PART EIGHT

11:48 P.M., Saturday, National City, Lena's Apartment

Kara woke up with a start. For the first couple of seconds she didn't know where she was and was about to panic then she saw Lena in the chair next to hers. Lena was still unconscious but breathing normally. Kara blinked and looked around; it took a moment for everything to come back to her. The last thing she remembered was being in the field with Lena checking out what had fallen from the sky. Now awake, those memories and everything else was settling into its proper time line in Kara's mind.

Kara got up from her chair and walked around the room trying to shake the tingly sensation left over from the rush of memories and the instant realization that Lena now knew who she was full stop. That meant when she woke up Kara would have to face Lena and her questions and her anger for keeping the truth from her for so long.

"Or I could run away like a coward." Kara whispered as she eyed the door and the windows in Lena's apartment.

Kara was overwhelmed by emotions caused by the recovered memories. She had no idea and now that she knew she felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest and that she was going to run away out of pure panic. She was shocked and stunned more now than when she discovered the recording and photos.

"We were dating. We were in love. We were having sex. Holy Roa!" Kara whispered.

Kara mentally fought with herself for a half an hour. She didn't know how to face Lena now, she was afraid of the consequences of her lies. Knowing how thing had been now, Kara felt foolish. She should had trusted Lena and told her the truth that she was Supergirl. Now it was too late, now Kara was going to have to face Lena's wrath.

Then Kara remembered the promised they made to each other and Kara sat back down to wait.

2:05 A.M., Sunday, National City, Lena's Apartment

Lena woke up with a panicked start. The last thing she remembered was being in that field with Kara behind Kara's house. She was holding on to Kara, worried about what they had found. Lena was confused, she blinked and looked around. At first she didn't recognize where she was then a fraction of a second later it registered as her apartment. Pieces of her memory were still organizing themselves in her mind and it was making everything jumbled and out of place.

"Lena? Are you okay?" Kara asked, the blond was sitting on her right.

Lena turned to Kara and blinked trying to focus on the face next to her and when it finally did Lena's heart swelled with emotion. All the love and feeling she had just been experiencing in those memories were right there front and center so when she saw Kara there sitting next to her it all came rushing back to the surface. Pushed even more so by the feeling that she hadn't touched or kissed or really seen Kara in years, that heady mix got Lena to her feet and reaching for Kara.

"No Kara I'm not okay." Lena replied. Kara took Lena's hands allowing herself to be pulled to Lena's side, the blond asked with great concern. "What's wrong? What can I do?"

"I feel like I haven't seen you in years Kara." Lena said reaching for Kara to pull her close and without hesitation Kara wrapped her arms around Lena and held her so close that their cheeks were touching. Lena started rubbing her face against Kara's the euphoric sensation was so familiar yet so foreign at the same time.

"I need you Kara. I've missed you so much." Lena whispered. Her eyes closed as her lips began searching for Kara's. Lena felt Kara tremble and her breath hitch as she pressed closer to Lena until their lips found each other.

The hunger inside Lena for Kara was ravenous, the feel of Kara's lips made Lena reach out with her tongue. The taste of Kara's mouth was like drinking water after walking through the Sahara nonstop for days. Lena needed more; she reached up tangling her fingers into Kara's hair and kissed Kara harder. She heard Kara's moan as well as felt Kara's hand on her ass as they melted into each other.

The kiss was so satisfying, so nourishing and revitalizing Lena felt like she was waking up from being asleep for years. And as her mind fully woke up her memories organized and put themselves back into chronological order. Details began to poke their head up interrupting Lena's emotional bliss like scratches in a record playing; they took her out of the moment jolting her out of the lust she indulgently wallowing in. Lena broke the kiss and pulled back shaking her head as if to dispel the interrupting thoughts but they would not go away.

"What's wrong Lena?" Kara asked, her voice full of concern but Lena could only close her eyes and shake her head a little more. It did not help.

"My head…I just need a moment." Lena said. She clenched her eyes closed and clung to Kara, her head felt like it was spinning but only because it was going so fast. Then it suddenly stopped and the spinning ride came to abrupt stop and the picture she had been trying to figure out came into clarity.

