PART FIVE
8:20 A.M., Tuesday, Midvale, Danvers House
Waking up in Kara's arms made Lena so happy. Then she remembered what they did right before going to sleep and she became so embarrassed. She couldn't believe her own behavior it was like she had no control. Lena was ashamed, she could always control herself with her boyfriends never letting things go too far unless she was ready and really, really sure she wanted to go that far. Kara, however, seemed to bring out a different side to Lena, a side Lena wasn't used to and didn't feel in control of at all. She thought the masturbation in the shower would take care of her problem when she felt like she was going to lose control with Kara. Then Kara asked for another kissing lesson and it wasn't even a lesson, it was straight up make out session turned into surprising sex.
Lena wanted to feel bad about it, like she was taking advantage of Kara and their friendship being a few months older than Kara and all but that wasn't true. Thinking of what happened, Kara was just as eager as she was, she liked it just as much as Lena did. Maybe, Kara liked Lena in the same manner Lena liked Kara. Of course, the moment that thought entered Lena's head she pushed it out again. Lena didn't believe she could be that lucky as to get someone as sweet and kind and wonderful as Kara romantically. The other problem was what she was going do, because Kara's family would be back from their trip and Lena would have to figure out something. This perfect moment she had with Kara was going to end very soon.
As Lena lay there thinking about Kara and how she didn't want to lose Kara no matter what happened to her next she heard a familiar sound, one that meant her brother. It was the sound of a helicopter flying overhead. It made Lena panic and bolt out of bed then rush to the window hiding as she peered out.
"Lena, are you okay?"
"No. I think my brother is looking for me." Lena said. She was still looking out the window with a worried look. Kara was blinking and wiping her face as she woke up, she sat up asking. "Why do you think that? Did I miss something?"
"A helicopter just flew by and it wasn't search and rescue. It's a Luthor Corp helicopter. It's my brother looking for me. He didn't take the bait of the message I left. I don't know what I'm going to do Kara." Lena said.
"Wait, you actually saw your Luthor Corp logo on the helicopter?" Kara asked. Suddenly she looked as awake and worried as Lena felt.
"Yeah, I would recognize that ugly fucking thing anywhere." Lena said.
"Shoot, we're out of time aren't we?" Kara asked. The blonde's face fell, twisting into a sad frown. Lena was quick to pull Kara into a hug comforting her.
"No, we still have a little time. They don't know I'm here with you. They just know I'm in the area. I thought I could throw them off my trail with that message I sent my brother, I was just trying to let him know I was okay and tell him the truth about what his security team did to me. I should have known better, he's relentless and won't stop until I'm back under his protection." Lena tried to explain. Kara's frown intensified.
"But you're under my protection. I can protect you. I have protected you. You can tell your brother that. Maybe we can figure out a way for you stay in the area, maybe you could come to my school. Like we could find you a house nearby or you could stay here. I could talk to my mom." Kara said in a rush.
"Kara, that won't work. I've been thinking about this for days. My brother would never let me stay by myself, and I could never handle living under the constant supervision of a security detail. I would do something bad again. And there's no way your mom would be cool with letting me live here. Stay for the weekend or overnight sure but to live there's no way. She's already got you and your sister. Taking me in too would be way too much of a burden and a legal hassle and my family would never allow it. They would totally punish your mom for trying to help me out, I don't want that. Plus the most important detail you're forgetting Kara is who my family is. My step mom is legit dangerous and my brother is too if you're on the wrong side of him."
"So what are you saying Lena? That your family wouldn't like me or accept me? They wouldn't let me be your friend?" Kara asked.
"No Kara, I'm saying that they'd love you at first and welcome you with open arms until they learned how important you are to me than they would do everything in their power to learn all of your secrets so they could manipulate you. Because they know if they have control over you they could in turn control me. And all of that is fine if it wasn't for your very special secret that we have to keep hidden at all costs. I can't let them ever find out about you Kara, they would hurt you and imprison you if they ever found out. I would die if they ever hurt even a single hair on your head. Do you understand? You are way too important to me. I won't even take the chance of them hurting you in any way. I'm terrified of what my family would do to you if they ever found out who you really were. Maybe things could be different if we were older and we were in control of our own lives but we're just kids…I don't have anything that's mine. And I don't want to take you away from your family not after all that you've lost."
Kara's whole face fell as realization of the situation sunk in; tears welled up in Kara's eyes. She looked up at Lena clutching a little tighter to her as she asked, "Is there anything we can do Lena? I just found you. I don't want to lose you. I can't lose you."
"That won't happen Kara. We won't let that happen." Lena assured Kara holding the blonde as tight as she could.
They stood there in Kara's bedroom just holding each other as tightly as they could for a very long time. The weight of the world outside, the one they had been avoiding for days was catching up with them both and they felt it, it made them clutch to each other more with a little more desperation. Eventually Lena felt Kara take several deep breaths then pull away so they could look at each other.
"Okay Lena, let's go over what we know. Best case scenario and worst case for all of this. What can we hope for and should be try to avoid?" Kara asked.
Lena looked down thinking deeply about Kara's questions. Kara took Lena's hand and gently led her back to the bed and pulled her down so they were sitting next to each other. A few minutes later Lena had some ideas, and they discussed all their options. If Lena's family wanted to they could ensure Lean and Kara never saw each other again, so they had to be really careful on how they went about things. Even with Kara's family they had to be careful, if Kara's mom found out anything that she didn't like about Lena she could force Kara to cut off contact and that would be devastating to them both. Kara began offering up a dozen solutions including running away together but Lena immediately shot them all down which made Kara mad.
"I don't get why my suggestions are so bad? We could make it on our own. I could use my abilities to help us survive. We could do this without anyone's help. We don't need anyone but each other." Kara insisted her arms crossed over her chest her face twisted into an angry scowl.
"You're my hero Kara Zor-El. Do you know that?" Lena asked. They had been sitting on the bed with their legs crossed and facing each other, Lena smiled sweetly at her friend and reached out caressing Kara's face with her fingertips and hands making the blonde immediately close her eyes and let out the breath she had been holding in her body slowly relaxing under Lena's touch.
"How can I be a hero Lena when I can't get anything done? I can't even come up with a plan to keep us in the same place. I feel like I'm going to lose you." Kara confessed her eyes still closed. Lena opened up her hands and Kara pressed her face into Lena's palms. Lena rolled forward on her knees and peppered Kara's skin with a dozen light kisses on her face and head.
"You're my hero because you want to do all of that to keep us together but I don't think we need to go to such extremes to get what we want. You're really smart and so am I. I think we can come up with a plan that will work on my family and yours. We will not lose each other Kara that I can promise you." Lena said gently.
"Then how do we prevent it? If our families have so much power over us how do we prevent them from keeping us apart?" Kara asked.
"First we're going to set up an email address for us to exchange messages through. One that only me and you can get into. And we'll memorize each other's contact into, email, phone number and anything else you can think of. That'll be step one. And I have an idea on how to approach my brother without bringing his wrath down on you and your family." Lena said.
