Neither of them quite understood what the point of heading to Carlucheos would be but that was the clue and apparently where the prize was so they headed off to the location on the bike and pulled up with about 10 minutes to spare. There was a friendly looking man in a red waistcoat stood by the door smiling at them as they got off the bike, he opened the door and held out his hand for the key, Alex looked at Lena who nodded and she handed over the Key to the man. They headed through the door and were greeted by an elderly woman with a kind smile, "you must be Miss Lena and Miss Alex, we were expecting you, follow me please" she spoke in a very thick Italian accent and smiled brightly as she spoke, she walked through an empty restaurant all ready for tomorrows grand opening and out to the back. In the kitchen was a small rustic table, where the workers would be eating, there was freshly made bread and antipasti.
Lena looked around this area of the kitchen was much more rustic and quaint fine dining in a nice sweet location, no need to dress up just be with the woman she wanted to be with, this was actually kind of perfect, she had enjoyed the night and this less formal, formal dinner was just how Len liked it, good food good company and non of the society pressure to be dressed up, with perfect manners and a permanent smile. Not that the last part had been a problem there had been a almost consistent smile on her face all day, a small one leading up to the time with Alex impossibly wide since. She couldn't wait to get to spend more time with Alex if tonight was anything to go by they had, so much in common and Alex was a lot softer under her Agent Danvers persona than she lets on, even when Lena had seen it before always pointed at Kara, nothing had prepared for it to be in her direction, the soft gazes and loving smiles, they were literally breath taking.
Alex and Lena were offered the table and the woman smiled at them "please enjoy, meal it is paid for, selection by chef, bites across the menu, the chef will be cooking shortly, enjoy the appetisers" Alex and Lena sat down and looked at the array of fresh food and smiled. They sat and talked about all the little things that they had learned about each other elaborating on them and laughing, they smiled and accepted the different offerings from the chef and smiled at the lady who popped in now and then with wine or other offerings, there was soft music playing in the background and everything was perfect. "what was the plan for tonight Alex, what were we going to be doing I would really like to know" Alex smiled at Lena, and ran her hand over her neck for a second, "I hate to admit it, but basically what we have done, my sister clearly knows us both very well. I had planned a little puzzle for you to find the location of our date, something fun for you to do while I prepared, I was going to cook Italian food for you, nothing as spectacular as this though, we would have listened to music got to know each other, danced on the balcony where I have set up lights, and then we were going to make dessert with Liquid nitrogen"
Lena listened and the date Alex had prepared sounded lovely, and very much like what they had spent the evening doing together, working on puzzles getting to know each other, eating good food dancing, the only thing on the list was making dessert together. Lena smiled at Alex and took her hand holding it across the table, there was a quick flash and then a Polaroid was placed on the Table, "Miss Kane insisted on a photo for memories" a small boy said holding up the camera again Alex put her arm around Lena's shoulder and smiled the boy snapped another. The older lady walked in, with the chief and in hand, "don't worries my dears, the expression of love here is a wonderful thing, he will not mind to take the photo of you kissing, you know you want to it, ok here, safe" Lena looked up to see the two older women hand in hand and smiled looking back at Alex who was smiling also, Alex lent forward and Kissed Lena, who simply smiled into the kiss. Alex thought how nice it would be to be still so much in love after a life time together and thought that if there was anyone in this worked that she could love forever it was Lena, something that Alex never thought she would have again after Maggie, she had all but given up hope truth be told that's why she was thinking about adopting on her own, but Lena now that was something different.
Lena looked at the two women and after the kiss with Alex couldn't help to wonder what it would be like if they were to still be together then, when they were old, and Alex's hair would be grey and they would be sat on a porch somewhere watching the grandchildren play with their still very puppyesque great aunt Kara. Lena's heart picked up a bit, she had thought about being a cool aunt before and she knew Alex wanted to be a mom and she would be great at it. With everything in her life Lena was not convinced that she would be good at this but that errant thought suggested that with Alex she could see it, because there would be no grandchildren without their being children in the first place.
