Lena stirred awake. Kara was peppering her face with kisses.

"Good morning beautiful," Kara whispered.

Lena beamed, "You think I'm beautiful?"

The blonde nodded, "Since the first day I met you."

Kara was in her room reading when she heard her mom come home.

"Sweetie, can you come see for a second?"

Kara left her room and found her mom standing in the living room with a scared looking brunette. She looked to be around 15 or 16. Her clothes were worn, but not to the point where she looked like she'd been on the streets her whole life. Krypton used to be a planet where everyone was equal. No one had to suffer, but ever since the Cloning Wars, the planet was never the same. Some people fell into a life a poverty, managing to just get by or losing everything and had to live on the streets. Krypton prided itself for its advancement in science and technology, but science couldn't fix the broken planet.

"This is Lena and she's going to stay with us for a while."

Kara wanted to run towards the girl and ask her to play, glad to finally have someone to play with, but she didn't want to frighten her further. Instead she calmly walked towards the brunette, she held out a hand, "Hi, my names Kara. Would you like to play?"

Lena stood frozen. The little blonde couldn't be more than 10, but the way she carried herself suggested she was smarter than she looked. Spending months on the streets by herself, Lena had become accustomed to being alone. Interacting with others became a foreign concept to her. Alura, sensing the teenager's inner turmoil stepped in.

"Kara, honey, why don't you go play so I can get Lena settled. Maybe later."

"Okay." Kara chirped and went back to her room.

Lena watched the little girl walk away. "How old is she?"

Alura chuckled, "She's 10, but wise beyond her years." The older woman guided her to a hallway with various rooms. She stopped at the one all the way down the hall. "This will be your room dear."

The room was simple with a queen-sized bed in the middle with a nightstand on both ends. There was a dresser next to a closet. The walls were dark red and the furniture was different shades of brown. Compared to where she had been sleeping the last couple of months; this was a five-star hotel.

"There should be extra clothes in the closet and the bathroom is down the hall. Make yourself at home."

Kara went to her room and tried to finish her book, but her mind stayed focused on the new addition to their home. The older girl was without a doubt beautiful, but her entire presence screamed scared and Kara wanted to make her feel at home. She went into the kitchen and got to work.

When Lena was finished getting settled she went into the kitchen and found Kara sitting there with a sandwich and a glass of water. The little girl perked up at seeing her.

"I figured you were probably hungry so I made you a sandwich. I don't know what you like on them so I put a little bit of everything."

It's true that she was hungry, living on the streets didn't guarantee an everyday meal and what she did manage to scrap up wasn't always that appetizing.

"Thank you Kara, I really appreciate it."

Kara smiled at the thanks, "No problem." The little Kryptonian paused, unsure if she should ask what she wanted. She looked at Lena sheepishly, "Will you be my friend?"

When Lena hesitated to answer, she started to ramble. "I-I mean you don't have to if you don't want to. It's just I want you to feel at home a-and it would be nice to have someone to play with, but's it's your choice. Just because you live here now doesn't mean we have to be friends or anything..."

Lena chuckled. "Kara, slow down. You just took me by surprise that's all. I would love to be your friend. "

The blonde let out a squeal and wrapped her small arms around Lena. At first Lena tensed, but then she melted into the warm embrace. The teenager was going to thank Alura immensely. She wasn't alone anymore.

Lena looked at the beautiful woman next to her. She knew they had to talk about last night's kiss. Suddenly her heart rate picked up and Kara heard it judging by the look on her face. "A-about last night, I-I know you're busy with work at CatCo and being Supergirl and I-I totally understand if you don't want to jump into anything right now. I'm willing to wait if this is something you want-"

Kara cut her off with a searing kiss. "Look whose rambling now." She laughed when Lena shot her a playful glare and smacked her on her arm. Her face softened a moment later. "You're right I am really busy with everything."

Lena's face fell, she looked everywhere but at Kara.

