There's a knock on the door that the pair in the bed is entirely unaware off. Neither of them have woken up yet to hear anything happening around them. It takes Alex using her spare key, entering the seemingly empty apartment and roaming it to find Kara -ending up finding both Kara and Lena, intertwined, in Kara's bed- and a surprised "Kara?!" to wake up the blonde. The brunette besides her only stirs and resumes sleeping. Kara's eyes shoot open and even though she doesn't have her powers, she doesn't hesitate to move herself between Lena and the voice of the unexpected intruder. The sudden motion rouses the brunette from her nap. Kara's eyes focus on the person standing in front of her.
"Kara?" Lena's soft voice is still groggy from sleep as her fingers grasp at nothing on the spot Kara was laying down in mere moments ago.
"Alex?!" Kara finally recognises the figure in front of her and the surprise is clear in her tone.
Even more surprised, is Alex as she exclaims "Lena?!".
Kara's fully awake now and quick to rise. She grabs a hold on Alex's arm and leads the agent away to the living room.
"What are you doing here?" Kara asks her sister, her voice barely above a whisper so as not to worry Lena.
"What did I just walk in on?" Alex asks instead of answering the question.
"I asked first." Kara says, her voice demanding and sounding like a little girl.
"Fine. I called you earlier, Lena answered. She said you were sick and she'd stay to keep an eye on you. I told her I'd come over after work with dinner and take over." Alex says, her eyes suddenly going wide as she remembers the phone conversation. "Shit, Kara. I might've outed you to her. I asked if you were still solar flaring. Shit." Alex begins pacing the room and biting the inside of her cheek as her brain starts working a mile a minute to try and find a solution to the newfound issue.
"Oh no, oh no! What if she knows? What if she's mad at me? Or worse, hates me. Maybe she doesn't want to be my friend anymore. I mean, my cousin sent her brother to jail. I lied to her. Alex, I've been lying to her from the moment we met. She probably hates me. She'll never want to see me again. I should-" Kara starts pacing the room even more frantically than Alex. Her distressed mumblings snap Alex out of her own worry and the older Danvers moves in front of her sister, stopping the blonde in her tracks. Alex lays her hands on Kara's shoulders and looks her straight in the eye.
"Kara, I don't think she'll hate you and never want to see you again. From what you've told me about her, she's nothing like her brother and she never agreed with his actions. She'll not blame you for your cousin putting Lex in jail. I think. I mean, I just found you two sharing the same bed, I don't think she'd do that if she hated you, right?" Alex starts worrying her lip because no matter how highly Kara has always spoken of Lena, how infinite Kara's trust in Lena always seemed to be, Alex has to admit that she's never really spoken to the Luthor herself. She doesn't actually know how Lena will react. If Kara will be safe from her, if her secret will be safe. Alex's biggest worry is Lena telling the world about Kara, especially after finding out like this. The fact that her sister and Lena were sleeping together –Alex hopes that it really was just sleeping and not more– is only a small consolation and sign that Lena isn't going to shut out Kara.
Kara nods, her mind still running over every possible scenario. She doesn't even notice the tingle going through her body as her cells reach the final stage of charging and her powers kick back in.
"We'll just have to find out first if Lena actually knows." Alex says, giving Kara's shoulders a small squeeze.
"If I know what?"
The voice draws both sisters from their conversation. Neither can hide their surprise at Lena's sudden appearance, both had temporarily forgotten they were not alone in the apartment. Lena has donned her CEO outfit and is standing just outside the bathroom door, hands folded and eyebrow crooked. Her green eyes armoured and expecting nothing good to come in reply.
"If you- err… If- If you know- uuh." Kara stutters, causing Lena's eyebrow to only raise to a seemingly impossible height.
"If you know what medical procedures the Daxamites performed on their ship." Alex comes up with the excuse easily. It's something the DEO hasn't actually figured out yet, and though Lena has told them she hasn't been there, she might've overheard something. It's a good excuse, or so Alex thinks. She doesn't know Lena well enough to see the brief flicker in her eyes. Kara does. Kara sees the sheer panic and fear in Lena's eyes, only for a moment though and then it's gone. Then Lena's back to power-CEO who cannot be hurt or surprised. Kara herself is a lot worse at hiding her surprise, Lena is staring at Alex however and does not seem to notice. Even if she noticed, in the corner of her eye, she presumes it's because of the bluntness of the formulation of the question, not the question itself.
"I don't." Lena replies curtly. "Now, if you'll excuse me. I have some more work to do. Kara, I suppose I'll see you tomorrow for lunch?" She walks over to her bag and slides in on her shoulder.
"You don't have to go yet, Lena." Kara says while she walks over to her friend. Alex studies the pair for a second, noticing Lena's distant body language.
