"Cat Grant, it's been too long," Serena Milton exclaims as she enters the office. "This looks really good on you, are you sure that you don't need my services?" she asks.
"Now Serena, we've already been there and done that. Now I have a new client for you. She is a personal friend of mine and she is in dire need of publicist of your caliber," Cat remarks heading over to sit down on the couch facing the balcony.
"Who is this mystery woman and shouldn't she be hiring me?" Serena asks curiously glancing around Cat's empty office as she sits opposite Cat with her back to the balcony, just as Cat planned.
Cat smiles when she hears the tell-tale whoosh of the hero landing on her balcony, "Ah, there she is," Cat remarks looking up and smiling broadly, "Serena Milton meet Supergirl."
"Supergirl. Supergirl is the client?" Serena asks incredulously. "It is a pleasure to meet you Supergirl, I am a big fan," she admits sticking out her hand to the hero.
Supergirl hesitates, then looks at Cat.
"Serena, handshakes aren't her thing, that's something that you'll need to know as her publicist," Cat points out placing a hand on the hero's shoulder and guiding her to sit on the couch.
"I see," Serena replies noticing the familiarity between Cat and the superhero. "So, Supergirl, why do you want a publicist?" She asks.
Cat begins to respond, but Serena shoots her a look.
"Perhaps, I should go check with my art director on the final magazine layout and let the two of you discuss this," Cat says standing up to leave.
"Is there another room that we could use? I hate to put you out of your office Cat," Serena remarks.
"No, no this is fine. I'll just be over there with James," Cat says gesturing across the bullpen.
"I realize that it's Cat's idea that you have a publicist, but I'd like to know why you think that you need one?" Serena asks once they are alone.
"Well, Cat has informed me that she fields a lot of requests for me and after the whole fight with The Detonator, it's really gotten out of control, so she recommended that I have a publicist and she says that you're the best," Supergirl replies.
"I am the best, but I'll need access to you. How will that work?" Serena asks.
"Uh, well Cat always knows how to get a hold of me," Supergirl points out nervously.
"I'm not sure that you understand what a publicist does Supergirl," Serena remarks. "I will be your personal spokesperson and I'm assuming that you have an alter-ego, so I will need to know that as well," she points out.
"My alter-ego doesn't need a publicist Ms Milton, Supergirl will be your only client," The hero points out. "Now, here's what I'm thinking," Supergirl then outlines the plan that she and Cat worked out over the past few weeks.
"Well, it's obvious that Cat Grant has been advising you, this is quite thorough," Serena remarks going over her notes. "But there's still one thing I don't understand, how will you pay me?"
"You'll be paid a retainer and a monthly stipend to cover the maintenance, Cat estimated your fees and I believe that this should be a fair amount?" Supergirl says writing the numbers down and showing her.
"Uh, yes. That is a fair amount," she admits.
"Now, I have a support team, who shall remain anonymous. But once you have the Supergirl cell phone account set up, I want all of the social media accounts linked to that same number and I'll carry that phone, but my IT person is going to set it up to forward all unknown callers to your office. It will only accept calls from known callers which I will approve one by one, is that acceptable?" Supergirl asks.
"Yes, that's what I would have suggested actually. Now in the meantime, how do I get a hold of you?" Serena asks.
"Once the phone is set up, you can have it delivered here to Cat's office and she'll take care of getting it to my IT team. They will set it up and once it's ready, I'll call you and let you know. Then you and I will work together directly," Supergirl explains.
"Well, this is exciting!" Serena replies smiling at the hero. "Now, once everything is set up, I'd like to set up a regular meeting with you at my office, so we can go over requests and set up ground rules. If I'm going to speak for you, I'll need to know you better," she points out.
"How do you feel about Serena?" Cat asks later that night.
"You're sure that I can trust her?" Kara asks.
"Yes, she's the best in town and I've known her a long time," Cat points out.
"There's just something off about her, I'm not sure what it is," Kara remarks.
"Well, publicists are opportunists, I'm sure that is what bothers you about her," Cat explains.
"She accepted our plan, but she has ideas and wants to expand it," Kara says nervously.
"Of course, you are now her highest profile client, you do realize that don't you?" Cat asks.
"No, I'm not. I looked at her client list. Supergirl doesn't even make the top ten of her client list," Kara scoffs.
"Kara, in one week. You will be her top client, mark my words," Cat replies confidently.
"A Taylor Swift video! Cat that's insane, Supergirl is not going to be part of the Taylor Swift posse," Kara exclaims.
"There's nothing wrong with being a part of the Taylor Swift squad, she's a young feminist and she's been all about empowering young girls, the two of you have a lot in common actually," Cat points out, not looking up from her computer.
Kara plops down on the couch in Cat's office and stares at her.
"Stop staring at me like that, you know that I'm right," Cat remarks looking up and removing her glasses.
"Come over here and sit with me," Kara demands.
"No, I still have a lot to do. You should go home and talk this stuff over with Alex," Cat points out.
"Cat it's been weeks since we spent the night together, are you just going to keep pretending like that didn't happen?" Kara blurts out.
"Yes, that is my plan," Cat says sighing heavily.
"But I am in love with you and despite what you tell me, I know that you feel the same way!" Kara says angrily.
"Kara, we've been through this," Cat says looking over at her.
"No, I'm not listening to all of the reasons that you have for us to not do this, because all you're doing is ignoring what's really important," Kara argues. "You're not listening to me, so I'm just going to keep telling you until you hear it. Cat Grant, I love you," she replies rushing over to her and pulling her out of the chair and kissing her.
