Author's Note: Ok guys I'm taking this way back to the beginning here. This is a completely different story, maybe to call it an AU would be more apt. Anyway, Lena and Kara meet under totally different circumstances. It's an idea that's been floating around in my head for a while now so see what you think and let me know.

Enjoy!

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What's Expected Of You

One

Lilian Luthor smiled as her daughter stared at herself in the mirror. The blood red dress looked amazing on her but Lena had her doubts and not all of them were about the dress.

"You look lovely, darling." Lilian said.

Lena said nothing, just continued staring at herself in the mirror.

Lilian frowned slightly and stood, coming over to stand beside her daughter.

"Is something wrong, Lena?"

Lena looked down at the floor and when she looked back up, she met her mother's eyes.

"What if I'm not what he expects?"

Lilian smiled and patted Lena on the back.

"Of course you are! You're a Luthor! He should feel lucky to even be seen out with you." Lilian added, raising her chin proudly.

"What if...what I don't like him. What if I can't love him?"

Lilian's expression soured.

"We've talked about this, Lena. Love doesn't come into it. You will make a powerful couple and if there are no...feelings there, then you can always be partners, friends."

Lena licked her lips nervously.

"It's just...I thought that when I met someone-the person I was expected to marry...I would have some sort of feeling for them."

Lilian sighed and turned Lena around to face her as she took her by the shoulders.

"Lena, this marriage will cement everything for us, for the Luthor name, and what better calling in life than to make your family proud of you. Don't you want that?"

Lena nodded her head slowly.

Lilian forced a smile.

"So if you can't do this for yourself, do this for your family, for the Luthor name."

Lilian turned Lena back to the mirror and left her to stare into it again.

Taking a breath and squaring her shoulders, she forced a smile of her own.

For her family.

For the Luthor name.

She could do this.

...

Businessman Sean Greenway was a billionaire. Not as rich as the Luthors but rich in his own way. He was a hard man but every now and then he donated to charity and that put him in the category of the good guys.

He was handsome which had women falling at his feet wherever he went. The only one who hadn't swooned at the very sight of him had been Lena Luthor and this intrigued him. He hadn't met a woman that he couldn't charm with a wink or smile but she seemed immune to all of that, so of course he had to know more about her.

He waited patiently for her.

He had called her mother and asked to arrange a date and Lilian Luthor had accepted without hesitation. Of course a match between the Luthor family and the Greenway family would be beneficial for both sides and Sean's family had been pushing him to take a wife in order to be seen as a family man, after all, wholesome towns and cities loved a family man.

Marriage was a little extreme for Sean but having the elusive Lena Luthor as a wife could only be a good thing.

They had to go out on a few dates first though. He couldn't marry her straight away and he had a feeling that Lena would object to being whisked away by Sean himself when most women would have begged him for it. She just didn't seem like that kind of woman. She was different.

He looked up when he spotted her walking towards his table.

He stood, straightening his jacket and giving her a light kiss on the cheek as she stopped in front of him.

Was it just his imagination or did her jaw tense up when he 'd kissed her?

"Lena, thank you for meeting with me." He said pleasantly.

"It's a pleasure." She said but he knew she didn't mean it.

He pulled a chair out for her and she sat, shrugging out of her coat and draping it over the back of the chair.

Sean sat down opposite her and smiled brightly, showing off newly whitened teeth.

"So how have you been?"

"Good thank you and yourself?"

Sean nodded.

"Very good as well thank you. I hear that you want to change Luthor Corp."

She frowned slightly.

"How did you hear about that?"

Sean grinned.

"Walls have ears."

She said nothing in reply as she sipped at the wine he'd ordered for her and himself.

He sat back and looked at her.

"You look amazing."

"Thank you. You don't look too bad yourself." She added before taking another sip.

He grinned knowingly.

"Be honest with me, you only came tonight because your mother ordered you to."

She nodded without missing a beat.

"That's true."

"So you have no interest in getting to know me? At all?"

Lena let out a small sigh.

"It's just another power play, isn't it? One billionaire coupled with another. Is that really what this city needs? More money, more power?"

Sean looked at her, a little taken aback by her honesty, surely she'd lie to cover his feelings or maybe even his ego?

