Chapter 27 - Alex & Sam

Monday morning arrives in Metropolis and Alex is left in a bit of an awkward state. Both Ruby and Sam head off to school and work, respectively, leaving Alex alone by herself, in the woman she wants to date's home. It's all very weird and uncomfortable, which is made worse by the fact that Alex can't just call her sister because she is fast asleep on the other side of the country, three time zones away. So, Alex does the only reasonable thing that she can think of, and decides to get out her phone and head into Metropolis to try and figure out where she wants to take Sam on a date, later in the evening. But Alex is met with yet another problem as, as soon as she leaves the house and closes the front door realisation sets in that she has no way to get back inside, meaning she will have to wait for either Ruby and/or Sam to get back home. But Alex decides that is a problem for later, and hopefully she can spend enough time in Metropolis to pass the hours by, so by the time she heads back one of the two Arias women will be home.

Alex gets an Uber to drive her into Metropolis. Once she arrives she notices it is a lot different to National City. Everything is a lot more cramped and busy, with people shoving passed one another constantly. Alex thinks that National City is much better in that regard, although she is sure there are many many other reasons that make National City superior too. Now that she is in the city, the first thing Alex decides is that she needs to buy herself some clothes to wear on her date. Of course, she had time to pack a few things in a bag before she left her apartment the day before, but she completely forgot to pack anything that she could wear on a date. Although Alex admits that stuffing a dress or a suit inside her small bag probably wouldn't have been ideal, as she would have creased the clothes to high heavens. So, Alex decides that she needs to spend the first bit of her time actually figuring out what she is going to wear.

A few hours later, a lot more time has passed by than Alex expected, and she still hasn't figured out what she wants to wear on her date. The problem Alex has been facing is that her first instinct was to wear a nice dress, to kind of 'dress up' for Sam, and attempt to be alluring and sexy. But then another part of Alex kind of liked the idea of wearing a suit, which can be just as sexy. However, Alex has never really worn a three-piece suit, ever, let alone for a date, she is well aware she isn't exactly Lena in that regard. But soon after this dilemma, another one occurs in Alex's brain. Alex realises that whatever outfit she wears won't matter if it's not appropriate for the date which she is planning to take Sam on. The only problem with that is Alex has no idea where she wants to take Sam on a date. Of course the most obvious choice would be to just find a nice fancy restaurant, dress up, and take Sam out and have a nice romantic dinner with her. But the issue with that is that it's not very Alex. Sure, Alex likes the idea of a romantic dinner with a partner, but not as a first date. Alex wants to do something fun on a first date, something memorable, not something so cliché as getting to know one another over a romantic dinner, not that there is anything wrong with that, it's just not what Alex wants. All in all, the whole situation has left Alex in a bit of a panic, still having no idea what she is going to wear or where she is even going to take Sam.

Eventually Alex looks down at her phone and sees that it is currently 10:30AM. Alex works out in her head that that means back in National City it'll be 7:30AM, which Alex decides is a reasonable enough time to call her sister in her panic.

Currently in National City Lena and Kara are both cuddled up under the covers in Kara's bed. Neither woman plans to rise until somewhere near 8 in the morning. Of course, usually Lena would be up a lot earlier than even now, but being with Kara has changed that for her. Usually Lena struggled to sleep, and when she did wake up in the morning she couldn't go back to sleep, so she would decide that the best use of her time would be to get a head start on her day, and head into L-Corp early. This usually resulted in Lena arriving at L-Corp closer to 7AM, than her companies actual start of the work day at 9AM. But Lena has found that laying next to Kara, cuddled up with her, has allowed her to fall asleep, and stay asleep, so much easily than before. Then even in the few times when Lena has woken and been unable to fall back asleep, she much rather enjoys the idea of staying snuggled with Kara than heading to work early. Lena thinks this change is just because she actually has something to wake up to. Before she would wake up to an empty apartment and her first interaction of the day would be with her driver to work, and that would only be limited to directions of where she wanted to go and a please and/or thank you. But now, Lena can wake up to both Kara and Alura surrounding her, and she loves all the morning moments she shares with them. It is so much better than her lonely morning routine before.

Lena and Kara are both disturbed from their sleep by the buzzing of Kara's phone.

Kara groans.

"Kara... it's your phone...." Lena grumbles.

Kara groans again and reaches out to answer.

"Hmm.... hello?" Kara answers.

"Did I wake you?" Alex asks from the other end of the call.

"Yes Al, you did." Kara replies, only slightly annoyed. Mostly annoyed because the call is cutting into her cuddle time with Lena.

"Sorry, but I need your help." Alex says.

"Okay, what is it?" Kara asks, concern in her voice.

Lena looks over at Kara and gives her a curious look.

"It's Alex." Kara says to Lena as she takes the phone away from her face.

"I got here and Sam agreed to go on a date with me tonight..." Alex begins.

"That's great!" Kara interrupts.

"You didn't let me finish!" Alex says, scolding her sister for interrupting.

"Sorry." Kara replies, sheepishly.

"Anyway, I got here last night and Sam agreed to go on a date with me tonight, but I'm freaking out as to what to wear, or where to take her." Alex explains to Kara.

"Alex, why don't you just take her on a romantic dinner?" Kara suggests.

"No, I hate that stuff! It's so cliché! It's not me! No offense." Alex says.

Kara chuckles.

"None taken. But honestly Al, I don't really know what else to..." Kara says and then is cut off by Lena grabbing the phone away from her.

"Alex, it's Lena. Take Sam bowling." Lena says down the phone.

"Uhhhh.... Hi Lena.... I uhhh.... bowling?" Alex asks, nervous and confused.

"Yes, Sam loves bowling, but unfortunately Ruby very much hates it, so she never gets to do it. If you take Sam bowling it will be a fun activity for you both and I know she will have a lot of fun." Lena explains.

"Oh, wow, thank you Lena! That's a great idea! Thank you so much!" Alex says.

Lena takes the phone and puts it on speaker so Kara can hear.

"If put you on speaker Alex." Lena says.

"Okay.... so what should I wear?" Alex asks.

"Al, if you are going bowling, you should probably wear something casual, but cute." Kara suggests.

"Perhaps a nice pair of jeans, a shirt, and a nice jacket?" Lena suggests further.

"Yes.... okay.... I think I can do that...." Alex nods, still nervous.

"Alex, Sam really likes you, you really don't have to be nervous. Just do whatever you feel comfortable with and it will all be fine." Lena says.

"I uhh....... thank you Lena..... for everything." Alex replies.

"Of course. After all I think you'll be good for my best friend, so my reasons for helping you are entirely selfish." Lena smirks.

Alex laughs.

"Sure thing Luthor." Alex says down the phone with a big smile.

"Yeah Al. Just be yourself, have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do." Kara smirks.