Kara cupped the older woman's cheek until their eyes met. "But that doesn't mean I don't want this. At the end of a stressful day I want to come home and hold you. I want to take you on cute little dates and show you everything this world has to offer. I want you by my side through everything, because by Rao Lena, I love you."

The confession caused Lena to shed tears of happiness. Growing up, her father's looming presence cast a shadow upon her life. Eventually happiness became a blissful, far away dream. Meeting the Zor-El family changed that. The older woman pulled Kara into a kiss and pulled away just enough to whisper, "I love you too, Kara Zor-El, so much."

The couple got lost in each other. They poured all of their feelings into bruising kisses and longing touches. When the alarm clock went off they were tempted to just ignore it, however they knew they both had duties to attend to. Kara sighed as she pulled back just enough to stare into her partner's eyes, "You don't know how good it feels to do that and not break anyone's nose."

Lena erupted into a fit of giggles. "And how many noses have been broken by that pretty face of yours?" Kara covered her face as she held up four fingers which prompted Lena's giggles to turn into full out laughter.

Kara blushed harder as she pouted, "Lee... it's not funny, it's embarrassing. Especially when we had to explain it to both of our parents."

Lena's face became soft at hearing the blushing blonde's words. "It's been a while since you've called me Lee." She took Kara's hands in hers. "I'm glad I'm as indestructible as you because I never want you to hold back with me. Whatever it is we're doing I want you to be able to enjoy yourself fully and not have to worry about hurting me."

Kara wanted to partake in some of those activities at hearing Lena's words, but sadly both of them had to go to work, so she settled for a heated kiss that left them wishing for more.

They got ready together, which was strangely domestic, but Kara didn't mind one bit. Lena, not wanting to be late for her new job, gave Kara a chaste kiss and zoomed out the door. She could have flown, but the lack of red and blue would alert people that it wasn't Supergirl. Everyone agreed it would be best to wait to introduce a new flying woman to National City. Cadmus was still a big threat and they didn't want the anti-alien group to make the connection between Lena and the flying woman.

Alex put away her pool stick with a smug look on her face.

"Oh, I don't get the chance to win my money back?" Maggie pouted looking at all the balls she failed to sink into a pocket.

"Uh, sorry babe, but with the rate that you play, we'd be here for hours. The others would put out an APB on us." Alex smirked as she pulled Maggie into her arms. She kissed away that adorable pout until Maggie's dimples shown. That damn pout would be the death of her. She thought Kara's pout was good, but when Maggie first used it on her, she knew she was a goner. Looking down at the beautiful Latina in her arms, she thanked whatever God was out there for sending her this woman. Yea, there's been a couple of bumps in the road, but they've always come out stronger in the end.

Maggie pulled her face away from Alex's neck and asked, "So what adventures do you think lie ahead for us today?"

Her question was answered by both of their phones ringing.

"I don't know but it seems like we're about to find out."

Kara and James were walking back to CatCo after lunch at Noonan's. They might not be together romantically, but Kara was thankful they remained friends. Thinking about it now, she realizes nothing she ever felt for any of her exes could compare to what she felt for Lena. "So, what do you think about Lena?"

"I gotta admit, I'm a little jealous of her. You know everything is so brand new and exciting." James answered honestly.

"Yea," Kara replied. She remembered when she first landed. It was scary and the loss of her planet weighed heavily on her, but it was a little exciting learning everything. Mostly nerve wracking, but still exciting. "She's got a lot to learn, but she does have me and I'm looking forward to showing her everything."

Just then a black SUV swerves next to them. Out of instinct, Kara steps in front of James, but thankfully the SUV stopped right on time.

James let out a sigh, "That was close."

"Yea, for their car."

They watched as the masked men scrambled out of the vehicles with guns and into the building.

Kara couldn't help but scoff at the irony of the situation. "Seriously, right in front of Supergirl. I almost feel bad for them." She hurried into an alley and quickly changed. She landed in front of one of the robbers as he left the building. He pointed his shotgun at her and she rolled her eyes. These guys just never learn do they? "You do know those bullets aren't going to work on me right?"