Lena eyed him levelly as if reading his mind.

"You thought I'd lie. Tell you that you interested me, tell you that I would have sold my soul for an opportunity like this. Mr, Greenway I am not like other women. I can't be bought or seduced by looks, no matter how handsome you may be." She muttered as she rolled her eyes, showing him that his attractiveness didn't impress her in the slightest.

Proving to him that she was above the superficial.

Sean couldn't contain the laugh that burst from him.

"You are honest, I'll say that! Now may I be honest with you?"

Lena only nodded as she sipped at her wine again.

Sean sat forward, hands clasped together on the table, his blue eyes locking with her sea green ones.

"I was intrigued by you. I wanted to get to know you better and yes, my family has also been on at me to marry another billionaire and of course they think you're the perfect choice.

Lena only raised an eyebrow slightly.

Sean studied her.

She was still, rigid, sat upright, gaze unwavering, the confidence faked but believable to anyone who didn't run in their circles.

"You're doing this to please your family as they also think a marriage between the two of us could only be a good thing."

Lena's eyes widened slightly.

"I warn you, I won't be your typical wife. If you're looking for some simpering, cooking, cleaning, stay at home wife, you've got the wrong girl."

Sean chuckled.

"Of course I don't want that. I want someone just as powerful to stand beside me."

Again, Lena said nothing.

The waiter appeared and they ordered.

Sean continued to make small chit chat and Lena answered automatically but every chance she got, she checked her watch.

When would this date be over?

...

The papers were all over it the next day.

'Lena Luthor seen out on a date with Sean Greenway.'

'Is marriage on the cards for the Luthor?'

'Has Greenway finally met his love match in Lena Luthor?'

It was what both families wanted.

Lilian smiled brilliantly at Lena as she held the paper up to show her daughter.

"You're front page news, darling."

Lena nodded and closed the book she'd been reading.

"Well aren't you pleased?"

"Ecstatic." Lena drawled as she stood and went over to the window.

Lilian sighed.

"This is what we wanted, Lena."

Lena turned and narrowed her eyes at her mother.

"No, mother, this is what you wanted."

"This could benefit you too, Lena. Think about that."

"What could Sean give me that I couldn't possibly get on my own?" Lena barked.

"Children. You could carry on the Luthor line!"

"But I'm not even a real Luthor!"

Lilian stared at Lena, her lips slightly parted.

"How...how did you-"

"Lex told me." Lena said quietly, tears in her eyes.

"That little bast-"

"I had a right to know, mom." Lena said, choosing to still call Lilian mom because after all, it was all she'd ever known.

Lilian straightened and stood proudly in front of Lena.

"Nevertheless, you are a Luthor now and our name means a great deal as you know. Make me proud Lena, I know you will."

Lena watched her mother leave the study and suddenly, Lena wanted to be anywhere but here.

She took the town car up to the cabin they had out by the lake.

Their father used to go there when he wanted some peace and now Lena used it too.

Sitting out on the porch, she looked up at the sky and saw something shoot through the stars.

A shooting star maybe?

Lena took a breath and let herself enjoy the fact that she was free for a little while.

No Sean Greenway calling her, not her mother pushing her into a loveless marriage, not her bother taunting her for not being good enough, nothing like that.

She could just sit out here and be herself; relaxed, calm and peaceful, no obligations to anyone or anything.

Just as she was about to pick up her book, Lena saw a figure walking around the edge of the lake. She was calling out someone's name and she looked worried.

Lena frowned and got up from the chair she'd been sitting in.

Walking down the bank Lena met the girl at the edge of the lake.

"Hey, are you okay?" Lena called out to the girl.

The girl turned to look at her, a concerned look on her face.

"No. I'm looking for my sister. She said she was going for a walk and she said she'd come back soon but that was hours ago."

Lena frowned slightly too and nodded her head.

"Okay, well I can help you look...if you want?"

The girl nodded.

"Ok yeah, thanks."

"No problem. Oh, my name's Lena by the way."

The girl nodded.

"Kara."

Lena smiled, feeling warm for some strange reason.

"It's nice to meet you, Kara."

Author's Note: First chapter up. Hope you all liked it. Reviews/comments welcome. I'll upload the next chapter soon

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