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It was Saturday morning now and Lena woke up with her phone vibrating on her chest. She had picked it up from the nightstand earlier when her first set alarm went off. Once she muted the annoyance, she drifted right back to sleep for the next half hour, at least, when it would once again announce that she needed to get up if she wanted to make it to breakfast with Kara on time.

Kara.

The name currently stamped on her phone screen with bright letters. The reason her phone had come to life on her chest.

She was going to talk to Kara about her more recent discovery today, at some point.

She knew it would be impossible to not tell Kara if they met face to face. If Kara saw her, there was no chance that she would believe Lena's excuse for looking so tired was just a side-effect of burnout from a strenuous week of work.

Jess had noticed her unusual tiredness, the dark circles under her eyes that were getting harder and harder to conceal with makeup. She had even suggested rescheduling a few meetings so Lena could get some rest. Lena had brushed it off, saying it was just a cold her immune system was probably fighting off and that she would be fine eventually, but that reasoning wouldn't work with Kara.

Kara would see right through her excuses and that was exactly what Lena needed.

If she was going to acknowledge it to someone else, she was going to do it so to the most important person in her life.

In the past couple of days, Lena wanted to talk to Kara. She wanted to say out loud what her body was intently trying to make clear to her for these past few days, but at the same time, it was all too scary. So every time she might have had an opening with Kara asking her if she was okay, or every time Kara asked about her day and what had her sounding so beaten, Lena couldn't bring herself to say it, so she excused it as tiredness, and life went on. Which wasn't a lie per se. Lena was feeling very fatigued, but that wasn't all that was happening with her.

Lena's musings were interrupted by the sight of the texts she had just managed to unlock despite her heavy-lidded eyes.

Kara

Lee, I was called into work. :(

Could we turn it into a late lunch date instead?

Lena smiled when she read the nickname Kara had taken on calling her. It didn't surprise Lena anymore, like on the first time Kara had said it, which made Lena nearly drop the files she had in her hand. But the rush of affection which filled her chest that first time she heard it, that, Lena was sure, was a physical response that would always follow the sound, or sight, in this case, of that single syllable.

Lena

Of course. Would it be agreeable if we ordered in?

Kara

No need.

Read the almost instant reply.

Kara

I 'll pick something on my way over. XX

Lena smiled at the screen, rolled to the side and got back to sleep.

When Lena was pulled from sleep again that day, it wasn't because her alarm was ringing or because she had received a new text from Kara.

No.

The reason she woke up that third time was that her stomach was experiencing spasms which resulted in successive waves of dry heaving that got her right on her feet and hurrying towards the bathroom.

And that's how Kara found her. At least that will make things easier, a nice segue, Lena thought as she tried to normalize her breathing when she heard Kara's voice echoing through her apartment announcing her presence.

Kara rushed to her side and knelt beside Lena as soon as she spotted her friend seated on the floor beside the toilet. Her hand instantly coming to rest on Lena's back, making soothing circle motions there for a few minutes.

"Are you ready to get up?" Kara asked caringly.

"Yeah," Lena said and Kara helped her up, or basically held her up, since Lena practically didn't use any energy to get on her feet.

Kara led them to the love seat in Lena's room and then she went back to the bathroom to fill a glass with water. "Here, you need to stay hydrated," Kara said softly as she handed the full glass to Lena.

"I, I didn't vomit. It was just," Lena said as she accepted the glass from Kara's hand. She took a few small sips. "I think," Lena started and then hesitated, taking a deep, decisive breath. "No," she blew the air out in a puff, "I'm quite positive I'm pregnant."

Lena thought that when she said those words out loud they would make everything come crashing down. She thought she would burst into tears, she imagined she would feel suffocated by the fear and anxiety she had been so intently trying to keep buried for the past week.

However, when she finally voiced those words, she felt like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. That constant constricting sensation she had carried with her inside her chest for days had finally been lifted up and suddenly her breathing came easier.

But this was not the only thing that had caught her off guard. When she finally lifted her head to take a look at her friend, the expression Kara wore on her face was the opposite of what Lena expected to see. Lena had anticipated a stuttering reaction, a confused reply, silence, understanding or even a blinding smile from her best friend. What Lena had not expected, though, was to be met with an acknowledgment about her condition.

