed and headed for the kitchen.  Unlike Lena, Alex did not get triggered by the smell of food, thankfully. Kara made her some toast with a little butter, and Alex nibbled on it while Kara and the twins devoured their omelets.

Soon it was time for the kids to get ready for school.  Kara shooed them off to get dressed, while she loaded the dishwasher.  Alex just sat there reading the news on her phone, drinking coffee. In the master bedroom, Maggie and Lena were dozing peacefully for the time being.  

When the dishes were taken care of, Kara cuddled up to her wife and grinned, batting her eyelashes.

Alex looked up from her phone and giggled.  “You cheeseball.”

“Gimme kisses!” Kara demanded, scooping Alex into her lap and puckering up.

Alex giggled some more.  Kara’s happiness was contagious when she got like this.  It was one of the best things about the blonde, and a trait that she blessedly passed to her children.  Alex kissed her with little teasing kisses making Kara giggle back at her. Kara then started scratching Alex’s scalp making her melt into her kisses a bit more.  Slowly, their kisses grew longer and fuller.

“Aren’t you pregnant enough?” Jessie exclaimed in disgust.

“Excuse you!” Kara scoffed.

Alex laughed heartily.

Jamie covered her mouth and pointed at her sister, lest she be blamed for the comment.

“If you think pregnancy comes from kissing, we’ve got an awkward conversation coming,” Alex snickered.

“I don’t need you to tell me where babies come from.  Ew!” Jessie replied with her nose turned up. “I just wanted you to stop being gross.”

Kara put on the big pout.  “You’re mean. We love each other.  We should be able to express that however we want.”

“Not in front of your kids,” Jessie argued.

“Get out, then,” Alex said, raising her eyebrow challengingly.

“Mom!” Jessie huffed.

This time it was Kara’s turn to laugh.  “You walked right into that.”

Jessie crossed her arms over her chest and stomped away.  “I’ll be in the living room when you’re ready to leave.”

Jamie pointed after her sister.  “I’m going with her.”

When the kids were gone, Alex and Kara laughed together and kissed some more.  

“I love you, Alex,” Kara nuzzled her nose.  “I’m so excited for our new babies. Thank you for being a mother for my kids.  You’re never as beautiful to me as when you’re pregnant.”

“Um… Thanks?  I think?” Alex made a face.

Kara sputtered, “I-  I- I- I didn't mean to say that you aren't beautiful all the time!  You're so gorgeous, Alex. I completely adore you. You are a goddess among humans.”

Alex closed her eyes and soaked in the praise.  “Tell me more.”

“Well,” Kara grinned, “You’re strong and brave and smart.  So, so smart. And you’re a great mom, and a perfect wife. I couldn’t ask for better.”

Alex squeezed her and kissed her hard.  “I love you, Kara.”

“I love you too, baby girl.”  They kissed for a few more minutes until the kids called to them that they were going to be late for school.  Kara whimpered as the warm, comforting weight of Alex’s body lifted off her. “We’ll continue this later,” she insisted.

“Sounds good.”  Alex kissed her one more time.  “Have a good day, sweetheart.”

“You too.”  

XXXXXXXXXXXX

“Let’s go to Noonan’s for dinner!” Kara suggested.  “I don’t feel like cooking tonight.”

“Works for me,” Alex agreed.

Maggie nodded.  “OK.”

“Yeah!” cheered the twins.

“I guess we’re going to Noonan’s,” Lena concluded.

The family piled into their cars and headed to the restaurant.  When they got there, Amy was in the lobby, and she grinned when she saw them.

“Hi, Kara!  Hi, guys!” she waved.

“Hi, Amy!” they all greeted her warmly.

“Hey, I’ve got some new specials that you guys are gonna love!” she told them excitedly.  

“Ooh!” the twins drooled at the prospect.

“Sweet!” added Kara.

“How have you been?” Amy asked Kara.

“Great!” the Kryptonian responded.  “Everything’s fantastic.”

“Well, that’s good to hear!” Amy smiled sweetly, turning to Alex and telling her, “You know, I didn’t know how much Kara made my days better until she stopped coming there for a while.  I was heartbroken.”

“Aw, well, she does have that effect on people,” Alex chuckled.

“Yeah, and now that I have my job back, we can see each other again,” Kara said gladly.

