I'm sorry its been a week since I uploaded a chapter. This past week has been crazy busy but either way here is chapter 8! Hope you all enjoy it!
Chapter 8
Lena's POV
"Emily, it's nice to see you… with Kara?" I said in shock. Kara looks… wow. She's wearing a black leather jacket and tight jeans. Her hair was straight. I wanted to kiss her.
She is here… with Emily. One of my scientists at L-Corp, who was recently promoted. Kara looked up at me. "Lena, did you want to sit with us?" Emily asked me politely. "No, it's okay I wouldn't want to intrude upon your date," I said stiffly.
I smiled at Emily and then walked over to the bar. I could feel Kara's eyes on me as I walked away. I have never in my entire life experienced jealousy like I am right now. I'm tempted to fire Emily.
I sat at the bar and got a drink. Lately I had been drinking a lot more than I probably should. But it's the only way I know to shut my brain off. I downed my drink and ordered another one. Kara is on a date. I have no reason to be mad, especially where I'm technically dating James.
I sighed and looked at the bar. I felt eyes on me again and knew they were Kara's. I stretched and looked around again.
"Lena, hi," It was Kara, she had come up to the bar. I looked over at her. "Hello Kara," I said calmly.
She looked so good. Like so good, that it physically hurt. I wanted to reach over and run my fingers through her hair. I want to kiss her. She ordered another drink for her and Emily.
"Is… is James meeting you here?" She asked me curiously. "Nope, just wanted a night to myself," I answered and finished another drink. Kara watched me drink. "Isn't your date going to be wondering what's taking you so long?" I asked her coldly. Kara flinched at my tone.
"She knows you're a friend of mine," Kara stated. I snickered at that. I downed yet another drink. "Friend… we've barely spoken in the last month," I told her. Kara frowned. "I'm tired of this Lena, I'm trying here, really trying. You have every right to be angry with me, but I cannot keep this up. If you want to talk… you know where to find me," she told me as their drinks came.
I grabbed her arm. "I don't know how to accept that you kept something so important from me," I told her quietly. She froze and looked down at my arm. "You know where to find me Lena," she said and walked back to Emily.
Fuck this, I thought and slammed some money down on the bar and stood up. I was a little wobbly from the amount of alcohol I drank. Emily and Kara were still at their table as I walked by. I headed outside and went to call my driver. He told me he would arrive within the next ten minutes. I sighed and leaned against the wall.
I need to talk to Kara. I need to talk to her. We need to get everything out. Whether I get to have her as my friend again or not, I need to speak with her. I made up my mind and when my driver got there, I gave him Kara's address instead of my own. Once he drove me there, I went and sat down on the steps leading into the building.
I leaned against the railing and sighed. This is probably a really bad idea. But I want to speak with Kara. I also might want to see her in that leather jacket again. After what felt like forever, I saw a cab pulling up and Kara stepped out of it.
"Lena!" She said in shock. "I know where to find you," I said softly. She stared at me. Then offered me her hand to help me to my feet. I took it and she easily pulled me to my feet.
"Come on," she said and led me up the stairs. I followed her up and was worried I didn't know what was going to happen. I don't like not having control over what was going on.
Kara led me to her apartment and sat me down on her couch. "I'm not a child Kara, I can take care of myself. I came here to talk," I told her. She sat down next to me. "You're drunk Lena, you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that," she told me.
Kara's POV
She actually showed up. She showed up at my apartment and waited for me to come home from my date with Emily. Which was actually pretty fun.
But Emily is not Lena. She is not the woman who I would do anything for.
Lena looked up at me. "Kara you told me to come here if I wanted to talk, I want to talk," she told me loudly. She stood up so she was staring me straight on in the face. She was so close to me.
"Talk then Lena, tell me what you want to say." I told her. I noticed her eyes went down my body and back up again.
Was Lena checking me out?
"Where did you get this jacket?" She asked quietly. She reached out and put her hand on my shoulder. "It belongs to Alex… listen Lena… I heard you when you dropped your phone the other night. When you called me," I told her.
She stepped back from me. "You heard what?" She asked. "I heard you say my name and cry," I said and stepped towards her. Lena looked anywhere but at me and folded her arms.
"You don't like to let your guard down. You hate people seeing you falling apart. You don't want anyone to see you like this, do you?" I stated. She turned to look at something else. "Lena, I know you don't think you can trust me. But you can, I can be trusted," I told her heatedly.
"You need to stop Kara, I'm not ready for this," she said weakly. "Then why did you come here Lena?" I snapped. I am tired of her not knowing what she is doing. I love her too much. So much that she consumes my entire being. I can't think straight when she is around me. She doesn't even know what she does to me.
"Lena you need to go. If you're not going to talk to me then leave."
She froze. I don't know what to do anymore. "You're drunk and need to go home. I will fly you home and you need to sleep this off and then decide what to do after that." I said softly. "You're going to fly me home?" She questioned. I nodded and lifted her up.
She wrapped her arms around my neck. Her face was so close to mine. I carried her out to my balcony and jumped off and into the sky. She tightened her arms around my neck. "I won't let you fall," I told her as I flew her back to her penthouse.
Lena laid her head against my shoulder. I landed on her balcony and set her down. But she kept her arms around my neck. "Kara… I…" I put my hand over her mouth. "You're drunk. You need to get some sleep," I said and moved her arms away from me.
"Kara," she said my name slowly. I could just give in and say fuck it. But I'm not going to do that. Even if I want to let Lena put her arms back around my neck and do whatever she feels like.
"Goodnight Lena," I said softly and jumped off her balcony and flew back to my place. I got undressed and laid down in my bed.
The next two weeks I didn't hear a thing from Lena. She never called me or anything. Emily on the other hand had called me quite a few times and I had even gone on another date with her as well.
I probably shouldn't have, but she was being kind and sweet to me. But she doesn't make me feel the same way that Lena does. When Lena geeks out and starts talking about science stuff she is working on its insanely attractive. But the few times that Emily has, it didn't have the same effect on me as when Lena does.
Alex was super helpful in the last two weeks because she kept me busy when I wasn't working or with Emily. We trained at the DEO a lot. I broke a lot of equipment though. But it was worth it because when I was so played out I passed out once I got home every night.
Snapper, my direct boss at CatCo had been piling on the work as well though too. He was also irritated that I had turned down an article around Lena Luthor and her new project for the statue her company is building in the city.
I was sitting at my desk on a Thursday working on a stupid gossip article he had given me instead, when I heard someone approach my desk. It was Cat.
"Hello Miss Grant," I said and looked up right away. She frowned as she looked down at me. "Have you heard about the unveiling of the statue in the center of town?" She asked me. I nodded and adjusted my glasses.
"I was invited by Miss Luthor to attend the unveiling party, but she had a condition that I would have to bring you along with me to cover the party and the unveiling." Cat said this quickly.
I stiffened. "Oh… um… I don't think that I should go," I replied hesitantly. "It's not optional, you must go along with me or you no longer have a job," Cat told me firmly. "Oh… um okay then sure, when is it and what time?" I asked nervously.
"Tomorrow evening be here and ready at 7pm sharp." And with that Cat walked away from my desk and back into her office.
Well shit. Looks like the two weeks of no Lena is going to come to an end tomorrow night.