Two plus six plus five equals family

Chapter 2

"I have to go pick my sister up from the airport," Kara said, stretching her arms while she yawned. "Any progress on finding a house?" she asked silently.

"Yes, I believe I found one," Lena answered in a whisper. She checked her phone with one hand, her other hand trapped under Lizzie's body, who had curled up against her during the night and had refused to let go. "It is near the ocean and is meant to be a vacation house, which is why it is immediately available, given it is January," she explained, showing it to Kara on her phone. "It has six bedrooms. This is the best I could find on such a short notice."

"Six," Kara whispered, nodding. "That's not bad at all," she whispered, although for thirteen people more would have been pleasant. "My sister and her wife will need a room and my aunt and Lucy will need one as well."

Lena nodded, knowing two bedrooms needed to be reserved for their guests, which meant only four bedrooms remained. "I was wondering if we could share a bedroom?" she asked, regretting her words when Kara's eyes widened. "With separate beds, of course," she added quickly. "That way there will be three bedrooms left for the children."

"Okay," Kara agreed silently. "I'll come back here with breakfast once I've picked my sister up and on your way to the house with the children, my aunt and I will prepare the house to make sure all the beds and everything is in place."

Lena hummed and stroked Lizzie's hair. "I never pictured myself as a mother," she whispered, enchanted by the little girl who clung to her.

"You're doing amazing so far," Kara appraised, smiling before dashing out of the room, or well, cage.

The beds at the DEO weren't bad, although she preferred her bed at home in her apartment. She hoped nothing major would happen in the city while she'd use her speed to get the beach house ready. It wasn't the first time she'd use her powers for that purpose. When her sister moved to Spain, she flew a lot of her stuff to Spain, which really saved Alex a great deal on shipping expenses.

Clad in casual clothes, she approached Lena's limousine where Daniel was waiting to drive her around. Sometimes she wondered how much he knew that he shouldn't know, but he was a loyal honest man. Wrapping the scarf she didn't need around her neck, she smiled at the driver as he opened the door for her.

"To the airport, please, Dan," she said while she got in the limousine.

"As you wish, Kara," Daniel replied, returning her smile.

Kara checked her text messages on her phone, sending one to her sister to let her know she was on her way to the airport. If there was no delay on Alex's flight, she should be arriving in an hour, shortly before she'd arrive at the airport. She felt excited to see her sister, her sister in law and her niece again. It had been a couple of months since she last visited them in Spain, but that was because she was dealing with Cadmus.

Without her aunt's help, they'd still have been running circles around Cadmus without ever catching them. The thought that Lillian went to prison almost a week ago made her sick, because it meant that during that time, nobody had been taking care of those children. Before the children had gone to bed, they'd all clutched their stomach in pain, their body not used to suddenly consuming quite a bit of food.

The portions they ate were portions human children would eat, but it was too much for them. They'd need to slowly adjust to eating normally again. It surprised her Lillian mixed her DNA with Lena's. Of course she knew Lillian had her DNA fifteen years ago already, though she never could have guessed she'd use it to create children. She assumed Lillian used Lena's instead of Lex's, given Lex's imprisonment and maybe it was also because Lena was the most youthful one of the Luthors.