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On Saturday morning, Esme woke up bright and early and ran into Lena and Alex’s bedroom jumping on their bed “Goodmorning.” She then made herself comfortable in between the two women in the bed and smiled when they both woke up.
Alex looked over to the Alarm clock and saw that it was 7:15am and she groaned “You are just like your mommy.”
Esme giggled as she looked at Alex and then cuddled between them “That’s not so bad.” Esme curled up under the blankets looking at Alex and Lena “Can we watch cartoons in bed?”
Lena giggled as she rolled over on the bed when she felt Esme getting comfortable in the bed “Hey, at least it's not 5 am like I used to get up. Good Morning baby girl.” Lena smiled, kissing her daughter’s head. “Of course you can baby but first, What do you want for breakfast?”
Esme smiled looking at Lena and thinking for a moment before stating “Danver’s family Blueberry Pancakes.” She giggled looking at Alex “Please?”
Alex giggled sitting on the bed and tickling Esme “I fed them to you one time when Lena was at the tower early and now you’re addicted.”
Esme giggled laughing as Alex tickled her and she held her hands out to Lena.
Lena giggled and joined in on the tickle fest for a few minutes until Alex stopped tickling Esme “So you don’t want me to make breakfast? You want Alex to make it instead?”
Esme nodded “We can snuggle and watch cartoons, I snuggle with Alex a lot in the mornings.”
Lena nodded and looked at Alex “You don’t care right? I’ll make breakfast tomorrow.”
Alex smiled, getting up out of the bed and leaning over to kiss Lena “no, I don’t care, I’ll go make Blueberry Pancakes and you two can watch cartoons.” She kissed Esme and then left to go and make breakfast for their family.
Lena smiled and pulled Esme against her body as she began to rub Esme’s back “What do you want to watch baby girl?”
Esme looked at Lena and cuddled closer against her mother “Uh.. The Magic School Bus returns? Can we watch an episode about space?”
Lena smiled as she pulled up Netflix and turned on The Magic School Bus Returns kids in Space 46 minute movie as she pulled Esme closer to her and began to rub her back. “This one is new, we haven’t watched it yet.”
Esme smiled and laid her head on Lena’s chest as she began to watch the movie with Lena.
Lena held onto Esme and smiled, she loved that her precious girl had taken such an interest in science much like herself. Lena held onto the hope that Esme would never question herself when it came to believing in herself.
Once the movie was over Lena went to change her clothes into lounge clothing before lifting Esme up from the bed “I bet, the pancakes are almost done, Let's go wash out hands and go sit at the table.”
Esme nodded, kissing Lena’s cheek “Okay!”
Lena sat Esme down on the floor and then they both went into the ensuite bathroom and washed their hands after they got ready for the day. Lena and Esme then walked into the living area and immediately over to the table. Lena picked Esme up and sat her in the booster seat at the table.
Alex smiled as she placed Esme’s plate and cup in front of her “Blueberry pancakes, sausage link, and cut up strawberries with a cup of milk for our girl .” Alex then walked over to the counter and brought over her and Lena’s plates. Lena’s plate had pancakes, sausage links and a mixture of fresh fruit while Alex’s had more pancakes and sausage with just a little fruit. “I was thinking we could go to the Children’s Science Museum and have lunch in the park today? I asked Kara if she wanted to tag along but she said that Andrea is hounding her about writing another article. She said she’ll come next time though.”
Esme grabbed her fork and looked at Alex and Lena “ Do you think they will have the planets?”
Lena looked at Esme “I’m sure they will have a Solar System Exhibit, we will try to make sure that they have one so you can see them.”
Esme smiled and took a bite of her pancakes and after she swallowed the bit she looked to Lena then she looked down “I’m an alien, is that a bad thing?”
Lena took Esme’s hand and kissed her cheek “No, it’s not a bad thing, I know Miss. Hochschild tried to make it seem like a bad thing but it’s not. I know that Miss Hochschild made you think that you are always going to hurt people because of your powers but, I promise me, Alex, and Supergirl are going to help you control them.” Lena looked at Esme “You being Half- Alien isn’t a bad thing. I promise, I’m going to teach you everything you want to know. Alex, Me and Kara all know your father and we can tell you so much about him. Kara more so than we can but I can assure you, your father would love you just like we love you.” Lena smiled, “I promise, as you get older we will tell you everything you need to know.”
