Enter, Sam
“What?!” Lena says surprised.
“Kara’s sister is Alex Danvers right?” Sam asks.
“Oh no...” Lena says, confirming that Sam has in fact slept with Alex Danvers, Kara’s sister.
“Yes, well I met her at a bar we all went to last night and things went from there....” Sam begins.
Flashback to Sam and Alex’s night before.....
Alex is at the bar that she and her friends and sometimes Kara go to. But tonight, just like the last few nights Alex is alone. Alex is alone sitting up at the bar drinking herself into oblivion. She’s just trying to dull the pain inside her. The pain she has from her relationship ending, but more importantly and significantly, the pain she has from what she did to Kara. Of course Alex is aware that Kara has told her that they can try and fix things, and the two have started to make some minor steps in that direction. But that doesn’t stop Alex from feeling any less guilty. She still feels horrible for what she did to her sister, both the physical violence and the words she used to cut Kara deep. Of course Alex didn’t mean them, and she hates herself for ever letting those words slip from her mouth. She wishes she could go back in time and undo everything, but she can’t. The only thing Alex can do for now is drink her troubles away.
Alex has just finished off her 3rd glass of scotch for the night. As she sits at the bar all she does is stare ahead, not really looking at anything. The last few nights a few people have tried to approach her and talk to her, but Alex isn’t interested. She just wants to live in her own misery, so Alex just ignores the people and they eventually leave her alone.
“I want another.” Alex says to the bartender who just gives her a nod.
At around 12:30AM Sam enters the bar. She has been out having fun with a few of the other people who she takes some of her classes with. Sam doesn’t often go out, mostly because she has a 4 year old daughter, but Lena was very insistent that Sam go out and have some fun, saying she could look after Ruby. Of course Sam knew this is typical Lena, always making sure she can have a good time, even though she’s a mother, but at the same time Sam is pretty sure Lena has an ulterior motive. This is because over the last week since Sam has moved to National City with her daughter Lena has constantly talked about this girl Kara. Kara, who Sam was told just a few months prior that Lena absolutely hated. But somehow they are now friends, and from Lena’s constant bringing up of Kara, Sam is pretty sure that they are more than just friends. But Sam is aware that Lena may not have even realised that yet, and it isn’t her place to push. Sam knows if she did push the subject Lena would just hide back within herself and probably just cut Kara out to try and prove Sam wrong, which would ultimately just hurt both women, so Sam has bitten her tongue.
Sam walks into the bar with her new friends. They are all laughing and having a good time. Sam doesn’t think she’s actually been out and had fun for an evening in close to 6 months, since Lena left. This isn’t because Sam was absolutely miserable after Lena left, even though she was, it was because she didn’t like leaving Ruby with a nanny anyway, and if she were to go out for an evening the only real person Sam would be happy to leave her with is her godmother, Lena.
Lena’s move to National City University had really upset Sam, but the problem was it was Sam’s idea. Sam was the one to suggest Lena transfer to another university in another city, simply because Sam could see how Lillian and Lex were constantly weighing on Lena’s mind and upsetting her with their presence when they would make unannounced visits every know and then. Lillian was just simply awful and just criticised Lena at every opportunity. While Lex, he was just slowly descending into madness. So one day Sam suggested Lena transfer universities, and after much discussion she convinced Lena.
At the time of Lena’s transfer Lena had basically begged Sam to come with her, but Sam couldn’t. It wasn’t because Sam didn’t want to, she desperately did, Lena was basically her only friend. But Sam didn’t want to transfer to a university across the country simply because of Ruby. She didn’t want to uproot Ruby’s life and have her transfer to a whole new school at such a young age when she was just making friends. So Sam stayed in Metropolis with her daughter.
