Kara knew she walked in on something… profound, but it was only Alex and Lena, her two-favorite people. She was happy that her sister stuck up for her... best friend. In the bed, Lena turned away from Kara facing the window, Kara simply watched the rise and fall of the woman shoulder as she breathed. She could hear her heartbeat, and her breathing and knew she was deep in slumber. Kara smiled, bit her lip and inhaled the scent of Lena's expensive salon shampoo and conditioner. She turned over onto her back and stared at the ceiling. When would Lena ever understand that Kara was there, right in front of her, waiting, simply waiting just for her?

Kara could hear Lena's heartbeat pick up sometimes when they were together. She noticed the rate in which she breathed sometimes sped up and became shallower. She knew the signs of attraction, but this was Lena, powerful, beautiful, soulful Lena. In many ways to Kara she was untouchable. True she was the only one to know the brunette, truly know her inside and out, but Kara feared the woman, and it wasn't that she could kill her with Kryptonite laced donuts if she so desired. No, she feared Lena's rejection. So, she kept the status quo. She kept her feelings buried from everyone, except for possibly Alex, because just like Kara knew Lena, Alex knew Kara.

She sighed deeply trying to expel these thoughts and tried to close her eyes and let sleep take her but the heat coming from Lena's side of the bed kept reminding her that the one person to stir more than just butterflies in her stomach in a long while lay less than 6 inches away. Kara turned on her side and away from Lena and slowed her breathing, closed her mind, and meditated. If she could not sleep, she might as well center herself.

Kara never knew when it happened, but she felt slender arms wrap around her waist, knees contour to the backs of her legs, and puffs of air ghost across her neck. Her eyes shot open, and she nearly flew from the bed… literally. Lena's hand draped over her side, close to her… she gulped. She took a deep breath and bit her lip once more and then lifted the arm and extracted herself from the brunette. She looked at the clock. 8:07am on a, she looked out the window, lovely Saturday morning. She turned and looked down at the woman taking up her entire bed and smiled. She chanced a movement and tucked brunette strands of hair behind the woman's ear and watched her nose squinch and then Kara sighed. If only it could be like this every morning.

Kara left the bed and threw on clothes and sped down to Noonan's. Coffee, Lena would want Coffee and Kara desperately needed carbs. On her way back to her apartment with two coffees and 2 dozen donuts, she smiled lost in her thoughts of the brunette slumbering in her bed. Yes, if only it could be like this every morning.

Alex sat next to Winn strumming her fingers waiting for the reports from the last tangle she had a few nights ago. She wiggled her toes in her boots and a smirk spread over her lips. Lena was ticklish, and that was positively Adorable.

"Ya know when you smile like that I fear for my life," Winn joked as he tapped on his keyboard. Alex lifted her boots up to rest on the counter next to his keyboard, not in his space, but reclined, relaxed.

"I smile, and you fear for your life. Tell me Winn, why are you so afraid?" She asked with a small toothy leer like a wolf waiting to pounce on a lamb. Winn swallowed and turned his gaze back to the computer, but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye at his superior officer.

"You never smile like that Alex, well not really," he said carefully. This brought Alex's feet to the ground as she leaned forward and stared the man down. She took a small, alright BIG thrill, from making her sisters best guy friend uncomfortable. She waited for his explanation.

"Fine," he cracked, and she smiled even more, "You only seemed to smile like that when you were with…" he let the statement hang. She backed off and looked at the man in the chair next to her as he fully faced her. He waited for her wrath. She knew he waited but there was something about his statement that just… resonated with her. She sighed and leaned back in her chair slouching drumming her fingers as she had moments ago.

"I supposed you are right," she said softly and then focused on Winn's face as if he was about to be told the biggest secret in the universe. She smiled and stood and patted his cheek and kindly told him to fuck off without so many words. Winn laughed softly and went back to tapping on his keyboard as she trekked back to her small office.

She saw the movement from edge of the room and sighed as she knew she was followed. She left the door open waiting for the man to walk in and close it. She sat down and waited for Jonn to begin their chat. When nothing came forward she turned in her chair and looked over the information she gleaned from the last alien. She sighed. Without those lab results she would not know how or what it shot into Kara that put her down and into the sunbed. She knew it was toxic for the Kryptonian, but not for her so that ruled out a few key enzymes, but she was still shooting in the dark.

"You and Kara seem to have similar thoughts these days," Jonn broached the subject. Alex turned around, surprised at Jonn's forwardness. She was honestly thinking he would be tentative and probing, but nope, her Martian Father out and tackled the topic like a linebacker in the NFL.

