Chapter 114

After Kara eats enough to make even Sam impressed, they make plans to hang out more when Sam doesn't have to work. Sam is understandably hesitant to bring along Ruby, but Kara doesn't let that get to her. After all, she would be paranoid too if she just recently learned that she's an alien and that her daughter might have powers that develop someday.

After Kara and Lena say goodbye to Sam, Lena leads Kara around the castle to the throne room. It's not far from Lena's bedroom, nor is it far from the kitchen. Kara wonders if that was done on purpose. The guards open the doors to the throne room for them and they step inside.

"No, I don't care that you find it interesting." A woman sighs, clearly exasperated. "Gods! You guards are worse than stereotypical old maids. You gossip more than birds chirp in the morning! I know it's exciting that the Queen is back, but that doesn't mean you can all twiddle your thumbs and spend the day theorizing about how Princess Kara got her to stay in her room for so long. If this interferes with your work or makes either Princess Kara or Queen Lena uncomfortable, I will nail your disgusting tongues to the post in the city square. Do you understand me?"

"Yes ma'am," the guards chorus. They look properly chastised, their heads lowered with shame and fear in their eyes.

"Good. You're dismissed."

The guards turn around and head to the entrance Lena and Kara are standing in. They step to the side to let the guards pass and it's a struggle to keep Kara's face straight when she sees how pale they get when they realize who they are. They murmur apologies as they pass, their heads ducked low and avoiding both women's eyes. Lena keeps her face blank of any emotion and gives them all withering looks that make the guards walk faster away from them. After the door swings shut after the last guard, Kara and Lena meet each other's eyes and grin. They join hands and head towards the woman who's sitting on the throne. There's a throne next to the one she's in that's empty. Her hand covers her face like she's face palming. She slumps in the throne and groans.

"Rough day?" Lena asks.

The woman jolts, her back straightening as she scrambles into a more elegant sitting position. She relaxes when she sees it's Lena, her face breaking into a large smile.

"Lena! Oh, thank the Gods!"

The woman rushes down off the raised platform the thrones are on and Lena lets go of Kara's hand in order to embrace her. She holds her tightly before pulling back, that warm smile still on her face.

She looks to Kara and holds out her hand. "Oh! You must be Kara, Lena has written me about you! I'm Jess."

Kara smiles at her girlfriend's friend but ignores her hand, instead opening her arms for a hug. She moves closer slowly enough that Jess can react quick enough to pull away if she isn't comfortable with hugging. Jess's face goes through a range of emotions, from "what?" to "oh" to "oh okay" to "alright this is what we're doing now."

Kara hugs Jess and pulls back much quicker than Jess did with Lena. "It's nice to finally meet you, Jess! Lena has told me about how amazing you've been doing here in her absence!"

"Oh." Jess blushes and brushes some stray hair behind her ear. "Miss Luthor tends to exaggerate."

"Well, you're the second person to say that today and I'm starting to doubt the validity of that statement." Kara says, giving her a warm smile.

Jess smiles and shakes her head. "Well, it's nice to officially meet you, I've been following the CatCo stories on your adventures. You've had a busy 'vacation,' Miss Luthor."

"Mm. It was never meant to be a vacation in the first place. But I will admit that it did get crazier than I expected." Lena sighs. "I certainly didn't expect to find a girlfriend along the way. Or to kill my mother. Or to find out that I really am a Luthor."

"Damn. I forgot how much you've been through." Jess sighs. "And now you're back here. Which, Lena, you're absolutely brilliant. Not just in the genius way, though I know that's true too. How on earth do you deal with the idiots? I haven't even been here that long, I don't have all the duties you do, and I'm still going mad!"

Lena laughs softly. "You learn how to deal with them all eventually. But we aren't going to be staying for too long, Kara's sister is getting married soon."

"Oh that's wonderful! She's the Knight, right?"

"Yeah," Kara beams proudly. "They're an amazing couple and I'm so happy for them!" She bounces on her toes. "We're going to fly back in a few days for to check in."

"Fly? You mean ride... Oh right, you can literally fly." Jess murmurs, staring with wide eyes as Kara hovers for a moment.

"Show off," Lena teases.

"You love it," Kara immediately says back, smiling at her girlfriend.

Jess watches them with a soft smile on her face, happy that her friend found someone that seems so good for her. They hold hands again and Jess's curiosity bubbles over.

"So what's going to happen?" She asks curiously, earning confused looks. "I mean, Lena you're the Queen of the Luthor Kingdom and Kara, you're the Princess and next in line for the throne in the Danvers Kingdom. You guys seem like you're in it for the long haul, but someday that royalty in both of you will have to... come to pass. I don't know how to phrase that. You know, both being queens of different kingdoms. What do you plan to do?"

Lena and Kara's minds both screech to a halt and they exchange a wide eyed glance. They hadn't thought about this before.

Next chapter, they talk! Maybe? Or there'll be a time jump and Sanvers! Probably the second one... We'll see! Now I'm off to work on my philosophy paper that's due tomorrow :)) (cue screams) Whoo! And can y'all believe that I've spelled comments wrong so many times in the same exact way that sometimes it corrects it to "con-ments?" Wild. Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!