Game Night
A week passes by since Kara and Lena spent the afternoon/evening together with Ruby while Sam and Alex had their date. Alex and Sam have met up a few more times throughout the week when each of them have a free moment while Ruby is at school. Lena and Kara have once again been unable to find time to continue their casual sex routine.
Friday comes around and it’s game night. Kara, James and Winn are hosting and they have invited a few people. Alex will be joining them as usual, Lena, Sam and even Ruby will also be attending, as well as Nia and Brainy. Kara and Winn have made a big deal about setting up some video games for Ruby to play if she doesn’t want to play board games with the boring adults. Winn is honestly excited about this because he knows that children tend to enjoy video games and love to continuously play them without breaks, just like Winn. So Winn might have a video game partner to play Mario Kart with for the evening.
Everyone arrives on time apart from Sam, Ruby and Lena. Kara expects this because half hour before everyone was due to arrive she got a text from Lena telling her that Ruby had been playing outside and got herself all muddy and needed a bath before they could leave. Kara found that pretty hilarious. While the rest of the group wait for Sam, Lena and Ruby they begin drinking and eating some snacks that James has bought, while also setting up a few of the board games. The plan is for the group to decide what they want to order for dinner once everyone arrives. As the group continue to wait Kara notices Alex looking nervous.
“What’s up Al? You look nervous?” Kara asks.
“Yeah...... it’s just..... this will be my second time meeting Ruby and I obviously want her to like me...... I even got her a surprise that Sam okayed. I don’t know what will happen if Ruby doesn’t react well.” Alex says nervously.
Kara frowns.
“What’s the surprise?” Kara asks.
“I got us tickets to go see a soccer game here in National City next weekend, me, Sam and Ruby.” Alex says.
“Oh I think Ruby will love that Alex!” Kara smiles.
“Yeah..... it’s just...... I want her to like me.... I hope she doesn’t want someone else to go instead of me.” Alex replies nervously.
“Oh Alex. You just need to get to know Ruby, and Ruby needs to spend some time with you. I’m sure that when that happens Ruby will love you.” Kara says.
“Yeah. I hope.” Alex nods.
About 10 minutes later there is a knock at the door and Kara answers it, revealing Sam, Lena and Ruby.
“Aunt Kara!” Ruby yells and quickly pulls Kara in for a hug.
“Hey little kiddo.” Kara hugs back.
Ruby ends the hug and smiles up at Kara.
“Hey guys.” Kara says to Lena and Sam. “We were just setting up.”
“Thanks Kara. Sorry we’re late. This little one decided to be trouble.” Sam says.
Ruby just grins.
Kara laughs.
“Oh believe me I understand. When I was her age I was an absolute terror. Actually one time I....” Kara begins.
“Kara, better not go giving her ideas.” Lena interrupts.
“Right.” Kara nods, realising Ruby is still looking at her.
“Awwwwww. You’re no fun aunt Lena.” Ruby moans.
Lena chuckles.
“Oh I think she’s a lot of fun. Just only when she wants to be.” Kara comments with a grin.
“Yeah. I bet.” Sam says sarcastically.
In response to this Lena elbows Sam in the side.
“Anyway, let me introduce you guys to everyone. Well, Lena actually already knows everyone, but you and Ruby don’t.” Kara says as she leads the three ladies into the living room.
As Kara enters the living room Alex looks over and quickly gets up and comes over to them.
“Hey Ruby, you remember my sister Alex right?” Kara says.
“Uh-huh.” Ruby smiles.
Alex crouches down in front of Ruby.
“Hey Ruby, it’s nice to see you again.” Alex smiles.
“Hello Alex.” Ruby says, still a bit nervous.
“You know I’ve got something for you. Something that I was thinking you, you’re mom, and I could all go do together.” Alex says.
“Okay.” Ruby nods, unsure.
“Your mom and Kara have told me you like soccer. So I’ve got us tickets to go see a game in a weeks time. Would you like that?” Alex asks with a smile.
“Really?” Ruby asks, now excited.
“Yep. We can go and cheer whatever team you want. I’ll even buy you a t-shirt.” Alex says.
“Yes!!!” Ruby yells and then takes Alex in for a hug. “Thank you, thank you Alex!”
Alex is surprised by the hug but quickly hugs Ruby back.
“You’re welcome sweetie.” Alex says.
