Trick and Treat - SuperCorp

Chapter 3 - Everyday Costumes

It was 6:45 on Halloween and the party was all set. Decorations were up, and the food was laid out. Kara paced back and forth in her apartment. She'd been doing that for nearly twenty minutes. Alex drank another cup of punch, screwing up her face as she considered the content, then shook her head. She grabbed a bottle of some kind of alcohol and began to pour in liberal amounts. When the bottle was empty, she placed it next to the first empty bottle of alcohol and took another glass of punch and drank it.

With a loud sigh, Kara slapped her arms along her sides as she marched across the living room.

"Kara, enough already. You're going to make grooves in the floor," Alex pointed out.

"Right, sorry, sorry. I'm just so..."

"Nervous?"

"Yes! She was supposed to call me. She hasn't called me."

"You could have called her," Alex said.

"I know. I texted her though, twice. I texted to check in, and she didn't text back. Maybe she's canceling."

"Did she cancel?"

Kara shook her head.

"Then she's not canceling."

"You don't know that, Alex. When I asked her out, it wasn't all heart eyes and smiles. She was quiet for so long my stomach hurt, and I had to sit down. She turned her back on me actually turned her back on me and had to think about it. Then she said, 'Let's do this.' It sounded more like an action film than a date."

"If you're lucky your date will turn into an action film." Alex grinned.

"Not helping, Alex. How much have you had to drink already?"

Alex waved dismissively. "But she knows it's a date?"

"Absolutely. I said I was asking her on a date. I used the word date. That's when she got all, you know, stiff." Grabbing her phone from the coffee table, Kara said, "Maybe I should text her again."

"Kara, maybe you should stop second-guessing yourself. You said she had some kind of lab emergency?"

"Yeah. You think it's just work?"

"I bet it's just work. I bet Lena got sidetracked with work and forgot you two needed to talk before your date. She doesn't need to talk, just you do, so it isn't on her mind."

Kara nodded. "You're right. Lena forgot about calling me, but she remembered the date. She remembered the date, right?"

Hugging her sister, Alex held her tight for several seconds before she said, "Of course, she remembers your date. It's a date with you. There is no way Lena is going to forget that."

There was a knock at the door, and the sisters both turned.

"It's Maggie," Kara announced. "Oh, you two coordinated your costumes. That's cute."

"Yeah, sort of." In her Catwoman costume, Alex crossed the room and opened the door to reveal Maggie standing on the other side. "Hey."

Standing in a Batwoman costume, a tote bag in one hand, Maggie replied, "Hey, babe. You coming easy, or are you going to make this hard on yourself?"

With a smirk, Alex replied, "Well, you know I'm not coming easy."

Clearing her throat, Kara said, "Really guys?"

"Oh, sorry, Kara," Alex said, blushing slightly.

Maggie stepped in, kissing her girlfriend. "Hey, Kara. How's my second favorite superhero?"