They kept talking while on Kara's bed and by mid-morning they had a good plan on what they were going to do. Kara took some convincing that it would work but Lena didn't give up until Kara agreed to follow Lena's plan and trust her. Lena knew if her brother found out where she had been staying he would look into the Danvers and into Kara, it wouldn't take him long to discover Kara's secret and Lena was going to do everything in her power to prevent that. The plan was to have Lena take off before Kara's family got home, then Lena could get picked up in town away from the Danvers house. Lena couldn't take anything with her or her brother would use it to track down where she was staying and who she was staying with. She'd have to get back into her torn up riding gear and walk into town. Kara would need to clean up and hide anything she didn't want her mom or sister to find. They made the plan and went over it a dozen times. When they felt they had it down solid they went downstairs to make something to eat.
They were both in low spirits and rather sad as they searched the kitchen for something to make. When all they found were frozen foods in the freezer and stuff they would need real cooking skills to make Lena suggested they order a couple of pizza to be delivered.
"I've got cash to cover it." Lena said.
"Where'd you get cash? I thought you said you were broke." Kara asked. She was confused and looking to Lena for answers. The brunette looked away and admitted with obvious shame where she had gotten the cash.
"Um, well. You know when we were at the movies the other night. Well, when I went to the bathroom a bunch of those girls who treat you like shit were in there talking about a party they were having at the lake later that night. One of those girls was carrying all the cash they were going to use to buy booze for the party. Apparently she was dating a guy old enough to go to the liquor store for them. Well, that chick dropped her wallet and I picked it up. I took all the cash out of the wallet. I didn't want them to have their stupid party. They're assholes to you and I didn't want them to have fun. I turned her wallet into lost and found. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the cash. I just knew I wanted to ruin their night."
"I love you so much Lena." Kara said. The blonde had a shy but blossoming smile on her lips. Kara was so impressed and happy by what Lena did, Lena didn't understand it.
"Wait, you're not mad at me. I did an asshole thing. I shouldn't have stolen that girl's money. I thought you were all about right and wrong." Lena asked.
"I am but I'm not mad at you. What you did was actually really sweet and I love it. You were standing up for me. No one does that Lena, no one. I really love you. I hope you know that." Kara said.
Lena's heart beat picked up feeling like it wanted to beat its way out of Lena's chest. She had to swallow the lump suddenly in her throat and smiled shyly as she shook her head trying to deflect the compliment that made her whole body sing with happiness.
"I love you too Kara. I really do." Lena said. She smiled shyly at Kara then quickly turned away to break the unbearable tension in the room.
"Yeah, a couple of pizzas on those asses at school would be just fine. I can live with that." Kara replied chuckling.
"What should I do with the rest of the cash?" Lena asked.
"Whatever you want to do with it, you could donate it to charity, spend it or burn it for all I care." Kara said with a shrug.
"Is there a local charity that could use it? It's a lot of cash." Lena said.
"Yeah, there's an animal shelter that could use it. Want to mail it in? We could throw the cash into an envelope." Kara suggested.
"That's a great idea. Let's order the pizza first and donate the rest." Lena was excited. Lena thought about what she had done and what she was about to do and burst out laughing. Kara gave her a puzzled look and Lena laughed more, when she could compose herself she explained.
"I was just thinking about what my brother would say about what I did. He wouldn't approve of the theft of such a tiny amount of money that would be beneath our family. He would approve of why I did it though and he would be really pissed at me for donating it to a charity. He would have preferred I do something useful with it like use it to hire someone to vandalize those assholes cars or homes. You know send a message. You'd be surprised how little money it takes to hire someone to do such things."
"Wow." Was all Kara said, she looked shocked by Lena's admission. Lena laughed bitterly.
"The joys of being a Luthor, education started early."
"You don't have to be a Luthor like them Lena. You can be your own person, your own Luthor. I'm not like anyone else in my family that was really obvious even when I was little. I stuck out so much and I'm nothing like my cousin. I may be from the same family but I will force my own path and make my own name." Kara said.
"You're right. You're totally right." Lena said. She totally agreed with Kara and really took it to heart. Why should she be just like her brother and go down his path or go down her step mother's path? She wasn't like them, she was her own person she should forge her own path. Luthor's didn't follow after all, they led. Lena felt better after that. She wanted to remember it and wrote it down on slip of paper and tucked it into her boots.
They ordered the pizzas then Kara helped Lena put the rest of the cash into an envelope addressed to the local animal shelter. They walked out to the mailbox together to put the envelope in so it could be picked up right away. They were quick getting back inside the house in case those helicopters were in the area. While they waited for their food Lena retrieved the guitar and the IPod with speaker and set about learning how to play the song.
Lena was having a hard time dealing with the fact she could feel her time with Kara was coming to a close. All they had was today and tomorrow morning, Kara's family was returning tomorrow afternoon. Soon everything would change again. The melancholy caused by that knowledge made both of them sad and clingy more so than usual. Lena was trying hard to pretend that wasn't the case which was why she using the time to practice playing the song Stone on the guitar. Lena had great ear for music and could replicate most songs after some effort and Stone by Alessia Cara was no different. Lena used a note pad and pen to write the cords down to help her visually as she went through the song again and again. All while Kara hovered in the background, she wasn't bothering Lena or getting in her way she just hung around in the same room watching her with a small happy smile.
"Oh hey! We still have like a bunch of pictures to take on that disposable camera. Should we document what we're doing?" Kara asked. She got up and retrieved the camera which was still in the bag from the picnic. The presence of the old school device immediately livened everything up and they both smiled wanting to capture their happiness together instead of their pain and sadness at the inevitable separation.
Kara played photographer, taking a few pictures of Lena practicing the song with the guitar. Then Lena took the camera and followed Kara around taking pictures of Kara singing and being goofy. Then when they had five pictures left out of the twenty four in the camera Lena pulled Kara into a hug and they took the last of them together in various poses of attempted cool and simple intimate togetherness. They were both fighting back tears and yet they both tried so hard to keep the pictures happy, they wanted to hold onto that memory more than anything else.
When they were done taking pictures their pizzas arrived, Kara wound the camera and set it on the counter. They ate in the kitchen sitting next to each other at the table. They ate quietly devouring a whole pizza when Kara broke the silence.
"I'm going to make a quick trip into town in a little bit. I want to take the camera in and get it developed right away. If we're lucky we might be able to pick it up like tomorrow or something if I can put a rush on it. We'll have to see."
"How long will you be gone for?" Lena asked.
"I don't know, not long. I'll have to go on foot but I'll be fast." Kara said.
"Okay. I'll work on getting the song right while you're gone. Maybe we could go through the song when you get back, so we could try recording this afternoon?" Lena suggested.
"That sounds like a great plan. I promise I'll be as fast as I can." Kara said. Lena just nodded and smiled, she didn't doubt Kara would hurry she was just going to miss her friend even if her absence was only for an hour.
Lena watched as Kara rushed upstairs in blink of an eye returning just as quick dressed in completely different clothes. Now that Lena knew her secret Kara didn't hide what she could do, she walked over to Lena to grab the camera and her backpack then kissed Lena on the cheek before literally running out. Lena only saw the blur of Kara's blue jeans as she sped away. Lena continued to eat, finishing the piece on her plate before closing the box of the leftover pizza. She washed her hands then returned to her task of practicing.
