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The End, chapter 10

Later on, as Helena finally awoke, she was lying on an extra bed near Barbara's.

Standing, she went to her, sat sideways on her bed, watching her intensely. She looked so much better than the day before: some colours were back on her face, and the oxygen's tent gone.

Sighting, she spotted Dinah by the door, asleep in a chair, her jacket draped over her.

She'd be mad at her for using her clothes, but she couldn't, Dinah might have intruded into the little universe that she formed with Barbara, but now she was part of the family, she was indeed her younger sister.

Smiling she went to her, gathered her in her arms and laid her on the bed she just vacated. Then pulled the jacket over her shoulder, making sure she was warm enough. Hospitals might be great to heal sick people but you might catch pneumonia if you weren't properly dressed when visiting.

Checking her watch, she was surprised to realize she had slept over 9 hours, something she barely did. Between bartending and sweeps, she barely managed to sleep more than 5 hours per night, but she wasn't tired.

That reminded her of a discussion some months back. Dinah was pushing her buttons, arguing that she was not even half meta human cat since she barely slept, and everyone knew that cats slept little less than 20 hours per day. Barbara had to intervene since Helena was more than ready to respond to the teasing. Yeah Dinah was definitively her sister, skilled with that.

As for Barbara, well things had been a little more complicated to sort out, although crystal clear now.

She had had strong feelings for her for the biggest part of their living together but still it was difficult to decide: love, crush, deep friendship.

Of course she had good signs. Younger she'd do her best to share the same bed, first seeking comfort after nightmares, later on out of habit. She was jealous of Wade, although she meant it when saying she'd give her life to bring him back; but only to take the pain away from Barbara, not because she liked the guy. His mother had hurt Barbara's feelings and she didn't remember her mentioning he had stood his ground, defending her. Did he care for her or not? Guess in a normal life, it wasn't so important that a teacher mistreated the woman you loved in their world of crime fighters, he'd be on for some serious ass kicking.

But after two days of wandering in New Gotham's streets, Barbara the only thing on her mind, she knew what her heart had being screaming for years: she just loved her, was madly in love with her. But was it mutual? She just couldn't be sure.

Looking from one woman to the other, she sighted things might be getting back to normal after all. At long least …

Later that day, Dinah stirred, her neck stiff from her earlier position. She was surprised to be lying on the extra bed. Last thing she remembered was carrying Helena to the said bed, then covering her with a blanket before taking the chair. Not that she did mind, she had purposely left the extra bed to Helena who really needed some sleep.

She must have fallen asleep somewhere along the night.

Glancing around, she spotted her by Barbara's bed … she sometimes envied Helena's meta human powers, she didn't have to light up a lamp to read at night.

Flipping over a comic book with one hand, the other resting over Barbara's mid section, she was massaging the broken rib area in a circular pattern.

She smiled at the sight and observed them for a little while. She went to stand behind Helena, both hands resting on her shoulders, massaging the contracted muscles of her neck with her thumbs. She felt her tense even more before relaxing, putting the book down on the floor, lean back in the embrace, but not breaking her gentle massage on Barbara.

"Took you long to come to that point Helena" she whispered, not risking to wake up the redhead.
"What point?"
"Helena, cut the crap, I've held you yesterday, and I know your feelings towards Barbara. Stop pretending they are not real"
"I'm not pretending they are not, but they are unrequited, might as well ignore them"
"You've ignored them long enough. Besides how do you know they are unrequited? Barbara might …"
"… You've been rummaging through our heads again? You know we …"
"Com'on Helena, I didn't need to, it's written all over you, the way you care, the way you act towards her, and the way you touch it's so obvious. When I started living with you I thought you two were together, romantically … then I was proved wrong and it saddened me because after touching both of you I knew your feelings." she trailed off waiting for some reaction from the brunette.
"Is it worth risking our friendship for it? " came her single reply.
"Helena, trust me from experience, you can't let that chance pass. It'd hurt too much if anything happened to any of you. You never know what the future holds for you … or her"

Stopping her massage of Helena's shoulders, she crouched by her side, took her hands in his, and into her mind, to that night when she had found Barbara.

Lying on the floor by her bed, whimpering softly yet knowing that no one could hear her, that no one would come to her rescue this time. Realising that she was going to die there, without ever seeing her true love again, how she had fought that idea until she fainted from the pain. How Dinah found her, crushing her to her chest, begging her to breath, to hold on to life.

When they switched back to reality, both had tears running down their cheeks, realising once more how close they had been to loose her.

"Don't let the chance pass Helena, you are everything to her, just like she is to you"

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End of chapter 10, chapter 11 coming soon...