Where Are We Now

Chapter 8

It was a sunny day in National City after those bloody events from the previous night. Kara looked at the sky in the DEO's balcony as she took a deep breath, enjoying the sun light on her face. It was indeed a beautiful day. She went back in and walked past the training rooms, just to see Oliver and Sara back there with James and Lyra. She stopped at the door frame to watch it. They were past the slapping water thing now, for their delight and Kara laughed as she remembered how pissed Lyra was at that kind of training. She had to agree, it was a bit weird, but Oliver had his reasons. And it seemed to be effective, James and Lyra improved a lot with their fighting skills. Kara looked to her side and saw Alex coming her way. She stood beside her, embracing her arm around Kara's waist and resting her head on her shoulder.

- It's nice to see everything's good again. – Alex said as she watched the training session as well.

- Yes, it is! Is Sara ok? I saw her yesterday; she was having a hard time dealing with what she did...

- Yes, she is. We talked... - She leaned in and whispered at Kara's ear while smiling – We kissed...

- Oh... Ok – Kara smiled – It's nice to see you happy Alex, you deserve it.

- I am happy. More than I thought I could be. But... What about you? – She looked at Kara that blushed immediately.

- I'm good...

- Good in what kind of way?

Kara looked at Alex having no idea what to say.

- I'm good! – It was all Kara could say as she looked back at Oliver training with James and Lyra. – And confused...

- There you go... - Alex said as she grabbed Kara's arms and walked her away from the room – Spill it!

- Yesterday Oliver and I... We got trapped inside a broom closet while we searched the basement and we were surrounded by those lunatics. They knew about me, about James, they were armored with kryptonite. It was a nightmare. I got nervous and he kissed me.

- Wow... - Alex said as she tried to hide her smile. She knew something like that would happen sooner or later.

- And I was sure he did it for the mission, because I was totally freaking out, we couldn't be caught... In a way, it worked... I was able to relax...

- I'm sure you were – Alex gave Kara a knowing smile, earning from her a slight slap in her arm

- You know what I mean... The thing is, I was sure it was because of that, but later... He came visiting while I recovered. He refused to go back to my apartment, he insisted on staying around and when we talked about the kiss... He told me that maybe it wasn't just to calm me down, for the mission... I'm really confused.

- What's to be confused about? He likes you dear sister!

Kara and Alex walked 'til they reached the balcony. It was a place Kara loved, to be there and think about life and stuff in general. She rested her arm on the parapet as she looked at Alex.

- It's complicated. He's not open about feelings and stuff like that, on the contrary. For what Sara told me, he has some issues, trust issues...

- Honey, you don't need him to be open about anything to see it. The way he acts around you and looks at you, it speaks for itself. We all can see that trust is not a problem for him when it comes to you. And you are not that subtle either, I hate to break it to you if you think you are. – She laughed.

Kara blushed as she heard Alex. So everyone noticed the way she acted towards him, nice! In her defense, she couldn't help it. She would be nice, help protect, save and be kind to everyone, but there was something about Oliver that made her glow in a different way and it was really visible apparently. She felt like making a hole to the ground and going hide on it.