"Uh, excuse me," James says clearing his throat from the office doorway.
"Perfect," Cat groans.
"I have the final layouts Cat, Kara," James says not making eye contact with them.
"Thank you James," Cat says waiting for him to leave.
"Not in the office Kara, please," Cat says pushing her away.
"Well, this is the only time I see you," Kara points out, crossing her arms and pouting.
"Okay, okay. Let's have dinner tomorrow night at my place, it won't be anything fancy, but we need to discuss this situation outside of the office," Cat admits.
"Yay," Kara says softly pleased with herself.
"Now go please, I need to finish and you're a distraction," Cat points out.
"Let me know if you need a ride home," Kara teases.
"Nice try, shouldn't you go patrol the skies or take a selfie somewhere interesting and tweet your fans?" Cat teases.
"Supergirl's twitter account already has a half million followers," Winn informs her the next morning entering her office.
"Well, that's probably going to double today," Kara remarks glancing up at him.
"Why, what's happening today?" Winn asks curiously.
"Press release this morning and press conference at noon," Kara replies just above a whisper.
Winn, closes the door behind him and walks over closer to the desk. "Okay, but you're going to tell me first, I don't have to wait like everyone else," he says waiting for her to say more.
"Kara," Cat says flinging the door open. "We have a meeting in 15 seconds," she says glaring at Winn.
"I'll be back," he says firmly, before rushing out past Ms Grant.
"Do I even want to know what that was about?" Cat asks shutting the door behind her and crossing over to sit on Kara's couch.
"He's excited because Supergirl's twitter hit half a million followers already," Kara explains.
"Then he's going to lose his mind when he sees the press release that just came out," Cat remarks.
"Yeah, he wanted me to tell him what's going on," Kara replies.
"And you didn't?" Cat asks surprised.
"No, I didn't. He should be surprised like everyone else," Kara answers.
"But you did discuss it with Alex?" Cat questions.
Kara looks away quickly.
"Kara, you agreed to do this without telling Alex?" Cat blurts out.
"She's going to hate it and tell me not to do it, but you think it's a good idea and I value your opinion as much as hers," Kara explains.
"She's going to be furious at both of us," Cat points out.
"She already hates that I hired a publicist, so she's not happy with any of it anyway," Kara counters.
"Has she met Serena? Maybe that would help?" Cat suggests.
"No, I'm not ready for Serena to meet Kara Danvers, let alone have her meet Alex," Kara replies.
"Okay, so the press release just went out," Cat says watching the CATCO feed on the one tv in Kara's office.
"You're monitoring Supergirl's twitter followers too?" Kara blurts out watching the ticker at the bottom of the screen report the number of followers on the account.
Cat's phone rings, "I'll be right there. Change that hashtag, SuperTaylor isn't acceptable. Use SuperSquad," Cat snaps, moving towards the door.
Kara watches her leave and then realizes the Superphone is ringing.
"Hello Serena," she answers.
"Uh, Supergirl," the voice isn't Serena's but it came from Serena's phone.
Confused, Kara asks, "I'm sorry, who is this?"
"Serena forwarded my call, it's Taylor, Taylor Swift," the girl says nervously.
"Seriously?" Kara shouts, then remembering that she's Supergirl, she says, "Uh, hi Taylor."
"I'm sorry that she didn't tell you that I was calling," Taylor apologizes.
"No, she sent a text, but I missed it. I was in a meeting," Kara explains.
"I'm sorry, I just assumed that you were with Serena for the press release," Taylor replies.
"No, I'll be there for the Press conference though," Kara answers.
"Okay, good. Because that's why I'm calling, I'd like us to arrive together, if that's possible," Taylor suggests.
"Together as in the same vehicle?" Kara asks.
"Yes, unless there's another mode of transportation that you prefer," Taylor says not wanting to ask, but hoping Supergirl will pick up the hint.
"Well, we could always fly into the press conference," Kara points out.
"Uh, really? That would be amazing, but do you have time for us to practice it first, I would really like to meet you before you are carrying me around," Taylor counters.
"You're angry," Kara says when she looks up to see Alex standing in front of her office waiting for her to return from the press conference.
"I'm not angry Kara," Alex says calmly waiting for her sister to open the office door.
"Y-you're not?" Kara asks confused as she swipes her badge and pushes the door open.
"No," Alex says shoving her through the door. "I'm furious!" she exclaims. "How the hell are you going to be able to maintain this identity if you're flying around with Taylor Swift. The more media coverage you have, the harder it's going to be to hide!"
"No, as long a Kara Danvers maintains a low media profile, no one will even notice her," Kara points out.
"Is that Cat Grant's strategy?" Alex questions. "She is just waiting to come out as Supergirl's girlfriend isn't she?"
"No, she's not. That's not what this is about, Alex. You're way off base," Kara argues.
"You are so damn naive Kara! You don't even realize what they are doing. But trust me on this, the higher Supergirl's media profile gets, the less of a chance Kara Danvers has with Cat Grant", Alex points out.
"Alex that's not only wrong, it's mean. And I'm not discussing this with you." Kara snaps going over and opening the door, then crossing her arms and glaring at Alex to leave.
A/N: It's amusing to me how upset everyone is getting over this Taylor Swift thing, because if a Superhero was really a thing, they would be treated like a celebrity in today's world. Not too mention how insane Social Media would be over them.