A/N: Hey guys! Here's chapter 2! It's Kara's POV. Enjoy.

With so much weighing down on her, Kara wasn't really feeling the holiday cheer. She wasn't quite sure what to do and it's made her all sort of fidgety for the whole week either. Not having the support of the DEO or the government for that matter with being Supergirl was one thing, and her work at Catco another. The balance between being Supergirl and being Kara Danvers was always a delicate one for her. There were times when she wished she could only be one or the other, times when she tried to forget the double life. But being Supergirl, beloved hero of National City, and Kara Danvers, ace reporter was both part of she was as Kara Zor-El. With all of the fallout thanks to the past activities of the Children of Liberty and the exposure of the former president as an alien, she felt like she was being made to give up one over the other.

Sure, she still patrolled the skies. Her cousin, after all, operated outside of the government himself. She knew it was possible. She just got so used to having the full support of Alex and the DEO behind her. Her work was also keeping her busy, what with the holidays coming up, Catco buzzing with life with its upcoming holiday party, and with all the excitement surrounding L-Corp's own holiday gala happening in a few days' time.

Yet here she was, standing outside James' office as she watched Lena and James talk for the first time in weeks after their fight over Thanksgiving, her mind preoccupied with thoughts all tangled up in a jumbled mess. All she knew was whatever was happening with her, she felt like she was being torn apart.

She chalked it up to her Supergirl dilemma. True, she felt stressed out with the fight between James and Lena, what with both of them venting out to her in one way, shape, or form. She felt the weight of their rather fragile relationship on her shoulders. James would constantly talk, flipping back and forth between asking for her help and trying to convince her-slash-himself that he was right, that Lena was wrong, and that Kara should back him up on it that it's making Kara want to bash her head against the wall just so that she doesn't have to hear him complain anymore. Lena, on the other hand, brushed off any topic regarding James but Kara could see the unspoken turmoil within her caused by the lingering effects of the things James had said and implied and possibly meant.

Kara's head was starting to ache as she watched thee two try to be civil. The air was still tense between them but they looked like they were on the mend. She should really be happy, she didn't feel like either of them would start to fight for custody over who keeps Kara Danvers as a friend, but instead she still felt weighted down by it all.

Perhaps it's because Kara knew that there was another fight just waiting around the corner between the two. Or perhaps it's because lately she's been having opinions that she was struggling so hard to keep to herself about their relationship.

About how Lena deserved better and that she should end things with James.

About how James just didn't deserve Lena, and that she was starting to see why tings never worked between him and her, and even between him and Lucy.

About how the relationship was nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.

But she kept her mouth shut and listened to Lena whenever she would talk about James, whenever things were good between them, and listen to the silence that Lena chose to surround herself when things were bad. She didn't say anything as she watched Lena busy herself with trying to make this relationship work, with letting her have something that wasn't an actual broken relationship in her life. She didn't want things to come out wrong, after all. Kara wanted Lena to be happy, and she seemed to be just that, when things between her and James were good.

And she never said anything to James either, knowing deep down inside that James was a good guy. Misguided sometimes in his thought process, sure, but good nonetheless. After all, there was something about him that Kara liked, that she saw as a potential for a relationship in the past.

"Kara." she heard Lena say, her tone as soft as always. Kara snapped back from her thoughts to look up and find the CEO marching out of James' office. "What are you doing standing there? Do you need something from me or…?"

"N-no. Uh, just… you know, what? It's been a while since we grabbed lunch. Let's grab lunch, you know? If you're free?" Kara found herself mumbling. It wasn't exactly false, Lena's been a whole lot busy lately and she's been running around with all her Kara-sized and Supergirl-sized problems. She missed her.

Lena chuckled, shook her head and smiled. "Let me tell Eve to clear off my schedule for the afternoon." she replied before turning to look for her assistant.

Rao, she really missed her.

Just as the simple lines of a carefree smile finally graced Kara's lips for the first time in days, Kara looked up to find James sending her a pleading cutesy look. He didn't need to say anything, Kara knew what he was silently asking for.

And there went the smile.

Kara took a deep breath and sighed, nodding, caving in.

She figured that helping her friends, she could eventually find something she's actually happy about for what was supposed to be her favorite earth holiday.

A/N Pt2: We have two main parties in this fic folks, as mentioned above, and quite a few balcony scenes. But before that, we get Alex's chapter and her musings!