CHAPTER 5

Lena Pov

"Alex? Like my sister Alex? That Alex? Our Alex?" Kara questions pointing up the stairs, the direction of their room.

"No, Alex Karev" I deadpan. "Yes, of course our Alex." I feel my cheeks are hot at the thought of having any sort of claim to Alex.

"Aw, Lena you're blushing. This is so cute. You really like her, don't you?"

"Do you think you can talk about this any louder?"

"Relax Lee, you know that if Alex is reading, she has her earphones in. Blasting some metal song with lots of screaming in it."

"You promise you're the only one in this house with a super hearing ability?"

"As far I know I'm the only one in this with any kind of super-secret" Kara teases.

I let my body relax into the couch, because I need to talk about my growing feelings for Alex, because if I don't my thoughts will drive me crazy, and I already have the pressure of being a Luthor doing that. I don't need any more internalized stress.

"How long have you liked Alex?" Kara pushes on obviously not going to let this subject go.

"I think it may have started to shift around the time Alex came out. I think when I realized Alex sees herself being with a girl, I think that's when the thought first occurred, that maybe I wouldn't mind being that girl. I feel mushy. Are you sure we have to keep talking about this?"

"Yes, we do you know how much I hate those stupid mental boxes of yours. Now keep going." Kara grins gentle yet commanding. A steal that tells me she is standing her ground no matter what excuse I try to give her. Alright truth time Lena I brace myself for my own truth.

"She's so smart. And confident in who she is. She's a badass. But soft and welcoming in all the best ways. She's incredibly supportive. To top it all off she's hot. Like really hot!"

Kara scrunches her nose in discomfort. "Okay Lee, I love how you're so open with me, but she is my sister so I must say this. Ew!"

I roll my eyes at Kara's uncomfortable expression. "Fine Kar, how about this. I find Alex visually appealing to look at. Better?" I raise an eyebrow waiting for Kara's approval.

"Yeah. It's vague so I don't have to think about you and my sister doing dirty things together.

"Getting to do dirty things with Alex Danvers. Now that's a very fun thought indeed!" I smirk at Kara's further discomfort; she yanks a pillow off the couch tossing it in my direction. It hits me with the force of a brick. Next thing I know I'm flat on my back staring up at the spinning fan on the celling. I can feel a bump already starting to swell on my forehead.

"Oh, Lena I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I swear I didn't mean too. I sometimes I still underestimate my own strength." Kara babbles looking at me timidly. You're hurt" she notices the bump. "Stay here I'm going to get Eliza for help. Stay here" Kara says again more frazzled this time.

"Girls what happened I heard a lot of noise. I came down here to make sure everything is okay. Eliza comes downstairs worry in her voice.

"Eliza hurry I accidently threw a pillow too hard at Lena. I think I might have knocked her out." Kara rambles clearly panicked by now.

"You didn't knock me out Kar, just knocked the wind out of me and give me a monster of a headache." My voice is strained as air returns to my lungs.

"Lena! You're alive!" Kara sighs in relief.

"Kara, sweetie can you go get me some ice and some painkillers please?" Eliza requests, before she kneels over me inspecting my head gingerly; carefully guiding me up into a sitting position.

"Can you walk to the couch for me honey?" Eliza asks helping me carefully to my feet. I wait a second for a whoosh of dizziness to pass through me before I reply to her.

"Yeah, I'm good" I give her a weak smile. I feel her hand faintly on my back as I make my way over to the couch.

"Can I ask why my daughter decided to beam you with a pillow?" Eliza laughs light heartedly but I can sense the nervousness in her words, like she is trying to brush off the fact that her teenage daughter can throw harder than a human should be able to.

"She was teasing me about Mike" Kara enters the room again, followed by Alex. "I just meant to toss it at her. I told her about my powers earlier, so I think I wasn't thinking about my strength as much as I should've been." Kara rambles fresh tears rolling down her face.

"Okay, Kar lets take a walk outside. You can calm down and explain everything to me?" Eliza offers clearly worried about her.

"Lena is hurt though. I don't want to leave her alone" Kara protests.

"I'll stay down here with her. She won't be alone. Alex promises taking the ice pack and the medication from Kara, as she switches spots with Eliza on the couch, as Eliza manages to coax Kara out the front door.

"Here I'll be right back." Alex runs to the kitchen quickly returning with a glass of water and two cans of soda. Depositing the beverages on the table, she shakes out some Advil handing the pills to me. "Take these" she instructs.

"Alex I'm really fine. I try to protest but Alex isn't buying it. "How are you feeling Lee?"

"Alex I'm okay" I try again.

"Well I'm glad to hear that." She raises her voice not in anger, just louder.

I wince as the pounding in my head intensifies as her volume increases.

"Alright you win you're right my head hurts a lot." I pop the pills in my mouth chasing them with a big gulp of water.

"Thought so" Alex whispers softly pressing the cool icepack against my forehead helping the swelling of the bump. "So, was teasing Kara about Mike worth this?

I can feel my smile before I even start talking. "I actually am, because it means that Kara can be completely herself around me. I don't know if it's the pain in, or the fact that Alex is sitting here taking care of me instead of studying. Maybe it's because she's just she has really pretty eyes that have green in them sometimes. A beautiful smile. She's so beautiful, and she's just so Alex; that I feel comfortable enough continuing.

"It really all started because Kara was teasing me about a girl."

"Oh, so you like someone. That's great. I can't wait to find out who she is." It might be the pain in my head again, playing tricks with my vision because the look Alex is giving me is a hopeful one. Almost like she knows. Does she know?

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