Lena gave Winn and James a weak smile as she sat down at their regular lunch table, she had missed two days of school, and she had never felt so far behind. Lena hated being absent. She'd rather go to school sick than miss a class that could potentially further her education. Just the thought of all the make-up work she had to do made her stomach coil.

Kara had been kind enough to give her the notes that she took for the classes they shared, but that still left a couple classes where she had no idea what had been covered. And it wasn't like she had a ton of people that were in her corner. She had Winn, James, and Kara. Winn was in her computer science class, but unfortunately, she didn't have any classes with James this year.

Looking up from her food, she found all three of her friends staring at her with worry. Letting out a chuckle, she wiped her lips with her napkin, before clearing throat.

"I'm fine, guys."

"Yeah…" Winn drawled, narrowing his eyes. "Try again, Luthor."

"Something obviously happened for you to miss not one, but two days of school." James said, while emphasizing the numbers with his fingers.

"So," Lena shrugged, "Lots of people miss school."

"But you're Lena." Kara said, putting down her fork for the first time since she sat down. Crossing her arms on the table she leant forward, whispering, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm sure. I just had a stomach bug; all better now." Lena smiled, as she picked up her spoon shoveling more food into her mouth just to prove her point.

"I think she's lying." Winn whispered as he leaned into James. His friend nodding his head, still watching Lena.

"Is this about your brother?" James questioned, his voice sounding aggravated at the thought of her only sibling.

Lena visibly tensed at the mention of her brother, Lex. She loved him, she really did but he was the golden child. The one that could do no wrong, the one who always left Lena in the dust.

When they were younger, and she was first adopted, he was wonderful. Always watching out for her, protecting her. But as her brother got older he became more invested in his science. And he was good too. So when their mother found out, she put all her focus on her son, making sure he had all he needed for success.

"I didn't know you had a brother." Kara spoke up, seeming disappointed to not know that important detail about her friend.

"She doesn't talk about him much," James said, eyes never leaving Lena, "He's an ass."

"James!" Lena warned.

"No, don't defend him." James seethed, "He treats you like crap, Lena. And she does, too. It's not right."

"All families have their fights," Lena spoke, eerily calm. Kara visibly sat back, waiting for the obvious argument to break out between the pair. "So Lex blamed me for an experiment gone wrong and my mother grounded me for two months, I'm still living. When are you going to let that go?"

"When you realize that they're not allowed to push you around just because you don't share their blood!"

"Wow." Lena gasped, fighting back tears when she earned some attention from surrounding students. "Is that really what you think?"

"They don't deserve you."

"Well, they're all I have."

The tears Lena fought so hard against start to blur her vision, a couple escaping, falling down her cheeks. She was angry and heartbroken. And James kept poking at her wounds without a care in the world.

She knew he didn't mean to, that he cared for her like an older brother and that's why he was pushing her. But it was still so fresh.

Because her brother was the reason she had missed school. He had done, what he thought, would be another ground breaking experiment in his college dorm. And her mother had spent the last two days cleaning up her son's mess, making sure he didn't get suspended or worse. Lillian didn't have enough time to remember that she was Lena's ride to school.

Lillian Luthor, Lena's adoptive mother, loved her birth son with every fiber of her being, and would probably defend his honor with her last dying breath. Lena, on the other hand, was adopted when she was four, and didn't share the same connection as her brother with the woman.

Lillian had raised Lena when her husband took the girl in, Lena truly believed that her adoptive mother cared for her, she just didn't know how to show it. She was always her father's favorite, unlike her brother. So Lillian felt like she had to over compensated by taking Lex under her wing, nurturing \ him with science, until he become the man he was today.

James, on the other hand, thought that they didn't deserve Lena. That they didn't treat her with the respect she deserved, only recognizing her when she came home with an A.

And that was the real reason Lena pushed herself so hard.

She was just trying to keep up.

"I need the bathroom." Lena cleared her throat barely getting the words out.

As she weaved through tables, she could her the distant voices of her friends.

"Why do you always have to that?" Winn said, as he picked up his tray. "She knows, okay. She's always known, and you throwing it in her face just makes it worse. We're her friends. Act like it."

