Chapter 20

A/N: Hey Guys! Thanks for the reviews and comments. How'd you guys like the chapter? There will be some more angst coming in later chapters, along with some action-ish.

4 days have passed…

Tomorrow was Lionel Luthor's funeral. Lena didn't go to school for the past 4 days, the main reason being, to avoid the public.

Word got out that the infamous Lionel Luthor had passed away, which practically meant, reporters and every news channel, had been swarming their house, trying to get some sort of information. But that didn't stop Kara and Winn from going over to her house every day after school.

Kara was tapping her foot impatiently against the floor board, she couldn't wait to get out of this class. Art was usually her favourite class, but the class was dragging on, for what seemed like forever.

She wanted to see Lena already, she knew that Lena was nervous and scared about tomorrow. She knew how confronting it can be, to go to a funeral.

Going to a funeral, was like accepting the fact that the person who you love, was gone. That things from then on, were going to be different.

"Isn't this like, your fifth drawing of Lena this week?" James interrupted Kara's thoughts. Kara snapped out of her thoughts and looked down at the drawing, she didn't realise that she was drawing Lena, in all honesty, she didn't know she was drawing at all. Her face went red when she realised that she was drawing a sleeping Lena.

Kara could tell how tired Lena has been, she was barely sleeping and barely eating. It made her heart clench at the thought of Lena waking up in the middle of the night from a nightmare.

Last night, Lena had fallen asleep on her shoulders when they were watching a movie, so Kara carried Lena upstairs and tucked her in. She wanted to stay and chase the demons that were dwelling in the depths of Lena's mind, but she couldn't.

Lex and Lillian were still sceptical about Kara, especially Lillian. Lex understood that Kara was helping his little sister, he had been watching his sister for the past few days and the only time Lena smiled or face lit up, was when she was with Kara.

Lillian on the other hand, apparently didn't like the idea of Lena having a girlfriend, she believed that Kara was only manipulating her to get into the family mansion.

Lena had multiple fights with her mother about this, and it only added to her stress. Kara didn't want to add to Lena's worries, so she avoided Lillian at all costs, which usually meant that she couldn't stay over.

Kara closed her artbook with a flustered face, "Pssssshhhh, no", not many people knew that Kara and Lena were dating.

James had his suspicions, "Does Miss Danvers have a crush on Lena?" James teased, he loved teasing Kara about Lena, her face always turned bright red whenever he mentioned her name.

Kara buried her head in her hands with embarrassment, she could feel her face reddening at the mention of Lena's name, she didn't know why she was acting so flustered, "Dontyouhavesomethingbettertodo"

James couldn't understand a single word that Kara was saying, "Can you repeat that? Preferably with you head out of your hands"

Kara lifted her head up, "Don't you have something better to do?"

James laughed, "Probably, but I prefer teasing you. It's a lot more entertaining", Kara was like a little sister that he never had. He spent more and more time with her and Winn.

Kara rolled her eyes, she wasn't sure how she and James had gotten so close, "I'm glad you find this so amusing"

James shook her head with amusement, he took another look at Kara's face and noticed how pale she was, "Hey" he gently touched her shoulders causing Kara to look up at him while tilting her head, "I know that you're taking care of Lena and all… but make sure your taking care of yourself"

Kara was taken back by James concern, she wandered if she looked as tired as she felt, but she quickly brushed it off, "I am, did you know that the Luthor's have something called a house servant?"

James wasn't all that surprised, someone who owned a mansion and a big company, is bound to have a house servant, "Why is that so surprising to you?"

Kara was confused as to how this was such a common thing, "They're being treated like slaves", James was taken back my statement.

He couldn't help but smile at Kara's innocent statement, he knew that she didn't mean anything by it, but if she said that to anyone else, they'd probably take offence to that, "They're being paid Kara, and they're being treat like human beings, they're not slaves"

Kara wasn't too sure about James argument, but she was glad that she was able to divert his attention away from her exhaustion.

The bell rung which indicated the end of school, and Kara couldn't be more excited to leave. She was nervous to see Lena, she was always afraid of saying the wrong thing that could potentially hurt her.

"You coming?" James asked

Kara shook her head, Winn was probably outside waiting for her, "I need to go see Alex and then visit Lena"

James nodded his head, he swung his bag over his shoulder, "Alright, well give Lena my condolences"

Kara was confused, how was she to give Lena his condolences, but she waved goodbye to him either way. She let out a sigh as she rubbed her eyes tiredly, she still hadn't gotten much sleep. She found out, that she could only get a good night sleep when she was exhausted to the point where her own brain couldn't produce any dreams.

