Chapter 4
Kara had picked up pizzas on her way to see Lena. It was 1 o'clock when she arrived - dressed as Kara Danvers this time, not Supergirl. Jess let her straight in. Lena was so focused that she didn't hear Kara enter. "Lena?" Kara questioned. This made Lena look up, and they smiled at each other.
Lena led Kara over to an empty space on the floor and they sat down and began eating the pizza. A few minutes passed without either of them saying anything. Lena broke the silence. "I have made a list of things that I would like to ask you. If that's alright?"
"Of course it is, Lena. I want to tell you everything. No more secrets, remember." Kara said, softly. Lena grabbed her notepad and Kara grabbed hers. "I have also made a list of things that I need to tell you." Kara stated, which made Lena smile. She hadn't realised that Kara would be this organised. "I always wanted to tell you, Lena. Right from when we became friends, but I wanted to protect you. It has never been safe for anyone who knows, and last year we had to make Alex forget because it was too dangerous for her to know."
"But she remembers now, doesn't she?" Lena asked.
"Yes."
"How?" Lena realised that it must have been J'onn who took Alex's memories. "Did J'onn give them back to her?"
"We don't really know why they came back, but they did when I died last year." She said sheepishly.
"Hang on, YOU DIED?!" Lena shouted in shock.
"Yep, somehow I managed to absorb sunlight from plants in order to get enough power to live. We aren't quite sure how this happened but Brainy is looking into it." Lena was extremely shocked. At this point, she wasn't sure she wanted to know everything that Kara had to tell her. But they continued, with Kara explaining everything to Lena, and Lena occasionally asking questions. By the time Kara had finished explaining everything, it was almost 4:30. Lena had asked all of her questions and now she decided that there were things that she should tell her friend, in the spirit of not keeping secrets.
"Kara." She started. "There are a few things I should tell you, now that we aren't keeping secrets." Kara smiled with encouragement, which helped her to continue. "I...I killed Lex." She looked towards the floor as she said this.
"No, you didn't." Kara said immediately.
"Yes, I did Kara." Lena took this opportunity to look into her eyes. "He may have fallen from that building, but he opened a portal as he fell. I was waiting for him in the place he landed." Lena sniffled and Kara shuffled closer to her and she put her arm around Lena, in a half hug. "I shot him." Kara hugged her tighter. "I'm a murderer." She cried.
"No, you are not." Kara responded. "You did the right thing. You saved millions of lives by doing it."
"He still tried to torture me until he died, Kara. He told me."
"He told you what, Lena?" Kara looked at her, confused.
"He told me that you are Supergirl. I knew before you told me, Kara."
"Oh. I'm so sorry Lena." Kara hated Lex even more for this. "I'm sorry you heard it from him first. I'm really sorry."
"Kara." Lena whispered as she sat up to face Kara, and they looked into each others eyes as she continued. "I forgive you, Kara." Kara smiled before hugging Lena as tightly as she could without squishing the human. During the hug, Kara's phone began to ring. They both saw that it was Alex. Kara picked up and Alex explained the situation. The look in Kara's eyes told Lena that Supergirl was needed. As soon as Kara put phone the down, Lena said, "Go. The world needs Supergirl."
"Thank you, Lena." Kara said as she stood up, taking her glasses off, letting her suit materialise.
"Kara, come back later. There's something else I need to tell you."
"Then, I'll be back." Kara said as she zoomed away.