Chapter 12
The one person Lena never expected to knock on her door at 8 in morning was Lucy Lane. But as Lena opens the door, there she is with a frown on her face.
"Ms. Lane." Lena raises her eyebrow, her face filled with curiosity that immediately turns to concern. "oh god! Did something happen to Kara?"
Lucy shakes her head. "No, no. I came here to talk to you. May I come In?"
"Please" Lena says, signaling her hand as she leads the way to the living room.
"You are not going to the trip Kara had planned for everyone today. I want you to stay away from Kara" Lucy says, imposing authority in her voice.
"Excuse me." Lena scoffs, crossing her arms as she tries to hide her shock with Lucy's statement. "And who do you think you are to tell me that?"
"Her girlfriend"
And with that, Lena's composure breaks. Those two words hitting a nerve, making a sting in her her heart. For the first time, she wasn't able to speak.
"I got promoted. The catch is the base I'm assigned to is in Metropolis." Lucy adds. "It's my dream job and I'm taking it. I've asked Kara to come with me."
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
Lucy ignores Lena's question. "She said yes. But I told her to think about it"
"Your dream, huh? And what about Kara's dream? Her friends? Her sister, her family is here!"
"It's not up to you, Lena! She said yes and I told her she should think about it but I don't want you near her when she's thinking about it. I don't want you to try and stop Kara"
Lena takes few steps forward, lessening the gap between her and Lucy as she pulls off the most intimidating version of herself. She locks her stare at Lucy. "It's not up to you either, Ms. Lane. Get. The. Hell. Out. Of. My. Penthouse!"
Lucy doesn't say a word and takes a step back, preparing herself to leave. But she stops. "Kara may be Oblivious about how you feel but I'm not. How long? You know what, that doesn't matter! You had your chance for years, Lena! You don't get to disrupt her life now."
"As i've said, Ms.Lane. GET OUT!"
As much as Lena hated it, Lucy was right. She had her chance for years. She doesn't get to disrupt Kara's life now. And she never plans to. But if Kara is leaving, then she definitely needs to go to this out of town trip Kara had planned for everyone. Especially since This might be the last time she'd get to spend much time with her best friend. Screw what Lucy says. She's going to this trip.
Kara's happy everyone decided to come along. Alex and Maggie, Winn, James, and mike were here too. Ofcourse, Lena and Lucy wouldn't miss it. Kara had decided to go with Lucy. She is planning to tell everyone after this trip. She knows Alex would be against this but she has Maggie now. Alex would be okay. Plus, it's not like she's leaving the country. James and Winn are gonna be busy with the business they just started together and Mike... Well, Mike got the bar and the girls. He'll be alright. But Lena... Leaving Lena's the hard part. It's like leaving a part of yourself. But she knows Lena would be okay. Everything's going great with LCorp and Veronica's not creating anymore problems for Lena. Leaving is right. she feels like she has to do this. Because everyone's life is just moving forward and that's great. But it's like her life is stuck. It's not moving anywhere. And yes maybe her dream is to go up the professional ladder of being a reporter in Catco but it doesn't mean she couldn't get a job temporarily in The Daily Planet. Everything is lining up. As she thinks of the pros and cons, everything is telling her to go.
But something is still holding her back. And staring at Lena right now, she knows it's her. Kara knows that despite the universe pushing her to go, Lena's pull was still stronger. Damn, Lena was like gravity. No matter how much she tries, she'd always end up falling. Every single time. So right now, despite her mind deciding she'd leave NationalCity, she knows she still couldn't be certain.
"Earth to Lena" Winn says, snapping his fingers in front of lena's face as he sees the blonde staring at the front seat of the van where Kara is sitting.
Lena blinks. "sorry, what was that?"
"I said, did you tell her? About the break up"
Lena nudges winn. "Sssh! I did not and again, you wont either."
"But you are in love with her, Lena."
Lena stares at Winn intensely. "Despite my best intentions, i've hurt her. She loved me for years, Winn."
Lena then transfers her gaze to Kara who is laughing as she sings thousand miles with Lucy while her girlfriend is driving.