Sam however soon found out that she had made the wrong decision. Sam was utterly miserable and so was Ruby. There were several days after Lena left that Ruby kept asking when aunt Lena would be coming home. It broke Sam’s heart to tell Ruby she wouldn’t be, and having to watch Ruby burst into tears. Ruby would then constantly ask when they could see aunt Lena again, almost every day. So eventually after a month Sam sat Ruby down and asked her if she would be okay with them moving away and having her change schools so they could go live with aunt Lena. Ruby was simply ecstatic by the suggestion and didn’t care one bit about changing schools and leaving her friends. All Ruby wanted was to be with aunt Lena. So Sam made the move and transferred to NCU as soon as she could. Although she did have to have a look around the city first, just to make sure it would be a good place for Ruby to grow up in.
Sam presently has moved with her new friends to a booth in the corner of the bar. They are still laughing and talking. They order their drinks and continue to have a good time. As the group continue to talk Sam is also having a great time, really letting any troubles she has wash away for the moment. But over the last hour Sam has constantly been looking at this gorgeous red head woman who is sitting at the bar alone, looking pretty miserable. Sam has witnessed the red head completely ignore a couple of people who have approached her, but all that has done is intrigue Sam even more.
Sam herself like Lena has come to accept herself as a gay woman. Funnily enough though it wasn’t until she met Lena that she realised this. It wasn’t because Sam was attracted to Lena or anything. It was actually because as she was becoming friends with Lena, Lena would tell Sam in detail about all her various outings with several women before she eventually began dating Andrea. During those descriptions Sam realised she yearned to be touched by a woman like that, and she enjoyed the thought of imagining all those women naked.
After a few more moments Sam makes her decision and gets up from the booth.
“Excuse me. I’ll be right back.” Sam smiles to her group.
Sam heads over to the bar and takes a seat right next to the red head.
“I’ll have whatever she’s having, and get her another one on me as well.” Sam says to the bartender.
The bartender pours the drinks and places them down in front of the two women. Alex doesn’t even flinch or make any move to acknowledge Sam. Sam takes her drink and begins to sip the scotch. The two remain silent for a few moments with Sam just glancing at Alex. Alex still hasn’t made a move to drink her scotch Sam has got her.
“You know it’s not poison. It’s only polite to drink a drink that a beautiful lady has bought you.” Sam says.
These words actually cause Alex to move her body a bit. She doesn’t look at Sam but she does move which makes Sam realise this woman is listening to what she is saying. Sam takes this as a win.
“If you don’t drink it, I will.” Sam says and moves to take the drink.
Alex quickly grabs the drink and begins gulping it down her throat, eventually finishing it all in one go. For some reason Sam finds that incredibly hot. Once Alex finishes she puts the glass back down and continues staring into nothingness.
“You could say thank you.” Sam says.
“Hmm.” Alex grunts.
Sam huffs.
“Fine.” Sam says in an annoyed tone. “I get you’re probably upset about something, but I came over here to talk to you. I could be your shoulder to cry on if you’d like. But if you want to continue to be a jackass, go right ahead.”
Sam gets up from the bar in a huff and heads back to her booth. As Sam does this for the first time Alex catches a look of the woman in the reflection from the bar, she’s absolutely beautiful. For the next few minutes Alex continues to live in her own misery. But at the same time Alex can’t get the woman out of her head. She begins to think that maybe it would be nice to just let everything out to a beautiful woman, and hell what would to matter if the woman ran away from her after. So after a few minutes of contemplation Alex spins around slowly on the bar stool and searches for the woman, she spots her in a booth with a bunch of people.
Alex take a deep breath and gets to her unsteady feet, and then slowly begins to work her way over to the mystery woman. Once Alex gets to the table the whole group of people at the booth stop talking and just look at her.
“Uhh..... Hi....” Alex says awkwardly, looking at Sam. “Would you maybe like.... to play some pool with me?”
Sam looks up at Alex with a grin.
“Of course.” Sam smiles and gets up from her seat.
Alex leads Sam over the the pool table.
“Uhh why don’t you set up, I’ll get us more drinks.” Alex says not looking at Sam and begins to walk away.
“No.” Sam says as she grabs Alex’s arm, turning her around. “I think you’ve had enough. If you want another drink, I’ll go back to my table. I don’t want to talk to some drunk mess.”
Alex looks at Sam for a moment and after a few seconds just nods in agreement. Alex then goes about setting up the pool balls while Sam grabs a pull cue and begins to chalk it up.
