5

Lena didn't know what to do. She was angry. hurt, sad but she didn't know what to say or do.

Did she confront Kara. Part of her mind had tried to tell her that the demon thing had lied to her, that there was no possible way that sweet, kind and seemingly fragile Kara could be the girl of steel but then as Lena searched her feelings, she knew it was true.

From the moment, the demon had transformed from Kara into Supergirl, she knew that those beautiful blue eyes were the same.

Kara was Supergirl.

Supergirl was Kara.

Kara had lied to her. But why?

They were best friends weren't they? Why did Kara feel the need to keep this from her?

She wondered who else knew and this fired up her anger even more.

As Lena sat her desk, she glanced down at her phone.

They had to talk. To get things clear and then Lena would decide her next move.

She picked up her phone, feeling slightly sick and called Kara.

"Hi Lena, are you ok?"

"Not really. We need to talk. Can you come to L Corp?"

"Uh...sure. I can leave in about...fifteen minutes?"

'Maybe you could fly over, that would be quicker wouldn't it?' Lena wanted to snap but she didn't.

"That's fine. See you then."

Lena hung up quickly and let out a breath.

She stood and went into the room next to her's where Max was doodling in his coloring book. She gave him a warm smile and he stood, going over to hug his mom.

"How are you doing today?" Lena asked her son.

"OK." He said.

Lena smoothed back his dark hair and smiled again.

"Mommy has to talk to her friend for a little while but i'll be back soon, okay?"

Max nodded and Lena smiled again before giving him a tight hug.

"That's a good boy. See you soon."

Max went back to his coloring book as Lena shut the door behind her and locked it.

She was terrified of anyone getting to him and she also had a camera installed on her laptop so she could keep an eye on him while she was working.

Lena went back into her office and sat down, tapping her nails on her desk and wondering if she should pour herself a drink to steady her nerves.

But before she could make a decision, the door opened and Kara walked in.

Lena held her breath, she suddenly wanted to back out but she couldn't. She knew that now.

"Hey Lena, is everything alright?" Kara asked, a concerned frown on her face.

Was that all for show too? Lena wondered.

"Take a seat." She said sternly.

Kara gave her an uneasy smile.

"Okay...Lena, what's going on?" The blonde asked as she sat down, placing her bag beside her.

Lena looked straight into Kara's eyes and saw the blue that matched Supergirl's that the demon had shown.

"Is there anything that you want to tell me?" Lena asked, trying to give Kara a chance.

"About what?"

"About...you." Lena replied.

Kara shook her head slowly, that uneasy smile still there.

"Not that I can think of."

Lena sighed and closed her eyes as she bit her lip, the disappointment crashing over her like a relentless tidal wave.

"Kara, I know." Lena said and it came rushing out before she could stop it.

"You know what?"

"I know who you are. Who you really are."

Kara's eyes widened slightly but still she didn't give up and each time Kara did something to deny it, Lena's heart broke just that little bit more.

"Are you going to to deny it?"

"Deny what?" Kara asked slowly.

"That you are Supergirl." Lena said, fighting to hold back tears she could feel looming.

"Lena...I..."

"Is it true?"

Kara licked her suddenly dry lips.

"Please Kara, all I want is the truth."

Kara let out a breath and her eyes lost that sparkle as she looked at Lena, it was a look of defeat.

"Yes Lena...it's true."

Hearing it from the girl herself made things seem real, too real now but Lena nodded her head.

She had heard the truth. There was really no need for this to continue, no matter how many questions Lena had, Kara had lied to her and that was the end of it.

"You can see yourself out." Lena told her.

Kara picked her bag up and stood.

"Lena... shouldn't we talk about this?"

"There's really nothing more to say Kara. You lied to me. You don't trust me. That's all I need to know."

"I do trust you!"

"Your actions have shown me that you don't. Please leave."

Kara swallowed as she felt her own tears building up.

She desperately wanted to say something, to fix things but Lena was right, she had lied to someone she called her best friend, there was no excuse for that. There was nothing she could say or do to justify that. Nothing at all.

So she walked out of Lena's office.

Once the door had shut, Lena let out a breath and put her head in her hands as she let the tears come.

Kara had lied. She didn't trust her.

Without trust, what was there to hold them together.

Lena was just grateful that she hadn't told Kara how she felt about her.

But the really painful thing here was that even though Lena felt betrayed, she still loved Kara and she wished that she didn't.

...

Lena took Max home and that was where she stayed for the rest of the week.

Kara had tried to call her but Lena had ignored all calls and texts from the woman she'd called her best friend.

She started thinking things through.

Kara had lied to her because she clearly didn't trust her enough to tell her the truth and yes, Lena hadn't told Kara about Max but it wasn't because she didn't trust her, it was to protect him and no one could blame her for that.

The difference here was that at some point, Lena would have told Kara about Max but would Kara ever have told Lena about her and Supergirl being one and the same?

Lena didn't know but in her heart, she highly doubted it.