Lena was determined to do a good job for Kara she didn't want to let her down. Lena went through the song a dozen times then took a break listening to something else for a little bit. She drank some water and stretched her hands. She walked around the house, looking out the windows for any sign of Kara. Lena's thoughts went back to the night before, to what they did before they fell asleep together. Lena took a seat on the couch and sat back looking at the ceiling, she unconsciously traced her lips with her fingertips remembering Kara's lips on her own and how good it all felt.
Lena's body responded to the memories of what she did with Kara and Lena was left wondering if what they had done was just making out or if it was more. Was it sex? Or something in between? Lena wasn't sure. When people talked about sex they only ever talked about sex between a guy and a girl but what about all the things two girls could do? What counted as sex and what didn't? Lena was so confused. Had Lena and Kara already crossed that line of no return and not even realized it? Lena had never dated girls and knew nothing about it. She wanted to look it up online but she had no idea when Kara would get back. She wanted to talk about it with Kara but would that mean they were dating-dating and not friends anymore? Were you allowed to date your best friend or did that ruin everything? Lena had so many questions and she didn't even know where to start to seek answers. The only thing's Lena was sure of was that she really liked kissing Kara, she really liked what they had done the night before and she wanted to do it again.
"Come on Lena, let's be honest now." Lena said to no one but herself which made her laugh bitterly. She was scared, really scared. She was terrified of saying it out loud but the truth was her heart hurt when she thought about not seeing Kara again. Lena knew like she knew the skin on her own body, that she was falling in love with her best friend but with all the intimacy between them Lena was a little distraught over the small yet very significant fact that her best friend could feel the same way she did.
"I could tell her how I felt but what would be the point? I can't stay. It may be months before I can come back to see her. Would that be fair, to ask her to wait for me until I can come back? Would that be fair to me? Fuck I don't know." Lena said. She was trying to figure something out to ease the dread wrapping itself around her spine but nothing helped.
Lena shook her head to dispel the negative thoughts and went back to practicing, only when she played along with the song she took no solace that she knew all the chords, all she could hear were the words to the song that struck her heart like tiny arrows.
"Change in every wind. The sands of time don't know our name. Oh, nothing's sure, but surely as we stand. I promise I will stay the same. And I've never seen forever, but I know we'll remain.
And I will follow where this takes me. And my tomorrows long to be unknown. When all is shaken, be my safety. In a world uncertain, say you'll be my stone.
Oh steady me, be my source of gravity while my worlds unraveling. Say you'll never change."
2:00 P.M., Tuesday, Midvale
Kara had run all the way into town, she was extra careful to make sure no one saw her but she wanted to be as quick as possible. She made it into town within half an hour and walked casually to the store she knew she could get the camera developed. Kara filled out the envelope making sure it had her name and phone number on it and dropped it off after double checking with the clerk that it would be developed with a twenty four hour turn around. Kara checked the time and was happy to see she wasn't taking long, she hoped to get back quickly to Lena.
Kara was going to go straight home but then spotted something in the window of the grocery store and decided on a whim to stop and go in. She was looking at the flowers, pretty bouquets of roses, daisies and tulips. Kara was wandering around them when she overheard a trio of girls talking one aisle over by the bags of candy.
"I can't believe she fucked up the party like that, everyone is so pissed at her. She acts like her shit don't smell but her shit stints the worst. I think she pocketed the money to go off with her nasty old man boyfriend. You know how that skank works." One girl said.
"I'm glad she wasn't able to charm her way out of this time. She gets away with so much bullshit because she's popular. She's not even pretty. She's only popular because she'll give out blowjobs like they're pamphlets in church." Another girl said. Kara burst out laughing and quickly muffled it so they didn't hear it.
"Hey, did you hear about Randy? What he did?" The third girl asked in a low voice.
"No, what happened?" The first girl asked in a matching low voice.
"I heard from my brother he got his ass handed to him. Apparently he tried to assault a girl and her boyfriend caught him, broke his hand and threatened to beat his ass. I'm not surprised. Randy's bad news. It's about time someone stood up to him."
"Do you know who the girl was?" The second girl asked.
"No, I just heard what happened to Randy. And he's scared to talk about it, apparently the boyfriend really scared Randy. I hope it was enough that Randy stops being such a dick." The girl said.
"Yeah right, as soon as his hand is healed he'll back to his douche bag dickhead ways." The first girl said with a snort of disbelief.
The trio of girls kept talking about it but Kara wasn't interested anymore, she heard everything she wanted to hear. She smiled feeling good and decided on a whim to go through with getting something for Lena. Kara looked over what bouquets were available picking the one she thought was the most beautiful. She paid for it at the flower counter and quickly left before the girls from her school spotted her.
Kara headed back home right away, on her way out of town she spotted something she had not noticed before all these extra black SUV's hanging around in town. There were at least a dozen government looking vehicles just hanging around with people sitting inside watching everyone, it was off putting. They stuck out like sore thumbs among the local populace, Kara ignored them and walked at a normal human pace until she was out of town and in the woods. She knew exactly what they were and who sent them, so she knew better than to arouse any suspicion. However, when she reached the safety of the woods Kara took off running, she shielded the flowers so they weren't damaged by the speed of her travel and soon she was home.
Coming around through the back, Kara used her ears to listen to the neighbors and surrounding roads for activity. Everything was quiet and she could hear Lena inside the house playing the guitar and practicing the song they were working on. Suddenly Kara grew very nervous, she had never given to anyone flowers before and Lena wasn't just anyone. Lena was someone very special.
Kara's steps faltered at the back door, she hands began trembling and her hands got slightly clammy. She felt her heart begin to pound in her chest, and she suddenly became terrified she was making a mistake. Frozen in indecision and fear Kara began mumbling to herself in argument of pro's and con's of giving Lena the flowers. One hand, she had already bought the flowers and thought Lena would like them. On the other hand, friends did not give friends flowers like this, it was a romantic gesture and that might be taking things over the line. But then last night popped into Kara's mind and got super confused and her arguments with herself intensified.
Kara was so lost in thought she did not notice Lena come into the kitchen and see her through the window. Lena stood there at the back door watching her with the most amused happy smile on her face. Then when it seemed Kara's argument with herself was getting worse Lena gently tapped on the glass completely startling Kara.
Kara screamed and dropped the bouquet but then quickly caught it before it hit the floor. Kara turned to the door with an embarrassed smile and a sheepish shrug as Lena opened the door with a curious expression.
"Kara? What are you doing out here? Come inside."
"I…Lena, I got you something. Here." Kara said in tumble of words as she pushed the bouquet toward Lena. The brunette's eyes lit up with delight and surprise.
"Wait! These are for me? Really! Kara, how did you know yellow was my favorite color of roses? I love this so much! Thank you." Lena said. She rushed over to Kara taking the flowers and throwing her arms around Kara hugging her with all her might.
"You always know what to do to make me feel better. I don't know how you do it but you do. Thank you Kara! No one's ever given me flowers I actually like before." Lena gushed holding her flowers to her chest and inhaling the light fragrant floral scent.
"I wasn't sure. That's why I was hesitant to come in." Kara admitted feeling foolish.
"I would love anything you gave me but this! Was such an amazing surprise Kara." Lena said. The brunette was giving Kara loaded looks again, looks of longing, hunger and desire. Kara was starting to recognize them and it made her heart feel like it was burst free from her chest.
