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Lena paused in the doorway to the room Kara was being kept in, trying to muster up the courage to enter the room. Try as she might, she couldn't stop thinking about the fact that Kara didn't remember what had happened between the two of them. That Alex was under the impression that she had taken advantage of Kara's inebriated, vulnerable state. Maybe she had.

Lena looked around the doorway into the room. The silence had led her to believe that Kara was alone. Instead, she found the emerald archer leaning back against the barrier separating Kara from the outside. Kara mirrored his position on the other side of the glass, a little to his right.

Lena felt a familiar twinge of jealousy at the sight but quickly shook it off. Kara wasn't hers to feel jealous over. She locked eyes with Oliver and cleared her throat the get Kara's attention.

Kara glanced over her shoulder, seemingly disinterested in whoever was there but she visibly brightened when she saw Lena standing there. "Lena! Hi." She scrambled to her feet as Lena entered the room. "I didn't expect to see you this early. I thought you might be busy with meetings."

"My schedule was clear today," Lena answered, choosing not to mention that she had canceled everything on her schedule. "How are you feeling?"

"A lot better. See?" Kara used her super speed to get to the other side of the tiny 'room' she was being kept in. "I just wish Alex would let me out."

"She's been complaining about it all morning." Oliver stood up, stretching and for the first time, Lena noticed that he'd changed from his suit into a black shirt and some light jeans. "I should go and find Alex. See if she needs any help with anything. I'll see you later, Kara."

"See you later." Kara returned back to the other side of the room, at normal speed this time. Her eyes remained fixed on Lena as Oliver left the room. "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" Lena echoed, stopping directly in front of Kara. Her hand twitched at her side but she resisted the urge to touch the barrier separating the two of them. "You're the one who was stabbed."

"I know but Alex said some things about me losing my inhibitions and doing things I wouldn't usually," Kara replied sheepishly, not quite able to meet Lena's eyes. "And I know you were at my apartment when I got sick so I was wondering if maybe I hurt you or...something."

"You didn't hurt me," Lena said quietly. "You didn't do anything I didn't want you to do."

Kara frowned in confusion at the response. "What do you mean? What did I do?"

"You told me the truth."

"Right…" Kara stared at Lena, noticing the troubled look on her face. She stepped closer, only succeeding in pressing herself flush against the barrier. "I wish I had told you the truth earlier."

"I know." Lena murmured, aware that they were thinking about two different truths. "Me too, Kara."

"Do you think there's a chance we can be friends again?" Kara had to force the words out of her mouth. She wasn't sure she wanted to know the answer to that question. She was too afraid that the answer would be yes. "Even just a slim chance?"

Lena swallowed against the lump in her throat. "I don't know. I don't know if I can go back to being friends with you."

Kara tried to hide how much the answer stung and slowly nodded her head. "I understand. But just...if there's anything I can do to make this better...if you think of anything at all, just tell me."

"Actually, I…" Lena was interrupted by a sudden gush of wind blowing her hair up. She swung around in alarm. Her stomach plummeted at the sight of the suited man standing in front of her. The color was different but the suit was all too similar to Godspeed's. Lena instinctively stepped to the right, trying to shield Kara.

"BARRY!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Secret identity, remember?" The masked speedster said hurriedly as he stepped forward. He was grinning though, letting Lena know that he wasn't a threat.

"Right. Sorry. Lena's a friend though. You don't have to worry." Kara said brightly. "What are you doing here? Have you seen Oliver?"

"It was actually Oliver who contacted me." Barry experimentally pressed his hand against the barrier Kara was being kept behind.

"Yeah, I would hug you but…" Kara gestured meekly at the barrier. "Alex thinks I need to be in here for another 24 hours to make sure I'm at full health."

"Are you contagious?"

"What? No!"

Barry grinned and phased through the barrier separating the two of them.

Kara gasped in delight and rushed forward into Barry's open arms, hugging him tightly.

Lena sighed to herself as she watched them. She supposed she should have been relieved by the interruption but she wasn't. If anything, she was annoyed by it. She cleared her throat when the hug went on for a little too long.

"Oh, sorry." Kara sheepishly let Barry go and he took back, taking an exaggeratedly deep breath. "I've been deprived of human contact for the past 36 hours. Barry, this is my…" Kara made eye contact with Lena, clearly not sure what she should say. "Lena."

"Your Lena?" Barry smirked at her before he turned to the dark-haired woman on the other side of the glass. "Hey. I'm the Flash. You can just call me Barry though."

Kara grimaced at the look Barry shot her. "I'm sorry! I was surprised to see you and it just came out. You really can trust her though. I promise."

Lena swallowed thickly at the earnest tone of Kara's voice. She didn't know how Kara could consider her to be trustworthy after what had happened with myriad. "Actually I should probably go. I have a meeting."

"What? But you just got here!" Kara protested hurriedly. "I thought you said your schedule was clear today?"

