She stood in front of the mirror, holding on to the sink, trying her best not to break it with her super strength.
Her heart was racing faster than ever before, faster than when she was fighting Parasite and Mxyzptlik combined.
She had been trying to hide the small black box from Lena, sometimes with a lot of luck and effort.
One time she was adament about doing laundry and grabbed the pants that held the box in the pocket.
She had snatched the pants out of her hands, almost causing an argument between the two about Lena not being allowed to do chores.
"I might be a Luthor, Kara, but I can still do chores around the house!" Kara huffed muttering that it wasn't about that and that she had to drop it.
Lena had dropped the pants in a huff and Kara hurriedly took out the box before walking over and apologising to Lena profusely.
She had asked Kara multiple times what was going on with her, but Kara talked around it constantly, avoiding the truth.
Lena just simply sighed and told her that if she was ready to talk that she had to go find her and had left to go to work.
So here Kara was, talking to herself in the mirror, talking courage into herself as she had sped up all the appointments made for the special night.
She looked down at the ring and sighed "now or never Zor El" and she took the box and smiled as she put it in her box.
Kara picked up the phone and called Lena's assistant "hey Jess its Kara. Could you do me a huge favour and clear Lena's schedule?"
There was a slight sputter at the end of the line followed by a "s-sure Miss Danvers. Is everything alright?"
The blonde superhero was quick to assure Jess that everything was quite alright and had convinced her to do as was asked.
With Lena's schedule cleared, Kara set to go out to L Corp and surprise the woman of her dreams.
She walked up to the doors of Lena's office and told Jess to go home for the remainder of the day, as neither women would come back to the office.
Jess gaped slightly at Kara and she simply winked at her "you'll understand tomorrow. I promise" and walked trough the doors.
The brunette looked up from her paper, a surprised frown on her face "Kara? What are you doing here?"
"Well you said that when I wanted to talk, I should come look for you. So here I am" she said, releasing a breathe she didn't realize she was holding.
A single perfect shaped eyebrow was raised "I said that this morning" Kara nodded "and you deserve the truth"
Kara walked over to where the brunette was sitting, sitting in front of her on the desk, she held her face in between her hands.
"I'm sorry you've been feeling left out, I promise that it was not my intention. All of whats about to happen was a surprise, meant to build you up and not tear you down.
Lena I love you, do you trust me?" a hope filled Kara's voice and Lena frowned.
"Kara of course I trust you, how is that even a question? I trust you with all my heart" sincerity was palpable both in her voice and in her eyes "what is this about Kara?"
She smiled at the seated woman and stood up, holding out her hand for Lena to take "you'll see. Now lets go. Your schedule is cleared, now lets go. Please"
Lena eyed her girlfriend, there was not a doubt in her mind that Kara meant anything besides good and that she was genuine about her secrecy being just a surprise, so she took her hand.
A huge smile overcame the blonde woman and she stood up, pulling the brunette with her and gently kissed her lips as Lena's heels brought her at the same height.
"I love it when you wear heels" she mumbled against her lips and Lena chuckled "so where are we going Kara?"
She smiled devishly when she pulled away "like I said. Miss impatient. It's a surprise" she tugged on her hand and said "lets go" in a very excited voice.
They walked over to Noonans and Lena chuckled "THIS is your surprise? A lunch date at Noonans?" Kara grinned in return.
"No! A lunchdate where we had our very first date! The first time I realized just how much I care about you. The first time I realized that I want to spend my life kissing you"
Lena's eyes teared up at the sweet words and she bit her lip trying to hide it, they said down at their usual spot and each had a coffee and sticky buns.
After they were done and laughed at memories shared about their firsts they went on to their next stop.
Lena's favorite song played as they stepped into their favorite chinese restaurant and a smile lit up on Lena's face.
Once again they sat in their favorite spot as the waiter brought out their usual dishes.
When the waiter left Kara looked over at Lena and saw the pure love eminating from her, Kara bit her lower lip.
"Our second date here, you wore that amazing purple dress. It shows off every curve. That night-" Kara took a breathe to steady her nerves "-that night was the first time I wanted to spend the night with you"
Lena gasped softly and gently shook her head and bit her lip, she was looking for the right words to say, but the arrival of the food distracted her and they ate in relatively silence.