"I'm glad I didn't bring any bullets then." She faced the voice and found a man holding a REALLY big gun. Too big to be anything but alien. All she could think before he pulled the trigger was 'crap'. The beam hit her and sent her flying backwards. She crashed into a cement block and the thing crumbled to pieces, thankfully it didn't hurt too much. Kara's eyes lit up as she aimed her laser vision at the gun, but it didn't work. She took off into the sky hoping to surprise the guy, but he saw her and shot her down. As she got to her feet, the next beam sent her into a building, which unfortunately turned out to be a children's hospital. After profusely apologizing to the kids, she flew out to check on James.

"James! James, Are you okay?"

"Yea."

She followed his line of sight and found his camera lying in pieces. "Oh no, your dad's camera."

"Who were those guys?"

She didn't know, but she knew they were going to be trouble again and next time she would be ready.

Winn flipped through the weapons, hoping one of them would look familiar to Kara, "Do any of these look familiar to you?"

"That one! That's the one he was," Kara blurted.

Winn sighed. "Okay! That is an Andranian Photon Canon." Of course it would be one of the guns they had little information on, and the information they did have did nothing to ease his fears.

"How did these guys get their hands on an alien weapon," J'onn added.

"Are you sure they weren't Andranian," Alex asked.

Kara looked over at Lena who was quietly observing the screen with the weapon on it. Neither of them had been able to visit the planet, but she was sure the brunette had some knowledge of it.

"Well they weren't purple with fins," Lena pointed out and Kara chuckled.

"You're lucky this thing hit you before it was fully charged. There's no telling what this might've done to you." Winn cautioned.

"We gotta find a way to track these weapons." J'onn insisted.

Lena whole heartedly agreed. Being Kryptonian virtually left them indestructible, but they could still feel pain, and the thought of Kara getting hurt left a knot in the pit of her stomach.

"Well, it emits phase moon particles. I can maybe come up with a way to detect them," Winn answered.

Just then, the monitors changed and Cadmus released a video, blaming aliens for the entire attack. Kara was fuming by the end of it and she was ready to obliterate a couple of cement blocks in the training room.

Lena took the superhero's hand and gave it a squeeze, "You okay there darling?"

Kara smiled at the term of endearment, her body relaxing at Lena's touch. "Yea, I just want to put these guys away before they can do anymore damage."

"Kind of a coincidence that Cadmus releases a new video just as criminals get their hands on alien weapons," Alex grumbled.

"Only a coincidence if Cadmus is the one giving them the guns." Kara replied.

Lena walked up to Alex, nervously ringing her hands together. She hasn't had much interaction with the older woman, she was always nice. However that didn't stop her from being nervous about what she was about to ask the woman. "Alex, Can we talk for a second?"

Alex smiled as she turned towards the brunette. "Sure, no problem. Follow me." She could sense the other woman was uneasy about something and she wanted to help. At first she was wary of Lena, but when she got to know the Kryptonian at game night, she was glad Kara had her in her life.

When they were in a private room, Lena hesitantly looked at Alex, "So I have question about the courting rituals here on Earth."

Alex nearly choked on the water was drinking. "Courting rituals?" She asked between coughing fits.

"Yes, this morning when me and Kara were in bed, she mentioned she wanted to take me on dates, but I'm not sure what that is."

Alex sighed, so much for winning that bet, she thought. She took a second to gather her thoughts before looking up at Lena's hopeful face. "Okay, so basically a date is with someone you like and the two of you go out and do something you both will enjoy. Oh, and you have to ask her out. Just ask 'Kara, will you go on a date with me?' and have everything planned beforehand."

Lena stored the info in her brain, already coming up with a plan. "Is that it?" she asked.

"Yup, that's it." Alex replied, before Lena could leave she stopped the woman, "Just so you know, if you ever hurt my sister I won't hesitate to send you back to the Phantom Zone."