Winn swiftly walked away, leaving a very quiet Kara behind with James.

James sighed as he rubbed a hand over his face, his other hand coming down rather hard on the table, as he thought over his words that broke up the normally enjoyable lunch hour.

"I should go check on her." Kara quietly said.

"Tell her I'm sorry."

The Kryptonian tilted her head, as she watched James a moment, "You care about her."

"Yeah." James said, furrowing his brow.

"No," Kara shook her head with a chuckle, "You really, really care about her."

"Not like that," James said, catching on to what Kara was implying, "I've known her for a long time, she's my best friend."

Kara hummed, as she stood up, "I'll make sure she's okay. See you next week, James."

Lena leaned on the bathroom sink, trying to stop the persistent tears from flowing down her face. She was so tired of crying. For the past two days she had managed to hold herself together, but it seems James speech was the thing that pushed her over the edge.

As she looked up at her reflection, she saw a tall, pale girl, with puffy eyes and running mascara. Her eyes were a pale green that popped against her light skin and black hair.

So different from her brother and mother's blonde hair and blue eyes.

Letting out a sigh, she attempted to fix her mascara with a paper towel, only for it backfire, making it worse. Cursing under her breath, she threw the paper towel in the trash before splash water on her face.

"Are you okay?"

Lena's eyes snapped up when she heard a voice, relaxing only a little when she realized it was Kara. She had been so lost in her thoughts that she didn't hear the door open.

"Yeah," Lena sniffed, while plastering on a smile, "I'm good."

Kara gave her a sad smile before walking over to Lena.

"I'm your friend, I hope you realize you can talk to me, you don't have to constantly shove everything down." Kara leaned herself up against the wall, watching as Lena avoided eye contact.

"Old habits die hard, I guess." Lena murmured, reluctantly meeting Kara's eyes.

"Well," Kara responded, "I'm here, if you need me."

"Thank you, Kara."

Kara stood there for a moment, wanting to say something more but not finding the words. She wanted to comfort Lena, tell her everything was going to be fine. But how could she do that when she didn't even know what had happened, or really anything about Lena's personal life.

"I texted my moms," Kara said, wondering if this would be too much, too soon for Lena, "If you want, you can come to my house after school."

Seeing Lena shocked expression, Kara rambled on, "I know we haven't known each other that long, but we don't have to talk about anything. We can just work on our homework or watch a movie or something."

"Kara - "

"And it would give you a chance to get away from your family."

Lena looked up sharply, her face a mask of cold fury. "What did you just say?"

"That it might give you a chance -"

"Did they tell you?"

"Sorry, I'm - " Kara sputtered, clearly confused.

"Winn and James! What did they say to you?"

"N-nothing!" Kara defended, "It just looked like you were overwhelmed, with the talk about your brother and Mom so I thought you could use a break."

Lena softened slightly at Kara's words. All Kara was trying to do was help, and Lena had been so blinded by the thought of her having an ulterior motive that she didn't see the genuine concern radiating off of her friend. How twisted was that?

"I would love to." She finally said, at least giving in to the idea of an evening away from her family home.

"Good." Kara breathed with a smile. "Alex said that she would pick us up, so just meet me outside the main building after class."

"Thank you, Kara," at her friend's confusion, Lena continued, "For giving me an out, I don't have many friends that would be willing to do that."

"Well, get used to it." Kara smirked, "I'll see you later?"

"Of course." Lena replied, watching as the blonde backed into the door while pushing it open. With one last smile, Kara Danvers walked out of the bathroom, leaving the Luthor to ponder just how much she trusted her new friend.

"J'onn," Alex yelled, as she ran to catch up with her boss, "I need the rest of the day."

"Agent Danvers, I thought you were on medical leave." J'onn questioned, not slowing his pace.

Alex shrugged her shoulders, causing her to wince in pain as she aggravated the shoulder that had been dislocated a couple days ago. "Yeah, but you knew I wouldn't stay away. My arms fine, just a little sore."

"We have protocol for a reason." J'onn stopped, turning around to face the agent. "And being betrayed by your second and commanding officer is something that would shake anyone."

