7
Alex groaned as she heard her phone buzzing. She rolled over and gently moved her arm from underneath her girlfriend's shoulder, Maggie slept like a log anyway.
Alex blinked to try and clear the haze of sleep as she picked up her phone and checked the caller ID.
"Kara?" Alex whispered as she saw her sister's name on the too bright screen.
She pressed accept and answered the call.
"Kara?"
"Hey Alex, sorry, did I wake you?"
Alex glanced back over at Maggie and shook her head as she slowly climbed out of bed and went into the other room.
"No, no of course not. Are you okay?"
"Um...I think so."
"You think so?"
"Lena, she-she said-well I mean-she told me something today."
Alex remembered what had happened earlier.
"Oh yeah! How is she?"
"She's fine. I went to check on her after everything got cleared. She didn't see me but she was with her son and they're both safe. I'm keeping an eye on them both until I know Lilian isn't coming back."
Alex nodded with a small smile.
"That's nice of you."
"Well she is my friend." Kara replied softly.
"I know and I know how much she means to you."
"Yeah about that...what I was going to tell you."
"Oh yeah, sorry, go on."
"Well just before Lena went into the building to save her son...she-she told me she loved me."
"She did?! That's great! How do you feel?!"
"You knew?!"
"Well-"
"How did you know?!"
"Well when I went to see her that day, she told me that-"
"She told you?! Why didn't you say anything?!"
Alex winced a little at her sister's high pitched voice.
"It's really not my place to tell you how Lena feels, Kara. I knew she'd tell you sooner or later. That woman was overflowing with what she feels for you."
There was a groan on the other end and Alex bit back a chuckle.
"How could I not see that?!"
"Because you didn't think Lena felt that way. It's easy to miss the signs Kara, especially when you have so much going on but I'm glad she told you."
"Yeah..."
"So how do you feel?" Alex asked eagerly.
"I uh...I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"How should I feel about that?"
Alex paused, a little confused by Kara's reaction or lack of it to be more apt.
"Well...are you happy?"
There was a pause.
"Kara?"
"I...I think so..."
"You think? Kara, do you like Lena or not?"
"Yeah of course I do."
"Do you love her?"
"I guess..."
"You guess?! Kara this is not a trick question! Do you love her? Yes or no?"
"It's...complicated."
"No it's not! God, Kara, just think about this then, Lena wants you to come over and talk. She's going to tell you she loves you and she wants to know how you feel, what are you going to tell her?" Alex asked, trying to put it as simply as she could for Kara.
"I...don't know."
"Kara!"
"What?! I'm sorry I've never been in this kinda position before!"
"You should know! It's about how you feel! Not what people think and not what they expect of you! I bet Lena doesn't care." Alex added for good measure.
"Probably not. She's braver than me...in this instance." Kara muttered.
"Well now it's your turn. Lena put herself out there, now it's up to you. Go and see her. Tell her how you feel, be it good or bad."
Kara sighed but it was more from nerves. She wasn't sure how this would play out or how she wanted it to either.
"Okay..."
"You'll feel better Kara, trust me."
"Okay. I'll talk to her."
"Great. Just not now because it's three in the morning."
"Oh...yeah, right. Sorry and thanks for talking to me, Alex."
"No problem. Let me know how it goes."
"I will. Um I know it's morning but... goodnight?"
Alex chuckled.
"Goodnight Kara."
As Alex came back into the bedroom, she found Maggie awake and propped up on one elbow. She gave her a warm smile and not for the first time did Alex wonder how she got so lucky.
"Hey...everything OK?"
Alex nodded and got back into bed beside her girlfriend.
"Yeah. Kara had a little surprise but I think she'll be fine."
Maggie, who was still half asleep, wrapped an arm around Alex's waist as she rested her head on her shoulder and closed her eyes.
"If she listens to your advice, she'll be fine."
Alex smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"I hope so."
"She has you for a sister. I can't think of any reason why she wouldn't be fine." Maggie said with a yawn.
Alex then laid back and closed her eyes.
Kara paced outside Lena's house for what felt like hours but at least this time she had chosen a reasonable hour to go and see the Luthor woman, which reminded her that she should really apologize to her sister for waking her so early.
Kara let out a breath and then raised her hand to knock.
She waited patiently and within a few minutes, Lena opened the door, instantly, a shy smile appeared on her face.
"Hi..."
"Hey...how-have you been?" Kara asked awkwardly.
Lena nodded.
"Good...thank you."
They both stood there in awkward silence until Lena stepped back a little.
"Um would you like to come in?"
"Yeah sure, thank you."
Lena smiled again as Kara brushed past her and Lena shut the door behind her.
"So um...what brings you here? Not that I'm not happy to see you-of course I am-but it's just...it's so unexpected." Lena rambled on.
Usually so cool and calm with words, she now found those very words failing her.
Kara gave her a small smile.
"You uh...you told me you loved me..."
Lena nodded and put her hands in the back pockets of her black skinny jeans.
"I did..."
"Did you...did you mean it?"
Lena's green gaze met Kara instantly.
"Of course I meant it. People don't normally lie in life or death situations." She said with a raised eyebrow.
Kara chuckled nervously.
"That-that is true."
Lena shrugged.
"So...what now?"
"I uh-I'm not sure."
"You're not sure? Well...how do you feel?" Lena asked awkwardly.
Kara shrugged.
"I don't know."
Lena blinked a few times before she licked her lips and asked the question that she knew would either make or break her on every level.
"Do you...love me?"
Kara looked into Lena's green eyes. Rao yes! She thought instantly but her mouth didn't cooperate and she couldn't understand why. Just tell her! Her brain screamed.
Kara's mouth opened and then shut.
The next words out of Kara's mouth was something Lena hadn't expected;
"I need some time."
"Time?"
"Yeah. Time."
"Time to what?"
"To uh-to think."
"About?"
"U and if this is what I really want."
"Us? And what you really want?"
"Yes, us and... if this is what I really want." Kara repeated, kind of irritated that she was having to repeat everything because Lena couldn't seem to get her head around it.
"Is there even going to be an 'us' or am I wasting my time?" Lena asked, a deep frown appearing on her face as she crossed her arms.
Kara scratched the back of her neck nervously.
"No you're not-It's just that this is all new for me-"
"Well same here! I don't normally go for girls, Kara! This has shocked me too you know!"
Kara nodded as she bit her lip.
"I know...it's just. Maybe I need to think about how I feel and if our feelings are the same-if I can find some way of finding that out then-"
Without warning, Lena surged forward and brought their lips together. Kara's eyes went wide and then she relaxed as Lena cradled her head and made the kiss a little softer.
When she pulled back, she looked deep into Kara's eyes.
"How was that?"
Kara nodded, a dream-like smile on her face.
"That was...that good. I mean really good."
Lena grinned.
"It gets better. I'll show you sometime, but for now-" She dropped her hand from Kara's cheek and took a step back.
-"Take some time to think about if this is what you really want." She said, mocking Kara's earlier words.
Lena turned around and walked into the living room, leaving Kara standing there in the foyer, dumbfounded.
Lena Luthor had just kissed her.
And as she left the Luthor house, that was all she could think about on her way home.
A/N- I know it's short but my inspiration is not great due to a lack of Lena on Supergirl at the moment. Hopefully, she'll be in next week's episode.
Anyway, hope you liked it nonetheless.
Next chapter will be longer :)