Dreams do come true

Chapter 9

Day 26

"Hey, Lena, are you okay?" Kara softly asked from the other side of her pod. She waited a few seconds before continuing, "I brought you lunch, I can just leave it floating here if you want."

Lena opened her sleeping pod and motioned Kara to enter. It was barely big enough for two people. She had her back against a wall, with her legs stretched and her feet touching the other wall, so Kara did the same next to her. It was almost as if they were sitting... on nothing.

"I've got an email from my mom. For the first time in my life she said she was proud of me."

"That's great! I knew she—"

"She also said that she couldn't contact me before because she was trying to protect me from Lex. Apparently, he attempted to kill me when he found out I was coming on this mission, and my mom sneakily stopped him both times."

"He what?! Why would he do that?! Wait, he's in prison, how would he—?" Kara realized then that it didn't really matter because that moment wasn't exactly about Lex's power to do as he pleased. Lena wasn't crying. No, she looked utterly broken. All Kara could do was to place an arm around her and keep her there, stroking her arm. Lena leaned into her, her head resting on Kara's temple.

After a while, Lena shifted just a bit, putting some distance between them but still letting Kara's touch comfort her. "I know he went mad, I know he killed those people when he sabotaged the Russian spacecraft because of some absurd, misguided patriotism and because his power-hungry ass wanted to be the first one on Mars. But I—"

"But trying to kill his own sister is a completely different thing."

"I shouldn't be surprised, though. I shouldn't care."

"Of course you should care. Caring is one of the many things that makes you nothing like him. And whatever it is you're feeling is valid, Lena. There's no right way to feel. And I'm in shock, so how could you not be surprised?"

"It's just... for the longest time I thought he was the only person who loved me, you know? So if he can do that then maybe I'm not—"

"You are a brilliant, kind, beautiful person. You have the biggest heart. You don't deserve any of this and I would gladly spend the rest of my life proving to you how amazing you are. You have people on your side now, Lena. I will always love you and I will always protect you."

Lena let her head fall on Kara's shoulder. "Promise?"

Kara tightened her hold a little. An "I promise." was followed by a kiss on her head and even though the circumstances were awful, both of them would have stayed like that forever.

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Okayy as i said, the new chapter a bit early and i have already started the next one. Im not sure if it will be finished on Saturday but I'll try.
Thx<3