57. Game Night*

As soon as the Danvers got home from the DEO, Kara was checking Alex’s baby for the hundredth time.  It seemed OK, but it was hard to tell. It was too early for a heartbeat, so all she could go on was that the baby still seemed to be securely attached to the uterine wall, not going anywhere, so she called it a win.  

They all piled onto the couch and snuggled, taking turns over who got to hold Alex, and there were lots of tears and 'I love you's.'  They didn't bother turning the TV on or playing any games. No one wanted to leave Alex's side. They stayed there until the kids fell asleep, then Kara carried them both to bed. 

When she returned to the living room, Maggie and Alex were kissing desperately.   She just stood there watching them for the longest time.

"I need to kiss her too," Lena whimpered after a while. 

The detective reluctantly pulled away and let Lena have a turn.  Lena and Alex kissed just as desperately.  

"I love you so much, Alex, " Lena husked between kisses.  "I'm so thankful that you came back to us."

Kara finally made herself known, "I think we should go to the bedroom now."

Alex nodded, "Let's go."  She grabbed both Lena's and Maggie's hands and pulled them hurriedly, while Kara followed close behind. 

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"We're going to fuck you into oblivion," Maggie growled.  She roughly took Alex's clothes off, then quickly shed her own.  Kara and Lena followed suit. Now that they were all fully naked, they piled onto the bed, kissing Alex everywhere they could reach. 

When Kara could smell that the redhead was nice and worked up, she sat against the headboard and pulled Alex into her lap, facing the other two.  

"Get in there, Maggie," Kara instructed, pulling the agent's knees apart.

The detective didn't need to be told twice.  She crawled in between Alex's legs and kissed a line up both of her thighs before dipping her tongue inside.  

Alex whimpered at the touch.

“Yeah, that’s it,” Kara encouraged, splaying the redhead open so she could watch.  

Not to be left out, Lena scooted up next to Alex and captured her by the lips, kissing her thoroughly.

Maggie took her time, moving slowly, delicately, as though her wife might break.  Alex didn’t mind. She relaxed into the feeling of being safely surrounded by all three of her wives, just enjoying the sensations from all sides.  As confident as she was that they would come rescue her, she was still terrified and lonely throughout the whole ordeal. She needed this connection. She needed some TLC, and that’s exactly what she was getting.

Behind her, Kara was kissing every inch of her neck and shoulders, and her hands gently caressed Alex’s breasts.  In between each kiss, Kara poured out a litany of praises in both English and Kryptonese. “Such a good girl. My sweet baby.  I love you so much.  You’re everything to me.   How did we get so lucky to have you?  Hmm? Good girl. ”

Lena was still kissing her, letting her hands wander wherever they could reach.  The more her wives touched her, the more Alex felt like the previous three days were being washed away, and she threaded her fingers through Maggie’s hair and encouraged her to go harder.  The detective obeyed, increasing her speed and adding a bit of pressure.

“Oh, yes, Maggie, you feel so good,” Alex sighed.  She leaned her head back onto Kara's shoulder, and Lena grasped Kara's hand out of the way to wrap her lips around Alex's nipple. The redhead could feel her wife's hardened cock pressing into her back, so she grinded back into it.  She wasn't quite ready for taking it inside yet, she was enjoying Maggie’s skillful tongue for the moment. With all the attention she was getting, she was already close to coming. Only a few more minutes took her over the edge, and she swore in Kryptonese as she tumbled into her orgasm.  “Oh, Rao, yes!  You feel so good, Maggie!”

“Good girl!” Kara cooed in her ear.  “My sweet baby girl.” 

Maggie pulled back and wiped her face with her hand, then Lena pulled Maggie in and kissed her deeply to get a taste.  Her wives stroked Alex's nude body as she returned to herself. She was sure Kara had thoroughly marked her neck by now, but she didn't care.  She just enjoyed the attention. It wasn't long before she was ready for more. "Kara, I need you," she husked. 

The Kryptonian quickly rearranged their legs and leaned Alex forward to slip inside her.  Thanks to Maggie, Alex was soaking, so she slid in easily. 

"Yes!" Alex hissed. 

Maggie and Lena seemed determined to kiss every inch of Alex’s body as Kara moved smoothly inside her.  Every touch both soothed her and worked her up. After a while, Lena lowered her hand down to Alex’s clit and stroked her slowly.  The redhead grinded down into both Lena’s hand and Kara’s dick, holding onto Lena for leverage.

“Oh, my sexy girl,” Kara growled.

Maggie was not to be left out.  She toyed with Alex’s bouncing breasts, gently caressing her fingers over pert nipples and joined Kara’s praising.  “You’re so beautiful, Alex. I’m so proud of you. You did so good. You’re so beautiful and brilliant and everything we could ever ask for.  Thank you so much for holding on for us. For believing in us. We love you so much, baby.”

“I love you all so much too,” Alex panted.  “Oh, yes, Lena! Just like that! Oh, my god, yes!”  She came hard, screaming loudly and holding onto Lena for dear life.  “Shit! I need a minute,” she said, crawling off of Kara’s lap and flopping down on the bed.  “Fuck one of them next.”

