After school Alex was leaning against her dad's car when Lena and Kara came out of the back doors. Kara had a huge smile on her face when she stopped right in front of her sister.

"Lena will be joining us for family game night! I will definitely win this time. She's extremely smart and can draw all sorts of scientific designs that only make sense to her," Kara said in awe.

At the mention of her name, Lena slunk back behind the blonde; not used to people complimenting her.

Kara took her hand and tried to get her to walk up beside her. She didn't want her to not be proud of her work.

Before she could actually say that though, Jeremiah opened up the car door and walked over towards the three girls.

"You must be Lena Luthor. I've only heard your name mentioned when Alex and Kara are arguing about your family. I'm sorry that you've been brought up so negatively because of Lex and your mother. If you ever need to escape, the Danvers household is open to you," he apologized.

Lena gave him a small smile and looked to Kara for insight since she didn't exactly know what to do in this moment.

The blonde gave her a bright smile and grabbed her hand. "Now we go to my house and win!" Kara exclaimed. Lena chuckled at her enthusiasm and quickly stopped in her tracks when she realized they had heard her. She wanted to shrink and turn invisible in that moment because she didn't want them to see that side of her. At least not yet anyway.

"That's not fair! She has an artist on her side so of course she's going to know that's a dog! Ugh, why does my team never get any points?!" Alex asked in outrage. They had spent thirty minutes playing pictionary; Kara and Lena are winning six to nothing. The odd thing was that Alex had Jeremiah and Eliza on her team. Lena was actually letting down her walls and was telling jokes to Kara in between breaks. The blonde was happy that she met her that first day because if she never did, things could have been different. However, no matter how close they get she doesn't want her to know that she's from Krypton. It would kill her if they stopped being friends or, Rao forbid, turn against her.

"Kara, it's your turn to draw something!" Lena exclaimed. Kara snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Lena. She had a confident look on her face as the blonde got up and lifted one of the face down cards. When she flipped it over her heart started beating fast because this was going to be easy. The scene she had to draw was the ending scene in Titanic. She grabbed a dry erase marker and went to the wide board. After everyone said that they were ready she began drawing. Her idea was to draw a board and a hand reaching with water on the bottom. The board and the hand were added after she drew the water, and Lena shouted it a second before Alex! Kara then ran over to Luthor and gave her a huge hug.

"Thank you," Kara whispered. Lena, still shocked from the hug, was trying to form words instead of just standing still like some weird kid.

"What for? I should be thanking you," Lena admitted. They stood still for a few moments when the oven started beeping, which made them separate and look away from each other.

Eliza got up from the couch and went into the kitchen to prepare the table for dinner. Lena really wanted to make a good impression so she went to go and help her.

"Lena, you really don't have to help me. I do appreciate it though, but if you really want to then there's nothing to really object to," Eliza said.

Kara smiled at seeing Lena being so helpful with her, so she decided that would be one of the things she'd write down on the half sheet of paper. Jeremiah, Alex, and Kara went in as well and sat down waiting for the food. They were eating pork chops and mashed potatoes with chocolate ice cream for dessert.

Kara was bouncing out of her seat just waiting for the food to be placed on the table. She would always find Earth food satisfying no matter how many times she ate it. There was just something about the taste that she couldn't quite figure out.

Eliza made everyone's plates and placed them down gently in front of everyone.

When Lena finally sat down, she was about to begin eating when she realized that everyone was bowing their heads and Kara's hand was reaching for her own. Without question she gave Kara her hand and closed her eyes.

"Thank you God for this meal that we are about to receive. We also thank You for bringing Lena to Kara. I don't know what these past few months would have been like if they didn't meet that first day," Eliza admitted.

After the prayer they all started to dig in, but Lena seemed to look like she didn't have a decent meal in months. When she realized that everyone was staring she swallowed her food.

"My mom doesn't really make dinner, so I just eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at home," she explained. Kara took her hand for what felt like the umpteenth time that day and smiled softly at her.

"You'll never have that problem here," Kara promised. Lena smiled in appreciation, but quickly turned away still not used to letting down her walls. Before anyone could really try and change the subject there was a loud knock at the door. Lena and Kara jumped out of their seats and stood close to one another while Eliza walked over to answer the door. There was faint talking and she came back to the girls and knelt down to face Lena.

"Your mother would like you to come home now. Just remember that you are welcome here whenever you want. The Danvers house will be your safe haven," Eliza whispered. The brunette turned towards Kara and gave her a tight hug. Almost as if she was hinting that something terrible was going to happen to her.

"Be strong, Kara. I need you to be strong for both of us," she pleaded. And just like that Lena let her go, walked to the door, and didn't look back at her as she left the house. Not wanting Kara to see her tears.

At school the next day Lena didn't show up to first period. That was when Kara started to worry, but she brushed it off thinking that she probably didn't set her alarm so she's taking a little longer to get school. All the kids were also talking about her disappearance, and were whispering about her mother.

"Looks like Lillian did a number on Lena once again. She must have found out that her daughter has a friend." Kara flexed her hands into fists, but tried to keep calm even though she had some words for those mouth breathers. She was wondering what they meant by "a number on her" when the door opened.

Lena was walking in with a faint limp and was wearing a hat and sunglasses.

"Miss. Luthor, you know the rules: no wearing hats and glasses in class," Mrs. Burns reminded. Lena then took a shuddering breath and took off her hat and glasses and after they were removed her right eye was completely black and looked like it was still hurting her. She didn't look at Kara when she sat down either. A silent cry of pain did escape her though, but only Kara heard it.

All she wanted to do was comfort her. Except Lena looked as if this was the last place she wanted to be. Lucky for her the bell rang, and she bolted out of her seat and tried to escape before the blonde could try and talk to her.

Before she could enter Mr. Hawthorne's room though, Kara grabbed her arm and pulled her into a quiet hallway.

"What hap-"

"It doesn't matter. Just leave me alone. I don't want to talk about it and I definitely don't want to talk about it with you," Lena snapped. Kara leaned back against the wall and slid to the ground. Her entire demeanor had changed, which Lena was shocked to see. However, she needed it to be this way. It would just get worse if she continued to be friends with Kara. So she turned around and walked inside the science room.

Since Kara didn't want to be late she headed inside the room to find that someone else was in her seat.

"Kara, you will know be sitting by Justin. Due to some complaints that I heard," Mr. Hawthorne explained.

Kara turned towards Lena who was drawing more designs and didn't even look her way. She didn't understand why she was being this way, but she figured it had something to do with Lillian.