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“Well shit. Looks like we’ll have to find another solution then.” Lena started pacing up and down in her room, trying to think of a way to handle this very precarious situation they were in.
On the one hand she was married to a woman she didn’t know. It didn’t matter how beautiful she thought the woman was, or how, with her blonde hair and incredibly blue eyes, she was exactly the type of woman Lena would usually go for.
On the other hand, a large part of Lena’s following and fans were impressionable young women, who was already showing her support and defending her against backlash on social media. Her social media had been blowing up the whole morning and she had been browsing through comments and messages while Kara had been in the shower.
The thought of disappointing her fans by admitting that she had gotten married to a complete stranger by getting blackout drunk was not sitting too well with her.
As she was pacing around, an idea was starting to form in her mind. It was a terrible idea. A terrible, brilliant idea.
Lena came to a stop in front of Kara. Her plan was great to save her own face, but she had no idea how this would affect Kara, and the plan could only go forward if Kara was a consenting participant.
The only way this would work is if both parties agreed and actively participated. The only problem was how Lena would propose the idea to Kara.
“So I may have an idea for a plan.” Lena began hesitantly “It may be the stupidest idea I’ve ever had, but I think it could really work out. I’m thinking here of our images you know? How it would look if we suddenly get divorced a night after marriage. What example that creates for the younger fans that follow me.”
“Okay, I’m willing to listen and be open about ideas.” Kara replied, giving Lena all her attention.
Lena started pacing again as she told Kara her plan, stopping every now and then when Kara had any questions or something to add. They finally, after about an hour, had a complete plan with all the smaller details hashed out, and was ready to set it out.
“Okay,” Kara said heaving out a large sigh. “So just to be completely clear lets run it over one last time.”
“We release a press statement, saying we had been seeing each other in secret for a bit more than a year, since just before I went on my world tour.”
“Right, so that is why we hadn’t been seen together at all. Because you were away, and we did the long distance thing over the phone. When you came back, we were so happy to see each other that we made a spur of the moment decision and eloped. Not even our families and friends new of our relationship.”
“Yes, that is what we are going to tell the press. We just have to be very convincing. Then we ‘move in together’, we both still keep our separate places, we will go out on ‘dates’, just to be seen in public together, and then, after a few months we get divorced because of irreconcilable differences but still remain friends for a while.”
“I am willing to do this with you,” Kara said after taking in the whole mess of a plan they have. “The hardest part to this is going to be convincing our family and friends though, I mean I tell my sister everything! And I’m really not a good liar!”
“Just tell her that we wanted to keep it quiet until we were sure about the relationship and that we wanted to keep it out of the public eye"
“Anyway kid, that’s the real story of how your moms met,” the auburn haired woman told the teenager currently sitting on her couch.
“But if they were to divorce after a few months, how come they are still married then?”
“Well you see, in those months before the divorce date, they actually got to know each other and they found that they quite enjoyed each other’s company and they fell in love. There was of course some ups and downs, like the time Kara found out that Lena was actually a Luthor. Not for the reasons you are thinking though.
They had then been married for a few months and were best friends, they told each other almost everything. Kara had found out about that through someone else and she was hurt that Lena did not trust her enough to confide in her.
As the time for the divorce crept closer, they were both dreading the day, since they were both so in love and so hopelessly oblivious.
About a week before the date of divorce, your mom Kara came to me and confessed about the circumstances of their marriage and how she was in love with your mom Lena and didn’t want to divorce her.
I convinced her to tell Lena how she felt, because what did she have to lose really? If Lena didn’t feel the same, they were divorcing either way. She could only gain from confessing.”
“So I’m guessing she confessed right? Since they’re still married?” the younger woman asked, brushing a hand through raven locks, green eyes, a perfect match to those of her mother’s, settled onto her aunt’s, completely invested in the story.
“Well... not exactly. The night before they were to get divorced, they ‘celebrated’ with a bottle or two of wine and got a little drunk. Lena was actually the one who confessed first. By confessing I mean kissing... and then apologizing profusely, thinking she messed everything up. Then they talked about their feelings.”
“They still say the best decisions they ever made was while being drunk. But everything worked out exactly like it was supposed to.”
“Why are you telling me this story now aunt Alex? I mean, I appreciate it, don’t get me wrong.”
“Well I figured since you are turning sixteen tomorrow you deserved the truth, not some bogus story about meeting by chance and all that jazz. I mean, they did meet by chance but they left out all the best details.”
“Will you tell me the story of how you and aunt Maggie met next? I would really like to hear that one.”
“Maybe another time kid. Your moms are going be here soon to pick you up. I’ll see you tomorrow for your birthday.”