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The bar was crowded as Alex sipped her fifth cold beer of the night. She watched the multitude of people dancing to the loud music that was pulsating throughout the building, yet not even the music or alcohol could drown out her embarrassment of what she had done earlier that night.
God, how could I have been so stupid to think a girl like Maggie could ever like me like that?
She downed the rest of her beer and waved her hand for another. But, before she could even reach into her pocket to retrieve the money for it, she heard a familiar voice, “Let me get that for you; it’s the least I can do to repay you for saving my life.”
Alex spun round quick enough to make her feel all of the five beers at once. There stood next to her was Lena Luthor.
Lena Luthor in a bar in the middle of the city.
“Miss Luthor.” Alex clambered off her stool to try and at least look somewhat professional. Lena looked her up and down and chuckled, shaking her head.
“Please, call me Lena. Now sit down and let me buy you a drink er…” Lena seemed to be waiting for something, yet Alex’s slightly tipsy mind didn’t seem to be running at a normal processing speed. Eventually she caught on,
“Oh, Alex- erm FBI agent” Thankfully Alex had remembered, through her alcohol clouded mind, that Lena seemed close with her sister and if Lena were to mention to Kara that Alex had been in a bar drinking herself into stupor – well let’s just say it wouldn’t be looking too pretty for the DEO agent.
Lena raised her eyebrow at the clear avoidance of Alex’s last name before her focus was momentarily taken away by the glass of red wine being placed in front of her by the bartender. Alex watched as the other woman picked up the glass, lips closing over the rim as the red liquid gracefully flowed into her mouth.
Alex grabbed her beer, taking a few large gulps as she felt her neck and cheeks flush red.
“So Alex, I never fully realised how secretive the FBI were with giving out surnames.” Lena smirked, turning to fully face the other woman.
Alex coughed and turned slightly to face Lena, “Well…”
“If it’s because I’m a Luthor, don’t feel like you have offended me. You’d be surprised – or maybe not, at how many times people have changed how they act around me after hearing my last name. You get used to it after a while.” Lena said, taking another sip from her glass without taking her eyes off Alex.
“No, I-I didn’t mean…”
“Alex, it’s perfectly natural to distrust someone who has the same name that you associate mass destruction and the death of innocents with.” Lena said as she rested her hand on Alex’s arm. Alex smiled solemnly, no wonder Kara had taken a liking to the woman.
“So Lena, what brings you to this bar?” Alex asked; starting to feel the confidence that came from the amount of beer she had consumed.
“If that’s your best pick up line, Agent, I think you may need some tips.” The dark haired woman said with a smirk and a wink at the woman. “But to answer your question, I came here to escape. Escape from my responsibilities and from what is expected of me.”
Alex understood that all too well.
By the time the two women next looked at their watches they noticed they had been talking for hours. Looking around they saw the majority of customers had left and only a few were left still standing. “Well time sure does fly by whilst in good company.” Lena said as she finished her wine, having lost count of the amount of glasses she had had throughout the night.
“We probably should get out of here.” Alex said as she stood up, not as sturdy on her feet as she would’ve liked.
“Yes, I think you’re right. I just need to call my driver.” Lena reached for her phone but as she looked at it her eyebrows came together in confusion.
“Is everything okay?”
Before Lena could answer, the bartender spoke up, “The cell towers are out due to the storm, apparently Supergirl is trying her hardest to get them back online, but for the time being I’m afraid to say that you won’t be able to reach anyone.”
“Damn.” Lena said as she threw her phone back into her bag.
“Look, I live a few blocks away. You can crash at mine while we wait for the cell towers to get back online.” Alex offered, smiling gently at Lena.
“Oh I couldn’t intrude like that.”
“No honestly, it’s fine. I couldn’t leave Lena Luthor homeless.” Alex said, earning a raised eyebrow from the woman in question.
“Well lead the way then, Agent.”
By the time they got back to Alex’s apartment they were drenched, the storm was in full force. Alex tried turning on the lights but to no avail. “Guess the storm broke more than just the cell towers. The bathroom is down the hall to your right, Lena. I’ll grab some dry clothes so you can dry off.” Alex said as Lena said her thanks and walked towards the bathroom, closing the door.
Alex rushed to grab some spare clothes before turning on her ear piece. “J’onn, its Alex, come in. How’s Supergirl doing?” J’onn replied immediately, telling Alex that everything was being taken care of and that Supergirl was making quick work on the cell towers. He insisted that she stayed inside and enjoy the last few hours of her night off. Alex finished the call just before the bathroom door opened and Lena walked out wearing a worn jumper and some old pyjama trousers.
“Who needs designer dresses when you have hand-me-downs?” Alex laughed.
“Now now, this is no time for teasing.” Lena smirked, forcing Alex to blush and make her way towards the bathroom.
“I-I’m just going to err change, be out in a sec.”
Lena laughed to herself as she reached for her phone, irritated at the no signal sign. She thought about the night’s topics of conversation as she sat on the sofa. The two women had opened up to each other, talking about their troubled love lives, unrequited love and being confused about their sexuality (well for Lena it was more of her retelling her confusion when she was 15). They had both talked about the fear of rejection, about a girl called Maggie; in which Lena had comforted Alex by helping her understand where Maggie was coming from. After that, Alex had tried to pry into Lena’s worries, and had surprisingly gotten a similar fear of rejection from Lena too; this time for a girl that Lena wouldn’t reveal the name of – much to Alex’s frustration.
Before Lena got too lost in thought about a certain blonde girl, she heard the bathroom door open and watched as Alex – dressed in only a large white shirt walked over and sat next to her on the sofa. They sat in comfortable silence, listening to the rain against the window, until Alex broke the silence,
“Maggie told me that I needed to figure everything out, that everything was too brand new and heightened. How would I even go about ‘figuring it all out’?”