"I just remembered something." Lena grimaced at the fact that she'd slipped up. Her mind was a mess of jumbled thoughts and memories. She wasn't sure she could look at Kara the same now that she'd seen her naked. "I um...I'm glad you're okay. If anything happens just let me know. I'll see you later."

Barry raised an eyebrow as Lena turned and rushed out of the room. "She seems a little um...skittish?"

"She's not, it's...it's complicated." Kara stared forlornly after Lena for a moment before she turned back to Barry, forcing a smile to her face. "So what are you doing here?"

"I came for Godspeed actually," Barry answered, carefully removing his cowl. He sat down on the edge of Kara's bed. "Your sister and Oliver figured the best person to deal with a speedster is a speedster."

"Makes sense. Are you staying long?"

"Probably just until Alex is done with Godspeed," Barry answered with a slight shrug. "So what happened to you? Oliver didn't say much. Just that you got hurt."

"Honestly, I'm not sure. I was stabbed with kryptonite. Everything else is just blurry or not there at all." Kara's thoughts turned back to Lena. She had definitely done something to her. Barry was right, Lena was acting skittish around her. She seemed less angry now. She just seemed sad. And worried. Kara couldn't get a read on her. "How did you tell Iris that you were the Flash?"

"Whoa." Barry stared at Kara in surprise. "Thinking of telling someone who you really are? I didn't know you were seeing someone."

"I'm not." Kara's heart clenched in her chest. "It's not that, it's just...was Iris angry with you when you told her? How long did you keep it a secret from her?"

"Uh...you know what? I'll be right back." Barry sped off and Kara huffed in annoyance as she sat down on the bed. A minute or so passed before Barry returned with a paper bag and 2 paper cups in a cup holder. "I figured you could use some food. And this conversation might take a while."

"Barry Allen, I could kiss you!"

"Please don't." Barry gave a soft laugh as Kara took the bag from him and began to dig around in it. "I doubt Iris would be happy about it."

Kara faux glared at him. "So you were saying? About Iris?"

"Right, well…" Barry proceeded to dive into the story of how Iris had found out that he was the Flash and Kara listened intently, happy to have found someone who could relate to the struggle of keeping such a huge secret from someone they loved.

Lena stared into her coffee as she stirred it aimlessly, watching the froth of the cappucino slide slowly off the spoon, landing silently back in the drink. She had ignored the urge to drink her usual glass of whisky. As much as she wanted to drown her sorrows, she also needed her mind clear. She needed to try to figure out what to do. Her anger toward Kara had ebbed away, replaced with anger at herself for softening toward the woman who'd betrayed her.

"This is not what we do." She mumbled to herself. She recalled her mother saying that to her more than once when she'd shown weakness as a child. They were Luthors. Displaying weakness was not something they did.

So she'd had sex with Kara. So what? That didn't mean all of the anger, hurt and resentment was just going to fall away. It didn't mean that Lena had forgiven her. Only she had. Or she was going to at least. She felt herself getting closer and closer to letting that anger go. But why? The only thing that had changed was that night and Kara didn't even remember it. That, along with that fact that Kara had almost died.

Letting out a sigh, Lena glanced to the pad of paper on the counter next to her. She'd been trying to figure it out for a while now, where this sudden desire to forgive Kara Danvers had come from. It frustrated her to no end. She wasn't weak. She wasn't going to show weakness.

She was torn from her thoughts by the familiar sound of someone landing on her balcony. She looked up in time to see Kara knock gently on the glass. When their eyes met, the caped her offered a slight wave before she pushed the ajar door open and stepped inside.

"Speak of the devil." Lena drawled as she watched Kara walk closer to her.

"You were talking about me?" Kara looked around, clearly confused. There was nobody else in the apartment. She had made sure of that before she landed.

"Nevermind." Lena waved the question off. "I see your sister finally let you out."

"Yeah." Kara smiled at that. "She said I was doing much better so she let me out a few hours early and well...here I am. Good as new."

Lena took a sip of her coffee, finding it lukewarm. She supposed that was her own fault, for merely fidgeting with it for the past fifteen minutes. "What can I do for you, Supergirl?"

Kara looked hurt for a fraction of a second before she spoke. "I want to know what I did to you. Alex said you were there when I was sick and I don't remember anything. Alex won't tell me what I did but she wouldn't have locked me up otherwise. Can you please just tell me? If I did something...something else to hurt you, I want to know."

"You didn't do anything to hurt me." Lena answered curtly. "Nothing new."

"Nothing new." Kara echoed slowly, her brow furrowed. She stepped forward until she was lightly gripping the other side of the counter Lena was standing behind. "Which means I did do something, right? I knew it! What di-?"

"Kara, I said it's nothing!" Lena exclaimed loudly. She set her coffee down harder than she intended, sending it splashing over the edges onto her pristine counter. She cursed as some of it splashed onto her notebook and quickly set about finding a cloth to wipe the mess up.

Kara looked at the notepad, seeing her name written on it. She reached across to pick it up, out of curiosity. Lena's handwriting was as neat as she had expected it to be. Not like her messy, hurrid, reporters scrawl. She frowned as she read it. "You wrote liar down twice."

