A/N: I wrote this at two A.M. when I couldn't sleep. I hope you enjoy. xx


Lena sat on the plush chair facing out her window. She gazed at the sight laid out before her, Metropolis in the late night. The city seemed lively for almost midnight. Lena sat in the chair with her legs curled up under her, with her fingers absentmindedly tracing over the inked skin on her foot.

She had just finished doing silly yoga poses with her new assistant. It took Lena six months before she was on friendly terms with her past assistant, James. Here she was, not even a week into having Kara as her assistant and they were doing yoga poses together. Hell, her new assistant had seen Lena in sweatpants. This was in fact the same assistant that Lena was starting to develop feelings for. Lena couldn't remember the last person she had feelings for, or the last person that saw her in sweatpants. Nobody ever got close enough to warrant her thoughts to drift that way towards them.

It was as if the universe placed the bubbly blonde in her life for a reason. Everything that Lena lacked, Kara made up for. Lena lacked compassion, Kara was the most compassionate person she had ever met. Lena lacked warmth, Kara radiated the sun. Lena lacked happiness, Kara had happiness seeping out of her pores. Lena was pure facts, Kara was 'what if's?' Lena was dark inside, Kara shined light into her soul. This scared Lena, and she didn't quite know what the universe was trying to tell her.

Is this a learning opportunity? Maybe to see Kara as an example and model herself after her? Or, was she sent as a counterbalance for what Lena lacked? Maybe Lena herself set the world off balance with her black and white view of things, and the universe sent Kara as a big grey spot in her peripherals.

Lena shook her head. She had to stop thinking of everything in her life as a possible hypothesis that needed testing. She was a scientist at heart, after all. Maybe she just needs to sit back and give the universe control over her life for awhile. Maybe this was an opportunity to take the backseat on her life, not being in control.

The thought made Lena shudder. She couldn't remember a time when she didn't have control over her life. As soon as she was adopted, control is the first thing the Luthor's taught her. A Luthor without control is simply not a Luthor at all. Maybe there wasn't a definite answer to this, and Lena was overthinking everything, as usual.

But Lena felt like she was slowly losing this control, and it started when the blonde bounced into her office to interview for the position as her assistant. Lena knew she was going to hire the girl on the spot. Something inside her just gravitated the CEO towards the girl. It was as if instead of the new assistant revolving around her, she would end up revolving around the blonde. Lena, never one to doubt her gut instinct, went ahead and hired her after she had a bit of fun with her in the interview first.

Did the all powerful 'I don't do relationships' Lena Luthor actually have a crush? On a girl? She couldn't. Wouldn't she have known this earlier? Most people know they are queer when they are very young. Here Lena is twenty four. Who finds out they are waving the rainbow flag at twenty four?

She couldn't possibly be gay. She chuckled softly to herself and unwound her legs to get up and get a glass of wine.

She couldn't have a crush. She didn't even know what crushes feel like. There was no way she had one. And on her assistant? No. She was just admiring Kara's frame and her niceness and her beauty and...

Lena shook her head. Women need to empower one another. Her thinking about her assistant is her way of empowering her. Not that Lena had any plans on telling Kara her thoughts about her, but it was still empowering to the girl. Although, Lena was sure the girl could handle herself, with all her muscles and all...

Lena chastised herself for letting her thoughts go that way again. She curled up in bed, sipping her wine and reading her worn book that was honored with the choice to come along to Metropolis, and her precious stuffed lamb. Sooner then she thought, the glass of wine was empty and the usual insomniac Lena was fast asleep in a dreamless sleep.


Kara had been sitting on the ledge of her balcony since her boss left. It was nice to see the headstrong CEO relax and dork around with her. And, Kara had challenged her to a few hard yoga positions, which Kara was very surprised to see Lena handle with ease.

Kara had wanted to call Alex once Lena left, but she quickly ditched that thought when her sister had sent a selfie of her and her now girlfriend Maggie. Kara squealed in happiness, congratulated the two, and tossed her phone onto her bed. This was just a few minutes prior, and Kara now found herself sitting on the ledge of the balcony.

Heights didn't scare Kara. It was hard to scare an alien with powers. She could fly, lift a plane, shoot heat vision out of her eyes, catch a bullet with her fingertips, blow icy breath out of her mouth. But none of that mattered. She never used them.

Ever since she landed on Earth, she had been instructed to not use her powers. She needed to appear normal... human. Jeremiah had given her lead-lined glasses to help dull her vision and hearing, so she wouldn't be overwhelmed. She still wore them to this day, using the glasses to help center herself and not be distracted by the baby crying three blocks away.

She was angry about this at first. She was sent to protect Kal-El, but he didn't need her protection anymore. He freely used his powers to save people. Kara wanted to do that too, but she was quickly shot down by her Earth family. She decided to not be a pain for them and went along with it. She buried her deep desire to save people, and instead did normal things that humans did. She went to school, hung out with her sister, complained about boys, became obsessed with celebrities. Kara played her part, and she played it well.

She hadn't used her powers, specifically flying since that night she saved Alex from being hit by that cop when they were teenagers. Sometimes Eliza had her use her heat vision to heat something up, but that was rare. Eliza only did this when she wanted the food to be hot if Alex was late for dinner.

It was with sudden clarity that Kara realized she was human. She didn't even think she could remember how to fly, or use her x-ray vision. She forgot who she really was. She forgot she was Kara Zor-EL.

It was for the best. If she revealed who she was, her family would be put in danger. She wasn't that worried about Alex, her being a special agent and all. She refused to put Eliza in that vulnerable position, even after all she had done for the alien.

Kara sighed, and glanced up at the stars. She whispered off a prayer of thanksgiving to Rao, and hopped back onto her balcony. She walked back inside, and plopped into bed. Getting under the covers, Kara quickly fell asleep to thoughts about Krypton, and the sound of Lena's steady heartbeat in the next room.


A/N: I know this is short, but I wanted this small chapter to get into the girls minds. See where they are. Big things are coming up! xx