Kara woke up to a text from Alex. "Breakfast at Noonan's on me?"
She typed out a message with superspeed. "I think that might be my favorite sentence." Because breakfast was probably her favorite meal of the day, it was going to be free which made it even better, and she could see Sara while she was at Noonan's. It was a win-win-win situation.
"I thought you'd be ok with that. See you in thirty."
Kara smiled and went to get ready, hopping a bit on her toes. She could get so many cinnamon buns. Though maybe today she'd get a breakfast sandwich too. Alex totally knew what she was getting into when she volunteered to pay for a meal. Which is probably why she only volunteered to pay every now and again. Government salaries only covered so much.
She walked out the door and to Noonan's getting there just when Alex did. She smiled and waved, holding the door open for Alex.
"Hey," Kara said, walking in behind her sister.
"Morning. How's my favorite bottomless pit today?" Alex teased.
"Looking forward to free cinnamon buns." Kara smiled innocently.
"Of course you are." Alex motioned to the hostess that they wanted to be seated and were not just here to pick up an order and leave. The hostess seated them quickly and handed them menus that neither of them actually needed before going back to her post.
Kara looked around to see Sara behind the counter as usual, but she wasn't looking Kara's way, so Kara couldn't wave to say hi. Oh well, she had to see her at some point, and if not she still had to get Cat's latte and she could say hi then. Warmth blossomed throughout her chest. She may or may not be thinking about the kisses from last night.
"Earth to Kara, what exactly are you thinking about? Or who is the better question?" Alex waved a hand in front of Kara's face.
Kara sputtered. "I'm not thinking about anyone!"
Alex just cocked an eyebrow. "So that was a great denial there. Couldn't tell you were lying at all." She reached over the table and poked Kara in the side. "Spill."
Of course that was the moment that Sara decided to pop up. "Welcome to Noonan's, what can I get for you?" She winked at Kara before turning to look at Alex.
"I'll have black coffee and the sausage egg white muffin with a side of fruit." She gestured to Kara. "That one is probably going to order half the menu."
Sara's smile was slow. "Oh, I figured. After the last few days I've gotten to know her appetite."
Alex blinked for a second before cutting a look at Kara. Kara's eyes widened. Alex totally knew. Oh god, this was going to turn into a circus real fast.
"What exactly are you implying?" Alex glared back at Sara.
"Nothing. She just likes cinnamon buns and pumpkin lattes a lot. You get to know the regular's orders, you know how it is." Sara's innocent smile wasn't so convincing.
Kara froze. There had to be a way to derail this from becoming a complete trainwreck.
"How long have you worked here, exactly? I haven't seen you around." Alex's grip on the table was turning her knuckles white.
"Oh, three days."
If Kara didn't know any better she would guess that Sara was having fun teasing Alex. Oh Rao.
"Fast learner then," Alex bit out.
"I mean, that's what they tell me." She turned to Kara. "So what half of the menu? Probably the half with cinnamon buns on it, right?"
"Um, can I have four cinnamon buns and a deluxe breakfast burrito with the fruit as the side and a large orange juice?"
Sara nodded. "Coming right up, though I think that's only about a sixth of the menu if you're counting." She closed her notepad. "I'll be back with your drinks in a second."
Alex waited for all of two seconds before looking at Kara. "Spill. Right now."
Kara felt herself blushing. "There's nothing to spill." Not right now. Not while Sara was within reach and Alex may or may not have her DEO issued gun on her.
"Bullshit Kara, you're blushing and you are fiddling with your napkin which means that you're lying."
Rao above why did Alex know all her tics?
"Um?"
"Kara…" Alex trailed off threateningly.
"Fine, her name is Sara Lance. I met her on her first day that she was working. We hit it off, she gave me her number and then brought me lunch the other day. We're going out on Saturday on a date. Are you happy now?"
Alex sat forward. "Do I need to worry about her?" Her hand twitched toward her side. Yeah, she definitely had the Glock on her then.
"No, no, no, Alex, no. She's fine. More than fine. You don't need to go all crazy every time I get romantically interested in someone you know. I'm an adult."
"I know you're an adult, but you see the best in everyone, Kara. I just don't want you to get hurt."
