Author's note : It's daaaaaaaaate niiiiiiiiiiiiiiight !
-"You're leaving already ?" Winn wined, not wanting to work for another hour alone.
-"Yes Winn" Kara replied. "You know that Wednesday night is date night."
-"Ah yes" Winn remembered. "Good luck with that by the way" he added, smiling at Kara with his two thumbs up. Kara smiled back, already a little nervous about tonight.
-"Why would she need luck for a planned brake up ?" Alex asked smirking, as she entered Winn's and Kara's office.
-"Uh for no reason" Winn answered quickly, standing up abruptly and collecting papers randomly on his desk. "I have to make, uh, some copies" he continued, exiting the room as fast as possible before Alex could notice he was hiding something.
-"Is he okay ? Alex asked her sister when Winn was gone.
-"Yeah, closing up the office by himself stress him out a little but he will be fine" Kara reassured Alex, relieved that Winn hadn't said too much, his attitude was already being suspicious enough.
-"Anyway, I stopped by to remind you that we meet at your place tomorrow at ten to prepare for the two big meetings with investors on the afternoon."
-"Alex, I know" Kara replied, exasperated. "You kept reminding me of it for the past two days now."
-"Well, it's very important" Alex said back, totally unfazed by Kara's exasperation. But then Alex features softened and she looked at her little sister fondly.
-"I also wanted to tell you that I'm proud of you" she continued, making Kara stop pouting immediately.
-"When I asked you to engage in that fake relationship with Lena Luthor, I know it was a lot to ask of you and I was ready to tell you to drop everything if it became too much but you did it" Alex went on, looking at Kara proudly.
-"You kept your cool under the pressure, attended all of those big social events even if you hate them and played your role perfectly until the end" Alex finished, meaning every word.
-"Well I did panic a few times, Kara admitted, laughing, "but I'm lucky that Lena is being so patient and nice with me" Kara added, not wanting to take all the credit. She's pretty sure she wouldn't have been able to do all of that with someone else.
-"I have to admit, knowing her family, Lena surprised me" Alex admitted. "She's actually quite nice and someone we can trust apparently."
-"Yeah..." Kara agreed, debating if she should say more. Probably not. The nerves about tonight were already almost killing her so if she told anything to Alex now, she would end up discouraging Kara entirely. That didn't mean she couldn't test the waters.
-"I think... I would like to work again with her on other projects, even, you know, keep hanging out with her..." Kara said, trying to sound casual. "As a friend" she felt compelled to add, suddenly afraid that Alex would push the subject and Kara would be obligated to lie to her sister about her true intentions for tonight.
-"Yeah as long as you don't keep dating her, I don't see why not" Alex replied laughing. Kara froze.
-"I still can't believe how the press got so crazy about you two, following the two of you everywhere" Alex continued while Kara tried to compose herself, adjusting her glasses nervously. "I'm not going to lie, after tonight, I'll enjoy this return to calm" Alex finished, smiling encouragingly at her sister and Kara returned the smile even if she didn't share Alex's relief at all.
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Lena was rummaging through her dressing for the perfect dress since at least half an hour when her doorbell rang. She walked to her door and looked through the peephole only to see boobs. She didn't have to ask to know who it was. Lena only knew one person who wears heels high enough that their head juts out above the peephole and dresses with incredible plunging necklines like this one.
-"Hey, I wasn't expecting you" Lena said as she opened her door.
-"Well, since you weren't answering my texts, I had to come by to see how you were doing" Veronica said, hugging Lena in greeting.
-"You kept texting me asking which dress I will wear tonight and I didn't replied because I didn't pick one yet" Lena clarified, pulling back.
-"And it's getting late so I came to help you pick one because at this rate you will go naked."
-"Just admit that you wanted to make sure I won't chicken out this time" Lena said, eyeing her friend suspiciously.
-"Are you going to ?"
-"No."
-"Uh uh" Veronica said unconvinced. "So, let's see what we have here" she continued, passing Lena and walking toward the dressing.
