Chapter Four

Kara kept to herself the rest of the day, still thinking about what Lena almost told her. After Biology she headed straight for lunch and immediately saw Alex laughing with her friends.

With a heavy sigh she walked over and sat down at the table.

"Hey, I said you could sit with me until you got used to everything, remember? Besides I'm sure that by now you have plenty of people who would love to sit with you," Alex assumed. Kara opened her mouth to reply, but she saw movement in the corner of her eye and noticed Lena entering the cafeteria. She seemed a bit distraught. Before Kara could go over and see if everything was alright, one of Alex's friends interrupted her.

"Well, looks like the rumors are true. You don't like Lena either, do you? Everyone says that you're just being nice to her to teach her a lesson," he smirked.

Kara closed her hand into a fist and leaned across the table towards the guy who spoke. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Lena is an amazing person, but I guess a dumb and oblivious guy like you wouldn't know that. Now excuse me while I go and make sure she's alright."

Without a moment's hesitation she jogged to where the green eyed girl was located and stood in front of her with concern showing in her blue eyes.

"I'm fine Kara, really. You don't have to check up on me every time you think I'm upset. We are in elementary school, and you should spend time with people who won't draw too much attention your way. There is a lot that comes with being my friend. So it would be best if you just turn away right now. Please," Lena begged.

The kryptonian could tell that something was seriously bothering her, but she turned around anyway with tears in her eyes ready to fall at any second. She wanted to wait until she was out of view from the raven haired girl before crying to her heart's content.

Lena watched her go, upset that Kara had actually listened to her. She wasn't surprised though because Kara was someone who, even though could tell something was wrong, would still comply to not make a scene.

Kara was in the bathroom stall crying when she heard footsteps on the marble floor. "Kara, are you in here?" Alex asked. She stayed silent for a moment before getting up and opening the door.

"What do you want? Are you here to tell me that you were right about Lena? Because you aren't. She didn't say anything rude to me whatsoever. In fact, she's worried about my well being and told me to stay away. The only problem is that we have every single class together and in two of those classes we're next to each other. I don't know what to do Alex," Kara fretted.

"Well, I think it's pretty simple of what you should do. Listen to her and don't try and talk to her. As for saying I was right about her, I shouldn't have judged her because of her family. Hopefully she'll come around and see that she needs the wonderful Kara Danvers in her life. If she does talk to you again, I think she needs a proper introduction from me since I'm sure she has a bad impression," Alex guessed. Kara smiled at her sister with a thankful smile for finally letting her make her own decisions. She didn't want to be late to her last class though so she rushed out of the bathroom.

Mrs. Watson was waiting outside her door and gave her bright smile. She was suddenly in a better mood and almost forgot about what had transpired in the cafeteria. However, she didn't forget for long because as soon as she entered Lena was at her desk once again drawing some fascinating designs. As soon as her left foot made it inside the classroom the bell rang and once again attention was drawn her way. Except for one pair of eyes that the kryptonian really wanted to see. So with an internal groan she sat down at her desk that was right next to Lena's.

"Good afternoon! I'm sure you all were looking forward to the last class of the day. Even if it is math. I'm sure you'll all be happy to hear that there won't be any work that has to be done. I thought that since all we've done is worksheets for the past few months that you'd enjoy a little partner activity. Just don't get too carried away. Oh, and you get to choose your partners. No groups of three because we have an even number of students and everyone is here today," Mrs. Watson declared.

Within seconds the sound of chairs moving and chattering interrupted the silence. No one came over to Lena, who was still drawing like nothing was even happening. It wasn't until some guy came over to Kara that she suddenly became more aware of her surroundings.

"Hey, my name's Chad. So what exactly happened between the Luthor and you? I heard that she said some pretty harsh things. Are you alright?" he asked.

"Of course I'm not alright. You all act as though Lena is a disgrace and should never be trusted because of her brother. Well, from what I observed about her in this short amount of time is that she's a brilliant, amazing, and talented girl. I mean we're in elementary school and will have to be around each other until after high school. That's a lot of years to not like someone based on genes. Now go partner up with someone else. I'm not interested," Kara informed.

Chad mumbled something under his breath as he walked away. Lena sat in disbelief with what transpired a few moments prior and she wasn't sure of what to make out of it.

"You didn't have to do that for me. I can handle myself fairly well. I've been doing it long before you came to this school. You're the only one besides Mrs. Watson that actually cares about me. My family would rather try and make me evil and use my designs against me. I shouldn't have been so harsh on you at lunch. My mom has just been getting on me lately. One of these days, if possible, can I stay at your place? Just in case it gets too hard to stay in my own house?" Lena asked, her voice unwavering.

Kara reached her arm over her desk and overlapped her hand on Lena's trying to comfort her in any way that she could. The green eyed girl gave her a grateful smile and it quickly vanished as Mrs. Watson came over.

"Here's the instructions and the graph for what you have to do in this activity. Its due Thursday so I'd try and spend time after school working on it together," she explained. Both the girls nodded in understanding and started reading the instructions as soon as she left.

Step 1: Decide on who will be making the graph and who will record the data.

Step 2: Grab a ruler, two colored pencils, and a piece of paper (You'll understand why later)

Step 3: One color should be used for one line and another for a different line. Don't use both for one line. You'd be surprised with how many students use both for the same line.

Step 4: Be sure to make the ruler as straight as possible for your lines not to seem displeasing to my eyes.

After the instructions were gone through, Kara grabbed the supplies and quickly went back to her desk. They stared at the extra piece of paper that didn't have a purpose yet. The information on the sheet explained what the line graph was over and the excitement grew with every second. The two girls were to do a double line graph on the temperature of the inside of the school and the outside of the school between opening hours and closing hours. A few lines later the information pertaining to the sheet of paper was revealed.

The white sheet of paper is going to be used to give three positive things about your partner. If I can tell you just rushed and made things up, you have 5 points taken off. So I suggest no one rushes. :)