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Lena twirled the glass of scotch she held in her hands, watching as drops of the amber liquid, collected and accelerated in one single stream towards the center of the glass, only to be caught in the small whirlpool that had formed there. Mouth quirked in slight amusement, Lena thought that the currents she saw in the glass, were an appropriate metaphor for the whirlpool of emotions that Kara Danvers inspired within her.

The blonde reporter had come into her life, capturing Lena's attention, when she had emphatically answered yes to Lena's plea for understanding that she was only trying to make a name for herself outside the family. She had swept Lena up, with her offer of friendship, filling the greys of the business world that consumed Lena's life, with brilliant color (even though it was in pastels). And then she had gone and given Lena that one gift, which she had craved above all else, ever since the day she had found herself clutching a teddy bear on the Luthor's doorstep. She had made Lena feel safe.

How then was Lena supposed to have stopped herself from falling in love with her?

How was she supposed to talk herself out of these gigantic monumental feelings she had, for her best friend?

Sighing, Lena downed the contents of the glass in one gulp and looked outside. Walking over to her balcony, she searched the skies unconsciously for signs of a blue speck. Her mind wandered without permission, and came to rest on thoughts of Supergirl. She would be lying if she said that she did not find the superhero attractive. The stubborn set of her jaw, those soft golden waves and clear azure eyes, would have enthralled Da Vinci himself. But Lena wondered, how many truly bothered to see past the beautiful façade to what really made her a hero.

At one point of time, before angry recriminations and tantrums, Lena glumly admitted to herself that she had admired the hero, and perhaps she still did, despite the acrimony that had marked their recent interactions. Sighing, Lena ran a shaky hand through her hair.

She knew that no matter what, Lena would always admire the Super for her conviction, and her dogged determination in pursuing what she believed to be right. In pursuing what she wanted. Lena shivered unconsciously, as a memory of those blond eyes looking at her with undisguised want, crossed her mind.

Perhaps in a life where she had not met Kara Danvers, Lena would have given in to that want. But for now all she could draw from the hero was some inspiration. Inspiration to pursue the woman whom she had wanted from the moment she had laid eyes on her. It was time for her to make a move, before some man came along and swept Kara Danvers off her feet.

Lena threw a glance at the wall clock. She had half an hour to get ready and go get the girl.

-xx—xx-xx

If anyone asked, Lena would say that she was a woman of refined taste, probably because her upbringing had given her a definite appreciation for the finer things in life. But, Lena also knew that she was just as fully capable of enjoying the cheesy heartiness of a big belly burger, as much as the dulcet mellifluous tones of Puccini. But Lena had never ever enjoyed anything in her short life thus far, quite as much as she enjoyed Kara's reaction to her form fitting red dress.

Feeling her heart pound against her ribs at Kara's dazed expression, Lena felt hope ignite within her chest. Perhaps, her feelings weren't as one sided as she had feared. Smirking confidently, she made it a point to brush past Kara, as she swept into the apartment. Quickly depositing the food she had brought onto the kitchen counter, she turned around and froze. Kara's gaze was lowered, as if she had been checking out her ass. She cleared her throat, and was amused instantly when Kara looked back up at her dazedly.

Lena decided then and there, that it was time for her to pull out all the stops. She would be damned if she left this apartment tonight, without stealing at least one kiss from Kara Danvers.

Quirking an eyebrow, she asked in a quiet seductive voice "Where would you like to have me?"

Kara opened and closed her mouth, before her arm raised up nervously, palm open and facing up. Lena did a silent fist pump in her mind. Kara croaked out hoarsely "What?"

Laughing, Lena said "I meant where, would you like to sit Kara!.. to eat?"

Deciding that the reporter needed a small reprieve, she broke eye contact and turned around. Swiping up the paper bag, she dangled it playfully in front of Kara, and said "I've got pot stickers!"

Amused at the way Kara's mind cleared at the mere mention of potstickers, and at the way those blue eyes instantly focused with laser like precision on the bag in her hand, Lena smiled as the reporter walked forwards, excitedly shoving her glasses up her nose

"Oh my gosh Lena! Pot stickers! You're my favorite."

