A/N: Ah, final chapter it is! Thank you for everyone who has supported this short fic. In need of more Supercorp? Haven't read my OG Supercorp fic? Come check out 'Will You Be My Savior?' after this one! If you have, thank you for continuously supporting my work and I hope you enjoy this finale!

In reality, it's only been a week. To Kara, it felt like infinite lifetimes had gone and passed her by.

Inside, she felt like she was being torn apart. There was a persistent ache in her chest, throbbing with every beat of her heart. An ache that grew whenever she thought of Lena, whenever she missed her, or heard her name mentioned somewhere.

In a way, not seeing her for that span of time were both a blessing and a curse.

Not seeing her was pure torture. Every fiber of her body craved to see her, even just a glimpse of her. At the same time Kara knew that even just a glimpse of her would be too much. Because knowing that she's within her grasp, that she could almost feel her presence, touch her, bask in the warmth of her hugs, would be beyond the unimaginable pain that had made a permanent home in her chest.

The week had gone by relatively mute. The world found some peace and barely needed saving, James had stopped bickering with Lena, who had been working from either her home or L-Corp. Thankfully, James had also stopped pestering her about Lena, simply stating it was truly over between them when the two ended up taking the same elevator ride up to their offices a few days ago. It made Kara feel like she most definitely had hit a full stop at life. What had her so conflicted was over, granting her a sense of relief to no longer be caught in between. However, a different conflict had taken root, one that was rather too unnerving with the new found silence that had surrounded her.

Even their news topics had gone from exciting to mundane. It had been like the world had stood still, taken a pause from turning. Time both moved painstakingly slow – making Kara agonize every second that she had wherein she couldn't take her mind off from Lena – and fast at the same time – making Kara realize that her wish to see Lena would become an inevitability with the upcoming holiday party at CatCo on Christmas Eve.

The night of the incident, Kara locked herself in her apartment all alone. Alex sounded deeply concerned, threatening to break her door down if she didn't let her in, but Kara wanted to be by her lonesome. She wanted to let it all out, break and fall apart and not have to talk. She didn't want human company, she didn't want Alex's company to pull her together and hold her. A dam had broken and she wanted to feel every bit of emotion that came pouring out. She didn't want to think or talk about it, just cry herself to sleep. And she did, hoping it could help her let the feeling pass. Only, the next day, it left her hollow. She felt like she was only go through the motions of life, feeling so empty.

She was prepared for a possible rejection of her feelings from Lena, she didn't put that much stock in it. But she wasn't prepared of losing her completely. Lena's voice haunted her, the pain in it as she threw her out with simply her words. Those words that stung as she heard them leave Lena's lips, words that stung as they echoed through her mind.

And Kara had to admit, she never hated being Supergirl as much as she did in that moment.

But truth be told, she hated who she had been as Supergirl more than just the notion of it. The part of her that jumped to the irrational conclusions she made that had caused the rift between her and Lena in the first place. The one that caused the distrust, the one that shed doubt to her reasons for keeping her secrets.

The next few days were still rough. Brainy kept rambling on about boxes, Nia kept checking on her with a concerned tone, even J'onn dropped by asking if she wanted to talk. The second day, however, was made more bearable by Kara as she fixed her mistake of leaving people out and asking Alex to just hold her that night. She cried a bit more as Kara learned that heartbreak was much more difficult than heartache,

The third night she was able to talk about things with Alex, and it made her feel somewhat better. Alex reminded her that Lena needed time right now. That perhaps things would change, perhaps not so much, but her sister knew that if there was anything about Lena Luthor that she knew, it was that she cared about Kara more than anything else in the world. That she was the one person she would move mountains for.

The fourth night, and all that had followed since then, was mostly spent distracting Kara from anything Lena-related.

But today, she had no choice, no way of avoiding it.

That didn't stop Kara from trying, however, to avoid it as much as she can. Because even if Lena has found the strength to put things behind her, come to CatCo with a cool, calm demeanor and see her or be within her close proximity, Kara most certainly could not.

