Chapter 6 - Happily Ever After.

Weeks have passed by since Lena and Kara have started dating, and so far, everything feels better than ever, as if they were finally where they were meant to be.

No one's been surprised when they've revealed their relationship to their friends. It was almost as if everyone around them just knew their bond would take that turn sooner or later.

Although, they haven't talked about that, they were already kind of living together. Lena hasn't spent a night at her penthouse since the day she and Kara have kissed for the first time. And it also feels as if her sleeping issues have been solved by the presence of the woman she loves beside her.

That doesn't stop her to spend a few evenings at the place that she's always had trouble to truly feel at home in. Mainly to spend time with her mother, and somehow making sure that she still behaves correctly. Lena still hasn't told Lillian that she's dating Kara, but as she told her girlfriend a few weeks ago, she's pretty sure her mother already knows.

And Lena gets the confirmation of how much her mother knows what's going on between her and Kara since the beginning while they're playing chess that evening.

"So, how's Supergirl?" Lillian asks nonchalantly as she moves a piece on the chessboard -with her arm free of any truth-seeker-.

"Better now that you're not trying to kill her anymore." Lena replies as though they're talking about the weather.

"I've already apologized for that."

Lena sighs slightly. "You've apologized to me for what you did to me, but you hadn't seemed too much concerned about the pain you've caused to others."

"You're right. I should try to make amends to others."

Lena's eyes slightly widen, "Really?"

Lillian nods. "I will apologize to Supergirl."

Lena smiles satisfied and moves one of her pieces on the chessboard before taking a sip of her wine.

"I better do that before your wedding anyway, if I want to be invited." Lillian says, moving another piece.

Lena almost chokes on her wine at this sentence, she swallows hard as she puts down her glass.

Lillian raises an eyebrow, "What? Did you really think that I hadn't noticed what's going on between you two?"

Lena looks up, and stares slightly defiantly at her mother. "Yes, I'm dating Kara. But we're nowhere near getting married."

Lillian smirks. "We'll see about that."

Lena shifts uncomfortably on her seat. She furrows slightly her brow, confused. "Are you really okay with Kara and I? Not that it would impact my relationship with her with if you weren't, but that could however badly impact ours."

Lillian simply shrugs. "Who am I to stand in the way of true love? Besides, I've always known it would turn out like this." "

Lena frowned, "What do you mean?"

"It's obvious from the start how much you care for each other. And It's also obvious from the way you stare at each other that it goes way past what best friends are supposed to feel." Lillian says, "I'd lie if I'd tell you that it didn't bother me at first, but I've got a lot of times to think about it. And I do know that if I want to be in your life, I have to accept your choices, and accepting the one you're dating. So, yes, I am really okay with you and Kara, and I won't do anything to ruin your happiness."

Lena inhales and exhales sharply. She grabs her glass. "I feel as if I have landed in some kind of alternate reality that I've always dreamed of." she says, taking another sip of her wine, hoping the cool liquid could make her realize that she's living in the real world and that her life has gotten better than anything she would have felt brave enough to simply hope.

How has my life gotten so good, anyway? she wonders to herself as the wine makes its way down her throat.

"You should invite her to dinner, I could take the opportunity to apologize and get to know my future daughter-in-law." Lillian says, pouring some wine into her own glass.

Lena gulps, her eyes widen, and she softly pinches her forearm to make sure she's not dreaming.

Out of everything her mother could have said, the last thing that she has expected was for her girlfriend to be invited to what seems to be a family dinner.

And judging by the look on her girlfriend's face after Lena told her about their new dinner invitation with her mother, Kara hasn't seen that coming either.

"You want us to have dinner with your mother?" Kara says, turning off the TV and sitting down on the couch, her eyes wide open and a puzzled expression on her face.

"Well, technically she's the one who wants to have dinner with us." Lena replies, sitting down beside her girlfriend. "I've had the same reaction as you when she told me that earlier tonight."

Kara furrows her brow, as though she's pondering what saying next.