Upon hearing Ruby yell the rest of the group turn around to look and see Alex, Kara, Ruby, Sam and Lena all standing there. Kara notices this.
“Okay, everyone.” Kara says getting the group’s attention who are already sitting down. “Obviously all of you already know Lena. But this here is Sam, Lena’s roommate and best friend, and this little one here is Ruby, Sam’s daughter.”
Kara then turns to look at Sam and Ruby.
“Sam, Ruby, this is James and Winn, my roommates.” Kara says as she begins pointing to people. “And that is Brainy and Nia, two of my friends who go to university with us. Brainy is in the year below us and Nia is a first year.”
“Hey nice to meet you.” James waves.
“Hi Sam. Nice to see you again.” Winn smiles.
“Huzza! Welcome!” Brainy calls out.
Nia then comes over to where they are standing.
“Hi, I’m Nia, it’s nice to meet you Sam and Ruby, and it’s nice to see you again Lena.” Nia says nervously.
“Nia, you don’t have to be so nervous, we don’t bite.” Lena smiles.
“Right, sorry.” Nia nods.
“Ruby, this is Nia. I think you’ll really like her.” Kara smiles.
Ruby looks at Nia.
“You’re pretty.” Ruby says.
Nia blushes.
“Thank you Ruby. You’re very pretty too.” Nia smiles.
Kara’s stomach then rumbles.
Lena and Alex both laugh at this, both used to Kara’s stomach growling for food.
“I think that’s our cue to decide what food we want to order.” Alex says.
“Right.” Kara nods then turns to the rest of the group. “Okay guys, before we start what food do you want to order?”
“Ooo. I want Pizza!” Winn says.
“Dude, we had pizza the order day.” James says.
“That was home made pizza. Take out pizza is better!” Winn exclaims.
“No. I’d be down for a Chinese or Indian though.” James says.
“Kara, why don’t we let Ruby chose what we order?” Alex suggests.
“Alex you don’t have to do that.” Sam says.
“No, Alex is right.” Kara says to Sam and then hands Ruby her phone. “Here Ruby, if you go through this app you can see all the foods we can order. We can get anything you like.”
“Ooooo. Okay.” Ruby says as she begins scrolling through the phone as she licks her lips.
“Don’t take too long about it honey, people are hungry.” Sam prods.
“Oh!!! I know!! I want aunt Lena’s favourite! Big Belly Burger!!” Ruby yells as she holds up the phone on Big Belly Burger.
Kara smiles.
“Great choice Ruby!” Kara says.
“Yeah. I agree.” Lena grins.
A few minutes later the group have all placed their Big Belly Burger order. They then begin to set up the first board game.
“Hey, Ruby, I got a soccer ball with me. Before it gets too dark would you like to kick it around outside with me?” Alex asks.
“Yes! Okay!” Ruby smiles.
“Just be careful not to get muddy.” Sam nods with a grin.
“Don’t worry the back is mostly pavement anyway. There isn’t much grass.” Kara says as Ruby and Alex head outside.
Lena gives Sam a look, noticing Sam's gaze in the direction Alex and Ruby went in.
“Oh, you like that didn’t you?” Lena grins.
“What?” Sam asks confused.
“Alex bonding with Ruby.” Lena says.
“Of course I did. I want them to get on.” Sam replies.
“No, I mean you liked that.” Lena says in quotation marks with her hands.
Sam blushes and bites her lip.
“Alex bonding with Ruby. It is a bit of a turn on.” Sam says.
“Ewww grosss. I don’t want to hear that about my sister Sam!” Kara moans.
“Sorry.” Sam grins.
Winn then turns to Lena, Sam and Kara who are all sitting on a couch together.
“Right. We’ve got everything set up for the first board game. This one however is only 6 players max so one of us will have to sit out or team up.” Winn explains.
“Oh. I can sit out.” Sam says.
“No. Sam you play. I actually need Kara’s help to get something from her room for the debate team.” Lena says.
Kara gets a confused look. Kara knows that Lena did not leave anything in her room. In fact the two of them haven’t been in Kara’s room together in a few weeks. But then Lena gives Kara a wink and she understands.
“Oh right yeah! Totally!” Kara says.
Lena smiles at Kara.
“You guys play. We’ll be right back.” Kara smiles as she stands up with Lena following her.
“Have fun!” Sam calls out sarcastically, knowing full well what the two plan to do upstairs.