Maggie stretched out beside her wife and stroked her back as she rested.  “Go ahead, Lena.”

Kara tugged Lena into her lap and started kissing her.

“Thank you both for saving our girl,” Lena mumbled between kisses.  “I don't want to know what it’s like to live without her.”

“Me either,” Maggie agreed.

“Tell me about it,” Kara replied.  She pulled Lena close and kissed her until they were breathless.

“I’m ready, Kara,” Lena told her, grinding against her cock.

“Yeah, let me in there.”   Kara lifted Lena’s hips and gently eased herself inside, causing Lena to hum in pleasure.

Beside them, Alex and Maggie were kissing languidly, and whispering to one another.  Their hands never stopped moving over each other’s bodies, caressing everywhere they could reach.  

Kara let Lena ride her cock, holding onto her hips and sucking Lena’s breasts into her mouth.  

“Oh, fuck, Kara!” the brunette cried out.  “God, yes!” She clung to Kara’s head and gyrated harder, riding Kara with gusto.

Alex crawled on top of Maggie.  “Have I told you how grateful I am for you?  I’m so in love with you Maggie, and you just keep heaping on reasons for me to love you more.  I don’t know what I’d do without you. Thank you for coming to rescue me. Thank you for helping Kara think reasonably.  Thank you for being there for our girls.  Thank you for everything.”

“Thank you for holding on for us,” Maggie replied tearfully.  “I couldn’t be more proud of you.”

Alex kissed a beeline down the detective’s body, spending a bit of time on each breast before moving along.  “You’re so perfect, Maggie. I love you so much.”

“I love you too, Alex,” Maggie answered, stroking Alex's hair affectionately.

The redhead took that as her cue to dive on in.  She gave her wife’s pussy a few cursory licks before focusing on her clit.  Maggie was plenty wet, and Alex took full advantage of that fact, using her tongue to draw the liquid up and around her clit to sustain a much more vigorous approach.

“Oh, fuck, Alex, yes!” Maggie cried out, bucking her hips into her wife’s face.

Both Kara and Lena were immensely turned on by the sounds Maggie and Alex were making.  They rocked together a little harder, making plenty of their own noises, and having the same effect on the other two.  When Lena finally came, so did Kara and Maggie. They all took a minute to recover, panting and kissing and catching their breaths.

“Who’s next?” Kara wanted to know.

Alex nudged Maggie.  “Go on.”

Kara held her arms out and wiggled her fingers at the detective until she crawled into her lap.  The Kryptonian choked up a little, fighting tears in her eyes as her emotions overcame her. “Oh, Maggie, I love you so much, baby.  I love you so much. Thank you for helping me get our girl home. Thank you for being the voice of reason in my ear. Thank you for just being you.  You’re so smart and brave and so, so loving. I don’t know what I would do without you. I don’t know what I would have done without you holding my hand all week.  I would have been even more lost than I was.”

Maggie shushed her and followed it up with a kiss.  “I love you too, Kara. We’re a team. That’s what a team does for each other.  I think we make a pretty good team, the six of us.”

“Yeah,” Kara smiled through her tears.  “I think so too.”

While the detective and the reporter were at it, Lena took the opportunity to eat Alex out.  By the time they were finished, Alex was ready for one more round. She let Kara take her missionary style, while Lena and Maggie tended to one another.  Alex begged to be knotted at the end. It was infinitely soothing to know that she and Kara couldn’t be parted when they were tied together. The feeling of security washed over her, and she finally felt truly relaxed for the time being.

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A couple hours later, after the lovemaking was over, Kara suggested they all take a shower together before going to sleep.  Maggie and Lena went in first, with Alex stepping in right behind them. As soon as the redhead crossed into the shower area, she froze.

“Nope!” Alex practically yelled, backing out of the little boxed-in area as quickly as she could.  “No, no, no, hell no. Fuck no. No, no no.”

Kara grabbed hold of her, “It’s OK, baby.  It’s OK.”

“I can’t get in there, Kara, I just can’t,” the agent whimpered.

The blonde rocked her.  “What if we leave the shower door open?  Hmm?”

Alex quickly shook her head.  “It’s too much like the cell I was kept in.”

Maggie, Lena and Kara looked at each other in dismay.

“OK, how about we just wash you down out here, OK?” Kara suggested.

“OK,” Alex replied meekly.  “I can probably shower at the DEO later.  Those showers are all open.

“Whatever you need to do, baby girl,” Kara encouraged.  “Just sit here by the sink, and I’ll get you cleaned up.”  Kara grabbed a wash cloth and ran it under the warm tap water, then gently wiped her partner clean of sweat and sex, while Lena and Maggie cleaned up in the shower.

“There you go, baby girl,” Kara kissed her wife tenderly on the forehead.

“Thanks, Kara.”

“You wanna help me change the sheets?” Kara asked.

Alex nodded.  “Sure, Angel.”  

They cleaned up the bed, then Kara used her super speed to wash up and put the dirty sheets in the washer. 

“I don’t think I can sleep in the middle tonight,” Alex informed them.