Kara licked her lips and took a chance. She took three steps toward Lena closing the distance between them and reached up to cradle Lena's head with her hands and gently kissed Lena on the lips. The kiss was light yet very intimate making Kara's head spin, and before it could go further she pulled away and smiled at Lena with such hope. She wasn't ready to talk about all the confusing feelings going on inside of her yet, but Kara was willing to show Lena how she felt. Mercifully Lena seemed to understand; she smiled brilliantly back and quickly leaned forward kissing Kara again on the lips for a brief moment then took Kara's hand pulling her inside.
"I've been practicing this whole time. I want to show you what I can do."
Kara pulled the door shut as she came in. Lena dragged her into the living room where the guitar was sitting on the couch. Lena forced Kara to sit down then she picked up the instrument and sat across from Kara. Lena was grinning with excitement as she began to play humming the lyrics as she strummed the guitar. Kara was so impressed, it was good and Lena had it down! The moment Lena was finished Kara started enthusiastically applauding.
"That was great Lena! And you learned that so fast! I'm so impressed."
"Do you want to make the recording now? Or do you want to practice together a few times first?" Lena asked.
"Let's practice together first then we'll do the recording." Kara said.
They moved into the office and got comfortable. Kara stayed on her feet while Lena sat in the office chair. They worked out their timing as they sang and played together practicing the song for a couple of hours. Soon they both very really confident in doing one for real and set it up. Lena set up the microphone up in front of Kara, they were both nervous and they started laughing. Lena started the recording.
"Okay…wait…Should I make the dedication at the beginning before the song or after I do the song?" Kara asked.
"Do the dedication now." Lena replied. She was sitting there waiting with the guitar in her lap.
"I'm just going to say for those listening. I could never have done this without the help of my best friend. My best friend who is also playing the guitar for this song I will be singing called, "Stone" by Alessia Cara…" Kara said into the microphone. She was fidgeting with her hands out of nervousness. She took a quick breath then continued on while looking at Lena.
"This song is dedicated to my best friend, the person who gives me strength to really be not just the person I am but the person I dream to be, my best friend Lena Luthor."
They counted together silently then Lena began to play first with Kara coming in right on cue. They kept each other's eyes for the whole song as Lena flawless played without missing a beat and Kara sang soulfully with everything she had and together the song came out beautifully. When they finished Lena reached over pressing stop on the recording. They both turned and looked at each other with such excitement.
"How do you think it turned out?" Kara asked.
"I don't know. We can play it back and find out." Lena said. She set the guitar down and scooted over to the computer and played back the recording. They sat in tense silence as listened to themselves laugh, talk, do the introduction then play the song. They hung one every note played and every word sung. They didn't look at each other while they listened Kara was too busy silently critiquing her performance while Lena was doing the same. When the song was done and the recording came to a stop they both looked up at each other and squealed loudly with excited delight.
"Oh my god that was fantastic! We sound amazing!" Lena declared.
"We do sound pretty amazing! And that was just our first try." Kara agreed, she was blown away by how good she sounded on the recording. She had never heard herself like that and felt like she was floating she was so happy.
"Kara! Oh my god you're floating!" Lena said. The brunette laughed and grabbed her hand pulling her back down to earth. Kara looked down and laughed, she was six inches off the ground.
"I didn't realize." Kara mumbled. She was so excited and happy she could barely contain herself. She let Lena pull her down and into a huge tight happy hug.
"Please my love be more careful. I know how happy this makes you and me too! But you if we were in public I would have had to tackle you." Lena said. She had her arms wrapped around Kara's waist and was holding her tight. Kara liked it but not as much as she liked what Lena just said.
"Hey, Lena. Can you say that again?"
"Say what? That I'll tackle you if I see you floating in public, I mean I know you said you can fly but you need to work on that take off." Lena said joking.
"No, what you said before. You called me something." Kara said. She felt her insecurities welling up choking her but Lena still had her arms wrapped around her and that gave Kara courage to say something.
"Oh love? Is that okay Kara? I don't ever give people good nicknames and this one just kind of rolled out. It just felt so natural to say that to you. If you don't like it I won't call you that." Lena said. The brunette tried to unhook herself from Kara but Kara held on tight holding her in place as she nodded.
"I like it Lena. I like it a lot. It's just no one's ever called me that before. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a mistake."
"Nope just me being unfiltered around you like I have been since the day you rescued me." Lena said. She smiled shyly at Kara and they shared a sweet moment of silent communication. The moment stretched and the tension built as they were slowly pulled toward each other. They lingered around each other faces, quietly breathing each other's breath while their lips hovered so close.
Kara couldn't control her heart, or how out of control she felt when she was this close to Lena. She desperately wanted to kiss Lena again, every cell in her body was pushing her to Lena yet the tension kept them just enough apart, she hesitated. Kara could see how Lena struggled with the same intense desire, Lena was staring at her lips, her heart was beating just as fast as Kara's her breathing was just as ragged and yet she too was hesitating. They looked up catching each other's eyes again and they began to lean forward toward each other.
Suddenly the phone rang shattering the moment. Kara instantly backed away with a frustrated huff, she didn't fully understand. All she knew was that she was super annoyed that they were being interrupted and quickly moved away to answer the phone. Behind her Lena flopped on to the couch and let out a huge breath.
The phone was sitting on a table in the living room. Kara picked it up and mentally composed herself before answering. "Danvers residence."
"Hi Kara! How are you holding up? It's not too lonely at the house it is? Mrs. Emerson's said you've had guests over all week. I'm glad you haven't been alone this whole time." Eliza said.
"Hi Mom! I'm holding up good, no I've actually been busy. Time's just been flying by. So what's up?" Kara asked. She was fidgeting where she stood, she wanted a little privacy while she talked to her mom but was very eager to get back to Lena.
"I just wanted to let you know your sister and I are driving back a little early. Your sister has picked up a cold from someone one the tour and has been getting sicker every day we've been here. Of course she refused to let us come home any earlier than this but now that the tour and everything else is over she's relented, finally. So I'm going to drive back first thing in the morning. I wanted you to know we should be back before noon instead of late afternoon early evening like we originally planned."
"Okay. Hey is Alex okay? Does she need to go to the doctor or something?" Kara asked.
"She's fine I already took her to a walk in clinic this morning. They gave her some antibiotics. Now she just needs to sleep it off and get plenty of fluids. I just want to get her home as fast as possible and now that the tour is finally over she'll stop fighting me on it." Eliza said with a heavy sigh.
Kara laughed, she couldn't help it. Alex was notoriously heard headed about well, everything.
"Well, everything will be ready for when you get back. I promise the house wont' be a mess." Kara said.
"Thank you Kara, I don't want to have to spend time cleaning when I get home. I do need to get the grocery shopping done. I'm sure the pantry is completely empty and you've been living off of ice cream and popcorn for the last two days."
"That's not true. Mrs. Emerson has come by every night to give me food." Kara pointed out and this time Eliza laughed.
"We are going to have to get Mrs. Emerson something nice as a thank you gift when I get back." Eliza suggested.
"I really like that idea. I was just going to write her a thank you note but a gift is so much better." Kara said.
"We'll go shopping for it when I get home. See you tomorrow Kara. Love you!" Eliza said.
"Love you too! See you tomorrow." Kara said. She hung up the phone and frowned.