Kara and Lena make their way upstairs and quickly enter Kara’s bedroom. Lena closes the door behind her and locks it. Kara gives Lena a cheeky grin.
“We’re gonna have to be quick and fast.” Lena says.
“Oh you know how to get me turned on.” Kara jokes.
Lena gives Kara and annoyed look before her face turns into a cheeky grin.
“Why yes I do.” Lena says and then takes off her shirt revealing that she isn’t wearing a bra.
Kara’s mouth opens in shock.
Lena grins wickedly.
“With a mouth open like that, you better put something in it.” Lena says as she moves closer to Kara.
Kara then grabs Lena and pulls her onto the bed and takes one of her breasts into her mouth. This results in Lena moaning happily. Kara and Lena then spend the next 15 minutes having delightful and quiet sex, both of them getting naked as they are in each other’s arms. Eventually they are almost at a stopping point as they just continue to kiss one another.
“Kara!! Winn is wondering when you’re coming down and....” Nia calls out and then opens Kara’s bedroom door. “Oh my god!!”
Nia puts her hand over her eyes and runs out of the room.
“Shoot!” Kara says as she gets off of Lena and grabs her clothes.
“Shit. I swear I locked the door.” Lena says as she begins getting dressed as well.
“The lock on my door doesn’t work!” Kara says.
“Well that’s not good.” Lena replies, horrified.
“Yeah. We need to talk to Nia.” Kara says.
Once Kara has finished getting dressed she opens her bedroom door and to her relief Nia is just outside pacing nervously.
“Nia? Can you come in here so we can talk?” Kara asks calmly.
“Uhh okay...” Nia nods nervously.
Kara enters the room followed by Nia and then closes the door. Lena is now sitting on the bed clothed.
“Nia, come sit here.” Lena says tapping the bed next to her.
Nia nods nervously and Kara gets her desk chair to sit opposite Nia and Lena on the bed.
“Look guys, I’m so sorry. Please don’t be mad at me. I shouldn’t have opened the door and I...” Nia begins panicked.
“No, no Nia, it’s okay, we’re not mad at you.” Kara says.
“You’re not?” Nia asks, surprised.
“No. We just want to talk to you because we don’t want other people to know.” Lena says.
“What? You don’t want them to know you’re dating?” Nia asks, confused.
“No uhh.... we’re not dating Nia.... Lena and I..... we are just..... having fun....” Kara explains awkwardly.
“What? Wait, so Lena is the person you’re having casual sex with? I knew you two had sexual tension! Eve owes me $20!” Nia says.
“Nia please. You can’t tell anyone. We don’t want people to know and judge us or just set expectations for us. Things like this are complicated. When other people get involved they begin to poke and prod you about it and ruin everything.” Lena explains.
“Yes, and Lena and I enjoy what we’re doing.” Kara adds.
“I.... okay.... so I’m the only one to know?” Nia asks.
“Uhhh.... we haven’t told anyone, but Sam and Alex basically know. Ruby thinks Lena and I are dating and also my adoptive mom, Eliza, she figured it out.” Kara explains.
“So Winn and James don’t know?” Nia asks.
“No, they wouldn’t understand. Plus James has a thing for Lena. I’m pretty sure he would be jealous.” Kara comments.
“I.... okay.... I just..... can I ask something? You don’t have to answer it if you don’t want to.” Nia says.
“Of course.” Lena nods.
“How do you guys..... like...... isn’t it hard to not get feelings involved?” Nia asks.
“Nia, Lena and I like each other, as friends. We have great sexual chemistry, but neither of us want romance or even think it’s in the cards for us at all in life.” Kara explains.
“Yeah, we have both had issues with relationships in the past. Kara and I like each other, but not that way. We are just good friends who have casual sex. Friends with benefits, if you will.” Lena says.
“I.... okay.... it just sounds hard to do is all.” Nia says.
“Okay. So can you promise us you won’t say anything?” Kara asks.
“Yes of course I won’t.” Nia nods.
“Okay, thank you Nia. Sorry if we scared you.” Lena smiles.
“Oh don’t worry. I’ve walked in on worse.” Nia comments.
Kara laughs.
“Maybe I should really learn to knock.” Nia says to herself.
Lena now laughs.
“Alright, we should get back downstairs or Alex and Sam are gonna think we are having a three way.” Kara says.
Nia blushes.
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure Brainy would be jealous.” Lena says.
“What? No he wouldn’t.” Nia says.