-"Jesus ! Have you been robbed or what ?" Veronica exclaimed, looking at the mess that reigned in the room with clothes and shoes scattered all over the floor and a bunch of dresses chaotically piled up on the bed.
-"I'm having trouble choosing" Lena said, feeling embarrassed by the current state of her bedroom and dressing.
-"I can see that" Veronica said back, looking around her and wondering where she should start.
Lena seated down on a chair while Veronica started to sort through Lena's clothes in the dressing.
-"You think it will work ?" Lena asked her friend after a few minutes of silence.
-"That ?" Veronica replied, pointing to the short-sleeved navy blue shirt with big yellow flowers on it that she was currently holding to see what was hanging behind it. "Unless you want to take App Girl directly to a honeymoon in Hawaii after dinner, no I don't think it will do."
-"No, not the shirt" Lena sighed. "I mean tonight. You think she will say yes ?"
-"If we manage, by some miracle, to find the perfect dress in this designer mess, yes, I'm confident she will say yes" Veronica answered, abandoning her search for the holy dress in Lena's dressing and trying her luck with the pile of clothes on the bed.
-"I wish I had your confidence sometimes" Lena confessed, propping her right arm on the back of the chair and resting her chin on her hand, thoughtful.
-"You know, if I had the same heritage as you," Veronica said, rummaging through the clothes on Lena's bed, "between your father who had you from an affair with an Irish woman, your adoptive mother who never accepted nor loved you because of that and your brother who's a notorious criminal in jail..." she continued, throwing a few clothes over her shoulder and others on the dressing's floor from time to time, "and, in addition to all of that, come the typical problems all rich and famous people face, namely, constantly wondering if people want to be with you because they like you or because they want something from you, I think I would lack some confidence too."
When she didn't get a response from Lena, Veronica stopped her frantic search and faced her friend.
-"Why are you looking at me like that ?" Veronica asked, seeing how Lena was currently staring at her with her eyebrows raised and her mouth open in shock.
-"You tell so much bullshit usually that I can't help but be surprised when you're struck by a sudden flash of blazing clarity like right now" Lena answered, laughing.
-"Hey, I may have a few screw loose but I still have all of my neurons thank you" Veronica said back making Lena laugh harder.
-"Here, put this on" Veronica said, throwing a dress on Lena's face to make her stop laughing. "Green had always been your color."
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Kara thanked the cab driver and watched the car disappear in the sea of vehicles. She turned toward the restaurant entrance, straightening the jacket of her suit. She looked at the time on her watch. She was 5 minutes late. Right on time Kara thought, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath as she thought back to her conversation with Veronica.
-"Don't forget to arrive 5 minutes late" Veronica had told her through the door of the changing room, when Kara was getting dressed again after trying the suit.
-"But that wouldn't be rude ?" Kara had asked then, confused.
-"No !" Veronica had replied. "It's only 5 minutes and it will all be for Lena's benefit anyway."
-"How so ?"
-"By showing up late, you make sure that she would be already seated at the table so she could see you arrive in all your shirtless glory !" Veronica had explained her master plan proudly.
-"Oh."
-"Don't worry, she will be so blown away by your entrance that she won't mind your lateness and will say yes to everything you will ask her."
-"Hopefully" Kara said out loud to herself. She pushed her glasses up her nose and entered the restaurant with determination.
She was greeted by the maƮtre d'hotel who informed her that Lena had already arrived. A waiter asked Kara to follow him to the table she had reserved. She had specifically asked for a table in the quieter area of the restaurant. Usually, on date night, Lena and her would chose the most exposed table so the paparazzi could photograph them and sell their fake relationship. But this time, Kara wanted a more discreet setting because public attention always made her uncomfortable and tonight, she needed the most enabling environment for what she was about to do.
Lena glanced at her phone to check the time. She's late. Lena frowned. That was unusual for Kara. Lena debated internally whether or not she should text Kara when she saw her waiter come back to her table with a blonde head following him. Lena stood up and smiled brightly, glad that Kara was finally here. But as the waiter stepped to the side to pull back Kara's chair so she could sit, Lena froze.