Alex looked at Lena and asked what she was thinking about, and Lena smiled and answered honestly, to a point, she obviously didn't suggest that she would be having children with Alex, just that it would be nice to have that kind of love and be surrounded by loved ones and children, grand children when she was older. Alex smiled at her, the thought that Lena had just been thinking about a family of her own made Alex happy, Lena had that look on her face when she was thinking about it and Alex could tell it was something that Lena really wanted too. "so tell me Alex, as the person a sibling was dropped on instead of the dropped like me, what was that like?" Alex smiled and looked at Lena, "well I am not going to lie and say it was all a roses and sunshine, in fact it mostly wasn't. My mother changed and I became responsible for this entirely strange alien that had no idea what they were doing, my dad disappeared and I felt responsible for everything, my inability to protect Kara caused the DEO to take my dad"
Lena listened and felt for Alex, she knew that she always felt she needed to be perfect and much like the relationship with Lillian, Alex never felt like she measured up, although Lena had met Eliza and knew that she hadn't done this on purpose it wasn't a vindictive attack on Alex just the product of very difficult situations. "I used to tease her a lot and be mean, play tricks on her because she didn't understand, she used to always pinch the bathroom no matter how early I got up or how quick I was she would super speed in there. That changed though we came together over the loss of a friend and we became really close"
Lena smiled and nodded. "Lex was the only one that made me feel welcome in the Luthor house, dad was either drunk and angry or missing for the most part although I have a few memories from before he died. Lillian well you have met her, she was, is evil but she is my mother and I constantly hope for the day I can gain some modicum of approval which is silly I know. Well as for Lex what happened there almost killed me, I lost the only person that ever appeared to see me and want me around although I am starting to wonder if that was true too. It was better once I got sent away, I went to school in Ireland and that was fantastic, I was able to be Lena and do things I never would have been able to do here" Alex had never heard Lena talk about her family and although she had a million questions she didn't want to pry and she didn't want Lena to think she was feeling sorry for her, she knew that feeling and it was not what Lena would want. "So would this be the time of, tattoos shaved hair and piercings?" Alex said with a smirk.
Lena smiled and held out her wrist, "this is for the two people who were my world, the first circle is me, the second is my mother and the third is Lex, I have a number of piercings but I am guessing you are referring to the tongue one?" Alex smiled and nodded, she wondered what it would be like to kiss Lena with her bar in, and that was not the only thought she had since she had found out about the naughty piercing. "I only wear a spacer for the most part but I do like to put my bar in when I am at home or away somewhere. It can be fun" Lena raised her eyebrow and smirked, Alex's heart jumped a little and her eyes widened at the suggestive tone. Lena and Alex talked more about Ireland and Alex found out that Lena only owned the distillery because her favourite teachers family were about to be foreclosed on and would lose their heritage so she stepped in and brought it from the bank, Lena wasn't even sure how Kara found out about that.
They looked at the photos that were now developed the first one was so beautiful, the light soft and they were gazing at each other holding hands, the one with the kiss was also quite beautiful, they were both smiling into the kiss and looking at each other with half closed lids, it was almost as candid as the first. The one with Alex arm around her looked the most unnatural. Lena took a photo of this one from her phone and sent it to Kara with a message, well I am not sure what happened but superbat didn't make the cut, agentcorp for the win dinner is nice BTW. She showed Alex who winced at the photo "why send her the horrible one?" Lena laughed "you want her taking all the credit for us in years to come, we will never hear the end of it." Lena thought for a moment all the clues and all the things that Kara had been putting out between them to force them together, had she been the reason they were together now. She looked at Alex and smiled, "why did you decide you wanted to ask me out Alex?"
Alex took a breath and smiled thinking back over the memories of Lena, some of the more recent events were definitely something to do with Kara but it was watching her with Sam, and Ruby, seeing her fall apart about the children, creating the suit that saved Kara and working together in the lab, these were the things that had created the connection and the small crush that she had on Lena for over a year. Kara had just given her a nudge; Alex explained her thoughts to Lena and asked her the same in return. "well the day with Corbin I thought you were beautiful and then I saw you in Kara's I thought you were dating until she said you were her sister, you didn't like me much so I figured that it was not something to continue. Then you started to smile a little and talk to me, you started treating me like I mattered, and called me when Kara was hurt you trusted me and that means everything, although it wasn't until the dance that I really believed you liked me back" They decided that Kara could have partial credit as it was them working together to help Kara that caused their bond not all the sillyness.
After they had finished eating Lena and Alex headed out from the restaurant thanking the people for a lovely meal and headed back to Kara's to collect Alex's bike. Stood outside Lena and Alex found it hard to part, some small part of one or the other had been reaching out most of the evening to be in contact and they didn't want the night to be over, but neither wanted to rush things or do something that they might not be ready for. Instead they just sat for a while outside Kara's fingers intertwined, Lena resting her head on Alex's shoulder. "The reading next week?" Alex finally asked, "that sounds lovely Alex, but.." Lena trailed off, Alex was concerned that things had not been as perfect as she had thought and started to get a little anxious. "but what Lena?" Alex managed her voice a little patchier than she had planned. ""I don't want to be that girl, but do I have to wait till the reading that's not until next Saturday" Alex's face lit up and she pulled Lena into a hug and started peppering her face with kisses. "Oh no please be that girl, then I can be too, how about breakfast or lunch tomorrow, I believe your normal partner is in Gotham?" Lena smiled back and nodded kissing Alex deeply before stepping away and sitting astride her bike.
She didn't want to go but she knew she couldn't stay, Alex made her crave her presence and it scared and excited her, she didn't want to rush anything there was way too much on the line to lose and Lena knew that she wouldn't survive that, Alex, Kara and all the superfriends, she winced at the thought, it was a lot to be risking, but one more look over at Alex with that beautiful smirk and bright eyes and she knew that Alex was worth risking it all for.