“Oh Nia, Brainy has a big crush on you. You’re obviously just oblivious to it.” Kara smile as she and Lena head out of the bedroom first.
“Yeah.... I’m the oblivious one.” Nia mutters to herself.
“What was that?” Kara asks, not hearing Nia.
“Nothing. Just saying yeah I might be oblivious.” Nia smiles.
Kara smiles back.
Game night continues once Kara, Lena and Nia return. The group all begin playing various board games and of course Lena and Kara get very competitive. In fact it ends up being so competitive that Sam steps in and says that seeing as the two can’t play against each other as they are too competitive they’ll just have to team up with one another. The group would later regret this decision as Lena and Kara just team up and destroy everyone at basically every single board game.
When Alex came in with Ruby once the food arrived Ruby became very affectionate with Alex, sitting in Alex’s lap as they ate their food. Ruby continued to do this while they played board games with Ruby deciding she wanted to be on Alex’s team. Of course Ruby was more of a hinderance than a help for the board games, but Alex didn't care, she was bonding with Ruby, that is all that mattered to her. At the same time Sam was very happy to look on and see the site of Ruby getting along so well with Alex.
Eventually as the night progressed Winn got Ruby’s attention and spent a good hour playing some video games with her. They enjoyed playing various Mario games on Winn’s Nintendo Switch console. While they were playing Mario Kart at first Winn began dominating Ruby which caused Ruby to get upset. This is when the rest of the group of friends shot Winn a knowing look, telling him to let Ruby win. After this of course Winn allowed Ruby to win the next races which made her very happy.
After Winn and Ruby finished playing video games Ruby got up with a yawn, and much to Alex’s surprise, Ruby just walked over to Alex and sat in her lap. Ruby snuggled into Alex, and after a few minutes she fell asleep. This time all of the group of friends watched on in awe of how cute Ruby was being. Soon after Ruby fell asleep the group decided that the night needed to come to an end. Nia and Brainy left first, both going their separate ways, despite Lena and Kara’s hints. Sam, Lena and Ruby then left after with Alex following them closely behind.
All in all the night had been very enjoyable for everyone with Sam suggesting that they should all do it again and they would host it at her house she shares with Lena. When Sam did leave Alex was rewarded with a nice long passionate kiss while Lena carried a sleeping Ruby in her arms. As Kara and Lena watched the kiss both of them cringed and looked away.
About 2 weeks goes by and Kara and Lena try and see each other to have some ‘fun’ at any free moments they get when either Sam and Ruby where not home at Lena’s house, or when Winn and James were not there at Kara’s. The group of friends have been unable to do another game night as on the Fridays when they usually do them various different members of the group have been busy.
During this few week period Alex and Sam have been spending a lot of time together, both exclusively, and with Ruby. When Alex took Sam and Ruby to see the soccer game Ruby was ecstatic for the entire day and Alex made sure to absolutely spoil her. This time it wasn’t just because she desperately wanted Ruby to like her, it was because Alex was growing to really care for the child, just as much as Sam. With this Alex was rewarded by Ruby growing very fond of her quickly, just like she had done with Kara. On a few occasions Ruby asked Sam when they would be seeing Alex next, then at the same time when Alex did spend the night at Sam and Lena’s Ruby begged Alex to tuck her in and read her a story. So it was going very very well for Sam and Alex.
Even though things were going very well for Alex with Sam, with Alex spending a lot of time with the brunette and her daughter, Alex had made sure to still spend time with Kara. Alex didn’t want to make the same mistake as last time when she was in a relationship with Maggie. She didn’t want her sister to feel like she was just an after thought to her, because she wasn’t. So along with the sisters continuing to do therapy together every Tuesday they also set aside one night a week to have a sisters night, just the two of them, at Alex’s apartment. The night of the week which they did it varied depending on each of their schedules, although this was around Alex’s college schedule for her and whether she could stay up late, not her schedule with Sam.
