Lilies

When the movie had ended Kara wasn't ready for the night to end so they opened another bottle of wine and put on the other movie. It was after midnight when the second movie was finished and now that they had consumed 3 bottles of wine and at least eighty percent of the cake it was time to call it a night. Kara was already half asleep on the couch with her legs stretched out across Alex's lap.

"Okay," Alex said patting Kara's feet, "Get up, go to bed." She lifted Kara's legs to allow herself room to stand up. "I can here my own bed calling out to me." Alex wobbled a little when she stood straight up.

"Whoa," Kara shot up quickly to assist her sister, "I'm not letting you out there when you can barely stand."

"What," Alex said, "I'm fine. Just a little stiff is all."

"And a little drunk." Lena chimed in as she stood, herself a little wobbly.

"Only like half drunk." Alex responded, giggling a little. "Besides I'm only three blocks away, I'll walk" She said defiantly as she started towards the door. "I want my bed."

"Well I can understand wanting the comfort of you own bed, but you shouldn't be walking in your state." Lena said as she began to gather her things.

"I'm a bad ass government agent." Alex said, "You don't think I can handle myself?"

"You're a half-drunk bad ass special agent." Kara reminded her sister.

"I can run you home Alex." Lena offered.

"But you're half-drunk too." Alex said

"True," Lena responded, "But I also have a car and driver already waiting outside." She smiled holding up her phone.

"Alright," Alex conceded, "You win." She gave Kara a hug. "Good night."

"Good night." Kara responded during the hug, "See you tomorrow."

Now it was Lena's turn to hug Kara. "Thank you so much for inviting me," she said. "It was just what I needed."

"You're so welcome." Kara said as they embraced. "We need to do this more often. You work too much."

"Well I'm in good company in regard to that statement," Lena added while looking between the two sisters.

"Very true." Kara agreed.

"Hey," Alex responded, "I don't work nearly as much as someone I know," looking at Kara directly. "Maybe I'm a little more than half-drunk." Alex walked out the door as Lena opened it without looking back. If she had, she would have seen Kara mouth a silent "Thank you" to Lena who quickly smiled and followed Alex out.

/

"Where to Agent Danvers?" Lena asked as they climbed in the back of the car. Alex responded with her address while Lena texted it to her driver in the front. The middle partition window was up, they were essentially alone. They sat next to each other; Lena at the passenger side door, Alex in the middle seat. Lena was relaxed while Alex sat upright, hand in her lap.

"Thank you for the ride Miss Luthor." Alex said.

"You're very welcome." Lena responded then added, "Please don't call me that."

"Well then don't call me Agent Danvers anymore." She said with a smile.

"But I like the sound of it." Seeing the surprise in Alex's face at the comment, Lena just smirked. Alex blushed. "How are you feeling? Would you like a bottle of water?" Lena reached toward a built-in compartment and pulled out two bottles of water.

"Yes," Alex sounded excited, "That would be great."

Alex took a bottle from Lena, opened it and drank a large swig. Lena opened hers and had a small sip.

"So, tonight was fun." Lena said, "I don't get too many opportunities to just watch movies and veg all night."

"It was fun," Alex replied, "Kara and I try to hang out at least once a week." She paused, "but between our two schedules its been getting harder to do."

"Yeah, I've noticed that she's been working on a lot of stories lately." Lena said, adding "I don't get to see her that often anymore."

"Well I hear that you're pretty busy too." Alex add, "Kara said that you work a lot."

"I do," Lena took another drink of water, "I tend to get lost in my projects, particularly in the beginning stages."

Alex drained the last of her water. "Yeah, it's easy to get caught up in work."

"Would you like another water?" Lena asked.

"No, thanks," Alex replied, "If I drink anything else my bladder will explode."

"Fair enough," Lena said.

"We're almost there anyway." Alex said.

They sat silently for a few moments. Alex asked, "So how's it going with James?"

"It's not, that's over." Lena sounded relieved, "We were not a good match."

"I can understand that." Alex responded, "At least you figured it out before you were engaged." She laughed a little.

"Yes, I just think I should be done with men for a while." Lena said, "focus on work."

There were a few more minutes of awkward silence. Lena sensed some hesitation from Alex and thought the agent may be nervous. Finally, Alex broke the silence again, "Done with men. Does that mean you want to date women?" She asked in a rush.

Lena laughed a little, "I'm open to the possibility." She said, "Not that I'm in a hurry to date again." She looked at Alex, who seemed a bit deflated. Lena added, "Dating is dreadful, but I do need to eat sometimes." Lena smiled and Alex regained a little bit of confidence.

At that point the car pulled over and stopped at the curb. Lena noticed Alex shrink again. Lena couldn't help but find amusement in the situation.

"Want me to walk you up?" Lena asked, "Make sure you get in okay."

"No, thank you." Alex sighed, "I'll be fine. Bad ass agent, remember?"

"How could I forget?" Lena opened the door and got out. She stood on the sidewalk as Alex climbed from the car.

"Thanks again for the ride." Alex said.

"You are very welcome." Lena reached out and grabbed Alex for a hug. Alex happily accepted the hug.

"Good night Lena." Alex had a smile across her face.

"Good night, Bad Ass Agent Danvers." Lena said smiling as well.

"I do like the sound of that." Alex teased and walked away.

Lena watched until Alex was safely in her building before getting back in the car.

/

A few days later Lena walked into her office. Her attention was on her phone and whoever she was texting. She went straight to her and never looked up. Before she sat down, she noticed two large vases of lilies on the table in front of the couch. She grabs the desk phone to call her assistant when she heard someone walk in.

"I have another delivery for Miss Luthor," the man said.

"Go ahead and add it next to the others," Lena said while walking to table. "Thank you." Lena added while giving the delivery man a tip.

She takes the card from one bouquet, opens it to find only a printed phone number on it. She moves to the next and grabs the card. It states, "I noticed during the movie that you mentioned loving lilies." Lena smiled, then grabbed the final card. It also had a printed message, "I dare you to date me," followed by a date, time, and place.

With a smile still on her face, Lena went back to her desk and grabbed her cell phone. Looking at the first card, Lena punched the number into the phone and texted "See you Friday." A few minutes later she received a response in the form of an emoji smile face.