Chapter 11

Alex was currently sitting at the bar of her favorite dive, a little place near her apartment and the DEO's headquarters that was a known alien hang out, which Alex had discovered from one of her exes and sometimes used as a place to get information for DEO operations, but right now, she was drowning her sorrows, since it had been over two weeks since Kara had found out that she worked for the DEO and her little sister was still giving her the silent treatment. Alex had tried reaching out to her, but Kara had slammed the door in her face and told her assistant to not allow Alex near her building anymore, so now she was trying to give her sister space to cool off, but she was growing restless. She knew that Kara would be mad at her, but not this mad. Though she probably didn't make the best impression by using kryptonite to knock her sister out.

"Well, what are you trying to drink away?" A familiar voice asked and Alex turned to see Felicity Smoak walk up to her.

"The fact that my sister hates me now. What are you doing here? How did you even find this place, since it's not exactly very well known." Alex asked, trying to control her heart rate, since it always seemed to speed up whenever Felicity was around.

"One of my alien coworkers mentioned it to me. It's awesome that Argo Enterprises is so open minded about that stuff, since a lot of my coworkers are so much cooler. It's like living in a sci-fi nerd fantasy. The only thing that would make it better would be if there was an actual wookiee or klingon or vulcan there." Felicity said, since Argo Enterprises was one of the largest employers of aliens in the country, if not the planet.

"That has to be one of the nerdiest and cutest things I've ever heard. But yes, I'm aware of how diverse Kara is in her hiring. She's always had a soft spot for aliens." Alex said, stopping herself from saying that Kara was an alien herself.

"Yeah, I bet. But I can't believe that she'd be mad at you. You two were always so close back when Kara and I were back in school." Felicity said.

"Yeah well, she found out I was lying to her about something important. Something big. She's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since. I've been trying to give her space to cool off, but honestly, I'm not sure how much longer I can go with her giving me the cold shoulder." Alex said.

"Then I guess it's a good thing I've decided that while you're still off the good Christmas gift list, you are out of my doghouse. Can't speak for Krypto though." Kara said as she joined them.

"Kara." Alex said.

"Can we talk in private?" Kara asked and Alex nodded as she let her sister lead her over to a private corner.

"Kara, I am so sorry I lied to you." Alex said again.

"I know and I'm sorry for icing you out for so long, but how did you expect me to react after finding out that you work for an organization that exists solely to hunt people like me? Especially after you used kryptonite to knock both Krypto and I out?" Kara asked.

"I know. And I didn't want to do it, but I was under orders." Alex said.

"I can't say I agree with what you did, but I do understand, since if anyone understands keeping a secret from people to protect them, it's me. But Alex, you need to promise me that you won't keep me in the dark about something like this again." Kara told her.

"You have my word." Alex said and Kara smiled.

"Good. Because I miss my big sister. Especially since I have a lot to fill you in on. Like how I have my own island and I'm training with Wonder Woman." Kara said.

"Wait, what?" Alex asked, not sure which of those was more surprising.

"I'll fill you in later, but the reason I tracked you down here is because you're running out of reasons to be in denial about Felicity." Kara said.

"What?" Alex asked.

"I'm gonna tell her my secret. She's one of my oldest and most trusted friends and I think that her skills will be useful in my mission." Kara said.

"You really think you can trust her?" Alex asked, careful not to push her limits, but Kara just smiled.

"I think that it'll be her idea of a dream come true. But seriously, I see the way you look at her, so why not take a chance and ask her out?" Kara asked her, since Alex had been out and proud since high school.

"Because she's the kind of girl I could really fall for and you remember what happened the last time I went down that route. With Kelly." Alex said, referring to her ex-girlfriend, Kelly Olsen, who she'd met while she was enlisted and Alex had fallen for her hard, but things had kind of fallen apart after they'd returned stateside. Alex had gone into the DEO while Kelly had become a social worker, they'd just grown apart and it had been hard for Alex to move on after that, since while she and Kelly had both agreed that they just weren't working anymore, but that didn't mean it made it any easier for her.

"Alex, I get it, but at some point, you've got to let yourself start to live again." Kara said.

"Maybe, but even if I do like her, I don't want to put myself out there again just to find out that she's not even into girls." Alex said and Kara sighed.

"Trust me, that will not be an issue." Kara said.

"Wait, how can you be so sure?" Alex asked before she realized what Kara meant.

"Wait, you and Felicity?" Alex asked, shocked.

"It was a one time thing during our junior year at MIT. I was already out back then and she was curious and wanted to experiment and since we were already close friends, she asked me if I would be okay indulging her just once and since I was a little worried that if she went to someone else, she might get the wrong idea and it's not like she's unattractive, so I agreed. It was fun, but we both agreed that we were better as friends, nothing more and nothing happened after that one night, but it did help Felicity realize that she enjoyed sex with women a little too much to be straight. I think that she's bi, but she does have a preference for women and please don't let the fact that I slept with her once stop you from pursuing her. I'm only telling you this because you need to know that if she says no, it won't be because she's not into women. But you'll never know for sure if you don't ask. Take that leap." Kara said.

"And what about you?" Alex asked, trying to get the idea of her sister sleeping with the girl she was crushing on out of her head.

"What about me?" Kara asked.

"When was the last time you were in a serious relationship with anyone for that matter?" Alex asked.

"I haven't exactly had a whole lot of free time with my company and now being a superhero." Kara said.

"You didn't have the superhero excuse until two weeks ago and Clark seems to balance it well enough." Alex pointed out.

"Look Alex, I'm not sure if that's in the cards for me, since I'm not human." Kara said.

"Neither is Clark." Alex pointed out again.

"He might as well be. He may have been born on Krypton, but he spent his whole life being raised on Earth. He's more human than Kryptonian now. That makes it easier for him." Kara said.

"Or are you just using that as an excuse?" Alex asked.

"Alex." Kara said.

"Kara, I don't want you to spend the rest of your life alone. You deserve to be happy." Alex said.

"Maybe." Kara said.

"Aha, there is someone on your mind." Alex said with a smirk.

"I'll talk to you about it when you ask Felicity out." Kara said.

"You're really trying to set me up with your best friend?" Alex asked.

"Yep." Kara said and Alex chuckled.

"Fine. But when I get back, you're spilling the beans." Alex said as she headed back over to Felicity.

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