"What?" Lena looked up, her eyes widening when she saw what Kara was holding. "What are you doing? That's private."

"Sorry. I noticed my name was written on it." Kara said sheepishly. "What is it? A list of...pros and cons? Good and bad?"

Lena felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment at the question. "Yes."

Kara glanced back down at the paper for a moment. "Plane crash, concrete block, falling, publicly defending…" She murmured as she read through the list. She noticed an unfinished sentence at the end. "I l...What were you going to write?"

"You do know what private means, don't you?" Lena reached across the counter separating them and snatched the notepad from Kara. "It's really none of your business."

Kara let out a weary sigh, her shoulders slumping. She watched Lena storm past her to put the notepad away. She disappeared into the bedroom but when she came back, Kara was still standing in the same position.

"You've saved my life twice now in the last couple of days alone." Kara remarked as she watched Lena walk toward the couch. "You really didn't have to do that."

"Yes, I did."

"Lena." Kara went to the couch, perching on it next to Lena. "Why won't you look at me?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Lena said tiredly. To prove her point she looked up at Kara, her eyes fixed on the blonde's cheek. "I'm looking at you right now. Though I would prefer not to be, I have work in the morning."

"You won't look me in the eye." Kara reached out, her fingertips grazing the back of Lena's hand before Lena wrenched away from her. She fought a stab of hurt at the rejection. "What did I do to you? Just tell me and I'll...mmph!" Kara didn't manage to finish her sentence. She saw Lena move and suddenly she was kissing her. Lena Luthor was kissing her and Kara couldn't do anything for a second. Lena's hand moved to the back of Kara's neck and Kara found herself giving in, her eyes sliding closed as she kissed Lena back.

It lasted only a few glorious seconds before Lena drew away from Kara, her pupils blown wide. "You told me the truth."

Kara opened and closed her mouth a couple of times before she managed to croak out a response. "W-What do you mean?"

Lena let out a frustrated sigh. "I went to your apartment to tell you I didn't have anything to do with what happened to you and you kissed me. Told me you wanted me."

Kara felt her stomach plummet at the thought. "Oh...oh no…w-we...did we…?"

Lena nodded in response, troubled as she took in Kara's mortified expression. "Is the idea of sleeping with me so terrible?"

"N-No! No, of course not." Kara answered hastily. She didn't want to give Lena the wrong idea but she was struggling to wrap her mind around it. "I'm just...I'm shocked. And confused. Why would you want to...you know?"

"Have sex with you." Lena said, pulling away entirely. She tried not to let the sting Kara's reaction caused her to show on her face. "I think you know why. Do I really need to say it?"

"Please." Kara reached out and this time she succeeded in grasping Lena's hand. "I need to know."

"Because I love you!" Lena answered, finally meeting Kara's eyes, aware that her own were damp with tears. "I love you and I hate myself for it. It's weak. It's pathetic."

"Lena…" Kara couldn't help it. She moved forward and wrapped her arms around Lena, embracing her gently. She felt Lena stiffen for a moment before relaxing, melting into her arms. "You're not weak or pathetic. You're the strongest person I know. I'm not just saying that."

"I should hate you." Lena's voice was muffled by Kara's neck but Kara heard it.

"I can hate myself enough for the both of us." Kara said softly. She slowly drew away to look into Lena's eyes. A moment of silence passed between them before Kara spoke again. "I should go."

"Go." Lena blinked in surprise at the abrupt announcement. She realized she'd been holding onto Kara's arms only when the hero slipped from her grasp. "You're leaving? After everything I just said, you're just leaving?"

Kara hesitated for a moment, a pained look on her face. Her hands twitched at her sides and Lena noticed that the blonde looked close to tears herself. "I'm not going to hurt you again, Lena."

Lena stood up, her hands balled into fists as she followed Kara toward the balcony. "You're doing this to me again? You don't get to make decisions for me. You don't get to decide what's best for me! Kara Danvers, don't you DARE fly away from me!"

Kara stopped and took a deep breath of the cool air outside before she turned slowly toward Lena. "Do you think that I'm what's best for you? You know what my life is like. You know how dangerous it is. I was selfish before when I lied to you. To keep you as a friend. I'm not going to do that again."

"You think this is selfless? This isn't honorable, this is you being a coward!" Lena stepped forward, gripping the neckline of Kara's suit to keep her from flying off. "You don't think I'm scared too after everything that's happened?"

"I know you are." Her eyes watering, Kara gently took Lena's hand away and stepped back, using her speed to fly off.

"Why can't you just be brave for ONCE?"

Lena's parting mumble was heard perfectly by Kara, thanks to her super senses. She wished she could be.

She made a beeline for her apartment, ready to crawl into bed and cry into her pillow. Noticing her head was feeling fuzzy and she was veering off course, Kara frowned to herself and struggled to set herself right. She put it down to being unsteady on her feet after her encounter with Lena and ignored the nausea that followed as she finally landed.

TBC.