Lena tried to swallow past the painful lump of emotions those innocent words caused. She chose to instead focus on watching Kara snatch the bag from her, and make her way to the couch. She smiled faintly, as the reporter sat down and patted the cushion next to her.

Making her way to the couch, she said "Please tell me that we're not watching episode 1 again. I love you, but I swear to god I cannot watch star wars from the beginning. Chronology be damned!"

Lena watched quietly as Kara froze momentarily at her indirect proclamation of love, before she hastily continued her search within the paper bag. Trying her best to not read too much into Kara's actions, Lena sat down and waited.

Kara triumphantly held up the carton of pot stickers. She exhaled a happy "Ah ha! Come to mommy" before collapsing back against the couch and blissfully sticking a pot sticker into her mouth. She caught Lena's gaze and grinned happily saying "I am willing to break tradition, but only because you got me potstickers."

Rolling her eyes at the reporter's antics, Lena scrolled through her Netflix queue and hit the "Rogue One"

Watching the opening scroll, Lena grabbed her salad, and sank bank into the cushions, feeling her body relax for the first time that day.

Spearing a piece of broccoli, Lena felt Kara's gaze on her and turned with a quizzical expression on her face. The seriousness with which the blonde reporter was studying her, was at odds with the soft smile on her lips

Kara chuckled and said "I like how relaxed you look just now. And also maybe I kinda like that it's my couch that gets you this relaxed"

Lena watched the reporter intensely, and enjoyed it immensely when her gaze made the reporter nervous, and attempt to playfully back track her earlier statement

"I mean, I actually got it from bed bath and beyond..so it's bound to be comfortable unlike the over priced leather sofa you have at your office..I know a friend who works there. I can hit him up for a discount if you want to replace that abomination of a couch in your office?"

Lena was torn. She had two options. One, play along with Kara, and gloss over the heaviness of emotions that Kara's earlier words were bound to bring forth. Or two, try and ease Kara into the confession she had felt bubbling in her throat, from the second Kara had opened the door to her with that dazed expression.

Raising a shaky hand, she gently placed her hand on Kara's knee "We both know that my being able to relax has nothing to do with the couch, and everything to do with you, Kara"

She watched with bated breath as the nervousness in those blue eyes fled abruptly to be filled with an expression of longing that felt vaguely familiar to Lena, almost as if she had seen it somewhere else before. Dismissing the thought, Lena focused on the blue eyes hidden behind thick black frames, and smiled into them. Feeling an inexplicable warmth spread in her chest at the answering smile she received, she gently cupped Kara's cheek, and placed a kiss on the other.

Seeing a light blush spread across the reporter's cheeks, Lena crowed internally. She felt Kara raise her arm, and pull her closer against her body. Snuggling contently against the reporter's side, Lena settled into eating and watching the movie.

She felt the arm around her tighten, when a scene showing a small girl abandoned by her parents came onto the screen. A wordless quiet kiss of comfort was pressed on to the top of her head. Raising her head, she saw watery blue eyes quietly regard her. Stroking Kara's cheek, Lena wondered how was it possible that the woman above her, found the strength to work through her own pain of abandonment by her parents, and found it within herself to comfort Lena. If this wasn't love, Lena didn't know what else it could be.

Feeling uncharacteristically bold, she raised up to press a small kiss at the corner of Kara's mouth, reveling in the quiet gasp that it elicited. She had never been this close to tasting Kara's lips before, and the temptation to take and just take was growing. But Lena was not a successful businesswoman for nothing. She had the patience and foresight to allow the chips she had lain, fall into the place she had designated for them

The two women watched the movie quietly. Lena looked up to see unshed tears pool in Kara's eyes, and the reporter looking unusually stricken as she saw the planet on the screen get destroyed. Lena wondered what Kara thought about the two main protagonists. Did she think that the two were in love? Did it matter to her at all that the two never even kissed before they met their untimely death. Was it the death of the planet that had so affected Kara, or that of the unrealized potential between the two leads?

