We Are More Than Friends
wow! Kara couldn’t stop grinning even if she had wanted to. I kissed Lena! Lena kissed me! “Wow.”
Lena chuckled. “You know... it’s a good thing you told me about the whole Supergirl thing. Otherwise you’d have some explaining to do.” Lena gestured to Kara who was floating a few inches off the ground.
“Oh!” Kara dropped with a quiet thud and blushed. “I... that’s never.... I didn’t realize.” Kara tugged on her sleeve nervously.
Lena smiled gently. “It’s alright.”
Kara nodded. “So not to bring down the mood or anything but what are going to do about your Mother? She had both your office and your apartment blown up.”
“I’m going to keep living my life.” Lena couldn’t help the frown that crossed her face. “And I suppose you’ll protect me... I’ll probably hire a couple of people to be like personal bodyguards until they find her.”
Kara frowned. “Why would you need a body guard when you have me?” kara puffed out her cheeks a little in a pout. I don’t like the idea of some stranger or strangers being around all the time.
“Realistically speaking I can’t have you with me all the time. You have a job and a life and I have a company to run. Also, Kara Danvers,” Lena looks at her as she emphasizes the blondes name. “Why would you be my body guard when you’re hardly bigger than I am?”
“Right....” Kara sighed. “I can have Alex get you some people to choose from. I’d feel better if it weren’t just some stranger.”
Lena tilted her head. “She’s not FBI is she?” Lena said suddenly.
Kara bit her lip. “I can’t talk about it.” Kara sighed. “There’s like a TON of paperwork to do if I do... actually you’ll probably have to do paperwork anyway... I need to call Alex.”
she’s gonna be upset with me.
The phone rang twice before Alex picked up.
“Hi Alex!” Kara said as cheerfully as possible. “I’m not interrupting anything am I?”
“Things are quite for the moment although the hunt for Lillian is still on going. And Maggie’s at work. What’s up?”
“Wanna have lunch with me? I... I have some stuff to tell you.”
“This is gonna be about Lena isn’t it?” Alex sighed.
Kara couldn’t stop the blush rising to her cheeks. “I don’t wanna talk about this stuff over the phone.”
“Lunch is good.” Alex said sounding a little bit defeated. “Are we going out or am I coming over or are you coming here?”
“I hadn’t thought that far ahead.”
“I’ll be at yours in like an hour... Maggie told me Lena is staying there. I assume she’ll be joining us for lunch?”
“If that’s okay with you. And if she wants to...” Kara looked at Lena with a small smile.
“I’ll see you soon.”
Kara let out a long breath and shook the tension out of her shoulders. “Alex is coming for lunch. Do you want to be here when I tell her about.... about us?”
“So there’s an us?” Lena teased.
“I mean... sort of? I’d like to consider it an us. I know we haven’t officially gone on a date yet but we have had a lot of things that felt like dates and we kissed and I mean...”
Lena smiled at Kara in a way that made the words die on her lips. “Kara, I was only teasing. Of course there’s an us. And I’d be happy to stay if you’d like me to. At some point today however I need to go out so I can get a few things.”
“What do you need?”
“A new laptop for starters. Also a whole new wardrobe I suppose. A get well present for Jess...” Lena frowned.
“It’s not your fault.” Kara said gently. “And she’s okay. She’s alive and I am sure she doesn’t blame you.”
“Maybe she doesn’t.... but I kind of blame me.”
ugh these mood swings are giving me a headache. “It’s not your fault.” Kara insisted. “Why don’t we focus on getting you the things you need for now.”
Lena nodded and sighed. “One more thing.”
“What’s that?”
“Will we be sharing a bed during my stay here or would you prefer I take the couch. I know we slept together last night but... Now that we’ve established we’re going to pursue a different kind of relationship I don’t...” Lena blushed. “I don’t want to assume anything.”
Oh! I hadn’t thought of that. Kara reached for her glasses in a nervous way before remembering she had taken them off. “I... we could share.... if you’re okay with that.... but like just... just sleeping for now right?” Oh Rao I am NOT ready for THAT yet.
“Just sleeping. Kara I’m never gonna pressure you into anything you don’t want.” Lena said rather seriously.
“I’m not opposed to.... well.... ya know” Kara turned an even brighter shade of red than she imagined possible. I can’t believe I’m about to have this conversation. How do I tell my not quite girlfriend that I’ve never done IT before. What would Alex say... probably 'just do it Kara, it’s like ripping a bandaid off do it fast so it doesn’t hurt’ Not that I even really know what that feels like. “I’ve just never done that before.”
Lena stared at her with a raised eyebrow. “With a woman?”
“With anyone.” Kara said in a small voice. This is so embarrassing. “I um...well you saw what happened just from you kissing me... and Like that hasn’t exactly ever happened before because I’ve never really felt like this before but.... I umm If I feel stuff to strongly its harder to control my powers.... and from my understanding there is a LOT of feeling and... and I... I’m sorry... I’m probably going to need lots of time.... you’re so...” Kara sighed. “So breakable and I don’t want to ever hurt you. But I...I do want to do that stuff... with you.... eventually”
Lena pulled Kara’s hand into her own and ran her thumb over Kara’s knuckles. “I’m perfectly fine taking that part of things as slowly as you need. It’s not that important.”
Kara pulled Lena’s hand to her lips and kissed it gently. “Thank you...”
“I am glad you told me this now.” Lena said easily. “Instead of waiting until I had already made you uncomfortable.”
“I don’t want there to be any secrets.” Kara said with a sigh. “I have so many secrets and I just... I don’t want to have any with you.”
“No secrets.” Lena agreed.
“Now” Kara said suddenly in an attempt to break away from the somber mood. “I believe we have some shopping to do today.”