A brand new symphony of feelings and reactions washed over Lena. With all her memories in place where they were supposed to be, her mind had gone right to solving a mystery that had been in the back of her mind for a long time now. It now had all the pieces it needed to solve the puzzle and it did showing Lena the clear complete picture and in an instant she saw the truth, the whole truth and it was like being doused in freezing ice cold water. Lena opened her eyes blinking and pushed herself away from Kara and sat back down on her chair.

She felt her heart speed back up and an anxiety based pressure on her chest making it hard to breathe as realization sunk in. Kara has been lying to her. Lena looked up at Kara and the worried, guilty look on the blonde's face said it all. Still Lena needed to ask, she needed Kara to admit it and say it out loud to her.

"Lena what's wrong?" Kara asked again, she slowly reclaimed her seat next to Lena while still holding on to Lena's hand. Lena gave Kara a pained expression and pulled her hand away as she said, "Did you think I was never going to figure it out Kara?"

Kara's eyes went wide, her face twisted into anguish as she stammered trying to answer but for a few moments nothing came out.

Lena felt herself going numb inside the longer it took for Kara to respond. A handful of thoughts rose up out the emotional mess of her mind to take center stage in the moment. Lena looked down at her feet as she felt the tears well up inside of her, she fought them so hard. She didn't want Kara to see them, not when she was the cause.

"I thought you were different Kara. I know you're different but then again, you're not. You're just like everyone else. You've been lying to me for so long, misleading and straight up manipulating me for what? To protect your identity from—me? I thought you were my friend. I thought you were my best friend Kara. I've shared things with you I've never shared with anyone. And you don't trust me. I've risked my life for you and for Supergirl and still it's not enough. I realize now, nothing would have been enough. You were never going to tell me the truth. You were never going to let me all the way in." Lena said taking several deep breaths to calm down.

Kara teared up immediately protesting, "Lena, its' not like that. I was scared. I thought you wouldn't want me in your life if you knew the truth. I thought you'd reject me because of who I am. I didn't want to take the chance. You're so important to me, you always have been."

"Maybe if I didn't know what I know now but I do Kara. You trusted me once before but not now? We've known each other a while now as adults Kara. You've had so many opportunities to tell me. To bring me into the fold and you've kept me in the cold this whole time. I've always felt like an outsider because of who I am. You've proven to me that I will always be the outsider because I am a Luthor. That not even Supergirl will be honest with me."

"Lena…"

"Kara please, no more excuses. Just tell me the truth, please." Lena insisted.

"Yes, I am Supergirl. I've always been Supergirl. I've been hiding who I am from you. I'm sorry."

"Thank you Kara for finally admitting it to me." Lena said painfully swallowing the lump in the back of her throat. Three tears escaped her eyes before she could wipe them away. Kara flinched like she had been physically hit and reached out to touch Lena but Lena moved away and Kara put her hand back down.

"I'm so sorry Lena. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was trying to protect you. Everyone close to me is a target and is always in danger. I was trying to save you that." Kara said still trying to explain.

Lena shook her head still looking at her feet. She smiled bitterly as she pointed out finally looking up at Kara with so much hurt and pain in her eyes. "You think as a Luthor I don't know what that's like? You think of all the people on this planet, I don't understand that? Instead you've spend all this time being my friend and letting me think I was friends with two different people. Playing me for the fool, this whole time and making an idiot of me. I hope you and those you have told the whole truth have had a great laugh over this."

Kara started crying, she didn't bother wiping her tears away. "I should have told you Lena. I see that now. I was wrong. I was totally wrong."

"Yes you were but now it's too late." Lena said turning away again. The pain and sense of betrayal inside of her was crushing her heart unlike anything had before. Lena felt like a giant had her heart in its hand and was just toying with her, any moment it would crush the last of her life from her.

"Please don't say that Lena. Please don't give up on me. On us. You said, it didn't matter what you found out when we got our memories back you'd still be my friend." Kara said. The blonde was distraught unlike any time Lena had seen her before.

"I don't know what else to say to Kara, expect please leave. I need some time alone." Lena said still unable to look at Kara. She could see Kara out of the corner of her eyes, the blonde's face was twisted in despair and tears were running down her face.

"Please Kara. I need you to go. I need time. I know you didn't mean to hurt me, I know you were probably just trying to do what you thought was best for me but you were wrong and I need time now." Lena said finally looking over at Kara.

Their eyes locked and in that brief moment they knew exactly how much pain the other was in. It helped and it hurt even more.