Lena smiled at the protectiveness Alex had for Kara, "I've loved your sister since Krypton, maybe not in the same context I do now, but I would never intentionally hurt her, you have my word."

Alex blanched as Lena left the room. 'Well damn' she thought. Lena didn't just say she liked Kara, she admitted she loved her little sister. She groaned at how much she owed her girlfriend now. They really needed to stop making bets, especially since she always losing.

Lena followed Lillian out of the car. Her boss asked her to accompany her on some important business. She tensed as she saw a group of men standing there, they were the same group with the alien weapon. However Lillian seemed completely at ease around them.

Lillian cut right to the chase, all business, "You're being reckless Mr. Miner. Lazy, you're carelessness is going to get you caught."

That's when everything clicked. Of course Lillian would be the ones giving the criminals the weapons! Her blood boiled at the fact that Lillian was the cause of Kara's felt foolish for thinking Lillian was different from her son Lex. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree after all.

The man named Miner replied, "Not with the weapons you gave us. Nothing can stop us."

Lillian's smugness was evident, "Supergirl can, if you give her the chance. Your targets are too high profile. Maybe you should think smaller."

Miner scoffed, "I'm never thinking small again. From now on its all big. Big bank accounts, big yachts, big money."

Lena nearly scoffed at the audacity of this man. Greedy and self-centered, he reminded her of her father and the thought just made her despise him even more.

Lillian, however, did scoff at the man, "I've no interest in making you rich. My interest is in molding public perception through the use of these weapons to sow fear and discontent to make the populace ready for our leadership."

"So that's what this is about. You want to rule the world." Miner replied.

"No. I want to save it."

Miner snorted, "Lady, I could give a rip about your politics, but if you're so worried about my wellbeing, why don't you replace the gun Supergirl damaged? Something bigger."

Lena listened to the conversation, this man was getting on her last nerve. She smiled inwardly when he mentioned Supergirl destroyed his last gun. 'That's my girl' she thought. When her mind went to Lillian, she knew she was going to stop this woman. She was going to talk to Kara and the DEO about it first, she wasn't crazy enough to believe she could do it on her own. The Kryptonian could see where the woman was coming from, she believed she was saving the world. The only thing was, she was going about it the wrong way and trying to destroy the wrong people. Not all aliens were a threat, her ray of sunshine was a perfect example. The brunette followed as Lillian's men produced a rather large container. She opened to reveal a large gun that looked more menacing than the last.

"Use it wisely." And with that her and Lillian were on their way back to LuthorCorp.

Lillian broke the slightly tense silence in the car, "Lena, dear, I want you to help me organize a fundraiser gala for the children's hospital. There building was ruined by Supergirl during her fight with Mr. Miner. It's those kind of damages that I hope to stop by ridding this Earth of those retched creatures." Lillian's voice was full of venom and it sent a shiver of fear down Lena's spine.

"Yes Mrs. Luthor."

Lena stepped out of the elevator, her nerves spiking up at what she was about to do. When Her and Lillian were finished planning the gala, she figured it would be a good reason to ask Kara out. She quickly zoned in on the blonde Kryptonian and made her way over. "Kara?"

Kara nearly jumped out of her skin, not used to being surprised. Her face broke out into a smile at seeing the older woman. "Lena! What brings you by?"

Lena pushed up her glasses nervously, a habit she got from Kara. "I wanted to ask you something."

"Ask me anything."

"LuthorCorp is hosting a party this weekend. It's a gala fundraiser for the children's hospital after the accident with their new building." she smirked knowingly at Kara. The pout Kara had was too adorable. She knew the other woman felt bad about the whole ordeal, but she also knew it wasn't her fault. Damn alien weapons. Lena took a deep breath, "I was hoping you'd come. It'd mean a lot to me if you were there."

Kara smiled, "Are you asking me out on a date?"

Lena bit her lip and nodded.

"Awwee, of course I'll be your date Lee." She pulled the woman into a hug and quick kiss. They were interrupted unfortunately.