Lena turned sideways, with her hand holding her head up. “I don’t think you ever fully figure it out. I think what she truly meant was that she didn’t want to jump into anything with you before you come to terms with your sexuality and are comfortable enough in your own skin before you let someone have feelings for you.”
“So does that mean I should experiment? Like college girls?” Alex laughed. Yet Lena looked at her in all seriousness.
“If that’s what helps you ‘figure it out’ then by all means go ahead.”
Before Lena knew it, Alex and launched herself at her, holding her face in between her hands as their lips crashed together. The kiss was anything but gentle as Lena began to reciprocate- after the initial shock of course. Alex seemed to be a woman who is more of a doer than a talker and Lena was more than okay with that as she felt Alex’s tongue on her lips, begging for entrance. She let the agent have her way and sighed when her tongue touched Alex’s. This kiss was a nice distraction from the very woman she wanted to be kissing - although a part of her did feel guilty.
She’s not yours, Lena. You don’t even know if she has feelings for you.
Before she knew it, Lena was being pulled on top of Alex by the back of her neck and in response her hand moved from Alex’s knee all the way to her hip, scratching slightly. Alex separated their mouths to breathe heavily before going to work on Lena’s neck, biting and kissing.
After a while, Lena felt Alex’s kisses slowing down and becoming lighter as the grip in her hair loosened. Lena smiled softly and began to sit up.
Lena placed her hand on Alex’s knee in a friendly manner - both understanding the other's reason for stopping.
“What am I supposed to do?” Alex said, running her hands through her hair.
“I wish I could help you, Alex, but I fear we are both going to have to blindly work it out.”
The two finally decided that that the storm wasn’t going to stop anytime soon and the cell towers still looked down for the count, so eventually after talking about the two women that were out of their reach they both fell asleep in their respectable corners of the sofa.
Kara hadn’t slept all night and she was starting to feel it in the way her eyes kept closing shut and the way her legs had trouble holding her weight up. She leant her hand on the wall as she walked down the corridor outside Alex’s apartment. Last night had been a long night but she needed to know if Alex was okay, especially after the state she was in after the Maggie incident.
Yet as she got to Alex’s apartment door she was surprised to see the woman in question standing outside.
“Detective Sawyer?” Kara said, obviously shocking the woman who looked like she was about to knock.
“Kara? Alex’s sister? Oh I’ve heard so much about you, from Alex.” Maggie said, sending a genuine smile towards the blonde.
“And I’ve heard all about you.” Kara said, sending a not so genuine smile back. Kara always believed that everyone should be judged on their own merits, yet this woman had hurt her sister and Kara found it hard to forget that.
Maggie’s smile diminished as Kara kept her eyes on her as she knocked on Alex’s door and crossed her arms.
“So why are you here, Detective?”
“I just wanted to see if Alex was okay, you know especially after last night and the storm.”
Before Kara could continue the door to Alex’s apartment swung open, revealing Alex in a white long shirt. Kara let out a sigh of relief and rushed straight in, searching out Alex’s soft sofa before she collapsed.
“Kara, are you okay?” Alex said, not noticing the other woman in the hallway.
“Tired. So so tired.” The blonde jumped onto the sofa and let out a moan as she laid down on it. Alex laughed and turned towards the door to shut it, yet her eyes met with the woman who was the reason for her immense drunkenness the night before.
“Maggie, what are you doing here?” Alex said; folding her arms in defence. From inside Kara stood up off the sofa, making sure Alex knew she was there in support.
“Look, Alex. Last night wasn’t how I wanted things to go. I wanted to apologise at how I handled-“
“Is everything okay – oh.”
All three women spun around at the unexpected fourth voice only to see a dripping wet Lena Luthor, with just a small towel covering her body.
“Lena?” Kara squeaked.
“Kara? What are you doing here?” Lena asked, walking towards the blonde. A look of hurt flashed in her eyes when Kara took a step back.
The room was silent as the two women took in the situation. Kara hadn’t closed her mouth or her wide eyes as she stared at Lena.
Maggie was the first to speak, “Looks like you took my advice literally…”
“Maggie, no it’s not what it looks like.” Alex said, reaching for Maggie’s arm, yet the detective was already walking away. She turned towards her sister who hadn’t moved a muscle, still staring at the woman in the towel.
“Y-you and my sister??” Kara stuttered, hand coming to her stomach as if she had been punched.
“Kara look- wait Alex is your sister?” Lena turned towards Alex with wide eyes.
God, what a mess.
“Kara, this is just a misunderstanding.” Alex said, walking towards her sister, but was abruptly stopped by Kara’s raised hand.
“I-I need to go.” And with that Kara had walked out the door, ignoring the two women who were calling after her and slammed the door shut behind her.
Lena moved towards the sofa in a trance like state and sank down, running her hands over her forehead and through her hair. “Well, it seems I've just made a mess of things.”
Alex followed suit and rested her elbows on her knees, hands dangling in front of her.
“I’m sure Kara was just in shock that you were here, she’ll get over it. Don’t worry she’ll stay your friend. Maggie on the other hand…”
Lena laughed dryly. “Stay my friend? I'm afraid that’s exactly the problem.”
Alex turned towards Lena in confusion, not understanding, “What do you mean...?” Lena could see the wheels in Alex’s mind turning as she finally came to the realisation. “Wait- the girl! The girl you have feelings for, who you’re scared doesn’t have them back. That girl is Kara, my sister Kara? Oh my god.”
Both women looked at each other and sighed, what had they done?