"Are we still friends?" Kara asked standing up and slowly walking to the sliding glass doors.

"I don't know Kara. I need time." Lena answered honestly. Kara's lips trembled as she nodded in understanding then opened the sliding glass door and flew off.

Lena watched her go then broke down sobbing so hard no sound came out.

9:30 A.M., Sunday, National City, Underground Alien Bar

"Hey Alex! Thanks for coming so fast. I was hoping I wouldn't have to call you but she's not slowing down at all." A middle aged man who was the day bartender said meeting Alex at the front door.

"What's going on Greg?" Alex asked looking around the empty bar. It was way too early for anyone to be in on a Sunday but there were three barflies hanging out at the bar drinking and watching TV. Greg gestured with his head to the dark corner of the bar where there were booths. In the early morning all the booths were hidden in shadow, most of the lights had not been turned on yet except for one. That table was covered in empty glasses, bottles and crumpled up pieces of paper.

Alex walked over and her sister came into view. Kara looked terrible, her eyes were puffy and red rimed and glassy. Kara was slumped over the table with a pen in her hand and a half drunk glass of something next to her. To Alex, it appeared as if Kara was trying to write out a note of some sort and was having great difficulty completing the task. Also to Alex her sister was shit faced drunk.

"Hey Kara. What's going on?" Alex asked sliding into the seat across from her sister.

"I messed everything up Alex. I messed it all up." Kara said pitifully and began sobbing into her hands. Greg walked by bring by a clean dishtowel for Kara, she took it without word and sobbed into it. Alex nodded thanks to Greg who nodded back with a sympathetic look towards Kara.

"What did you mess up? I thought you'd be happy right now. You got your memories back!" Alex said trying to liven things up but Kara looked up at her with the saddest biggest puppy dog look ever with the biggest tears spilling over and down her cheeks. Alex's eyes went wide, she realized something really bad happened and she had no idea what it was. With bottom lip trembling Kara shook her head and tried to explain.

"I took that device over to Lena's…"

"Okay. What? Was she not home? Did something happen to the device? Were you not able to get your memories back?" Alex asked trying to figure out what was wrong with her sister. In all her years being Kara's sister she had never seen Kara this broken before, it was shocking and worrisome.

"No, she was home and it was successful. We got our memories back." Kara said then burst into fresh tears. Alex blinked and frowned; she was not following along but had to wait for Kara to regain her composure before she could explain further. When minutes ticked by and Kara's hard sobbing didn't subside Alex reached out and grabbed Kara's hands making Kara look up.

"Kara, tell me what happened. I can't help if I don't know what's going on."

"I fucked up Alex. I shouldn't have kept the secret for so long and now I've ruined everything." Kara said between sobs.

"I don't understand."

"The memories Alex…back then when we were teenagers. I told Lena everything. Everything!" Kara said eyes wide.

"Oh! Oh shit. That means…" Alex was putting it together now.

"Yeah…exactly!" Kara said.

"But I'm sure Lena will come around. You two are destined to be friends. I'm sure she'll forgive you. It's not like were dating and you kept that from her." Alex joked and Kara burst into fresh heavy sobs.

"What did I say?" Alex asked totally confused again.

"That's just it Alex. Those memories…it showed Lena and I things, things that made everything different." Kara said in a heavy whisper.

"Like what? How?"

Kara froze and for the first time to Alex, Kara looked terrified. Alex gave her sisters hands a reassuring squeeze and said, "Hey, whatever it is you can tell me Kara. I'm your sister. I'm going to be there for you no matter what. You can talk to me. Please talk to me."

"We weren't just friends Alex. Back then Alex, we…we were dating. We were in love. We even…had sex." Kara whispered. And Alex's mouth fell open and her eyes became huge.

"Holy shit no way! You and Lena! Holy crap Lena was your first! And I thought it was that gross guy from college. Well thank goodness for this, right. And you know thinking about how you and Lena have always been with each other; it really explains a lot doesn't it?" Alex said totally shocked and trying to process it but Kara wasn't amused. Kara just looked like she had lost everything again.

"Yeah…" Kara said tears still seeping from her eyes.

"Well, what's the problem? Can't you two talk about everything and work it out?" Alex asked.

"She doesn't want to see me. I betrayed her Alex. I should have told her I was Supergirl ages ago and I didn't. I kept the secret much longer than necessary and now I've blown whatever chance with her I could have had. And now with my memories back I know exactly what I lost." Kara said.

