"Honestly, I could have plan that better." Lena said as she ran her hand through her hair.

"Everybody makes mistakes." Kara shrugged, sipping her coffee.

"I doubt I'll find anybody that forgets to get somebody's number." Lena said dryly.

Kara let out a small laugh that caused Lena to smile a little. Two days ago, Kara had also realizes the inconvenience of their second outing and had done the same thing Lena did by coming by the library only two hours after Lena. Now they laughed at the misfortune and had gotten each other's number before. Kara had offered to take Lena to a coffee shop and Lena agreed.

"I still have to take you my favorite restaurant." Lena said as they walked to the shop.

"I haven't forgotten, I'll keep you to it."

Lena nodded once as she opened the door for Kara and followed her in. Kara chose a booth in the far corner so that Lena didn't have to endure the stares and whispers, and so that they could have as much peace as they could get. The waiter that they received was kind enough but he couldn't help but stare at Lena a little longer than necessary.

"I think you have an admirer." Kara joked as the boy hurried to get their drinks.

"I doubt it," Lena said with a smile. "I think he's surprised to see a Luthor up close."

Lena had seemed to find the joke funny and chuckled a bit and Kara forced a smile. It was unfair that Lena is being judged by what her family did and what her last name stood for and not what Lena could do. Kara didn't know Lena for long but she knew that she was nothing like her family and she hoped that in the seeable future people could see that too, even Lena herself, that is if she hadn't already.

"Shall we continue our questions?" Lena asked.

"What else is there to know about you?"

"You won't know until you ask."

"Good point, um, actually I'll come back to you on that." Kara said.

Lena nodded and looked at the window for a moment before she turned her attention back to Kara, there was a certain glint in her eye that Kara thought was mischief and she got the slight twitch in her eyebrow that made Kara tilt her head and wondered what on earth did she think of.

"This is still a free to ask anything game right?"

"Yeah…?"

"So, nothing is off limits right?"

Kara shifted, intrigued. "Depends."

Lena smirked slightly.

"Should I be scared?"

"Depends."

"Okay, I should."

Lena laughed, shaking her head. "Kara, it really isn't that bad."

"Then why haven't you asked?"

"Okay, okay, I will. So, Kara Danvers, Double Espresso or Ristretto?"

Kara let out a laugh. "That wasn't your original question."

"It wasn't."

"Well, I refuse to answer a false question."

"False question? This is no such thing!"

"Is too!"

"That's like saying alternative facts is a real thing."

They stared at each other for a moment before bursting out laughing. Kara was taken aback about by the genuine sound of Lena's laugh, it was incredibly dorky, uncontained, and contagious causing Kara to laugh harder. Lena covered her mouth in hopes of reducing her laughter but the sight of Kara doubling over with tears in her eyes made it worse and she actually snorted.

The was a moment of silence of Kara looking at her in shock and Lena looking mortify with wide eyes before they started to laugh again. It was at that moment of laughter that Kara felt freer than she had in years. Since the moment she had landed on earth, she had been given a duty to raise and protect her cousin Kal-El and teach him the ways of Krypton but when she had arrived, she arrived 24 years too late. Her cousin now older than she had been well taken care of by the Kents, no longer needed her. Not only that but he knew nothing of Krypton, not the language nor the culture to communicate with her, forcing her to adapt to English. How unnatural it sound to hear the foreign words with her Kryptonian accent and when she teaches Kal-El, Clark, the language of their people, she cringes at how put off it sounds in what was deemed to be a Kansas, farm boy accent.

She felt the weight of failure on her shoulders when she realized that she didn't honor her family's last wish. To watch over Kal-El and protect him at all costs. On Krypton, he was only a baby of the Great House of El, here on Earth he was known as Superman, protector of Metropolis, and Clark Kent, reporter of the truth. There was nothing left for her to do and to make matters worse Clark had given her away to the Danvers. The worse thing that Kal-El could do. It meant that she had done something to betray him, had done something to hurt him and Kara couldn't figure out what she did. How could Kal-El known with no real knowledge of Krypton's culture and history the severity of his decision, and how could she have known that Kal-El was doing this for her.

And not even three weeks later, Kara started to gain her powers. If she didn't feel like a stranger, more different, more alien than she did when she got here then this really made the deal. Her senses too sharp, too overwhelming and she always wondered what she do to earn this curse. Did it have anything do with the fact that she failed her only duty to her family? She would spend hours at a time hiding in the closet with her hands over her ears and her head between her legs, trying to get some quiet, some normalcy for once in her life since she got here. Clark helped her when he could and then there was Alex, who was constantly at her side. Constantly coming up with ways to help Kara deal with her newfound abilities. This cause the two girls to become closer and Kara began to love the idea of having a sister.

But there were still times where Kara couldn't control her hearing and she could the countless arguments about her. It made her angry at times, how they talked through her, belittled her. She hadn't meant to be such a burden to those around her. Kara didn't ask for these powers that she sometimes forgot to control, she couldn't help that she was far more advance than the kids of her age group. So, while she hated doing it, she toned down her intelligence. She allowed other kids to get the glory, worked hard to get an average A or B. Any itch that she had to learn more, she sent her time with Jeremiah and Eliza, helping them work on their protects. Kara quickly learned that not everything needed a response and that it was okay to let some things go. Even when she has that itch to punch that smug girl in the face that thinks that she's smarter than her or the urge to fight the boy that think that because she's so nice and acts so timid that he could do whatever he wants with her.

But at the moment she's not worried about any of this. She's focus on Lena and her dorky laughter and her eyes lit with mirth. In a rare moment, everything around them becomes background noise and she doesn't even have to try hard to gain it. It was actually nice to have someone who didn't know of her unwanted powers and she didn't have to conceal them. The barista came back with their coffees and even he chuckled and he didn't have a clue about what they were laughing about!

"Oh my god," Lena sighed, taking a deep breathe. "I never laughed so hard in my life?"

"Is that a question?"

"I believe it was."

"And why is that?"

Lena's smile faltered a little and Kara panicked a bit. She didn't want to lose this moment they had, the one where they forget about the world and Kara can see Lena laugh and smile and she doesn't have to remind herself constantly to control her powers. She reached over the table and squeeze Lena's hand, causing the other girl to look up at her startle. Again, Kara panicked and pulled her hand away, she should've asked. It seemed like she could do nothing right at the moment.

"I-I'm so sorry, I should have asked. I-it's-well, it's just that you kind of looked upset by the question and I didn't mean to offend you. I didn't think that it would be offensive and I think I kind of rude the moment." Kara said.

Lena gave Kara a small smile and shook her head, reaching over the table to recapture Kara's hand. "Kara, it's fine. I was just thinking back and yeah, it's been awhile. Before Lex succumbed to his madness and before he headed to college, there would be times like these. Where we'll lay in each others' room laughing so hard that we had tears in our eyes. There was times where we kept ourselves entertained by making fun of our guests during the galas, the trick of that game was not to laugh too hard and attract attention to yourself."

Kara watched as Lena's small smile turns bitter and how far away her green eyes got as she lost herself in the past. It reminded Kara that even though Lex did terrible things that he was once a person and he had left a big impact on Lena's life. Lena blinked once and turned to Kara, clearing her throat.

"I didn't mean to bring down the mood," Lena said, sitting up straighter.

"You're fine, everybody is allowed to have their moments." Kara shrugged.

Lena nodded once and chuckled softly. "I do have one real question to ask you."

"Thank goodness, I don't think that I can take anymore of you false questioning." Kara said with a smile.

Lena laughed again and Kara's smile widen.

This was a start.