She had hoped to have the whole morning with Lena before having to go their separate ways as the plan dictated. Now, they would have even less time. While she was still holding the phone it rang again. Kara immediately picked it up, this time it was Mrs. Emerson letting Kara know she was on her way over to drop off dinner. Kara made a point to really thank Mrs. Emerson for all the meals and all the generosity she had shown over the last few days. Mrs. Emerson wouldn't hear it, telling Kara all her children were grown so it was nice to cook for more than just her husband.
When Kara got off the phone she found Lena waiting for her in the office. Lena was burning a copy of the recording to they had just made to a CD and was labeling it to put in a clear case for safe keeping.
"Hey!" Kara said walking in with a smile.
"Hey! Who was that on the phone?" Lena asked. She finished what she was doing and turned to Kara to give her friend her full attention.
"Just my mom then Mrs. Emerson. My mom is heading back early because Alex is sick so she'll back by noon depending on the traffic and Mrs. Emerson is on her way over with tonight's dinner." Kara said. She walked in and took a seat on the small couch in the room.
"Oh, should I take off now then? I don't want to mess up our plans." Lena asked. She looked like she was ready to bolt from the room. Kara was quick to raise her hands and stop Lena.
"No, no, no, no! She won't be taking off until the morning so we still have tonight. Please don't go before you have to. I already miss you." Kara said. Then when she realized what she had said, she blushed again.
Lena smiled brightly and got up from her chair and moved to sit next to Kara. She reached over and took Kara's hand holding it with both of hers. Lena rested her head on Kara's shoulder as she admitted, "I already miss you too."
"Why couldn't we just be regular high school kids doing regular high school stuff?" Kara asked. Lena lifted her head and looked at Kara with a thoughtful expression for a moment then answered, "I think it's because I'm a Luthor and you from another planet. Maybe if we were nobodies we would be just regular people and our biggest problem would be if we were going to get a tattoo or cut our hair but that wasn't the roll of the dice for us."
"Roll of the dice?" Kara asked confused.
"It's a game it means it's what you got on your turn. Your luck you could say." Lena said.
"Oh, thank you for explaining that. Alex hates doing that for me, she used to but I think I annoyed her after a while." Kara said.
"No problem, I'm happy to help you Kara."
"Should I cut my hair? Humans here change their hair styles all the time. Should I try it? Maybe change the color?" Kara asked. She pulled her long blonde hair over her shoulder to look at it. Lena reached over and began playing with the length and shook her head.
"No, I like your hair long. It's so beautiful and you look amazing with it. I'm sure you'd look amazing in any hair style or color but your natural hair like this is best." Lena said with a confident nod.
"I like your hair long too. I think it's really sexy and looks amazing on you." Kara commented then bit her lip when she realized what she said. Lena just raised one eye brow and pulled her hair over her shoulder.
"Really? Sexy? No one's ever said that about my hair before."
"Honestly?" Kara asked.
"Yes please." Lena replied.
"Honestly, everything about you is sexy Lena. The fact no one said is because they're too scared to say it out loud but I'm sure they've thought it." Kara said with a smirk and Lena blushed a little while laughing.
Lena looked up at Kara and confessed with a heavy sigh, "This is so crazy Kara. I've never met anyone like you before. I've never made friends this fast or gotten this attached to anyone like this. It's like you're already a part of me and we've only known each other a couple of days. How is this possible?"
"I don't know. I'm glad it happened though. I feel like something good has finally happened to me and nothing good ever happens to me." Kara said with a sad smile.
"Same! And that's so sad." Lena agreed.
They sat together on the couch for a long moment just enjoying that they were physically close. Kara bit her bottom lip silently going back and forth over whether or not to ask Lena a question but when Lena noticed Kara biting her bottom lip she asked Kara, "You seem bothered by something Kara. What's wrong?"
"I want to ask you a question but it seems silly." Kara said.
"Ask me anyway. There are no silly questions between us Kara." Lena assured her. Lena patiently waited for the question while looking at Kara with gentle affection and adoration.
"Um, you're more experienced in the romance department than me. You would know with you having three boyfriends and me having none and all that but is it possible to date someone who's also your friend? I'm curious if mixing the two is okay or if that's not okay and against the rules. I don't know what the rules are."
Lena tensed up and blinked several times and sat up. Kara instantly thought she did something wrong, she began mentally beating herself up. She pulled away from Lena and began to apologize. "I'm sorry Lena if I said something I wasn't supposed to. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."
Kara got up and biting her bottom lip fled the room. Kara was going to go straight upstairs to her bedroom to lay down for a little bit, she felt like someone was standing on her chest and was trying to crush her. She could feel a flood of tears behind her eyes threatening to spill out and she didn't want to Lena to see it. Two feet on the stairs however and Kara heard a familiar car come up the driveway. Kara froze mid-step and realized she had to answer the door. She took a deep breath and quickly wiped her faced removing any trace of her near break down and headed for the door. She got there the same time as Mrs. Emerson; Kara let the older woman knock first before she opened the door.
"Hi Kara! I've brought dinner for you. Its baked ziti, I hope you and Lisa like it. I made sure to make enough for the both of you and there's some garlic bread in there too." Mrs. Emerson said passing over an insulated bag.
Kara smiled weakly as she took the bag nodding then said, "Thank you Mrs. Emerson. I'm sure I'm going to love it."
"Hey, where's your friend. She's usually glued to your side." Mrs. Emerson asked sweetly.
"She's…" Kara could hear Lena still in the office, she could hear Lena's heart beating faster than normal but it was still in the office not moving. "She's gone home. Her family was missing her. I may have to eat all this by myself tonight. Not that I mind, I love your cooking."
"Oh, that's too bad. Next time you talk to her tell her I said goodbye and that it was great meeting her. I really like that girl, she's so sweet." Mrs. Emerson said.
"Okay, I will. Thank you again Mrs. Emerson, for everything."
"You're welcome Kara. Call me if you need anything." Mrs. Emerson said then got back into her car and left to return home.
Kara shut the door and carried the bag with the baked ziti into the kitchen. She was trying not to think about Lena in the other room or what Lena could be thinking. She was also desperately trying not to cry. Kara felt rejected and was trying her best to accept it. She knew Lena would have to leave in a few hours and now she ruined what little time they had left. Then it hit Kara, she may have ruined their friendship and Lena may not want to be her friend anymore. All because of her selfish desire to date Lena, not that Kara knew anything about dating but she wanted to find out with Lena. But that was all over now up in smoke and flames from one stupid question. The thought hit Kara hard, it felt like a physical blow to her heart and gasped clutching her chest in pain. Tears leaked out and Kara had to grab the counter to keep from collapsing in sobs where she stood.
Then she heard footsteps in the hall and Kara realized Lena was coming and she shot straight up and very quickly dried her face. She clamped down on her emotions, using what strength she had to push it all down and try to act as normal as possible. Kara heard Lena enter the kitchen behind her and pause at the doorway. She could hear Lena's heart beating faster than normal and she could hear Lena sniffling. Kara wanted to ask if something was wrong but she wasn't ready to turn and look at her friend yet. Kara was terrified if she looked at Lena she would crumble into sobs.
"Hey, Kara was that Mrs. Emerson?" Lena asked from the doorway.