"Oh, yeah I can see that. Well, how about you give her some time Kara. Maybe Lena will come around to things. You didn't do it maliciously; you were only trying to protect her." Alex said.

"That's what I told her. It doesn't matter. She hates me now." Kara said.

Alex felt bad for her sister, there wasn't anything she could do to help her with this so she got up switching sides and pulled Kara in a hug. Kara broke down crying in her sisters arms; all Alex could do was whisper that everything would be okay, eventually.

5:30 P.M., Wednesday, National City, Lena's apartment

Lena had worked another half day for the third day in a row and was drinking on her balcony watching the sun set. It was completely unlike Lena to brush off work like that especially when she had two dozen special projects she was personally overseeing. However, this week she felt off balance and unlike herself. She needed time to readjust and figure some stuff out. At first she thought work would accomplish that but it did not. Part of her just wanted to get on a plane and go to the opposite side of the world for a few months but running away from her responsibilities was against her nature hence the half days.

What was vexing Lena for days now was Kara; specifically her feelings for Kara. Lena had been processing what happened in her youth and recently with a magnifying glass trying to figure out if her feelings were residual feelings from the past or real feelings from the present. And all she could come up with was that she was definitely in love with Kara right here, right now. Now that she had her memory back, she had a better understanding where her unyielding attraction toward Kara came from, why it was always so strong and why it was always so physical. Lena had been ignoring her feelings for Kara since the beginning always brushing it off as "friendly feelings" instead of realizing what they really were, very romantic lustful feelings. Lena felt foolish thinking back but Kara had danced around her too.

What made it worse over the last few nights when she tried to sleep, every time she closed her eyes all she could see was her memories of Kara when they were teenagers and being with Kara. The intense physical reaction Lena was having to those memories was tormenting her. And nothing Lena did helped relieve the tension caused by those memories or that kiss she shared with Kara before she sent Kara away.

As more time passed the pressure to reach out to Kara built up inside Lena and she did want to reach out to Kara, to talk to work things out but she just wasn't ready. Not yet, because even though she understood why Kara had kept her identity a secret for so long Lena was still hurt. And she didn't know what it was going to take to get over it, she wished she knew.

Lena was still staring at the setting sun when she heard a loud noise coming from far away then a saw a blur of red and blue fly by. Lena knew it was Supergirl going to save the day. She got up from her chair and went to turn the TV on hoping to find some sort of coverage of what Kara was doing. She found full coverage on several channels. A bridge on the east side of the city had failed, and there were dozens of people in danger. Lena watched on the edge of her seat as Kara saved two busloads of children, a massive section of the bridge full of people as well as dozens of individuals on foot and in their cars. Lena was so proud of Kara and what she did that day.

Then Supergirl landed by some reporters and they got a clear shot of Supergirl's face and Lena was shocked. Every time Supergirl was on TV she always had this big bright smile, Kara knew what kind of symbol she was for the city and for the people that looked up to her so she always tried to represent that hero as best she possibly could. Until today, today Kara looked depressed and sad. So sad, Kara couldn't seem to even muster a smile or even a nod to anyone. She just glanced at the reporters and took off again. That's when Lena realized Kara was getting the job done as quickly as possible and sure enough, as soon as everyone was safe Supergirl took off. Lena realized Kara was just going through the motions.

"Work's not going to solve it Kara. I've already tried." Lena said with a small frown as she turned off the TV.

8:05 P.M., Wednesday, National City, Kara's Apartment

"Hey, I got us three pizzas, two fully loaded and one regular pepperoni for me and a case of beer. I hope that's enough. If not I can also bust open that bottle of rum we've been saving?" Alex said as she set everything down on Kara's counter.

Kara saw the feast and tried to smile, it still managed to be frown. She was struggling and couldn't hide it. Alex was the only person she had told the full truth about what was going on, everyone else thought it was just family drama Kara didn't want to discuss. Kara had tried to focus on work but seeing Lena around the office even a little bit was like going through a violent panic attack forcing her to leave the building each time. While even going out as Supergirl brought her no joy no matter how many people she saved. Alex had eventually suggested a sister's night to cheer Kara up but so far it wasn't working.

"I know it's only been a couple of days but things will turn around. You need to give it more time." Alex said, she opened beers for the both of them passing one to Kara.

