The first emotion was pure excitement, the second was a feeling of wondering how her best friend would take the fact that she was Supergirl and she hadn’t told her yet. The excitement was winning out though and she wanted to believe that Lena would understand, she hoped she didn’t take it the wrong way but only time would tell.
After a quick conversation over the network, Kara had Lena tell her where she was, she decided to take the human way of walking to go meet her, partly so she had time to warn her daughter that Lena didn’t know everything and partly because she wanted to think through exactly how she was going to explain everything to Lena.
When she finally saw her best friend she grinned, it really had been forever. “Lena!” Kara called out as she jogged towards her to give her friend a big hug. “You have no idea how good it is to see you. It has been forever!”
A bunch of different emotions were flooding through Lena, and she wasn’t even sure which one to address first. Okay, that’s a lie, she wanted to address the emotion of anger and failure with alcohol just like she had been doing back in her world at Sam’s. Then add in confusion over some female calling her aunt Lena, claiming to be Mon-El and Kara’s kid, then another woman claiming to know Kara through mutual friends from a different Earth, and it was only resulting in a headache. Some of that might be the hangover heading her way from all the wine, but she was sure some of it was from all this weirdness going on.
Then to find out Kara was here had her happy along with confused by the whole being gone for a year. But also felt bad for Kara because she had to have Lena for a friend, and Kara deserved a better person for a friend than someone like her. After telling Kara where to find her, Lena had decided to order herself a glass of wine, ignoring the fact she was out in public wearing a sweatshirt and some pants normally meant for laundry day.
Hearing her name, Lena’s attention turned to see Kara, smiling at the sight of her best friend. “Kara! Hasn’t quite been forever for me, but it’s good to see you,” she replied, hugging her best friend back before stepping back. “Would you like a drink?” Lena offered, pushing some of her dark hair back as she took her seat again at the bar..
“Oh, a soda water with lime is good for me,” Kara never really was that big of a drinker, mostly because it didn’t do much to her and she figured water might be a good plan right now anyways.
“So, from what I can tell you kinda of are ahead of me on the whole timeline thing and stuff. I know it’s really confusing, but basically, we are all pulled here from different times during our lives, I haven’t lived through everything you have yet, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to know about it or anything.” Kara stopped with a nervous smile.
“So, there is something I really need to tell you.” She paused waiting to see Lena’s reaction.
Nodding, Lena’s attention left Kara for a moment to call out to the bartender. “Could we get a soda water with lime, and another of what I’m drinking, please?” Once getting acknowledged by the bartender to where they heard the order, the attention went semi-back to her drink with more of her attention also on her best friend.
The timeline issue was starting to make some weird sense, but whether it was the confusion of it all, the alcohol, or a mix of both, it was giving her a huge headache. Lena glanced down at her drink for a moment, thinking over what Kara had just said in her head. “What’s the last thing you remember from back home?” No matter what Lena was going, to be honest with Kara, but it would give her an idea on how much her best friend was going to hate her. Did she know Lena helped Supergirl in sending Mon-El away even if it was to save their city? Did she know Lena was technically her boss now? Only thing she knew for sure was Kara had no idea her best friend was a monster who hurt kids and deserved whatever the parent’s of these kids wanted to do to her.
Only turning slightly in her seat, Lena rested her chin against her arm to look at Kara. “We already know you’re the sweetest person in the world and I love you for it, Kara,” she laughed slightly, amused with her own little comment. “Oh, and I also know about Mon-El being here along with you having a kid,” Lena added quickly, almost forgetting those for a very brief moment.
Laughing slightly she blushed straightening her glasses before looking back up at Lena. “Well, you see, that’s a little complicated.” Kara started but stopped for a moment. “It was, it, um,” Kara stopped.
“Let me start again, because what I need to tell you is probably going to clear a lot of stuff up and also make it really kind of confusing too, or I don’t think confusing is the right word, it’s just…” Kara stopped taking a deep breath. “I’m Supergirl.”
Turning back to her drink, Lena took a sip. Half-listening to what Kara was saying, which it wasn’t because she didn’t care, but more the alcohol in her system from back home, and here she was adding more into the mix. It wasn’t exactly the right thing to be doing when having some important conversation; however, she was heading everything her best friend was saying or more what she was trying to say.