Lena places her hand on her girlfriend's knee. "We don't have to do it though. I understand if it's too much for you, you know... considering the fact that she hurt you a lot."

Kara scoffs slightly. "If only that was just me she did hurt, Lena."

Lena looks down, chewing softly her lower lip until she feels Kara's hand over hers. She looks up.

Kara sighs. "I'm sorry, Lena. I know she's your mother, and I should be kinder and..."

"No," Lena interrupts, entwining her fingers with Kara's. "You don't have to do anything, especially after everything she's done."

"Do you wanna go to that dinner?" Kara asks.

"Yeah." Lena says. "She really has changed, Kara. That doesn't mean you have to forgive her whatsoever. But I chose to trust and forgive because I needed to, and I don't regret it. She's the only family I have left after all..."

"We are a family, Lena." Kara says softly. "I mean, you're part of my makeshift family, and I'm pretty sure everyone feels that way."

Lena smiles."I know, and I'm happy about it. I couldn't have dreamed of a better family. But what I meant, is that she's the only one I have outside of our family."

"Let's go to that dinner." Kara breathes out.

Lena's eyes slightly widen. "You sure? I mean, I don't want you to feel forced to do that only to make me happy."

"I don't feel forced." Kara smiles. "I might not trust Lillian right now, but I do trust you, Lena. So, if you're telling me she's changed, I believe you. It'll be a good occasion to see it with my own eyes. And if that makes you happy, that's a huge bonus to me."

Lena's lips curl in a smile. "You're the best." she says, leaning in to catch Kara's lips with her own.

Kara moans quietly when Lena's lips come in contact with hers. Even after weeks of dating, and hundreds -or thousands of kisses-, kissing Lena still feels as unique and special as the first time.

She moans louder when Lena smoothly slides her soft tongue into her mouth before nipping gently at her lower lip.

"Take us to bed." Lena whispers, her voice dripping with desire.

Kara is more than happy to oblige her girlfriend's sweet demand and swiftly lifts them into the air, using her super speed to settle them onto the bed.

"Wait," Kara says as Lena is about to capture her lips in a kiss.

Lena smiles as Kara grabs the small ring that is settled on the nightstand.

A ring with a discreet red stone that Lena has given to Kara a few days after the first night they've made love. Although she trusted Kara from the start not to hurt her, and she's been able to make Kara trust herself enough, she knew that her girlfriend felt the need to have something that would reduce her super strength, and erasing completely her fear of hurting Lena in any way.

That's why she came up with this ring with the ability to slightly diminish Kara's powers without stripping her from them.

"I really like this ring, you know." Kara smiles, after she's slid the ring on her finger. "I wish I could keep it all the time."

A beaming smile spreads across Lena's face. "I'll give you a better one, one day."

Kara raises an eyebrow amused, "Like a wedding ring?" she says, her heart fluttering.

Lena's eyes widen, "Um... I..." She gapes, a crimson blush coloring her cheeks.

Kara can't help but chuckling. "I'm just teasing." she says, although getting married to Lena feels like the best thing that could ever happen to her.

Kara shifts closer to her girlfriend and cups softly her cheeks, pulling her into a loving kiss that slowly turns into a searing one.

They quickly take off each other's clothes, and begin ravishing each other's body with electrifying touches and scorching kisses that expresses all the love they feel for one another.

Their bodies are pressed together as their fingers are plunged into each other's drenched heat when Kara grabs Lena's hand as they're about to come at the same time.

Lena squeezes Kara's hand when she feels her sweet release sweeping over her.

Kara gently squeezes back before collapsing onto her girlfriend. "Rao," she exhales heavily.

Lena smiles, draping her arm around Kara's shuddering body as she wipes off her hand over the sheets.

After she's caught her breath, Kara straightens her posture to look at her girlfriend beneath her. "How do you do this to me? I mean... It's always... Wow." She breathes out, wonderstruck.

Lena smiles. "I love you," is the only thing she says to answer Kara's question.

Kara's heart melt as every time she hears Lena pronouncing those words. Even after weeks, it always gives her the same warmth in her heart as it did the first time she's said it.