Maggie raised her hand in the air, “I call dibs on sleeping next to Alex!”

Kara and Lena pouted, but they piled into the bed all the same, cuddling close to one another.  They kissed each other goodnight and layed down. It took them all quite a while to fall asleep that night, but eventually they all succumbed to emotional exhaustion and passed out shortly after 2am.

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The next morning, Alex woke up with morning sickness right alongside the other two.  As much as Kara hated the suffering, she was glad. It was a good sign that the baby was still OK.  Again, she checked on it with her x-ray vision, and it looked good. She wished she knew the baby’s gender, so she could stop calling it “it,” but it wasn’t big enough for that yet.

They were all six sitting at the kitchen table when a thought occurred to Kara.  “Should we cancel game night tonight?” she wondered to Alex.

“Why?” the agent frowned.

Kara shrugged.  “I just didn’t know if you’d be feeling up for it.”

“It’ll be fine.  Don’t worry.” Alex sipped on her breakfast smoothie and tried to read the news on her phone.

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure, Kara.”

“OK, but can I at least drop you off at the DEO, so I know you’re not alone?  You may not be paranoid, but I am.”

“Sure.”

“OK, I’ll drop the kids off at school and then come back for you.  Maggie should be here until I get back.”

“Yep,” Maggie confirmed.

“Oh!” Lena exclaimed.  “Before you go, I wanted to ask you guys if I can invite someone to game night tonight.  She’s a potential work partner and an alien. I thought she might enjoy some company.”

“Sounds great, Lena, just keep in mind that we were gonna announce the pregnancies tonight,” Kara reminded her.

“OK, I’ll talk to her and see how she feels about it,” Lena smiled.  “If she comes, I’ll just send her away early.”

“Alrighty.  Are you kids ready to go?”

The twins pouted and looked longingly at their mother.

“I’ll be OK, you guys.  I’ll pick you up from school just like always.  You already missed most of the week of school, you at least need to go in to pick up your makeup homework,” Alex told them.

The twins pouted and gave her extra big hugs before they had to leave.

“I love you so much, Mom,” Jessie said, noisily kissing her cheek.

“Me too, I love you too, Mom,” Jamie added, sloppily kissing her other cheek.

“I love you both, now go to school,” Alex replied gently.  She had half a mind to bring them back to the DEO with her just for her own comfort, but she knew she shouldn’t do that.  They needed to get back to their regular schedule. School didn’t get out for another couple of months, and she wanted the kids to finish seventh grade before pulling them out.

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Alex took a deep breath and stared at the showers in the DEO locker room.  It was shift change, so the showers were busy, and the sound of all the rushing water was freaking her out.  She needed to clean up, though. Her hair was getting all oily, and her pits were starting to stink. The only thing that soothed her in the moment was that she was surrounded by soldiers and agents that she knew would defend her if need be.  Finally, with ragged breaths, she forced herself into the water and let it flow over her. The fact that the water was warm and clean instead of cold and filthy soothed her a bit. The water in the tank had been freezing cold, and after three days of being in there with no where else to use for bathroom needs, it was disgusting.  Luckily, the nurses at the DEO had cleaned her up when she arrived, but now it was a day and a half later, and she needed to wash up again.

She did a quick wash.  She didn’t want to be under the water that long.  She closed her eyes for just a minute to let the water run over her face, but that turned out to be a bad idea.  As soon as she closed her eyes, she was back in that tank, warm water or no. She gasped and reoriented herself, purposely slowing her breathing.  She was at the DEO. She was safe. She just needed to wash her hair, and she could get the hell out of there. She did so quickly, thanking Rao that she didn’t have long hair anymore, so it was a lot quicker these days than it used to be.  Now fully cleaned, she grabbed her towel and dried herself roughly. The feeling of being wet seemed to cling to her skin, and she scrubbed herself raw to get rid of it.

Finally, the whole ordeal was over, and she could get dressed.  Her uniform felt like a warm, comfy blanket, and she let it lull her into a temporary contentment.  Now, she could just lose herself in her lab work and everything would be OK.

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“Thanks for looking out for me this week, Chief,” Maggie told her boss.  “I don’t know what I would have done if I had to work while Alex was missing.  I was losing my fucking mind.”

“Absolutely, Danvers,” Chief Williams replied.  “I only wish I could have got my hands on that bastard before the Feds took him away.”

“Well, I’m glad you didn’t have a chance to lose your job,” Maggie chuckled, shaking her head.  “Although, you would have been proud of seeing her punch him square in the nose.”

The Chief grinned.  “Yeah, I would have loved to see that.”

“Also, I had a bit of a discussion with Supergirl about the ‘Supergirl defense’ that’s been popping up.  She agreed to sit down and talk to me more about it.”

“Excellent.  Good work, detective.”

“Thank you, sir.”

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“Agent Danvers, how are you feeling?” J’onn asked as soon as he walked in the door to the lab.

“I’m fine,” she lied.  She wasn’t fine. Her heart was still pounding, and she was still shaking a little from the shower, but she refused to let him see that.  Safe as she felt at the DEO, it had shaken her to know that someone so innocuous from her life could do what he did to her. Everyone she met was now a potential threat, and it was making her paranoid.