“I’m Sam by the way.” Sam says.
Alex looks at Sam as she finishes setting up the balls.
“Alex, Alex Danvers.” Alex says, attempting to smile.
“Well it’s nice to meet you Alex.” Sam smirks and takes her first shot sinking a striped ball as she breaks. “I guess I’m stripes.”
“Yeah...” Alex nods.
Sam and Alex play in silence for the next few turns until Sam purposely sinks the black ball. She wants to end the game as clearly Alex is not willing to talk to her, so maybe ending the game will give Alex a push to say something.
“Well I guess you won. Good game.” Sam says and places the pool cue down and begins to walk away.
“Wait!” Alex says, causing Sam to turn around. “Would you like to play another round?”
“Uhh no thanks. I’d rather go enjoy my evening with my friends over there than play pool in awkward silence.” Sam replies.
“I..... I’m sorry..... I..... I’m just upset....” Alex admits.
“I’m listening.” Sam says as she begins to set up the pool balls again.
“I...... I did something bad..... to my sister..... I hurt her..... in several ways..... and..... and I think I ruined our relationship forever.....” Alex admits as she takes the first shot.
“So are you trying to drown your sorrows?” Sam asks.
“Yes, pretty much.” Alex admits.
“Have you tried talking to your sister?” Sam asks.
“Yes, and..... and she said we can try and rebuild things..... but it’s gonna take time..... I’m willing to put in the work..... but...... I feel so guilty..... it’s such a heavy burden to have..... it overwhelms me...” Alex says.
Sam looks at Alex in silence for a moment before she puts her pool cue down on the table causing Alex to shoot her a worried look. Alex thinks she’s obviously scared Sam off.
“Do you want to get out of here? Go somewhere private to talk? I’d recommend my place, but I have a...... roommate.” Sam says.
“We could go back to my apartment..... if you’d like?” Alex suggests.
“Sure.” Sam smiles.
Alex and Sam get an Uber to Alex’s apartment and they only exchange some bare minimal conversation as neither want to get into anything deep while out in public. They just talk about what their degrees are and how old they are. Sam is a few years younger than Alex, and in the same year as Kara, and of course Lena. Eventually Alex and Sam arrive at Alex’s apartment.
“Would you like a coffee or tea?” Alex asks.
“A coffee would be nice please. Milk with no sugar.” Sam smiles.
Alex begins to make the coffees while Sam takes a seat on one of the couches in the living room. As she waits for Alex she looks around. The apartment is nice. It looks very cosy, just like the home Sam now shares with Lena.
“Here.” Alex says as she hands Sam the coffee.
“Thank you. Now please come sit here.” Sam requests as she pats the place on the couch next to her.
Alex sits down next to Sam hesitantly.
“So, do you mind if I ask what happened exactly with your sister?” Sam asks.
“Well..... you should know this happened just before Christmas break. At the time I was dating and thinking about proposing to my girlfriend of over a year, Maggie.” Alex begins. At the mention of a girlfriend Sam gets a bit disappointed, but she’s okay if she can just make a friend out of this, as Alex seems sweet. “And my sister, she, well you need to know that when she was 13 her parents died in a fire and my parents adopted her.”
Sam just nods her head with a smile to let Alex know she’s listening, trying not to interrupt her.
“Anyway, a few days before the semester ended I went to visit my sister as I wanted to tell her I was going to propose to Maggie while we were going away on a Christmas vacation together. I told my sister and she didn’t seem too thrilled about it. I asked her why and she just said it was her being selfish because I hadn’t spent much time with her and was always with Maggie. I lashed out after that, as I felt she was attacking the woman I loved. Things then got heated and we got into a big argument which ended with me saying horrible things to my sister. Horrible things like she’s just a burden to me, and that I hated that she always followed me around, even to this university and that her being my sister ruined my life. I only said those things because I was angry and upset. But..... but then I said something worse..... I...... I rubbed in her face that my mom isn’t her real mom, and that her mom is dead..... She..... she punched me after that and I hit her back and really hurt her.....” Alex explains, now crying.
