jbthegift replied to your post “Okay. I’m at work without supervision and I’m itching to do some...”
Here's 2: Alex helps Kara buy Cat an anniversary gift? Or, Alex attends one of Carter's school events?
“Aunt Alex this is totally cheating and you know it.” Carter whispered from behind his tri-fold cardboard presentation on ‘The Theory of Effects of Thermonuclear Radiation on Supergirl’. “None of this is theoretical and they’re either going to figure it out or think I’m insane.”
Alex, with hands on her hips, gave a quick blow to an errant strand of hair over her eyes. She glared at it when it simply returned to its original position. After deciding to just flip it away with her hand, she turned her attention back to Carter. “It’s going to be fine; don't worry. No one here is smart enough to put two and two together. Besides, as long as you call it a theory no one will even consider the possibility that we exposed your mom to radiation in a top secret government bunker in the desert. I mean, that would just be crazy.” She smirked and put a hand on his shoulder. “Seriously, don’t worry so much.”
Carter sighed and hung his head. “You better be right or I’m going to have to change schools. Again.” He went around the table to stand in front of his presentation along with his “evidence”. After a few more minutes of nervously bouncing in place and checking his watch, the judges finally approached Carter. They first took a close look over his work and presentation.
Alex stood behind Carter, hands on his shoulders as they waited for the questions.
“Carter, where did you get an idea like this?” One of the judges asked.
After biting his lip a moment he replied. “I was wondering what would happen to Supergirl if an atomic bomb were to go off. I wanted to know if she could survive the radiation, what sort of effect it might have on her powers, and how long she could survive if at the epicenter.” He smiled as he felt his aunt squeeze his shoulders gently.
The judges nodded, seemingly understanding and interested in his questions as well. “And how did you conduct your research?”
Carter get a bit red as he recited the practiced reply. “As you know, my mom is in contact with Supergirl. She was able to get me an interview so I asked any questions that might lead me to my theory. There was a lot she couldn’t tell me so I used conjecture and hypotheses to fill in the gaps.”
After a moment of what seemed to be stunned silence, the judges nodded once more. “Very good, Carter. Well done.” They smiled, shook his hand and walked off to the next presentation.
Alex smiled bright and leaned down to hug him. “You did great, bud. Your moms are going to be so proud when they hear about this.”