She leans in, capturing Lena's lips with her own in a mind-blowing kiss, their tongue finding each other even quicker as if Kara's been using her super speed.

"I love you," she says quietly, resting her forehead against Lena's.

They stay like this for a while, only one thought crossing Kara's mind on a loop. I'm gonna marry this woman, one day.

As they stroll on the pavement, on their way to Lena's penthouse to have dinner with Lillian, Kara can't stop her brain to race miles in a second, that makes her wonder if her brain also has a super speed she wasn't aware of beforehand. As least the contact of Lena's hand into hers is enough to soothe her agitated brain.

Her brow furrows as her lips are pursed while she wonders if this dinner is truly a good idea and how this is going to turn out.

"You okay?" Lena asks, tightening softly her grip on her girlfriend's hand.

"I'm nervous." Kara admits.

"It's gonna be okay. She's not gonna hurt you, or me." Lena says as they step closer to the building.

"I know, I'm not worried of that." Kara sighs.

Lena opens the door before the doorman got the time to do it for them.

They enter the building, their hands still joined.

"What's worrying you then?" Lena speaks quietly.

"Meeting your mom for the first time." Kara sighs.

Lena chuckles. "You've already met my mom, a lot of times actually."

"I know, but that's not the same." Kara says as they step into the elevator.

Lena presses on the button that leads to the floor her penthouse is. She waits for Kara to voice her concerns if she wants to.

"Everytime I've faced your mother, I wasn't me." Kara says. "I mean, I was Supergirl, and yes being Supergirl puts a lot of weights on my shoulders, but that also makes me feel more assured, more powerful... Like I can take on anything."

"What's different when you're Kara?"

"I don't know how explaining it." Kara sighs.

"Well, you don't have to explain it." Lena smiles. "I love every version of you." she says, knowing this phrase is enough to calm down her girlfriend's anxiety.

A beaming smile spreads across Kara's face. "I love you too."

Lena leans in to capture Kara's lips in sweet kiss that she hopes can erase her girlfriend's insecurities.

Kara melts into the kiss and brings her hand to Lena's cheek as their tongue begin mingling together until they pull away breathless.

"Feeling better?" Lena smirks as the elevator chimes.

"Yeah." Kara grins as they step out. "But Kara Danvers is still nervous about meeting her girlfriend's mother for the first time."

"And she has no reason to be." Lena smiles.

Kara shrugs. "You will understand the day I will introduce you as my girlfriend to Eliza."

Lena's eyes slightly widen, "What?"

"We're here." Kara breathes out when they arrive in front of the door.

"You ready?" Lena asks.

Kara tiptoes from one foot to the other, pondering how much she's ready or not. She turns her head and cups Lena's cheek with her free hand before shifting closer and pressing her lips against her girlfriend's in a way that gives her all the strength and courage she needs.

"Now I am." Kara exhales.

Lena smiles as they spin back the door, ready to have what could possibly be the weirdest dinner they've ever had.

As Kara is sitting around a table with her girlfriend seated beside her and her mother's girlfriend across her, she can't help but wondering what has been the weirdest part of the night.

Having dinner with Lillian Luthor is bizarre on its own. But having Lillian Luthor act nicely towards her definitely does feel like the strangest thing Kara's ever experienced.

Like she's made sure to make all Kara's favorite foods, which means that instead of the fancy dinner Kara has expected, she got pizza, potstickers and ice cream. Accompanied with the most expensive bottle of wine that Kara's ever tasted, but still, the evening is simpler than she would have thought. Almost normal even.

Another thing that feels weird for Kara, is the fact that Lillian is actually calling her by her actual name and doesn't mention Supergirl at all. That makes Kara feel almost human.

But the best part of that dinner for Kara is to witness for the first time some healthy interactions between Lena and her mother. Lillian actually looks like a mother who cares about her daughter for real and truly loves her. Lena doesn't seem stiff in her mother's presence like she had been for the past years. And that fact alone could be enough to make Kara forgive Lillian for her past mistakes because no one deserves to be loved more than Lena does.