Kara frowned. "I know, and I appreciate it, but Alex, sometimes you have to let me get hurt. That's how we learn."
Alex sighed. "It doesn't have to be that way."
Kara thought back to all the hurts she had over the years that had made her the person she was. Who would she be without them? It was impossible to tell, and for the most part she wouldn't go back and change any of them. Her planet exploding, her home, her family, that she would change, but it was the only thing that came to mind. But if she did, then she wouldn't have met Alex, so even that was a choice she would hesitate over.
"Maybe it does. It shouldn't be, but it is." Kara smiled, a bit of melancholy lacing the expression. "Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling you something."
Alex groaned. "Of course you would use The Princess Bride against me. Unfair to use my favorite movie like that."
"No it isn't. There are no rules in sibling interactions." Kara grinned.
Alex rolled her eyes but didn't deny it. After all, she bribed Kara with donuts to get her to do things that Alex herself didn't want to do for years now, and if that was on the table, so were movie quotes to prove a point.
Sara showed up a second later with their drinks. "Here you are." She set down everything, plus two glasses of water. "Just in case you're extra thirsty."
And even Kara knew there was definitely an innuendo in there.
"No my sister is not thirsty." Alex glared.
And so they were back to square one again. Kara sighed. Why did she get the feeling that it was going to be like this for a while between Alex and Sara?
"I'm sure she can decide that for herself." Sara's eyes flickered to the gap between Alex's jacket and body. "Nice Glock, though I'm more of a Smith and Wesson girl myself if we're talking about guns."
"It's my work piece. I have bigger ones at home." Alex did pull her jacket closer to her though. It wouldn't do for some civilian to see it and panic.
"It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it, I hear." Sara's smile was full of knives.
Alex leaned forward. "Oh, I know. Hurt my sister and you'll find out."
"Alex!" Kara kicked her sister gently under the table.
But Sara and Alex were having their own little moment and wouldn't be disturbed.
"Wasn't planning on it," Sara said seriously.
Alex stared for a long second before nodding. "Good."
"Glad we have an understanding." Sara took a step back and her posture relaxed.
"Uh, hello, do I not get a say in this? Because you can put the measuring tape away, you're both adequate."
Sara snorted and Alex winced at her sister making a dick joke.
"Of course, sweetheart."
Kara rolled her eyes. "Go wait on other people. I'll text you later after I'm done getting grilled because you're incorrigible."
"Well, it is my middle name." Sara winked before walking off once more.
"I thought your middle name was Av-" Kara called out but stopped dead at the look that Sara gave her. She maybe be practically invincible, but that look spelled death in any way possible that Sara could find if she continued. So Kara, smartly, shut her mouth.
"Whoa, what was that look?" Alex asked.
"I think she really doesn't like her middle name." Kara shrugged. "Not like you like yours any better, Alexandra Gardenia Danvers."
"Kara, I have access to Kryptonite, do you really want to go there?" Alex sipped her coffee like nothing was wrong and as if threats were casual.
"Oh no, not Kryptonite that Hank would take out of your hand literally as soon as you got it to go after me." Kara rolled her eyes.
"I'll steal your sticky buns."
Kara's eyes widened. Now that was a real threat. "Don't you dare."
"Then don't bring up my middle name. Ever. Again. Especially don't tell Maggie." She huffed. "I don't understand why you got the pretty family name on your fake birth certificate. Why did I get my great-grandma's name. Why. You got great aunt Noelle. Totally not fair."
"Well, I mean, she was your Dad's grandma. It makes more sense why you got her name than a great aunt's name."
Alex sighed. "Don't logic with me right now. I can't with logic when it comes to my middle name and you know it."
"Oh, I do. That's the best part." She grinned and Alex and took a swig of her orange juice. Hmm, she wondered if Sara would bring her chocolate milk too. Chocolate milk sounded so good right then. Then again, chocolate milk always sounded good.
"I'm not paying for your breakfast for like a month just for that."
Kara pouted for a second before her face twisted into a smile again. Totally worth it.