“Come on, Alex, I don’t have to read your mind to know that’s not true.”

The agent frowned.  “Really, J’onn, I’m OK.”

The director crossed his arms and just stared at her.  

She groaned.  “Fine! I’m not fine.  I feel like everyone is watching me, and everyone that’s watching me is planning something nefarious against me.  This guy stalked us for a year, and we didn’t even know it. Who else is out there waiting to hurt me?”

J’onn pulled her into a hug.  “No one, I hope. I’m sorry you’re feeling that way, Alex.  I’m upset as well. I took you out of the field to keep anything from happening to you or your baby, and you still managed to get into trouble.  Do I need to wrap you in bubble wrap?”

Begrudgingly, Alex chuckled.  “I don’t think so.”

“Do you want a few agents for a security team?” he offered, letting her go to look in her eyes.

“No, I don’t think that would help me feel safer,” she shook her head.  “It’d just be people actually watching me, and that would really make me paranoid.”

“How about you talk to the team psychiatrist a few times?” he suggested.

She scrunched up her nose, “J’onn, I’m not crazy!”

“Neither are any of the other agents who see him,” J’onn pointed out.  “Just people who’ve been through traumatic experiences.”

“I don't need medication.”

“Then don’t take any.  Dr. Harris is just there for people to talk to.”

“I have plenty of people to talk to.”

“Yes, if you choose to do so instead of telling everyone you’re fine.”

Alex huffed.  “OK, I get your point.  I’ll think about it.”

“Good.”

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Lena strolled into her office much more relaxed than the previous few days.  Alex was OK, and her baby seemed to be OK too. As afraid of the chaos as they were from having four babies, the thought of losing any of them was simply monstrous.  Now that they knew they existed, they had all had time to bond with the idea of them. There was no way they wanted anything less than what they were expecting.

She took a deep breath to steel herself for the phone call she was about to make.  “Hello, Rhea. I have a small proposition for you.”

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On her lunch break, Kara flew over to the DEO to check on Alex.  She made her way into the labs and let herself in. “Hi, baby girl,” she cooed, giving her wife a few kisses.

“Hey, Angel.”  She pulled Kara into a big hug and just held on for a minute.

The blonde was happy to oblige.  “How are you holding up, sweetheart?”

Alex remembered what J’onn said about telling everyone she was fine.  “I’m… hanging in there, I guess. I’m still pretty paranoid, though.”

“I suppose that’s to be expected,” Kara replied, stroking Alex’s hair.  “Is there anything I can do to help?”

“You’re already doing it.”  They held onto one another for a while longer, and Alex took the time to just breathe Kara in.

“I love you so much, Alex.”

“I love you too, Kara.”

“So what are you working on?”

Alex waved her hand over some strange alien devices, “Just cataloguing some stuff.  Nothing major. Winn has been helping. I think he’s afraid I might disappear again.”

“He loves you too, baby girl.  You are so, so loved. You know it?”

“I’m glad.”

“Are you hungry?”

Alex pursed her lips in thought.  “I’m not sure. I don’t feel sick right now, but I don’t know how food is going to affect that.”

“You wanna go get a smoothie with me?”

“Sure, Angel.”

Alex stayed close during their outing, squeezing Kara’s hand tightly any time someone got too close to her, and cuddling up under her arm while they were at the café.  Kara encouraged her by holding her wife tightly and pressing little kisses to her temple every few minutes. By the time they got back to the DEO, Kara was reluctant to leave Alex behind.  She could still smell quite a bit of fear chemicals.

“Do you want me to stay with you?” she checked.

Alex looked conflicted for a moment.  “No. I’m safe here. As much as I would love to sit around and cuddle with you all day, I do have things to do.”

“Alright, if you’re sure.”

The agent nodded.

“OK, I think I have enough time to stop and get a couple of pizzas before I go back to work, so I’m gonna go.  I love you, baby girl.”

“Kara!  Don’t call me that at work!”

The reporter giggled and kissed her wife goodbye.

“Love you, Angel,” she winked.

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That afternoon, Alex left work to go and pick up her kids from school.  As soon as they piled into the van, they were giving her hugs and kisses and I love you’s.  She could tell they hadn’t slept much that week because they both had dark circles under their eyes.  Poor things! “How was your day?” she asked them.

The kids both sighed, and Jessie answered for them, “It was hard to concentrate on anything.  All we could think about was if you were still safe or not.”

“I’m OK, babies,” she assured them.  “Just a little worn out, that’s all. Are you ready to go get snacks for game night?”

“Yeah,” the twins answered.  “Can we get some ice cream?” Jamie asked.

“We sure can,” Alex nodded.  She probably would give them just about anything today.

The girls finally smiled.  “Yay! Thank you!”

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By six-thirty, the Danvers gang was home getting ready for game night.  Alex felt a lot safer at home than she did being out, so she was able to relax a little.  She was actually looking forward to their friends coming over, especially since they were finally going to announce their pregnancies.  By now, she was tired of keeping it a secret.