“I wish I could come in here in the mornings, but the precinct is the opposite direction,” Maggie explained.

“Ah, I see,” Amy nodded.  “It looks like they’ve got a table put together for you now.  You kids want some mozzarella sticks on me?”

“Yeah!” they cheered.  “Thanks!”

“You don’t have to do that,” Kara told her.

“Oh, it’s nothing, don’t worry about it.  Go on and sit down, and I’ll come back and see you in a bit.  I have to check on the kitchen.”

“OK!” Kara beamed at her.

Alex smirked as Amy walked away.  “Kara, I dare say that woman is a little bit in love with you.”

“What?” Kara frowned.  “No, she’s just really nice.”

“That may be,” Lena jumped in, “But one does not negate the other.”

“Well, I’m not taking any more partners,” Kara said firmly.  “My hands are full. And happily so.”

“Good,” said Maggie, “We won’t have to kill you then.”

“Gee thanks,” Kara grumbled.

They all took their seats at the table and the server came for their drink orders.

“Mom, can we have soda with dinner?”

“No,” Alex shut them down.  “You’re already getting free mozzarella sticks.  Don’t push your luck.”

“Please, we’ve been good!” Jessie begged.

“No, you’re already hyper enough, and Jamie is on punishment.  No soda.” She turned to the server, “They get water.”

“Dang it,” Jessie complained.

A few minutes later, Amy came out with a basket of mozzarella sticks for the kids.  

“Awesome!  Thank you so much!” Jamie said.

“You’re so cool!” Jessie added.

“Aww,” Amy cooed.  “Your kids are so sweet!  What are your names again?”

“I’m Jessie.”

“I’m Jamie.”

“Jessie, Jamie,” she shook their hands.  “It’s a pleasure. So what do you kids like to do?”

“Uh, we like to dance and read and play chess and fight and-”

“Fight?” Amy frowned.  “What do you mean you like to fight?”

“We’re putting them through defense training,” Alex explained.

“Ah, I see,” Amy said.  “So you girls like that kinda thing, huh?”

“Yeah, you should see these guys fight, though,” Jessie said pointing her thumb at the adults.  “They’re amazing, especially Mom and Lena. Lena knows Krav Maga, and Mom’s a total military badass.  And Mama and Maggie are really good too.”

Amy raised her eyebrow, “Cool!  They didn’t dare teach me how to fight when I was a kid.  I would have killed someone.” She shared a knowing look with Maggie, who was the only one who knew about her metahuman status.  “My sister and I did the highwire and the trapeze with my mom. That was always pretty fun.”

“Like, in the circus?” Jamie checked.

“Yep,” Amy confirmed.  “I was in the circus until I turned 18 and wanted to go to college.”

“That’s so cool!” Jamie said excitedly.

“What did you go to college for?” Lena inquired.

“Well, first I got my MBA, but that turned out to be really boring, so then I went for hotel and restaurant management and took a bunch of cooking classes.  That was much more fun, and here we are.”

“Well, you’re doing a great job,” Kara told her.  “Everything here is my favorite.”

“Me too!” Jessie added.  “Especially the curly fries!  They’re the best!”

“Yeah!” Jamie agreed.

Amy grinned.  “Thanks! I’m glad you approve.”

“So, are you seeing anyone new?” Maggie inquired.

“No,” Amy chuckled.  “No, I’m not really the commitment type, you know?  My last breakup just really reinforced that, I’m sorry to say.”

“I understand how it could do that,” Maggie acknowledged.  “So what do you do when you’re not here?”

“Drink?  Sleep? That’s pretty much it.  I live here basically. This restaurant is my baby.  I get up, come in, work until I’m tired, then go home and sleep and get ready to do it all over again.  If you ever need to find me, I’ll be here.”

“Do you do any catering?” Lena asked.

Amy nodded, “Yep, I have a whole catering menu.  I can grab one, or you can go online.”

Lena smiled, “Wonderful.  My employees love it when I feed them.  They’ll be happy for something new, I think.”

“Alright, well, if you’re looking for a really big order, you might want to plan ahead a few days,” Amy told her.

Kara’s eyes nearly bugged out of her head as she had an idea.  “Ooh! How would you feel about catering our little wedding party on Saturday?”

“Oh, um, how many people?”

