A Million Reasons | K. Danvers ✔

[57] Premonition

• June 22, 2017 •

Kara had not gone with Connor and Luke to Sacramento for the last-minute surprise they had to give to Zach by showing up. But as they had left, she felt quite bored by herself. She was thinking that she should have gone when she had the chance because she was still stuck on whether Zach would make it through or not.

She had seen Luke's post as well but when she had called them, neither Connor, Ava nor Luke had picked up. They could probably not hear their phones ringing over the noise.

The race would have ended by then because a considerable amount of time had passed since Luke's post. She should have checked the sports channel covering the championship but couldn't do so earlier as she had just returned from the Kents' residence.

The house was empty when she returned as Alex and Eliza had gone out so she went to the living room, quickly switching on the television. It took her a while to find the sports channel covering the championship and by then the race had definitely ended and the results had been announced.

Somewhat disappointed that she had missed the results, she was about to change the channel when the camera did a full aerial then landed on the candidates who had won. Seeing Zach among them with a gold medal gleaming on his chest made her face break out into a smile.

He looked happier than she had ever seen him before, the adorable dimpled smile playing upon his lips brightly.

That definitely meant he had won the race. Just like she had told him he would.

She sat through the rest of the broadcast, having fetched some food to eat in the meanwhile. The interviews had been done as the candidates had started to return to their families.

As the camera swept around at the end of the live broadcast, she caught sight of Luke and Connor messing around with Zach again and her smile widened. Seeing him secure such an important milestone in his life made her want to be there and congratulate him in person.

She could go to Sacramento and even come back within an hour if she wanted to but then she would have to lie a lot about how she got there. And she could not risk exposing her alter ego while doing so.

Hence, she simply made herself comfortable on the couch, waiting for her mother and sister to return as she flicked through channels randomly.

Not long had passed when her phone rang and she picked it up, not noticing who had just called, "hello..."

"Hi Kara," Zach's familiarly cheerful voice greeted her and she sat up, evidently glad that he had called, "guess what?"

"You won, I saw it on TV. Congratulations."

"Thank you," he chuckled lightly, "and now I'm finally qualified for the next round. World Championships."

"That's great. I'm so glad you made it."

By the noise buzzing from the other end of the call, she could judge that he had not yet reached the hotel and had called her soon as he got the chance. he was likely still in the stadium or in some cab heading to the place they were staying.

"I remember you had said not to joke around this once so I called soon as these three let me," Zach resumed, referring to Connor, Ava and Luke, their distinctive voices could be heard in the background as well.

"Oh, then where are you?"

"We're just going for dinner. I had offered to give them all a treat but Dad refused. He said he'll treat us this once and I should save for a larger feast once I make it through the next round too."