Kara took the drink and drained it immediately. Alex smiled and offered her the other open beer.

"Thank you Alex." Kara said.

"You've been there for me for everything Kara. I'm not going anywhere." Alex replied.

A knock on the door interrupted them, Kara glanced at the door and used her X-Ray vision in reflex it was a delivery guy holding something.

"Alex will you answer that please. It's some delivery guy." Kara asked.

"Sure." Alex replied and answered the door. She signed for the package from the courier and brought it in for Kara who was still standing at the counter.

"Here. It's from Lena." Alex said passing the Kara the large envelope.

Kara took it, her heart aching and she hesitated. She was afraid it contained something bad like a note saying she never wanted to see Kara again. Alex was watching her sister carefully and gently pushed her. "Kara, just open it. I know you have X-Ray vision but I don't. What's in the envelop?"

Kara nodded and tore it open and dumped out the contents. It was the pictures and recording Lena had borrowed to test, Lena was returning everything. At first Kara was confused then saw a folded note tucked inside and picked it up. It read:

Kara,

Thank you allowing me to borrow the photographs and the CD. I've made copies of everything for myself, I hope you don't mind. They mean so much to me.

I appreciate the time you've given me to think everything through, it's really helped. I have to go out of town. I'm not sure how long. When I return, can get together and talk? I miss you.

-Lena

Kara set the note down and scrambled for her phone. Alex watched in confusion as her sister rushed to send out a text message. Alex picked up the note, read it and smiled.

"Good, I'm glad you two are going to work it out. I hate seeing you like this." Alex commented.

Kara sent the text after fretting about wording for a minute. She let out a huge breath she didn't realize she had been holding in while reading Lena's note and closed her eyes letting a new found sense of calm wash over her.

"I didn't think she'd ever want to see me. I feel like I can breathe again." Kara admitted.

"I understand that feeling all too well. So are you ready to talk about all of this now? Because I have a lot of questions Kara." Alex said grabbing one of the pizza boxes and carrying it over to the coffee table.

"Like what?" Kara asked carrying a couple of the unopened beers over for them.

They sat down next to each other and began to eat pizza. Alex laughed shaking her head then asked in between bites of hot pizza. "Okay, since there are now two of us in the family. I'm curious, was there any one else besides Lena? And what exactly did you do with Lena, you don't have to give me the full details because I don't want to know, you are my sister and that is gross but a little bit of a rundown would be good. And so I know was it before or after all those pictures were taken?"

Kara laughed for the first time in days, she smiled as she began answering her sister's questions.

8:05 P.M., Friday, National City, Lena's Apartment

Lena got out of the shower feeling refreshed and clean. The flight had been long and the trip tedious and short, so short she didn't even bother checking into the hotel she had booked. She just wanted to return to National City as quickly as possible. She had been annoyed that it took her physical presence to fix the mess but once business was taken care of and she could relax a little Lena's thoughts returned to Kara.

Lena kept going over what she wanted to say to Kara, it still bothered her that Kara lied to her for so long about something so important but she couldn't hold it against Kara. If she had been in Kara's position, she would have made the same choice. In truth, Lena had made the same choice before. No, if Lena wanted to move past this with Kara she would have to forgive and let this go. It was something Lena was not used to doing, being a Luthor she typically didn't let anything go.

Lena got dressed in something casual but sexy. She was planning on going to go see Kara and wanted to look nice. She didn't know where their conversation would take them but Lena had hopes so she wanted to look good. She chose black jeans, black leather boots with four inch heels, a red V-neck t-shirt, silver hoop earrings and form fitting black leather jacket. Lena fiddled with her hair in the mirror for a few minutes trying to decide to put it up or wear it down then decided at the last moment to wear it down. Happy with the way she looked Lena walked to the bowl she kept her keys in and suddenly realized she had no idea where Kara was at. She pulled out her cell phone and was about to call Kara but decided she wanted to surprise Kara by just showing up wherever she was. So instead Lena called someone else.

"Hi Alex? It's Lena. How are you?"

"Hi Lena. I'm good, still stuck at work unfortunately since Kara's not allowed to help right now. What can I help you with?" Alex replied with no hint of judgement or malice toward Lena which Lena really appreciated because as Kara's sister Lena knew Alex knew exactly what was going on.

