Mon-El was nervous around her. It showed in everything he did.

Sitting on the couch, her knees touching her chest, she stared at him as he pretended to watch TV.

Ever sound she made, every breath she took it seemed as if he tensed. She sighed and pushed her hand against his shoulder.

"You're acting strange."

He looked at her, nerves showing even more now that she had addressed him.

"I don't know how to act around you!" He said as he held up his hands, as if afraid he'd touch her.

"How about...like your normally do?" Kara frowned at him as he stood to his feet almost unexpectedly.

"I feel like things...like everything has changed and I don't know how I normally act around you, if that's not-"

"Stop! I'm not going to die or anything, so don't act like I am!"

He stared at her as Kara yelled at him. She wondered what he was thinking for a moment before she gritted her teeth and stood to her feet.

"I'm sorry," Mon-El muttered as he stood, his hands in his jeans pockets and his head lowered.

"You should be! No one acts normally around me anymore, it's infuriating!"

He took a deep breath and stepped forward. She couldn't help taking a step back, but he took another step forward and looked at her.

"People don't act normally around you anymore because no one knows how to act. When you demand people to act normal, and then flinch when someone steps closer, it's confusing." He looked at her face as she forced herself not to move. He stepped even closer, his hands coming up beside his face. "When people want to hug you and you look like you're going to pass out because they're too close, people wonder if you need more space."

"I..." She didn't know what to say, because he was right. She had been demanding people to treat her like the person she had been, but she'd also been wary of anyone coming too close.

"I'm going to hug you now," Mon-El said and before she could think of a response he had his arms wrapped around her, pulling her into his chest. "I'm not going to hurt you, okay? Just...relax?"

Kara forced her body to relax, limb by limb. She slowly wrapped her arms around his waist as he stood as still as he could, not putting any pressure on her.

She could feel the burning in her eyes and the feeling of safety finally, for the first time in a week, wrapped around her while Mon-El held her. Tears stained his clothes but he didn't say anything, he just held her.

"Will you go back to protecting the city?" Winn stared at Kara as she shrugged and she sighed.

Even after Mon-El had held her, she still felt strange having someone too close to her. But, she figured, one hug wouldn't make her feel like everything was alright again. It needed time, and she knew that people around her knew that.

"I think that's not even relevant right now. I mean, I don't have my powers, so I'll just have to wait and see if I'm going to get them back."

"Of course, but when you do?"

"I don't know Winn. This happened to me because I was-am Supergirl." CADMUS had wanted to hurt Supergirl, but also the person she was. They had succeeded better than anyone had ever done and she didn't even know if she wanted to think about being Supergirl.

"Maybe you should focus on finding Lillian Luther instead of forcing her to think about something right now that isn't even needed," Alex said as she walked into the room. "Hey, Kara. Maggie is coming over for dinner tonight, you feel like coming to join us?"

Kara smiled. "A date?"

She wasn't supposed to know yet but she'd seen the looks the two exchanged when they thought no one was looking. Alex blushed, and Kara chuckled.

"Um...I guess...you could call it a date."

"Then no, I'm not going to come on your date with Maggie. Just...enjoy," she leaned into Alex as her sister hugged her.

"I don't mind...Maggie won't mind," Alex tried again. Kara shook her head. "Okay, if you're sure." Kara nodded her head and looked up at her sister.

From the moment Alex had met Maggie, Kara had seen the change in her sister. It was a pretty sight, and though Alex was still nervous and unsure, Kara knew she would find happiness.

Kara hadn't been alone much since CADMUS. She had made it her focus to have someone she trusted around her, even when sometimes it made her uncomfortable. After her talk with Mon-El, she decided that she needed to find a way to be alone again without being afraid and so she hadn't invited anyone over after Alex had asked her on her date.

At first, she couldn't relax. Every sound outside set her on edge.

But after a while her body relaxed, and her mind stilled. As she watched a movie on TV, she could feel herself relax enough to actually doze off.

It was the knock on the door that woke her, her body back to almost breakable tension.

She stared at the door for a moment before the knock sounded again and she stood to her feet, wishing she'd gotten her powers back.

When she stood in front of the door, her breathing labored from nerves, she looked through the peephole.

The person standing there deflated all her nerves about being attacked again, but gave her a whole new set of nerves to deal with.

She opened the door, her head pounding from the stress. "Kal-El!"