Smiling softly, she caught a stray tear that had escaped, and gently rubbed them away "It's only a movie, love" She smiled as Kara's breath caught at the endearment. Finding Kara's hand, she squeezed it gently "If you don't believe me, we can just watch Inferno tomorrow. And trust me you'll feel a lot better, because spoiler alert!...she's the villain in that one"

Feeling relief spread through her at Kara's watery chuckle, she looked on affectionately as Kara rubbed her tears away with her knuckles like a small child

"I know it's just a movie, but I still feel so bad! An entire planet wiped away like that! So many lives destroyed in an instant! Don't..dont you think that's sad too?"

Lena swallowed heavily "Yes I do, but call me an old fashioned romantic if you will..but what makes me even more sad is Jyn and Cassian"

She braved a look up at Kara, who was now looking at her furtively with a wary expression on her face. Lena knew she was wading into dangerous waters here, trying as she was to draw a parallel between the unfulfilled potential of Jyn and Cassian's relationship, with their own nebulous relationship. Swallowing past her trepidation, she said "I hate that they were both so caught up in their cause, that they never had the time to explore how they feel about each other"

Kara said quietly "They didn't even like each other for the first half of the movie though, Lena. They didn't fully know each other"

Puzzling over the turn in conversation, Lena looked up to seeing Kara look back at her earnestly "What I'm trying to say Lena is that no relationship can be built without trust!"

Smiling gently, Lena said "I don't disagree. But the two came to trust each other, and fought together for the same cause in the end"

Lena watched confused, at Kara got up and began pacing restlessly "But what if, hypothetically speaking, assuming that they survived, that circumstances later came up which forced them on to opposite sides.. or…or made them view things differently? Wouldn't that be a problem? Especially if they got back to being dishonest with each other? Isn't honesty like supposed to be the bed rock of any relationship?"

Perturbed by Kara's distress, Lena got up and caught Kara's elbow, forcing her to come to a wheeling stop. Looking at those distressed and fearful blue eyes, Lena felt something within her snap. She didn't understand what was going on in Kara's head. And she didn't know how to take away the fear she saw in them, especially not when they were speaking around in circles like this. Blaming herself for not having followed a more direct approach earlier, Lena decided to throw caution to the winds. No more beating around the bush. It was time to lay her cards on the table

"Kara darling, I don't understand where you're trying to go with this. But I'm tired of talking in metaphors and circles. I am tired of doing stupid stuff like sending you flowers, buying CatCo, and letting you eat all the potstickers. Basically doing everything else instead of…"

Lena paused her courage failing her. Kara asked her breathlessly "Instead of…?"

Lena threw a surreptitious glance at Kara, who was now looking at her with so much hope and wonder that it gave her the courage to continue. "Instead of just telling you how I feel about you"

Kara gasped, and Lena was unable to stop herself from throwing a glance at wet pink lips parted in surprise.

Grasping Kara's chin, she said breathlessly "Or maybe I should just show you instead"

Closing her eyes, she leaned forwards, her lips seeking out Kara's. Only to be met with the smooth soft expanse of Kara's cheek.

Opening her eyes in shock, Lena reeled backwards and looked at Kara, who was now looking at her with so much distress and pain in her eyes. Unable to process the fact that she was the cause of it, Lena spun around and blindly searched for her purse.

She had done it again. She had taken the most beautiful aspect of her life and ruined it. She had mistaken Kara's friendship, the purity of that big heart, for something more. She was the reason behind the pain in those gentle kind blue eyes. Snatching up her purse, she wheeled back and saw Kara following close behind.

"I'm sorry Kara. I have obviously misread the signals"

Watching Kara reach for her, Lena placed a hand to Kara's chest to halt her motion. "Don't come after me"

Shaking her head, and blinking her tears back furiously, she ran out of Kara's apartment, ignoring her best friend shouting her name desperately behind her.