As it's starting to get late and the dinner comes to an end, Lena puts down her glass of wine and turns her attention to her mother. "Mom, don't you have some things to say to Kara?" she says.

Lillian clears her throat. "Right, I almost forgot." She turns her attention to Kara. "Kara, I've invited you today mainly because I wanted to apologize for... everything. I'm not naive enough to think that a simple apology can make up for all the wrongs that have happened between us, wrongs that were all my own doing. But I am hoping that with time, we could have a peaceful relationship. I truly am sorry for everything I did, and I thank you to have been there for Lena when no one else was."

That moment definitely won the weirdest part of the night's prize for Kara. She adjusts her glasses on her nose and spins her head to her girlfriend with a confused expression on her face.

"I heard that too." Lena smiles.

Kara turns her attention to Lillian. "Apology accepted." she says. "For Lena I can get past everything that happened. But I'm still watching you carefully." she warns with a little smile.

"I wasn't expecting any less from you." Lillian says, rising from her seat. "As lovely as this dinner has been, it's getting late. We should call it a night."

Kara and Lena both internally sighs relieved that the dinner turned out well and stand up on her their feet.

"Don't bother with the dishes. I'll clean it up later. Goodnight, girls." Lillian says before letting Kara and Lena alone.

Kara furrows her brow, "Your mother does the dishes? That's the most surprising thing of the night."

"I think she's very bored actually." Lena says as an idea makes its way into her mind. "Anyway, how about we go home?"

Kara's eyes twinkle and a beaming smile spreads on her face. "Home?"

"I... um, I meant... your apartment." Lena says. "Unless you wanna sleep here and have breakfast with my mom tomorrow morning."

"What do you wanna do?" Kara asks, her smile not fading.

"Actually," Lena begins with a smile, "I like better sleeping at your place, that makes me feel more at home than anywhere else."

Kara's smile would have widened if that had been possible. "I am very glad you're saying that 'cause I wanted to ask you if you wanted to live with me... at my place. Although it's less fancy than this huge penthouse."

"Well, as I said, your place does feel more homey than anything else... much like you." Lena smiles.

"Sooo," Kara drawls with the happiest of smile.

"Sooo... Yes, I wanna live with you, at your place." Lena grins.

Kara smiles so much that she can feel her cheeks slightly hurt. She softly cups her girlfriend's cheeks with her palms and connect their lips in a sweet kiss that slowly turns into a mind-blowing one when Lena leads her hand to the nape of Kara's neck and sweeps her tongue across her lips, allowing their tongue to mingle until they find themselves being breathless.

Their eyes are still closed when they rest their forehead together as they catch their breath.

Lena slides her hand down to place it on Kara's hip, and opens her eyes.

When she feels Lena's hand on her hip, Kara's eyes flutter open, and she gives Lena another beaming smile. "Let's go home." She breathes out.

Home, although it's a simple word with a simple meaning, Lena didn't fully understand it before meeting Kara. And as their relationship keeps progressing in the most beautiful way, the meaning of the word Home is becoming even clearer not only in her mind, but in her heart as well.

Home, it's nestling herself between Kara's arms. It's having the woman she loves pressed against her body. That's protecting Kara when she has a bad day, and trying to remove the heavy weight the Girl of Steel still has to carry on a daily basis, although Kara has told her that this weight feels so much lighter than before.

Home, it's having her hand finds Kara's as they walk down the street. It's spending game nights with their makeshift family. That's having movie nights together, their two bodies that always look for each other's warmth tangled together. It's nuzzling into the crook of Kara's neck as they fall asleep.

Feeling at home, that's the sentiment that courses through every inch of her being this morning as she's woken up at the contact of soft lips kissing tenderly her cheek.

Lena's sleepy eyes flutter open, her lips curl a smile at the beaming sight she gets as soon as she starts her day.

Kara is seated in front of her, her hair up in a ponytail, and glasses on her nose as she's dressed in casual clothes.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Kara exclaims joyfully.

