Kara and Lena had been sitting in a tense silence for about five minutes. Kara told Lena what Nia had told her and now Kara was sure that there was a rift between them. The only part that she left out was that she was Supergirl. That would risk Lena's safety, she couldn't do that.
"There's a Russian version of Supergirl that causes war in the future? Kara, do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?" Lena laughed, "You and me, we are friends. We won't ever be anything more than that. Yes, we flirted when we first met but you made clear the other day that you and I wouldn't and can't be anything more." Lena said this more like a statement and somehow Kara felt her heart break in her chest. Going by Kara's silence, Lena could tell that something was wrong, "Can we?"
Kara shrugged her shoulders, "We live in a world where aliens exist, we can't be narrow-minded and say that time travel doesn't, I mean, we've both seen Doctor Who." She said, pointedly, "And we also live in a world where aliens and humans exist together so why the hell not?"
"Because at this point in time, time travel should be nearly impossible." Lena laughed nervously, almost snapping. She looked at Kara, incredulous, "Yeah-this isn't-"
"In our time, time travel isn't possible, but in her time, we gave her the key to come back here." Kara sounded urgent this time.
"But why Kara?" Lena snapped, "You and I are nothing special and we certainly cannot be in a relationship and before you ask why-" Lena calmed herself, "I'm a Luthor and I came here to work. I never should have gotten this close to you. It's only been a couple of days and it feels like I've known you for years." She smiled to herself, "I should just resign from here. This is my place of work and you are everywhere I turn."
Kara bit her lip, "I get that this is a lot of information, believe me you have no idea-"
"The girl is unhinged." Lena said sternly, "Why would you believe such ridiculous stories?"
"I-" Kara began, "I have seen many things in my very short life and I believe her because she is such a straight headed girl. She knows what she wants out of life and everything she said sounded true and then she showed me the world jumper- I can't not believe her." She stared at Lena, and Lena stared back at her.
"Okay…" Lena sighed, "Who is the 'mom' of this relationship?"
"She referred to you as mom a lot when we talked and to be fair, she is like a mixture of us both." Kara shrugged, "But she seemed to refer to you quite a lot as mom, but I don't know if that's because I did something wrong in the future…" She then remembered how Nia mentioned that things went wrong when one of them were pregnant. Kara swallowed the lump in her throat, why would she ever cheat on Lena?
She was snapped out of her thoughts when Lena laughed, "You can't do any wrong."
"We're all human." Kara said sheepishly.
Lena nodded slowly before looking up at the clock, "I have a lecture to give, Supergirl will be there. I guess I will see you later."
Kara nodded slowly, "I'll see you later."
As Kara was walking home later that night, she clutched her bag harder as she thought about what Nia said. Yes, she loved Lena, but not to that extent. Not yet anyway. As she got deeper into her thoughts, the road seemed to get quieter. Something then occurred to her, was she the one who was pregnant or was it Lena?
She was startled out of her thoughts as she saw Nia sat with one person on a bench that she didn't expect. She wanted to just carry on walking and forget that today had even happened, but she couldn't. She couldn't ignore her daughter, not that she knew she existed. Winn was sat beside her, cradling a Styrofoam cup of some sort of hot beverage.
Winn's eyes lit up when he saw Kara, "Hey Kara! I was on my way home when this one stopped me and asked where you lived. She said she knew you, so we just went to the coffee shop and got some hot chocolate with doughnuts, don't worry though." He said quickly, "We got you three doughnuts too!"
Kara smiled sheepishly, "Thank you Winn." Kara said quietly, staring over his shoulder at Nia.
Winn frowned, looking between the two. "Kara, do you want me to stay?" He asked quietly.
Kara shook her head, "Thank you though."
"I'll see you tomorrow?" Winn asked, "It's quiet at the DEO without you there."
"I'll be there." Kara smiled, "I'll see you."
"Okay." Winn smiled before looking back at Nia, "It was nice talking to you."
