Chapter 170 - Zerekanian

Lena wakes up the following Saturday morning, and is quickly reminded of the sleeping position she is in, with Morgan snuggled close to her chest. Lena slowly opens her eyes, and then looks down at Morgan, who is still fast sleep, drooling slightly on her top. Lena can't help but grow a sad smile on her face. Lena's smile is sad simply because she feels so bad for Morgan still. Lena simply hopes that Morgan won't be so sad today, even though she won't blame her if she is.

For the next several minutes, Lena just lays there in the bed with Morgan, still cuddling her, and trying to move as little as possible because Lena does not want to wake the alien girl. During this time, Lena simply admires Morgan, and looks at the young girl, thinking about how much she has enjoyed spending time with her, and getting to know more about her rather shy personality. In fact, Lena can honestly feel her heart beating a little faster just thinking about it. It is the same feeling that Lena felt during one of the first times when she was bonding with Alura, over 18 months ago.

Eventually a few more minutes go by, and Lena decides to reach over to one of the bedside tables, and grab her phone, which Kara kindly brought in for her last night. Once Lena grabs her phone, she sees that it is already 9:30AM, which is pretty late for Lena to be sleeping in, even on a Saturday. However, Lena doesn't make any move to get up or anything, because she fully intends to stay here, lying on the bed with Morgan, until whenever the time is that the alien girl wakes up, of her own accord. So, to occupy her time, Lena decides to just go through her emails on her phone, and check the daily news and everything, all while trying to make as little movement as possible.

About 20 minutes later, Lena finally begins to feel Morgan move in her arms, which signals to the CEO that the alien girl is about to wake up. In response, Lena places her phone down on the bed next to her, before turning to look at Morgan, and watch as the young girl wakes. Over the next minute, Morgan slowly begins to wake up more and more, first with her breathing changing slightly, then the second thing being Morgan beginning to mumble a few inaudible things. Then finally, Morgan begins to move a lot more in Lena's arms, moving her head to look up at the CEO. In this moment, purple eyes meet green, and as they do, Lena is certain how easy it would be for anyone to fall in love with Morgan, just by looking into her gorgeous purple eyes.

"Morning." Lena smiles, widely, continuing to look into Morgan's eyes, which are still looking into her own.

"M... morning." Morgan replies, slightly shyly.

Lena, for her part, really can't wait until Morgan comes more out of her shell, and is less shy around them. Lena just knows that the girl that they will see after that, will be truly wonderful, not that the one before them right now is anything short of that anyway.

"Did you sleep well?" Lena asks.

"You.... you slept with me." Morgan says, not answering Lena's question.

"Yes. I did." Lena nods.

"Why?" Morgan asks, curiously, with a bit of confusion in her voice.

"Because.... you were upset...." Lena says, hesitating, not wanting to once more bring up the reason Morgan cried, and she then had to sleep with her, but she knows she needs to explain herself, "and I didn't want you to be alone. So, I stayed with you, and we cuddled like this all night. I hope that was okay?"

Morgan doesn't say anything for a few moments, she simply just continues to look into Lena's eyes.

"Yes." Morgan eventually says, much to Lena's relief, "I didn't have any bad dreams with you sleeping with me."

"Do you have bad dreams often?" Lena asks, with some concern in her voice.

Morgan nods her head in response.

"Since when?" Lena asks, wanting to know if it's just something the girl has always had, or a result of her traumatic experience since arriving on Earth.

"Since my.... parents... uhmmm...." Morgan begins, but then grows a very sad look on her face.

"It's okay, you don't have to say anything else; I understand." Lena replies, pulling Morgan a little closer to her, and offering her a tight hug.

Morgan accepts the hug, and buries her face into Lena's chest.

"Don't worry Morgan." Lena says, "I know that everything really does seem awful now, and I won't pretend that it won't hurt always. But over time, it will get better, and feel like less of a weight which is drowning you. But until then, I'll make sure to give you all the affection in the world, to make you feel a little bitter, and Kara and Alura will too."

After Lena says these words, the brunette quickly realises that she just made Morgan a promise she isn't sure if she can keep, as she doesn't know how long Morgan is going to continue to live with them. For all Lena knows, she and Kara could get a call from the DEO at any time, telling them that they have found an appropriate family to take Morgan in or something.

"Okay..... thank you." Morgan replies, with a little sniffle.

"You don't have to thank me, darling." Lena says back, giving Morgan another little squeeze.

Morgan and Lena then continue to cuddle like this for about 5 more minutes, before they finally separate from one another, moving into a position where they are both just laying on their sides looking at each other.

"It's already 10AM now. We should probably get up and go and have something to eat." Lena suggests, "I'm sure Kara and Alura are already awake, and have made us something yummy to eat."

"Okay.... I am hungry." Morgan replies, with a little nod of her head.

Lena chuckles.

"Well, let's not waste any time laying here then." Lena smiles.

Morgan and Lena then get up from the bed, and make a quick stop in the bathroom, before heading downstairs, with Morgan walking right next to Lena the whole time, almost as if she doesn't want to move too far from her. Lena and Morgan soon meet both Kara and Alura, who are in the kitchen area of the penthouse, cooking together.

"Hello, my darlings." Lena smiles, noticing that Kara and Alura are cooking some bacon and eggs in a few frying pans.

"Hello." Kara smiles happily, before turning to look at Morgan, "Hello, Morgan. Did you have a nice sleep?"

"Yes." Morgan nods, with a little smile.

"Morgan!" Alura exclaims, and jumps off the chair she was standing on, and rushes to Morgan's side, taking her in for a hug.

Morgan grows another smile on her face as she and Morgan hug, which continues for a little while.

"I'm sorry you were upset last night." Alura says to Morgan, as she continues to hug her, "But I'm glad momma stayed with you."

Morgan doesn't say anything in response to that, she just simply smiles, with the two kids separating from their hug a few moments later. Once they do this, Alura turns to Lena, and takes her in for a hug.

"I see I'm relegated to second fiddle now that Morgan is here." Lena says, with a smile.

"Yes." Alura replies, with a cheeky smile.

Lena simply chuckles and rolls her eyes in response, with the two ending their hug a few moments later.

"Anyway, what are you guys cooking?" Lena asks.