"Kiera!" Ms. Grant called from the door to her office. "When you're done canoodling with your girlfriend, I need to see you in my office."

Lena sighed realizing she had to get back to work. "I'll see you later, Kara." She quickly kissed the other woman and reluctantly left.

Kara watched her go and while she was reluctant to let her go, she was certainly enjoying the view.

"Any day now, Kiera, chop chop."

Her face became crimson at being caught staring and she scrambled into her boss's office.

"Is there something you needed Ms. Grant?"

"First, how long have you been with that striking woman that was here a second ago?"

"Lena? We've only been together for a short while but we've known each other since I was a kid."

"Well, I wish you two all the happiness in the world."

"Thank you Ms. Grant," Kara said sheepishly, "Sometimes I feel I don't deserve her."

"Kara you are a grown woman. You are smart, and talented, and astonishing, and how many more times am I gonna have to tell you this for you to accept who you are. That woman probably thinks the same thing everyday. I just need you to pull up your big girl pants Kara and own your power, because I'm not gonna be around for very much longer."

Kara stood there shocked. She tried to process everything Ms. Grant just said. "What does that mean?" Her mind went to the worst possible outcome, and the thought terrified her. "Oh my God. Oh my God, Ms. Grant, are you dying?" Kara panicked, Ms. Grant couldn't die. Not only did she value this woman's advice, but as mean as her boss seemed, Ms. Grant was one of the most caring people on Earth. She considered the older blonde a friend and she couldn't imagine her life without Ms. Grant's snarky attitude.

"No!" Ms. Grant chuckled, "No, no, Kara I'm not dying. I'm leaving." sighed as she walked over to Kara. "Okay, the cat is out of the bag. I am taking a leave of absence from Catco."

"What?" Kara murmured.

"I've just done all there is that I can do here. I'm like a shark in a tank, and I'm just swimming in circles and I'm not getting anywhere. And yes. Yes I've created a media empire, and I'd like to think that I spread some light and humanity out there in the world, and I launched Supergirl for God's sake, but I've just been swimming in the same pool for too long. There are new seas out there that I have to go conquer. I need to ."

Kara sat there dumbly. "Ms. Grant, I can't imagine this place without you. Who's going to run the company while your away?"

Ms. Grant handed her a stack of papers, "You."

Cat held up her hand before Kara could say anything. "Don't give me some excuse that you can't because you can. I believe in you and it's about time you believe in yourself. If you ever need my help I'm gonna be a phone call away. The real question is... do you want to? I don't need an answer right now, but you have three days."

"Do you really believe I can do this?"

"I know you can. You were my longest assistant, you know this place almost as well as me Kara. There's no one more I would trust my company with."

Kara pulled her boss into a hug. "Thank you Ms. Grant."

Maggie sighed as she finished her conversation with a fellow cop about the whole situation. She thought she had seen everything, but of course working in the science division always left her discovering knew things. When she saw her girlfriend approaching, she quickly made her way over, knowing she would have more info on the situation. "You know, they didn't teach me one thing about antigravity guns at the academy?"

Alex smiled knowing these new weapons were a mystery to everyone. "We're analyzing thermal residue to look for any electromagnetic component to these weapons so we can create a counter measure." She personally helped with everything, but even with her and their top scientists, they were still stumped. It didn't help that it was humans who were using the gun. That only made things worse because that means there was some type of black market where alien weapons were being sold. Not only could Cadmus get their hands on the weapons, but criminals could too. Alex could already feel the headache forming from the whole situation.

Maggie chuckled at all the big words that came out of Alex's mouth, "Nerd."

She would deny it if anyone asked her, but she thought it was hot when her girlfriend started talking about science. Her eyes would light up and she would talk with so much passion and Maggie would be content to just sit there and listen.

Kara walked out of her bathroom after having done her make-up. She stopped mid-step as she took in Lena. Her tight dress hugged every curve perfectly, her hair was in a tight bun and Kara just wanted to see how long it would take to mess up that pretty red lipstick. The glasses stood out but they were necessary.