"She loved me." Lena smiles, keeping her gaze locked on Kara "And now, I'm willing to do the same even if its just from the side lines. I'd love her from afar now for the tiniest bit of hope that Someday... Someday I might get the chance to call her mine and be hers, Winn. Someday..."
During The afternoon, after they've explored the beach and enjoyed their time, the group decided to play air soft with. But the airsoft that the place offered goes with a little bit of twist. There are two teams; the terrorist and the police. And then there's also the hostage that the police needed to save. However, there will be a traitor in the team police which would be a secret and his/her role would be to kill the hostage.
The man in charged with the game gives them their roles secretly. Kara's role is the hostage. Winn, Mike, and Maggie are team terrorist while James, Lena, alex and Lucy are team police.
As the game starts, Winn ties Kara's hand to the bar and keeps her under the hiding place.
Kara rolls her eyes. "Oh come on Winn. Is this really necessary?"
Maggie laughs as she ties a hanky around Kara's mouth. "Can never be too sure little danvers."
Kara tries to speak but only murmurs of her voice could be heard with her mouth covered.
Lena signals AlEx to go forward. Alex does as she sees her girlfriend. She pulls the trigger, hitting Maggie
"Oh come on babe. Really??!" Maggie complains
Alex laughs, winking at Maggie "Sorry baby but good always winn"
While Alex was busy flirting with her terrorist girlfriend, Lena was trying to find Kara. When she finally sees her, she rushes right beside her.
To Kara's surprise however, two hands hold her both at the same time. One's Lucy at her left and Lena at her right. Kara is pretty sure the universe is messing with her right now.
As Lena sees Lucy, she raises her gun, pointing at Lucy, her other hand still holding Kara. Incidentally, Lucy did exactly the same
"Put down your gun" Lena smirks.
"Are you crazy!? Were on the same team!"
"Says the one aiming a gun at me" Lena scoffs.
lucy rolls her eyes. "You could be the traitor!"
"Or you could be"
" id never hurt Kara" Lucy says
"I wouldnt either"
Kara was looking from Lucy to Lena to Lucy as they argue, still aiming the gun at each other. The two hadn't even noticed that Winn, James, Mike, maggie and Alex are already there and are staring at them.
Lucy laughs at Lena's answer. "You wouldn't take it against me if I don't believe you right?! Lower the gun and Let go of her "
Lena looks at Lucy's eyes intensely, both women knowing the deeper meanings behind their exchange. "YOU. LET. GO. OF. HER"
Okay, now kara is confused. She could feel the tension in the air. She's pretty sure so did the others. Clearly, something is going on her. She never thought she could be happy not being able to speak at the moment.
"Oh for godsake!" Alex cuts off their exchange, pointing the gun at Kara as she pulls the trigger. "TERRORIST WIN. Oh im the traitor knuckle heads!"
Despite Alex revealing she's the traitor and hitting Kara, Lena and Lucy didn't even move or flinch. Both women still looking at each other intensely, still aiming the gun at each other while holding Kara with each of their other hand.
Winn coughs, holding Lena's shoulders as he whispers. "Lena"
Lena blinks, and immediately puts down the gun and unties Kara. Lucy does the same. Everyone is still quiet and is still looking at the three women.
"Im tired. Im going back to the hotel." Lucy says, as she leaves. She pauses and turns her back. "Kara?"
Kara looks at Lucy who was asking her to come with her. She then looks at Lena who is apparently still holding her hand, squeezing it. She stares at Lena's eyes. She feels like those green eyes were calling her, pleading for her.
She almost got lost in those eyes until she heard the voice again.
"Kar?" Lucy asks, trying to sound more hopeful.
She looks at Lucy then back at Lena. She pulls away, letting go of Lena's hand. "See you guys later"
Lena thought she was ready. She told herself she was going to wait for Kara and in the meantime, she's gonna be happy for her if Kara is happy. That all she wants is for Kara to be happy. Yet seeing her slowly pull away and letting go of Lena's hand, seeing Kara walk away with Lucy breaks Lena's heart into a million pieces in ways she didn't know it could break. She bites her lips trying to hide the pain. Because what she's feeling right now is a hundred times more painful than she had ever felt before. And she had felt pain, heartbreak, for years. But never this painful. Not even close.