Karamel Reunited

Chapter 9

"Kara! Open up!" Alex is banging on my apartment door. "Kara, please! I know you're in there! Let me in!" I use my x-ray vision to see her through the door. I don't want to talk to anyone right now, but if she has food I might consider letting her in. She has a box of donuts. "I know you can see me, Kara," she says. I sigh and get off the couch to talk to her through the door. "Alex, I don't want to talk to anyone right now," I say, my voice breaking. "Kara, I know you're hurting, but you were there for me when Maggie and I broke up so now I'm here for you." "Can you just leave the donuts outside and go?" I ask. "Nope," she says, "it's all or nothing." I sigh and open the door. She comes in and puts the box on the counter. Before I can say anything, she immediately comes over to me and gives me a huge sister hug. She squeezes me tight, as if she's trying to squeeze all my worries away. "I love you so much, Kara."  We stand there hugging for a while until she pulls away to see tears coming down my face. "Come sit down," she says, leading me to the couch. We sit down and I bury my head into her chest and sob for a while. She rubs my back the whole time. Finally, she stops and asks," Do you wanna talk about any of it?" I sigh. "What's there to talk about? Mon-El doesn't love me anymore. He's moved on. I saw the love of my life kiss another woman. His fiancé. He doesn't want anything to do with me or our baby," I say, sobbing harder and harder with every word. Alex shushes me soothingly and starts hugging me again. "How'd you even find out?" I ask her. "I was watching you two out on the balcony and I saw the kiss and I saw you fly away. So, I assumed you'd be bawling your eyes out in your apartment, in need of some sister love and donuts." "You were right," I mumble. I start to sob even more. "This was all I wanted, Alex. I just wanted him to come back to me so we could raise our baby together, but now..." I'm crying so much it's hard to talk anymore. "How am I ever going to face him again? What am I gonna do when the baby gets here?" I ask her. "I think you just need to talk to him. It might've been 7 years for him, but he needs to understand that it's only been 7 months for you. I know he wasn't over you after 7 months," she assures me. I sigh. "I think you're right. I should go talk to him. Do you know where I might find him?" I ask, getting up. "Probably at the bar," she says. "Then that's where I'm going," I say, wiping away my tears. "Are you sure?" She asks, worried. "Alex, I'll be fine." "Be careful," she says as she gets up to hug me.

At The Bar
I hesitate before opening the door. What am I going to say? What if he's here with his fiancé? What if he doesn't want to talk to me? I finally convince myself to open the door. Mon-El is the only one in the bar. He's the first thing I see when I walk in. He's sitting at a table, drinking. He looks miserable. He rubs his eyes and sighs. He's about to ask the bartender for another drink when he sees me. He sits up and sighs again. I slowly walk over to him. "Hi," I say, nervously. He clears his throat. "Hey," he replies. The bartender is still standing there. "Can I have a club soda, please?" I ask her. "Make it two," Mon-El says. We sit awkwardly for a while until we get our club sodas. "Why'd you come here?" he asks, staring at his drink. "I... thought we should talk," I reply. "About, uh, Imra?" he asks. "About everything, Mon-El," I say. "Why did you lie to me?" "I didn't wanna hurt you-" "Not telling me the truth hurt even more, Mon-El!" I say, loudly. I clear my throat. "Sorry, it's just... we used to tell each other everything. The truth never hurts as much as secrets." "I know, Kara, and I'm sorry. But you have to understand that I've been away for 7 years, I thought I was never going to see-" "I have to understand?" I ask, raising my eyebrows. "Do you even realize what I've been through? Mon-El, I am the one who had to send you away, not knowing what would happen to you. You could have been dead for all I knew! I didn't hear anything from you! Do you realize how hard it was for me without you here? I mean, incase you forgot, I'm pregnant. I was scared out of my mind! I didn't know how I was going to have a baby without you here! You missed it all! And when you finally come back, you lie to me about everything! About where you've been, what you've done, how long it's been for you, who you've been with!" "I'm sorry, Kara, I didn't mean it like that-" "Mon-El, I do understand. It's been 7 years for you. You've moved on. But I need you to understand that it's only been 7 months for me. I still love you." "Kara..." "I know you don't love me, I just needed to tell you that." "Can you let me talk, please," he says. I sigh. "I'm sorry. I really am. I should've known better than to lie to you." "But?" "No buts," he says. "I'm just sorry. And... I want you to know that I understand... that you're still in love with me. I was definitely not over you after 7 months," he says with a slight smile. "And I did everything in my power to get back to you and our baby," he says, smiling at my bump. "Now that I'm back... I really do want to be apart of our baby's life. If it's ok with you," he says. "That means a lot, Mon-El. Of course you can be apart our baby's life," I say, smiling. We sit silently for a while. He finally clears his throat. "So... how were things while I was away? I guess not much has changed since it's only been 7 months here," he says. "Yeah, not much. So... what's the 31st century like?" I ask awkwardly, trying to make conversation. "As strange as it may sound, the 31st century is actually not that different from today. Technology has developed beyond imagining, but at the end of the day, it's still in service of communicating with each other and entertaining each other and also killing each other. In this day or in a thousand years, conflict is constant, but so is strength. And that's where we come in," he explains. "We? What are you, like a soldier?" I ask. "The governments were overwhelmed by violence, by chaos. So, I organized a team. We banded together to help Earth's leaders keep the peace at home and in the stars. We call ourselves the Legion. And... we exist because of you," he says, smiling at me. "Because of... me?" I ask, puzzled. "You inspired me. So, when I found the Legion, I chose to use you as an example of what we could be. What we aspire to be." I smile and feel my eyes start to well up with tears. "Are you ok?" he asks, concerned. "Ugh, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm fine," I assure him, wiping away the tears. "That, uh, means a lot, Mon-El." We stare at each other for a moment and I want to tell him how much I love him so badly. How much I missed him. How much I need him. "Well, I should get back to my place. It's getting late," I say, breaking our trance. "Uh, right. I should get back to Imra. She'll probably be worried," he says, getting up. "It was really nice talking with you again, Kara. I missed you a lot," he says. I pull him into a hug. "I missed you, too." I pull away and start heading for the door. "Hey, Kara," he calls. I turn around to look at him smiling. "See ya tomorrow at the DEO?" he asks. I nod, smiling back. I walk out of the door, heading home. As I'm flying, I feel a rush of happiness. Mon-El's back. He's really here. And even if he's with someone else, our baby will have both his or her parents in their life. I smile, thinking of my baby and how much I'll love motherhood now that Mon-El's back.