章 101: Chapter 101
The tears are still wet on everyone's faces when Alex notices the flames of the fire are beginning to flicker out. She wipes her nose and sniffles, clearing her throat.
"We should all probably go and get some sleep. It's late, and Lena and Kara have to leave early tomorrow morning," Alex says.
Everyone reluctantly agrees, not really wanting this night to end but knowing it has to. The people who can make it to say goodbye to Kara and Lena in the morning are the first to go, saying their goodnights to them and giving brief hugs. The people who can't go in the morning linger, staying behind so they can say their goodbyes.
Lena hates goodbyes, has hated them since Lionel told her he would be right back from work, and never came back. She hugs more people tonight than she did in the first year of staying with the Luthors. Kara, understanding how this can be, stays as close to Lena as she can as they hug their friends goodbye.
"You better come visit. Both of you," Vasquez clarifies. "You have no excuse, Kara can literally fly here within an hour."
"We'll visit so often you'll be sick of us," Lena promises.
Vasquez uses their sleep to wipe at their eyes and smiles sadly. "I don't think that's possible. Just... Take care of each other, okay?"
"We will," Kara promises. "Make sure Ari takes care of you too."
Vasquez's lower lip wobbles and they pulls them both into a hug and Lena tries to ignore the tears that can't seem to stop streaming down her face. She didn't know she would miss them this much.
"Alright, I'm going to let other people cry over you." Vasquez sniffs and pulls back, their eyes wet with tears. "Love you guys."
They give Lena and Kara one more hug as they murmur their responses. Then Vasquez walks away, wiping at their eyes. Lena squeezes Kara's hand and smiles at the next person that approaches them.
***
Lena and Kara are both exhausted by the time they get back to their room. With all they've had to do today, they would be tired anyways, but since they just had an emotional couple of hours, they're completely exhausted.
They practically fall into bed, Kara lazily pulling off both her and Lena's clothes, much to Lena's amusement. She helps Kara out of her pants, chuckling softly when Kara sluggishly kicks her legs when it gets down to her ankles in an attempt to fling them somewhere in the room. Once they're done, they climb under the covers and move themselves so that they're cuddling.
Lena yawns and falls asleep, her head resting against Kara's chest.
Some garbled noise is what wakes Lena up, that and the warm feeling of a hand on her shoulder. That's unusual because Kara usually just drapes her arms around her in her sleep, never resting them on her shoulder. Plus, by now Lena knows what Kara's has feels like and this does not feel like Kara's hand.
That thought alarms Lena and she opens her eyes, which is more difficult than usual because of all the crying she did last night. Her vision takes a second to focus and she blinks in surprise at the sight of both Alex and Maggie standing by the side of the bed, both already dressed. It's Maggie's hand she felt on her shoulder, and once she sees Lena's awake, she removes her hand.
"Welcome back to the world of the living, sleeping beauty," Alex jokes.
Lean would sit up, but she can feel the sheets against her bare skin and decides against accidentally scarring Alex and Maggie.
"What?" Lena asks, her voice raspy.
"We came in earlier but you guys were completely dead to the world. We could just not wake you up, so we decided to let you guys sleep in a little bit."
Lena inhales and notices the light filtering in from the windows. She holds the sheet to her chest and shifts so she's sitting.
"What time is it?" Lena tries to rub the last bits of sleep from her eyes with her unoccupied hand.
"Eight," Maggie answers.
Lena chokes on nothing, her eyes wide. She can feel her heart beating fast in her chest and knows that it'll probably wake Kara up.
"What? We were supposed to be leaving at eight! They're waiting for us!"
A hand on her sternum stops her from getting up. Alex pushes lightly and Lena gives her a hard look. Alex doesn't relent so Lena stops trying to get up.
"Don't worry," Maggie says. "Once we saw how tired you both were, we talked to your people. Except for some of the snobby nobles, they were all pretty understanding."
Lena sighs. "Alright. Thank you for that, I suppose. Will you wait outside for a moment so I can wake Kara and get dressed?"
Alex blushes at the mention that Kara and Lena are naked. She nods, practically fleeing the room.
"I see how it is, you're depriving me of seeing abs because we woke you up late." Maggie jokes as she walks out, winking over her shoulder.
Lena laughs when she hears Alex's response, "My abs are better."
The door closes with a soft snick and Lena looks down at her girlfriend, whose cheeks are pink. "How much of that did you hear?"
"Enough to be blushing," Kara answers. She sits up and wraps an arm around Lena. "This is it."
Lena hums. "It is."
They sit there, cuddling, until there's a pounding at the door. "I don't hear any clothes being put on!" Alex says through the door. "And I really don't want to think about what that means!"
Maggie's snickering can be heard too and Lena looks to Kara.
"May you, darling?" Lena asks and Kara knows instantly what she means.
"Of course."
Kara seems to disappear, only a flash of color here and there telling Lena where she is. When Kara reappears, she's fully dressed. She helps Lena up and then helps her out on clothes using her superspeed.
Lena leans in and gives Kara a quick peck when her girlfriend is no longer a blur. "Thank you darling."
Okay, so it'll be next chapter that they leave! And thank you all so much for all the lovely comments I got last chapter! They made my day :) And I'm so glad I got this done, later today I have things I need to go to from five pm to like ten or so, depending on how long everything goes... On the bright side, I'm currently dressed as Carmilla because Halloween was yesterday and today I'll be hanging out with my fellow gays, where there'll be a contest for costumes! Don't know if I'll win, because this literally isn't much different than what I normally wear... But I look gay as hell, so that's awesome. Speaking of awesome, thank you all so much for reading and stay awesome!
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