"Sir - " Alex started to protest. Not to mention speak up on the fact that he just insulted himself.

"No. Alex, there are so many emotions swirling under the surface that I don't know how you think straight. You need a physical and a psychological exam before you report to active duty. And I'll be the one signing the papers." He said pointing a finger at himself.

Taking a step closer, he whispered in her ear, "Take two days, get your head on straight, then come back to work. I'm sorry for what I did, but your hidden anger is only going to get someone hurt. Understood?"

Alex breathed a nod, not denying any of the accusations he directed at her, "I have to go pick up Kara and a friend of hers. I'll see you Monday."

Squaring her shoulders, Alex walked away knowing that J'onn's gaze was following her as she exited the building. So he knew that she was still pissed, no big deal, Alex thought. The only problem was that it was. If he found out that she was doing an internal dig to find information on her father she would be marked as a conflict of interest. And that was the last thing she needed so early in her investigation.

As she hit the fresh air of National City, she opened the palm of her hand seeing the jump drive still securely there. She didn't dare slow her pace until she made it to the black SUV around the corner.

Kara and Lena sat on the steps of the main building waiting for Alex to arrive. It had only been thirty minutes since school let out but Kara had started to worry that something life-threatening had happened causing Alex to be so late.

The Kryptonian had been careful with hiding her fears, but if she was honest with herself she was still bothered by everything that had happened. At night, when the nightmares came, Kara made herself stay in her own room even when she desperately wanted to go to Alex and Maggie's. The nightmares were more like flashbacks from the event, but so much worse. They would swirl in and out causing her to be disoriented and terrified when she bolted up in the middle of the night.

Kara felt a strange sense of pride that she was managing on her own. But she also knew that if Maggie and Alex found out, they would be hurt but more so concerned that they still hadn't gained her complete trust. And Kara knew without a doubt that that was not true. So she kept her dreams a secret.

Kara looked up from her hands when she heard a black SUV speed itself into a parking spot. She smiled to herself knowing that it was Alex not just by the vehicle but by how it was driven.

Standing up, she gestured to Lena that her mom was there.

"Your mom's a cop, right?" Lena asked, as she eyed the vehicle.

"Well, Maggie's a detective, and Alex's an FBI agent, hence the car." Kara laughed as she opened the back door and gestured for Lena to get in.

"Impressive." Lena murmured as she slid into the back seat.

"Hey kid." Alex directed to Kara as she got in the car. Turning so she could see Lena, "Good to see you again, Lena."

"You too, Mrs. Danvers."

Alex contorted her face in disgust at the title, "Just Alex."

"Right," Lena smiled, realizing that Alex wasn't a typical mom and probably wouldn't be happy to hear the Mrs. at the front of her last name.

"So," Alex said, as she turned back around in her seat before buckling her seat belt, "I was thinking pizza."

Kara loudly voiced her opinion on the wonderful delivered food, while Lena laughed and gave her approval. Alex smiled as she glanced every now and then through the rear view mirror to see the girls talking quietly to themselves.

She was glad that Kara had made such quick friends with the Luthor. It helped her relax, and confirmed that Kara deserved a "normal" teenage life even when Alex knew it would never truly be normal. Her daughter was too special but she would try like hell to keep it as stable as possible for her.

Alex looked up at Kara's bedroom door, when she heard the girls burst out laughing about something they were talking about. They had been quiet until now and she had assumed that it was because Lena wan't used to being in their home.

With a deep breath, Alex pulled out the jump drive she recovered from the DEO and plugged it into the side of the computer. Her fingers trembled as she pulled up the several folders and glanced through a few of them. The files Maggie had given her were spread out across the dining room table, covering the entire surface.

It looked chaotic to the naked eye, but Alex had it organized in a way that would allow her to easily pull information as she needed it. Her personal notebook was on her right, the pages filled with notes.

Alex wrote everything down: important names, addresses, serial numbers. Anything that could be traced and further looked through.

Letting out a deep breath, Alex closed her eyes and tilted her head back. She could do this. Delve into her father's past, he's secret life that she wasn't even sure her mother knew about.

