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“And what is Supergirl’s real name?” Lilian Luthor’s lawyer said, a smirk hiding at the corner of his mouth.
“I hardly see how that’s relevant” Lena Luthor retorted, retaining her composure with a cool demeanour.
“Citizens have the right to know the name of the officer that arrests them,” The lawyer continued, stepping out from behind the podium and arrogantly sauntering closer to Lena, an attempt to intimidate, no doubt. “If Supergirl is going to act like judge and jury, we should know her name as well.” Lena looked at Supergirl, a pained expression forming on her face as she contemplated her options.
“I plead the fifth” she said, not taking her eyes of Supergirl, who beamed at her as the crowd gasped.
“This is it,” Kara Danvers said, turning her attention away from the television and toward the magical being from the fifth dimension, Mxyzpitilk. “This is the one I want. Can you make this happen Mxy?”
“I sure can,” he replied cheerfully, “but are you sure this is the reality you want?” Kara nodded, “Alright then.” Mxyzpitilk snapped his fingers and the room dissolved into colourful spirals “Here we go!”.
-
Kara awoke, her face pressed against her forearm, she groaned slightly as she sat up in her chair, stretching her joints. “Mxy?” she asked, opening her eyes and taking in the surroundings, “Was it just a dream?” What am I doing in Andrea’s office?” Kara looked around the large room in which her desk was situated, she noticed that things were little different from how she remembered them, changed furniture and such. The desk was adorned with photographs of her loved ones: her sister Alex, her best friend Nia, and even Lena Luthor. This, and a few other key details lead Kara to believe that this was her office, either that or Andrea Rojas must have some strange obsession with her. She picked up her phone from the desk and turned it on to check the time, but she was too astonished by the picture of Lena Luthor that lighting up the screen to notice it, or the various missed calls she had.
“Kara!” startled, Kara dropped her phone and looked up to see Lena walk into the office. “You haven’t been answering your phone and I got a little worried,” she said, “I thought you must still be here, which I see you are.” Kara sat there for a moment starstruck, Lena Luthor had come to her and was speaking calmly and kindly, for the first time in what felt like forever.
“I-uh” Kara stumbled, “I fell asleep.” Lena shook her head slightly,
“See, I said you shouldn’t work so hard. You may be Supergirl, but you are still only one person. Have you hired a new assistant yet?”
“No,” Kara replied slowly, “not yet.”
“Well you really should get onto it. I know it’s hard to find a good assistant, but I really think it will help shorten your workload. You’re the boss, you can’t do everything yourself.” Kara covered a yawn with her hand, “Alright sleepy head, you can worry about that later. Come on, let’s get you home.” Kara nodded and stood up from her desk. Lena waited as Kara gathered her things and made her way towards her.
“Um, it’s nice to see you.” Kara said sheepishly.
“You saw me at lunch” Lena chuckled, taking Kara’s arm, much to her surprise, and leading her out of Catco and to a fancy looking black car. Lena opened the back door and gently pushed Kara into the car, then followed and sat beside her. “Take us home”.
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The pair arrived at a large elegant house, as they walked in Kara scanned the area. Everything was quite lavishly decorated. She noticed photographs of her friends and family around the house, as well as a photo of an unfamiliar woman with a raven-haired little girl. Lena sat down on a large couch and patted the space beside her, gesturing for Kara to join her, she did. Lena sat with one arm wrapped around Kara, using her other hand to scroll through her phone. A strange fluttering feeling formed in Kara’s stomach and she awkwardly fiddled with her hands. She noticed two wrings on her left hand, one a small silver band, the other adorned with a delicate gemstone. Confused, she turned to the woman beside her and noticed a ring similar to her own on Lena’s finger. She looked around the room again, then at Lena,
“Is everything alright babe?” Lena asked, noticing Kara’s sudden activity. Kara jumped up from the couch,
“I-I just remembered,” She stammered quickly, “Alex called earlier and asked to see me.”
“Oh,” Lena said, “I was hoping we could spend some time together. We have both been so busy lately, we haven’t really had much time alone.”
“I’m sorry, but Alex said she really needed to talk”
“Alright,” Lena sighed, “you’ll just have to make it up to me later. I’ll send for a car.”
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Kara opened the front door and began to make her way to the car waiting out front. She was stopped when a small hand clutched her arm,
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” Lena asked, a smirk growing on her face.