“What happened after that?” Sam asks.
“I... I want away with Maggie.... but then I had to come back because my sister ended up in the hospital because of what I did. I felt awful. I hated myself. I still do. Then.... then I even talked to Maggie and I realised Kara was right. I couldn’t marry Maggie because she didn’t want the same things as me.” Alex explains now openly crying.
There is a moments silence between the two.
“You must think I’m awful.” Alex says as she tries to stop her tears.
“No. I think..... I think you made a horrible mistake..... I don’t think you’re a bad person.... if you were you wouldn’t feel guilty about it....” Sam says as she rubs Alex’s back.
“I just.... I can’t handle the guilt.... I feel so bad.... all the time....” Alex sobs.
“I know. But all you can do is make steps to rebuild your relationship with your sister, and then do things to show her that you care about her and didn’t mean what you said. It will obviously take time, but you’ll get there. I know that.” Sam smiles.
Alex looks over at Sam as she wipes away her tears.
“Thank you.” Alex smiles.
“You’re welcome.” Sam replies.
There is another moments silence between the two.
“Well.... I think I should probably head home.” Sam says as she gets up.
“No!” Alex says, stopping Sam in her tracks. “I mean, you can leave if you want to. But, I like talking to you. It feels so easy to talk to you. I’d .... I’d like to get to know you.”
Sam looks at Alex and then sits back down.
“Okay.” Sam nods with a smile.
Sam and Alex then spend the next hour just talking to each other, getting to know one another. Alex doesn’t mention her sisters name, while Sam doesn’t mention that she has a daughter, that usually scares most people off, friends and people she wants to date. After a while the two women are just smiling at each other both enjoying their conversation.
“Wow, you are incredible Sam.” Alex smiles.
“Thank you. You’re pretty amazing yourself.” Sam replies.
Alex smiles and moves closer to Sam.
“You’re really pretty too.” Alex hums.
Sam blushes.
“You’re not so bad yourself, Alex Danvers.” Sam smiles.
Alex leans more in until she’s only inches from Sam’s lips.
“Is this okay?” Alex asks.
Sam just nods which causes Alex to passionately take Sam in for a kiss. The two then kiss hungrily for a while before they take each other into their arms. Eventually one thing leads to another and they are getting up and kissing as they use their hands to roam each other’s bodies and remove their clothes, heading into the bedroom.
“Hmmm.” Alex hums.
Sam smiles into the kiss.
The two enter the bedroom and fall down onto the bed, now both naked. Sam hopes that Alex doesn’t see the slight stretch marks she has from when she gave birth to Ruby. They aren’t that noticeable, but even so Sam isn’t a fan of them.
“You’re so beautiful.” Alex says.
“Thank you, you’re absolutely stunning Alex.” Sam smiles.
The two then begin kissing again and Sam can feel that they are about to have sex. In this moment Sam begins to get nervous and panic.
“Wait. Stop.” Sam says as she pushes Alex away.
Alex looks at Sam, concerned.
“Did I do something wrong?” Alex asks.
“No.... I just..... I haven’t had sex in a while..... and I’ve only been with 2 women.....” Sam admits, not having had sex in over 6 months.
“Oh, we can stop if you’d like.” Alex suggests.
“No I just..... please go slow.....” Sam says.
“Of course.” Alex smiles as she takes Sam in for a kiss again.
Alex and Sam share a night of passion after that. But unlike Kara and Lena it’s not fierce and forceful, it’s tender and gentle, with Alex making sure to be as gentle and tender as possible for Sam. The two both scream in delight several times throughout the early hours of the morning before they both fall asleep.
A few hours later Sam wakes up, it’s 7AM, she knows she probably should leave and head home so she’s there when Ruby wakes up. Alex is still laying naked, asleep next to her.
“Alex?” Sam says, gently rocking her awake.
“Hmm?” Alex hums as she wakes.
“I need to go home. I just didn’t want to leave without telling you.” Sam says.
“Hmm okay.... I’ll walk you to door....” Alex says still tired, making no move to get up.