Esme smiled and nodded “Thank you.” She then resumed her breakfast like the normally happy child they had discovered that she was.
Lena, Alex, and Esme ate their breakfast and Esme filled Alex in on the movie that she had watched with Lena and she smiled when Alex paid attention to every word that she had said.
Once the family had finished breakfast they began their day. Even though Esme had been bathed the night before, she was sticky from the breakfast so Alex took Esme to bathe her in the bathroom they’d turned into Esme’s bathroom while Lena went and showered and got ready for their family day in the master bathroom. Since they were having a casual family day Lena decided to wear a pair of jeans with sneakers and a red casual blouse. She straightened her hair and then applied an all natural makeup look. She walked out of the bedroom and then went to get Esme’s clothing. Lena picked out a floral tunic dress with yellow striped leggings. The tunic dress had wildflower floral design on it that matched the leggings perfectly. Lena then grabbed a pair of cream sandals that Esme could play at the park in. The weather in National City was still fairly warm even though Fall was just around the corner.
Alex got Esme out of the tub and brought her to Lena in her room “I’m going to go get ready. I’ll see you two in about 30 minutes.” Alex smiled, kissing Lena and then kissing Esme’s head before going to get ready.
Lena smiled and dried off Esme, she then wrapped Esme in the towel and she pulled Esme into her lap as she sat on the nook “I’m going to dry your hair before you get dressed so your dress doesn’t get wet. How do you want your hair fixed?”
Esme smiled as she kicked her legs softly as she sat in Lena’s lap “Um? Can you pull half of it up and then put a pretty Hair Bow in it?”
Lena smiled as she put the curl cream in her daughter’s hair “Of course,” Lena then used the hair dryer on the lowest heat setting and dried Esme’s hair. Once Esme’s hair was dry Lena helped Esme get dressed and then she fixed Esme’s hair the way she wanted it “All ready for the day!” Lena smiled as she let Esme model for her “Can I take a picture of you?”
Esme giggled and nodded “Yes and then, can we take a picture together?”
Lena smiled, grabbing her cellphone and bringing up the camera “Of course.” Lena then took a few pictures of Esme and then Lena picked Esme up and took a few pictures of them in the mirror before she turned the camera around to take a few selfie pictures, One of Esme and Lena smiling, one of Lena kissing Esme’s cheek. In the last one, Esme wrapped her arms around Lena’s neck and kissed her mother’s cheek. When Lena saw the last picture she immediately made it her cell phone lock screen while making one of just Esme her cellphone wallpaper. “I love you so much Esme.”
Esme smiled and hugged Lena “I love you too.”
Alex walked into the bedroom and then she walked over to the girls, Alex was wearing a pair of skinny jeans with a white blouse accompanied by her leather jacket. “Alright, my turn to have a photo shoot with my girls.” Alex said softly as she walked over to take pictures of the three of them. In Alex’s favorite one Lena is holding Esme in the middle of the couple and Esme had her arms around both Alex and Lena. She was smiling a huge smile that Alex swore was exactly like Lena’s especially in that picture of them. “Alright, so who's ready to go to the museum?”
Esme giggled looking at Alex “I am! Let’s go!” she smiled as Lena sat her on the ground. Esme grabbed her babydoll and then held her hand out to Lena or Alex.
Alex took Esme’s hand as they approached the door, once they had all left the penthouse, Lena shut and locked the door as they went to the parking garage and they walked to the BMW-3 Series. Lena handed Alex the keys to the BMW and then she picked Esme up and she put her in the carseat and buckled her up. Lena smiled, kissing Esme’s head before she got into the passenger seat.
Alex waited until Lena was buckled up and she drove to the children’s museum. Esme smiled as she watched the DVD player that Lena had installed in the BMW. Esme held onto the baby doll and looked up front “I’ve never been to a Museum.”
Lena looked back into the seat “Well, we will always let you do the things you want to do sweetheart.”
Esme smiled “Thank you!” She then grinned as she watched the show
A little while later, the family arrived at the science museum. Alex had made sure that the children’s museum had a Space exhibit, “I double checked to make sure they had a Solar System exhibit.”
Esme kicked her little legs as they pulled into a parking system “Thank you!”
Lena smiled as she looked over at Alex “She’s going to love it.” Then Lena looked back to Esme “Baby Girl, when we go in you have to keep a hold of my hand or Alex’s hand okay?”
