Kara felt so ashamed. She had destroyed every cinderblock she could find. It wasn't helping her at all. Her emotions were too dark. Eventually she had fallen helplessly to the ground. The sun made her physically strong but emotionally she was weak. It affected her. She lay on the ground sobbing, clutching her cape around her as if it would provide some kind of comfort. Tears flowed out of her eyes for what had seemed like hours. Lena had been hurt when Kara had finally revealed her true identity to her months ago. It had taken Lena a long time to trust Kara again but she eventually forgave Kara, still, Kara blamed herself every day for that mistake, she struggled to forgive herself. She'd sworn to Lena and herself that she would never hurt Lena again. She did everything in her power to protect Lena and to be transparent with her, and their friendship had blossomed. They had been closer than ever before. Kara had never been happier and neither had Lena. They were each other's source of strength, source of happiness. They were beginning to find that they could not exist without one another. That friendship meant everything to them. Now Kara had destroyed it. She had ruined everything they had built. Kara felt like a coward, she needed to face Lena but she doubted she had the emotional strength to even leave the DEO.
Kara heard the door crack open. She pulled her cape up to cover her face. No one needed to see her like that. She heard footsteps as someone approached. Kara assumed it was Alex, checking on her. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and Lena's voice, "Kara?"
Kara locked eyes with Lena and immediately moved out of her touch and stumbled backwards and crashing into a wall, leaving a dent.
Lena stared at her, frowning.
"Wha-what are you doing here?" Kara asked, still in shock.
"I came to see you, Kara. Alex told me about the potion…"
A flood of tears rushed out of Kara's eyes, she struggled to speak. "I am so sorry. Lena. I am. So sorry. I am sorry. I never meant. To."
It looked as though Kara had many things to say but couldn't say any of them. Her few words were so filled with emotion that nothing else needed to be said. Lena felt her heart break. Tears began falling out of her eyes too. Lena approached Kara slowly.
"Kara. None of this is your fault."
Kara shook her head. "I promised I would never hurt you again."
Lena took another step. "I am not hurt Kara, the only hurt I feel right now is from seeing you punishing yourself for something you didn't do."
"I took advantage of you, Lena. How could you forgive me?"
"Neither of us knew what I had taken!"
"Exactly! I should have considered it. I was too selfish."
Lena reached Kara and knelt in front of her. Tears were still spilling out of Kara's eyes. She looked so small and so broken. Lena had never seen Kara like that before.
"I love you, Kara Danvers. With all my heart."
Kara locked eyes with Lena again. "You love me?"
"Yes, Kara. And the potion has worn off. It was dangerous, but I am glad that I fell in love with you, because I was already in love with you and it gave me just what I needed to let you know. I don't regret anything I said or did to you last night and I hope that you don't either. I am sorry it took some greedy maniac to get it out of me. I was scared. I love you. I don't want to lose you."
Kara smiled through her tears. "I love you so much, Lena. I will never stop. I still feel like I should have been more careful but I don't regret anything I said or did either. I meant every word… every kiss."
Lena smiled sweetly at Kara. She cupped her face and wiped the remaining tears from her eyes then leaned in and kissed her gently.
It seemed to Alex, that Lena and Kara had been in that training room for hours. She was growing increasingly anxious. She had always known that Kara had a crush on Lena and had endured hours of her sister talking about Lena. It took her a while to get used to the idea but Lena had proved to everyone countless times that she was good and that Kara came first. Alex had tried to set them up, but they proved to be too oblivious to what was actually going on. She was glad that Lena's feelings for Kara weren't entirely forced by the potion. She wanted to know what was happening in that training room and her patience was running thin. Eventually she snapped. She made her way toward the training room and entered without a second thought.
She found Kara and Lena entangled on the floor in one another's embrace. They were both blushing as they looked over at Alex. Alex froze, she was unsure what to do or say, she had clearly interrupted a special moment. She raised an eyebrow then stepped backwards exiting the room as she yelled, "Gross, Get a room!"
Kara and Lena laughed. "We didn't even do anything yet," Kara complained.
Lena raised an eyebrow at Kara, "Yet, huh?"
Kara blushed. "We really should get out of here, it is too depressing in this room, plus, I don't think laying on the floor is very healthy."
"Do you want to swap it for a bed?" Lena asked seductively.
"Take me on a date first!" Kara teased.
"I am actually pretty hungry," Lena announced seriously, already regretting not waiting for Kara to return with breakfast that morning. "Where do you want to go?"
"Hmm, we could go to Paris, or New York… maybe Ireland…"
Lena laughed. "How about we just go to Big Belly Burger across from your apartment building?"
Kara pulled Lena up and wrapped her arms around her. She sighed. "Lena Luthor, you are the girl of my dreams."
Lena held Kara tighter. Kara had had a morning from hell and Lena knew that it would take her a lot of time to stop blaming herself for everything that had happened, but she was prepared to stick with Kara through it all. There was no one she'd rather face the hardships of life with but Kara.