A knock on the door made Lena look up and frown from her place on the floor where was quietly playing with Max. She'd bought him a new set of toy cars off the internet so that she didn't have to go out.

"Wait here baby. Mommy's gonna check who that is." Lena said to her son as she stood and went to the door.

Lena rolled her eyes as she guessed that it would be Kara who would be standing on the other side. In truth, Lena still wasn't ready to talk yet.

Green eyes widened as she saw her mother smiling in at her.

"Mom..."

"Hello Lena. I heard the news, you must be devastated." She said with what could only be described as a forced look of sympathy, one Lena knew only too well.

"What do you want?" She asked tiredly.

"I came to see how my daughter was, is that such a bad thing?"

"It is when you want something from me." Lena replied, her hand on the door so that her arm was blocking the doorway.

In the living room, Lena and Lilian heard Max knock over one of his toy cars and Lena closed her eyes briefly.

"Is that my grandson in there?" Lilian asked with a small smile.

Lena straightened and moved fully into the doorway now.

"Ever the protective mother. You never did tell me who the father is."

"And I never will." Lena snapped back.

"Do you even know?"

"Of course I know! What do you take me for?" Lena spat with indignation.

"I'm sorry. I know you;re not like that."

There was a pause before Lilian tried to look over Lena's shoulder.

"Can I come in."

"No."

"Oh Lena...I only want to see my grandson. I haven't seen him since...well, it's been a while, hasn't it? Are you really going to deny my grandson his grandmother?"

Lena sighed.

Lilian Luthor could be so dramatic sometimes.

"You get fifteen minutes and then I want you gone." Lena said sternly and stepped aside to her mother in.

Every time Lena did this, she had hoped things would be different between them and secretly, she needed her mother now more than ever. After everything with Kara, she felt so alone and distant from everything, even her work.

She wanted her family, even if that family consisted of Lilian Luthor.

Lena shut the door behind her mother and walked in ahead of her to find Max playing with his cars, the one he had knocked over was now in it's right position.

"Max, this is your grandmother." Lena told her son gently.

Max looked up, his green eyes matching his mother's as he stared at Lilian warily.

Lilian crouched down and picked up a blue toy car as though she was inspecting it.

"You like cars Max?"

The little boy looked at his mother and at her warm smile, he turned his head back to his grandmother and nodded.

"Your uncle likes cars. He had real ones." She told him, injecting some enthusiasm in her voice. Lena only ever heard that enthusiasm when she was talking about her golden boy of a son.

Lena folded her arms and rolled her eyes.

Lilian sensed the tension and straightened, looking back at her daughter.

"Can we talk? I know how hurt you must feel right now Lena."

The younger Luthor let out a breath and gestured to the couch.

Lilian smiled and sat down as Lena sat down as well, making sure to keep a gap between them.

"Have you heard from her?"

"She keeps calling me. I keep ignoring it."

"Wise."

Lena ignored that, she didn't want to argue.

Instead, she changed the subject.

"That demon you sent to me, what is it?"

Lilian shrugged.

"It's as you say, a demon."

"What can it do?"

"A lot of things but mainly it can change into the shape of people it reads in your mind."

Lena's eyes widened a little.

"You control it then?"

The older Luthor shook her head.

"No. I only employee it. It plays on your emotions, things you think about and what you feel. It tells me things when it returns to me but it's becoming a bit of a pain. It will only give up information if I up the price and so far, it's costing me more than I'd anticipated."

Lena suddenly felt hot and she swallowed, her throat very dry now.

"How much do you know?"

"About it's conversation with you a while back? Not much. It won't tell me everything. It's holding something very important back, I know that much. It see something in you and every time I ask it, it just laughs and flies off."

Lilian then turned and smiled at her daughter, patting her hand.

"You know, you could always tell me yourself."

Lena laughed but there was no humor behind it.

"That won't be happening anytime soon." She said as she took her hand back.

"Is it that bad?"

"It's my life. It's up to me what I do and that's all you need to know."

Lilian sighed sadly.

"I know...I still want you on my side Lena. I want you to join me. I want you to do what you were meant for."

"I am helping National city, not destroying it."

"I'm not destroying it either. I just don't trust the aliens. I don't believe they are as peaceful as they say there are and you know first hand how deceitful they can be."

That cut Lena deep and Lilian didn't even seem to notice.

"I mean, Kara, how could she do that to you?"

"I'm done here." Lena snapped, standing up.

"Please leave."

Lilian stood but gave her daughter a look.

"I'm only trying to help you Lena."

"I don't need any help."

"One day, you will come to me. I know you will."

Lena ushered her mother out the door as she replied to her;

"It'll be a cold day in hell before that happens."

She slammed the door shut and locked the top and bottom bolts, sliding the middle bolt into place just in case Lilian sent that demon back here.

Her phone buzzed and as Lena fished it out of her pocket, she saw it was a text from Kara.

CAN WE TALK? PLEASE? I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU LENA X

Lena swallowed as tears filled her eyes and she turned her phone off, she whispered brokenly;

"You already have."