She decided to go see Alex before she went to Lena's. Alex was going through a rough patch with Maggie. It wasn't their relationship that was rough, it was the fact that Maggie's father was making things complicated.

Kara went outside and onto the fields where her sister had her P.E class. She saw Maggie and Alex laughing and talking. The sight of them made her smile, she looked over to the new P.E teacher who was looking at her with suspicion…

Kara ignored his look and waved at Alex to get her attention, "Al" she called out to her sister. Alex looked away from Maggie and smiled at the sight of her sister.

"I will meet you are the car babe" Alex muttered as she planted a kiss down on Maggie's lips before heading over to her sister.

Things with Maggie and Kara were… civil.

Maggie barely spoke to Kara, the only times she did was to say "good morning", "Good Night", "Need a lift?".

Alex wished that she could get Maggie to understand, to understand that Kara didn't have everything. She wanted Maggie to know that Kara lost everything before her eyes.

If Maggie understood that Kara had nothing, she literally watched her life, her whole world crumble before her bare-naked eyes, then Maggie would understand why Kara acted so care-free, and energetic all the time.

Kara raised her eyebrow at her sister, she could hear her sister's thumping heartbeat, she wasn't sure if it was from the kiss or because of the dinner that was happening tonight, "You nervous?"

Alex let out a shaky sigh, she was glad that Kara couldn't read her thoughts but she decided to use the excuse of the dinner happening tonight, "Pft, me? Nervous? No… well, actually, yes", Maggie's mother had suggested that they meet this… Alex person. Plus, it was the only way that Maggie agreed to see her parents.

Her mother has been worried sick about Maggie, while her father was just stubborn and angry. Maggie had warned Alex that her mum will be low-key homophobic while her father will send judgemental glares and comments in their face.

"They already hate me" Alex muttered, she didn't talk to Maggie about her fears because she knew that Maggie was already freaking out about this dinner.

Kara shook her head, "They don't hate you, they don't even know you"

"I'm a lesbian, that's already enough reason for them to hate me" Alex muttered, she honesty hated Maggie's parents. She didn't understand how they could… hate someone just because they like the same gender. There was no logical answer to that.

Kara gave her sister a small smile, "I know, some people are just so narrow minded that they aren't able to see that love… is just love. Gender doesn't matter when it comes to love", homophobia wasn't a concept known on her planet.

Alex loved the way Kara saw things, she didn't care about the social norms or what other people thought. She believed that Love is Love, and that's the end of it. If you love someone, then you should be with them.

Some people may call her naïve, hell, sometimes Alex thought that, but Kara didn't know how this world worked.

She had only been here for 3 years, and she spent those 3 years trying to learn English and the social customs.

"Not everyone is amazingly open-minded like you" Alex commented, Kara shrugged her shoulders and fiddled with her glasses.

Alex looked at Kara with a sudden concern when she took in Kara's pale face and tired eyes, "Kara…"

Kara knew that tone, she knew that her sister was worried about her wellbeing. Kara woke up on Sunday night, screaming.

This caused Maggie to wake up from the couch, believing someone was getting murdered. Alex had calmed Maggie down, saying that her sister was having a nightmare, before running upstairs to console her shaking sister.

Kara was grateful that Maggie never brought the topic up but she felt like she put Maggie in an uncomfortable postion.

"I'm fine" Kara waved her hand in the air to shrug of Alex's concerns, but Alex wasn't having it.

"Kara, I know you've been avoiding proper sleep for the past few days because you were afraid of waking up Maggie" Alex noticed the way Kara acted, she hated bothering other people and her sister most definitely hated being a burden.

Kara let out a huff of disagreement, "What? No... I have been getting enough sleep You-you haven't been getting enough sleep"

Alex gave her a bored expression while crossing her arms, she cocked an eyebrow and waited for Kara to stop rambling, "Done with your excuses?"

Kara closed her mouth and let out a sigh, "I will get some sleep once I know Lena is okay", she didn't only stay awake because of Maggie, she also stayed awake to keep an eye on Lena.

Alex knew about Kara's late-night trips, she would sneak out of the window to visit Lena at night, her sister tried to be discreet, but she was never good at it.

"Kara, I don't think Lena will ever be… okay… and I don't think you can stay awake forever" Alex replied.

"I can try" Kara replied, Alex shot her a glare that said, 'Don't be silly', she let out sigh, "Fine, I will try to get some sleep"

Alex knew that Kara wouldn't, she knew her sister too well, "I prefer not to be lied to"

Kara rolled her eyes, "Keyword is try" she replied back, "Don't you have to go now?"