Slamming the car door shut, she told her driver to drive straight for home, where she knew a bottle of Lex's finest vodka was waiting, with her name on it

xx—xx—xx—xx—xx

Lena lay in a stupor on her couch, her hand outstretched and reaching for the bottle of vodka on her floor. She smiled stupidly at the tiny cheerful white diamonds sparkling merrily at her, in the chinks of the glass. They reminded her of the beautiful stars she saw in Kara's eyes, every time she smiled that adorable smile, which Lena had until now thought was only reserved for her. But what did she know? She had probably misunderstood that too. Kara probably smiled that way at everyone. That thought hurt more than she could handle, and had her reaching for the bottle once again that night.

A shadow descended causing the white sparkles to fade away. Rolling onto her back, Lena took in the sight of a red cape fluttering and a blonde angel looking at her with unconcealed concern

"Miss Luthor! Lena..are you..are you alright?"

Scowling, Lena huffed out "Go away!"

But the blond angel did not obey, and instead descended onto the balcony, wringing her hands in a gesture that seemed oddly familiar to Lena. Where had she seen that before?

Making her way across the apartment, the blond angel filled a glass with water and handed it over to Lena.

Lena glared at her, before she decided that she was too tired to argue, and snatched the water from the blond angel, drinking its contents fully.

Shaking away the fogginess in her brain, Lena stumbled to her feet, only to lose her balance and pitch forwards. Strong arms wrapped around her, before gently lowering her onto the couch.

Lena watched silently as the blond angel sat with her on the couch. Scowling at the familiarity with which the hero claimed a spot on the couch, Lena glared and demanded "Why are you here?"

Lena found herself irrationally satisfied at the way the blond angel swallowed nervously "I wanted to check on you. Your heartbeat was erratic"

Confused, Lena pondered over the superheroes' words "My heart beat? You were listening to my heart beat?"

She watched, enraptured by the soft beautiful smile on the super heroes face "Yes Lena. Yours is one of the only two heartbeats that I always keep a track of"

Taken aback, Lena asked "Why? Why me?"

The blonde angel reached out to brush a hair behind Lena's ears "Because the two of you are the people who mean the most to me in the entire world"

Lena found her already tenuous equilibrium slipping. Why was she so important to the blond angel? What had she ever done that inspired so much emotion in the woman?

This was going badly for Lena. She had just had her heart broken, and now here was this stupidly attractive blond angel, trying her best to get her to gamble her heart once again?

Standing up abruptly "While I'm flattered by your obvious interest in me, I don't want to hear anymore. Please leave"

She watched as the blond angel uncurled gracefully from the couch and looked at her. Unable to meet those eyes, which she knew would be filled with pain, Lena stubbornly refused to look at anything but her feet

"Alright I will leave. But I would really like to know before I go, why the thought of me is so abhorrent to you"

Lena laughed incredulously. Abhorrent! Was the super hero really so blind that she didn't know how drop dead gorgeous she was?

Here she was wallowing in her grief over Kara, who Lena would never admit sober was probably the love of her life. And despite the ache in her heart caused by the rejection of the love of her life, she had let the superhero in, hadn't she? Wasn't that a testament to how attracted she was to the superhero, in a way she probably really shouldn't be? She needed to satisfy the hero's giant ego, so she would leave Lena in peace to think about Kara.

"Abhorrent! I don't find you abhorrent! You're insanely attractive! All that golden hair and those baby blue eyes"

She watched amused as the blond angel blushed darkly.

"Then why?"

Lena sighed looking at confused blue eyes. Why she felt she owed this woman an explanation was beyond her. She decided that she would blame it on the vodka in the morning.

"Because, I am interested in someone else ok? Even if that someone else isn't interested back, doesn't mean that you can swoop in, with all your caped glory and try and sweep me off my feet! Lena Luthor is loyal! The L in Lena is for loyalty. Get it?"