“What?” Lena pulled Kara’s body close to hers, wrapping one arm around her waist as she passionately kissed the taller woman. A heat rose within Kara as she felt Lena’s soft lips pressed against hers. Although the kiss only lasts a few moments, Kara felt like it had been an eternity, and at the same time, not long enough.
“Hurry back” Lena said, returning to the house and leaving Kara standing there stunned. Putting aside her confusing feelings, Kara turned around and walked to the car waiting for her.
“Good evening mam,” The driver greeted Kara as she entered the car, “Mrs Luthor has already informed me of the destination. The traffic is mild so it should not take long.” Kara nodded then pulled out her phone and selected the contact Alex Danvers.
“Alex,” she said once the phone connected, “I really need to talk. Can I meet you at your place?”
-
“So,” Alex Danvers said, sitting on the couch opposite her sister, “what was so important you just had to meet me right away?” Kara shifted in her seat uncomfortably, unsure how best to explain her situation.
“Let’s say you had a friend,” she began, “a really good friend. And you did something that your friend took so horribly that they would never forgive you. To the extent that they could never trust anyone again. What would you be willing to do to fix things? Would you be willing… to change the course of history?”
“Kara, what have you done?”
“Well, to be fair, I wasn’t really sure it would work.”
“Kara!”
“Mxyzpitilk came to see me, but this time, he wanted to help. He said he could send me back in time to fix my relationship with Lena. Because in my timeline, I didn’t tell her I was Supergirl and she felt so betrayed that she started working with Lex and tried to change humanity’s ability to do harm. There was nothing I could do; she was my best friend and then she didn’t want anything to do with me. It was heartbreaking Alex, but I could have handled it if she hadn’t started going down a dark path. I had to change things, for the world, for her, and for me.”
“So, you changed history for your…”
“Friend. But that’s the thing, everything is so different now Alex, I think Lena and I are-” Alex began to laugh, “but I’m not even, you know, I don’t like girls.”
“So you’re telling me that you changed the course of history, permanently altering your life for a ‘platonic friend’. I dunno man, sounds pretty gay to me.”
“Alex, I’m straight.”
“Alright then, tell me about Lena.”
“Well, she’s a genius.”
“And?”
“She’s funny, kind, generous, smart, pretty. She’s so amazing she-” Kara is cut off as Alex laughs harder, “…Oh Rao, I’m in love with Lena! Am I gay?”
“When you started dating Lena you said you realised you were bisexual.”
“How could I not have noticed this before?”
“Denial is a powerful thing little sister. Why do you think it took me so long to come out?” Kara stopped for a moment to take in the revelation of her sexuality and feelings for Lena. She looked down at her hands and focused on the silver ring on her finger.
“So, if I like girls and I like Lena, then Lena and I are…”
“You and Lena have been married for over a year.” Kara covered her face with her hands. The ring on her finger felt cold against her face, despite it having no effect on her hand. “Are you okay Kara?”
“What am I supposed to do?” Kara asked, removing her hands from her face. “I have no memory of our life together. This timeline certainly seems better than mine, but I haven’t lived it, I don’t remember what happened. Should I tell Lena? would that break her heart? Or should I go on pretending that this has always been my life? Living with a wife I don’t remember marrying. Or would that be worse? Would that be betraying Lena all over again?”
“Okay Kara,” Alex said, holding a hand up to signal for her to stop speaking, “take a breath. I can’t answer these questions, I cannot decide what you should do. This is your life and your family; you must make this decision yourself. But I will say that from what I’ve seen, you and Lena are really happy together.”
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Kara stood in front of the lavish house she had been told was her home with Lena. She took a deep breath, summoning the courage to enter. After a moment she unlocked the door and walked in.
“Lena, we need to…” she stopped as she noticed the sleeping form of her wife on the couch. A book rested open on her lap. Kara smiled, “You look so beautiful when you’re sleeping.” she murmured, walking over to her. Kara took the book and placed it on the coffee table nearby, slipping a small piece of paper between the pages to keep Lena’s place. She looked around and found a folded blanket draped over the back of the couch. She unfolded it and gently covered the sleeping woman. Kara watched Lena’s chest move up and down slightly as she breathed. She focused on the rhythmic beats of the small woman’s heart and a feeling of warmth and calm washed over her. She sat herself down next to the sleeping woman and carefully wrapped her arms around her. “We’ll talk in the morning.” She whispered, before drifting off to sleep herself.