Kara counted in her head, counting herself, her daughters, and Mon-El as three a piece, which triggered a realization that she had yet to invite her cousin to the wedding!  He was another five, all by himself! “Um, about twenty-five to thirty?” she said, just to be on the safe side.

“Oh, that’s easy!  That would be fun! Who’s getting married?”

“All four of us,” Kara answered vaguely.

Amy frowned in confusion.  “How does that work, exactly?”

“Oh!” Kara realized what she said.  “Well, it’s going to be, like, a double wedding.”

“I thought you two were already married,” Amy pointed at Kara and Alex.

“Not technically,” Alex replied.

“Oh.  OK. Well, just email me in the morning, and we’ll get everything set up for you.”

“Excellent!” Kara cheered.  “I was just going to order a bunch of pizzas, but this is way better.”

“Agreed,” said Lena and Maggie.

“I’ll say!” Amy concurred.  “Pizza is so informal. You won’t regret this, I promise.”

“I know we won’t,” Kara beamed.

“Congratulations, by the way,” Amy added.

“Thanks,” said Kara.  “We’re really excited, aren’t we girls?”

“Yes!” the twins agreed wholeheartedly.

“Aww, that’s so cute,” Amy cooed.  “Well, I’m glad you stopped by today.  I hope you’ll try my new specials. I’m pretty proud of them.”

“OK,” everyone said obediently.

“Anyway, I’ve gotta make some more rounds, OK?  I’ll talk to you guys again before you leave.” Amy waved at them all and made her way to other tables to check on people.

“She’s so nice,” Jamie observed.  “And I like her hair. It’s cool.”  Then she whispered, “And she has tons of awesome tattoos under her clothes!”

“Jamie!” Lena chastised.  “That’s rude. Don’t look at people like that.”

“I can’t help it!” she whined.  “My glasses only block out so much, and I still can’t control it all the time.”

“Well, you need to learn to respect people’s privacy.”

“Sounds like someone wants to write a new essay,” Alex threatened.

“Mom, no!” the young blonde whined.  “I can’t help it!”

Alex kept her brow raised intimidatingly.

“I swear!”

Kara put a hand on Alex’s leg.  “Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt this time, hmm?”

Maggie huffed, “Really?  You think going easy on her is the way to go?”

“I don’t think she should be punished for something she can’t control,” Kara pointed out.

“She can control her mouth from telling people’s secrets, can’t she?” Maggie retorted.

“Maggie!”

“Kara!”

“Speaking of privacy, can we argue about this at home?” Lena stopped them.

Kara sighed, “Sorry.”

Maggie scowled.

Jamie just sat there pouting through the rest of dinner.  She hated that Maggie was so against her now, but she knew she only had herself to blame, so she kept her complaints to herself.  She would earn back Maggie’s trust somehow. She didn’t know how but she was determined. She would find a way.

Kara tried to figure out a way to lift the mood of the table again.  With Maggie pissed off, it was hard. The detective was the funny one and the one that usually picked people’s spirits up with a well-placed joke or a funny antic.  Kara was just the nice one, and she had a bit harder time because she wasn’t exactly funny per se. Eventually, though, she succeeded, even getting Maggie to ease up a little.  By the time they were done eating, everyone was smiling again, thank Rao.

Amy circled back around to them, “Who wants dessert?”

“Oh, me!” the kids cheered.

“I don’t think so,” Alex interjected.  “They don’t need a bunch of sugar right now.  Thanks anyway.”

“Oh, alright.  I’ll bring some lava cakes to the wedding party,” Amy insisted.  “You’ll love them.”

“Cake!” Kara nearly shouted.  “We need a cake! I can’t believe I forgot!”

“Uh-oh!” Amy chuckled.  “Yeah, you might want to get on that.  Three days isn’t a lot of notice.”

“Kara, I’m surprised at you.  Food is usually one of your top priorities,” Lena commented.

“Ugh,” Kara sighed.  “I guess I’ve been pretty scatterbrained the last couple of weeks with everything going on.  I forgot to invite Clark and Lois too! I’m going to be in so much trouble for giving them such short notice!”

“Oh, boy, this should be interesting,” Alex chuckled.  “Like two weeks wasn’t short enough.”

“I don’t envy you,” Amy shook her head with a smirk.  

“Don’t let me forget to call them when we get home,” Kara begged her family.

“We won’t” the kids assured.