Her heart would give out at the very moment that Lena tried to avoid her, should it dreadfully come.

That's why Kara was proactive about things.

She kept mostly to herself, exchanging smiles and brief greetings with whoever ends up temporarily joining her at the balcony for some air. But mostly, it was just her. She watched the party through the floor-to-ceiling glass paned walls that separated her from her colleagues, nursing a cup of punch in her hand for most of the party. The longest conversation she's had was with Nia, who checked on her, brought her a plate of food from inside, and a fresh cup of punch.

Lena made her rounds inside, her usual self, chatting with all her employees, wishing them well for the holidays. Kara would steal glances through the glass, just to get an idea of where she was at the party, but for the most part she cast her eyes over National City, trying to ignore the irresistible pull that Lena just happen to have with her, and did her best to remind her of what life was like without Lena Luthor.

There was a time before she knew the CEO, after all, that she existed without her just fine.

There was a time when Kara's heart did skip a beat as soon as she hear the clicking sound of her heels, as she arrived on the floor, just like it did that day.

There was a time when Kara's didn't feel giddy, before feeling her heart drop to the pit of her stomach at the excitement that Lena was finally here and then realizing that she probably didn't want to see Kara.

There was a time when Kara was mesmerized by the holiday seasons, when she was excited and happy and felt the same kind of buzz running through every citizen of National City at that moment.

There was a time before Lena and was fine then.

But this time that felt like the time after Lena, it was killing her inside.

She didn't like this time.

Because even if she knew she could exist without her as she did before, she knew that something was missing, a certain something that she just didn't want to live without. Perhaps it was true what they say after all, ignorance was bliss.

Kara took a deep breath and sighed. She would fly away at this very moment if she could, but she couldn't. She focused, instead, on the possible wrath of Alex if she ended up her identity to the world just because she needed to get away from the girl that stirred so many kinds of emotion from inside her.

Kara steadied herself and faced the room again after she heard the glass doors opening, out came Snapper talking a break from the festivities inside, and lighting his cigarette. He pretty much ignored Kara, glancing only once at her, before keeping to himself. Their simple office party was filled with so much life inside that it made Kara consider braving the hurt with her fragile heart. She wanted to join her friends inside, enjoy the holiday spirit, if only she could find it within her again.

The spark of hope died, however, when she saw James and Lena talking jovially inside, whatever bitter feelings gone. They had left the past behind them.

Kara felt a twinge of jealousy, and she wasn't even sure what she was jealous of. The fact that they acted like friends again, or that Lena has forgiven James.

She huffed and turned her back from the party again. At this point it had become something sort of like a game for her. Find the longing to join the warmth and the festivities inside, find the courage to face Lena without being reduced to tears or rambling or giving a speech on why she should still have her in her life because she terribly missed her, or stay outside like an idiot because the fear of Lena looking right past her as if she didn't even exists paralyzed her and had turned her feet and legs into lead.

So far the 'idiot' camp was winning because she just couldn't risk falling apart should Lena ignore her.

Snapper soon left, the sun setting outside, her colleagues also dwindling in numbers inside. Kara had been left alone with her maddening thoughts of what to do next, how to approach the situation, and just Lena in general.

"I feel like a horrible person, not realizing it sooner that something was wrong with you. I though you're still mad at me, I'm sorry." she heard James break the silence that surrounded her, bring her a slice of the cake they had as dessert inside. "I mean, Kara Danvers not excited about the spread we have inside? That just doesn't add up."

"Thanks." Kara simply replied, accepting the cake. "I'm still upset but I'm not holding your mistake over your head anymore."

"Is it because I've come bearing gifts this time?" James replied, relief evident in his tone. "You were very dismissive in the elevator a couple of days ago."

"That… that was something else." Kara gave as an honest answer.

James simply nodded. "She knows, right? That's what's causing this distress?"