Alex rolled her eyes, she could feel the nerves creeping from within, "I'm scared… but I know that Maggie is even more scared…"

Kara wished she could help them, she wished she could change Maggie's fathers and mothers mind, "It's okay to be scared, you don't have to hide your fears from Maggie, I'm sure she will understand… just be there for her, and let her know she even if things at home aren't the best, she will always have place at our house"

Alex smiled when Kara said, 'our house' with no hesitation. A part of her wandered if Kara had heard Maggie accuse Kara of being ungrateful and selfish on Sunday, "Thank you Kara" she said as she hugged her sister, "Call me if you need me"

"You too, if anything goes wrong. I will fly to her house and th—"

"You can stop there" Alex laughed, she knew that Kara would never do that, throw her parents into space, but it was the thought that counts.

-00—

"Why did we buy 10 boxes of pizza?" Winn asked as he drove to the Luthor mansion with Kara holding 10 pizza boxes in her lap.

Winn eyed Kara's legs that were shaking up and down, he noticed that she did that every time she entered a car. He wandered if it was a nervous habit of Kara's or if she was claustrophobic.

He was going to ask Kara about it, but he wasn't sure if it was rude to ask if someone was claustrophobic or not.

Plus, Kara willingly went into the car every time they had to go visit Lena…. But to be fair, that was only because it was the only way Kara could go see Lena.

Winn then realised that she had never gotten into the same car as Maggie for a ride home, he thought maybe it was because Kara and she didn't get along very well… which confused him because how could someone not like Kara?

But maybe it was something else…

"I'm pretty sure Lena is getting tired of eating all of those vegetables and soup" Kara replied calmly, she didn't know how someone could eat so many vegetables on a daily basis.

Winn scoffed, "Unlike you Kara, we need to eat our vegetables to grow. And just because you don't like vegetables doesn't mean Lena doesn't"

Kara let out a groan, "Eating that many vegetables cannot be healthy", Winn rolled his eyes, Kara didn't understand the human body at all, "Plus, eating greasy food is good every once in while"

Winn eyed the 10 boxes of Pizza, "Yes, but you literally eat greasy food everyday" he replied as he pulled up on the Luthor's property, "And I don't think 10 boxes of pizza is healthy"

Kara passed 5 boxes of pizza to Winn to hold, she climbed out of the car and started to walk to the front door, "Doesn't affect me" Kara muttered as she knocked on the Luthor's door.

"Show off" Winn muttered, he waited for someone to open the door but no-one came, "Is anybody home?"

He looked at Kara who lowered her glasses to use her x-ray vision, she saw Lex and Lena who were… talking.

Winn reached to ring the doorbell before Kara could stop him, "Wai—", but it was too late. Kara could see Lena looking at the door, knowing that her friends were here.

Kara didn't want to interrupt their conversation but she could already see Lex Luthor heading to the door, Kara quickly put her glasses back on as Lex swung the door open.

"You are misunderstanding the situation" Lex argued with his sister, not bothering to spare a glance at Kara or Winn as he opened the door and walked back to the living room where Lena was.

Kara and Winn entered the house with the boxes of pizzas in their hands, unsure whether to stay or not.

Lena scoffed, "Please tell me how I am misunderstanding the situation. The funeral is tomorrow and you're deciding to hold a gala? A social event nevertheless, 2 weeks after our father's death" she shouted angrily

"It's not a gala" Lex argued tiredly

Lena cocked an eyebrow, "So you aren't holding a social even where you are going to announce that you are the official business owner of Luthor Corp? Nor are you going to try and suck up to the CEO's?"

Lex opened his mouth to reply, but couldn't think of a rebuttal, "Either way, you are obligated to go"

Kara and Winn placed the Pizza on the table. While Winn went to sit down on the couch, Kara walked up to her girlfriend and put her hand on Lena's back, trying to calm her fuming girlfriend by touching her back.

"I am not obligated to do anything" Lena shouted, "And I'm definitely not attending the Gala next week" she argued harshly. She hated social events, especially when it involved people who plastered fake smiles on their faces in order to deceive and manipulate you.

"You don't have much of a choice" Lex replied calmly, "It's going to be held at our house", he did not inform Lena of this plan, "That is the end of this discussion" he said before leaving through the front door.

Lena picked up the pillow on the couch and was going to chuck it at Lex's bald head, but before she could do so, Kara quickly grabbed the pillow out of her hand and held it to her chest, "I don't think throwing a pillow at his head will be a good way to end the argument" Kara commented as she threw the pillow at Winn who clumsily caught it.

