Chapter 11

                                    

                                          
The next morning Kara and Alex were meeting up in a cafe for breakfast. Both went for donuts. They talked about their last week. Alex started telling first.
"Work was exciting as always. Kelly and I had our first anniversary. We stayed home and I invited her for dinner," Alex told – very shortened.
"I guess by how you formulated your sentences and how short they were there's more that happened that day. And it's something I don't want to know, right?" Kara asked naturally. Alex and she share a deep bond and there's nothing they can't talk about. 
Alex blushed at that. Obviously not wanting to get into details she tried to change the topic.
"How was your week? Are you and Lena okay now?"
"My week was great. And yes, we're okay. You can't imagine how happy I am now that Lena and I are reconciled." She looked just as happy as Alex talking about Kelly's and her anniversary. 
"Yesterday I brought her to that firework our grandparents and I used to see. You should've seen Lena's reaction to it. I think she was on the edge of crying," Kara said happily. Kara was sitting there with a wide grin while Alex was trying to form an answer to what she just heard.
"You two laid down on a blanket and watched the firework together?" Alex finally asked suspiciously, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, what else should we have done?" Kara replied suspiciously as well.
"You know that sounds like a date?"
"What no-" Kara paused shocked. "It was no date! It was only best friends watching a firework together."
"Under a sky full of stars? At a very personal event, you shared with her and only with her?" Alex answered not knowing whether Kara really didn't understand her point.
But no, she didn't understand Alex's point. She just wanted to show her best friend something personal she always liked. Just as Lena showed Kara something of her childhood by taking her canoeing.
"So, you really didn't think about it being a date?"
"No, I really didn't."
"I'm sorry for unsettling you."
"It's okay Alex. Let's talk about something else."
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Lena had to go to dinner with her family. Her mother Lillian and her brother Lex should be there. She hadn't seen them for quite a long time. It never ended good but this time she actually was looking forward to that dinner.
They went to a fancy restaurant where they had to dress up in something noble. Before she entered the building, she didn't know who else would be there. Before she could check out the location people were shouting her name. She turned her head in the direction her name was yelled from. It was the voices of her grandparents – her mother's parents. It was two years ago since she last met them.
"Lena, darling. Look how you've changed. You grew and your hair is even longer now. And you're still as pale as always. But you're still beautiful," her grandmother said while holding Lena by her shoulders and checking her out. 
"Well, thanks I guess," Lena answered not knowing what reply. "You didn't change as well," she tried grinning.
"You're funny as always," her grandpa answered smiling.
Lena already liked that dinner. Everybody was happy to see each other again. They had much to catch up on about everyone. 
It was like a question round. Her grandma just addressed one person after the other to find out what happened in their life since they last met. It was nice getting to know more about each person even if she knew them her whole life. All the while they ate their food.