"Yes, well she was at Kara's this morning. She is having a rough time of it," Alex offered but not giving everything.

"Yes, but these thoughts have been occurring more and more since the Reign incident. What happened to make your heart open even in its smallest measure?" Jonn asked once more straight forward. Alex sighed as she thought back. She wanted to be a mother, she wanted a child. It was Lena that told her that she, just like Alex where strong women. And strong determined women can make anything happen. It was the gist of the moment, but the small pep talk endeared the woman to Alex. It was a side of Lena Alex had not seen, and she … liked it. The scrappy strength of a woman who will tear apart the world to achieve her goal. Yes, Alex liked it, liked it a lot more than she probably should. It was then, after the drama of the world killer that she noticed Lena and Kara together, as if there were nothing left between them, no more secrets. It was when she began to suspect.

"I see," Jonn said softly. He crossed his arms as Alex sighed and growled at the expulsion of her breath. Mind reading was a bitch and she hated it. She turned back around and let her thoughts run wild, anger and violation into her personal thoughts. She hated what he did.

"I am sorry Alex, but we both know you would not willing tell me the recesses of your heart," Jonn took a step forward and touched her shoulder but pulled his hand back as he felt his earth daughters shoulder tense.

"She is magnificent," Alex said to the computer screen she was not reading, then turned around to see Jonn waiting for her talk to him, "And utterly devoted to Kara."

Jonn nodded and then sighed, "Go home, I'll call you when we get those results," he was cut off by a Private saluting him and Alex and then gave Alex a print out. She grinned.

"I think I will stay right where I am at, Sir," Jonn shook his head and let a small smile ghost over his lips before he turned and walked to command central barking orders and exerting his dominance over his domain, a domain he gave to Alex, and she will take it as soon as she felt she was ready.

She woke in a medium, not as comfortable as her own, bed. She blinked away sleep filled eyes and let her gaze adjust to the onslaught of brightness. She groaned and couldn't take it anymore. Kara needed better curtains, but then she stopped her thoughts. The sun helped her power, so Lena huffed and turned over in the bed and away from the window. It was then she realized she took up the entire bed, and her bedmate was nowhere in sight. She skimmed her hand over the fitted sheet under the blanket. Cold. She sat up as she realized Kara had been gone for a long while. Her eyes skimmed over her surroundings, the messy environment that screamed Kara, and her chaotic life and mind. She gently stood and winced as she grabbed her lower back and then eased to the bathroom. Damned bed.

When she came out of the restroom, she could smell fuel. She followed her nose to the kitchen and found Kara humming and moving as she munched on her doughnut, and sip her coffee, reading the newspaper. She didn't even look up when a glorious smile touched her icing glazed lips and she lifted a cup her eyes and briefly heat rayed the contents and then placed the cup down right as Lena sat down. Lena reached for the box and sighed, empty. Kara smiled again wider. Lena smiled back and the huffed, this one was empty too.

"Kara," Lena whined, but she saw the sparkle in the blonde's eyes and then Kara moved to the microwave and pulled out two doughnuts. Lena grinned and bit into one not caring what they were.

"Oh my god!" she gushed and then looked at the pastry, "I swear I could kiss you right now. Apple fritters…"

"Are your favorite. I know," Kara smiled, and Lena sat there staring. Blinking at the moment. James didn't even know they were her favorite. She sipped from her cup and felt the creamy froth and the bittersweet of the caramel macchiato touch her tongue. He didn't know these where her favorites either. He always brought her lattes. Plane regular, none dressed up lattes. She put the cup down and watched Kara as she puttered around her apartment folding the blanket from last night, scrubbing a few dishes, mainly coffee cups, and then hanging them to dry on the rack. From head to foot this woman was the ultimate package and Lena… she sighed, yes well. She needed to figure out her other… complications before thinking deeper into her attraction to Kara. There was a beep on Kara's phone across the room, and Lena blinked as if by lightning the woman was there looking at the message, smiling. Texting back and then looked to Lena putting the phone back into her pocket realizing she used her powers.

"Sorry," Kara said bashfully adjusting her glasses biting her lip. Lena swore it was the most adorable thing on the planet.

"It's alright. I told you before this is who you are, and you don't have to hide it from me," Lena said sitting on the stool then reached for her apple fritter and took a large bite. "Everything ok?" she asked nodding at the phone.