Lucy showed up first, lugging a bag of tempting liquor.  She fawned over Alex, giving her extra hugs. “I’m so glad you’re OK, Alex.  I don’t want to imagine life without my best agent and friend.”

“And you don’t have to,” Alex responded.

“I really wish you could have a drink.  I would love to get wasted with you tonight.”

“You can have a few drinks for me and Maggie, OK?”

Lucy chuckled.  “You got it.” She started helping put out snacks and plates and things, and asking the twins how they were doing, besides the obvious.

The kids talked a little about school and how they were educating Maggie and Lena on new Disney movies.  Then they told her about their day with Amy and how much fun they’d had.

“That sounds great,” she told them.  “I’m glad you had fun, and I’m glad you convinced her to come hang out with us.  I really like that chick.”

Next came Winn and Lyra, loaded down with pizzas.  “Hello!” they greeted everyone with hugs, and gave Alex more well wishes.

“Thanks, you guys, I’m glad you could make it,” Alex smiled.  

Winn patted her arm.  “We’re glad you were feeling up to this.  We really wanted to spend time with you. Well, I mean I know we spent most of the day together, but Lyra didn’t.”

“Yeah,” Lyra piped up, “I very much enjoy our time together.”

“Aww,” Kara cooed.  “See? I told you you were very loved!”

Next came Douglas with sodas.  He bear hugged Alex, lifting her off the floor with his towering height.

“Hey!  Put me down!” she chuckled.

“Sorry,” he told her with a wink.  “I couldn’t help myself.”

Mon-El and Eve came next, giving Alex even more hugs and a bouquet of flowers.

“You guys didn’t have to do that, but thank you,” Alex told them graciously.  “I appreciate it.” She put the flowers in the crystal vase that the Williams had given them and put them in the middle of the kitchen table.

“A-a-a-a-and Eve made more cheesecake!” Mon-El sang and gave a little flourish as he handed over two covered plates.

“Yes!” the twins cheered.

“Oh, sweet!” Kara clapped.  “Thank you, Eve!”

“Anything for my favorite people!” Eve chirped.

Everyone started getting into the food while they waited for the rest of the gang to show up.  Around seven, James and J’onn came in one after the other with more food. They both gave hugs all around, squeezing Alex as long and tightly as they dared.

Five more minutes brought Amy to the party, carrying a bag of goodies that smelled amazing.  She opened the bag to reveal boxes of curly fries, mozzarella sticks, and sticky buns from her restaurant.

“Wow, do you know this family or what?” Winn commented with a chuckle.

Amy made her rounds for hugs, and Kara introduced her to the people she hadn’t met yet.

Last, but not Least, at ten after seven, Sam and Ruby appeared, bearing what looked like homemade chocolate chip cookies.

“Ruby!” the twins greeted their friend.  “Did you guys make these cookies?” Jessie asked, opening the container and inhaling deeply.  “Oh my god, yes!”

“Ruby made them all by herself,” Sam answered for her.

“You like to bake?” Jessie asked excitedly.

“Yeah,” Ruby nodded.  “It’s one of my favorite things.”

“Us too!” Jessie informed her with a grin.

“Cool makeup,” Ruby told Lyra.  “Are you in a movie or something?”

Lyra pointedly did not get angry.  She smiled sweetly and shook her head.  “No, darling, I’m an alien. It’s just how I look.”

“Cool!” Ruby exclaimed.  “What’s your planet called?”

“It was called Starhaven,” Lyra replied without too much sadness.  “It’s no longer there, I’m afraid.”

“Aww,” Ruby said sadly.

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” Sam added.  “That must be hard beyond belief.”

Lyra nodded.  “I’ve had time to adjust.  Thank you.”

“Lena, where’s your new friend?” Kara wanted to know.

The CEO checked her phone.  “I’m not sure. I told her seven o’clock.  I’ll text her.” A few seconds later, she announced, “She’s on her way.”

“OK, let’s go pick out our games for the night!” Kara suggested.  

Everyone made their way to the living room with plates piled high.  Their method for picking games was for everyone to write down which game they wanted to play on a piece of paper, then putting them in a jar and picking one at random until all the games were played or the night was over.  She tore up a few strips of paper and passed them around to the group. In two quick minutes, everyone was ready, so she mixed the papers up and picked out the first one. “Life,” she read. “OK, we might have to steal some pieces from Monopoly or play teams.”

“Let’s just play teams,” Lucy decided for the group.  “Three’s should be good enough.”

Just then the doorbell rang.  

“That’ll be her!” Lena said chipperly.  She got up to answer the door. “Rhea! Hello!” she greeted.

Everyone in the room who knew that name froze.  When Lena’s new ‘friend’ walked in the door, Alex, Mon-El, Kara and J’onn all stood up in shock. Eve stood up because Mon-El did, but she had no idea what was happening.

“Mother!” Mon-El nearly shouted in panic.  “I knew I saw you the other day! I knew it!  What the hell are you doing here?”

Now Lena blinked.  “Mother? Your son is Mon-El?”

Rhea looked like a deer in the headlights.  