"I was hoping you could point me in the right direction. I'm looking for your sister." Lena said.

"Oh, she should be at the bar. I don't know how long she'll be there but you could check there first. If not she might be at home. She hasn't been in the mood to go out lately." Alex said.

"What's the name of the bar?" Lena asked. She had heard Kara mention it in passing a couple of times but had never been invited to go along so she didn't know where it was.

"It doesn't have a name, it's an underground bar for aliens. Please keep that in mind when you go. And you'll need to give a password when you go or they won't let you in." Alex said.

"Oh! Okay, thank you for letting me know Alex. I appreciate this more than you know." Lena said.

"Just promise me if you're going to go see Kara to give her "Let's just be friends" speech you do it gently. Kara may be invulnerable on the outside but her heart isn't." Alex said.

"So the big sister comes out. Okay. I get it Alex. And no, that's not what this is about. I appreciate that you're so protective about Kara but you don't need to worry in this case. Trust me the last thing I'm going to tell Kara tonight is that I want to be just friends." Lena said laughing softly. She liked that Alex was being so protective of Kara yet respectful toward her.

"That's great! And if you can't find Kara, call me back. I'll help you hunt her down." Alex offered.

"Thank you Alex."

"Lena, don't forget the password. It's Baby rattle. I'll text you address."

"Thank you again Alex. Have a great night!" Lena said

"You too. Have fun." Alex replied and they hung me.

Lena grabbed her keys and headed out. A text message from Alex came a few minutes later and Lena recognized the address, it was in a slightly seedy part of town but nothing that worried Lena. She put it in her GPS and went straight there making good time in the early evening traffic. Only the closer Lena got to the bar the more nervous she became. All too soon she arrived at the address and sure enough there was no sign announcing the bar just a lot of cars out front around the building. Lena pulled her car around to the side parking with everyone else then sat there for a few minutes trying to calm her nerves.

"How is this even possible Lena?" Lena asked herself while looking at her reflection in the rear view mirror.

"You run a huge corporation and are incredibly accomplished and yet the very idea of talking to Kara right now is turning you into a puddle of nerves. Come on, get a grip!" Lena chastised herself. She took several deep breaths and tried using tactics that helped her face the boardroom but tonight they simply did not work.

Lena went through a dozen calming techniques from pumping herself up to listening to music but nothing seemed to help so as a last resort she pulled out a copy of the recording and slipped it into the car's CD player. This time when Lena listened to teenage Kara and Lena talk it didn't make her cry it just made her smile. And when Kara started singing "Stone" Lena felt her nerves melt away, the song was just what she needed to hear to help remind her who Kara was and why Lena loved her so much.

Feeling confident and ready to face Kara, Lena got out of her car and went in search of the bar's entrance which she was happily surprised to find it was on the side of the building by all the parked cars. Lena went up to the door and checked the handle it was locked so she knocked on the door hard. A big bald burly white man wearing a plain black t-shirt and dark blue dirty jeans answered the door.

"Baby rattle." Lena said with a smile. The bouncer nodded smiling back.

"Welcome, enjoy your night Miss." The bouncer said holding the door open for her.

Lena walked inside into a short hall, she could see at the end of the hall was the actual entrance of the bar. Loud energetic music pumped throughout filling the space, Lena walked in surprised to see how big the bar actually was. A large fully stocked bar was to the left, a row of booths to the right with pool tables and dart boards in the back with a makeshift dance floor in the center. It was a little seedy, like a dive bar but no different than countless others around that area. It was also packed with people. Lena had momentarily forgotten it was Friday night until she saw the crowd.

Walking into the thick of it, a handsome man in jeans and a tank top walked up to Lena with a smile and offered to buy her a drink. Lena looked at him and said no, she didn't smile or show anything other than boredom on her face because she didn't want to give the guy any hope that she was interested. She walked past him and started looking around the bar for Kara. Lena didn't spot her anywhere by the booths or the dance floor so Lena began to check by the bar, but the crowds there were worse so she had to squeeze by clusters of people.

Then, Lena spotted Kara through the crowd. The angelic blonde was sitting at the bar nursing a drink looking a little sad, she had her phone in front of her and she kept checking it. Lena held back when she saw a handsome man with a trimmed beard and glasses approach Kara. Lena was curious on how Kara was going to respond so she stayed back and watched. She wasn't close enough to hear anything but she could see Kara clearly.