Lena let out a frustrated sigh before slumping against the couch next to Winn, while burying her face into her hand. Kara sat next to Lena on the opposite side of Winn put her arm around Lena's shoulders.

"Wow, I have witnessed a fight between your family for the 6th time this week… I almost feel like I'm a part of your family" Winn said sarcastically which caused Lena to lift her head from her hands and shoot a glare at Winn.

Kara shook her head at Winn's comment took in Lena's frustrated face, "Do you want to talk about it?" she asked softly. Lena looked at her girlfriend who had always been by her side.

She felt like she could tell Kara everything, "Lex…" she muttered softly, "He wants to hold a gala next week on Sunday" she looked at Kara who didn't know what a gala was, "It's a social celebration"

"Oh" Kara muttered, she knew how much Lena hated going to these social events, "What are you celebrating?"

"Lex's ownership of Luthorcorp" Lena muttered angrily, she wasn't jealous of her brother having Luthorcorp, but she was mad that Lex for practically jumping at the opportunity to have the business within his grasp.

Kara nodded her head in understanding, "You don't have to go if you don't want to", she didn't want Lena to feel uncomfortable.

"Can't" Lena muttered angrily, "For one it's being held at my house and for two… it will be bad for the Luthor's reputation if Lionel's youngest child doesn't show up to the gala"

Winn nodded his head understandingly, "How do you feel about tomorrow?" he wasn't sure if this was a good topic to change to considering it was Lionel's funeral tomorrow, but he learnt that if he wanted Lena to talk about her feelings, he will have to directly ask her.

Lena shook her head, she honestly didn't know how she felt, a part of her was scared of going, because going made it real… but another part of her didn't want to go.

"I don't know" she muttered, "A part of me… doesn't want to go to the funeral" she whispered as if it made her a bad person to not want to go, "Does it make me a bad person? Me not wanting to go to my own father's funeral?"

"Why don't you want to go?" Winn understood where Lena was coming from, when his mother passed away, a part of him didn't want to go to the funeral.

Lena took in a deep breath, to think about her answer, trying to make sense of her feelings, "A part of me... is afraid of… how real it is. My father will never be returning home, he will never be able to hold my hand when I'm scared, he will never be able to tell me story about the Greek mythology ever again… but the worst thing… I could never… ever…be able to hear his voice again"

She tried to hold her tears in, but she couldn't. She couldn't… handle how things were going to change. Kara could see Lena trying to hold in her tears, but to no avail.

Kara pulled Lena into her arms, cradling her as she did the night that she found out Lionel had died. She could feel Lena's body shaking as she cried, she knew that Lena hated crying, especially in front of people, but this time, she couldn't control it.

Winn understood where Lena was coming from, he remembers the day of the funeral. He didn't want to go, he didn't want to be surrounded by a bunch of people who didn't care for his mother like he did.

"At my mother's funeral, a bunch of strangers who I had never met before, came up to me and kept saying, 'things will get better' or 'I know what you're going through'… it made me so angry" Winn muttered as he remembered these strangers, who decided to come to her funeral, only to make themselves feel better.

"Most of the people who came… only came so they could feel important… it wasn't for me nor was it for her… it was about their own selfish desires" Winn was angry that day and he took it out on Kara, but luckily for him, Kara stood by his side, she didn't come for her own selfish desires, she came for him.

Lena understood what Winn meant, "Majority of the people who are invited to my father's funeral are from big CEO companies… they're only coming because the media is going to be there and it's a great opportunity for them to get attention" she muttered with disgust.

Kara couldn't relate to them, she remembered her sister's funeral, the people there… all of her friends and family, none of them had been there for their own gain. Everyone who gathered at her funeral, respected and loved Kira….

"It doesn't make you bad person if you don't want to go" Winn muttered, he grabbed Lena's arm gently, trying to give her some strength, "But just so you know, Kara and I… we are going to be there for you, every step of the way"

Lena didn't understand how she got so lucky, she had an amazing best friend who gave her great advice, and a caring, beautiful girlfriend who no matter what, knew what to do and say to comfort her.

"Promise?" She muttered weakly, she had never sounded so vulnerable before.

"Promise" Winn replied.

Kara leaned down to kiss Lena on her forehead, "Always and forever" she whispered as she looked in to Lena's emerald green eyes that were misty with tears, "I will never leave you" and Lena knew this was true. No matter what, no matter how wrong, her life becomes, she would always have Kara and Winn by her side.