“So... you’re the queen of Daxam?” Lena continued.  “The horrible girl you were talking about is Eve?”

“Who’s Eve?” Rhea furrowed her brow.

“Mon-El’s girlfriend,” Lena replied, indicating the blonde.

Eve waved sweetly, but awkwardly.

“No, the horrible girl I was talking about was her!” the queen pointed at Kara.  “She’s the one that brainwashed my boy into staying on Earth when he should have come back to Daxam with us!”

Lena frowned.  “Kara’s not dating Mon-El, she’s with me.  She’s my wife.”

“Your wife?” Rhea squeaked.

“Yes.”

Ruby learned over and whispered to her mom, "They're aliens too?"

Sam shrugged, "Apparently," she whispered back.

"Cool!"

Sam nodded. 

“I’ll ask you again, Mother, what are you doing here?” Mon-El demanded.

Rhea sighed heavily and started to look sad.  “Well,” she said shakily, “You might as well know.  When you left, your father was so broken hearted that he… he took his own life.”  There were tears in her eyes now.  

“Father!” Mon-El whimpered.  “Why?”

His mother continued, “I don't know how to live without him, but I thought that maybe I could find a way to still be in your life.  So I sent the armada away, and I decided to try to make myself a hero of earth like you. Perhaps if I could be successful, you would accept me back.  That’s why I wanted to work with Lena. I wanted to find a way to do something good to give back to people.”

Mon-El wiped the tears from his eyes.  “Lena, whatever she’s told you, it’s a lie.  Whatever she’s trying to make you do, it’s a trick.  You can’t listen to her!”

“That’s not true!” Rhea insisted.  “I’m really am trying to help! Please, son, don’t turn me away after everything we’ve been through.”

“How can we trust you after everything you’ve done?” Kara wanted to know.  “You sent bounty hunters after me! You tried to lock Mon-El away!”

Rhea nodded, still teary-eyed.  “Yes, and I'm sorry for that. I was wrong.  I just wanted to be a family again, and I let my emotions get the better of me.  Now, I realize what’s most important. It’s not being a queen and domineering over my people.  The most important thing in the universe to me is you, my son.”

“I want to believe you, but I don’t know if I can,” he shook his head.

“I’m begging you, Mon-El.  Please don’t make me be alone for the rest of my life.”

Mon-El looked at J’onn, but the director just shrugged.  “It’s your call, Mon-El. We’ll follow your lead.”

The Daxamite prince frowned as he thought about his decision.  Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, he sighed. “Like I said, I want to believe you.  But if you do anything to hurt Kara or her family again, we will make you regret it.”

“Understood,” Rhea nodded seriously.  “Lena is like the daughter I never had.  I would never hurt her.”

“You’d better not.’

“Can I… Can I hug you?” she asked meekly.

“Sure.”  Mon-El crossed the room and enveloped the queen in his arms.  Both of them started to cry, and they hugged each other even tighter.  “I can’t believe Father is gone,” he sniffled.

“Me either,” Rhea whimpered.

“Stay with us tonight,” Mon-El said, pulling back and looking his mother in the eyes.  “I don’t want to be alone tonight. Play games with us. Get to know Kara and her family.  Get to know my girlfriend and my friends. They’re good people, and I love them.”

Rhea looked at Lena and smiled affectionately.  “Of course, son. Nothing would make me happier.”

“You can have my seat,” Kara offered.  “You don’t have to sit on the floor with them.  I try to get them to use chairs, but they refuse.”

Rhea smiled politely, “Thank you, Kara.”  She examined the twins and commented, "I see you've managed to procreate."

"Um… Yeah," the Kryptonian awkwardly played with her glasses.  "Apparently, our genes are close enough to humans to be able to do that."

"Interesting," the queen mused.

“If you’re hungry, we have a plethora of food,” Lena informed her, eager to change the subject.  “Right this way,” she lead the woman into the kitchen where there were boxes and boxes of goodies.

Rhea picked through the items and found a box of chicken lo mein.  “This smells the best, I think.”

“Good choice,” Lena concurred.  “That’s always one of my favorites.  Try some of these, too.” She plopped a few potstickers onto the queen’s plate.  “They’re Kara and Mon-El’s favorites.”

“You don’t sit at the table to eat?” Rhea asked, perplexed.

Lena shook her head.  “Not on game nights. It’s very informal.  I can get you a TV tray, if you like?”

“I have no clue what that means,” Rhea chuckled.

“It’s a mini table that you use to sit and eat on the couch,” Lena explained.  “Would you like one?”

“Yes, please.”

When the pair returned to the living room, Kara had already drawn names for teams.

Team 1:

Alex

Eve

Winn

Team 2:

Mon-El

Maggie

J’onn

Team 3:

Lyra

Kara 

Lucy

Team 4:

Jamie

Ruby

James

Team 5:

Amy

Rhea

Jessie

Team 6:

Sam

Douglas

Lena

Team 4 was the champion of Life, but during Trivial Pursuit, Team 6 completely dominated.  Next, they played Pictionary, combining teams 1, 2, and 3, into team A, and 4, 5, and 6 into team B.  Team A smashed Team B in four different rounds. Lastly, they had a Mario Kart tournament, with the win going to team 5, in spite of Rhea accidentally breaking a remote.