Kara stepped forward and stopped a few inches from Lena, waiting for the brunette to initiate the contact like she always did.
Lena mind went blank. She stood there, unmoving, except for her eyes which kept going back and forth between Kara's face, her cleavage and the patch of skin Lena could make out from the opening at the bottom of Kara's blazer. Kara was absolutely stunning.
Seeing that Lena still wasn't doing anything as the waiter left to retrieve their menus, Kara started to feel uncomfortable. She didn't know what to do. She usually let Lena set the pace and Kara only had to follow. Kara put her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit to stop them from fidgeting with her glasses. She never had been good at social interacting, especially when there's a lot of people around and they expect her to behave a certain way.
Suddenly, Kara's eyes widened in realization. She's doing this on purpose Kara said to herself and took her sit, embarrassed to have taken this long to get it. After all, tonight was supposed to be the last date before their brake up which will officially be announced after a week without any contact to let the rumor take off first. Lena probably didn't want them to kiss and be all touchy just before a brake up. It wouldn't make sense. It was better to keep their distances so people would think that there was trouble in paradise. Kara smiled to Lena but her smile didn't quite reach her eyes. If Lena was following their strategy thoroughly it meant that she was ready to move on so it would be very hard for Kara to convince Lena to give her a chance.
Watching Kara sit made Lena snap out of her stupor. She blinked twice to compose herself, smiled back at Kara and seated too. As soon as the waiter came back with the menus, Lena practically snatched hers from the waiter's hands and held it in front of her as to block Kara's cleavage from her view.
What's wrong with me ? Lena wondered, glancing from her menu to Kara's face from time to time to reassure the blonde that everything was cool and that she wasn't hiding like a coward. Lena didn't know why seeing Kara in that shirtless look turned her on that much. She had seen Kara in suits plenty of times, sometimes even in beautiful cocktail dresses though those never had plunging necklines but splendid bare backs instead. No, Kara has always been the same. I'm the one who has changed, Lena concluded. She was so wrapped up in her perpetual conflict with her mother, the hacking and her work that she didn't realize how perfect Kara was until recently.
Behind the safety of her menu, Lena started to think about what happened before Kara stunned her with her look. Lena had been surprised that Kara had chose a table so far away from the windows or the center of the room. Then Kara didn't greet her. Lena frowned. Maybe Kara, the always logical one, was keeping a cool head and pursuing their established strategy, probably eager for this media circus to end, meanwhile Lena was being all emotional just because she realized a week ago that she didn't want this break up anymore.
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Dinner was a disaster.
Date nights had always been wonderful moments between the two of them but tonight had been definitely different so far. Topics of conversation had been rare and lame, revolving around work, news and the weather, and they were punctuated by a very loud and deafening silence. Every time one of them had tried to start a conversation it fell flat because of their laconic responses which made them even more nervous about confessing their feelings and consequently, more silent.
As they were walking round and round in this vicious circle, Kara started to get really nervous. She felt like everyone in the room were looking at them as if the others customers could sense the discomfort emanating from their table. Kara started to feel hot under the staring even if it was probably all in her head and reached for the button of her blazer but remembered just in time that she didn't have anything underneath. She stopped herself and drowned her glass of wine in one gulp instead.
Kara glanced at Lena, trying to convey with her eyes what she couldn't say out loud. She needed help. She needed Lena to say something, divert her attention, do anything so Kara wouldn't panic and flee the place. But Lena didn't get the hint. Not this time. She even couldn't look Kara in the eye more than one second it seemed. So when the waiter came back to them to clear the table and ask if they wanted dessert, Kara declined for both of them and asked for the check.
It was a bit rude of Kara judging by the frown and kind of angry look Lena was throwing her way but Kara couldn't get out of here fast enough. At least she's looking at me now Kara thought bitterly and stood up, walking toward the checkout before she could faint from her erratic breathing.
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When Kara exited the restaurant, Lena was still outside on the sidewalk, phone in her hand, waiting for her chauffeur to take her home. Kara didn't join her immediately. She closed her eyes and counted in her head to normalize her breathing.
