"I feel like a part of my soul has loved you since the beginning of everything.

Maybe we're from the same star."

Emery Allen

"Samantha Arias, how are things going up in Montana?" Lex asked loudly as the woman in question answered the phone, smiling across the desk at his wife, Eve.

"Things are fine up here, Lex, which you would know if you, Eve, and the twins would come up and visit." Sam Arias, former CFO of Luthor Corp laughed back. "And you could just come see me in Metropolis when I am in town for the shareholder's meeting next month."

"This is more of a personal call, Sam. I need a favor," Lex responded, a smile forming on his face, "Eve and the twins have convinced me to take them on a cruise starting next week, so we can spend Christmas together."

"And you need me to babysit your little sister?" Sam responded sarcastically.

"Not babysit, she just…" he stopped as Sam interrupted.

"You know, Ruby would love to see her Uncle Lex and Aunt Eve just as much as her Aunt Lena," Sam said, then changed gears as she heard Lex sigh, "I will send her an email and use my secret weapon to get her here. Alex's sister is coming up also, so it will make game night more fun."

"Thanks, Sam, ever since Andrea, she's been spending more and more time at the lab," Lex sighed.

"No problem, Lex, you and Eve have fun, I'll get Lena up here for a few weeks so she can spend Christmas with my family," Sam promised.

Lena's booted foot pressed the accelerator on her rented SUV as she made her way down the highway towards Sam's inn. She was convinced that Lex and Sam had worked together to get her to take this vacation, but hearing Ruby say please over the phone had been the final straw. She'd gone shopping, picked up some outfits that would be fit for the weather, and then booked her flight and rented a SUV.

Two miles ahead, Alex Danvers was piloting her black four-wheel drive towards home, her passenger, Kara Danvers was hidden under a ballcap, wearing a large pair of sunglasses. Her trademark smile, hidden behind a scowl. "Kara, it's just writer's block, you've overcome it before, just relax and enjoy yourself," Alex pleaded.

"Just writer's block, Alex? I haven't put a word on paper in a month. No books, no articles, not even a letter to mom…" Kara paused and stared at the window, the thoughts of that note, the threat.

"What is it, sis? What's on your mind?" Alex prodded, she'd been trying to get an answer for two weeks.

"It's nothing, Alex," Kara lied, looking out the window at the white covered passing landscape, avoiding her sister's glare of disbelief.

"Kara! I have been away from my wife and Ruby for two weeks trying to help you get through whatever this is that you have been stuck in the last month, and you still avoid answering my damn questions. If you don't want to answer, to let me help, then I'll just turn around and take you back to the airport and you can spend Christmas at home by yourself," Alex snapped, her face red with anger and her heart racing in disappointment.

"Alex, it's not that, it's just…," Kara was interrupted by her phone buzzing. "Sorry," she frowned as she lifted the phone. It was just a text message, three words, but it lifted the weight from her shoulders, and she felt herself sag in the seat as she read Lucy's text again, 'we got him!'

"Kara, what is it?" Alex frowned at her sister.

Kara turned, the light bright in her eyes and a huge smile forming on her lips as she lifted her phone and showed the text to Alex, "I'm really fine now, A, really fine."

Alex read the message, looked at her sister confused, and asked, "they got who?"

"There was a threat...against me, against you and Sam. They-he was going to kill you because-there's a story I'm working on-a Gotham angle-they threaten…," Kara stopped at the bemused look on her sister's face. "What?"

"My sister's back," Alex smiled. Then she smacked Kara lightly on the arm. "Now you want to tell me why you kept that all to yourself."

"I didn't want to worry you, but of course I did, because you rushed away from your family to come all the way to National City to check on me." Kara answered guiltily, "sometimes being famous is terrible, Alex."

"Kara… sis…" Alex said, patting Kara's leg, "I'm going to worry about you, no matter what, and being famous has given you a voice, a chance to share your message with the world. Your heroine, Asteria, her message of hope, help, and compassion is amazing, and you did that."

Kara's smile grew even bigger, and suddenly, she got the 'look,' as Alex called it, and she pulled out her notebook and jotted down a few notes, "I've got something, A...maybe."

Alex smiled and watched as a green Land Rover blew by them on the interstate.

Twenty minutes later Alex watched as the green SUV pulled onto the road leading to the Inn.

"Must be a guest," Alex thought aloud. "A pretty rich one from that vehicle."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, Alex, but doesn't Sam drive a Land Rover?" Kara laughed from beside her sister.

"That's different, my wife is not one of our stuck up guests," Alex answered, a small smile widening at the thought of seeing Sam Arias for the first time in weeks.

"Remind me again, why do you run an inn, if you don't like people that much?" Kara laughed even louder.

"Because Sam convinced me to move here, buy an inn, and," she swallowed hard, "be nice to people."

Kara completely lost it at that point, relaxing completely for the first time in almost a month. Alex scowled for about ten seconds, then started to laugh herself.

Lena's SUV pulled to a stop in the front of the Inn, looking through her rearview mirror to watch the black pick-up pull into the driveway of the main house realizing it must be Sam's wife Alex. As the vehicle pulled to a stop Lena turned her attention to getting out of her vehicle. She stepped out, her heeled boots crunching on the salt-covered driveway. She pulled her purse and briefcase from the passenger seat and moved towards the snow-covered steps, turning as Alex called her name.

"Lena!" Alex called out, "you came? For Christmas?"

"Bah Humbug, Alex," Lena laughed turning towards the redhead at the bottom of the stairs. As she turned, her boot heel slipped, causing her to fall. Her eyes squeezed shut and she felt herself tense as she waited for the impact of her body on the sidewalk below.

