Chapter 169 - First Day with Morgan

It's now about an hour later, and since Kara hugged Morgan for the first time, she decided to use her superspeed to finish off all her work, just so she can spend the rest of the day with Morgan, bonding with the 4-year-old more, and giving the young alien the affection she clearly needs, due to the traumatic situation she has come from.

Presently, Kara and Morgan are walking into Lena's office, with a bag of Big Belly Burgers. Kara has decided that surprising Lena with lunch would be a nice thing to do today, as not only would it allow Morgan to get out of the penthouse, but it would allow Lena to bond more with the young alien girl, and therefore allow Morgan to feel even more comfortable in their home. Already, Kara knows that Morgan has formed a strong bond with Alura, although admittedly that might just be because Alura has forced herself on Morgan, and essentially insisted that Morgan is her new best friend. But Morgan has also bonded with Kara, over everything that happened when she accidentally hurt her, so that has really left Lena as the one she hasn't bonded with, or spent much time with at all.

"Hey, Lee." Kara smiles, as she and Morgan walk into the CEO's office, holding hands.

"Oh, hello guys." Lena smiles, standing up from her chair, "This is a really nice surprise."

"Yeah. I thought it would be." Kara smiles back, "I got us all Big Belly Burgers to have, and thought we could have like a 20-minute lunch together. I know you are finishing work early today, so I thought we'd have a quick lunch, rather than our longer one."

"Sure. That sounds lovely." Lena smiles, walking over to Kara and Morgan, "In fact, at the moment I'm just waiting on some data to process, and to get a few responses to emails I have sent, so I have some free time."

"Great!" Kara smiles, "I'll set us up here, on your couch."

Lena nods her head at Kara, and then approaches Morgan.

"How has your day been so far, Morgan?" Lena asks, with a soft smile.

"Good. I watched a movie while Kara worked. Then Kara and I talked, and did some coloring." Morgan replies.

"Oh, well that sounds very nice." Lena smiles.

"Yeah." Morgan nods.

Kara, Lena and Morgan then all move over to Lena's couch area, where the two adults decide to sit on either end of the couch, allowing Morgan to decide where she wants to sit, whether that be the floor, on one of the other solo chairs, or in between them on the couch. Slightly to Lena and Kara's surprise, Morgan chooses the latter option, and sits between the two of them, swinging her legs slightly, which don't reach the ground.

"Alright. Here is your burger, Lena." Kara says, as she hands Lena her usual burger order, "And here is yours Morgan, and these 2 are mine. I then got us a bunch of fries in the bag there that we can share."

"That sounds good to me." Lena smiles.

Kara, Lena and Morgan all then begin eating their burgers. Kara and Lena both notice that as soon as Morgan takes the first bite of her burger, her eyes go wide, in delight.

"Do you like the burger, Morgan?" Lena asks, with a slight chuckle in her voice.

"Yes." Morgan nods, happily, "I've never had burgers before."

"Oh, well, I'm glad you like them. Kara, Alura and I all very much love burgers. In fact, I think Alura will be pretty jealous that we got to have burgers without her for lunch today." Lena says.

"I can save Alura some of my burger then." Morgan quickly says, in such a cute voice.

"Oh... no..." Lena says, with so much admiration on her face as she looks at Morgan, "You eat all your burger. Alura will be fine. We can all have Big Belly Burger again some other time."

"Okay." Morgan replies, after a few moments silence.

Kara, Lena and Morgan all then continue to eat their burgers for the next few minutes, with them all chatting away, with the adults making sure to include Morgan in their conversation. However, eventually a topic comes to mind for Kara, that she knows she has to ask Lena now, or she will forget about it later.

"Lee?" Kara asks.

"Yes, darling?" Lena replies.

"Did you.... uhh.... ever get a chance to look at the.... box the Leviathan artifact was in?" Kara asks.

"Oh...." Lena replies, "No. I didn't. After you gave it to me.... and.... before I left...... I put it in a secure safe in my private lab here in L-Corp..... and I haven't touched it since."

"Oh, okay." Kara nods, "I'm only asking because J'onn thought that maybe studying it, and learning more about it could help us. At least in understanding what Leviathan wants to try and do."

"Yes." Lena nods, in agreement, "I'll make sure to put that on my list of things to do next week."

"Okay." Kara smiles.

Kara, Lena and Morgan then continue to eat their lunch for the next few minutes, and soon move on from the burgers to the French fries. In doing so, Lena and Morgan make a little game out of eating their French fries, sharing some ketchup with one another, and touching the tips of their fries together before eating them. This is something that might seem weird to many people, but Morgan seemed to enjoy it, and constantly giggled over it.

Eventually, time goes by and Kara knows that she and Morgan have to leave so that Lena can get back on with all her work.

"Okay. It's time for us to go, Morgan." Kara says.

"Okay." Morgan replies, standing up from the couch.

"I had a very nice time spending lunch with you, Morgan." Lena says, with a caring smile.

"I did too." Morgan nods, "Your office is really nice."

"Thank you." Lena says, with a little chuckle.

"Before I go, I know you said you'd pick Alura up from school today, but I thought I could do it with Morgan, as I've already finished all my work for the day, using my powers. So, this way Morgan and I can now spend the next few hours going to the park or something, and then going to pick Alura up. Then you could get more of your work done, and come home for around 4, instead of 3?" Kara suggests.

"Oh, yes. Okay." Lena replies, "That's fine by me."

"Great." Kara smiles back, before turning to look at Morgan, "Alright, Morgan. Let's go."

After Kara says that, Morgan slowly nods her head, before turning to look at Lena while biting her lip slightly. Lena notices this, and can tell that the young girl wants to say something.

"What is it, Morgan?" Lena asks, in a soft voice.

"Can I have a hug?" Morgan asks Lena in such a sweet voice.

"Of course you can, darling." Lena says, now referring to Morgan as 'darling' for the first time.

Lena quickly moves over to Morgan, and picks her up in her arms, taking her in for a hug. Morgan, in response, wraps her arms around Lena's neck, and hugs the CEO back. As the two hug like this, Lena feels a warm feeling grow in her chest, one that she has felt before when hugging Alura. Lena is coming to realise just how precious this little alien girl is. In fact, Lena feels so much warmth in her chest, that she can't help herself when she adjusts her head a bit and places a tender kiss on one of Morgan's cheeks. Morgan, for her part, doesn't seem to react much to the kiss at all for a few moments, before she eventually just moves her head to rest on one of Lena's shoulders. The sight makes Kara's heart ache from the cuteness.