Lena shared the first time she wanted to spend the night with her, all the while blushing profusely at admitting that she had feelings from the start.
Kara had revealed that she was attracted to her the moment she walked into her office that afternoon with Clark, but that she was so scared about them that she tucked them down.
They took turns in revealing small secrets about their feelings during the course of the meals and by the end of it they were smiling and laughing wildly.
As they walked trough the park they held hands, walking silently, just enjoying each others company, enjoying the nice warm air.
"So you're probably wondering why all the reminiscing and the clear whoo-ing?" Kara, not so casually, brought up and Lena chuckled.
"A little bit, yes. But after spending so many weeks with you I kind of learned to just roll with it" Kara snortlaughed, a typical sign of her nervousness.
"Okay so, I know I'm going to ramble, but just let me ramble ok" she looks at Lena intently, Lena arched an eyebrow and slowly said okay, amusement clear in her voice.
"Okay, I- Oh Rao this is difficult. So, obvious things first-" she moved her hands around trying to make a point "-I have been hiding something from you, but I swear its a good thing"
Lena opened her mouth to ask how hiding something can be good but Kara held up her hand.
"I just told you all the first realisations I had concerning you. But I haven't told you one of them. I think its the biggest one yet. It was back when we were having movie night.
And I had my head on your lap and it just clicked and I arranged for everything in the coming few weeks, hence all the secrecy. I meant what I said Lena, I love you.
Beyond comprehension. I lost everything. My friends. My family. My world. And Supergirl helps me to keep them alive, you know.
It's a way to have my family near me. But then I found you and we grew closer and closer and then I realized that I didn't need this suit to feel home, to feel close to family.
Cause I had you with me and then I fell in love with you and I had another realisation. Without you there is no Supergirl. There is no hero. You make me a better me.
The only truth I kept from you is what I'm showing you right now. Lena I love you, so incredibely much"
Lena took a deep breath, emotions crossing her face like trying to finetune a radio "Kara. I-" she held up her hand once more as she grabbed the small black box with the gold emblem.
Her breath hitched as she saw the little box "this is what I have been hiding from you" her nerves were making it hard to breathe, feeling like there was a giant fist around her throat and squeezing.
She got down on one knee and Lena's hand shot up to her mouth covering it with tears in her eyes while the other covered her heart.
Kara slowly opened the box and asked "Lena Luthor. Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife? Will you marry me?"
For those few moments it felt like the world stood still, like there was no one else around except for them.
In that moment it was just Lena and Kara sharing an intimate moment, one neither ever saw happening for either of them.
A sniff escaped from Lena and she whispered, softer than any human ear could pick up "oh Kara, why? No.." Kara's heart stopped 'did she just...' her eyes widened, mouth fell open, tears ready to stream down her cheeks as she looked absolutely defeated.
"L-Lena?" tears welled up even more as she was registering that the first thing out of Lena's mouth was a 'no' instead of a 'yes'.
Lena looked down at the soft, broken whisper and her heart broke at the sight and she realized that the Kryptonian girl must've heard her.
"Oh God Kara! No! No! No! Not like that! God! Anything but that! That is NOT my answer, that is so NOT my answer to your question!" she got out in one breath.
"It's just-" she sighed and continued "-It's just that I was going to propose to you tomorrow!" she barred a wide toothy grinn, she dropped to her knees to be at eye level with her hero.
"Kara I love you more than I could probably ever love myself, you give me hope, love, a purpose and most of all you have given me a family when I thought I could never have one.
There is nothing in this world I would rather do than to call myself your wife" their eyes met trough tears and Kara took out the ring with shaky hands.
"Khak Zao Rip Lena Luthor" she said as she slipped the ring on her lovers finger.
"Khak Zao Rip Kara Zor El" she said before she captured her lips in a passionate kiss, both on their knees in the middle of the park.
They smiled lazily and Lena spoke up before looking around to see if they were alone "fly us home, my Supergirl"
And so Kara did, she scooped her up bridal style and flew them home.
They spend the full night in bed, mapping the others body, craving the others body, touching any and every inch they could find.
When they were so tired that they couldn't move they fell asleep in each others arms, spooned together, limbs entwining.
One thought lingering on their mind as they drifted off to sleep.
"I can't wait to marry you"