Two plus six plus five equals family

Chapter 23

Lena's birthday today wasn't anything like her other birthdays, but she enjoyed it immensely. Her children were so happy with their birthday party and that made her birthday the best one ever. It was okay Kara hadn't thrown a surprise party for her this year, because this year the focus was on their children, just like she wanted it to be.

"They're finally asleep," Kara whispered while she tiptoed into the living room, where Lena, Maggie, Alex, Astra, Lucy, Leslie, Harley and Ivy were sitting on the couch.

"Good, finally some private time for us adults," Lucy commented, snaking her arms around her wife.

Kara sighed and hoped Lucy would at least wait until she'd be out the door with Lena. Aside from that she also hoped Leslie, Harley and Ivy wouldn't mess up her bed tonight while they'd sleep in it, or at least she prayed that was all they'd be doing in her bed.

Lena glanced at the others, who were pouring more wine into their glasses. She was a little bit surprised Leslie, Harley and Ivy hadn't left yet while it was getting quite late. It had been a tiring day and she had no plans of staying up until the middle of the night or something like that.

"I'm going to call it a night," Alex said, yawning before finishing her glass of wine. "Mags, you coming?" she asked, holding a hand out.

"You bet," Maggie answered, smiling as she took her wife's hand.

Lucy chuckled while she looked at her wife's face, who'd once again need to block out sounds she didn't need to hear. "I'm going to sip some more wine," she said, refilling her glass. "Drink up, Star," she said, nudging her wife.

"I cannot get drunk from this wine," Astra replied, grasping her glass.

"Hence yours isn't regular wine," Lucy announced with a naughty grin. "I borrowed a bottle from the dive bar."

"I see, you wish to incapacitate me," Astra noted, sipping from her glass.

"Close your eyes, Lee," Kara whispered in Lena's ear.

Lena frowned and closed her eyes, frowning more when she felt Kara wrapping a blindfold around her head. "El?" she asked, unable to see anything.

"Do you trust me?" Kara asked, scooping Lena into her arms. She mouthed a thank you at Lucy who opened the front door for her.

"Always," Lena answered, having no doubt about that. She gulped when she heard a whoosh and she was fairly certain Kara had flown up with her. "Where are you taking me?"

Kara smiled and cradled Lena closer to her chest where her heart was beating like crazy. "You'll see," she answered, chuckling as she glanced down at the blindfold.

"Dork," Lena mumbled, smiling. The nightly air was on the chill side, but she felt warm in Kara's embrace. Maybe she should have known old habits wouldn't die and that her best friend would plan a surprise for her birthday anyway.

"It's not far," Kara whispered, keeping her speed modest to avoid it getting too cold for Lena. "You didn't honestly think I wouldn't celebrate your birthday, did you?"

"I thought we already had that covered with the cake," Lena answered, admitting she did think that would have been it, which would have been okay. "Something tells me we won't be at the beach house tonight."

"You guessed it," Kara replied, although she wouldn't give away much more than that.

"Leslie, Harley and Ivy are staying at our beach house tonight, aren't they?" Lena asked, sighing. "That's why they were still there," she concluded, understanding now why they'd looked so comfortable, as if they weren't going anywhere. "I'm going to burn our sheets when we return."