#somethinglikeblackmagic

Oh shit. This is all really happening. It is real., Kara thinks.

"W-Well... I..."

She’s at odds. The girl of her dreams is asking her out right now. It would be kind of stupid to turn her down but what can she do? She's not even sure if that black magic thing is the reason for this. Maybe it's the alcohol. Oh please, like Lena would ask her, a nerdy girl, out in the first place. Her mind's too boggled with everything right now and she can't make up her mind on what to do about this situation at the moment. Never mind the anxiety this is all causing her.

So, whatever. Fuck it.

"Uh... Look, Lena, you're drunk right now and you almost died back there. You've probably forgotten that you turned me down a while ago when I asked you out myself. You'll probably forget all this tomorrow too. So, how about we let this all go and I promise you that I'll forget about everything?" Kara rambles on in a panic, a bit of sadness and desperation in her voice as well.

The thought that because of this little confusion with the potion is the reason why it's probably the longest she's ever had an exchange with Lena baffles her tremendously.

Lena's eyes widen and her frown deepens. "W-What? Why? B-But I'm serious about this."

The blonde nods in reply, almost tempted to give in to that cute pout Lena is sporting right now. However, she decides that the best way to go about this is to not take things as they appear.

Alcohol, Black Magic, and Kara's imagination. Not a very good trio right now.

Kara sighs and with a heavy heart, gives out a small smile and turns to leave Lena behind.

"Kara!" The brunette calls out. Kara turns one last time to see Lena looking confused. "I'm not fooling around with this." She adds with a serious tone.

Kara smiles again and pushes a hair behind her ear. "Get back to me when you're sober and not under the influence of anything then we might have a chance." She remarks before completely walking away, in a little hurry to talk things over with Alex.

Lena sighs and follows Kara with her gaze from afar. "I will. Absolutely."

Kara walks back to her dorm room with Lena all in her mind. All she ever wanted was to go out on a date with the girl. And in a way, she got her wish but not under the circumstances she desired. She would've said 'yes' outright were it not for the stupid doubt that some black magic actually worked. Hell, she would've jumped Lena if it weren't for that little problem.

She arrives in her dorm room a little while later to see Alex studying by the corner. Also immediately, her sister drops everything after seeing her walk through the door.

"Oh, finally! What happened? Tell me everything!"

Kara sighs and takes a seat on her bed. "Wait. What happened to you first?"

"I thought you girls needed some privacy so I gave it to you." Alex shrugs and swivels her chair to face her. "So? What happened?"

"Well, uh... Lena asked me out..." Kara trails off and awkwardly makes a face.

Alex gasps and walks towards Kara's bed to sit beside her. "Details, Kara! Don't leave anything out!"

"I-I turned her down."

"What?! Why would you-"

"Come on, Alex. She's under the potion's influence."

Alex gives her a look. "Kara, has it ever crossed your mind that maybe the love potion is fake? We were even making fun of it before we almost murdered Lena! Maybe Cat the Psychic just wanted to fuck with you and screw you over."

"I don't know, Alex. I mean, she rejected me when I asked her out then after we thought we killed her, it's as if she had a change of heart. Like she's a completely different person. There's something different in the way she looked at me after drinking your cup."

"What if that's the reason in itself? What if she did have a change a heart? You know, maybe she regretted turning you down then realized that she really did want to go out with you?"

Kara chuckles bitterly. "Fairytales like that don't happen to me and it never will." She pauses to take a sigh. "Maybe black magic does exist, after all. It’s too much of a coincidence!"

"Look, all I'm saying is that you keep an open mind on this. Maybe Lena likes you, after all."

"I don’t know, sis. For the record, I think she was drunk. I even told her to come ask me again when she's all sober and if she can remember everything that happened, which I highly doubt."

Alex throws her hands up in exasperation. "Fine. If you still think that black magic is at play here, then why don't you go give Cat a call?"

