"How many times do I have to tell her that I'm not like the rest of my family?" Lena quickly marched through her office and sat down in her black leather chair.
"Well...last time Supergirl saw you, you said, 'I am a Luthor; right before you launched a rocket with the virus…"If looks could kill, Kara would be dead in a matter of seconds.
"You're supposed to be on my side!" Lena's expression quickly softened upon noticing the impact of her words took on Kara's disposition.
"I am…I just…" Kara stuttered for a moment, trying to form a coherent thought. "She couldn't have possibly known that you altered the virus…"
"And sent my mother to jail." Lena interrupted her and smiled triumphantly.
"Yes, that..." Kara smiled and quickly adjusted her glasses.
Kara had always been so nervous when they discussed the topic of Supergirl. She wanted to tell Lena her secret but she knew everyone at DEO would go crazy. It was driving her mad that people judged Lena based on the preconceived notions of her family name: Luthor. However, it wasn't too long ago that she did the same.
"How do you even know about all that?" Lena leaned forward as she ran her hand through the thick of her dark hair.
"Supergirl," Kara gulped, "We are friends… We talk."
"Are you two that close? CatCo is getting a lot of information from her lately."
"Uh…"
"Yes?" Lena smiled and raised her eyebrows.
"Miss Grant launched Supergirl. I guess she's only returning the favor."
"Is that so?" Luthor slowly leaned back in her chair and bit her lip.
Kara turned slightly red. Lena was satisfied with herself. She could do this all day and would never get tired of how cute Kara was in the moments like this. Her eyes sparkled as the reporter rose from the sofa. The silence in the office was interrupted by the buzzing of Kara's phone. She took a quick look at the message from her sister. Location ofa car accident.
"I… I have to go Lena, but I'll see you at the party tonight?" Kara asked, barely hiding the hope in her voice.
"Yeah," Lena nodded and stood up to accompany her friend to the doors, "I wouldn't miss it."
"Alright…" she opened the doors and gave Lena a big smile before she walked out into the hallway.
"Is Supergirl coming too?"
"I don't… I'm not sure."
"Have a nice day, Miss Danvers."
"You too, Miss Luthor." Kara narrowed her eyes and awkwardly backed up into the elevator.
When the elevator door closed, Kara growled in frustration. 'Why can't I just tell her?' She whined silently and paced from side to side until the elevator reached the ground floor. As soon as the door opened, Kara basically ran out of the L Corp building. She took the first turn left and stopped in the small abandoned alley. It was risky to fly from here, but the urge to help was stronger than her self awareness. She pulled off her clothes in one continuous motion as she did thousands times before and with a stack of clothes under her arm Kara jumped and flew directly to the accident.
"Kara!" Alex grabbed her immediately after she landed and took the clothes away, throwing them into the trunk of the massive black DEO car.
"Hey…" She gave her sister a huge smiled and nudged Alex with her shoulder, "What happened?"
"Well… Car smashed into the building, driver died."
"So?"
"So it would have been normal accident if he didn't have an alien body locked in his trunk." Alex widened her eyes for a brief moment.
"Okay…" Kara started slowly, "Let's take a l-"
"Supergirl," Someone interrupted her, "Of course you're here."
Kara glanced at her sister and noticed the slight blush across her cheeks. She turned flawlessly on the tip of her heel and the most heartwarming smile appeared on her face. She would probably hate this woman if Alex hadn't excitedly called her two days ago, and told her that Maggie turned up at her apartment with pizza, beer and most importantly the announcement that she really liked her. Kara only wished she had realized this sooner and spared Alex the unnecessary heartbreak.
"Detective," The smile grew even wider, "Nice to see you again."
"Sure," Maggie hummed as she stared at Alex, "Danvers."
"Sawyer." Alex's voice trembled with excitement, but her eyes turned to ground, avoiding any eye contact with the cop.
"I'll… uh… go check out the body." Kara smirked and left both of them behind. It was obvious they hadn't had a chance to talk after Maggie's surprise visit.
She didn't even make it to the car before Alex was behind her. Kara looked at her sister with an obvious question written all over her face. Alex just shook her head and kept looking forward.
"Alex?"The agent stayed quiet.
"Alex… talk to me."Her eyes filled with tears.
"Alex!"
Kara had to raise her voice to get her sister's full attention. Alex threw up her hands and lowered her head. Kara didn't wait for her to start talking. She took a few steps closer to her sister and hugged her tightly.
"I thought that you two were okay…"
"We are…" Alex sobbed into her shoulder.
"Then what is it?" Kara pulled back and held her sister's face in her hands, "You know you can tell me right?"
"Kara…" She whispered her name just to make sure no one around could hear her, "There is an alien body right over there. We have a work to do."
"No," a strong squeeze on Alex's arm stopped her from leaving, "That alien…" Kara pointed to the destroyed car, "That alien is already dead," She pointed at the symbol on her chest, "You know what this means, family is always first."
Alex sniffed and wiped her tears quickly. Kara waited patiently until she gathered enough courage to talk.
"I don't know Kara. I'm just… scared?"
"Of what?"
"Of her." Alex quickly glanced at Maggie. She was leaning on the car, probably checking out the alien body.