Lena watched as Kara took her in slowly. "Do I look alright?"

Kara's mouth opened and closed a few times, "You look stunning."

"Well well Ms. Zor-El,you don't look so bad yourself." Lena held out her hand for Kara to take and they left to head to the gala.

When they arrived, Lena was pulled away to mingle with other engineers. Kara hung out with James and Winn and watched as Lena charmed countless rich, old men into donating money. She would occasionally sneak away and do a perimeter check, but so far everything was going smoothly. Lena walked up to her and held out her hand.

"Would you allow me the honor and dance with me?" The brunette asked smoothly.

"Become anymore charming Ms. Pendragon and I'm going to be fighting off suitors instead of aliens."

Lena chuckled as she spun Kara. "They could try but they could never compare to you."

They continued to dance the night away, content to stay in each others arms, that is, until a certain someone showed up.

"My my. Look how many pretty things there are." Miner announced.

Everyone looked around, not knowing what to do with the new threat. Of course, where was Lillian? No where to be found.

"Ima keep this real simple people. Hand over every ring pearl, diamond watch, wallet, and no one gets disintegrated."

Just then Supergirl swooped in. "Did you really think I wouldn't be here."

"Actually I was counting on it."

As Supergirl was busy fighting the bad guys, Lena put her plan into action. She grabbed Winn's hand and dragged him under the stage.

"Lena, what are- oh, I just, wait is that a black body field generator?" Winn asked in awe

"It will be if I can get working, and you're going to help me with that."

"I am?" He looked between Lena and the generator. "You knew these guys were coming?"

"Not for certain, but Kara agreed and I wanted to be prepared. It's all going to be for nothing and a lot of people are going to get hurt unless we get this operational."

"Uh, okay. No pressure." Winn said sarcastically. "So if the black body is an equilibrium with the alien weapons then it will absorb the electromagnetic radiation and shut them down, this is genius!"

Lena smiled at Winn's praise. "I know, I know, but the frequency and the wavelength they're a match so..."

They wracked their brains for the answer, until it finally hit them.

"The induction coil!" they shouted in unison. The coil sent out a little shock as they fixed it.

Winn looked at Lena, admiration clear on his face. "Punch it."

They generator sent out a field of energy just as things were looking grim for Supergirl. She thanked her lucky stars for her amazing girlfriend.

Lena crawled out the back as Winn crawled out the other way. She didn't want Lillian to find out she stopped her evil plan, it would surely get her fired.

Kara landed on her balcony and the sight made her heart flutter. Lena was sitting on the couch in some sleep shorts and a faded university shirt, with her hair flowing around her shoulders. She had two pints of Ben & Jerry's in her lap and she was looking at Kara expectantly.

"Why do you go change into something comfortable and we can watch some Netflix while enjoying on of the best creations on Earth? Besides potstickers, of course."

Kara's face hurt her smile was so big. She couldn't think of anything better than this moment right here. The blonde supersped into some sleep clothes and cuddled up next to her girlfriend.

Maggie plopped onto the couch with a groan.

Alex walked over with two beers in hand. "Rough night at work?"

"It wasn't to bad, I'm just glad we got those scumbags." Maggie took one of the beers gratefully.

"That was pretty smart of Lena, with the whole black-body field generator and stuff."

"Yea. Kara seemed pretty proud to, speaking of which," the Latina smirked, "I believe you owe me a grenade."

Alex scoffed, "Think again Sawyer, I'm not giving you a grenade."

"Fine, then you have to try vegan ice cream. It's either that or the grenade."

Alex weighed the pros and cons of giving Maggie a grenade. She sighed, "I'll try the damn ice cream."

Maggie was sad she wasn't getting her grenade, but the look on her girlfriends face when she tried the ice cream totally made up for it.

I know I know, totally bad at updating but I know where I want to go with this story and I think yall are going to like it.