whenever you're ready
Even before Alex reached the door to her apartment, she could hear muffled yells and shouts from beyond it. Halting to listen closer, she heard Maggie exclaim, "Oh come on! He should have made that!"
"Please, he couldn't have made that if it was a soccer net," Kara scoffs, as the front door opens and Alex arrives, Chinese food in hand, smiling. "Food's here," she states, feeling her heart swell at the sight of her two favorite people in the world enjoying each other's company as she sets the takeout down on the kitchen counter.
"I'm starving," Kara said, dramatically rubbing her stomach as she walked over to the kitchen, where Alex wordlessly shook her head and passed her the food she'd ordered. "Thanks a lot by the way, Alex," Kara said around a mouthful of food. "Don't talk with your mouth open," Alex teased, which prompted Kara to stick her tongue out at her.
"Thanks for the food, babe," Maggie said, planting a soft kiss on Alex's lips before reaching for the bag of takeout. Alex was left with a lingering sensation that each kiss warranted; she didn't think she would ever get tired of Maggie's infinite tenderness for her. Sure, she liked when she took charge and established dominance, both on the field and in the bedroom, but her softness and affection for her made her feel like she'd just found the reason stars were birthed and she didn't intend on taking that for granted.
As both Maggie and Kara sat back down the couch, resuming their hockey watching ritual (that she never understood but loved nonetheless) Alex grabbed her food and sat next to Maggie, with Kara on Maggie's other side.
Not even a third of into it, both Alex and Maggie had fallen asleep. Alex, she could understand as she'd never been too fond of watching any sports events, but it wasn't something Maggie would be prone to do. If Kara was being completely honest, she'd say that she thinks Alex's relationship with Maggie is the most adorable thing she'd seen in a while, but as she likes to mess with her sister, she only voiced her thoughts when they weren't joking about.
Taking out her phone, Kara snapped a picture, to tease them both about at a later time.
About halfway through the game, Kara heard a gentle rapping at the door, puzzled by it, she used her x-ray vision in order to see through it. Beyond the door was Lena, which made her think back to last week when she'd had coffee with her.
Smiling at the memory, Kara rushed to the door, opening it. "Hey," Kara smiled, standing beside the door as Lena came into view.
"Hi! Sorry for showing up uninvited and all, but I was just remembering that that coffee place I invited you to is remodeling, so I wanted to see if you wanted to watch a movie?" Lena was noticeably nervous, searching Kara's eyes for any indication of discomfort, because after all they'd only known each other for a short period of time, and Lena didn't want to mess it up.
"Oh you're fine, don't worry," Kara reassured her, before sheepishly looking to the floor "I would love to watch a movie with you."
"Any movie coming out that you'd like to see?" Lena said, trying to get a good feel for the theater to go to. Kara gave her a pensive look, trying to think back to any movie trailers that she liked in the past month or so.
"Actually I don't think there is one," she furrowed her brows, "Is there one you want to see?" Lena smiled at the blonde woman's adorable scrunched up face when she tried to remember something, "Oh, I'm good with anything honestly. If you'd like we could just go to my place and find something on Netflix?"
"That sounds great," Kara beamed, before glancing back to the still asleep couple on the couch. "If you'll give me a sec, I'm gonna write a note to say that I'm out," Kara said, gesturing behind her.
Lena nodded, already thinking to good movies or shows they could watch.
As Kara stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind her, she suddenly felt very shy, just at the idea of watching a movie with Lena. "So do you have any shows you like?" Lena said, interrupting Kara's train of thought. "Oh um, I like the Real Housewives of New York City?" she shrugged, "But you must think that's lame, so I don't really know."
"Nono, I don't think it's lame" Lena gave a light chuckle, "I actually really like them too, they're pretty entertaining. Housewives it is."
They walked in comfortable silence until they reached Lena's apartment. As Lena opened the door, Kara noted a cat on the couch she hadn't noticed before as she walked inside. "By the way, I'm sorry for not telling you which apartment I'm in last time," Lena apologized, closing the door behind them. "Oh you're good, I did kinda just show up on your fire escape," she snorted.
Kara sat down next to the black and white spotted cat, extending her hand to stroke it, "She's very cute, what's her name?"
"Cadmus, my mother gave me her as a gift," Lena said, almost like an afterthought as she entered the kitchen. "Do you want to make some popcorn or something?"
"Oh! Sure, if it's not a problem," Kara said, as Cadmus bit her hand. It didn't hurt much other than her feelings, she had always been good with pets, even ones that were infamous for being a little aggressive.
As Kara thought to ways she could win Cadmus' affection, Lena retrieved the now ready popcorn from the microwave before sitting on the couch as well, picking up the control.
Between sharing comments on each individual housewife and eating popcorn, they became increasingly more comfortable in each other's company. As the second episode finished, Kara and Lena both noted that they were right next to each other, thighs touching which was not necessarily anything big, but for Kara whom had really next to no experience dating or being intimate with anybody really, it was enough to make a slight blush touch her cheeks.
After about halfway through, Kara's thought began to roam as she became a little worried that Lena would notice her blush, or that she would think that she was weird for sitting so close to her.
"Are you feeling okay?" Lena inquired, placing her hand on Kara's forehead, "Is it too hot in here?" Lena's worried demeanor only proved to make Kara blush a deeper red and to laugh nervously, "I'm fine! I'm great, all fine and dandy here."
"Kara," Lena deadpanned, "What's wrong?" The blonde sighed as she looked Lena in the eyes, "I don't really know? I'm just a little nervous that this is going too fast or that I'm reading into things too much."
Lena looked at her tenderly, "It's okay, I understand, we can always go slower if you need us to. The last thing I would want is to make you uncomfortable."
Kara nodded, "I'm sorry, just I'm kinda new to this, thanks for understanding."
"No need to apologize, it's alright," Lena reassured her, "How long have you been out?"
"It's not that really, I'm just new to the whole dating thing.." she admitted, "I've always known that I was bi, I just never really dated someone until recently."
Lena nodded, "Well that's alright, we can just spend some time getting to know each other before we say we're dating."
"That sounds nice," Kara said, feeling relieved that Lena was so understanding, "Thanks a lot for understanding.
Catching a glimpse of Lena's watch, Kara realized how much time she'd spent out, "Oh gosh is it already 9? I should probably get going." Lena smiled, getting up, "Thanks for being honest with me, and thanks for coming over."
"Pleasure's all mine, really," Kara grinned, getting up as well, pulling Lena into a hug. "Thank you so much for tonight, I hope it won't be the last time," the brunette said, wrapping her arms around Kara.
"I hope not either," the reporter smiled, letting go, and walking to the door, "Have a good rest of your night, Lena."
"You too, Kara," the CEO said, closing the door once Kara walked out into the hall.