"Hey, sorry, I didn't mean to drop a bomb on you like that." She says, hands raised in a surrendering gesture. "You should stay for dinner. I brought enough."
"Thank you, but I do have work to finish." Lena turns around and walks towards the door only to be cut off by Kara who speeds in between Lena and the door.
"I won't let you leave until you've had dinner." Kara says. It's not a threat or challenge. It's a concern, because Kara and Lena both know she'll probably forget all about dinner the moment the brunette sets foot outside. Lena doesn't even fight it, she knows it's a lost battle and she's been taught to pick her battles wisely.
"Fine." Lena turns around and drops her bag, making her way to the kitchen table. "Jess is right, by the way. You are fast."
Kara grins sheepishly, realising that her speed might have been a little higher than humanly possible. When Lena has her back turned she lets herself float up a little, a little squeak slips through her lips as she realises her powers are back. She quickly lets herself drop back to the floor before Lena looks up and notices.
"Alex brought pizza and potstickers." Kara says, as a way to explain the less than flattering yelp she had let out. She rushes to the counter to grab them plates and utensils and brings those and the food over to the table. Alex starts opening the pizza boxes, folding the lids neatly underneath.
"I didn't know what kind of pizza you liked, so I just got some different kinds." Alex says, gesturing to the pizzas with different toppings.
Kara notices Lena has gotten a little pale and her hand has moved underneath the table. She sits down next to her friend and sees the hand gently rubbing her stomach. Lena must be feeling sick again. Then Kara remembers Lena does not like pizza, possibly even hates it. The baby must share this sentiment at the moment.
Kara grabs a potstickers container and plops it down in front of Lena. Next, she hands over a fork and watches the CEO as she pricks her fork in one of the potstickers and takes a bite. Kara doesn't look away until Lena has swallowed that first bite. When she's sure the food has gone down, Kara grabs a few pizza slices for herself. All the while, Alex watches her closely with a tilted head.
"Who are you, and what have you done with Kara?" She finally asks when Kara has taken her first bite of food.
"What do you mean?" Kara asks around the food in her mouth, trying to watch both Lena and Alex at the same time. The first to make sure she eats and the second because of the strange question.
"You didn't start eating before I even finished opening the first box and you gave away your potstickers." Alex says, making it clear how unusual this behaviour is of Kara.
"We have a guest and it's rude to start before they've got something to eat. And they're not my potstickers, Lena doesn't eat pizza so it's only fair she gets some." Kara merely shrugs as if it's the most normal thing in the world. Lena feels a blush creeping up her neck at the idea that Kara actually waited to eat because of her. That Kara gave away her precious potstickers to her. Because even though Kara says they're not her potstickers, anyone who's ever shared a meal with Kara knows that in reality, Kara Danvers does not take anyone even so much as eyeing her potstickers lightly. Lena decides to keeps her head down, eyes on her own food as the sisters bicker. She needs most of her attention anyway to keep herself from throwing up right on top of the table.
The Danvers sister bicker for a while longer as Lena tries to take slow bites from the potstickers she now values even more dearly. When they're done bickering, she can't escape the conversation anymore.
"So, any cool new L-Corp tech you're working on?" Alex asks Lena to get the conversation starting. Lena looks up and ponders for a moment over what to disclose and what not.
"Yes, actually. In a few weeks we'll be launching some new tech we've been working on. It's a new type of bulletproof vest that's able to withstand alien weapons to some extent." Lena's eyes light up as she talks more about the new launch, the distraction working wonders for her nausea and nerves over having dinner with Kara's sister. With agent Danvers. Alex shows honest interest in the equipment, suggesting to have the equipment used by the DEO. They're always looking for better ways to defend their agents against aliens. The conversation flows freely, moving from Lena's research to Alex's job, Kara's job at CatCo and briefly touching on Supergirl and how she's doing now. It's been two days since the hero fell from the sky for all of National City to see and there's not yet been any news on how she's actually doing. Alex looks a beaming Kara over and tells Lena Supergirl has been feeling a lot better, but she'll send her regards anyway. The hero is expected to be picking up her duties tomorrow. Lena seems relieved at hearing that information and Alex can't help wonder if she somehow does know, though Kara told her Lena is also friends with Supergirl.
Alex has a few slices of pizza and Lena manages to eat almost half of the container of potstickers in the time that Kara takes to eat the rest of the food. When all boxes and containers are empty Lena gets up to leave.
"Thank you for the dinner, agent Danvers. It's late and I still really do have some work to finish." She says as she picks up her bag again.
"Alex." The agent says.
Lena looks up and gives Alex a questioning look.
"I think we should be on a first-name basis, so it's Alex. Not agent Danvers. And you're welcome for the food. I should thank you for looking after Kara. She can be very whiny if she's sick." Alex elaborates, earning some low grumbles of disagreement from Kara at the last statement.