5:50 P.M. Tuesday, Midvale, Danvers House
Lena watched Kara walked out of the room and tears welled up. She felt her heart clench and she wanted to scream at Kara to come back but she was terrified. Kara asked the one question she wasn't ready to answer, she didn't want to answer and now because she didn't say anything Kara thought she was rejecting her. This was the worst thing in the world, she felt like shit and it was all her fault. The sobs that rose up from inside of Lena hurt, she felt dizzy, angry and frustrated. This was not what she wanted to happen.
Lena grabbed a pillow and pushed her face into it and crumbled into a ball. She silently cried for a long moment, she mentally beat herself up for hurting Kara like she had. She would have physically hurt anyone who had hurt Kara like she just had and here she was acting the coward hiding in the room instead of chasing after Kara to make things right. Knowing Kara could hear her Lena silently mouthed a conversation to herself. She began arguing with herself about what she should do. She needed to talk to Kara, explain why she was hesitant to date right now, explain that it wasn't her but the longer Lena thought about everything and what she wanted to talk to Kara about the clearer it became. Over the last few nights Lena had not been thinking anything through and was just following her instincts. What she was now realizing in the haze of regret and pain of the moment was her instincts were right. They had been leading her in the right direction.
Lena faced the fact that despite her terror over the situation and over the unknown she really did want to date Kara; she really did want to give doing the whole long distance thing a try because she couldn't imagine her life without Kara. And she didn't want to be just Kara's friend, Lena wanted to be more than friends.
Then Lena heard a knock on the door and peaked through the window and spotted Mrs. Emerson's car parked out front. Lena stayed put to continue to try and figure out what to say to Kara. She heard the front door shut and saw Mrs. Emerson leave through the window. Lena paced the room a little longer building her confidence then when she felt like she was going to vomit she decided it was time.
Lena walked out of the office and down the hall to the kitchen. Kara was standing there with her back to the door. Lena paused at the threshold and suddenly all the things she had planned to say were gone from her mind. She didn't know what to say so she said the first thing that popped into her head. She asked, "Hey, Kara was that Mrs. Emerson?"
"Yeah, she was dropping off dinner." Kara said. The blond kept her back turned and remained stiff and formal. Lena desperately wanted to reach out to her but was afraid of how Kara would receive her.
"That's nice. What did she make this time?" Lena asked. She slowly stepped into the kitchen, she saw how Kara was and was hesitant going over right away so slowed her step even more.
"Baked Ziti. I've never had it before but it smells great. I'm sure it's awesome, everything Mrs. Emerson makes is great." Kara said. The blonde's voice was low and sad sounding, it hurt Lena to hear it. Then Kara took a deep breath and let out a heavy sigh that Lena felt across the room.
Lena came up behind Kara and reached out but stopped herself again just short of touching her. She saw Kara look and she flinched, she was fucking everything up even more. Kara seemed to shrink away from Lena even more and fresh tears welled up in Lena's eyes but she refused to wipe them away. No, she was determined to talk to Kara and get this mistake fixed.
"Kara…um, Kara. Can we talk?"
"Sure. What's on your mind?" Kara replied without turning around. Lena was pained by the cool tone Kara was taking with her; she bit her bottom lip frowning more.
"Can we sit and talk? I don't like looking at your back. Please?" Lena asked.
Kara didn't move or say anything so Lena reached out lightly touching Kara on the shoulder. Kara flinched and tensed up at the touch, Lena retracted her hand like it had been burned and took a step back.
Lena couldn't hold back the tears; she didn't bother wiping them as she begged Kara. "Please Kara. I know I messed all this up. I know this is all my fault. Please. I just want to explain some stuff. I feel like my heart is breaking into two. Please Kara. Can we go sit down in the living room and talk about this?"
Kara turned around and nodded yes. She didn't hide the tears welling up in her eyes nor would she speak, but she motioned with her head that she would follow Lena.
They went in the living room. Lena took a seat on the far right of the sofa while Kara took a seat on the far left and brought her knees up to her chest in a protective manner. Kara held her knees close to her chest and stared at the floor biting her bottom lip looking totally lost. Lena stared at Kara feeling like her whole world had fallen apart. They sat in silence for a really long time. Kara kept glancing at her out of the corner of her eyes like she was waiting or Lena to say something but Lena was still tongue tied.
"I'm sorry I made you uncomfortable. If you don't want to be my friend anymore I understand. I'm still learning the ins and outs of human friendship. I'll do better in the future. I'll sleep in my mom's room tonight you can have the bedroom all to yourself. I want you to be comfortable your last night here." Kara said. The blonde stared at her knees as she spoke.
"That's not necessary Kara. That's what I wanted to talk to you about." Lena said and tried to say more when Kara cut her off.
"I want you to know Lena your friendship has meant everything to. I will treasure the time we've had forever. I'm sorry I stepped over the line."
"Kara you're not listening." Lena said. She was getting frustrated.
"Yes I am. I made you uncomfortable. I'm trying to fix things." Kara argued back.
"You have the wrong idea. You need to let me explain. Please!" Lena begged. Now she was getting a little mad, she never expected Kara to be so stubborn and hard headed.
"What? You want to be more specific about why you're rejecting me? Thanks!" Kara said sarcastically and Lena screamed through clenched teeth in pure frustration.
Lena couldn't take it anymore. She got up changing seats so she was next to Kara as she yelled at the blonde, "Kara! Stop please!" That's when a startled Kara turned and looked at her, Lena took a deep breath then continued on in a much calmer voice. "I'm not rejecting you. I'm scared, in fact I'm terrified."
"Of what? Of being with me?" Kara asked with a look of disbelief.
"Well, yeah." Lena admitted and Kara reacted as if she had been physically struck.
"Is it because I'm Kryptonian?" Kara asked.
"What? No! That's not it at all. No, it's because of the long distance. I'm scared because I can't manage to stay with anyone even when I'm in the same place as them. What hope do I have if I'm trying to do long distance with someone? I suck at relationships of any kind and usually I'm the one that wants to break up. I've fallen for you Kara. I don't want to be just your friend, I want to be so much more and that scares the hell out of me. It could be weeks or months before we get to see each other again and the pain I feel when I think about that is terrifying. Only then I think of my life without you and my minds made up. I need you Kara, I need you in my life and I don't care what I have to do to make sure that happens. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings earlier. I'm still struggling with this and you didn't give me any time to talk or think."
"I'm sorry Lena. I was excited and when you didn't say anything I assumed the worst." Kara said with a sheepish expression and shrug.
Lena made Kara unfold her legs so she could sit in Kara's lap and wrap her arms around the blond. They held each other for a long moment before Kara said, "I've never dated anyone before Lena, so I may make a lot more mistakes like this before I figure out how to do this right."
"I don't like fighting with you Kara. Promise me before you jump to any more conclusions about anything with us you'll talk to me first. Please?" Lena asked, her face was pressed into Kara's neck.
"Okay. Wait, does this mean we're officially dating?" Kara asked. There was a new lightness to her voice, a tone of wonder and amazement.
"Yes. Why?"
"I've never had a significant other before. Wow, I have a girlfriend. This is so cool. I'm so happy it's you Lena. I'm so happy my first kiss was with you. Can all my firsts be with you?" Kara asked.