Nia smiled, "You too, goodbye Winn."
With that, Winn walked away. Kara stared at Nia, before speaking, "Come on." With that, she carried on walking, leaving Nia to catch up with her.
"You're going a bit too fast." Nia said to her, struggling to keep up. Kara automatically slowed her pace, "I'm not showing you into my home because I have no idea who you are. Lena suddenly feels insecure; our friendship is compromised."
"Did you tell her you were Supergirl?" Nia asked her. Kara clamped her mouth shut, before having her against a wall, "Why are you here?"
Nia stared at her, suddenly feeling a little scared, "I came here to get to know you." She blurted out. This caused Kara to freeze, "Wait…Earlier today you said that it's been a while since you saw Lena and I talk. You implied that we were together…" Kara frowned, "Okay, what the hell happens in the future?! You will tell me here and you will tell me now."
Nia's heart was in her mouth. She shook her head, "I can't-I can't tell you that."
"Why not? You've told me that Lena and I are together in the future and just now you told me that you came here to get to know me. Is that why you came to National City?!" Kara snapped.
"I came to this time to get to know you and to be safe. The future is terrifying." Nia said nervously, noticing that there were hardly any traffic and people on the streets, "The amount or lack of people and cars on this street is unnerving."
"You-nevermind that." Kara hissed, "Why here? Why let that one small detail slip?"
"It was an accident!" Nia snapped, "You weren't there growing up, okay?! I never knew you. I wanted to know what you were like and now I look at you, you seem like a jackass."
Kara took a step back, and she went quiet, "Why weren't I there for you? Why?"
"Secrets and lies." Nia shrugged, "I learned that mom couldn't trust you because you hid being Supergirl! She couldn't trust you! And yet, she was pregnant with your child!"
Kara was taken aback, "I could tell her now."
"And risk me not being born?" Nia said pointedly, "That wouldn't be a good idea."
Kara swallowed hard, and shook her head, "She can't stop me seeing you. I'm your mom." She started to pace back and forth, "I wouldn't give up on either of you."
"I don't know how she stops you, she just does." Nia said, "Apparently you tried a few times, but eventually you stopped until the war was declared. Then you turned up on the doorstep and told us to get safety. I did, you were there." She smiled sadly, "In your Supergirl outfit, and mom looked at you with a mix of hatred and love in her eyes. Once you thought we were safe and inside a bunker…A Neutron accelerator activated inside L-Corp. We would have been safe from the blast, and we were. Mom…" She began, fighting back tears.
Kara shook her head, not wanting to hear the truth, "She wouldn't. If her priorities were right she would have stayed with you. She would have protected you." She said through gritted teeth as he eyes filled with tears.
"You seem like you know her pretty well." Nia said to Kara, "You have only known her for a few days and you would protect her without a second thought."
"Because I love her as a friend. All people do is judge her because of what Lex did. They shouldn't." Kara said quietly, "And I don't care what you say, I would never abandon any child of mine!" She snapped, "Now, if you don't mind I have a family game night. I'll see you in class and we never speak of this again."
"Mom-" Nia gasped, trying to go after her.
Kara whipped around and glared at her, "Don't." She said sternly, "Just don't." With that, she carried on walking away.
Nia bit her trembling lip and looked resigned. She watched Kara carry on walking before heading in the opposite direction to her the woman she called mother in this world.
Down in the alley, stood Lena. She held her phone in her hand having recorded every single word that was said between the two of them. She was beyond shocked. She couldn't comprehend Kara being Supergirl, she couldn't understand why Kara would stop trying after a few times to fight for her daughter and lastly, she didn't understand why she would walk head on into death herself.
A drop of water hit the screen of her phone and Lena quickly realised that it was her own tears, she was crying and right at this moment, she didn't understand why, but what she did understand is that she had a daughter who needed her now more than anything, but she couldn't do anything about it.