A few hours later Lena walked into Kara's training room, nervously fidgeting. She regretted the way that she had reacted to the news of Lori's father. She didn't mean to lash out the way that she did and she wished she would make it right. The Luthor watched how Kara's fist flew through a block of concrete.
She cleared her throat gently, "Kara." She said in a soft voice.
Kara turned around, pushing her glasses up her nose, but instantly turned back to the blocks in front of her, "What's up Lena?" She was angry and Lena could tell.
"I'm- I was wrong." Lena said to her, "The way I reacted was out of order. I wasn't angry at you. I was angry at the situation." Lena tripped over her words.
Kara retorted, "How very Luthor of you."
Lena swallowed her pride, "Kara…"
The heroine angrily turned around, "What?!" She shouted, stunning Lena into silence, "I'm sorry Lena that the news you got isn't what you wanted, but it's the truth! Your brother did what he did to me and it wasn't as though I could abort her because I don't believe in abortion! And you're right." Kara said, fixing her glasses on her face, "I could have given her to Lucy, but I chose you because I knew-" She paused, "I thought I knew that no matter what, you wouldn't care where she came from. I thought that you would give her the life that I couldn't."
Lena wanted to cry in that moment. She took a deep breath, "You're the victim here, not me. For once, I'm not the victim...You need support and help and all I did was blame you. It's not your fault that Lex did what he did-"
Kara looked at the floor as a tear streamed down her cheek, "Knowing that she was Lex's…When she was born, I just couldn't do it. I still can't…As bad as it is, Lori is a reminder of that night…As much as I want to be her mom now…I just can't. That's not Lori's fault, she can't help where she came from..But everytime I look at her, I feel ashamed of myself."
"That doesn't explain why you shut yourself off from everyone and everything." Lena replied, not meaning to cause offence. Kara, however took it that way.
"Alex died! Lori wasn't mine! My mental health since that night has not been great and then this afternoon I was reminded why being a mom is a bad idea…Why being Lori's mom is a bad idea." Kara sighed, "You kissed me and I kissed you back." The Super shrugged with a small smile.
"The night after I got attacked, I was going to ask you out…I was going to ask you on a date." She shrugged, "I don't know, some posh place. I was so in love with you at the time." She smiled sadly, "And I wanted you and I to have a life like no other…But then Lex did what he did." Kara's voice took on a darker tone.
Lena held back tears. She was so angry that Kara had been through this. She had no idea that Kara had feelings for her all those years ago and yet they were so close to having an actual relationship, however, evil came between them.
Kara took off her glasses as wiped her red eyes. She was offloading so much that she had wanted to tell Lena for years. She had been like a time bomb waiting to go off, but telling Lena all this stuff, no matter how much it hurt, it made her feel better.
"And then three years ago you met Robert…" Kara continued with a sheepish smile, "I was happy for you, I really was…But I fell for you so hard that I couldn't let you go. All the years before and even now, I am set against having a relationship with you because of what happened and with us now having Lori. I'm her mother and you are her aunt…You and I can never happen. She can never learn who her real parents are. You promised me that."
The Luthor nodded slowly, "I'm in love with Robert, he's been an amazing father to Lori."
"I know." Kara smiled, "He's really something to her. While you were in surgery she told me all about days out at the water park, and the day you got married…She got to wear a nice dress and be a bridesmaid. She was so proud of herself." Kara sat on the floor, crossing her legs and Lena did the same.
Lena's wedding day
"You look amazing mom." Lori smiled, finishing her mother's hair. The wedding was a small affair, but that's what made it all the more personal and special. Lena was in a flourishing white dress with daisy's in her hair.
Her mom's hair had been curled near the bottom's, and a white headdress was perfectly placed on top of her head. Lori put her arm's around her mother's neck, hugging her, "I can't believe you and Robert are actually getting married."
Lena turned to face her daughter and put her hand on her cheek, "I'm so proud of you. You've done so well ever since Robert and I got together. You've handled it very well."
Lori shrugged, "He's like a dad to me."
Lena took her daughter's hands, "Robert and I talked. He brought up the conversation and said to me that when and if you are ever ready, you could call him dad…You are like a real daughter to him and he would love to have the honor of you being exactly that."
"Really?!" Lori asked, giddy from excitement.
"I promise you." Lena said to her, before kissing her daughter's hands, "I love you so much."
"I love you too mom." Lori smiled before grabbing a box, "Robert and I went out to buy you a gift the other day. Well, I did, he just gave me a little bit more money to be able to afford it." The young girl nervously moved her glasses on her face as she put the box in Lena's hands.
Lena opened the box and inside, she found a silver necklace, finished with a small heart-shaped pendent on the bottom, "It's beautiful." The Luthor smiled, as tears came to her eyes, "So you bought this with your pocket money?"
Lori nodded slowly, "And whatever Robert gave me to be able to buy it."
Lena took the necklace out of the box and put it around her neck, while Lori clipped it together at the back.
"I promise, I will never take this off. Not ever." Lena said softly, "And maybe one day it'll be like an heir loom-that is something that is passed on from generation to generation. Maybe you can wear it on your wedding day."
"I'm too young to get married." Lori laughed.
Her mother only laughed, "No, but one day you might." She smiled, before kissing Lori's cheek, "Thank you honey."
Lena held the heart of the necklace in her hand, while talking to Kara, "And I kept my promise. I've never taken this off, not once. This was her gift to me. I've never been certain of anything in my life but as I've said many times before, raising her was never a mistake."
Kara nodded slowly, "But now you know the truth-"
"It doesn't change my love for her in the slightest." Lena retorted, not meaning to, "I'm sorry."
The Super held up her hands, "We have gotten over the hard bit. I just hope that now…We can try to fix what is broken between us."
"Yeah." Lena said softly, "And again, the way I reacted-"
"It was downright out of line, but you're okay. I forgive you. I get why you were angry, I do. Let's just figure out where to go from here." Kara said softly, before she got on her knees. She crawled over to her friend and wrapped her arms around her in a loving embrace.
Lena was taken aback slightly, "Kara-"
"No talking, just hugging." Kara said softly.
Lena wrapped her arms around her friend and sighed in relief. They were okay. Fractured, but okay.