The fresh air of the night on her face was a sweet relief after the oppressing environment of the restaurant. Kara started to breathe normally again. She opened her eyes and thought back about what Winn had said to her that day, when she wasn't sure Lena was worth all the trouble Kara was going trough at the time and will continue going trough if tonight miraculously went well.
-"whether you have a chance or not, I think you should go for it because otherwise you'll regret it you whole life. Trust me." Winn had said to her.
And now, looking at Lena standing there, with her back stiff and her arms crossed on her chest because she probably was still mad at her, Kara thought Lena would always be worth the try.
Lena checked her texts on her phone. Andrew, her chauffeur, will be there in fifteen minutes to pick her up. That wasn't considered a long time in National City, it was actually fast considering the city's incessant traffic but Lena couldn't wait to get out of this horrible evening soon enough. Kara too it seemed, considering how she asked for the check and flew to the checkout like her life was depending on it.
-"Walk with me ?"
She jumped at hearing Kara's voice. Lena was so caught up in her thoughts, she didn't hear Kara exit the restaurant and walk to stand next to her. Lena wanted to decline. What was the point of trying anymore ? It was clear that Kara wanted nothing more to do with her. But Kara was looking at her with those eyes. So blue... so pleading...
Lena agreed, and now they were walking for the past five minutes and any of them uttered a word yet.
Kara wanted to take Lena's hand in hers like they used to do during their very media covered walks for the promotion of their product. But her hands were so clammy after passing the last five minutes wondering how she could say to Lena that she really liked her that Kara doubted Lena would appreciate it. But she had agree to come with Kara. Lena was there, walking by her side willingly although she could be anywhere else right now, so maybe everything was not lost. Maybe she still had a chance.
Lena wondered why Kara didn't took her hand in hers yet. Kara used to do it all the time when they walked side by side on the street at the highlights of their fake relationship. Maybe she was cautious not to appear too close to Lena when they were supposed to break up but in this case, this walk to her home together was already a mistake. Maybe Kara wanted to spend a little more time with her before all of this ends which meant that Kara wasn't as ready to let go as Lena thought. So maybe now was the time to get it all out. Now or never as Veronica would say.
-"I really like you."
-"May I see you again ?"
They both spoke at the same time.
-"What ?" They both asked at the same time again, stopping in their tracks, neither of them sure if they heard the other well or if they were just imagining things.
Lena recovered first.
-"Sorry, you go first" she said after clearing her throat quickly, hoping Kara couldn't hear the hopeful expectation in her voice.
Kara pushed her glasses up her nose and glanced to her left and right nervously. She then took a breath and put her hands in her pockets, facing Lena fully on the sidewalk.
-"I said, I really like you" Kara answered, looking at Lena straight in the eye.
-"You do ?" Lena asked incredulously, her hand moving up her arm on its own accord to pinch herself. This is really happening.
-"Yes" Kara replied more confidently this time. "I know that I wasn't the most thrilled with this fake relationship at first but, that was before I really knew you and I..." she smiled. "I would really like to try this again with you. I mean for real this time."
By way of response, Lena threw her arms at Kara's neck and hugged her tightly. She couldn't believe her luck, Kara liked her too.
Kara never knew what the right amount of pressure was necessary in a good hug so she always went for low because nobody likes to be suffocated. So this time, always true to herself, she hugged Lena back by joining her hands loosely on Lena's lower back. They stayed like that for a few seconds until Kara's confusion took the better of her like it always did.
-"Is that a yes ?" she asked softly in Lena's ear.
Lena laughed against Kara's shoulder. Oh Kara.
-"Yes Kara, it's a yes."
-"Oh, noted" Kara replied, smiling and hugged Lena a little tighter.
After a minute or so, Kara broke their hug suddenly.
-"I have an idea !" she exclaimed and took Lena's hand to tug her across the street. They stooped at the corner, in front of a mini market open all hours.
-"Wait here" Kara instructed Lena and entered the shop. She came back a few minutes later with a bottle of champagne.
-"Let's celebrate !" Kara said enthusiastically making Lena shake her head and laugh.