"Oh, it was no bother really. I think my secretary was actually relieved that I took a day off. Besides, Kara spent the whole day sleeping so I didn't actually have to do anything."
Lena walks over to the door, followed by Kara, and opens it.
"Bye!" Len says as she makes to leave.
Kara quickly pulls her in for a hug. Lena let's out a small "oof" as Kara holds her a little tighter.
"Lunch, tomorrow, your office." Kara reminds the brunette as she lets go and waves goodbye.
Kara has barely closed the door behind her when Alex starts her interrogation.
"So, Lena spent the night?" It's a rhetorical question. Alex knows Kara went to her yesterday and Lena was at Kara's this morning when she got sick.
"Yes," Kara still answers the question.
Alex lets out a low grumble, ignores Kara's questioning look and schools her features back.
"And she stayed to take care of you when you got sick." It's not even phrased as a question.
"Yes," Kara still answers, again.
"And she cuddled up in bed with you in the middle of the day for a nap." Alex's voice goes up at the end of the sentence, her surprise shining through.
"Well, yes. She's got a very demanding job and we were both tired. You know I sleep better when I'm close to someone." Kara tries to defend herself.
"I'm not accusing you." Alex puts her arm on top of Kara's to assure her. "She seems like a great friend."
Kara nods frantically in agreement to that statement.
"It's just, you're lucky you solar flared. You know you have a tendency to start floating when you sleep. You'll scare the living hell out of her if she wakes up with you hovering a few feet above the bed, hogging all the blankets." Alex explains.
"I don't hog blankets!" Kara has her trademark crinkle and pout in place at the allegation.
"You do, but that's not the point. You could have outed yourself in a… less than desirable way. You know that right? You shouldn't invite her for a sleepover if you've got your powers until she knows."
"Right. Definitely no sleepovers when I have my powers. Aye, aye captain. No sleepovers unless I have no powers. Clear. Message understood." Kara rambles, earning a frown from Alex as the older Danvers figures out why Kara is rambling.
"She already stayed over when you had powers, didn't she?"
"Nooooo, of course not. I'd never be so irresponsible. I'd ne-"
"Quit it Kara, you're the worst liar ever."
"Am not." Kara pouts.
Alex lifts her hand and puts her finger on the crinkle between Kara's brows. "Crinkle."
"Ugh! Okay, so she might've stayed over before. But I slept on the couch. Most of the night." Kara starts fumbling with the bottom of her sweater, picking at an invisible thread.
"You- Oh, Kara. Sometimes I wonder how the whole world doesn't know yet." Alex shakes her head with a small smile. Her sister is truly hopeless sometimes.
Kara shrugs and flashes Alex a sheepish smile.
"I wouldn't mind if she found out, I want to tell her Alex. Why can't I decide for myself when I want to tell Lena? I've only gotten to tell Winn and now I can't tell my best friend because the DEO won't let me." Kara's shoulders sag a little.
"Do you plan on letting her stay over more often? How much time do you spend together anyway? It seems like you've been getting more and more attached to the hip the last few weeks."
"We have lunch together almost every day and we watch movies together sometimes. Did you know Lena had never actually watched movies? Isn't that insane. Who's never watched movies. What kid didn't spend their time watching movies?" Kara's face reflects her passion about kids watching movies. "Yeah, Lena Luthor. But what kind of parents never let their kids watch movies. I'm sure she must've wanted to watch a movie at least once when she was younger. Right? Even Lena 'two-degrees and a child prodigy and chess genius' Luthor must've wanted to watch movies."
"Kara?"
"It's crazy, really. She'd never watched a Disney movie. She didn't even know musicals were a thing. She didn't know there were movies in which people sang, Alex."
"Kara?"
"How did she grow up without even being able to name a single Disney princess or movie. She didn't know any of the songs. She-"
"Kara!"
"What?" Kara stops her ramble, not even having noticed Alex had tried to interrupt her twice already.
"I get it, Lena didn't watch movies. I just asked if you were planning on inviting her over more often. But I guess that's a yes because I know you and now you have your mind set on showing Lena every single movie you've ever watched and more."
Kara blushes when she realises she's just started a long rant about Lena and movies as a reply to a simple 'yes' or 'no' question.
"Someone has to show her the wonders of film." Kara shrugs.
"You know what. I think if you keep this up she'll find out anyway. I'll talk to J'onn and see if he can agree to letting you tell her."
"Really?" Kara's eyes light up.
"Really."
"You're the best sister!" Kara leaps up and tackles Alex in a hug.
"Thanks." Alex breathes out as the air is pressed from her lungs.