"H-how…?" Kara looked at him surprised. No, James didn't know. At least she was pretty sure that Brainy and Alex didn't tell him about the whole incident. She didn't think Lena would tell him but at the moment, Kara really didn't know if that was a possibility.

"She didn't say anything." James then said, almost like he was reading Kara's mind. In a way, Kara missed this James. The one who was her friend and not the annoying boyfriend to her best friend that he was. "But she's been a little off." he then admitted to noticing. "I've… well, we've talked a few times at L-Corp the last few days, mostly about work. She, well, clearly she's been avoiding coming here for a reason and I couldn't figure it out until she asked me – me of all people, Kara – how you were doing. That, and well, she's been a little off with everyone inside, and you're moping here outside… my guess is a fight. And the only fight that could cause such a big rift between the two of you that I could think of is a fight that results from the fallout about knowing your secret."

Kara nodded, rather impressed at James' deduction as she processed the fact that Lena asked about her, trying to dissect if it meant anything.

"She did, she found out during the attack at L-Corp." Kara admitted thoughtfully, doing her best to not let James onto just how torn up she was about it.

"She'll come around, Kara." James said knowingly.

"That's… it's more complicated than what you think." Kara replied, trying to figure out if James should even know what else she had let Lena know that day. She very much wanted him to just be James, her friend, right now because she wanted his insight on how Lena would deal with the other thing. James dated her, after all, and after Kara, he was the closest person to Lena, differences aside.

Because Kara was desperately wanting to know she could still salvage her relationship with Lena, some way, somehow.

"Kara, I know it's a big secret to handle for her, with everything that –" James started to say but Kara cut him short.

"That's not it." Kara said, her tone almost rising a bit. "James, this… it's not going to be easy to say this, but I want you to know that I respect you and I wanted you to know from me, this… this whole thing that's got me worried too, about Lena…"

"Kara, you know you can tell me anything, right?" James replied.

And Kara, not wanting to keep all the feelings she had been experiencing to herself any longer, just had to let it all out. "I love her, James."

"Kara, I know." James said with a chuckle.

But Kara felt like he missed the point. "No, no, you're not hearing me. I love her. I'm in love with her. Love her in a way that I really just want to swoop her off her feet and… and… kiss her, even, if she would let me…"

"Oh…" James then replied, blinking fast quite a few times as he tried to process the information. "Like you… you… and I was an absolutely horrible idiot who just put you through hell with… Oh, Kara, I… I'm sorry. I…"

"You're… you're sorry?" Kara turned to him confused.

"There used to be a time I could read you, Kara Danvers, and I was the friend you needed me to be. I'm sorry, the whole thing with Lena, our fights… it must've been hard on you. Harder than I could've imagined."

"W-what?"

"Lena and I, I know now we're not meant for each other." James then said. "Don't get me wrong, this, the whole thing, it's a little surprising and I'll need some time to process it. I've never had an ex-almost-something fall in love with an ex-girlfriend, you know?"

Kara simply nodded to that.

"But you are my friend, Kara. And you're suffering right now. If you're worried about how Lena would react, don't be. She'll come around too, I know. To be honest, in our entire relationship I was probably more jealous of you than I care to admit. She brightens up when she sees you, not me Kara. You have an effect on her that I couldn't even compete with. So maybe, maybe one day you'll see, that the best man might turn out to be the best woman for her." James went on to say with genuine support.

Kara smiled. For the first time in the last week or so, she actually smiled thanks to the sentiments James had shared about things.

She felt James place a reassuring hand around her, "And you'll never know what miracle awaits you just around the corner, so keep the hope alive Kara." he then said, nodding towards the office. Kara looked up, and through the glass caught Lena Luthor sneaking a glance at her direction, before quickly turning her attention to Eve. Her expression was unreadable but there was a sense of longing in her look. Kara wasn't entirely sure, but there was most definitely something in it.

Something that moved her.

Something that called out to her and dared her to make a move.

"If you need me, I'm here." James then said before walking away, giving a reassuring pat on her back. "It's the least I can do."