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The short walk to Lena's penthouse was everything their diner should have been. They shared the bottle of champagne while talking and laughing, their arms hooked together.
-"Why are you making that weird face every time you drink ?" Lena asked, not ashamed one bit for looking at Kara's for most of the walk, now that her attraction has been proved mutual. Lena had her arm hooked in Kara's and was leaning a little on her, trusting Kara to guide them through the still busy streets, Lena's eyes being currently too distracted.
-"I, uh, don't really like champagne" Kara admitted, blushing adorably.
-"But, you bought it" Lena stated, a little puzzled.
-"Yes. Because we're celebrating" Kara explained matter-of-factly. "That's not what people drink when they celebrate something ?" she wondered then, her brows furrowing in confusion.
Lena laughed good heartedly.
-"In most public events yes but it's just us, we can celebrate with anything you want Kara" Lena explained, still smiling.
-"Oh. Noted" Kara said, pushing her glasses up her nose and nodding as if she was literally writing down the information in her head and cataloguing it in a drawer in her brain.
-"We're here" Lena said, stopping in front of her penthouse. "Want to come up ?" she added, biting her lower lip. "I promise I have other things to drink than champagne."
Kara had followed Lena out of habit. They had done this often after their dates, go to Lena's, stay to chat for a bit until all paparazzi were gone so Kara could leave discreetly. Sometimes, when it was very late, she had stayed in the guest room. But tonight, as Kara was standing in the elevator with Lena pressed into her side and glancing her way from time to time, their arms still linked, Kara thought that this time might be different. Better.
Kara didn't really know if it was the wine and champagne she drank, or the exhilaration from knowing that Lena liked her back or maybe if it was just the fact that Lena kept pressing into her, but Kara felt daring. As always, she didn't know if it was appropriate, expected or something you see in movies but you can't do in real life, but this time she couldn't care less.
She turned toward Lena and kissed her right on the lips. Time seemed to stop for a few seconds before Kara felt Lena kissing her back and arms sneaking up around her neck, urging her even closer. Kara gripped hard at the elevator's support bar with both hands to prevent them from exploring Lena's body right now and there.
At the "ding" of the elevator, Kara tried to break the kiss to exit but Lena's hands stayed in Kara's hair, pressing their lips together in another passionate kiss. Kara walked them backwards, one arm around Lena's waist and the other extended behind her in search of any obstacle. After a few seconds of chaotic walking, Kara's back finally hit Lena's front door, breaking their kissing session.
-"Let me get my keys" Lena said, sounding a little out of breath. She turned and lowered her head to look for her keys inside her purse, unintentionally giving Kara a very tantalizing view of her neck.
As Lena was retrieving her keys and holding them in front of the lock, she felt Kara kissing her neck, making Lena close her eyes and tip her head back.
-"Kara ? Let me open the door please" Lena managed to said but it took all of her willpower, stopping Kara being the last thing she wanted right now.
-"Oh, sorry. Sure" Kara replied, halting her ministrations and stepping out of the way.
-"I didn't see you as the type of girl to hook up on the first date" Lena said teasingly as she opened the door. Kara taking the lead tonight surprised her but she wasn't one to complain. Quite the contrary actually.
-"Technically," Kara started to answer, pushing her glasses up her nose, her face a little flushed, "if you count our fake dating, we're on our sixth date already."
-"Mmm" Lena pretended to think over, as if she hadn't already planned for tonight to end this way since the moment she had seen Kara walk in the restaurant with that shirtless look.
-"Fair point" Lena finally conceded, dragging Kara inside by the collar of her suit jacket that Lena was dying to strip Kara of, all evening.
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Kara was awaken by the incessant buzzing of her phone. She extended her arm to grab her phone and squinted her eyes to see the caller ID. She recognized the picture instantly : Alex. But then, her eyes caught the time on top of the screen and Kara's eyes shot open in panic. It was 11am. She was supposed to meet with Alex at ten to discuss important meetings in the afternoon. Kara swiped her screen quickly to answer and was immediately greeted with Alex's shouting.
