Chapter 10: Date planning
Summary:
Alex, is still on desk duty and is planning a date with Lena, she comes across some information but hank is not convinced, so its down to Kara to investigate, when things go a little south Kate saves the day and Alex is salty.
Notes:
ok so this is what happened, i wrote chapter 10 and it was way to long, like 4000 words to long and it couldn't be split, so i tried to take some out but didn't want to lose anything i had written so instead i chopped it into 3 and added to each of the chapters, so 3 chapters 2 days of their lives.
I will be working and away for a little while so there may be a little while before i write any more but i wanted you to be able to read the chapter as i wrote it, so going to post all in one go.
Alex and Lena had made an arrangement to go on a date on Wednesday evening, it was the night that Kara was due to go to Gotham to be with Kate and after talking to Kara and Kate, Alex had managed to convince Kara to back off and visit her girlfriend. The problem was they had decided not to tell Kara about their date; they had spoken about the options, as much as neither woman wanted to enter into a relationship with the thought that something may go wrong, not that this was a relationship yet, they didn't want to increase the pressure either. They were part of the same friendship group, they hung out with each other all the time, they worked together and there was the additional complication of Kara, as much as Lena had always been alone and had not known any better until there was Kara, being alone wasn't something she wanted to be faced with again. However for Kara, after losing her whole family, home world and being trapped alone for 25years, being left or abandoned losing anything in her life was devastating. After Mon-El had to be sent away the only thing that had Kept Kara going was Lena. So they would go on a date, or a couple, not tell Kara or anyone else and see how it went, no pressure no disruption to the group.
The problem with this very sensible course of action for Alex was that she had no idea where to take Lena. She was convinced that an evening at the alien bar was not the way to go, it was great for her and Maggie and the super-friends but not a place you would take Lena Luthor on a date. Although Lena seemed to have connections with bikes, and tattoos and bars, much like humans Aliens were split, some thought Lena was amazing she had saved them countless times, others saw another Luthor responsible for death, destruction and torture, that didn't sound like the normal care free bar. Alex smiled to herself and looked around a little self consciously, she had a date with Lena Luthor, she felt like a little giddy school girl, she looked up to see J'onn's amused expression, briefly before he headed back into his office. Alex looked at the paperwork she had in front of her she was still not allowed into the field due to her injury and was working on the paperwork from all the raids and the information that they had managed to uncover. It was not easy as she had a date with Lena Luthor.
She found her mind drifting again to the where to take her, they could go somewhere fancy, Alex had enough money to treat Lena to something nice, but is that really what Lena wanted to be doing, she had to do that all the time at work, and for social functions. Alex thought well it would be nice to see her dressed up again, she let her mind drift back to the dinner, picking up Lena at the pent house and the way she looked in that dress, almost kissing her when they were dancing, she would quite happily see that dress again, she loved the way Lena looked in it and she could see a trail of freckles from her neck over her shoulder that disappeared down into Lena's cleavage that she would be interested in following after kissing those amazing lips, oh Alex would have no issues with taking Lena somewhere she needed to dress up. "AGENT DANVERS" Alex eyes snapped up and she could see J'onn holding his head, "back to work please" Alex blushed a little and bit her lip looking back at the papers.
Lena was distracted at work; there was no instruction or information about the date that they were going to have, a few texts but nothing concrete, no times no location. She was feeling a little bit worked up by the lack of planning. They had decided not to talk to Kara which was definitely the right choice but now when Lena needed some information she had no one to turn to and it was a little frustrating. She messaged Alex, and asked a few more direct questions, she liked Alex more than she thought she did and after that kiss, oh, her mind started to drift, the kiss on a street nothing special or spectacular, not like it would have been at the dinner with Alex in that tux but in a street just around the corner from Kara's down town. How had that meant so much, the feeling of Alex's lips on hers was something that Lena had only read about it sappy book, but she finally got it, that moment where two worlds collide and everything is different. The kiss had happened in the most inopportune place but in its own was perfect. She wanted to be able to see what a date with Alex would be like; she wasn't sure even what to wear. She sent another text to try to clear things up and so began the teasing from Alex, little snippets nothing concrete.
Alex had been messaging testing the water, Lena had responded with questions and was clearly engaged with the mystery so Alex decided that she would keep everything as secret as possible. She decided that to honour all aspects of Lena she would make a posh casual date with romance and fun, minus the eyes and need to be dressed to the nines. A dinner date; they would make dessert together using science, liquid nitrogen to make ice cream, the meal cooked by Alex, with Lena's favourite options. She was going to put fairy lights over the balcony so they could dance under the stars and would have nice music to dance to. Alex would have candles and make sure her little apartment looked nice and they could use the table. She would make sure there were options of beer and wine and their favourite scotch, she would leave Lena a clue to get her to the apartment, and Alex would wear a nice dress but nothing to dressy. She was sure that this would be perfect, something that was intimate and nice but also a real date. She had been back at work for two days and tomorrow was going to be the date night, but in the mean time she thought she should attempt to get some work done.