Kara raises an eyebrow and motions to walk towards her laundry hamper. "You're right. She gave me her card- Oh, here it is!"

"The psychic has a card?"

"Correction..." Kara fetches her phone to dial the number then holds up the card for Alex. "It's a scented, sparkly card. Apparently, she’s a budding businesswoman too."

Alex chuckles and goes back to studying by her table. After a few rings, Kara finally gets through and puts it on speaker mode.

"Ciao! Cat Grant, psychic extraordinaire by day and businesswoman by night. Sadly, I'm either doing business or having a life right now. Leave a message and I'll get back to you after the beeping shit. Sayonara!" The unmistakable voice resonates.

When the message ends, the sisters are left to look at each other with open mouths.

"Alright. That's original." Alex quips nonchalantly after a few seconds.

Kara chuckles and takes a deep breath at the thought of all the confusion happening right now. She can't help but shake the feeling that maybe Lena had a change of heart because in all honesty, the brunette finally noticing her like this is all she ever needed and more. It's more of a doubt with regard to the scenario being a good thing for them because if Kara’s going to be straight forward with this, the cards are all in her hands right now.

"The fair's last day is tomorrow. I guess we'll go catch her there."

"Baby, you like that?" Lena whispers seductively, making Kara flinch in arousal.

"Uh-huh." The blonde whimpers and pulls Lena closer for a deep kiss.

Lena moans into the kiss and pushes the heated moment more by swiping her tongue with Kara's, doing wonders for her pleasure.

"Lena..."

Kara lets herself get carried away and puts it upon herself to grab Lena by the waist, pulling the girl on top of her. She places her hands under the brunette's shirt and feels for the latter's breasts, making Lena whimper in pleasure.

Lena smirks and proceeds to remove Kara's top. She removes her lips from the girl then slowly makes her way with sensual kisses to the blonde's neck, collar bone, breasts, stomach, and leans towards where Kara needs it the mo-

Knock, knock.

The voice wakes Kara up out of her slumber, the jolt almost giving her whiplash. She looks around all sleepy and wonders if the sound happened in her dream or imagination. She turns to her side and sees Alex over the edge of the bed in a weird sleeping position with her mouth open while snoring her heart out. Kara shakes her head and decides to sleep again, hoping that her dream would continue where it left off. She smiles to herself and gets comfortable in her bed when the sound interferes again.

Knock, knock.

"Argh!" Kara exclaims in frustration. Now she's pretty sure that the knocking happened in real life and came from someone outside their door.

She turns her head once again to see Alex, unfazed and still snoring. Kara grabs a pillow and sleepily throws it towards Alex's face which somehow wakes her up.

"Oh, yeah!" Alex mumbles in her sleep. Probably a sex dream. Kara throws another pillow, this time effectively waking up her sister.

"Aw! What the fuck, Kara?!" Alex sneers and glares hard at the other girl.

"Someone's at the door!" Kara whispers, motioning to the door. Alex stares at her for a second when they hear someone knocking again, this time louder and harder.

"Then get it. I'm in the middle of dreaming about Gal Gadot, don't wake me up again." Alex scoffs and turns to the other side then covers her face with a pillow.

Kara sighs and sleepily gets up from the bed with disheveled hair, half-closed eyes and looking like someone who was just ran over by a truck. She shuffles and doesn't even bother to ask or look at the peephole to see who's behind it. Upon opening the door, it takes a few seconds for her to realize that a familiar brunette is right in front of her.

A familiar brunette in a blue dress, holding 3 coffee cups on a to-go container in one hand and a paper bag on the other while gazing back into Kara's blue eyes.

After a moment of just staring at each other with surprise, Lena breaks out into a big smile. "Hi, Kara. Good morn-"

And Kara shuts the door in Lena's face.

Her eyes widen as she tries to catch her breath while holding on for dear life with her back resting by the door.