Rao, when did her life get so complicated.

She laughed to herself at the use of Kara's go to god; it was a habit that she had picked up from the girl. And Alex had caught Maggie mumbling it under her breath a numerous amount of times as well.

It warmed Alex's heart, that they were all finding these connections that linked them. Because Alex knew that blood didn't make a family, but the love they held for each other that did.

Alex opened her eyes and looked at the coding system she had previously set up, her fingers hovered over the keyboard.

This was it. She would never be able to undo what she was about to see.

It was fucking terrifying.

And that's why she had to do it.

Rolling her shoulders back, she quickly typed in her father's name.

Alex was about to press enter, when she heard the door to Kara's room swing open. The agent quickly closed the laptop.

"Hey, Alex!" Kara chirped excitedly, completely oblivious to Alex's racing heart as she and Lena walked into the kitchen.

"Hey." Alex smiled, rounding the table so she could obstruct the view of the research she had been doing.

"Pizza?" Kara asked, as she grabbed a couple bottles of water out of the fridge, handing one to Lena.

"Ah!" Alex said, "It's on its way, should be here any minute."

"Thank, Rao!" Kara exclaimed, her eyes going wide.

The apartment had always been a safe place for Kara. She could be herself, not having to worry about prying eyes or ears. But it was the first time that someone had been over that didn't already know her secret.

Panic settled in the pit of Kara's stomach, as she mentally kicked herself for the slip up. She had been so careful around school, but her defenses were always down here. The kryptonian didn't catch the word until it was rolling off her tongue.

Kara looked towards Alex for guidance, but seeing the agent 's focus on Lena, she decided that changing the topic would probably be the easiest way to diffuse the situation. If Lena had a problem or suspected something she would have mentioned it by now.

"So, um, when is Maggie getting home?"

"In the next few minutes, she texted me earlier saying she got caught up with some paperwork."

"Shocking." Kara playfully mocked.

She learned quickly that Alex and Maggie would get caught up in their work easily and lose track of time.

"Hey now," Alex laughed, "Easy with the accusations, Kid."

Kara smiled, sticking her tongue out in an innocent way that only a child could pull off, "Will you tell us when it gets here?"

"You got it." Alex replied. Watching as Kara and Lena ventured back into the Kara's room.

Lena sat down on the bed, taking a sip of water as Kara closed the door behind them.

"You pray to Rao?" Lena asked, not missing the term or the fear she saw in Kara's eyes after she realized what she had said.

"Um," Kara drawled, as she sat on the bed pulling a pillow into her lap, "It's actually something that I picked up from my parents."

"Really?" Lena inquired.

"Birth." Kara corrected, with a sheepish smile, "They were scientists, astronomers, studied the stars mostly and different planets. How much do you know about Krypton?"

Lena bit her lip, deciding if she wanted to dive into this part of her life or not. "A lot, actually. My brother's… a bit obsessed with the hero Superman, I'm sure you've heard of him."

"How could I not?" Kara joked back, enjoying the playful banter. "Anyway, my parents did a lot of research on the culture, including several interviews with the Man of Steel himself. I guess they picked it up from him, and then… well, you get it."

"Have you met him?" Lena asked, sitting up a little straighter.

"Once," Kara smiled, seeing she peaked Lena's interest, "I was young, but he wore the cape and everything."

"Nice!" Lena laughed, "Autograph?"

"I don't think he does those." Kara said, tilting her head as she thought.

"I'm kidding, Kara, if he did I'm sure Lex would have a copy by now."

Kara let off an awkward laugh, "Your brother seems like an interesting guy."

Lena studied Kara a moment, trying to decide if she was going to call Kara on her lack of subtly or take the chance given to her and talk about her brother. Her family.

Lena closed her eyes, before sucking in a breath, "I'm adopted."

Kara lifted her eyebrows but stayed quiet, watching as Lena struggled to form her next sentence.

"The Luthor's adopted me when I was four. My birth mother couldn't take care of me anymore, and so my dad took me in. My mother, Lillian, she never really took a liking to me. I was always a shadow compared to Lex. And I guess it didn't help when she found out we shared the same interests."

