travel
Kara woke up late. That’s how the day started, with Kara rushing around her own apartment to finish packing her suitcase, meanwhile trying to also get ready to leave the house to meet Lena at the airport in a little less than a half an hour from the time that she woke up. So to say that her morning was a little rushed, would be an understatement. She sat on her suitcase, toothbrush hanging out of her mouth with her bubbly drool sliding down her chin as she reached underneath her and zipped up the suitcase. She rushed back to the bathroom to spit and rinse, at the same time she was trying to pull her hair into a ponytail. She quickly swapped shirts (after accidentally spitting minty goo on the one she had on before), grabbed her suitcase and headed for the door. Just as she pulled her keys out to unlock it, she face palmed herself before running back in and grabbing her phone and glasses before going back to her abandoned suitcase. She pulled the door shut and locked it as quickly as she could before pulling along the suitcase behind her as she went down in the elevator and to Alex’s car. Alex (who had been waiting for over ten minutes for her sister) drove them to the airport after giving her a box of pastries and a tray of four coffees. Maggie had picked Lena up on her way to the airport, just as Alex drove Kara. they figured it would be easier this way rather than driving all around town for one destination that could potentially make them late. All four of them had been quite nervous, to be honest. This was Lena’s first holiday at Eliza’s, however she had met her once, very briefly before she had started dating Kara, when Eliza had been visiting. Maggie on the other hand had never met Eliza, nor stayed over for a holiday. When the Danvers’ sisters had brought the idea of going there for Thanksgiving, you could say they were a little more than on the fence. Eventually Alex had convinced Maggie (with a steamy night) and Kara had convinced Lena (four minutes and 26 seconds after she brought the idea up with a pout and puppy eyes). Both sisters were over the moon and Eliza had expressed her excitement over the phone, clearly happy to be meeting her Daughters significant others.
When Alex and Kara arrived at the airport, they quickly grabbed their bags and suitcases before rushing over to their gate. Lena and Maggie had already gone through security, so they ended up meeting literally only a few minutes before they boarded the plane. Kara had explained that her alarm clock hadn’t gone off, and her natural built in timer was delayed because of the food coma that had started the night before. Eventually they got everything worked out and they all boarded the plane, girlfriends sitting next to their own girlfriends. This had been Lena and Kara’s first time flying together. They had taken mini road trips (the longest being 34 hours, however they only stopped because Kara forgot to tell Alex, and Alex had the FBI do a search of the whole state and made a missing person report), a public bus (one of the first things they had done as a couple; Lena’s car had broken down and Kara taught Lena how to ride a public bus, for the first and last time in her life), and even a train (when Kara had occupied Lena on the overnight train ride to see her brother), but never a plane. Kara has learned that as much flying as she does, Lena tries to avoid it as much as she can, despite having to fly a fair amount for work, because she absolutely hates flying. So, as a result, the whole five hour plane ride had consisted on Lena’s death grip on Kara’s hand, meanwhile Kara had alternated between playing with Lena’s hair, stroking her cheek, rubbing circles on her back, singing lightly to her, holding her thigh, or just straight up cuddling her. Not that Kara minded at all, she would do anything for her girl, and this is what she needed at that moment. Any time the plane shook, hit turbulence, or even made a weird noise (they found out after the third one it was coming from the tablet belonging to the toddler sitting behind them), Lena’s girp would tighten around Kara’s hand, at one point her hand went numb from the pressure. And when Kara had told Lena that she needed to go to the washroom after two hours? Lena had asked if there was a seatbelt in the washroom and offered to come with her (as she didn’t want to be left alone). Kara thought it was incredibly sweet, but after reassuring Lena that she would be fine for two minutes, she left once she pried her own hand away from Lena’s and pressed a kiss to Lena’s temple. When she came back a couple moments later, Lena's leg had been bouncing and Kara helped her calm down, she didn’t initially realise that when Lena said she hated flying, she meant she HATED flying.
Kara was able to keep Lena fairly calm for the rest of the plane ride, however when they were safely landed and able to start leaving, Lena was one of the first ones to grab her stuff and try to rush off as quickly as possible. The four girls met Jeremiah outside the airport, who had insisted on picking them up there before going back to the house just in time to start dishing out dinner. Later on in the night, as Lena was tucked into Kara’s arms, calmed down from the stressful morning, she murmured up to her girlfriend “Maybe we could try a train or something next time,” she nearly begged as Kara laughed and promised her girlfriend next time.