“Clear what up?” She caught that statement, turning again in her seat with a rather confused look. The look went only more confused if that was even possible once she heard the comment about being Supergirl. “You’re Supergirl?” Lena asked slowly as if trying to wrap her mind around it. The problem was it made a lot of sense when she was thinking it over. How Supergirl seemed to know things Lena had told Kara or how Kara knew things, and stupid her for never putting the pieces together. A small part of her was hurt on how Kara was only telling her now, but maybe others from back home didn’t know. “Am I the only one from back home who knows?” Kara being Supergirl was amazing, it was the hiding the truth from her which was hurting Lena. Wondering if maybe deep down Kara figured a Luthor would turn on a Super since everyone else was thinking bad thoughts about her right now.
Kara nodded, she was taking it really pretty well, but she felt so bad that Lena wasn’t the only one that knew. “Mon-El knew, so does Jimmy, but that’s more because he knows Superman and well, Superman knows who I am.” She wasn’t sure she wanted to say that yeah, pretty much everyone but her. “My sister knows, but she sort of knew when I landed and the Danvers family took me in…”
Kara smiled softly. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner, it’s just that sometimes it’s nice to just be Kara and not be Supergirl and to just have friends who like me for me, not because I’m you know…”
Lena was trying to handle it pretty well, and on the outside it may look like she was, but on the inside her emotions were changing at a rapid pace. Happiness to anger to confusion, and it was a giant circle of emotional moods. Mon-El really didn’t surprise her, knowing it was a given with Kara and Supergirl being the same person. “And Winn knows, right?,” she said with a nod. Did Sam know? Lena couldn’t even ask that because Kara didn’t even know who Sam was. Then it clicked in her head, praying she was wrong. “Does my mother know?” It would explain a lot and her mother not know the real identity of a Super? Yeah, right not a chance in hell.
Playing with her drink in her hand, Lena could understand where Kara was coming from, but at the same time was hurting. Kara knew most everything about Lena right down to how she felt like everyone was always lying to her. Lena thought Kara was the one person she could trust, and now she wasn’t even sure about that? “Just because you’re Supergirl doesn’t change who you are as Kara. Were you ever going to tell me back home who you really were?” Lena needed to know if she was always going to be kept in the dark or not.
Kara winced. "He works with us," she answered about Winn, she didn't mention that he'd been the first person she'd actually told. "And she does." She admitted looking down, she hated the fact that Lena's mother knew but Lena didn't, Kara just liked keeping parts of her life separate.
Kara looked back up and smiled. "Really? Because, I know it's a lot, and yes, I mean, I wanted too, it was just that things, things are so complicated and there is part of me that likes the fact that I could just be me and not... I don't know." She admitted.
Winn knowing about it didn’t piss her off as much as knowing her mother knew. The anger wasn’t towards Kara, but to her mother, throwing back the drink to finish it and ordering herself another one. Lena knew her mother better than anyone. Knew lying always pissed Lena off and she wanted Lena to find out on her own to feel the hurt, then be alone once again. Probably hoping the lie would push her to follow down the same road as them. Right now the world might see her as a Luthor who hurts people; however, she’d never go that far to join in what they were doing. “Of course she does,” was all she said about that.
Part of her was mad at Kara for keeping the truth, knowing everything about Lena, and then keeping this from her. On the other hand, Lena knew her mother wanted this to tear the two apart with their friendship, and she refused to give her mother that enjoyment. “I wouldn’t have cared because whether you’re Kara or Supergirl, you’re still the most caring person I know. I’m hurt you kept this from me when you know how I feel about people lying and keeping things from me,” She admitted to Kara. Lena shifted finally in her seat to look at Kara, “You’re my best friend…well you’re really my only friend from what you know. No more secrets from me, okay?” Kara never hurt her and even with the lie, she did understand to a certain degree the reason for it plus knowing her mom didn’t win made the choice an easy one.
Kara was so nervous that Lena would throw the drink in her face, and honestly, she wouldn't blame her, but as she spoke, she started to calm down and relax a little bit.
"Well, I'm really lucky that you're my best friend!" Kara insisted. "And I can do that, no more secrets." She meant it too, now that Lena knew who she was that helped a lot. She offered her hand shaking Lena's hand before giving her a hug to cement that there were no more secrets.
If Lena’s mother hadn’t known, then Lena might have been a bit more upset with Kara. Not enough to throw away their friendship, but enough to need some space to think it through. Her mother trying to use Lena’s pain for her own gain like always made Lena’s anger outweighed the hurt.
“If that’s true, then you really need better friends,” she admitted. With the thought of all the children Lena’s project was hurting back home, she felt Kara and Supergirl could do a lot better on the best friend scale than a Luthor. “Good I’d hate to worry if my best friend is lying to me.” Turning completely in her seat, Lena shook her hand, then returned the hug from Kara. “Now enough with this topic, what has been going on with you since you’ve been here? Tell me everything.”