"I'm so sorry." Kara whispered, reaching to place a hand on Lena's arm.

"It's fine." Lena shrugged.

"It's not." Kara demanded, "Lena, no one deserves to be un-welcomed in their own home."

"Lex had welcomed me for a while, we actually had some good times. That is until he picked up his mother's distaste for me and decided I wasn't worth it."

"And your father?" Kara asked, hoping the something good had come out of Lena being adopted.

"He was," Lena looked up trying to find the words as her tears fought their way back to the surface, "amazing."

"Was?" Kara softly asked, already fearing the answer to come.

Lena paused, "He died two years ago."

"Lena." Kara whispered.

"It was a long time ago." Lena said, lowering her voice, as she played with the cap of her water. She didn't miss the sympathy in Kara's voice.

"Don't do that." Kara's argued, "It is not easy to lose someone close to you, especially a parent."

Kara waited a moment longer, waiting to see if Lena would push back, when she didn't, "Thank you for telling me."

Lena gave a small smile, wiping away some of her tears, "Thanks for listening."

"Anytime."

Kara hesitantly reached out, squeezing Lena's arm. She knew firsthand how hard it was to talk about the past, especially when that past held so much pain. She was just glad Lena trusted her enough to tell her.

Maggie walked into the surprisingly quiet apartment with caution. Alex had texted her earlier that day saying that Lena would be over, and for some reason she assumed the home would be flooded with sounds.

Instead she was met by silence.

Looking across the room, she saw Alex smile, as her wife stood up and made her way towards her.

"We do have two teenage girls here, right?" Maggie questioned, gesturing with her hands as Alex wrapped her arms around her waist,

"We do." Alex confirmed, smiling as she leaned in for a kiss. "They've been quiet for most of the night."

"Strange."

"I know," Alex laughed, "When I was their age, I was blasting music as loud as I could to make sure my parents didn't over hear anything."

"Look at you all sneaky."

"I didn't become a federal agent for nothing." Alex teased.

Maggie's laugh died on her lips, as she looked over Alex's shoulder at the dining table.

Stepping out of Alex's embrace, she walked over to the table, reading over a couple of the title's she saw.

"You've been busy." Maggie stated, as she looked over her shoulder.

Alex hesitantly stepped forward.

"Yeah," Alex coughed, clearing her throat, "I would have waited, but J'onn kicked me out of the DEO and I couldn't just sit around doing nothing all day so I…"

"Got a head start," Maggie quirked an eyebrow, before sighing, seeing her wife's guilty look, she continued, "I'm not mad, Alex."

"Really? Because you seem mad to me."

"I'm not, I just thought this would be something - "

In that moment, the doorbell rang through the apartment, effectively cutting Maggie off. With an apologetic smile, Alex turned around grabbing the money she laid out off the side table. After double checking that it was actually the pizza delivery guy, she unlocked the door.

Once the pizza was paid for, Alex skillfully carried the boxes in before putting them on the island.

Turning towards Maggie, she gave a small smile before saying, "We'll talk later?"

Maggie nodded as Alex called out to the two teenagers that were camped out in Kara's room.

"Girls!"

Both Lena and Kara's heads whipped around to look towards the closed bedroom door when they heard the sound of Alex's voice.

"Pizza's here!"

Kara let out a chuckle, squeezing Lena's arm, before standing up, "Hungry?"

"Always."

"And that," Kara joked, while pointing a finger in Lena's directions, "is why were friends."

When they exited the room, Kara walked over to Maggie giving her a hug, Lena not too far behind her.

"Lena," Maggie smiled, as she kept an arm around Kara's shoulders, "I'm glad you decided to come over."

"Thanks for having me, …" Lena trailed off, not sure if she was allowed to call Maggie, well Maggie.

"Maggie." The detective finished for her. "So! Who's hungry?"

Kara, as usual, was the first to speak up. As the group, dug into the delicious pizza's, Maggie made sure she kept an eye on Alex.

Something seemed off, she just wasn't sure why.