Usually during these sister nights Kara would plan ahead and stay over with Alex, sleeping in the spare room which Kara used to live in. In this regard Kara would prepare by bringing any stuff she would need if she had class the next day, so she could go straight from Alex’s to university. Alex did bring up the idea of Kara moving back in with her so she didn’t have to continue to live with James and Winn, but Kara told Alex she didn’t want to do that. It wasn’t because Kara didn’t want to live with her sister again, or had any problem with the idea, it was just because of what each of them where doing with Sam and Lena. Kara didn’t want to have to make herself scarce every time Sam came over, or alternatively be third wheel, or fourth wheel if Ruby was there. Or even worse than those options, stay in the apartment and have to listen to Alex and Sam having sex. Then at the same time Kara didn’t want any constant judgement or awkwardness if she were to bring Lena over to have sex. Then another reason was that Kara actually enjoyed living with Winn and James, sure she preferred to live with her sister, but she didn’t want to abandon the boys in the middle of their rent cycle while also having to deal with the haste of moving all her stuff. So ultimately Kara decided she would just stay living where she was and potentially reassess at the end of the year when she knew that it was likely that James would be graduating and therefore leaving university.
Presently it is Thursday evening. Lena is sitting in her bedroom in her house trying to go over some material for a test she has in one of her classes tomorrow. She is finding it difficult. It’s not difficult because Lena doesn’t know her stuff, it’s difficult because Lena has the beginnings of a migraine, which isn’t helped by the noise coming from downstairs. There is noise downstairs because Ruby has a few friends over that she has met in school, so of course they are yelling and screaming, and Lena didn’t want to say anything about it. Usually Lena would be downstairs helping Sam handle all of the kids, even if she had a massive migraine, she just wouldn’t tell Sam about it and suffer in silence. But thankfully this time Lena doesn’t have to do that because Alex has come over and is helping Sam and she will be spending the night. So Lena has just made herself scarce, with the excuse of her wanting to studying for her test.
As Lena continues to try and read her text book she’s finding it more and more difficult, her head is beginning to throb. Lena is reading the words on the page but they go in one ear and out the other, she is not taking any of them in, it’s futile. Lena knows that she already knows her stuff, but she just wants to be sure. She’s a Luthor after all, Luthor’s don’t get anything less than 95% on a test, other than in gym class at school that is. After about half an hour of trying to study Lena decides to give up. She moves over to her bed and decides she’s just going to close her eyes for a few moments to try and help her stop her migraine from getting any worse.
As Lena closes her eyes she immediately finches by the continuous loud noises she is hearing from downstairs, with the kids screaming and laughing. The annoyed side of Lena wants to yell out for them to shut up, but Lena knows it’s not their fault, they are children, they deserve to laugh, scream and play. That is why Lena got this house for Sam and Ruby after all. So Ruby would have a chance go be a kid and do all those things, and not have to worry about neighbours hearing them through the thin walls of an apartment.
Lena tries to once again close her eyes but the noise continues and her head is getting much worse. She knows she can’t take this much longer. So Lena just gets her phone out and calls Kara.
“Hey Lee.” Kara answers.
“Hi Kara. Can I come over?” Lena asks.
“Oh uhmm. Winn and James are here.” Kara says in a hushed tone, thinking Lena is looking for sex.
“No. I have a migraine. Ruby’s friends are being loud. I need some quiet.” Lena says, struggling to find her words as her head continues to get worse.
“Oh, of course you can come over. Are you okay getting here?” Kara asks, voice full of concern.
“Hmmm.... I’ll get an Uber....” Lena says quietly.
“Okay, text me if you need anything.” Kara says softly.
“Hmm k.” Lena hums and ends the call.
15 minutes later Lena arrives at Kara, Winn and James’ home. She is greeted at the door by Kara.
“Hey, how are you feeling?” Kara asks softly with a concerned face, with most of it being seen in her worried eyes.
“Bad. I need some silence.” Lena says as she rubs her temple as she tries to close her eyes briefly.
“Okay. We can go upstairs to my room.” Kara says as she takes Lena in her arms to guide her upstairs.
Just as Kara and Lena get to the foot of the stairs James notices them from the living room.
“Lena!” James calls out with a smile as he gets up.
Lena flinches and groans in response to this.
“Shh James, Lena has a migraine. She needs some quiet.” Kara says.
“Oh sorry. She can stay in my room if she wants. I can sleep on the couch.” James suggests.
“No. She’ll stay with me.” Kara says.
“Where will you sleep?” James asks, confused.
“In my bed. We’re two girls, we are fully capable of sharing a bed without it being weird.” Kara comments as she begins guiding Lena upstairs.
“Hmm okay.” James nods, clearly disappointed. His desperate helpless crush getting the better of him as usual.
Kara guides Lena upstairs and takes her into her bedroom and shuts the door super quietly behind her. Kara then guides Lena to the bed and Lena lies down. Kara then heads toward her bathroom.
