Chapter 40

I want to thank WritersBlock039 for helping me think up a cover for Kara's parents.

That night, Kara was having a party at her loft, just like she'd promised, to officially welcome her parents to earth. She knew that J'onn and her team had spent a lot of today trying to familiarize them with Earth and now the party was designed to help them get accustomed to Earth's foods and forms of entertainment.

Kara smiled as she looked around her loft to see her family all interacting so well together. Her mom and Eliza were currently sitting on her couch, exchanging stories about Kara's childhood while Jeremiah, Alex and Astra were trying to explain the purpose of television on Earth, since Kara had actually explained Alex and Sara's relationship to her parents before they'd arrived so they wouldn't be confused about why it appeared that two women were dating, since that hadn't really been a thing on Krypton, but her parents had quickly understood and tried to support it as best they could without going too far, to her father. Barry was currently talking with Sara, since they were the only ones who'd never grown up with aliens, so this all felt a little strange to them, but all in all, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

"Hey, you okay?" Barry asked as he walked over to her.

"Yeah, it's just, everything seems so perfect right now. It's almost as if I'm expecting someone to pinch me and I'll wake up to find it's not real." Kara said.

"I doubt anyone can pinch you hard enough to even do that, but even if they could, I say just enjoy the ride while you can." Barry suggested as he kissed her cheek, since he was pretty sure Zor-El was watching him like a hawk.

"Calm down. I can handle my father if he gives you any problems." Kara assured him.

"I can't help it. Meeting your foster parents was scary enough and they don't have the power to roast me with their eyeballs." Barry said.

"Astra does and you met her the same time you did Jeremiah and Eliza. Honestly, the one you should really afraid of is Alex." Kara advised and Barry nodded.

"On that we agree." Barry said as Kara decided to call a toast.

"Okay everyone, I'd like to call a toast." Kara said

"What is a toast?" Zor-El asked.

"Just do what the rest of us do." Astra said as she handed her sister and brother-in-law glasses of wine.

"I don't think any of us could've thought we'd be where we are now a few months ago. Until yesterday, I thought that my Aunt Astra was the only part of my old home I had left. And now I have everything I've ever wanted. My parents back, my aunt Astra is back in my life in a positive way, Jeremiah back with us after so long of thinking he was lost, my dream job as a reporter at Catco, a wonderful boyfriend in Barry, seeing Alex so happy with someone she loves and of course, being Supergirl. Life changes in ways you don't expect it to and those changes come faster than any of us realize. But change is not a bad thing. If we let it, it can be wonderful. This world changes more everyday and now it has become something we never even dreamed it would become. A world of metahumans and aliens, heroes and villains. But despite all of that, there's been one constant. Family. Because when I look at everyone in this room right now. That's what I see. Family. So I'd like to call a toast. To family." Kara said as she raised her glass.

"To family." Barry said as he raised his own glass.

"To family." Jeremiah and Eliza said as they raised their glasses.

"To family." Alex and Sara said.

"To family." Astra said.

"To family." Alura and Zor-El said, though they were still a little confused about why they were doing this.

"You'll get used to it." Astra assured them.

"Oh, we finally finished putting together cover story for your parents to explain where they've been all this time, since we can't say the truth without revealing Kara's identity." Jeremiah said.

"So, what's the story?" Alex asked.

"We're saying that they were put into protective custody due to being the key witnesses in an ongoing alien murder trial, since aliens are the DEO's purview, so no one can really check that far into that, but the reason Kara didn't go into the protective custody with them is because her parents wanted her to still have normal life, so they asked us to watch her and we kept the secret to protect both Kara and her parents until the authorities were sure that all the alien's associates were locked up and it was safe to come back into the open." Jeremiah said.

"Not bad." Kara said.

"Have either of you thought about what you're going to do now that you're here. I mean, you'll need jobs. Astra works for the DEO because she has to, but what about you two?" Alex asked.

"I was actually thinking about joining this planet's academia." Zor-El said.

"Really, you want to be a professor?" Barry asked.

"I feel like I've already hit my zenith as a scientist by preserving Argo City. Now I want to pass on my knowledge to the next generation of this planet to help inspire the minds of tomorrow." Zor-El said.

"I'll tell J'onn so we can get you the credentials you'll need to be a teacher." Jeremiah said and Zor-El nodded his thanks.

"What about you mom?" Kara asked.

"Thinking about becoming a judge on this planet?" Astra asked, since she held her sister no ill will for sending her to Fort Rozz. If anything, that decision had saved her life and Alura had been one of Krypton's judicators.

"Maybe. But first I'd need to research this country's legal system, since I'm sure it's different then Argo's." Alura said.

"Way different. If you're interested though, I have a friend who was a lawyer before she decided to get involved in the politics of her city. I can see if she can send you her old law books." Kara said and Alura nodded as they all continued to enjoy the party.

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