"Shit!" Kara finally exclaims after a second or two. She pushes herself against the door and walks toward Alex's bed, trying to wake the brunette up. “A, wake up! Lena's outside!"

Alex grunts and covers her face with another pillow. Instead of letting it pass, Kara grabs said pillow and hits her sister with it, finally waking her up.

"Sis, what the fuck is wrong with you? What is it now?!"

"Lena's outside! What do I do?!"

Alex rolls her eyes. "I don't know. Open your legs and welcome the pleasure?"

Kara grits her teeth and hits a chuckling Alex with a pillow again. "I'm serious, okay? It's the potion's effects on her. We've got to do something about this."

Alex sits up and sighs deeply, eyes still closed. "Kara, black magic isn't true, okay? Maybe you're only dreaming. Why would Lena be he-"

Knock, knock.

"Kara?" Lena's smoky voice echoes.

Alex and Kara jump at the sound and share a look with each other. Almost instantly, Alex jumps out of bed to race Kara to the door but the latter pulls her back immediately and a little struggle ensues with Alex trying to fight Kara on opening the door.

"Get away from me, you bitch!" Alex screams and hits Kara with a pillow.

"I only asked for advice on what to do! Don't you dare come close to that door!" Kara shouts and grabs Alex's legs, pulling her towards her.

"You gave me an invitation as soon as you woke me up from my sex dream with Wonder Woman!"

"Don't you fucking dare, Alexandra!"

After a few hair-pulling, multiple slaps on the arm, and general screaming for the other to let go, Alex finally gets out of Kara's grip. She hastily opens the door to see Lena staring back at her with a curious and shocked look.

"I... Uh..." Lena trails off, blinking repeatedly. She stares at Alex and Kara who are both trying to catch their breaths, complete with disheveled hair and a few scratches here and there. "Is this a bad time? I can always come bac-"

"Good morning, Lena!" A chirpy Alex exclaims with a toothy grin, sneaking a smirk toward Kara's way.

"H-Hi, Alex. Good morning?" Lena replies, unsure about the whole situation in front of her. For one instance, Kara looks like she's about to have a panic attack while Alex still has some faint marks of drool on her cheek.

"Good morning to you again, too!" Alex declares with a wide grin then looks down to stare at the coffee and paper bag Lena is holding. "Oh... Lovely! Thank you, Lena. You didn't have to." She adds before disappearing for a second then reemerging with a coat in hand within seconds, bidding goodbye on her way out while grabbing a coffee cup and the paper bag from Lena.

“W-What?” Kara mutters to herself.

As soon as Alex disappears, Kara is left to awkwardly look at anywhere but Lena. Or that's how it was until she looked up to see the brunette smiling sweetly at her, effectively making her knees become jelly.

"So, can I come in?"

Anytime, sweetie. Ahem. Get yourself together, Danvers., Kara thinks to herself.

"O-Of course." The blonde says and motions for the girl to come in. She subtly glances at herself in the mirror behind the door before closing it, a bit horrified at the image of her looking like someone who was just chased by a serial killer in a horror movie. Kara tries to fix herself in those ten seconds that Lena wasn't looking.

Instead of speaking right away, Lena takes it upon herself to look around in their barely breathable dorm room, doing a quick tour of Kara's room on her own. Their room consists of two single beds pushed towards each side with two separate study tables in front of them. A small couch and screen by the corner then... that's basically it. They both have separate wardrobes and that's about all there is. It's so small that when Lena turns to her side, she's faced with a nervous Kara again.

"I hope this doesn't come across as rude but what are you doing so early here, Lena?" Kara utters anxiously, crossing her arms in the process.

Lena nods and smiles softly at the blonde. She approaches Kara, making the latter flinch a little because of the close distance between them, then hands the coffee to her.

"Wha-"

"I insist." Lena says and brushes it off. Kara nods meekly, accepting it with a smile. She motions for the brunette to take a seat on her chair by the study table.