“Stay.” Lena pleads softly.
“I am. I’ll be right back.” Kara says.
Kara goes into her bathroom and gets her flannel rag and warms it with hot water. Kara then walks back into her bedroom with it in hand.
“Here, this should help.” Kara says as she places the warm flannel on Lena’s forehead.
Lena just hums in response.
Kara looks on at Lena and she feels so bad for her. Kara has never experience a migraine, but she knows that they absolutely suck from what she’s heard. She wouldn’t wish a migraine on anyone, least of all Lena. After a few moments of just looking at Lena with pity Kara lies down on the bed right next to the youngest Luthor. Kara takes Lena hand in her own and just begins rubbing it gently, trying to sooth Lena. After a few minutes Kara notices that Lena drifts off to sleep, Kara just stays in her place, monitoring Lena.
About 30 minutes later Lena wakes up to Kara still right by her side. The flannel on her head has now gone cold, her migraine has got a lot better though.
“Hey, feeling any better?” Kara asks softly.
“Hmm yes. Thank you.” Lena says as she takes the flannel off her head.
“That’s good. Have you had anything to eat?” Kara asks.
“No. I don’t like eating when I have a migraine.” Lena comments.
“Lena! You have to eat and drink when you have a migraine. You can also smell some lavender, try some meditation, exercise or we can put a compress on your neck.” Kara comments.
Lena gives Kara an amused look.
“I looked up what to do when someone has a migraine while you were asleep.” Kara smiles.
As Kara explains that to Lena Lena feels something weird in her chest. She’s never felt it before, it’s just a weird feeling she has when she looks at Kara. Lena just writes it off as an effect of the migraine.
“I’ll eat when I go home.” Lena says.
“No. You are staying here tonight.” Kara says firmly.
“Kara, I cant. I have a test tomorrow morning.” Lena explains.
“That’s okay. We won’t do anything. And I’m sure you already know your stuff. So what would you like to eat?” Kara asks.
“I don’t know.” Lena replies, giving up on fighting with Kara that she should go home.
“We can get anything you like.” Kara smiles.
“I.... a burger?” Lena suggests.
“Big Belly Burger it is then.” Kara grins.
20 minutes later Kara and Lena are eating their Big Belly Burger in Kara’s bed which they had delivered. Lena asked Kara to get her a soda with hers but Kara ignored her request and told Lena she needed to drink water instead.
“Feel any better now you’re eating?” Kara asks as she continues to eat her food.
“Hmm yes, a bit. Distract me with something.” Lena requests.
“Like what?” Kara asks.
“Like..... tell me why you want to be a journalist.” Lena suggests.
“Hmm okay.” Kara nods as she puts more fries in her mouth. “I just love the idea of writing things that people will read. I want to inform people, do investigative journalism and get to the truth of things. I want to shine a light on issues that are not being covered because they are not ‘sexy’ and therefore don't 'get the clicks'. I understand your dislike for journalists, but I don’t want to be that type of journalist that compromises their morals to get an article that people will read. Then I also don’t want to be a journalist that focuses on the wrong things that are biased and I’d only be playing into because people would care about that more than the truth, or the facts. I want to get to the real truth, as I truly believe that most people out there care and want to be informed, they just don’t feel like there are any or many news organisations that they can trust.” Kara explains.
Lena is silent for a moment.
“I know it’s stupid and...” Kara begins, now feeling awkward by Lena’s silence.
“No it’s not. That’s an amazing perspective. The world could do with more journalists like you. I think you’ll make an incredible one.” Lena smiles.
“Yeah. Well here’s hoping I get top of my class this semester so I can do the internship at CatCo this summer.” Kara says as she crosses her fingers.
“I hope you do.” Lena replies with a smile.
“So what about you? What do you want to do after university. Do you intend to work for your family's company?” Kara asks.
“Hmm. That is certainly what Lillian expects of me. But Lillian really only cares about where I would work because of how it would reflect on the family. Lex, well, he’s another case. If you asked me a few years ago I’d have said that Lex was ecstatic at the idea of me working alongside him. But nowadays Lex is so full of himself and all his rivalries with various people he hasn’t mentioned it. I don’t think he could care less at this point.” Lena replies.
“I’m sorry Lena.” Kara says with a sympathetic look.