Lena sits up. "Happy thanksgiving, darling." She smiles.

Kara leans in to catch her lips, and Lena could swear she feels herself melt every time Kara touches and kisses her.

"I think this Thanksgiving is gonna be the best I've ever had." Kara smiles.

"Me too," Lena says. "It's the first year I truly feel grateful about my life."

Kara's smile spreads wider on her face, knowing that Lena feels truly happy warms her heart in a manner she cannot explain.

"Are you gonna tell your mom about us?" Lena asks.

"Yeah," Kara says with a beaming smile. She's been wanting to tell Eliza for months that Lena and she are more than friends, but that's an announcement she wants to make face-to-face and not over the phone. And between her job at CatCo and her job as Supergirl she hasn't had the time to fly to Midvale recently. "I can't wait to tell her." she adds.

"Speaking of moms," Kara continues, "I've finally been able to convince Alex that Lillian really has changed, so she can come to our family dinner if she wants."

"Thank you, Kara." Lena smiles. "I see if I can convince her to take a night off."

After she's been certain that her mother was on right path, and knowing how much she loathed spending her time without doing anything, Lena offered her a job at L-Corp. Trusting her mother enough to work with her in the company she's worked so hard to rebuild was something that Lena would have never thought possible.

But then again, she hadn't thought either that she and Kara could have become more than friends, although she's always known that a part of her heart has wished for it to happen.

Lena had never thought that she could ever be truly happy, surrounded by loved ones that make her feel that she is truly part of a family.

But here she is, preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for that said family for whom she was grateful for every day.

"I wish I could help you with the dinner, but I'm afraid to mess it up if I try." Kara says.

"You can finish up to heat the turkey once it'll be done." Lena replies.

"I can help you if you want." Alex -who was already there with Kelly- speaks.

Kara furrows her brow, unconvinced, "I think Lena can handle the dinner just fine."

Alex puts her hand on her hips. "What that's supposed to mean?"

Kara giggles. "Let's face it, Alex, you're an even worse cooker than me."

"Yeah, she's not wrong." Kelly smiles warmly at her girlfriend.

Alex scowls.

"It's okay, you have so many qualities to make up for that." Kelly smiles, kissing her girlfriend's cheek.

Which is something that's enough to light up Alex's face.

"Do you want some help?" Kelly asks Lena.

Lena nods her approval and the two of them keep preparing the dinner.

As they make casual talk, they hear a knock at the door.

"At least, I'm good at opening doors." Alex says, strolling to the door and pulling it open. "Mom."

Lena's heart misses a beat at this word. She doesn't understand why, she has already met Eliza and she hasn't been nervous. Probably because she wasn't dating Kara at that time. It's safe to say that she understands what Kara has felt when they had dinner with Lillian for the first time.

The feeling of Kara sliding her hand into hers brings her back to reality and calm down her sudden nervousness.

"You ready?" Kara whispers.

Lena nods with a little smile, and Kara begins leading them to Eliza.

"Eliza, you remember Lena, right?" Kara says.

"Of course, I do, sweetie." She smiles at Kara before turning to Lena, her smile not fading. "It's a pleasure to see you again."

"Likewise." Lena says with a little nod and a smile.

Kara clears her throat. "So, um, Lena and I are dating actually."

"Oh." Eliza smiles. "I mean, is it the moment I'm supposed to act surprised by this?"

Kara chuckles slightly. "Was it so obvious?"

"That you had more than friendly feelings for your best friend?" Eliza says. "Yes. Although, I wasn't sure these feelings were returned. I'm glad to know they are. But that's become obvious to me that something was going between you two when you told me that you've begun living together."

Kara smiles at the fact that her chemistry with Lena is obvious to anyone as she feels her girlfriend relaxing beside her.

"I'm happy for you, sweetie." Eliza says, taking Kara into a quick hug. "Welcome in the family, Lena." she smiles, squeezing gently Lena's shoulder before stepping closer to Alex and Kelly.

Lena sighs relieved. "Phew, that went well." she says quietly.