They settle in a comfortable silence while sipping their coffees for a moment. They both savor the taste of the good coffee in their hands and try to come up with a good conversation starter. Well, that's what Lena thinks. Because Kara, on the other hand, is panicking out of her wits. She hasn't showered like Lena. Gosh, she probably reeks. She's still in her freaking pajamas and hasn't even brushed her teeth. Don't get her started on that hangover she's nursing right now. Fuck it. She looks like someone who's been through hell and back right now.

The sound of Lena chuckling pulls Kara out of her trance. "You look so cute in the morning." Lena comments with a big grin.

A hundred butterflies instantly swivel around Kara’s stomach at the compliment. "I-In the morning?" Kara innocently replies, completely oblivious to Lena's panic that maybe she had offended the blonde.

"N-No! I- You're always cute and beauti- Uh.." Lena stutters and Kara can't help but chuckle at how adorable the girl is.

Not knowing on how to go about this, Lena causes an almost heart attack for the nth time by scooting closer towards the blonde, with the brunette merely an arm's length away now.

"I-I.." Kara stutters as she tries to regain her breathing amidst her panic. However, the sudden thought that this Lena in front of her is under the vial's effects pops up in her mind.

"Look, Kara..." Lena trails off and looks at the floor for a second to gather herself first. "I'm sorry for barging on you this early in the morning but I just wanted to prove a point to you."

Kara squints her eyes. "What exactly is that, Lena?"

"Do you remember what you told me last night before you left?"

Kara thinks about it as the events of last night come rushing back to her. "I recall telling you to come back and ask me if you could actually remembe-" She stops midway through her sentence, suddenly realizing everything.

"Exactly." Lena interjects with a smile. "I want to prove to you that I was serious about last night. You told me to come back and here I am."

Kara tries to talk. She tries to get something out. She tries but fails miserably at it when instead of words, air comes out of her mouth.

If someone told her a week ago that Lena would come knocking on her door with breakfast muffins and coffee to ask her out, she would've laughed in their faces and thrown water at them for playing with her feelings like that. Who would've guessed that this shit right here, something she would only daydream about months ago, would actually happen in real life?

So, in a fit of stupidity or maybe it's the feeling of how unreal this all is, she lightly slaps both of her cheeks a few times then finishes the coffee in her hand in one go, disregarding the slight burn in her throat. When she's done trying to make a fool of herself, she looks back to see an amused Lena staring back at her.

"Fuck. This is real, isn't it?" Kara closes her eyes and grits her teeth.

"Not to embarrass you any further but yes, it is."

Kara groans and covers her face with both hands before speaking again. "I don't understand what's happening. One minute, you're rejecting me. Then the next, you're asking me out. This is worse than chess, Lena. What's your game here?"

Lena's eyebrows scrunch in confusion. "I'm not playing here, Kara. I want to do this. I'd really love to take you out on a date."

Kara breathes deeply. Torn between believing that Lena really is asking her out because she genuinely likes her or this is all the potion's effect on the girl. Is dark magic real? Or maybe this is Kara's own way of denying that someone might actually like her for who she is?

"Okay. I can see that this is confusing the hell out of you. Maybe because it's eight in the morning or the coffee in your system hasn't kicked in yet but I can wait until you've realized that I'm serious about this. I'm going on a limb here by saying that I won't give up until I get you to see that I'm real about taking you out on a date. That I'm attracted to you." Lena adds in a serious tone.

When the semi-speech proved to put Kara speechless, Lena puts it upon herself to leave her be and head towards the door. Lena hesitates at first but eventually finds the courage to place a light kiss on the blonde's cheeks. If Kara's jaw hasn't dropped yet, now she's pretty sure it's dragging itself on the floor. Even the thought of not washing her face for a week brushed her mind.

"Enjoy the rest of your day, Kara." Lena utters with a smile before exiting the room completely, leaving a gaping Kara behind.