She glared as the superhero smiled at her drunken rambling, and clutched her arms, steadying her. Lena held on to those toned biceps, and was for a moment fascinated by the steel like strength of them. Breaking out of her stupor, she looked up at amused blue eyes. Angry at having been caught in her ogling, she said "So there. Stop hitting on me already"

The blond angel said gently "I can't believe there is anybody foolish enough in this world to turn you down"

Lena felt her heart seize. There was nobody in the world who wanted her for who she was. They only wanted her money or her body or her money. She huffed and rolled her eyes "What do you know?"

Supergirl smiled and asked gently "Who?"

Lena sighed and sank back on to her cushions "You're not leaving unless I tell you, are you?"

The blond angel just smiled back smugly at her. Laying her head back against the cushions, Lena closed her eyes and murmured "Kara Danvers". Thoughts of distressed blue eyes hidden behind giant glasses came flooding back to her mind

"If that were true, that would make Kara Danvers the biggest idiot in the world"

Incensed beyond belief, Lena sat up ramrod straight "Kara Danvers is no idiot. She is the sweetest kindest person in existence. She is the best friend I have ever had, and the only person in this world who makes me feel safe in a way that not even you, with your stupidly toned arms and ability to shoot lasers out of your eyes, has ever made me feel"

Lena looked angrily at the blond angel. Stormy desperate eyes looked back at her "You trust her so much, when you're so unwilling to give me even the slightest portion of your trust."

Scoffing, Lena stood up and walked away "You refused to trust me just because I made Kryptonite for using against reign. And then for building a lab that was meant to help a friend in need who came to me. You used my ex to spy on me. In one instant, you chose to overlook all the battles I have fought by your side, and mistrust me because of my last name. I trusted you supergirl and you betrayed me"

She turned around and felt pity at the way the woman desperately ran her hand through her hair "A mistake that I have apologized for countless times"

Lena began to retort, only to be stopped by the conciliatory hand that the blond angel held out " I know Lena. An apology is nowhere near enough. But tell me this Lena, does she truly deserve your trust Lena, even half as much as I deserve your mistrust?"

Angry beyond belief, Lena said "Yes, she does"

Smiling smugly, Supergirl got up and stood close enough for Lena to count the stars in her eyes. Where had she seen those stars before? "Has she then never lied to you? Has she never withheld information from you?"

Without her permission, memories of flimsy excuses made as the reporter excused herself from one too many lunch dates, and of an untold secret that was supposed to change the way Lena looked at Kara, came to the forefront of her mind

Swallowing, Lena looked up only to be greeted with infuriating blue eyes, and an all too knowing smirk

"She has, hasn't she?'

Swallowing, Lena drew upon all of her experience as a seasoned business woman in the boardroom, to convert the white hot anger she felt at seeing the smugness of Supergirls smile into a cold ball of rage

She said icily with frost edged around each of her words "Be that as it may, I still trust her"

Confused at the lack of reaction from the blond angel, Lena searched those blue eyes and found herself enraptured at the tenderness she found in them. So enthralled was she, that she didn't think to push away the soft hand that reached up to cup her cheek gently.

"I regret the day I saw you with Kryptonite. That was my first mistake, to over-react in such a foolish manner, and push you into deciding that you should never trust me again…but I still can't help wonder at the unfairness of it all, Lena….You would trust her despite her countless lies and omissions, but you will not trust me because of one foolish mistake?"

Lena felt her heart thunder in her chest, as the thumb of the blond angel brushed against her lower lip, and blue eyes dipped to quietly contemplate her parted lips. When those blue eyes looked back into her eyes again, Lena found her breath stolen away with the tenderness she saw in them.

The blond angel stepped back, and Lena's arms, without her bidding, raised up to grasp the angel, but they were too late. She was already beyond the circle of her arms

She turned away and walked to the balcony. Turning around, she looked straight into Lena's eyes with steely determination "I see now that I must win back your trust, Lena. Which I will, along with your heart"

Before Lena remembered how to breathe, before she remembered how to speak, the blond angel was gone.

And then all Lena could do, was watch the blue speck for as long as she could, as it climbed higher and higher until it disappeared into the moon.