Esme nodded as she laid her babydoll in the seat beside of her booster seat “Okay! I promise!”
Lena got out of the car as well as Alex and then they went to the back seat and helped Esme out. Esme grabbed both Lena and Alex’s hands “Can we see the Planets first?”
Lena giggled as she locked the car “Yes, we can”
The family of three walked around the museum for several hours. They even looked at Esme’s favorite exhibits multiple times. After about their fourth time walking the space exhibit, Esme looked to Alex and Lena “I’m getting hungry.”
Lena smiled looking at Esme “Do you want to go get some food and then go to the park? We can eat and then you can play.”
Lena, Alex, and Esme finished up the trip and then they loaded into the BMW and drove to pick up Big Belly burger before going to the park. They found an unoccupied picnic area and then sat up their lunch. Esme got a kids meal with chicken nuggets and Apples with an apple juice while Lena and Alex each got burgers and fries. Once Esme was finished with her kids meal she looked at Lena “Can I go play now?”
Alex nodded looking at Esme “Yes, but make sure we can still see you Esme. We will be right here.”
Esme smiled and then she ran off to go play. “I will!” she shouted as she went towards the jungle gym.”
Lena and Alex smiled as they finished their meal on the picnic bench. “She’s so happy.” Lena said softly as she looked at Alex “She told me she loved me earlier and squeezed my neck.” Lena smiled and showed Alex the picture.
Alex smiled looking at the Image that was Lena’s lock Screen “You’re such an amazing Mom and she's starting to feel more at home with us.”
Lena smiled as she looked at the image “She’s everything I’ve ever wanted.”
Alex nodded, pulling Lena close to her “I can tell, I’ve noticed when you get up in the middle of the night just to go and watch her sleep.”
Lena smiled as she kissed Alex “ I try not to disturb you when I get up. She reminds me so much of myself when I was her age. When I was four, I remember moving in with Lionel, I was so scared and Lillian was never any help. She never made me feel like I belonged there, I want to make sure that Esme never feels that way. Lillian only ever taught me to doubt myself and I don’t want Esme to grow up doubting herself like I did.” Lena smiled softly “But Honestly, In a way I’m glad that Lillian made me doubt myself so much that I trusted Rhea. Because without trusting Rhea, we wouldn’t have Esme.” Lena took Alex’s hand “I think we should name her Esme Elizabeth-Hope Danvers-Luthor. I figured Elizabeth could be after both of our moms. I know it’s my mom’s name but Eliza is in Elizabeth.”
Alex smiled looking at Lena tearfully “Are you saying that you want me to adopt Esme?”
Lena nodded, wiping Alex’s tears “Yes, I do. We are a family and she is ours but I want her to legally be yours as well.”
Alex nodded, hugging Lena. “I would love to adopt her, Lena.”
Lena smiled and she was about to kiss Alex again when she heard a soft shaky voice call out “I want my mommy.” Lena knew the voice and she immediately pulled away from Alex.
Lena looked at Alex “Esme’s scared.” She immediately began looking for Esme and she jumped up when she couldn’t find her. “I can’t see her, Alex.”
Alex looked around and got up “We will find her.” before Alex could say another word Lena was already up and searching through the park.
Alex saw a woman who reminded her of Miss Hochschild and her heart stopped so she used the com “Lee? I think Esme’s old foster mom was here.”
Lena took a deep breath and then she heard the tiny cries of Esme hiding in the bushes “Mommy.” Esme kept saying in a shaky voice.
Lena went over to the bush and bent down “Esme, honey, Mommy is right here.” She held her arms out to Esme.
Esme was quick to get out of the bush and then she wrapped her arms around her mommy’s neck and she buried her face in Lena’s shoulder “Mommy.”
Lena rubbed Esme’s back and kissed her head as she held the tiny body in her arms “I’ve got you baby. Mommy has you.” She held onto Esme and rubbed her daughter’s back. Once Esme had calmed down a little bit Lena lifted Esme up in her arms and used her com to get in contact with Alex “I have Esme Alex, We are going back to the picnic area.” Lena walked over to the picnic area and sat down with Esme in her lap “What’s wrong sweetheart?”