After a few minutes of being speechless and motionless, she jumps in surprise upon hearing Alex eating like a truck driver beside her.

"You were listening the whole time outside the room, weren't you?" Kara voices out and grabs the half-eaten muffin from Alex.

"Yeah. I heard everything. I still think you're wrong for turning her down."

"This is all sketchy in its own right, Alex. Can't you see? A week ago, Lena barely noticed me."

"So, what? Last week you hated pineapple on your pizza and now you're crazy about them. Lena's crazy about you now, sis."

Kara thinks about it for a minute, finishing the muffin in her hand then grabbing her towel by her bed. "Exactly the point. Now, take a shower as soon as you're done eating."

"Where are we going?"

"Getting some damn answers." Kara utters before disappearing behind the door.

"Okay. So, our plan is to search for the psychic, interrogate her about the love potion, then find an antidote to reverse the effects?" Alex reiterates for the both of them as they walk towards the quad where the school is holding the circus fair.

"Yep. This thing with Lena has got to stop, A."

"Uh-huh. That's it. I knew this day would come. All that studying and keeping to yourself has finally driven you to the point of madness." Alex comments, chuckling. "But seriously, Kara, she asked you out again all valiantly this morning. I think it's pretty clear that Lena is head over heels for you."

"It's the potion's effects. No one in their right mind would go all out for someone just like that. You've seen her, it's a complete 360."

Alex sighs as she points to a familiar tent where Cat is supposedly staying. "Did she at least tell you why she turned you down?"

"Now that you mentioned it, I haven't asked her about that yet. She just went on about how serious she was on asking me out and how attracted she is to me-"

"And you turned her down? I cannot believe you! You don't come across girls like Lena that often. How I wish that there's one like her for me out there then I can be happy."

"I told you. It's not that way."

Alex rolls her eyes, stopping outside of Cat's tent. "Well, let's go and find out then."

Kara nods and pulls the side of the tent to take a peek inside first before entering. "Cat? Cat, are you here?"

"I'm not sure if I'll be creeped out or amused by the gothic interior design combined with business propaganda and Broadway posters in this tent. Hold my hand and don't let me go, sis." Alex comments as they walk inside, receiving a snort from Kara.

"It's just props. She's kind of theatrical like that."

"I can see that, K. It's like freaking 3D." Alex adds as she looks around in the middle of the tent while holding on tightly to Kara. "Now, where is she? I’m hungry and craving for cupcakes."

"Did someone say cupcakes?” A random figure covered in red cloth sits up behind the coffee table from the floor, startling Kara and Alex big time.

"Aahh!" Alex exclaims and throws a random thing from the table beside her towards the figure while Kara tries to remove her sister's death grip from her arm.

"Ow!" The mystery woman shrieks and tries to get up from the floor while removing the cloth hiding her face. "That hurt!"

"Oh my God! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, I was just-" Alex quips and tries to approach Cat who just brushes it off with a big grin.

"No harm done, darling! Besides it didn't hit me." The psychic voices out, turning her attention on Kara. "Can you hand me those sunnies and that pretty looking bottle beside that?"

"Y-Yeah. Sure." Kara replies and does what she's asked to do while sneaking a knowing glance at her sister.

After Cat wears the dark sunglasses and takes a long drag of her whiskey bottle, she finally pays all of her attention to the sisters who are awkwardly watching her every move. "Can I get you a drink? I just cracked open a fresh box of wine."

They shake their heads in unison in response.

"To drink or not to drink, that is not the question." Cat laughs to herself and takes another swig in reply before motioning for them to take a seat on the cushion just in front of the coffee table.

"Alright. So, what can my amazing sex appeal do for the both of you?" She leans closer and gestures for both girls to do the same. "Can you make it quick though? This hangover is killing me. I think I also have a business conference later or that was just in my imagination."

Kara and Alex share a curious look then both nod in reply.