-"Kara where are you ? We were supposed to meet at your place at ten !" Alex scolded Kara on the phone without a hello.
-"Uh... Problem with the subway, I'm coming" Kara made up, panicked. She didn't know if Alex bought the lie because her big sister had already hanged up after an angry : "hurry up".
Kara put the phone down on the bedside table and reached for her glasses but they weren't there. She squinted her eyes and looked around her and just remembered that she wasn't home. She was at Lena's, who was still sleeping soundly, by her side, an arm draped across Kara's waist. Kara took a deep breath and then proceeded to extract herself from the bed. She took Lena's arm off her gently and got up. Lena grunted a little and rolled on her other side but didn't wake up.
Kara exhaled relieved. Now, she had to find her glasses and get dressed, in that specific order because looking for her clothes in a blurry room wasn't the best plan for sure. She spotted her glasses on Lena's dressing table. She put them on quickly, grabbed her clothes discarded on the floor and flew in her birthday suit directly to Lena's guest room.
Kara opened the closet and retrieved her bag of clothes she had there for the few nights she had spent at Lena's since the start of their fake dating. She rummaged through it and pulled out panties, a light blue shirt, a pair of dark blue jeans and...
No bra.
Kara never packed one because she always thought it would be superfluous knowing that she would simply wear the same as the previous night but this time, she hadn't been wearing any. Kara closed her eyes and sighed loudly. There was no time for technical details, Alex was waiting for her, so she got dressed, cringing every time she closed a button of her shirt on her braless torso.
Kara chose to go by subway because with National City incessant traffic, it was the quicker way and she was already late to meet Alex. The only problem ? It was crowded. Kara had the feeling that everyone was looking at her and more specifically, at her breasts, like they could see her nipples pointing through her shirt. The side glances were certainly more provoked by Kara's awkward standing, with a hand gripping the bar to steady herself and her other arm pressed horizontally across her chest to hide it, than the fact she was braless. The regular passengers of the National City's subway had already seen much more extravagant looks for sure. However, for Kara, the weird looks were nothing compared to the constant reminder of her situation, when she could feel her breast move freely at every step she took, which make her walk with her arms crossed tightly around her chest like a very angry cartoon character.
At last, Kara reached her apartment. She thought she would go straight away to her room to put a bra on but that was obviously without counting on Alex. As soon as Kara crossed her doorstep, Alex jumped on her.
-"Finally !" Alex said, exasperated. "Come sit with me, I made coffee" she continued, gesturing at Kara to sit across from her on the kitchen counter. Alex opened the cupboard and began filling their cups.
Kara noticed that her sister had already sprawled tons of papers and folders on the counter and started highlighting the most important parts with a yellow marker. She took her sit on the opposite stool, putting her elbows on the table so her forearms would block the view to Alex when she will seat in front of her.
Alex returned and offered Kara a cup of coffee. As she reached out to take the cup, Kara realized her mistake but it was already too late.
-"Why aren't you wearing a bra ?" Alex asked, looking at her little sister suspiciously.
-"What ? I... uh..." Kara stammered, her face becoming redder and redder by the minute. She didn't know how Alex managed to get the truth out of her every single time with just a look but Kara, who has been the winner of every science decathlon in middle school and high school, answering before the question was even finished, couldn't make up a lie in five seconds when Alex was looking at her like she was right now.
-"You what ?" Alex insisted.
-"I slept with Lena !" Kara finally confessed. "Happy ?" she continued, angry at herself for lasting so little in front of her big sister.
-"You know I'm not" Alex replied calmly, sighting and taking a sip of her coffee.
-"It's not going to change anything Alex, I swear !" Kara defended herself immediately. "Everybody already think we're together and our project is a success, you have to admit that we make a pretty good team Lena and I."
Alex just sighed again, shaking her head from left to right, disapprovingly.
-"We've been fake dating for weeks already and it all went well" Kara insisted, willing to know why Alex was so bothered by her little sister new relationship.
-"Oh sure, if you think having a panic attack on live television is doing great."