“OK, well, we’ll get you out of here, so you can take care of that,” Amy grinned.

They all said their goodbyes, paid their bill and headed home.

As soon as they crossed the threshold of the penthouse, the twins were reminding their Mama to call her cousin.  She pulled out her phone, dialed his number and stepped out on the balcony, praying that it wasn’t too late for her family on the east coast.

“Hello?  Kara?” Clark answered worriedly.  “Is everything OK?”

“Yeah, no, everything’s great,” she promised.  “I just have a huge favor to ask you.”

“What is it?” he inquired.

“Well, we decided that we want to make Lena and Maggie officially Danvers, so we’re getting married on Saturday.  We really need you and Lois to be here, if you can.”

“Why are you getting married on such short notice?” he asked with concern.  “You know Jimmy and Lucy are getting married in May, right?”

Kara could hear Lois in the background, “Babe, who is calling you so late?”

Superman relayed Kara’s message to his wife.

“Who did she get pregnant this time?” Lois accused.

“Honey!” he scolded.  “That’s not nice.”

“Ask her!” Lois demanded.

Clark sighed in resignation.  “Lois wants to know who you got pregnant.”

Kara closed her eyes in frustration and didn’t answer.

“Kara?  Are you still there?”

“I’m here,” she sighed.  “Listen, it’s not my fault.  Jamie poked holes in our condoms.”

“She what?!” Lois exclaimed.  Clark must have put her on speaker.  “Why in the hell would she do that?”

The blonde pinched the bridge of her nose as she explained, “Well, Jessie has been acting out trying to trigger her powers, and Jamie got it in her head that if Jessie was distracted enough by us having a baby, she wouldn’t go trying to kill herself to get powers anymore.”

“Wow,” said Lois.

“I see,” said Clark.  “Did it work?”

“Yeah, all three of them are pregnant,” she admitted.

“Oh.  My. God,” Lois gasped.  “That’s insane!”

Clark agreed, “That’s definitely a lot.  But I meant, did it stop Jessie from acting out?”

Kara paused for a beat, “Actually, yeah.  She couldn’t be happier. Plus, Lena is having twins, so that makes her even more elated.”

“Ohmygod!  I can’t believe you’re having four babies at once!” Lois nearly shouted.

“Yeah, no kidding.  So. Wedding. Saturday evening at five pm.  Lena’s penthouse. We’re doing the ceremony and everything on the balcony.  Please, be there. And please, please, please, don’t talk about anyone being pregnant.  It’s supposed to be a secret!” she begged.

“Wow, some secret!” Lois jibed.  “When are you planning on telling people?”

Kara shrugged, even though they couldn’t see it.  “Well, Maggie doesn’t want anyone to know until it’s too late to hide it anymore.”

Clark sighed, “Alright, Kara.  We’ll keep your secret.”

“Thank you!” Kara said with relief.  “Also, I’m sorry for the late invitation.  I’ve been so focused on the babies that I haven’t been thinking clearly lately.  I hope you’ll forgive me.”

“It’s OK, Kara.  We’ll be there,” Lois promised.

“Thank you!  I love you guys!”

“We love you too, Kara,” Clark replied.

“Bye,” they said at the same time and hung up the phone.

“Whew!” Kara sighed with relief.  She set a couple reminders on her phone to email Amy in the morning and to find a place that would make them a cake for Saturday.  Putting this kind of a rush on it was going to make it very pricey, and she cringed internally just thinking about it. When she was finished, she went back inside to be with her family.

“I won’t do it again, I promise!” Jamie whimpered.

“How do we know that?” Maggie asked bitterly.  “You’ve shown complete and utter disregard for people’s privacy over and over again.  The whole world can’t be covered in lead just because you can’t keep your eyes to yourself.  We have to be able to trust you, and we just can’t right now.”

Jamie started crying, “You can!  I promise you can! I love you, Maggie.  Please!”

“I love you too, Jamie,” Maggie fought off her own angry tears, “But that fact does not excuse what you’ve done, nor does it make you trustworthy.  I’m sorry, but I just have a hard time believing you right now. I’d like to know that you know that privacy is important and why.  It’s not a game. It’s serious business.”

“I do know!  I can’t help it sometimes!  Please believe me!”

“I’ll believe that you know when I see the essay.”

Jamie whimpered.