"I know," Kara said simply as she adjusted her glasses and run her hand through her hair before taking a seat beside Lena.

"You know," Lena echoed the statement back. "How?" Lena frowned. She realized there was only one way for Kara to have found out, and she internally berated herself for not having cogitated that possibility until now. But then again, she'd had a lot on her mind lately.

"I'm not sure what the protocol is in this case, but…" Kara started worriedly. "Gosh, how do I even say this?" She mumbled to herself before taking a deep, sharp breath. "I can hear it," Kara stated at last and she flinched, distress clear in her features.

"Well, that is certainly more reliable than the pregnancy test I intended on asking you to buy for me," a shade of humor colored Lena's tone in her reply. Kara was nervous, and Lena hoped her attempt at humor would be a welcomed reaction to the news her friend was trying to disclose.

"What?" Kara reacted in surprise, her brows furrowing almost comically to Lena's amusement.

"I was going to ask you today if you could maybe make a run to the pharmacy to buy me a pregnancy test, or a few, actually," Lena scrunched her nose, "From different brands," Lena added as she traced her middle finger on the edge of the now empty glass. "I didn't want to risk being recognized while purchasing them, so I was going to see if you'd go for me. But now I see that's completely unnecessary if you're already able to hear the heartbeat." Lena explained to her stunned best friend. "Kara?"

"You already know," Kara managed to say.

"Yeah, I've been experiencing symptoms for the past week or so," Lena answered knowing very well that Kara wasn't talking about her pregnancy but, still, she chose to divert the topic to give her friend a few seconds to process the fact she was aware of Kara's secret identity.

Lena thought it was only fair since she'd had some time to adjust to the knowledge that her best friend was also National City's upstanding hero. Kara deserved to have a few moments to regroup her thoughts since she was clearly surprised by the fact Lena knew about it.

"No. Not that. You know… about… me," Kara self-confessed.

"Oh, that. Yeah, I do," Lena nodded.

"How?" Kara inquired still wearing a puzzled expression.

"At first I didn't. But then I started to interact more with Supergirl. Well, you as Supergirl, and you started to vacillate in your cover. You've started to smile more," Lena said with a hint of a smile. "Your eyes, that's what gave it away, honestly." Lena clarified in an easy tone, her eyes soft on Kara's. "You couldn't not look at me the way Kara Danvers always does, and she's my best friend, so, I like to think I know her pretty well, and that I would recognize her anywhere." Lena finished with a tilt of her head and a shrug.

"It clearly caught me off guard," Kara chuckled, "But I'm glad you know," she added with a relieved smile.

"Me too," Lena agreed softly.

"Although, that's not how I would like to have come out to you," Kara said with a laugh.

"And how would that have been?" Lena probed with an arch of her eyebrows.

"Now you'll never know," Kara sang teasingly before she took on a more serious expression, "So, you're pregnant?"

"You heard it," Lena spoke in that tone Kara knew very well she used when she was trying to use humor as a self-protection mechanism; when she was trying to convey something that was the opposite of what was going on in her mind.

"Lee," Kara breathed the nickname. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay," Lena smiled weakly. "I'm also terrified," she added with a small tone. The brief distraction resulting from Kara's secret coming to light between them gave place to the events that brought them to that moment.

Kara closed the short distance between them and she engulfed Lena in a tight, comforting side hug. Lena clung to her, her head coming to rest on Kara's collarbone for a few seconds. She inhaled the floral perfume Kara always wore, tinged with the city's scent that had ingrained itself on Kara's skin during her flight that morning, a fragrance blend that had become so familiar and reassuring to Lena.

"Have you known for long?" Kara almost whispered the question.

"Only for a week or so," Lena spoke as she disentangled them to look at Kara's eyes.

"You've been going through all of this, all by yourself, for over a week?" Kara asked with worry written in her eyes and in the flow of her words.

"No, no," Lena shook her head emphatically. "I started to feel nauseated two days ago. That's when I couldn't deny anymore what was going on," Lena confessed and Kara took her hand in reassurance, lacing their fingers.

"Is it Jack's?"

Lena's eyes brimmed with tears, "Yeah."

Kara closed the distance between them once again. Lena's head leaned on her shoulder and they stayed like that until Lena's tears stopped falling.

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