Kara smiles, gazing at her girlfriend, mainly at her red lips she always longs to taste again. "Golly, I want to kiss you so, so bad." she whispers with a voice dripping of desire that shows how much she does want to kiss Lena.

Lena smirks as she swiftly cups Kara's cheek with her free hand as their other hands are still joined and connect their lips in a sweet, slow and soft kiss.

Kara smiles against Lena's lips, melting into the kiss.

"Gee! Get a room!" They hear Alex saying loudly from the kitchen island.

Lena pulls away first, a blush coloring her cheeks. She doesn't have the time to linger on her embarrassment though because they hear a new knock at the door.

Kara steps away from Lena, and untangle their hands. "I'm gonna get this." she says, striding to the door.

"Mom," Lena says when she sees her mother entering Kara's apartment. "You came."

"What kind of mother would I be if I didn't spend Thanksgiving with my daughter?"

"The kind who..." Alex begins in a mutter, until Kelly elbows her quickly.

"Be nice." Kelly says quietly.

Alex huffs frustrated until she feels Kelly snaking her arm around her waist, and her lips curl in a smile at the soothing feeling her girlfriend always gives her.

"Kara? Alex? What's the meaning of this?" Eliza asks, confused to see Lillian Luthor spending Thanksgiving with them.

"It's okay, mom." Alex replies. "Or at least, Kara says it's okay. I hope she's right." she narrows her eyes at Lillian.

Kara sighs, using her super speed to go to her sister and pulling them in another room.

"You really gotta stop doing that." Alex speaks once the world stopped spinning around her.

"You've promised me that you'd try to make an effort to forgive Lillian." Kara says.

"I'd say I'd try, I didn't say I would be successful."

"Please, if you don't do it for her, can you do it for Lena and me?"

"Seriously, Kara, do you really trust her?" Alex asks skeptical.

Kara stays silent for a couple of seconds, thinking of her sister's question. "I'm trying to." she finally says. "I'm not saying it's easy, but Lena's given her a job at L-Corp and she wouldn't have done that if she hadn't been sure that her mother truly has changed. I trust Lena, so I trust in her judgement as well. Lena better than anyone can know if Lillian has really changed."

"That makes sense." Alex sighs, not finding anything to say that would go against her sister's opinion. "For my sister and one of my best friends, I'll do my best."

"Thank you," Kara says.

"Is everything okay?" Kara asks, walking into the main room of the apartment.

"Our mothers have begun talking about science." Lena says as she and Kelly finish preparing the dinner.

Kara glances around to find Eliza and Lillian seated beside each other. "I guess Eliza forgives easier than you." she says quietly to Alex.

"Whatever." Alex shrugs, strolling to her girlfriend.

Kara smiles, following her sister, and strolling to her own girlfriend.

Lena feels her heart melt as Kara wraps her arms around her from behind. A beaming smile takes place on her face when she feels her girlfriend pressing a kiss on her cheek.

The months passed by, and Kara and Lena's relationship kept growing even stronger.

Kara realizes every day the privilege she has of being with Lena, of knowing her as she truly is, without the invisible walls that had surrounded her for years and that she slowly learns to let down with the few people she trusts.

As she's lying on her back, with her girlfriend lying over her, her face nestled into the crook of her neck, Kara is even more aware of the fact that she is the luckiest person of the universe.

She looks up at the window of her bedroom, certain that the night sky is full of stars until she feels Lena shifting slightly between her arms. She looks down. Lena's eyes are closed and her breathing is steady as when she's asleep.

No matter how many stars the sky could have, for Kara, the most precious of all is settled between her arms.

Kara smiles, taking a strand of dark hair away from Lena's face to softly caress her cheek.

Lena slightly smiles in her sleep and nestles deeper into Kara's embrace.

Kara can't help but running slowly her fingers into her girlfriend's smooth hair, her heart and her entire being filled with all the love she feels for the woman between her arms.

Before she realizes it, she whispers softly a phrase in Kryptonian.

"What does that mean?" Lena asks in a sleepy voice.

Kara furrows her brow slightly, "What?"

