Dreams do come true

Chapter 4

T-minus 284 days to launch
Kara and Lena were getting closer with each passing training day. With each weekly night out like that one. It was supposed to be a team activity to unwind and bond. But it usually went like this: Maggie and Nia would be playing darts — they had a little competition going — and Sam would be trying to win against Alex at pool, which left Kara and Lena at their table talking about anything and everything.

But that particular night Sam was tired so Alex had dragged Kara to play with her. Lena and Sam stayed and talked about trivial things and about Ruby. After a comfortable short pause Sam smiled, "I know I see you every day, but I've missed you. Why do I feel like we haven't talked in ages?"

"Maybe because we haven't. You're always too eager to have a moment alone with Alex."

"Oh, I'm sure you've been hating every single second of your time with Kara... Last week you didn't even realize we were all gone!"

"Hey! I did realize! I just, maybe, didn't care enough."

"A-ha! So you admit it!"

"That I like spending time with my friend? Sure."

"You know that's not what I mean."

"What I know is that you're trying to avoid talking about Alex."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"Sam."

"Lena."

"They've been broken up for a while now."

"That doesn't— that's not..." Sam looked into Lena's eyes, there was no judgement there, no pressure for her to continue talking, there was nothing but understanding. She sighed. "Why complicate things? If she wanted to be with me — which I really don't think so — it would be asking a lot of the relationship to be moving in together in space, with four other people, with nowhere to run... What if we broke up in the middle of the trip?"

"You're both very professional people, Sam, and there will be a few places to be alone. You're just making up excuses."

"I'm not—"

"This isn't new, darling. You've had other chances to tell her about your feelings throughout all these years and you always find a perfectly good excuse not to."

"Are you gonna tell Kara?"

"There's nothing to tell."

"Sure, keep telling yourself that."

Lena took a sip of her drink and stole a glance at Kara, hoping the glass would hide her blush.

When everyone went home, Lena and Kara stayed for one more round, claiming they weren't tired just yet. They were both exhausted but no one needed to know that. They drank, they talked, they laughed and it was easy. It always felt so easy with Kara. Lena was finally relaxed after a really long week and it wasn't the alcohol that helped her with that.

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Okay so chapter 4. This time on schedule...
It's a bit shorter but next one will be longer again. Hope you like it.