Kara and Lena have been waiting for winter break for what has felt like an eternity. All they could think about was the two weeks they got to spend with each other and not worry about school. Lena had informed her mother that she had made a new friend and would be staying at her house for a few days. For some reason she didn't object to it, but she kept mentioning that she couldn't be friends with Kara. So she decided that she'd find out why at some point with the help of being stealthy around the house.

Lena arrived at the Danvers' place in thirty minutes after taking the bus to get there. She didn't realize that she lived so far away from Kara.

'Well that's going to suck for when it gets too bad at my house and I need to escape,' Lena thought. The door opened suddenly, revealing a smiling Kara wearing a blue sweater and red sweatpants. Alex walked up behind her and gave the Luthor a welcoming smile.

"Come on in! We don't want you to freeze to death out here," Alex said. The two girls were still staring at each other when Kara finally got out of her trance and pulled Lena inside the house. The raven haired girl was shocked to see that their house had changed since the last time she came over.

There were now Christmas decorations placed all over the walls and ceiling, their fireplace was now lit with blue flames, and the Christmas tree was also placed in the corner of the living room.

Lena could not stop staring at the blue flames erupting from the fireplace.

"Making the blue flame was quite simple, but it could be complex if we weren't familiar with chemicals and elements. All we did was simply add a small amount of water to copper(I) chloride to dissolve the salt then soaked a flammable material with the copper chloride solution, which were pine cones, then allowed the material to dry. The last thing we did was added it to the fire and it emitted a blue flame," Eliza informed.

Kara was standing right next to Lena at this point, looking at the fire as well. Still impressed at what her adopted family can do. She walked a little closer to Lena, trying to figure out what she was thinking. Her features weren't really helping the blonde much since she was just focusing on the flames still.

"You're family is amazing, Kara. they are so welcoming and don't judge me because of my name. Well, Alex did for awhile.. But then she started to trust your judgement. If only the other people at school could do the same."

Before Kara could say anything, Alex walked over with a white glass plate that had four chocolate chip cookies placed a few inches apart from one another. Excitement flowed from the blonde as she jumped up and down, eager to have one.

"Mom wanted me to give you both two cookies to wait until dinner is ready. Just don't get too excited, you know how you can get Kara," Alex warned. Kara gave her an angered look, but understood that she just didn't want Lena to see that she has powers. So she carefully grabbed all four of the cookies and gave two to Lena. She didn't really want to keep standing either and she just realized that Lena had never seen her room before.

"I'm kind of tired of just standing around, would you like to see my room? Only because you didn't really get a chance to when you were last her. I am mean we don't have to, it was just a suggestion," Kara rambled.

"Kara, I would love to see your room," Lena replied. Before all the words left the raven haired girl, Kara had already grabbed her hand and took her up the stairs to her room. The door was closed and had Kara's name etched to the wood with the House of El symbol placed right in the center of her name.

Lena was standing still at this point, almost as if she saw a ghost. She was looking at all the different designs surrounding the door, and suddenly she walked a bit closer and placed her hand on the symbol.

"After what Lex has done I haven't really been able to really watch the news. I mean it's always of Superman saving people and defeating aliens. It will always be about him. Which I know sounds dumb since my brother is evil, but he was a good man once. No one seems to remember that though,' Lena admitted.

Kara reached over and grabbed her hand gently, wanting to try and reassure her. She just didn't know what she could say to make it better for her. They were more alike than she realized. Both of them have lost so much, even if Lena will never know the whole truth about Kara's past.

"I forgot to take that "S" down. It totally crossed my mind," Kara said.

Lena then looked at Kara and turned away from the door. She gave her a small smile and walked a little closer.

"S? You do know that's the House of El that symbolizes hope right? I mean it doesn't stand for Superman, Kara. Anyone can figure that out," Lena stated.

Kara let out a huge sigh realizing that she had totally just covered up her secret. As long as she acted like she has no idea what that symbolized Lena would never figure out she was also kryptonian. Well, not that she ever would anyway since no one knows Superman has a cousin.

Since she really didn't want to stand in an awkward silence, Kara opened the door and walked inside with Lena following right behind room was a mix of colors. The walls were blue, the carpet looked like a shiny silver, her bed had a purple and pink comforter, and her computer desk was made with mahogany. There were also a few drawings spread out across the room. Lena stood by the door, taking in everything all at once. Kara was by her bed watching her reaction closely, not wanting to forget it.

"Your room is normal compared to mine. My mom makes sure that no one other person will ever have a room like mine. It has galaxy paint surrounding the walls and if you turn the lights off there are glow in the dark stars on the ceiling.

Oh, and to make it even less normal, there's a telescope on the balcony attached to the room," Lena stated.

Kara had her mouth open in awe, but then recovered and walked over to her.

"Hey, then you can visit anytime you want and be normal with me. Even if I think that would be an awesome room," Kara admitted. That got Lena to smile, but it didn't last long when Jeremiah entered the room.

"Dinner is ready now, unless you two just want to stay up here all night and not socialize with the other Danvers house members," he joked. Lena was intrigued because she didn't even know what they were having, which is the best mystery of all. They all went downstairs and entered the dining room. The table was already made with the food in the middle and the plates and silverware placed delicately in front of the chairs. Alex and Eliza were already seated, waiting patiently for everyone to sit down. Kara and Lena sat down next to each other, which wasn't unexpected at this point since they have become inseparable. For dinner they were having roast beef stew with cornbread. Eliza and Jeremy wanted to have a simple meal since Christmas was still five days away.

After Alex said grace, they began to eat peacefully together. This would be the first meal that Lena has had where there wasn't yelling or her mom telling her what a disappointment she is for the Luthor name.