Looking at the information Alex realised that after Henshaw was obtained a lot of the previous leads had been dropped and that there was a warehouse that had come up on several tips and maps that had not been investigated. It drew particular attention for Alex as she realised that this was a warehouse that was on the front, right across from where Lena was due to attend a restoration meeting, they were looking to revitalise the area following the attempt by edge to destroy it. Alex took the information to J'onn who was not convinced that this was enough of a significant lead to divert form the current targets. Alex decided that she would give the information to Kara and have her look into it. Alex had messaged Lena about the location and was informed that one of the underground Lex storages was under there and that they needed to be very careful she was not sure what was under there. Alex wanted to make sure that Lena was safe, Alex was flown to the warehouse by Kara and kept watch as Kara looked through the location finding the location of a significant amount of components, Alex called for backup, the DEO arrived.
Along with the DEO Alex messaged Kate she knew that the DEO agents would have Kara's back but this was Kara, and Alex was not going to be there to save her or protect her in any way. Alex didn't like being sat in the van one bit and was very upset to be missing not only all the action, but the take down on Metallo, that honour had gone to Kate, she had swooped in after Kara had been blasted by him, she was out for the count when Kate swung through the sky light suspended on some wire. Landing on the floor in front of him he blasted her, the kryptonite wouldn't harm her but the pressure from the pulse would. The DEO agents were pulling Kara out of the way and laying down cover for Kate. She had managed to knock him over, using a very nice reverse sweep on his legs; all the additional metal made him top heavy and he hit the ground hard. After a collection of skirmishes where neither was really coming off the victor Kate had caught him in the chest with a small bat that stopped him, she managed to short out his heart and he fell like a puppet losing his strings. As soon as she was free from the effects of Kryptonite Kara was back to her normal self and was planning a games night for tonight before Kate goes back to Gotham.
Kara had spent the rest of the day with Kate convincing her to help set up the plan for Wednesday, she had come up with the perfect plan and needed Kate's help, Kate had tried to argue but there had been no options so she had agreed to help the next day setting everything up, providing that the perfect set up, was just for the two of them and her and Kara would head to Gotham for a few days and have some alone time. As much as Kate liked Alex and Lena, all she wanted was time with her girlfriend, and she wanted Alex to have time with Lena, she knew that there was a brewing relationship there and as much as Kara was trying to help Kate suspected that she was getting in the way. Although when Alex and Lena turned up for games night Kate was convinced that something may have already happened. The tension that she had noticed a few nights ago was not gone but changed somehow, more excitement and anticipation than angst filled longing. The looks they were sharing were more open than shy, and they were not so awkward, Kate looked at Alex and raised her eyebrow nodding towards Lena. Alex pursed her lips to hide her smirk, raising an eyebrow of her own and turning her head away.
Kara had filled Alex and Lena in about the plan for tomorrow, the scavenger hunt, now that the threat was gone they were able to let their hair down and have some fun. Alex and Lena looked at each other; they were supposed to have their date tomorrow. Lena was looking forward to the date, Alex and Lena had been messaging a little over the past few days, and Alex had been teasing about their date, refusing to give an answer to what they would be doing but instead leaving her with more questions. It had really sparked Lena's curiosity and she couldn't wait to see what Alex had planned for her. "I thought that you had date night planned in Gotham, you had some business to take care of on Thursday morning didn't you Kara?" Lena had hoped that Kate would step in and insist that they continued with their plans and that she would be able to have her date as planned.
Kara smiled; well the prize for the winning team is only available tomorrow and has to be claimed at 8pm. The mention of a competition sparked the interest of both Alex and Lena, and Kara smiled knowing that both Lena and Alex were immensely competitive and the thought there was only one prize and a time limit. "There is always an issue when the Danvers sisters are partnered together so I think that we need to be team captains, and we will pick our team mate. I set it up so I am picking first, she pulled out a bowl with two pieces of paper and popped her hand in, and Alex was going to object until Kara said that she had Kate. It wasn't the date that Alex had planned but it would still be a night with Lena all alone with no Kara. Alex looked at her partner for tomorrow and smiled, Lena raised an eyebrow smirking and looked over to Kara. "No superpowers, human abilities only, and no readymade bat tools Kate, if there is something that needs inventing or making it needs to be from scratch, Agreed?" Kate rolled her eyes and smiled at Kara they both agreed. "Superbat, is going down team agentcorp is going to take you down so hard".