"Oh, but how should I tell her. I don't want to scare her. I want to tell her in the best way possible. So she doesn't hate me. What if she hates me? What if she thinks it's because she's a Luthor? What if-"
"Kar, I told you. She won't hate you. Besides I don't think there's a bad way to tell her. Just tell her. And explain it's not because she's a Luthor. She's only the second person you'll tell. So explain that. Just tell her loud and clear and it will be fine."
They're interrupted by a short knock on the door and as Alex gets up to answer, Kara looks at the door to find out who it is.
"Hey!" Alex says to the short woman in the doorway, leaning in for a kiss.
"Hi!" Maggie gives her a short peck on the lips before she walks past her fiancée. "And hey little Danvers." Maggie says to Kara.
"Hey Maggie!" Kara greets the detective.
"I brought ice cream." Maggie puts a plastic bag on the kitchen table. "What did I miss?"
"Ooh! ice cream." Kara says, a spoonful of the frozen goodness in her mouth before she even finishes her sentence.
"I was just telling Kara there's no wrong way to tell Lena she's Supergirl." Alex tells Maggie, giving Kara a scolding look for using super speed to get to the ice cream first.
"Oh, we're telling her?" Maggie and Alex both grab a spoon and pick a tub from the bag. Maggie places the rest in the freezer for later if Kara's still hungry and she stashes a vegan one in the back of the freezer for herself, knowing that neither of the Danvers sister would ever willingly buy the stuff.
"No, we're not. Kara is." Alex digs in her ice cream and walks over to the couch, joining Kara.
"I'd like to disagree, to the wrong way of telling Lena. From what Winn told me, the way you told him would be a very bad way to tell Lena. I think she'd have a heart attack, or, even more likely, jump after you from her balcony, Kara." Maggie turns to the blonde.
"She'd- You think she would jump off her balcony after me?" Kara's eyes widen a little.
Maggie laughs at the blonde. "Oh, I'm pretty sure from what you told me about her. Anyway, when's she coming over for Danvers movie night? I think I need to apologise to her for arresting her."
"She doesn't blame you for that. She told me. You were just doing your job." Kara points her spoon at Maggie. "And I invited her over for the next game night."
"So charades is back on? We can make even teams if she joins. And we probably shouldn't play monopoly, I bet she'd beat everyone without even trying." Maggie's competitive side flares up as she names all the game and starts to contemplate how good Lena would be at them and whether they should even play them if she expects Lena to be good at one.
"I don't think Lena's ever played monopoly, so we can at least let her try it." Kara says with a shrug.
"She's never… What kid has never played fucking monopoly?!" Maggie almost drops her tub of ice cream in her shock. "Danvers, back me up here." She nudges her fiancée in her side, trying to get some backup.
"Sorry, Sawyer. I think she's right. The woman never even watched a movie before Kara made her."
"Oh, boy. That is one fucked up family."
"Good thing she met us, we can set her straight." Alex says, taking another bite from her ice cream.
"Uhuh, I don't think either of us will be able to set her straight." Maggie says with a wink. She earns a laugh from Alex and a confused look from Kara, before she gets it and joins Alex and Maggie in their laughter.
Maggie sets her tub on the coffee table. "You guys pick a movie, and no sappy romantic movies without a plot, okay. I've got to pee."
Maggie leaves Alex and Kara to bicker over a movie. Alex wants a scary movie, Kara refuses to watch another one if Alex and Maggie won't stay over. Last time they watched a scary movie during movie night, Kara couldn't sleep alone for a week, showing up tired at the DEO and almost flying into buildings. In the end, they settle on an action movie.
"Hey, little Danvers," Maggie says as she exits the bathroom. "Did you have a booty call last night?" The wide smirk on her face grows even wider at Kara's blush creeping up her cheeks.
"A booty- Maggie. I- No. No, I didn't- Why- What? I never- No. Who? What? Maggie!" Kara stutters out, making Maggie double over from laughter.
"Just kidding," Maggie says when she has caught her breath, giving Kara a pat her on her head as she passes. "But why do you have two toothbrushes?"
"Oh, that. It's Lena's." Kara says as if it's the most normal thing in the world.
"Lena's, hmm. So she stayed over?"
"Err… Yes. You here too to reprimand me?" Kara says with a little pout.
Maggie turns from the blonde on her one side to the redhead on her other, taking the tub of ice cream from the unsuspecting agent. "I believe you owe me 50 bucks as well." She says as she shoves her own vegan ice cream tub in Alex's hands before the redhead can even protest the loss of her own ice cream. Alex scoffs and glares from Maggie to Kara and back.
"What just- Alex? Did you bet on me? Again." Kara says as it dawns on her what just happened.
"Maybe." Alex shrugs and digs her spoon in the vegan ice cream with a deep frown on her forehead. Maggie just watches on amusedly as Alex and Kara both make disgusted faces with each spoonful of ice cream that enters the agent's mouth.