Kara simply nodded, being left alone once more with her thoughts.

She managed to escape Lena on her way down, still busy giving Eve with last minute instructions. The fog webs were clearing in her mind. The fear was still there, lingering behind, but it was being heavily suppressed by the look that Lena had from the stolen glance Kara had caught from her.

There was no trace of animosity from it, no hurt, no anger, and no pain. Maybe a little hurt and pain. But there something with the way her breath had hitched, there was something in the way she quickly looked away like she had been caught red-handed. A something that was enough to make Kara fight off the dark clouds that hung around her. A something that made her believe that a week was enough to wait.

She gave Lena her time.

Now was when she needed to stop wallowing in her sorrows.

She had her time too.

No was the time to show Lena that she would fight for her no matter what.

That's why the first thing that Kara did when she got home was change into her suit and take to the skies.

She couldn't do this just as Kara Danvers.

And she's doing this just as Supergirl as well.

She was doing this as Kara Zor-El, fighting for Lena Luthor with everything that she was.

With everything made who she was.

Just to drive home the point that she loved her in all the ways that mattered, with everything that made her who she was.

Kara passed by L-Corp on her way to Lena's penthouse. Thanks to her quick reflexes, she saw the ridiculously decorated office that was Lena's – Eve did say that with Lena absentmindedly going about her business, she managed to convince her to decorate it for her – and noticed the lights still on.

Lena was, as always, still working to the last minute, quite possibly focused on what Kara could tell was reconstructions around L-Corp plaza. She didn't look too bothered by the random assortment of Christmas lights, tiny Christmas tree, and stockings hung around her office at all, which was weird. Kara figured that maybe she just didn't care enough at the moment, maybe there were more pressing matters on her mind.

Lost in her amusement, she didn't even notice she was moving closer to the building, landing on the balcony with a soft thud.

Kara could feel her heart beating loudly, threatening to jump out of her chest yet again. She hadn't been in this close of a proximity with Lena for a good while. Now, only the bullet-proof glass that lined her office was what separated her from Kara.

She was just about to tap on the glass when Lena noticed her silhouette, immediately turning to see her outside.

Lena was quick to hide her surprise, getting up from her desk, her hands smoothening her skirt as she walked towards the door to the balcony. "It's cold outside." she noted nodding for Kara to step in.

In truth, Kara wasn't really bothered by the cold. She was, after all, impervious to heat and the cold. She wondered for a second or two if Lena even realized that as silence fell between the two of them.

They were at a standstill, neither one knowing what to say first, not sure who should be the one to break the silence. Lena held Kara's gaze with an unreadable expression that made Kara even more uncertain with what to do. But Lena had let her in, that was step in the right direction.

So, with a deep breath and a new found resolve, she decided to speak first.

"I miss you." she started. "And I know it's not going to be easy with everything that just came to light. I know that. I also know that you deserve someone who loves, even if it's not me, and when the day comes, I'll deal with that. And I also know that I have long ways to go before you fully forgive me... But Rao, I miss you. I miss you so much and I just wish that things go back to the way it was. That we could find our way to being friends again because Lena Luthor, I need you in my life." she went to say, keeping it simple.

It would be a bitter pill to swallow when the day comes Lena loves again. But she'll deal, she knew she'll have too.

Because what Kara said was plain and simple truth. She needed Lena in her life.

In whatever way, shape, or form possible, she needed her.

But her heartfelt pleas seemed to have fallen on deaf ears as Lena shook her head. The look in her glassy eyes softened, sending Kara's heart atrophy.

Perhaps Lena had forgiven her. Perhaps she's getting there.

But it looks like she can't regain what she had lost.

"We've never been friends, Kara." she replied, with a gentle tone. It was evident she was being as careful as possible.

And Kara figured it was because somewhere deep down inside she didn't want to hurt her.

Kara mustered all her strength to put her best brave face on. The world felt like it was spinning, the spark of hope in her heart from their earlier brief interaction of sort already flickering as she realized the possibility that she may have mixed her signals.

