Chapter 165 - Lena Upset

About 5 minutes after leaving Brazil, Kara arrives back in National City. Kara could have made the trip in a much quicker fashion, but the reason she didn't is because she wanted time to think about how she is going to go about telling Lena everything. Kara knows her future wife, so she knows that no matter how she says things, Lena is going to be mad at her for keeping her meeting with Lillian a secret. Kara has just been trying to think of the best situation to tell Lena. However, Kara has ultimately realised that there is no 'best way' to tell Lena, she just has to do it soon, and not keep it from her fiancé for too much longer.

Kara lands back in her and Lena's penthouse, this time on their living room balcony. The reason Kara has done this, is because she knows that as Lena is likely going to be mad at her, and maybe even yell at her, she doesn't want to do it when Alura could hear them. So, this means that until she and Lena are alone, Kara has to keep the alien artifact box out of sight from Lena.

A few moments later, after taking a deep breath, Kara walks inside her penthouse, closing the living room balcony door behind her, and deactivating her Supergirl suit. After Kara does this, she works her way through the penthouse, eventually heading upstairs. Once Kara is upstairs, she decides that the best, and most secure, place to put the alien artifact for now is in Lena's lab, as Lena doesn't go in there in the mornings, and this way it will be safe away from where Alura could reach and find it. So, Kara then types in the code on Lena's lab door, before entering and placing the box that contains the alien artifact on one of the tables in the room. After Kara does this, she makes her way out of Lena's lab, and heads back towards her and Lena's bedroom.

As Kara walks down the hallway, she passes by Alura's bedroom, and as she does this, she pokes her head inside the 5-year-old's room, and checks on her, like she always does if she is out as Supergirl in the middle of the night. Thankfully, Alura is fast asleep, cuddled with one of her many stuffed toys. Seeing this sight puts Kara a bit more at ease, compared with the nerves she feels about telling Lena of her meeting with Lillian.

About a minute later, Kara quietly closes Alura's bedroom door, and continues her journey down the hallway, arriving in her and Lena's bedroom about 10 seconds later. Once Kara is inside the bedroom, she sees that Lena is fast asleep. However, upon seeing Lena again, Kara's nerves inside her stomach build up once more; she absolutely hates feeling this way. Honestly, Kara is pretty annoyed that Lillian has even put her in this position, even if she completely understands the reasons for it.

After a few moments of simply looking at a sleeping Lena, Kara sighs, and then makes her way back into bed. Once Kara is back under the covers, instinctively, Lena moves closer to Kara, and cuddles with her. This unconscious action from Lena just makes Kara feel even worse than she already does. As a result of all of this, Kara doesn't get much sleep for the rest of the night.

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It is now the following morning, and ever since Kara has gotten up, she has had a horrid feeling building in her stomach, as she knows she's getting closer and closer to telling Lena about her meeting with Lillian, and the brunette then being mad at her.

Right now, Kara is making some breakfast for Alura in the kitchen, while Lena is upstairs with their daughter, getting her ready for school. Today, Kara is just cutting up Alura a bunch of fruit to have, as Lena has always been pretty firm on the fact that Alura needs to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day. Eventually, about 5 minutes later, Alura joins Kara in the kitchen/living room area.

"Mommy, can I have my breakfast now?" Alura asks, sweetly, as she walks into the kitchen.

"Of course you can." Kara smiles back, before then handing her daughter a bowl of fruit.

Alura takes the bowl of fruit from Kara, and then proceeds to turn her nose up at it. Lena may be very firm on making Alura eat fruit, but that doesn't mean that the 5-year-old likes it. Alura's attitude towards fruit is mostly aligned with Kara's.

"Can't I have pancakes?" Alura asks, with a pout.

"No, sorry baby. Momma says you need to eat some fruit today." Kara replies.

Alura sighs.

"Okay.... can you put some sugar on it, like you usually do?" Alura asks.

Usually Kara does do exactly that, putting a little half spoonful of sugar over the fruit she puts in the bowl for Alura, without Lena knowing. However, today Kara hasn't done that, because she doesn't want to chance Lena finding out and already being mad at her before she even tells her the actual news that's going to make Lena mad. Admittedly, Lena probably would only be fake mad, but still, Kara doesn't want to chance it.

"Uhhhh.... sorry baby.... not today." Kara says.

"Owwwww...." Alura moans.

Kara chuckles.

"Go on. Go eat your fruit. You can watch some cartoons while you do." Kara says.

"Fine." Alura huffs.

Kara then hands Alura a spoon, and the 5-year-old then makes her way into the living room, turning on the TV and watching some cartoons. A few moments after this, Lena comes downstairs, and approaches Kara in the kitchen.

"Hey." Kara smiles.

"Hey, darling." Lena says, and then closes the distance to Kara, taking her in for a kiss.

Kara kisses Lena back, but she really doesn't enjoy the kiss. Usually, Kara enjoys ever little kiss she has with Lena, big or small, and savours every moment, but she can't do that now while she is feeling so guilty.

"I didn't hear you come back in last night." Lena says, as they part from their kiss.

"Uhhh.... yeah.... I just got back into bed....and you were fast asleep." Kara replies, a tad awkwardly.

Lena nods her head.

"Did everything go okay?" Lena asks.

"Uhhh.... yeah.... but there is something I want to talk to you about..... away from prying ears." Kara says, as she gestures with her head to Alura.

"Is everything okay?" Lena asks, with a worried look on her face.

"Everything's fine." Kara lies, but only to make Lena not worry, "I just need to tell you about what happened."

"Alright then." Lena nods, "How about you drop Alura off at school, and then afterwards you can meet me in my office, at L-Corp, and we'll chat."

"Sure." Kara nods.

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It is now about 45 minutes later, and Kara has just dropped Alura off at school for the day, giving her a big hug and kiss as usual. Admittedly, usually when either Kara or Lena drop Alura off at school, their stomachs drop a bit, because they both miss their daughter throughout the day, however, right now Kara's stomach had dropped for a whole other reason.

"Rao.... I better get this over with." Kara says to herself, knowing that she just needs to 'rip the band aide off', and face the consequences.

Kara then takes a look around, to make sure no one is watching her, and once she confirms this, she takes off into the air.

Kara flies back to her and Lena's apartment, instead of L-Corp. Kara does this because she wants to take the alien artifact box with her, so she can at least show it to Lena, and the CEO can then secure it as soon as possible. Kara arrives back in her and Lena's penthouse a few moments later, gathers the box, before then flying back towards L-Corp, and landing on Lena's office balcony about a minute later.