The man approached Kara with an easy smile and offered to buy Kara as drink, Kara smiled then shook her head no and put her hand up for extra emphasis she wasn't interested. The guy looked disappointed but nodded and walked away. Lena laughed covering her mouth then moved to go over to Kara when a surge of people cut in front of her and a woman with large breasts and red hair sauntered up to Kara. This woman slide right up to Kara, pressing her body against Kara's and began playing with the blonde's hair as she leaned in to flirt.

Lena saw this and could not stop the swelling of jealously that rose up inside. Usually Lena was not a jealous person but when it came to Kara she was very territorial, even when they were "Just Friends" Lena did not like having to share Kara. So to see this other woman flirt so openly with Kara pushed all of Lena's attack buttons, she lost her patience and elbowed her way through the crowd just in time to hear.

"I'm sorry. I'm not interested." Kara said.

"You just look so sad. Let me buy you a drink, you can tell me all your problems. I'll make them better at least for tonight." The red head said still leaning all over Kara.

"How many times do I have to say it? I'm not interested. Thanks but no thanks." Kara said with frustration seeping into her voice.

"I'm going to keep my eye on you tonight. You will not be going home alone." The red head said with a loaded look that angered Lena. Then she saw Kara roll her eyes and go back to her drink. Lena relaxed and smiled, that was the Kara she knew and loved.

Lena walked up to the opposite side of Kara then leaned in over Kara's shoulder asking in a voice that imitated the previous woman's voice, "Hey Sexy, can I buy a lonely girl a drink?"

"How many times do I have to say no?" Kara said irritated. She swung around in her seat to face this new person with a heavy frown on her face only to have that frown instantly vanish into a bright happy smile when she saw it was Lena standing there with a mischievous smile.

"Lena!"

"Hi Kara. I hope you don't mind. I asked your sister where to find you." Lena said, her smile only getting bigger the longer she looked at Kara. Their eyes locked and held; it was like they were the only two in the room.

"I've never been so happy to see anyone, ever. I thought coming here tonight would help distract me but it's been a disaster. I am very glad to see you. When did you get back?" Kara asked.

"A couple of hours ago." Lena replied. She was amazed by how little negative tension there was between them compared to the last time they saw each other face to face. There was tension there but now it was different, it felt electric and exciting instead of heavy and full of dread. Kara was genuinely happy to see her and it was clear by the twinkle in the blondes clear blue eyes and big smile that stayed on her lips the whole time.

"Hey, do want something to drink?" Kara asked and all Lena had to do was nod and Kara waved the bartender over. Kara ordered Lena a drink and another round for herself, and then Kara leaned over to Lena asking. "Hey, after we get our drinks can we go someplace and talk?"

"Yeah. I'd like that." Lena said.

Kara smiled, her eyes speaking to Lena all by themselves. Kara reached down and grabbed Lena's hand and Lena immediately entwined their fingers holding on tightly to Kara's hand which only made Kara smile more. They waited for their drinks and after they received them Kara told the bartender to put it on her tab. Lena waited for Kara to show her which way they were going and when Kara pulled her through the crowd to the opposite side of the bar to a stairwell marked "Employees Only". Lena was hesitant until a person who worked at the bar simply nodded at Kara as Kara went through the door and took Lena up a stairwell that was apparently the roof access. In a moment they were out outside on the roof of the bar. They could hear the music from inside but at a much more background level so they could talk without having to shout.

Up on the roof, Kara kept hold of Lena's hand and pulled her over to a small platform in the middle so they could set their drinks down only then did Kara let Lena's hand go. They both took a step away from each other to relieve a little of the tension between them.

"Have you come up here often?" Lena asked looking around. The rooftop was peaceful and clean. The sky was clear with the moon out making it rather romantic. Lena slowly drifted back toward Kara as she repeatedly reached for her drink taking sips from it then setting it back down.

"Just to help install the bar's satellite dish a little while back. I didn't think you'd want to go out to their smoking area or to the parking lot. I thought this would give us a little more privacy." Kara said. The blonde seemed nervous she kept fidgeting with her hands until she finally slid them into her jeans pockets. Kara was dressed in jeans, dark shoes and long sleeve black V-neck shirt with her hair down. Lena thought she looked so good, sexy when she pulled the sleeves up half way like she was right now.