Sam chuckles.
“No, you’re still half asleep. It’s early. I’ll walk myself out.” Sam says.
“Hmmm K.” Alex says, not being awake enough to protest.
“I had a good time.” Sam smiles as she gets up and get dressed.
“Me too.” Alex hums.
Once Sam finishes getting dressed she turns to say a final goodbye to Alex but she then notices that she’s fallen back to sleep, so Sam just smiles and then leaves Alex’s apartment.
When Sam gets to her new home she shares with Lena she quietly walks upstairs. She doesn’t want to wake Ruby and have her see that she’s only just got in. While at the same time it’s Saturday, so it’s one of the rare days that Lena doesn’t have a bunch of class work that she has to do, which means she can sleep in, and Sam wants Lena to sleep in as long as possible. Even though she’s pretty stubborn about it. Once Sam gets to the landing on the top of the stairs she notices that Ruby’s bedroom door is wide open. She walks carefully and quietly into Ruby’s room and sees that she’s not inside. Obviously being a concerning mother panic briefly flashes through Sam. But Sam knows that Lena would never let anything happen to Ruby. Sam knows that Ruby probably just went to sleep with Lena in her bed, even though Sam gave Lena explicit instructions not to allow Ruby to do this.
Sam then heads to Lena’s room and quietly opens the door. To Sam’s surprise she sees three people on Lena’s bed. Lena is on one side of the bed and a blonde woman is on the other. Then Ruby is between the two women, resting her head on the blonde women’s shoulder, while also hugging her, as Lena cuddles Ruby from behind. Sam quietly walks over to the bed and carefully picks Ruby up from between the two women. As Sam does this the blonde woman lets out a noise, but thankfully she didn’t wake. Lena then moves in her sleep now that Ruby is no longer pressed up against her and ends up moving on top of the blonde woman. Sam then begins to carry Ruby out of the room as she begins to wake up.
“Mommy?” Ruby says silently.
Sam exits the room with Ruby, closing the door behind her.
“Hey Ruby, how are you?” Sam smiles as she carries her daughter downstairs.
“Good mommy. I had a sleepover.” Ruby smiles.
“I can see that. Who is the blonde woman?” Sam asks.
“That’s Kara, she’s Lena’s girlfriend. When I got scared last night Kara and Lena let me sleep with them and watch a movie. It was so fun.” Ruby smiles again.
“Oh really?” Sam grins, realising that this is the Kara that Lena has been talking about to her.
End of flashback.
“Kara is not my girlfriend.” Lena says as Sam ends her tale from the night before.
Sam laughs.
“Of course that’s what your response is from my whole night.” Sam replies.
“Well I just want to make things clear. She’s not my girlfriend. I don’t want to be in a relationship, and anyway there’s no way in hell I could ever think of Kara like that. We just enjoy having sex, and are sort of friends.” Lena explains.
“I see.” Sam says, “Wait!!! You didn’t just have sex before Ruby came in and had the ‘sleep over’ did you?”
“Of course not. Ruby interrupted us. Thankfully we got under the covers before she could see anything.” Lena says.
“Oh that’s good.” Sam smiles.
There is a moments silence between the two.
“So, Alex? You think you’re going to see her again?” Lena asks.
“Maybe. I didn’t tell her about Ruby. I didn’t want to make things too serious or anything. I don’t even know how she feels about children. I mean I’m not even sure if she’d want to date me, or it was just a one night stand.” Sam says.
“For the record. I know from Kara that Alex broke things off with Maggie because Alex wants children and Maggie didn’t.” Lena says. “As for dating her or seeing her again, why don’t you just text her and ask?”
Sam freezes and goes wide eyed.
“What?” Lena asks.
“I didn’t even get her number...” Sam says in a disappointed tone.
“Hmm well don’t worry. I know a certain blonde who can give me her number for you.” Lena smiles.
“You’re the best.” Sam smiles.
“And don’t you forget it.” Lena grins.
“How humble of you. I hope your girlfriend doesn’t mind that attitude of yours.” Sam smirks.
“She’s not my girlfriend!!”