“It’s okay. I expect it at this point.” Lena says back. “But to answer your question, I don’t really know what I want to do specifically. I’d like to go into scientific research where I could work in a lab all day to make things for the betterment of humanity. But unless I get a job like that handed to me by Lex at Luthor Corp, that won’t happen anytime soon due to my inexperience. So honestly I don’t know. I’ll probably end up joining Luthor Corp in Metropolis and just getting by there as I get experience so I can move on one day.” Lena explains.
As Lena mentions Metropolis Kara gets a nervous feeling in her stomach. She doesn’t like the idea of Lena moving away from her and back to Metropolis.
“Well I think whatever you do, you’ll be incredible.” Kara smiles.
“Thank you Kara.” Lena replies with a grin.
Kara and Lena continue to talk after this.
Meanwhile a few miles away Sam and Alex have made it to bed after sending all the other kids and their parents home and putting Ruby to bed for the evening.
“Thanks for coming over and helping, Alex.” Sam smiles as she snuggles into Alex’s side.
“You're welcome.” Alex replies.
Sam looks up at Alex’s face and notices she has a certain look.
“What is it?” Sam asks.
“Nothing. It doesn’t matter.” Alex brushes it off.
“No, please tell me.” Sam says as she strokes Alex’s side.
Alex gives Sam a look.
“It’s just..... it’s about Lena... and I don’t want to talk as you are her best friend and everything.” Alex replies.
“It’s about Lena and Kara isn’t it?” Sam asks.
Alex hesitates for a second before she just nods silently.
“Alex you can tell me. Whatever you say, it stays between us. I won’t be offended by whatever you think of what Lena and Kara are doing, and I most certainly won’t mention it to Lena. So please talk to me. I can see it’s weighing on your mind.” Sam says.
Alex looks at Sam again and sighs.
“It’s just..... I’m worried..... Kara she...... she has such a good heart...... and she cares for people..... and I know she cares for Lena..... with what they are doing I think...... I think that she may care for Lena as more than just a friend.... she just doesn’t realise it yet..... I worry that she is going to realise it eventually and...... Kara and Lena are both going to end up hurt.....” Alex says.
Sam now moves up in the bed so she is leaning on the headboard next to Alex.
“I understand. Honestly, I’m worried too.” Sam says which causes Alex to look at her with a bit of surprise on her face. “I’m worried because I think that Lena has fallen for Kara, and Kara for her. Neither of them realise it. I’m worried that when Lena does realise it she’ll panic and push Kara away. She’ll do it as a natural reflex, not because she’s a bad person. Then if things go poorly Lena will go even more in on herself and she could lash out, at me, at our friends, and at Kara. She’s done stuff like that before. I think she does it to try and push people away, to try and prove a point to herself by denying what she feels. So yes, I’m worried as well.”
Alex sighs.
“That really isn’t making me feel any better about any of this. Do you think we should do something about it?” Alex asks.
Sam is now the one to sigh.
“No. If we meddle, even a little bit, I think Lena will act just as poorly, maybe even worse. I think all we can hope for is that the two realise how they feel about each other, and then don’t push each other away.” Sam says.
“And if things go badly?” Alex asks.
“If things go badly we’ll just have to be there for them, and maybe that’s when we give them both a good kick in the ass, but not before.” Sam suggests.
Alex chuckles.
“Hmm a bit like the kick in the ass you gave me the night we met.” Alex smiles.
“Exactly.” Sam nods.
Alex laughs again and takes Sam in for a passionate kiss.
Back at Kara’s house Lena and Kara have now changed into some pyjamas, with Lena borrowing a pair from Kara. The two then get into bed next to one another.
“Thank you for looking after me Kara.” Lena says.
“You’re welcome. I’m glad I could.” Kara smiles.
Lena just smiles back at Kara as Kara turns her bedside light off, Lena does the same on her side of the bed.
“Cuddle?” Kara asks.
Lena gives Kara a raised eyebrow.
“Hmmmm. I don’t know.” Lena says, teasing Kara.
“Come on. You know you want to.” Kara pouts.
Lena laughs.
“Okay, fine. But no funny business.” Lena grins.
Kara smiles and moves over and takes Lena in her arms as the big spoon. Lena just snuggles into Kara in response as Kara wraps her arms around her. Lena just places one of her hands on Kara’s arm as she closes her eyes.
“Goodnight Kara.” Lena says.
“Night Lena.” Kara hums.
The two women then fall asleep.