Esme sniffled as she held onto Lena while Alex joined them “She found me, she told me you never wanted me, then she told me that now you're going to take me back to her house.I told her that wasn’t true. I told her that you want me and that you love me. She was wrong, wasn't she mommy?” Esme said as she held onto Lena tightly.
Lena started seeing red as she listened to her daughter “Baby, tell mommy, was it Miss Hoschchild?”
Esme nodded as she sniffled “Yes mommy.” Esme reached over and grabbed Alex’s hand when she saw that Alex had offered the hand to her.
Lena took a deep breath and looked at Esme “Will you look at Mommy?” when Esme looked up at her Lena kissed her head “Esme, it's not true. You are everything mommy has ever wanted, You and Alex are everything to mommy.” Lena was angry that this woman had tracked her daughter down and told her these lies “Esme, You are Mommy’s miracle. I wish more than anything that I had known about you. Mommy would have come and got you on February 9th, 2018 if I had known about you.” Lena played with Esme’s hair “Many years ago, Mommy was told she couldn’t have a baby and it broke my heart. I had always wanted to be a Mommy and then I wasn’t able to. You were created by a very bad lady using Mommy’s hair and your dad’s hair. I promise when you are older I will tell you all about it.” Esme nodded as she wiped her eyes with the hand that Alex wasn’t holding. Lena held onto Esme “Esme, my love you are Mommy and Alex’s precious baby. We are never going to take you back to Miss. Hoschchild’s house. Mommy and Alex love you so much Esme.When we go back in front of the judge, Mommy and Alex are going to change your name to Esme Elizabeth-Hope Danvers-Luthor.”
Esme looked at Lena and then at Alex “Does that mean that Alex is going to be my mommy too?”
Alex smiled leaning forward and kissed Esme’s head “Yes, I’m going to adopt you my love and you will have two mommies. We are always going to be a family sweet girl. We love you.”
Esme smiled as she laid against her mommy and looked at Alex “I love you both too.” she wiped her eyes “Can we go home?”
Alex nodded looking at Esme “Yes baby, you and your mommy stay here and I’ll clean everything up.”
Lena smiled thankfully to Alex as she held Esme. Lena could still feel the tenseness in Esme’s body so she began to rub Esme’s back and hum the Irish Lullaby that her mother had sung to her when she was scared. As Lena hummed the song Esme began to relax back against Lena.
Once Alex had finished cleaning up the picnic area she looked to Lena “Where did you learn that?”
Lena smiled looking away from Esme’s face and up at Alex “My mother used to sing it to me when I was scared at her age.”
Alex nodded and kissed Lena’s cheek “She must have been a wonderful woman and a wonderful mom.”
Lena nodded sadly as she rocked Esme “My mom was my hero.” When Alex motioned that she was ready to go home, Lena lifted Esme up into her arms and then took Alex’s hand as they walked back to the BMW. When they got to the car, Lena buckled in Esme and handed her baby doll to her “Let’s go home baby. We will put up your toys from the museum and later, we will get in our comfiest pajamas, order pizza, and then we will watch movies until you go to bed.”
Once they got home, that was exactly what they did. Lena, Alex and Esme played with her dolls and then for dinner they ordered Pepperoni Pizza and they watched movies, Esme laid with her head in Lena’s lap and her feet up against Alex. They were on their 4th movie of the night when Esme finally fell asleep while Lena played with her hair.
Lena looked over to Alex and sighed “I can’t believe that woman tracked her down and told her all of those things.”
Alex laid her hand on Lena’s shoulder “We will keep her safe Lena. I promise. Come on, let's get our little miss to bed and then we will watch a movie before we go to bed.”
Lena nodded as she played with Esme’s hair some more “She’s perfect and she’s ours.”
Alex smiled and picked Esme up to carry her to bed. “She's perfect like her mommy.”
Lena blushed looking at Alex and then she followed her girlfriend and Esme to the bedroom. Alex laid Esme on the bed and pulled the blankets over her before kissing her head and then moving away from the bed so Lena could tuck Esme in. Lena was kissing Esme’s head when Esme’s eyes fluttered open “Go back to sleep baby, We are getting ready to go to bed too. Mommy and Momma love you so much Esme.”
Esme stretched and smiled at Lena and then over at Alex “Goodnight Mommy and Momma, I love you.”
Alex and Lena smiled, kissing Esme again “Goodnight baby, We love you.” the couple said in unison.