-"It was one time !" Kara objected quickly but Alex wasn't finished.
-"Or going to work with your Pikachu sleepers without noticing, going for a jog at 3 in the morning because you can't sleep and, my favorite, calling me in the middle of the night to vent about all those old investors mansplaining your work to you at a gala."
-"You think I can't handle it" Kara said, finally understanding what Alex had meant to say. "As usual" Kara spoke again, crossing her arms on her chest and glaring at her sister. She thought they had gotten beyond that point already.
-"Kara, it's not that I don't trust you" Alex replied quickly, feeling guilty. "I said that I was going to do better about that and I will. I am." Alex took a deep breath. "It's just that, last year, nobody knew who you were and suddenly, your app is the most downloaded app of the month and you're dating the medias' favorite scapegoat. It would mess with anyone's head."
They were silent for a moment, none of them wanting to say something that could hurt the other but standing their grounds either way. Then, Kara seemed to realize something.
-"Wait, how come you're not surprised ?" Kara asked Alex out of the blue.
-"About what ?" Alex asked back, confused.
-"Me and Lena. You're not happy about it but you're not surprised" Kara said. She furrowed her brows, thinking back to their previous exchange. "How could you have known if we got together only last night ?"
-"Oh please ! "Alex answered, rolling her eyes. "That was bound to happen."
At seeing Kara's confused face, Alex felt obligated to explain herself.
-"I know you Kara, this fake dating business wouldn't have lasted more than a week if you weren't head over heels for the Luthor girl." Alex enunciated, smirking at her little sister. "I'm still amazed at the number of boring administrative tasks and insufferable social events Lena managed to bring you with her."
-"I would have gone either way" Kara mumbled, wanting to wipe off that proud smirk from her sister's face.
-"You're right" Alex said. "You letting Lena pick food from your own plate should have been proof enough" she added, laughing.
Alex said that to poke some fun at Kara and ease the tension the subject brought between the two sisters but Alex wasn't very far from the truth. She had learned a long time ago that with Kara, the smiles, the kindness, the loyalty weren't proof that the blonde cared for someone. Her shiny personality made her like that toward everyone else. No, with Kara, Alex had to pay attention to other details, like how Kara was willing to extract herself from her comfort zone, how she was ready to pick up a fight to defend someone even if she hate conflict. Alex knew all of that very well because she had been that person to Kara for so long now that she would recognize the behavior anytime.
-"Yeah, yeah," Kara interjected, offended by the fact that she could have been this obvious with Lena. "That doesn't explain how you were so sure Lena would like me back" Kara continued, smiling proudly, thinking she had discovered the flaw in Alex's reasoning.
-"Oh Kara" Alex answered, dropping her head in her left hand. "Sometimes I forget how you can be the most intelligent person and the most oblivious at the same time." Alex raised her head and looked at Kara, smiling.
-"You're gorgeous, you're super smart and you're the kindest person I know" Alex enunciated naturally making Kara blush. "Lena never stood a chance, trust me."
-"I don't know if I will be able to handle it," Kara said, growing serious again. "Being with Lena I mean" she clarified, making sure Alex was following her on this important topic. "But I'm sure of one thing : I won't make it without you."
Kara looked at Alex expectantly, her eyes full of hope. Alex's support had always meant a lot in Kara's life and today Kara really wanted to be sure she still had it.
Alex thought back of all those time Kara has seemed so happy around Lena and how Kara was looking at her right now, asking for her sister's support when she didn't really need it. So, for the first time in her life, Alex thought that she could share her status as Kara's special person with someone else.
-"You know I'll always have your back" Alex replied and tugged at Kara's arm to hug her little sister awkwardly above the kitchen counter.
-"Thanks" Kara murmured in Alex's shoulder.
-"Just do something for me please" Alex said, breaking the embrace.
-"What ?"
-"Next game night, you and me will be on the same team like old times, to show your girlfriend that the Danvers sisters are a package deal, okay ?"
-"Okay" Kara replied, smiling.
Author's note : I hope it was worth the wait ! ;)
Next chapter : our favorite villain is back ! :o