"You were right and this is perfect. Thank you." Lena commented. She took a moment to take a big swig of her drink before setting it back down. She noticed that Kara was rocking back and forth on her heels and staring at her feet.

"Lena, I'm sorry for not telling you I was Supergirl earlier. I was wrong for not telling you. I should have trusted you. I know that." Kara began with her eyes still on her feet; it was like she had been rehearsing it for days. Lena interrupted her with a soft touch on the arm, getting Kara to look up at her. Lena stepped closer to Kara so they were just a hand span apart.

"Kara, thank you for the apology, but you don't have to keep apologizing. I understand why you felt you needed to do that for so long. I would have done the same regardless of my feelings for you. Self-preservation is very strong in both of us and I won't fault you for it. All I ask is moving on from this point forward we have real honesty between us."

"Real honesty?" Kara asked looking for clarification from Lena.

"Well yes, I can't have my girlfriend lying to me. Now can I?" Lena said it as a matter of fact and it took Kara full count of five to catch on. And when she did her eyes went wide and her mouth went from a surprised O to a very large happy smile. Kara reached out grabbing Lena by the waist with excitement lifting her up momentarily as she asked.

"Did I just hear that right?"

"Depends, Kara Zor-El, will you go on a date with me?" Lena asked biting her bottom lip out of nervousness. She was watching Kara's face carefully for every emotion and Kara wasn't hiding anything, not her excitement, not her joy or her stunned happiness.

"Yes but on one condition." Kara said suddenly getting very serious.

"What condition is that?" Lena asked confused. She thought they were on the same page and now Kara was going to pull a condition out on her. What was going on? Lena looked away frowning and missed Kara trying very hard to clamp down on the smile trying break free on her face.

"My condition is: I'll go on a date with you only if you say yes to officially be my girlfriend. I love you Lena Luthor and I don't want to waste a moment of it without you. I feel like we were both robbed years of being together first by losing our memories and then by dancing around each other. I don't want to miss out anymore. You're too important."

Tears of happiness welled up in the same moment laughter spilled out of Lena. She shook her head then smacked Kara playfully on the arm. "You really had me going there for a second!"

Kara wrapped her arms around Lena holding her while staring lovingly into her Lena's eyes as she asked, "What do you say Lena? Want to give this another shot?"

While staring into Kara's eyes Lena reached up with both hands clasping Kara's face and gently pulling her close until they were breathing each other's air. The tension rose as Kara leaned in just so until their lips were barely touching. Lena moved her head enough to her lips against Kara's ever so gently before kissing her softly. Kara gripped Lena's jacked pulling her closer and kissing Lena back just as softly. So much was said in those soft kisses, promises were given as well as confessions of love in each one. Lena kept kissing Kara as she slowly ran her hands up until her fingers were up in Kara's long tresses.

That first kiss they shared after getting their memories back had been rushed and full of lust and pent up desire. These kisses were slow, reaffirming, and so full of love and longing. Lena could not remember the last time she had gotten such satisfaction from simply kissing someone but this was reminding Lena how great it can be. These slow soft kisses were turning Lena on and waking up parts of her that had long ago fallen asleep.

Lena broke the kiss and pressed her face against Kara's as she whispered in the blonde's ear. "Yes Kara. I definitely want to give us another shot. I love you too."

Kara wrapped her arms all the way around Lena hugging her and started kissing Lena's neck. Kara started kissing her way up Lena's neck and back to Lena's mouth and they started kissing deeper. Downstairs a new song started to play, its rhythm caused Lena to pull back and ask.

"Kara dance with me."

"What right now?"

"Yes. Please?" Lena asked.

"For you anything." Kara replied and pulled Lena into a slow sway as they only halfway listened to the lyrics of Rihanna's "Love on the Brain."

"Don't stop loving me, loving me. Don't quit loving me, loving me. Just start loving me, loving me. And babe I'm fist-fighting with fire. Just to get close to you. Can we burn something babe? And I run for miles just to get a taste. Must be love on the brain. That's got me feeling this way, feeling this way. Must be love on brain, yeah. And it keeps cursing my name, cursing my name. And no matter what I do. I'm no good without you. And I can't get enough. Must be love on the brain."

As they danced on the roof top Kara pulled Lena in for another deep long kiss. They soon forgot about the music playing, to them there was only each other under the moonlight.