Chapter 83 - Helping Lena Move

It is now Friday morning, and Kara wakes up, and immediately, even before she opens her eyes, she can tell that something is wrong, although she doesn't know what. So, Kara opens her eyes and looks to the other side of the bed, and that is when she sees that Lena isn't in bed with her. As a result of this Kara quickly uses her super hearing to check for Lena's heartbeat in the apartment, thinking that perhaps her girlfriend came back late last night and ended up falling asleep when she went in to give Alura her promised kiss. However, as soon as Kara uses her super hearing the only heartbeat in the apartment she can hear, other than her own, is Alura's. This immediately causes worry to shoot through Kara's body. Kara is worried that maybe something happened to Lena, and that is why she didn't come home last night. Then also, Kara is worried because if Lena isn't there when Alura wakes up, their daughter is going to be really upset.

Kara reaches over and grabs her phone, and sees that she doesn't even have a text from Lena or anything, which very much concerns her. Kara then looks at the time on her phone and sees that it is already 7:20AM, meaning that Lena would usually be up by now, but Kara thinks Lena would have woken her or something if she had come home and got up for work already. So, Kara decides to ring Lena. The phone rings 3 times, before it is then finally answer.

"Htmghhmmm.... hello?" Lena answers, in a sleepy voice.

"Oh, Lena, thank Rao." Kara says, breathing a sigh of relief. "I was worried."

"Worried? About what?" Lena asks, confused, still in a sleepy voice.

"You didn't come home." Kara says.

"I said I'd be home late I..... oh shoot..... is that the time?" Lena says, confused, the sleep now clearing from her brain.

"Yes, Lee. What happened?" Kara asks, "Did you stay up all night working?"

"No.... I.... I found something.... after midnight...... Then at about 1:30..... I wanted to rest my eyes for a few seconds...... and the next thing I know..... you woke me..." Lena explains. "Oh, okay." Kara says, glad that at least Lena hasn't been working all night, and got some sleep, even if it couldn't have been a comfortable one. "Are you coming home now then?"

Lena is silent for a moment, and then she sighs.

"It's already almost 7:30.... I might as well just.... freshen up in my office and start my day." Lena says.

"No." Kara says, firmly. "No?" Lena questions.

"No. You need to come home." Kara says, firmly again.

"Kara..." Lena tries to say. "No, I'm not having this, Lena. I was okay with you working late, because I know L-Corp is important to you, and there was a fire. But you CAN'T just stay at work now, and not at least see Alura for a short period. She was upset all of last night, right until I put her to bed. So, you need to come home, not for you, or for me, but for Alura." Kara says, firmly once more.

"Okay, I'll be home soon." Lena quickly replies.

"Good." Kara replies.

"I'll see you in a bit." Lena says.

"Yes, you better be here by the time Alura wakes up." Kara says, in a firm tone.

"I'll leave now." Lena says.

"Hurry." Kara says.

Kara then ends the call, too annoyed with Lena right now to exchange any end of call pleasantries. Admittedly it may have not been the most mature thing for Kara to do, but she is just annoyed at Lena. But also, Kara is sympathising with Alura, and how she was feeling all of last night, which has just made Kara even more annoyed when Lena didn't even consider Alura when she suggested she'd stay at work.

Kara sighs as she flops her phone down onto the bed, she really, really, hopes that Alura doesn't wake up in the next 15 – 20 minutes, before Lena gets home. Kara just knows that if Alura wakes up and sees that her momma is still not there, meaning she wouldn't have seen her in over 24 hours, she will completely freak out, and probably have an emotional meltdown. Kara, not only doesn't want to have to deal with that, but she doesn't want Alura to have to go through that either.

Kara lays in bed for the next few minutes, not really sure what to do with herself. Kara knows that she can't go back to sleep, because Lena is going to be home soon, and honestly, she doesn't need any more sleep anyway. Usually Kara would just get out of bed and begin her day, but Kara is hesitant to do that right now, because she doesn't want to risk getting up and making a noise, which could then lead to Alura waking up. So, Kara is kind of in a bit of a catch-22 situation right now. Ultimately, Kara decides to lay there for a few more minutes, while she scrolls through her phone, reading the news, and just getting updated with the world, and what's on social media.

As Kara reads through the news, she finds herself reading about certain topics and articles, and instinctively thinking that she would like to pitch doing a deeper dive into that story to Snapper, but then she remembers she isn't working at CatCo anymore. It is sort of a weird feeling for Kara, because she has got so used to passively throughout her day making notes of things that she would potentially like to write articles about. Therefore, it is now very strange for her not to need to do that currently. It's a habit Kara will have to spend the next week or so getting out of. Admittedly it does make Kara a little sad when she thinks about it, but she then thinks about working with Lena at L-Corp, and all the new things she will be doing while working there, and it puts a big smile on her face. Kara thinks that maybe a temporary change in scenery from CatCo will be a good thing, for reasons other than to avoid questions of about her girlfriend buying the company for her. Kara thinks that maybe she does need a break from CatCo, and everything that is attached with it. For Kara, CatCo has changed so much over the last year, with Cat Grant leaving, and then James taking over as CEO, and obviously that did not end well at all. So, Kara thinks that getting away, and taking a break for a while, will allow her to come back to CatCo one day recharged, with a new energy and passion for the company, and for journalism in general, and perhaps she will pick up some new skills while working at L-Corp.

Eventually, 10 minutes go by, and Kara has now finished reading the news, and scrolling through her social media, so she decides she should get up. Kara however decides not to get up like a normal human being, instead of putting her feet on the ground, she floats a couple of inches above the floor, so that she doesn't make any sound by walking on floorboards that could potentially creek and wake Alura. Kara then heads to the bathroom, all while floating, not wanting to make even the littlest sound. In fact, while Kara is doing this, she feels more nervous and anxious than some of the times when she has been fighting people as Supergirl, or dealing with Cat Grant threatening to fire her, or Snapper Carl being Snapper Carl.

Another 10 minutes go by, and thankfully Kara has been able to make the least amount of sound possible, and Alura hasn't woken up. Kara then hears the key in the front door turning, followed by the front door opening and closing, signalling to her that Lena has finally got home. Kara then makes her way out to the living room/kitchen open plan area to greet Lena.

"Hey." Kara smiles.

"Hi." Lena replies, sheepishly, clearly a bit nervous that she has potentially upset Kara over suggesting not coming home.

"Alura isn't up yet." Kara says.

"That's.... good." Lena nods, still nervous, dropping her bag on the kitchen counter.