Lena opens her eyes to meet the dimness of the room, but she doesn't move from her position between Kara's arms. "What did you just say?" she speaks before repeating the phrase Kara has whispered a couple of seconds ago.

Kara's eyes widen, "I did say that?"

Lena chuckles. "Yeah."

Kara inhales and exhales, ready to do something she's been wanting to do for months. "I asked you to marry me."

Lena could swear she's felt her heart stopping for one second. She quickly switches on the light and sits up in front of her girlfriend. "Are you serious?" She breathes out.

Kara sits up to face her girlfriend. "Um... I... Yes. I mean, that's not an exact translation 'cause switching from Kryptonian to English is complicated, but... That's what I meant."

Tears well up into Lena's eyes, and Kara hears her girlfriend's heart quicken as she feels her own heart speed up as well.

Worried that her declaration might be too soon, Kara softly takes Lena's hand in hers. "You don't have to answer me now. You don't even have to say yes if you don't want to. That was just my way of telling you that I love you and that I wanna spend the rest of my life with you."

Lena smiles. "That really does sound like a proposal."

"It is, I guess." Kara smiles, relieved to see the smile spreading across Lena's face. "But there's no pressure. I mean, we don't have to do it right now, or ever if you don't want that."

"I... I love you too, and I do want that." Lena says, her eyes glistening and her voice slightly quavering.

"Really?" Kara speaks, feeling tears brim into her own eyes.

Lena nods, a tear escaping her eyes.

Kara tenderly brings her hand to Lena's cheek and wipes softly the fallen tear off her skin.

She squeezes gently Lena's hand, and exhales heavily. "Okay. Let's rewind and do things right." she says, using her super speed to open the drawer of her bedside table and taking off a stunning purple velvet box.

Lena chuckles. "You had planned all of this?"

"Not quite. I mean, I had planned to propose to you at some point, and I bought this ring a few days ago. I hadn't thought of doing it right now though. But when I've watched you, lying in my arms with all my love for you coursing in every inch of my being... the words came out of their own."

Lena smiles, slight tears spilling from her eyes as Kara speaks.

Once again, Kara brings her hands to Lena's cheeks and wipes off her tears with the most profound gentleness.

"So... um." Kara clears her throat and opens the velvet box, revealing a silver ring with an emerald stone shining at the light of the room.

She gently removes the ring from the box, and softly takes Lena's hand in hers.

"Lena Keiran Luthor, will you marry me?" Kara says with a beaming smile as she stares into Lena's glossy eyes.

Lena's smile widen as happy tears moisture her cheeks.

"I do." she nods with a smile so bright that it could have eclipsed the sun.

She looks down, ready for what's about to happen.

Even though, her hands are shaking slightly at the emotions that course through her entire being, Kara manages to slide smoothly the beautiful ring on Lena's finger. She gazes at it for a couple of seconds.

Lena stares at her own hand that Kara is still holding. "So, we're engaged." she chuckles as though she struggles to believe it.

Kara looks up to stare at her fiancée, still awestruck at her perfection. "Apparently."

Lena looks up too, a beaming smile on her face. "I love you." she says, although she's said these words a lot in the past months, she feels the need to say them again at this very moment.

"I love you too." Kara says with a matching beaming smile as tears spill out from her eyes.

This time, Lena is the one who brings delicately her hands to Kara's cheeks and dries softly the happy tears that have escaped from her eyes.

They smile at each other, their eyes expressing all the love they feel.

As her hands are still on Kara's cheeks, Lena leans in first to capture her fiancée's lips with her own.

Kara wraps her arms around her fiancée's waist as she deepens the kiss and softly slides her tongue into Lena's mouth.

Breathless, they rest their forehead together, and caress each other's cheeks until their breathing become steady again.

They slightly pull away from one another to lock their gaze together.

Although they know that their lives won't always be a piece of cake, they also know that they will have each other, that nothing could ever separate them.

Kara and Lena are certain of one thing at this very moment, what they feel right now is the beginning of their happily ever after.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to read that story. :)