Karamel Reunited

Chapter 8

I hear my phone ring. It's Alex. "Hey, Alex. I was just looking at bigger apartments for Mon-El I because, well, now that he's back we need more room for when the baby comes. What's up?" I babble on excitedly. "Kara, something happened at the DEO. Mon-El he..." she says. "Is he ok? What's wrong?" I ask, getting ready to head over there. "Well, we... found him in a secure storage room. He was... stealing something in there. He... attacked two agents," she says. "What?" "I know it's a lot but, I just thought you should be the one to talk to him." I sigh. "Yeah, ok. I'll be right there," I say hanging up the phone. I arrive at the DEO and Alex shows me to the cell he's in. He's sleeping. I stand outside the cell looking in on the love of my life and the father of my child. What could have gotten into him? He seems different. I remember what Alex told me right before I saw him. "I just wanted you to know that where he's been has effected him." What did that mean? Does he not want to have the baby anymore? He starts to wake up. He looks over to see me standing outside the cell with my arms folded, a look of confusion and concern on my face. He sighs and sits up. "I don't understand," I say. "I wanna give you the benefit of the doubt but, you attacked two agents." He doesn't answer. I sigh and turn away trying to figure out why he would do something like this. "Was... were you confused by the hyper sleep? Is that why you snuck out of the med bay, broke into a secure storage room, and almost killed two people-" "I didn't almost kill anyone," he cuts me off. I stare at him still not understanding anything. "Is it not you?" I ask the question I've been wanting to ask, but too afraid to know the answer to. "It's me," he says. "Then... then make me believe it. Please," I say with tears forming in my eyes. "You know I don't sleep anymore? I lay awake at night just staring at the ceiling because if I close my eyes I dream about you dying. I watch you... disappear into the blackness of space forever," I say, my voice breaking. He just stares at me, his eyes saying he's sorry, but no love in them.  "This was all I wanted. For us to be a family. To raise our child together. And when I saw you in the med bay... oh my gosh, I felt like I could hope again. I could touch you and see you and hear you and be with you finally," I say, tears flowing down my face. He still says nothing. "But you're... you're different. I..." I don't know what to say to get him to talk anymore. "You have nothing to say?" No response. "Nothing?" I ask again, angrily. "I'm sorry," he replies. That's all? That's all he has to say after everything we've been through? "Shame on me for having a human heart," I say, walking away.

That Night
I stand on the balcony at the DEO, looking out at my city, thinking about Mon-El and our baby. He's been gone for 7 years. Not 7 months like I thought. That's why Alex said he's different. But how much has he changed? Does he still love me? Did he move on? No, I can't think that way. But why did he keep it a secret from me? We used to tell each other everything. And who was the woman he was so worried about? So many questions race through my head. I hear footsteps behind me. Mon-El comes over. I sigh, but I don't acknowledge his presence. I'm not sure if I want to talk to him just yet. He stares out at the city. We stand in silence until he finally says, "I'm sorry. For all of this." He looks at me. "I never thought I'd see you again. I had to keep living." I look at him and say, "You kept the necklace." "Of course I did. It was a reminder of everything you taught me and did for me. And reminder of you... and our child," he says, smiling at my stomach. I smile. "That means a lot," I say, my voice breaking. "You have to believe that no matter what century or universe or world I'm living in, I would never forget you. Never. It was wrong of me to keep the truth from you." "Well, the truth never hurts as mush as secrets." "Yeah, and I should've known better. You've never needed my protection." I smile. "Except," he continues, "for that one time we went for all-you-can-eat ribs and you, uh... you were inhaling those things if I remember correctly-" "It was a limited time offer!" I argue. He smiles and laughs. "I had to." "That's a good point," he says, laughing. We laugh some more. "That's the first time I've seen you smile since you've been back," I say. He doesn't say anything for a while. "I haven't had the chance to say it yet, but, uh... it's really good to see you." "Yeah," I agree. His expression changes, but I'm not sure what he wants to say. "There's something I have to tell you," he says. I already know what he's going to say. He's going to tell me he loves me. I just know it. I can't help but smile. From inside the DEO, someone says, "Mon-El?" It's the woman from the ship. Mon-El looks so relieved as he rushes over to her. "Imra," he says. I don't have time to even think about what's happening before they run into each other's arms and kiss. I feel like all the air has been sucked out of my lungs. Like I'm underwater. Drowning. "I'm so glad you're ok. We thought your life support might fail-" "I'm fine. Tired, but fine," she says. They smile at each other. Mon-El then remembers me. He looks over to see me, a confused, hurt look on my face. A tear rolls down my cheek. He sighs and says, "Imra, this is Kara Danvers. Supergirl." She smiles and says, "I can't believe it's really you." I don't understand. How could he have moved on? Why? Who was she? "Kara," says Mon-El, "this is Imra Ardeen." He sighs. "My fiancé."