The Daxamite queen was a delight the entire night.  She was polite, and refrained from making any rude jibes about Kryptonians or the informality of it all.  She encouraged her team throughout each game and tried valiantly to fully participate. The way she interacted with Lena was truly motherly, almost doting on her as much as Mon-El.  She also made an effort to get to know Eve, who seemed fine with the whole awkward situation. The kids were fascinated that they were in the presence of a queen, and throughout the night, they asked the woman questions that she patiently answered.

On another note, Lena noticed that her teammates were making flirty eyes at each other.  She smirked, but kept the observation to herself. If Sam and Douglas wanted to make a go of it, who was she to stop them?  At one point, she made a show of needing to switch seats so she could sit next to Alex, but really, she just didn’t want to be caught in the middle, and this way, the pair could sit next to each other.  By the end of the night, Lena half-expected Sam to ask if Ruby could spend the night.

When all the games were over, Alex stood up and announced, “OK, you guys, before you leave, there’s something we all need to tell you.”  She looked around at the group as they settled down, laying eyes on her daughters. “Actually, maybe Jamie should tell you.”

The preteen gasped, “What?  No!”

Alex raised her eyebrow.

Jamie pouted and whimpered.

“Come on.  Stand up and tell everyone what you did.”

The girl stood up with tears in her eyes and nervously played with her glasses when she felt everyone’s eyes on her.  “I…” she faltered. A glance back at her mom told her she’d better get on with it. “I… I…” she couldn’t bear to look anyone in the eyes, so she spoke to the floor when she finally, tearfully admitted, “I put holes in Mama's condoms, and now Lena, Maggie and Mom are all pregnant.”

“Holy sh-” Winn trailed off, wide eyed as can be.  "Jamie, why would you do that?"

Lyra simply said, “Wow.”

“Whoa,” breathed James.  “That’s a lot to take in.”

“You have got to be kidding me!” Rhea sounded a bit annoyed.

“I did not expect that!” Mon-El chimed in.

Eve was grinning from ear to ear.  “Oh my gosh, I know three babies will be a lot, but oh, wow, they’re gonna be so cute!  I can’t wait to meet them!”

“Four babies,” Jessie corrected her.

“Huh?” everyone said at once.

“Lena is having twins,” she informed them.

“Jesus Christ!” James’ eyes widened comically.  “Seriously, Jamie, why would you do something like that?”

Jamie kept her mouth shut.

Mon-El looked at Kara smugly, “What was that you told me about not impregnating every girl I meet?”

“Shut up, Mon-El!” Kara grumbled.  “It was an accident!”

“Don’t tell my son to shut up!” Rhea huffed.

Kara crossed her arms over her chest childishly.  She didn’t want to fight with Rhea when there were so many people around.

“Congratulations, ladies,” Sam wisely chimed in.  “I know it’s going to be a lot, but you guys are going to make great parents.  Well, I mean, you already do, but you know what I mean.”

“Thanks, Sam,” Alex replied with a smile.

“I love babies!” Ruby responded chipperly.  “I hope I’ll get to meet them!”

“I’m sure you will,” Lena told her.  “Your mother and I work very well together.”  She wasn’t sure, but was that jealousy in Rhea’s eyes?

Sam high-fived her.  “Yes! We make a great team.”

Ruby clapped excitedly.

“So, um, where are you going to put all these babies?” Winn questioned.  Aren't there only three bedrooms here?"

“We’re looking for a house already,” Kara explained.  “We’ve seen some good ones and some bad ones and some really, really bad ones.”

“Hey, you’re gonna name one of those babies after me, right?” James smirked.

“Well, we already have Jamie, so probably not,” Alex chuckled.

James fake pouted, and Lucy slapped his arm.  “Don’t listen to him, he’s drunk.”

“Says the pot to the kettle,” Alex retorted.

“Hey, I'm not drunk.  I don’t get drunk. I just get happy.”

“OK, well, you can take your happy ass into the kitchen and put all those bottles in the recycling bin.”

Lucy stood up easily and saluted the other agent.  “Sir, yes, sir!” She grabbed an armful of empties and headed toward the kitchen.

“Here, let me help,” Mon-El offered, grabbing some more empty beer bottles off the table and following her into the other room.

“You’ve got my son cleaning up, I see,” Rhea sighed longsufferingly.

Kara shook her head.  “That wasn’t me, that was Eve, but trust me, he’s better off for it.  He was the biggest slob I ever met when he first came to earth.”

“He was the prince.  We had people for that.”

“Yeah.  Slaves. We don’t have those anymore.  Everyone helps out around here. No one is exempt except for guests, for which you qualify.”

“Then would you mind getting me another glass of wine?  Your Lena has excellent taste. In wine, at least.”