"Well, I don't know if you remember me since you were also drunk yesterday, but I was here and you gave me-"

"Oh! I remember now! Blondie who was trying to make Hot Raven Beauty fall in love with you." Cat drunkenly exclaims then laughs to herself.

Alex sneaks a look at her sister with a smirk. Kara raises an eyebrow then clears her throat, fixing her glasses in the process. "Actually, you're the one who gave me that potion."

"Really?"

"Yeah, and if you don't remember, I'm Kara and this is Alex, my sister."

"Hey, sister!" Cat grins all dopey.

"Hey, Cat. How are you doing?" Alex courteously responds.

"Well, no one so far! Such a shame. Though that new juggler is kinda hot so we'll see about doing something later." Cat winks and laughs at her own remark.

Both sisters share a look for the nth time and Alex motions for her sister to get to the point. "Okay. So, here's the thing about that potion and spell. It actually worked." Kara utters.

"Of course, it worked! I bet you're here to thank me that you finally got laid? It kind of does hurt the first time, honey. But you should go to the pharmacy for a pain killer for that instead of me."

"No!" Kara exclaims, taking the psychic and Alex aback. She takes a few deep breaths to calm down then turns her attention back on Cat. "It worked and I need your help to reverse it."

"Basically, Lena's asked her twice and came over this morning with breakfast and coffee to make her reconsider going out on a date." Alex chimes in.

Cat holds a hand to her chest in shock. "My word, praise the lesbians."

Kara shakes her head and ignores the statement. "Look, it's just unfair for Lena to be forced on this. I believe in black magic now or whatever that was, okay? As much as it's tempting, it's not right."

"Well, what exactly do you want from me, sweetheart?" Cat quips.

"Maybe if you have an antidote then a counter spell to fix everything…" Kara trails off.

Cat waves her hand while nodding, slowly getting up to go fetch something from a cabinet containing many vials and the like.

"Now, where did I put that sumbitch..." Cat mutters to herself with her back towards both sisters.

"Sis, are you sure we can trust this woman?" Alex whispers.

"Well, she did give me the potion and spell, didn't she?" Kara responds with a shrug.

"I fucking feel like Mulan meeting that evil matchmaker at the start of the movie on this cushion. All's that missing is the freaking soundtrack and I can be a new Disney princess."

"Alex, you're also responsible for this mess. So, just sit there and behave yourself, please."

"Fine. But look at her, she's smiling and laughing to herself." Alex points to Cat who's smirking and seemingly thinking about something while staring at the cabinet full of vials. "Kara, she's an Alternate Universe Ursula with those vials and spells on her mind! Oh my God, I'm freaking Flounder!"

"Sebastian is more like it if we’re going by looks."

"Says the madwoman who believes in black magic over her crush crushing back on her. Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!" Alex wittily retorts.

"So, I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?" Cat exclaims as she returns and takes a seat in front of the sisters again.

Uh-oh. "Uh... Bad news first?" Kara quips, pushing up her glasses.

"Cool. So, the thing is, I'm out of antidotes or whatever crap it is that you call them."

"What?! What am I supposed to do now?" Kara shrieks, startling Cat in her seat.

"Chill, Taylor Swift." Cat gestures for her to calm down. "Good news is the spell and potion actually wears off on their own after a few days as long as you've followed my instructions. Do you still have the love potion with you? Maybe I can make an antidote out of that." The psychic adds with a grin then takes a swig of her drink.

Kara and Alex instantly share a look of panic, one that didn't go unnoticed by Cat.

"W-Well, there's a little problem with that..." Alex trails off.

"Yeah. Unfortunately and accidentally, we've put everything into Lena's cup."

Cat immediately chokes on the drink and takes a few seconds to get herself together while coughing violently. "Everything?"

"Everything." Both sister say in unison and with shame.

"And home girl drank everything from the cup?"

"We think so." They both say simultaneously while looking down in a defeated manner.