The next morning, Kara sighed as she looked through her texts and saw several from James and Winn, even one from Eve before she noticed a voicemail. She hit the speaker and tossed her shirt into the corner, looking through the closet as the voicemail played.
"I didn't expect you to answer the phone. Kara, I'm sorry. I'm sorry…I overreacted. Please, please just talk to me…call me back, honey…"
"Overreacted? You threw me out," Kara said, shaking her head as she tossed a shirt and skirt onto the bed. She locked her phone and headed to the bathroom, getting a shower. Drying off, she shook her head and scoffed. "I tell you my biggest secret, the one thing I could control in my life, and you get pissed off and threw me out. It's the first time I've been able to tell someone without them finding out on their own. I finally had control over that. It'll take more than an "I'm sorry" to get me to forgive that, Lena."
After dressing, locking down her apartment, and getting her breakfast on her way to CatCo, Kara slumped down in her desk and opened the bag in front of her, grabbing up the donut inside and setting it on the desk. She looked over as James walked up, looking at her friends. "Hey, James."
"Hi," James said, sitting on the edge of Kara's desk. "You wanna tell me why Lena was sending drunk voicemails at two in the morning?"
"No, not really," Kara said. She knew that James wouldn't leave her alone until she spilled, so she grumbled and got up, grabbing his arm and dragging him back to the office, shutting the door. "I told her the truth. About me, and Supergirl."
"Oh, boy," James said. "How'd that go?"
"Well, considering drunk voicemails at two in the morning," Kara said with a cocked eyebrow. "She threw me out, James. I tried to talk to her, tell her my reasons why I didn't tell her two years ago, but she…she threw me out like I was the worst person in the world. Which I feel like, by the way." She sank down onto the couch and sniffled, wiping her eyes. "I've lost Mon-El, I've lost Winn, and now…now I'm afraid I've lost Lena. Do you know how that feels? To have your best friend look at you with hatred and betrayal?"
"No," James said. "But I do know that you wanted to keep it a secret from a lot of people, but we all found out in one way or another. I know it isn't easy, Kara, but you can't push Lena away. She doesn't deserve that. Not from you, the woman that can find the good inside of damn near anyone you meet or come across."
Kara started to say something, looking over and seeing the news on the television. "I've got to go," she said, seeing a fire blazing at an apartment complex on the other side of town.
"Go," James said, watching Kara leave.
Kara walked into the elevator and flew out of the top, her clothes landing on it before she took off, heading for the apartments. She landed and looked at the building, looking at the firefighters. "Anyone left inside?"
"Two on the third floor," the fire chief said. "And two of our guys went in, but we lost contact."
"I'll get them," Kara said, taking off into the building.
She searched for a minute before she found the trapped people on the third floor, helping them up and going out of the window, turning and flying back in after setting them on the ground. She listened for yells, picking them up on the seventh floor. Racing up and grabbing the two firefighters, Kara landed on the ground and set them down, standing up before she floated up and took a deep breath. Blowing as hard as she could, her breath put out the fire with the water from the hoses, the crowd below cheering. She smiled and waved, taking off to head back to her apartment to shower before heading back to CatCo.
Stepping out of the shower for the second time that morning and wrapping the towel around herself tightly, Kara looked over as her phone screen darkened again on the bed, picking it up and tapping the home button, seeing another missed call from Lena. She set the phone down and shook her head, sitting on the edge of her bed. "What am I doing…?" she muttered, looking at the floor. Looking up when her phone chimed, she sighed and saw "Voicemail from Lena 3" on the screen.
Swiping it open, the young woman put it on speaker and listened.
"I just saw you on the news, saving the day again. Kara, I know you're upset about last night, and after a lot of thinking drinking, though admittedly, it was mostly more drinking than thinking, I wanted to say I was sorry. I know that doesn't mean much considering, but…I really am sorry. You were trying to tell me the most important thing in your life, and all I could do was think about what Lillian said. "She'll betray you and then what are you going to do?" By listening to the nagging voice of the bitch that ruined our lives several times in the last two years, I realized too late I pushed you away. I shouldn't have done that, and…if you're not mad at me, I'd like to fix this. Or at least try to. Please consider it? Bye, Kara."
The voicemail stopped, Kara looking ashamed as she wiped her eyes, having heard the heartbreak in Lena's voice. She closed her eyes and concentrated, drowning out all of National City until her hearing centered in on Lena's heartbeat, hearing how erratic the rhythm was. She reached for her phone, opening the text thread to Lena.
"Meet me at Noonan's for dinner at 5:15. I'm going to give this once chance." Kara watched as the three dots popped up and raced back and forth, imagining the look on Lena's face at the text message.
"Sounds good to me. I'll meet you there. It's on me tonight. Call it a start to make up for my behavior last night." The dots popped back up, Kara biting her lip in anticipation and nervous worry. "Can you fly by L-Corp? Just for a minute?"