“I thought we talked about this,” Kara interrupted.  “It was just an accident.”

“No,” Maggie disagreed, “We did not talk about this.  We’re not going to talk about this. It’s not up for negotiation.  I want Jamie to write an essay about why privacy is important. Or have you already forgotten that it’s her fault that we’re all pregnant at once?  Because she violated our privacy and our personal space. And it’s one thing to ‘accidentally’ see that someone has tattoos, but it’s a whole other thing to actually look, which she clearly did.  She’s not getting it. She can’t just go around doing whatever she wants just because she can.”

Kara sighed.  She wasn’t going to argue with Maggie.  It wouldn’t hurt Jamie to write the essay, and maybe it would actually do her some good.  Maybe it would help her prove herself to the detective again. She felt bad for her daughter, but the girl did need to learn the importance of privacy.  Just because they could see things others couldn’t, didn’t mean they should. Alex taught her that when she first came to Earth, and Kara learned the lesson to please her crush.  Jamie didn’t have that luxury. She had to learn the hard way. “Jamie, I think you should do what Maggie wants you to do.”

Jamie wailed mournfully and trudged away into her bedroom.

Everyone waited with bated breath to see what Maggie was going to do next before they did anything.  She flopped down on the couch and sighed. “Why do I feel like the bad guy right now?”

Alex gave her a look of understanding, “That’s part of being a parent, I’m afraid.”  She sat down next to Maggie and threaded her fingers through the detective’s hair. “It’s OK.  Everything will be OK.”

Lena sat down on Maggie’s other side and just leaned against her for moral support.  She had yet to say anything during this exchange. She laced her fingers together with the Latina’s and just held her.

“Jessie, go help your sister,” Kara said softly.

Jessie rolled her eyes and groaned.  “Fine.”

When Jessie was gone, Kara knelt at Maggie’s feet.  “I’m sorry, my love. Don’t let this get you down. I know it’s hard when the kids cry, but it’s not the end of the world.  Kids cry. It happens. You don’t have to feel guilty. It’s not like you’re being abusive. We make the kids write essays all the time.  Once we had to make Jessie write an essay about why she had to tie her shoe laces. You’d have thought we were murdering her from the way she cried.  It’ll be fine. You’ll see. This is just practice for later.”

Maggie still looked sad.  

“What can we do for you, my love?” Kara begged.

“You’re already doing it,” she acknowledged.

“OK, sweetheart,”  Kara pulled back a bit and took Maggie’s shoes off to rub her feet.  One of the detective’s biggest work complaints was that her shoes hurt her feet.  Kara had no phobias or negative feelings towards feet, and actually, since it was basically cuddling, she loved giving massages of any kind.  The four of them sat there cuddling for a while until Alex had to pee and also had to get the kids into the shower for bedtime. Then Lena snuck off to her office to get some work done, so Kara scooped Maggie up and took her to the bedroom for more snuggling and massaging.  The detective soaked up the attention, and by the time Kara was done with her, she had a smile on her face again. “There’s my girl,” Kara cooed with a smooch. “I love you so much!” She attacked Maggie's face with kisses, making her laugh.

When the kids came in to say goodnight, Jamie’s head hung low, and her voice was sad.

“I’m sorry, Maggie.  I love you,” she muttered.  Maggie pulled her into a hug, and Jamie started bawling.  “I love you so much, Maggie. Please don’t hate me!”

“Hey!” Maggie interjected.  “I do not hate you. Don’t say that.”

Jamie squeezed her a little harder.

“Ease up, kiddo.  Human strength.”

“Sorry!” Jamie yelped, letting go of her.  “You promise you don’t hate me?”

“I promise,” Maggie confirmed.

“Thank Rao,” the young blonde breathed a sigh of relief.  “I would do anything for you, Maggie. I swear.”

“Me too,” Jessie said, not to be left out.

“Thanks guys.  What I want you to do right now is give hugs and kisses and go to bed without a fight.  We’ve got a big weekend coming up, and you girls need to be on your best behavior.”

“We will,” the girls swore.

“OK, goodnight, then.”

“Goodnight!”  They gave their hugs and kisses to Kara and Maggie and obediently went to bed for once.

Once the kids were gone, Maggie grabbed Kara’s hand, put it on her thigh, and whispered in her ear, “You missed a spot.”