Alex folded the covers back on the bed before sliding in. Maggie took a seat on the edge Alex's side, one leg pulled up so she could face Alex. Both of them stayed alert knowing they had to talk.

Maggie, Alex, and Kara had managed to convince Lena to stay the night once they realized how late it had gotten. The girl had insisted on taking a taxi, but Maggie didn't like the idea of a stranger taking her home this late. In exchange she offered to drive Lena home, but Lena didn't want to be of any inconvenience.

Needless to say, it took quite a bit of compromising before they settled on the idea of Lena just staying the night.

"I hacked into the DEO database." Alex blurted, not willing to keep it hidden from her wife a minute longer.

Maggie stiffened, "Alex…"

"I don't think J'onn suspects anything, I had a pretty good cover up."

"That's not - Wha - " Maggie shook her head, letting off humorless laugh, "I need you to talk to me. Please, just tell me what's going on."

"I know it was a huge risk, but I have to find out everything I can about my father's involvement in the DEO."

"And I agree that you have a right to know." Maggie said, placing a hand on Alex's thigh, "But this…"

"J'onn's never going to tell me anything."

"Alex," Maggie breathed, tucking a piece of Alex's hair behind her ear. "I thought we were going to do this safely, and together. I didn't expect you to go off on your own and steal information from a top secret agency. There's no telling what you could uncover."

"If it involves my father - "

"It doesn't matter! Somethings have to stay buried." Maggie raised an eyebrow, when Alex dipped her head, "Come on, babe, you know that better than anyone."

"I - I just," Alex voice cracked, when she looked up at Maggie, her eyes were flooding with tears, "I miss him."

A sob escaped her, raising a hand to cover her mouth, "I miss him so damn much, Maggie."

Maggie let out a low breath, as she shifted forward, wrapping her arms tightly around Alex's shaking frame, "I know, love. I know."

She rested her chin on the top of Alex's head, as she rubbed circles on her wife's back, hoping it would offer her some form of comfort.

"We'll figure out what happened to your father, I promise you, but not like this."

Pulling back, Maggie raised a hand to cup Alex's cheek, wiping away a tear, "But I'm not going to let you betray everything you stand for."

A shaky breath escape Alex, as she earnestly nodded her head.

Maggie climbed into bed, pulling Alex down next to her.

The agent sank further down in the covers, Maggie was still in a half seated position allowing Alex to rest her head over Maggie's heart while wrapping her arms around Maggie's middle.

"I love you." Maggie said, as she placed a kiss on the top of Alex's head, rubbing a hand up and down her arm.

"I'm sorry." Alex whispered, low enough that if Maggie wasn't focusing she would have missed.

"Hey," Maggie murmured, feeling Alex shift closer to her, "Alex, look at me."

When watery brown eyes, met her own, Maggie leaned down placing a gentle kiss on Alex's lips, "I know you, Alex Danvers. And I love you with every fiber of my being, nothing will ever change that, okay?"

Maggie felt more than saw Alex nod her head, reaching to the side of the bed, the detective turned off the light encompassing the room in darkness.

With a hand on Alex's back, Maggie slid so she was laying down. It didn't take long before both woman fell into a dreamless sleep.

A/N: Every time I think I can't make these chapters longer, I do lol.

Alright guys, so I have several things I want to ask and tell you so just stick with me for a few more minutes/words/seconds (I don't know, it's like 2am here lol).

First off, I hope you don't mind Lena's extra involvement in this chapter, I've been recently reading a lot of Supercorp stories so I'm kind of on a Lena high lol.

Second, I want to get your opinion on Kara's love life. I have an idea of who I want to be end game^^^, but she'll have several love interests so I want to get your opinion on the matter.

And lastly, I want to reveal my little plan for this story. Basically, will be staying in this timeline for a few more chapters and when I say that, I have no idea the amount haha. But then I want to get into the shows plotline, I think it would be really fun to play with the season 1 plot with the addition of all these season 2 characters! Like I'm so excited!

And I think that's it! Thank you all for readying! Please, please, let me know what you think!

I don't own Supergirl or any of the characters.

~Iza~