"Oh, yes. Winn is gossiping," Kara smiled brightly and walked to the window and basked in the sunlight. Lena thought for a moment that one little moment of sun recharged the woman before her.

"Oh, do tell," Lena grinned. She was not above gossip. She quite liked to listen to the rumor mill, as long as she wasn't part of it, and if she was she wanted to squash it, if it would hurt the company. Kara stayed by the window, but her smile grew brighter if that was possible.

"He claims that Alex is interested in some one," Kara laughed at that. Lena tilted her head as she took her last bit of the pastry and pushed it away from her along with the other and motioned for Kara to finish the food. Kara came over and gladly inhaled the remainder of breakfast and shook her head.

"If Alex was interested in someone she would tell me," the Kara paused as a dark look slip over her face, "Or so I think. She told me about Maggie, but it took her a long time to do so. I just hope she knows she doesn't have to do this alone," Kara looked down at her sugary fingers and went to wash them not wanting to be rude and lick them clean.

"Alex seems like a private woman Kara," Lena tried to soothe her friends thoughts, "I too am private." She stopped talking as Kara turned around leaning on the counter waiting. Lena knew that look, she sighed and motioned for Kara to follow her as they both sat on the couch.

"James," Lena said as soon as they got comfortable. She saw Kara tense up and then reached out and took her hand, "Something has changed, and even if it has I have no idea why we began a relationship to begin with," Lean looked away and then felt Kara brush her thumb over the back of her hand.

"He is very strange when it comes to power," Kara said looking away focusing on nothing. Lena shook her hand for her to continue and Kara smiled sadly, "I was in a position to have the one thing I lusted after for so long, and when I finally got him, I didn't want him. I realized that we were not equal. Not in the I'm better than you kinda way, just not equal. I am a super, a journalist, and Kat even gave me the opportunity to do anything I wanted, even she challenged me," Kara blushed at that statement but rushed on, "Responsibilities were not equal. Yeah, he could run a company, but I had to save the city, the entire city, even the world. Something about those differences in responsibilities made him become the Guardian. It was stupid, he could get hurt, but then he began to do alright at it and we brought him on board at the DEO. But his ego, he kept comparing me to Cl… Kal, and then to himself," Kara paused as she looked to Lena, "It's like he hates being the sidekick, or inferior, when all he can be is who he is, and ultimately, that is simply James. We all loved him as James, but lately he has become argumentative, competitive, he has become a …"

"Tit bag, yes, I have heard that from both you and your sister," Lena smiled as she reached out to Kara and stroked her shoulder then, "He has begun to argue with me to." Lena swallowed. She shared this with Alex, why was it so hard to talk to Kara?

"Why on Earth would he argue with you?" Kara asked stunned, "You can be hardheaded and sometimes tunnel visioned, but in time you are typically able to talk it out."

Lena bit her lip and closed her eyes, and as soon as she did that she knew Kara would know something was wrong. She let herself be pulled toward strong shoulders and then head down into Kara's lap as the woman began to stroke her hair.

"You don't have to talk to me, but I wish you would," Kara whispered and Lena turned her body so she looked straight up from Kara's legs.

"For some reason we argue about you," Lena whispered. Kara looked straight down into green eyes blinking.

"Why?' she squawked not finding her voice looking at the beauty in her lap.

"I don't know," Lena replied looking away, but she knew why. She knew why every argument was started, why the anger and animosity flared to levels that should never have to flare. He was jealous of Kara. He could not place his anger either, but Lena knew, and she was tempted many times to throw the super under the bus and be the speed bump to their relationship. Cause them to slow down, for hopefully someday just stop.

"What do you want to do?" Kara asked, but to Lena, as she turned her head back to the woman above her, she thought she heard between the lines, who do you want. Lena reached up and stroked a strong jaw and then let her hand drop back to her chest. She felt Kara's hand twitch in her hair and at her waist at the move, but the blonde did not reach out. She did not reach out for the Luthor. It made a part of Lena clench deep near her lungs.

"It has to stop," Lena said finally and closed her eyes. It was as if that conclusion, that simple statement was what Lena needed to find peace. Kara got up from the couch to the protests of the brunette but found herself sitting in a fluffy chair at the window taking in the sun's rays before the storm that was forecast for that afternoon blew in.

Kara watched over the woman on her couch and muted the phone to vibrate and continued a conversation with Winn simply saying she will talk to Alex soon. When she looked up she made up her own mind. She deserved to be happy too.