"I understand that now." Lena went on to say. "We've never really been friends." she repeated, as Kara looked away.

She couldn't… she was bracing herself for getting her heart broken once again – although this time it felt more like it would be shattered beyond repair – but try as she might prepare for the worst, she knew she could never look Lena in the eyes as she receives the news.

But the worst never came.

She felt Lena's soft hands take hers in her own. Kara's gaze shifted from the floor to their fingers as Lena slowly interlaced them. Stealing a quick glance, she saw Lena looking at them deep at thought.

"We've always been something more, Kara, I know that now." Lena said softly.

And the world stopped spinning.

To Kara, it felt like everything had stopped and started, all at the same time. Like she finally stopped breathing but at the same time, with the very next breath she took she knew she was alive again.

It was said too softly, in a gentle whisper, that even with her Kryptonian hearing Kara wanted to make sure she wasn't imagining things. She wanted to ask Lena to repeat what she said but before she could say anything at all Lena went on.

"I've had the time to think..." she said with a certain kind of resolve – confident and strong yet in that gentle voice she always used around Kara.

She smiled as she looked up to meet Kara's gaze, "I've had time to think, and the presence of your absence in my life is just too much to bear that I could never really truly even try to let that happen. And I can't go back. I don't want to move back, I want to move forward. I know I'm not perfect, and I'll never be a hero, and I know that you and I would always butt heads on certain issues because of who we are and how we view things… we'll have discussions, and I'll be stubborn, and you'll be too proud to lose some of the arguments, and nothing will be perfect. It makes me so afraid to take this risk because of all of it – and let's not forget that I absolutely have no idea what I'm doing here, for once in my life – but maybe that's why this thing with us, this thing we both fought to ignore, maybe that's why it might be the best thing to come out of our long shared history… of being a Super and a Luthor…"

"Lena…" Kara started to say, holding Lena's hands in hers and pulling her closer. Lena found her hands trailing up her arms as she moved closer, resting just above the crest that Kara wore proudly as Supergirl, her eyes cast down on where they were.

"And maybe that's why even with the past we've inherited, a past we didn't even create, we can have a blank page for tomorrow that we could fill together… write our own story." Lena concluded before pressing her forehead on Kara's. "Because the truth of the matter is that I do, Kara. I do love you too. I love you in a way I've never loved anyone and it terrifies me because I'm afraid that one day you won't be there to catch me when I fall."

"That will never happen." Kara reassured her.

Lena nodded simply nodded. Before she could even say anything else, Kara closed the remaining distance between them and pressed her lips against Lena's, giving her a soft gentle kiss.

A soft gentle kiss that quickly melted into one with great need and desire.

As they pulled away for air, Kara found herself giggling. "What?" Lena pressed on, wondering about the source of the carefree smile and laughter.

"Nothing, just, this is probably the best Christmas I've ever had." Kara admitted.

"I'd have to admit to the same thing." Lena replied. "Although I do believe that everyone I've spent with you just seems to keep getting better."

"But this is the absolute best one." Kara then argued with a chuckle.

"How so?" Lena asked.

"Because this year, we made what people think would be impossible. A Super and a Luthor falling in love." Kara replied. "I'd say it's a Christmas miracle."

Lena laughed and shook her head. "Oh, I've missed you so much Kara. I truly do. And I do, I love you."

Kara simply smiled in response, no words could fully capture the moment.

It didn't start out this way. A few weeks ago, everything felt like they were going in a downward spiral.

But perhaps, it's also true what they say. It's always darkest before the dawn.

And this Christmas, Kara found the most perfect gift to face the new days ahead of her.

A gift she'll always be thankful for.

A/N Pt2: Well, that's about it guys, hope you enjoyed! I still have one fic I'm working on, but that's a Bechloe one. I might take a hiatus after that, we'll see. Glad you enjoyed the ride though. And thanks to all your wonderful comments and continuous support. This is the HypersomniacGrad signing off.