Lena sat up to look Kara in the face, she smiled and nodded yes. Kara smiled and it reached all the way to her eyes making the blue sparkle the in fading light. It was getting dark in the living room with the last rays of the sun fading through window. Lena reached up and began playing with Kara's hair, entwining the blond lengths between her fingers and braiding a small section. Kara reached down and began running her hands up and down Lena's legs. Lena was still in her sleep clothes, since she had not gone anywhere that day she had not bothered to change. Kara reached down under the bottom of the sleep pants to touch Lena bare skin along her shins and Lena laughed.
"That tickles. I'm sorry I'm so hairy. I haven't shaved in like two weeks."
"Is that bad? Alex shaves all the time but I can't." Kara said. The blonde kept running her hand up and down Lena's leg going further and further up, the sleep pants were of a soft stretchy material so Kara could go as high up as she wanted.
"No, it's all personal preference. Why can't you shave?" Lena asked. She was still playing with Kara's hair.
"There are no objects on this planet sharp enough to cut my hair, any of my hair. I have to use my own methods which are a little weird; my cousin had to show me how." Kara said. Now Lena was really curious.
"What sort of method? That sounds so secretive and weird." Lena said.
"I have to use a mirror and my heat vision to trim anything, so I have to be careful. It's how my cousin shaves so I just don't bother with my legs."
"You're so lucky you're blonde. All my hair shows." Lena said pouting.
"Yeah but I like it. The hair is so soft, I like touching it." Kara said. The blonde was focused on Lena's legs and now had both of sleep pant legs pushed all the way up so she could see the length of both of Lena's legs. Lena watched Kara's face and really enjoyed the hunger she saw in her girlfriends eyes.
"What is your preference Lena?" Kara asked. The blond looked up her hand sliding up Lena's thigh distracting Lena completely.
Now that they were back on track and on the same page again with everything great between them Lena's body had shifted from focusing on the emotional turmoil she had been experiencing to the physical excitement of being close to Kara and having Kara touch her. The excitement and anticipation and need building inside Lena made her want to straddle Kara but she was hesitant, she didn't want to move too fast. And now that they made things official between them, they had time to take their time.
"Preference?" Lena asked. She had lost track of the conversation under Kara's touch, the sensations along her legs were small sparks of electricity shoot up right between her legs.
"Yeah, what do you prefer? Or do you not care if I shave my legs or not? I want to know." Kara asked.
"Why?"
"To know if I need to shave my legs for you or not."
"Well, let me see your legs. And I need to feel your leg hair to be a hundred percent." Lena said. She put on a serious expression but it was a ruse to get Kara to take her pants off, she really just wanted to see Kara's legs. Lena was curious if Kara's body was as tight as she thought it was.
"Okay, sure. Seems fair." Kara said.
The blonde stood up carrying Lena bridal style and Lena yelped in surprise by the sudden move. Kara lifted Lena as if she weighed nothing at all which Lena knew but was still surprised to feel in practice it was so strange feeling completely weightless. She clutched tighter to Kara until the blonde set her down gently upon the couch. Kara stepped back and kicked off her shoes and pulled off her socks tossing them both aside then unbuttoned her jeans and unzipped them. Watching Kara be so casual about undressing did things to Lena, her mouth began to water and a low demanding throb began between her legs. She swallowed trying to rehydrate her mouth and shifted in her seat trying to ignore her horniness at seeing her girlfriend undress for her.
Kara pulled down her jeans then slipped them off and tossed them to the side. Kara stood there in her light yellow t-shirt and white panties. She looked up at Lena who was openly staring with lust. Kara smiled shyly asking, "What?"
"You're so beautiful." Lena said staring at Kara's legs.
She couldn't see any hair so she sat forward until she was on the edge of the seat and reached out running her fingers up Kara's calf and thigh. Kara bit her bottom lip and she looked up. Lena licked her lips totally focused on Kara's legs and used both hands now to feel Kara's skin running her fingertips up and down Kara's legs.
"You can't even see the hair. And it's so soft. Do you have a lot of underarm hair? I'm sorry if I'm prying. I have to shave my underarms like once a week or it gets gross." Lena said. She was frowning thinking of her upkeep practices and Kara laughed. It broke the sexual tension that had been building between them.
"Did you ever talk about this kind of stuff with your boyfriends?" Kara asked. She looked down at Lena with a happy bright smile that pulled to Lena, made her want to get to her feet and kiss Kara.
"No. It was almost taboo. You're not supposed to let guys know you're human with hair everywhere, bad breath or anything else that makes you a person. You're supposed to pretend you're perfect. It's exhausting." Lena said with a roll of her eyes.
Kara laughed again. "This is so much better than that."
Kara reached down grabbing her t-shirt and pulled it off tossing it aside. Lena wasn't expecting that and her eyes went wide as her mouth fell open. Kara stood there in just her panties and white matching bra, it was regular unattractive bulk underwear that had it been on anyone else Lena would of thought it was hideous and yet on Kara it was the sexiest thing Lena had ever seen. Kara's body was as tone and fit as she suspected it to be, only to see it in all its glory with Kara wearing nothing but that simple underwear with her hair down was intense. Add the way Kara was looking down at Lena with a very sultry look on her face was more than Lena could handle.
"Wow." Lena said in a breathy whisper.
"What? You said you wanted to know how hairy I am. How else could I show you?" Kara said. The blonde smiled mischievously at Lena and it clicked for Lena that Kara was also playing the flirting game. Lena was even more turned on.
Kara lifted up her arms to show Lena how much hair was under her arms, barely any. Again Lena was pulled out of the moment.
"I'm so jealous. You have like no hair under your arms. I want to be that hairless. I get so furry!" Lena complained.
Kara laughed then asked, "Can I see? Show me."
"What?" Lena asked. She suddenly got very shy. Kara smiled sweetly at Lena and put her hands on her hips.
"Show me Lena. I've shown you, now I want to see." Kara said. Then when Lena hesitated again Kara's smile fell and she backed off. "I'm sorry if I'm being pushy. You don't have to if you don't want to."
"No, it's not that. I'm…just a little shy about my body. My step mom keeps telling me I'm fat and that I need to lose weight so any time I have to take anything off I get self-conscious." Lena said. She felt so much better after telling Kara that and the blonde's smile returned.
"Your step mom is wrong Lena. She's just being mean to you. Please don't take any of that stuff to heart." Kara offered her hand to Lena which she took. Kara pulled her to her feet and kissed Lena softly on the lips.
Lena smiled and relaxed. She stepped back and pulled off her shirt with one move then tossed it aside. Next she pulled off the stretchy soft sleep pants and tossed it onto her shirt. Lena felt exposed and naked even though she was still wearing underwear and a bra but she had never been that undressed around anyone but a doctor before. It was freeing standing there with her body out for Kara to see, she trusted Kara so she felt safe to be comfortable in her own skin without judgement and for the first time ever she was.
With a shy smile Lena raised her leg up for Kara to see and said, "You see how thick this is...Well…" Lena raised her arms to show Kara the underarm hair growing there. It was thick and black and stubbly. Kara stepped closer and reached out touching it startling Lena and tickling her at the same moment.
"Hey! That tickles." Lena moved away laughing, she couldn't believe Kara had just petted her underarm hair.