Kara sighed softly, looking at the time. She really had to be getting back to CatCo, especially since she was supposed to be helping Nia with the article the young woman was wanting to write for Fashion. "I can spare a couple of minutes. :)"
"I'll see you soon. 3"
Kara closed the app, holding her suit up and making a face. "I need a spare," she muttered, pulling it back on and tossing the towel into the hamper. "And I need to do laundry. Crap." She tucked her phone into her waistband and flew out of the window, looking down at the city before she made her way to L-Corp, aiming straight for the balcony. She was about to turn away and fly off when she noticed Lena's reflection in the dark computer screen, her friend's lightning blue eyes staring at her. She sighed in defeat, opening the sliding glass door and walking into the office.
"Hi," Lena said, turning and smiling a bit before she stood up. She walked over to Kara who, Lena was surprised to see, flinch back from her. "Kara, I'm not going to hurt you. You know me better than that."
Kara nodded softly, putting herself back where she was. "Lena, I'm so sorry," she whispered. "I never meant to—"
"Kara," Lena said, putting her hands against Kara's cheeks, unable to help the smile on her face at the Kryptonian's huff of indignation. "Stop." She wrapped her arms around Kara in a hug, closing her eyes. She felt Kara hesitate but finally felt her become enveloped. "I'm the one that has to apologize."
"Lena, I lied to you for two years," Kara said, pulling back and looking down at Lena. "I lied to my best friend about who I am, I did things that I shouldn't have done. I betrayed your trust by having James look for Kryptonite. I…I'm not surprised you got mad at me." She sighed softly, wrapping her arms around herself. "You told me in that elevator that night we had the ice cream, "Supergirl went behind my back and used the people I cared for against me. I can never trust her again." When you said that…my heart shattered because I realized how bad I screwed up. That's stuck with me since April because you were right. I did go behind your back, and I did use James against you. I'm so sorry for that, Lena."
Lena sighed, sitting on the edge of her desk and folding her hands in her lap. "Kara…when I said that, I was upset. I was upset that Supergirl—you used your friendship with me and our relationships with James to get information instead of just asking me directly," she said. "I was mad at you and I…I realized after I said it that it was something Lex would have said, and I knew I couldn't take it back."
Kara nodded softly, rubbing her arms. "Lena…I never meant to hurt you," she whispered. "I never wanted to lie to you for so long. I thought about telling you every day for two years. I almost did several times, and I know you had to have had some inkling or some suspicion."
"You're about as subtle as a bull in a china shop, dear," Lena said with a smile. "Flew to L-Corp on a bus? Not to mention my alien detector 'happens' to malfunction as soon as I turn my back? Besides, there were days that you'd come to see me, and you'd smell like smoke or gunfire and Supergirl just happened to have stopped a gunfight or put out a fire. I had my suspicions, but I wanted you to tell me if I was wrong."
Kara nodded, walking forward and hugging Lena, shaking softly. "I don't deserve you," she whispered. "I don't deserve to have you as my best friend."
Lena hugged Kara back, smiling softly. "No, you do deserve me," she said. "You're my best friend. I'm just glad I know the truth now." She heard a phone ringing, sighing as she realized it was her office line.
She wiggled away from Kara, chuckling at the pout and whine coming from her friend's lips before she answered the phone. "Lena Luthor. Yes, James. I've seen her. She's right here." Lena rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Don't forget who owns CatCo, Mr. Olsen. I'll tell her." She hung the phone up and rolled her eyes again. "That man, I swear."
"I need to get back to CatCo, don't I?" Kara asked with a small smile. "I have been gone a while."
Lena nodded, smiling as she took Kara's hands. "Don't worry about us. We're going to be fine. We've had our spats before, and we came out stronger for them," she said. "Besides, we're having dinner tonight. We can talk more then." She hugged Kara and kissed her cheek. "Go. I'll see you later."
Kara smiled and nodded, hugging Lena back and feeling her face get red when Lena kissed her cheek. "Yeah," she said. "I'll see you later." She gave Lena's hands a squeeze and walked over to the balcony, hopping over and taking off for CatCo, hoping that her clothes were still on the top of the elevator.
Lena sat down at her computer again after watching Kara fly off, putting her hand on her chest. "That girl," she snickered, shaking her head as she felt her heart racing.
Kara landed on the elevator gently and dressed again, dropping down into the elevator after making sure it was empty with her x-ray vision, hitting the button for her floor. When the door opened, she walked over to her desk and sat down, seeing a note from Nia.
"My article got pushed back to next week. Can we deal with it over the weekend?"
Kara smiled softly, grabbing her phone and texting Nia. "Just saw your note. Of course, we can work on it over the weekend! This'll be fun!"
Knowing not to risk it, Kara slyly hoped that things were going to start looking up, but she knew better in the long run. There was always someone out there willing to ruin her good mood, and she didn't know how on the nose she was.