Alex left Noonan's after their shared breakfast was over, heading off towards the downtown DEO office. Since the Corelians it had been pretty quiet around town, at least alien-wise. Kara wondered if today would be quiet too, or if all hell would break loose. National City hadn't exactly been quiet since she had come out as Supergirl. Then again, maybe it didn't seem quiet to her because she was actually helping the covert agents deal with all the alien threats. Who knew.
Kara walked up to the counter to pick up Miss Grant's latte for the day. Sara had returned to her regular post behind the register after waiting on her and Alex's table and smiled up at her as Kara approached.
"One tall skinny latte sans the pumpkin latte cinnamon rolls this time?" Sara asked.
"Yup."
"Already in the process of being made and already charged to the CatCo expense account." She smiled at Kara. "You have a good breakfast with your sister?"
"I did after someone stopped antagonizing her." Kara looked at her meaningfully. "How did you even know it was my sister?"
"How you acted with her. Too close to be a friend, definitely not the right body language for a lover. The logical conclusion was sister. She proved that by being super protective when I came up to you both." She shrugged. "Not even one date Danvers and I'm already meeting the family."
Kara blushed hard at that and scooted down the counter to get the cup that had just been placed there. "Um, I, yeah. Uh," she pointed to the latte, "I gotta go."
"I'm sure you do, sweet cheeks." Sara winked. "Text me later?"
Kara nods because even a little bit embarrassed, she's not going to miss an opportunity to talk to Sara.
"Good." She turns to the next customer. "How can I help you today?"
Kara shakes her head and walks quickly to CatCo tower. What exactly has she gotten herself into?
Kara gets to the end of the regular workday no problem, but of course then National City had an emergency. She heard it over the police scanner she keeps on just above silent under her desk. Another robbery, this one all human, with guns, holding up a convenience store. The police were worried it was going to become a hostage situation.
She was up and out of her seat and out the door in half a second. Nevermind that Cat hadn't actually stopped working yet, still putting the last touches on the magazine before it went to print, but she had to go. It was handy being bulletproof. She could diffuse the situation easier than anyone on the force, or at least with much less chance of getting shot. Which was almost the same thing.
She flew quickly towards the store and ran in, in a gust of wind. The men with the guns noticed her immediately and pointed their weapons at her. She just held her hands up in a non-threatening gesture.
"Whoa, hey, no one has to get hurt here. I'm just here to make sure everyone makes it home safe, ok?"
She watched as their fingers tightened on the trigger. Well, it seemed like they weren't going to be reasonable. Wonderful. Getting shot didn't really hurt or anything, but it wasn't exactly a walk in the park either.
"The police are already outside. If you hurt anyone you'll only be in more trouble. Do you really want that?"
Kara's eyes were drawn to one of the men on the side of the group. He was already twitchy and looked to be getting twitchier. If she had to guess who was going to shoot first it was going to be him.
"These people in this store have done nothing to you. Why don't you let them leave quietly and all of us can talk, ok?"
Kara heard the hammer start to fall on the twitchy man's gun. She had her hand in front of it, stopping the bullet from ever leaving the gun, in the blink of an eye. She ripped the now ruined piece of metal from him and threw it elsewhere. She really hated when these things got messy.
"Supergirl, you started the party without me." Sara dropped down from the drop panel ceiling with ease, clubbing one of the other robbers in the back of the head with her bow staff without blinking.
Of course Sara was here. She probably had a police scanner of her own stashed somewhere, listening to it just like Kara did. They were really going to have to discuss who took what crimes, because Kara could totally handle an everyday robbery on her own. Though, having help on the crazy busy days wouldn't be a bad idea, but coordination was key.
"Didn't know you were coming or I would have waited," Kara grunted out, getting hit by the fourth man's bullets. Sara had him down in another second, leaving one more. They both reached him at the same time and hit him upside the head. He was on the floor a second later.
Kara looked up at Sara, who hadn't even broken a sweat. "You didn't have to come," she said quietly.
"You can't have all the fun, space girl." Sara poked at one of the guys on the floor. "But talk about it after the police have done their thing?"
Kara nodded. "Yeah, I'll go get them." She turned towards the door and felt a rush of wind. When she looked back Sara was gone. How in the world had she even done that? She shook her head before making her way out to the police and starting the long process of filling out a witness statement. She could see why Sara had skipped out when she did. Kara hated paperwork too.