"What? I wanted to feel it. I thought it would be hard and bristly like a brush or something but it's so soft and nice." Kara said with a small shrug.
They both laughed. Lena relaxed, she couldn't believe this was her first time being mostly naked with a significant other and this was what they were doing.
"So what do you want to do tonight Lena? I don't want to waste a moment of the time we have left." Kara asked. She reached for Lena taking her hand and pulling her into a hug that turned into gentle swaying in place as if they were slow dancing to music only they heard.
"What do you want to do?" Lena asked. She was going to follow Kara's lead and felt the same about not wanting to waste time.
Kara smiled and took both of Lena's hands in a dancing position and began moving them around the room in a waltz. It had only taken Lena ten minutes to teach Kara the waltz the other night and now Kara was pulling her into one, Lena thought it was very romantic. Then Kara started to serenate her while they danced with a happy smile.
"Some nerve you have, to break up my lonely. And tell me you want me. How dare you march into my heart. Oh how rude of you. To ruin my miserable, and tell me I'm beautiful. 'Cause I wasn't looking for love no. Nobody asked to get me attached to you. In fact you tricked me, and I wasn't trying to fall in love but girl you pushed me.
So all that I'm asking, is that you handle me with caution. 'Cause I don't give myself often. But I guess I'll try today, 'cause I've had my heart. Broken before, and I promised I would never let me hurt anymore. But I tore down my walls, and opened my doors. And made room for one. So baby I'm yours. Oh baby I'm yours. Oh baby I'm yours. Oh baby I'm yours. Oh baby I'm yours. But I tore down my walls, and opened my doors. And made room for one. So baby I'm yours."
Lena loved the song "I'm Yours" and never expected Kara to just bust it out like that, it made her melt inside. At the end of the song, Kara pulled Lena in for a long kiss. They both held on to each other tighter, kissed a little deeper before finally pulling back. Lena felt tears well up and she didn't know why.
"Are you okay?" Kara asked. The blonde was quick to wipe Lena's tears away with her hand while Lena tried to compose herself.
"I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm crying. That was so beautiful Kara. Thank you. I already love the song but now I'm never going to listen to it the same way again." Lena said.
"I just want to show you what's inside my heart." Kara said.
"I know what's in your heart Kara. It's one of the many, many reasons I love you. Come on, I'm hungry. Let's eat and watch like two more episodes of that old TV show then we can talk about what we want to do for the rest of the night."
"Oh! Okay." Kara said catching on. Suddenly Kara's whole face lit up and she was excited, Lena thought it was the funniest thing and giggled.
They didn't bother to get dressed, instead Lena grabbed Kara's hand and they went to the kitchen together. Kara had Lena grab plates, silverware, and napkins while she grabbed the sodas and the food. Lena thought it was odd they weren't going to heat it up until Kara set it on the coffee table and opened the dish. It was room temperature despite being wrapped well in foil.
"Do we need to heat it up?" Lena asked.
"Yeah, probably but I got it." Kara said. Then she used her heat vision to warm up their food within a few moments. Lena had not seen Kara used that ability before; she thought it was scary but so damn impressive.
"Wow! That was so cool! The things you could so with that!" Lena gushed.
Kara smiled shyly and shrugged. Lena served Kara dinner first then made her own plate, as she did so she commented. "You should be proud of your abilities Kara. They are very cool and you can do amazing things with them."
"Thank you Lena." Kara said. She scooted a little closer to Lena on the couch as Lena got settled in with her own plate of food. The baked ziti looked and smelled amazing, they were both excited to eat. Kara got the episode up and pressed play and they ate while they laughed watching classic comedy.
After dinner Kara and Lena cleaned up the dishes and left over food. They worked together to tidy up the kitchen and other rooms they had been in getting it ready for Kara's family to return. They gathered up all their clothes and stuff taking it upstairs to Kara's bedroom. Lena took a few minutes to gather up all the clothes she had been wearing and gave them Kara to put in the dirty laundry. She put her torn up bike gear on the floor by Kara's bed for the morning. Kara stood off to the side watching Lena.
"Is that everything?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, I think so. Oh wait, what about my flowers?" Lena asked.
"Oh shoot, that's right. You can't exactly take them with you huh. Well you can leave them. I'll get you more flowers next time." Kara replied. Lena frowned then ran downstairs and returned a few minutes later with a single rose that she tucked carefully into the beat up jacket.
"I want to keep at least one." Lena said when she noticed Kara watching.
"I get it." Kara said with a small smile.
"I hate this." Kara said. Her eyes were on the floor, her hands behind her back as she leaned on the doorframe. Lena walked over to her and pulled Kara by the arm over to the bed making the blonde sit down with her.
"I do too. Look Kara, I don't want to talk about this right now. It's too sad. I want to focus on something else." Lena said with a suggestive look toward Kara. She sat back on the bed and stretched out. Kara turned around stretching out next to Lena.
They couldn't stop smiling at each other as they slowly came forward to kiss and wrap their arms around each other than press their bodies together. They kissed slowly and deeply for a long time slowly grinding on each other. This time there was no urgency, no frantic need or fear that it would all disappear. This time they took time to enjoy each kiss, each caress and feeling each other. They explored each other with caresses and kisses making each other moan, gasp and beg for more. Through heavy kissing, a little groping over the bra and lot of grinding Lena orgasmed soon followed by Kara. They were both still in their underwear and now chilled climbed under the covers cuddling close.
Lena pulled Kara on top of her and started kissing the blonde aggressively. Kara got into it fast and started grinding on Lena which she liked but she needed more. She broke the kiss to look Kara in the eyes asking, "I want you to touch me Kara."
"How?" Kara asked. She was unsure but very eager to learn.
Lena took Kara's hand and guided it between her legs. Once Kara understood what Lena wanted she moved so they could be side by side; Kara kissed Lena then reached down to touch Lena through her already wet underwear. Lena felt shockwaves through her body; it felt so good it was all she could do to keep her legs open for Kara. When the orgasm hit Lena wasn't prepared, she had never felt anything like it before. It was so strong it robbed her of all her strength and thoughts. All she could do was hold on to Kara.
Kara whispered in Kryptonian to Lena as she held her, she didn't understand it but it was nice to hear and was soothing to her senses.
"If you want to go to sleep we can." Kara said.
"We're not done yet. It's your turn now. I just need to breathe for a second." Lena replied.
"Okay." Kara said excited.
"Okay, I'm ready now." Lena said a moment later. Kara laughed. They started kissing again.
They kissed for a while until Lena pulled back to ask, "May I touch you Kara?"
A little out of breath, Kara just nodded yes. Lena kissed Kara while reaching down to touch Kara over her underwear, she could feel how wet and warm the fabric was. The whole thing was so hot, touching Kara like this was so sexy Lena loved it. She pressed down knowing she was touching Kara's clit and Kara moaned. Lena rubbed the spot and Kara leaned back spreading her legs open. Lena stroked Kara's center until Kara orgasmed, as it hit Kara reached out and smacked the wall neck to the bed with her open palm breaking the wall like someone had punched it. Kara moaned and cried out softly her whole body trembling from the orgasm and the aftershocks.
Afterwards they lay wrapped around each other, Kara dozed off first. Lena listened to Kara's strong heartbeat as she fell asleep happy and satisfied.