/This is the Kara before 2x20 /

I slowly start to wake up, a groan escapes my lips. My body hurts, like every limb has been badly bruised. I am feeling something soft under me, a bed. But how can that be, I try to think back. I wasn't attacked, that can't be. Otherwise I would have remembered it, but I didn't. No, no the last thing I can remember is walking to CatCo because it was a beautiful sunny morning. I slowly open my eyes. Not knowing where I am, well I now know that the ceiling is white. But that doesn't help me. One thing I know for sure that this isn't the DEO. Their ceilings are gray. Not white like this. And the smell, no this isn't my house either. It smells like cinnamon in here. But underneath that smell there is something, like somebody tried to hide it, but only momentary succeeded.

No, this isn't truly my bed or house, because if I remembered correctly the smell there is something minty and the beautiful smell of flowers. The flowers that Lena gave me a couple days ago. How great of her to do that... my Lena gave me flowers, white orchids... ow stop it Kara, she isn't yours. You are with Mon-el. Once I put my thoughts aside I look around, mostly because I am intrigued where I am. After a couple of seconds I finally know where I am. Alone in some sort of hospital, my mind starts waking up of some sort and I finally hear a sound that always has been there. The sound of my heartbeat, apparently they hooked me up to a monitor. How could I have missed that sound, it isn't that loud but it is truly there. I should have heard it with my 'super hearing' which is now not so super apparently.

After a couple of minutes I try to do the only logical thing. Press the help button, but before I could press it I hear a loud "Kara! You're awake!" I turn my head towards the door and meet those emerald-like eyes. Almost like kryptonite. She walks up to me and starts talking. But I can't really follow it I just look in shock and with awe to her. She looks different, her clothes are different, not much but a bit. 'Oh my Rao Kara, you sound like a stalker.' I say in my head. But it is truly true, it is like her clothes are way more expensive than before. Not that I thought that that could happen. But it did. Like this black dress, it is just perfect for her figure. It is almost as this dress was made only for her, and nobody else in this universe. But her eyes... They were a bit red, but you can't see any marks that she had cried. Maybe she did her make-up again? Or something like that. She looks truly concerned and some what relieved, but why? What happened to me, why am I not at the DEO?

Once she stands a couple inches from my bed 'Is it even my bed?' I ask myself, she looks even more concerned, I didn't even know that people could get this concerned. Or have the emotion truly like this in their eyes. Not sparkling of happiness, but true concern for an alien like me. Not that she knows but still so she says "Kara, darling were you even listening?" It is like a mental slap, like she pulls me back to earth. And not somewhere up there with my mind. I feel my cheeks getting hot, it feels like a bomb just exploded with red dye inside and it only hit my cheeks. The warmth and the redness... I look to the ground, or more her shoes because they were standing on it. Which isn't strange of course i just groan mentally because I still need to answer and not think like this. So I say "I... uh... not really, sorry." I dare to look up again. Still knowing my cheeks are as red as they can be. She chuckles, probably because I am truly red. Or maybe because it is funny?

When the redness of my cheeks is a bit gone and I dare to talk again, I ask the question that is always needed. Why am I here? Maybe with some more fancy words, so I asked her "Lena, what happened to me. It seems like I can't remember." The smile on her fades away. Probably because it is something bad, even tough she probably doesn't want this bad part in our conversation, or whatever this is, she starts to explain.

You were fighting some bad guys, they had a kryptonite bomb." She takes a long breath, probably to fight her emotions and continues "You were too late... you got hit by multiple shards. Luckily Doctor Lane was here and made sure your secret was safe so no worries about that." She smiled a bit half "You had to go through surgery to let the shards be removed. But you are okay now, right?" She asks a bit hopeful, if she wasn't my best friend I wouldn't know she was holding something back. But I know it, those beautiful emotions of her. Some that don't get to see the daylight in years.

"Yes, yes I am fine" I said and smiled in reassurance. I sit a bit up, because laying down and looking at her like that makes me feel weak, not that it is bad but I truly don't want to.

Suddenly it is like my mind caught up, a pulse of shock and other emotions race through my body. Because she knows about my secret, and who is doctor Lane? A family member of Lucy and Lois? I regain my composure and just sit there, smiling or something like that, probably she can see that it isn't truly real.

She sighs and says "Don't you ever do that to me again, if you know they have a kryptonite bomb just go away. Don't risk it, I don't like losing you for ever." She says, if it weren't for me looking her in the eyes I could have sworn that she was on the verge of tears. But I know for truth she was. I grabbed her hand and gave it a small squeeze for support, she smiles at me and leans forward her soft lips meet mine. The first couple of seconds I am shocked and don't react. But when she almost pulls back I put my arms around her neck and kiss her back. The kiss slowly turn in some fight for dominance since she asked entry to my mouth, and I obliged. It felt great, it probably was a kiss you shouldn't have in a hospital, but truly it was like firework. Unique in every way, it started out soft but it just burst. To something abnormal, the fact that we had to pull back because we needed air didn't surprise me. Because oh my Rao this was good.

After a couple of seconds in good silence, because we both needed to breath normally Lena says "I thought you didn't want to kiss me those first couple of seconds." she says and smirks

I wasn't really ready for a question like this so I just shrug, not knowing how I could react.

Lena chuckles silently, my eyes fixed upon her while a light blush creeps it way to my face. Luckily before Lena could tease me or something like that, there was a knock on the door. I think I haven't looked this shocked in my life, maybe when I first ate potstickers but that was combined with delight. No this was full on shock, because the woman who stood in the doorway wasn't expected, Lucy Lane in fact. Who expected to see a Lucy Lane in full on doctor clothes here. I get it now, she was Doctor Lane.

Lucy walked in and chuckled lightly "Good to see you awake, Kara" I didn't really have full control over my body so I simply nod. Knowing whatever I might have said, it would come out wrong, terribly wrong.

"How are you feeling?" she asks me while she walks in.

"A little sore? But I think not too bad." She nods and look at Lena who decided to sit in a chair next to my bed.

"Alright, we probably need to do some tests. But if you say that everything is okay. Maybe you can be released this afternoon. Of course your wife needs to sign the papers."

"Yes, that's great" Lena says and smiles

And of course it again hits me this late. She said wife, does that mean Lena and I? No, no that can't be. Even though my emotions are somewhere up there I get the guts to look at her right hand, a ring. Of course a ring, what else? Or the fact a bracelet, the kryptonian way of showing marriage. Lena and I... married.

Well hello everybody! This was the first chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. This is also my first book. But that isn't something big. Have fun!

-Rebecca