"I don't understand Alex… I thought you wanted to be with her?"
"I did," She nodded, "I still do…"
"Then what's the problem?" Kara was trying her best to understand, but she was more and more confused.
"I don't know what to do…" Alex finally spat out the real problem, "She's just so perfect and… I have no idea what to do… I'm sure that I'll fuck up and… And she'll leave… And -"
"Alex," Kara laughed, even though she tried to hold it, "Alex, stop it. You are amazing. She won't leave. I promise. You just need to tell her all those things."
"I don't -"
"Invite her over and talk with her… Or I will."
Alex gulped in shock as Kara gave her a cheeky grin. There was no way that she would let her sister talk to Maggie about this, so she quickly grabbed Kara's shoulders and leaned closer.
"Don't you dare Kara."
"So you'll do it?" Kara laughed at Alex's imitation of a serious face and her facial expression completely softened as Alex took a deep breath and shook her head.
"Yeah, I will."
"Good. Now let's go see that alien."
She pushed her sister forward enthusiastically and extended her steps to keep up.
"So what am I looking at?" Kara asked as she leaned forward to get a better view of the alien body.
"Well I was hoping you could tell us…"
"J'onn!" She squealed and punched a green martian to the shoulder playfully.
Before J'onn could say anything, really loud sigh escaped Maggie's mouth. It was clear that she didn't enjoy company of the Supergirl. Especially not around Alex, who was now confusing the shit out of her. Kara smirked and when she was about to say something, Alex decided to pull detective away from the car.
"Look Maggie…" Alex looked at the woman standing in front of her right in the eyes and felt everything inside her melting as Maggie turned her head slightly to the right and smiled.
"Yes?"
"I… uh." Alex groaned, 'Fuck, those dimples,' she thought to herself before she took a deep breath and continued, "There's an event at CatCo tonight…"
"Mhm." Sawyer raised her eyebrow and waited patiently.
"It would be nice if… I mean… I would… Shit." Alex put her palm on her forehead as she stammered.
"Hey," Maggie quickly cupped Alex's cheek in an attempt to calm her down, "Just breathe."
Agent nodded and before she realized it, detective pulled her in for a quick soft kiss. Alex tried demanding more and whined when Maggie pulled away, looking at her with a sign of a concern in her eyes. She found it quite amusing when Alex lost her words, but not when she pulled a stunt like today. Alex ran after Supergirl, leaving her 'girlfriend' behind. Maggie didn't like that and they would have to talk about it later, but now she could clearly see that there was something important bugging Agent Danvers.
"Try again," She smiled again and softly brushed Alex's cheekbone with her thumb.
"I would really like to… go there with you?" She felt her knees slowly giving up.
"Are you asking me out Danvers?" Maggie let out a short laugh.
"Yes," Alex's eyes widened, filled with panic, "Yes, I guess I am."
"It's about time," Another laugh, she leaned forward, making sure to press her body against the agent and whispered into her ear, "What are you doing after the party Danvers?"
"I…" She panted into Maggie's neck for a second before she found her words again, "I think we should talk after."
"Oh," Detective immediately distanced herself.
"About us. About this." Alex finished and made a few gestures with her hands which made no sense at all.
"I figured," Maggie forced a smile, "Then see you tonight, I believe you can handle it here without me," a quick glanced at Supergirl followed, "Being a sidekick."
"Maggie…"
But before she could say anything, the detective was already on her way to the car. Alex ran her hand through her hair and closed her eyes for a moment. She had already fucked up. Kara put her arms around her shoulders and held her without a word. Alex turned around and nodded towards the DEO agents who were trying to extricate the alien's body out of the trunk.
"What did you find?"
"It was a Kryptonian…" Kara scoffed, "Obviously the one of a few who worked with Non."
"How did he…?" Alex began slowly walking towards her car.
"He depleted his powers, then someone smashed his head from behind."
"Kara…"
"Don't worry about me Alex, I'm okay," She smiled at her sister, but there was a hint of pain in her eyes.
"It must be hard to see… People from your planet dead. I mean… There is only a few of you left?"
Before Kara could answer, her phone buzzed.
'Looking forward to see you tonight. M' Kara smirked and quickly sent an answer to Mon-El. She looked at Alex. Her sister was staring at her impatiently. The Kryptonian studied her annoyed expression for a few moments.
"Where's Maggie?" Kara suddenly asked and watched how wave of pain flashed over Alex's face.
"She… uhm, she had to go somewhere…"
"Did you tell her?" She took a step forward and put her hands on her sides.
"I invited her to the CatCo party," Alex laughed a little when she realized, her sister was using Alex's trademarked pose.
"That's a start," she gave Alex a warm smile and turned around to stop J'onn who was passing by with the dead alien body, "J'onn! So what are we going to do about this. I didn't find anything useful around."
"We'll test the body at the DEO lab… Then go from there," Green martian stopped and sighed, "Supergirl should probably appear at the CatCo party. To make sure everyone is safe."
"I'll be there too," Alex jumped in, "With Maggie… I mean… Detective Sawyer."
"Just keep it professional Agent Danvers." He winked at Alex and followed the rest of the DEO officers.