That impact never came, and as Lena opened her eyes she found herself staring into the brightest, most brilliant blue she had ever seen. "Are you okay?" Kara said, just above a whisper, her heart racing at the proximity of the woman hanging from her arms.

"I-I'm fine," Lena let out breathlessly, unable to hide the shiver at the blonde's touch.

Kara stood her upright and helped her to the door, "why don't Alex and I get your bags, and we will meet you inside?" She smiled as she asked, her hand never leaving the small of Lena's back causing the smaller woman to blush and nod, speechless as Kara and Alex returned to her car for her bags.

"Someone's a bit warm?" Sam teased as she walked up behind Lena.

"Oh no, she's hot," Lena drawled then covered her mouth, a shocked expression on her face at the words.

Sam burst out laughing as she led her friend into the house.

Kara skipped out to Lena's car, the smile on her face so bright that Alex thought she would be blinded. "Kara Danvers, have you got a crush on Lena Luthor?"

"Me, uhm, I don't even know her, how can I have a crush on someone I don't even know," Kara stuttered, almost tripping over her feet to get to Lena's vehicle.

"Kara Danvers, I've been to your apartment, her scientific papers and all her interviews are in your office…," Alex stopped for a second, "oh my god, you're using her as a model for Asteria's best friend aren't you?"

"What? No, maybe," Kara bit her lip, a bright pink blush spreading up her face from her neck, then she hung her head, and whispered, "yes."

Alex bumped her hip into Kara's and smiled at her sister, "let her know Kar, take a chance."

Kara and Alex removed the luggage from the back of Lena's SUV, causing more laughter as they filled one of the luggage carts, "I feel like I didn't bring enough clothes, A, I only brought enough for two weeks," Kara laughed. Both sisters were still laughing as they rolled the cart into the front room of the house.

Kara lowered her bags to the floor as Alex leaned her shoulder on the cart and smirked at Lena, "How long are you staying, Lee? Two or three months?"

Lena turned, "Just through New Years', Alex, why?"

Alex rolled her eyes at the full cart, "are you sure you brought enough?"

"I forgot my bathing suit," Lena smiled brightly.

From her spot in the room, Kara snorted and watched Sam duck behind the counter to hide her laugh from Alex. Alex stood dumbfounded from Lena's comeback.

They all turned as they heard an excited voice from the stairs, "Aunt Kara…"

If it was possible, Kara's smile got even brighter as her niece, Ruby came charging down the stairs barreling into her and wrapping her arms around her aunt's waist, "you came, you came for Christmas?"

"Of course I came for Christmas, stringbean," Kara bent down and squeezed her niece in a tight hug.

Ruby smiled and asked, "did you bring it?"

Kara snorted and reached into her bag, pulling a wrapped package out and handing it to her biggest fan. Ruby's eyes shot towards her mom, waiting for permission. As her mother nodded, Ruby's eyes landed on Lena, and her mouth dropped open, "Aunt Lena?"

Lena was watching the interaction as a smile grew on her own lips and she watched Ruby approach her, holding the package in her hands, "Hi there, Rubs, miss me?"

Ruby nodded as one arm wrapped around, "you never come for Christmas."

"This year is different, I needed to see my favorite little person," Lena smiled as her arms wrapped warmly around the girl, but her mind was going a thousand miles an hour, 'Kara, Kara Danvers,' Lena thought, as she looked closely at the blonde.

"Want to help me open this?" Ruby smiled up at Lena.

Lena plopped down on the floor with Ruby beside her, "what have we got here?" As she asked the question, Ruby started to rip the paper, revealing a book cover with a red headed costumed woman standing on the cover, hands on hips and feet planted firmly. "It's the new Asteria book, wow Rubs, you are lucky, this doesn't come out till Thursday...how?"

Ruby was not paying any attention to Lena as she opened the cover and read the inscription, 'to my favorite niece and Asteria's biggest fan. Hope, Help, and Compassion for all, Love Aunt Kara.'

Lena saw the note and was still rolling the woman's name around in her head, 'Kara Danvers...Kara Danvers...Kara…" Lena's eyes suddenly popped open as she looked at the name on the spine of the book. "Oh my god!" she gasped.

Kara cringed as Lena recognized her.

"You created Asteria?" Lena asked, her green eyes wide, "I love these books, the message, the characters, all of it!"

Kara blushed, biting her lip at the praise, "I had just finished a big story, and one of the women I interviewed inspired me. I based her on all the strong women in my life, Alex, Sam, my friends Maggie and Lucy, but mostly on Lillian…"

Lena's mouth dropped, "my adopted mother is named Lillian?" Her jaw dropped, and she stared hard at Kara. "You, you're the reporter that broke the story about Maxwell Lord, you saved Luthor Corp…" Lena started to breathe fast, her eyes already opened wide, got even larger.

"Lena!" Kara and Sam yelled at the same time. Kara made it to the smaller woman's side and set her down slowly on the floor, drawing her knees up to her chest and looking into emerald green eyes.

"Take a deep breath, Lena, breathe…" Kara sat down across from her, holding her hands and speaking to her in calm tones, "please relax."

Lena sat, breathing in and out, her body finally relaxing, "yo-you're a hero, Kara, you saved my family's company, our name…"

Kara blushed and dropped her eyes to the floor, and then Alex's words came back to her, 'take a chance…' She looked at Lena, and started to twist her fingers, and blushed brightly. Drawing in a deep breath, "Lena Luthor, would you like to go to dinner with me?"

The room got very quiet as Sam and Alex stood with their mouths open. Ruby was smiling, watching with excitement as her eyes bounced back and forth between her aunts.

Lena looked up into cerulean eyes and whispered hoarsely, "Yes."