“Certainly.”  Kara took the queen’s glass to the kitchen and refilled it.  She knew full well what Rhea was implying, but she wasn’t going to let it get to her.  Not when everything else was going so smoothly. Rhea may be making things awkward for her, but she wanted to keep the peace in her household, grudges be damned.  When she returned the Daxamite’s glass, Rhea thanked her with a smirk. Kara made a mantra in her head: ‘I won’t let her get to me. I won’t let her get to me.’

“Are you alright, darling?” Lena asked her.

She realized she must have been frowning, so she turned that frown upside down and grinned at her wife.  “I’m great. It was a good night tonight.”

“Yes, it was,” Lena agreed, pressing a kiss to Kara’s lips.

The sound of shattering glass startled them apart.

“Oh, no, Rhea, are you OK?” Lena ran to her and checked her for cuts before remembering she was a Daxamite, and it wouldn’t hurt her.

Kara grabbed a towel from the hallway.  “I understand. Mon-El still breaks stuff.  One time he ripped the toilet seat off our toilet.”

“That was one time, and you never let me forget it!” he grumbled.  “Besides, I have my sun blocker now.”

“Come on, let’s go find you something to change into,” Lena took Rhea by the hand and lead her toward the bedroom.  She found a nice suit that she’d never worn, and handed it over to the woman in the wine-soaked clothing. “The bathroom is in there,” Lena pointed.

The queen changed quickly and returned to the group in no time.  

In the living room, Jamie was spraying the couch stains down with Resolve and trying to use a towel to get the wine out.  It was only partially working.

“Don't worry about it, honey, we’ll get someone in here with a steam cleaner, OK?” Lena started to take the towel away from her but the smell got to her and she had to run to the bathroom to be sick.

Jamie quickly took the towel into the kitchen and rinsed it out, so it wouldn’t bother Lena anymore.

“So, when are you guys due?” Eve wanted to know.

“December 15th,” Alex replied.

“Oh! Cool!  Christmas babies!” Eve chirped.  “I want to help throw your baby shower!”

“Knock yourself out.”

“Oh, Mom, can we help?” Ruby asked excitedly.

“Sure, honey,” Sam smiled at her daughter.

Ruby bounced happily in her seat.  "Yes!"

Alex noticed Jessie going into the kitchen and coming back with a cup of soda.  “Jessie, how much soda have you had tonight?”

The young blonde shrugged.  “A couple? It’s only orange soda, it’s not caffeinated!” she whined.

Alex sighed.  “No more after that.”

“OK.”  Jessie nibbled on what was left of her pizza, though how her child could stuff anymore food into her stomach was a mystery.

“Can I be an uncle?” Mon-El asked out of nowhere.  “Winn and James get to be uncles. I want to be an uncle too.”

“Uncle Mon-El sounds funny,” Jessie giggled.

“How about Uncle Mike?” he suggested.

Jessie nodded.  “That sounds better.”

“Mike Wazowski!” Jamie cackled.

Jessie and Ruby giggled.

“I don’t get it,” Mon-El grumbled.

Jamie got up and grabbed Monsters Inc. off the movie shelf.  “Here, watch this. Don’t break it.”

“Oh-kay.”  Mon-El took the movie and handed it to Eve to put in her bag.  “Thanks, pookie,” he said with a kiss.

Lena finally came back out of the bedroom, and Rhea fawned over her.  “Are you OK, sweetheart?”

“Yes, thank you,” Lena assured her.  “I just have a sensitive nose right now.”

"Yes, of course, you poor thing.  Is there anything I can do for you?"

"No, but thank you."

Meanwhile, the group was cleaning up and getting ready to go home. The twins never strayed far from their mother, hugging her and holding her hands as much as she'd let them.  Kara made sure that everyone took food home with them. As much as she and the kids ate, they couldn’t eat everything that was left over before it spoiled. Everyone parted with hugs all around, especially for Alex.  Finally, when everyone was gone, the Danvers flopped down on the living room couch and cuddled.

“Did everyone have a good time tonight?” Kara asked.

Everyone answered in the affirmative.

“You kids need to get ready for bed,” Alex yawned.

The twins pouted.  They didn’t want to leave her side.

“Go on,” she nudged them.  “It’s already 10:30, you need to go to bed.”

They grumbled as they got up and headed for the showers.

“I’m really nervous about Rhea,” Kara admitted.  “I’m worried she’s hiding something up her sleeve, and I want you to be really careful with her, Lena.”

“I promise, I will,” the brunette replied sleepily.  “I feel conflicted about working with her. On the one hand, I really like her, but knowing what she did to you, I still don’t know if I can trust her.”

“Just take things slowly, OK?” Maggie requested.

“I will,” Lena nodded.  “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m beat, and I’m ready to go to bed.”

Maggie yawned, “Yeah, me too.  I have to work in the morning, anyway.”

“Kara, will you make sure the kids go to bed?” Alex requested.

“Sure thing, my love,” Kara answered with a kiss.

Lena, Maggie, and Alex dragged themselves up off the couch and headed to the bedroom, kissing Kara on the way.  As soon as the kids were showered and changed, the reporter shooed them off to bed, and then joined her wives. They were all exhausted, and fell asleep easily, snuggled tightly together in the middle of the bed.