Raina clicked off the news with a heavy sigh, and rolled over to bury her face in her pillow. There she was again - Supergirl. The best thing to ever happen to National City, that was for sure. Supergirl was amazing - strong and fearless and brave and... Beautiful.
Supergirl was beautiful. There was just no way around it. She was tall, strong, with a face that seemed to sparkle even when it was glowering. Her hair was always flawless, even when she dropped from the sky after breaking the sound-speed barrier. Come on. Raina's hair wouldn't stay put even with a bottle full of mousse. Even then, absolutely nothing approaching those perfect curls.
Raina hugged her pillow tighter, tried to focus on something else. But how could she? Raina's heart had been glowing ever since Supergirl saved that plane. Imagine that! National City had its very own superhero, and it was a girl. Everyone Raina's age had grown up hearing about Superman and how he saved Metropolis every other day. All the girls wanted to date him, and all the boys wanted to be him. Everyone loved Superman.
Everyone except Raina. He was just too... Buff. Like seriously. He was an alien. He had super strength. There was absolutely zero reason for him to look like he's just walked out of a Muscle Milk ad. It was disgusting, really. Supergirl, though... Those were good muscles. They weren't bulging out of her clothes like some sort of freaky football padding, but Supergirl wasn't just coasting on alien genetics, either. It was about time there was a female superhero, and it was definitely about time that women were allowed to look strong.
Raina's phone dinged. And then again. It was that special tone, the one Raina had managed to set for her favourite news app - The Tribune, home of everything Supergirl.
Raina waited one minute. She could resist. Two minutes. She could-
Raina gave up and rolled back over to check her phone.
SUPERGIRL SPOTTING! The app proclaimed. NEW PHOTOS! TUNE TO CHANNEL 77 FOR FOOTAGE!
Raina flipped the tv back on. Sure enough, there was Supergirl. It was a new photo, this time. A couple seconds of shaky footage. Supergirl was smiling, embarrassed to be caught on video pulling a cat from a tree, blushing and grinning in that adorable way of hers as she handed the hissing little tabby to its flabbergasted owner.
At least it was a real cat this time. Raina had read all about the time Supergirl accidentally rescued a pet snake. Supergirl was such a big doofus, it was so adorable.
Well, Raina decided, as she totally did not go online and set the new Supergirl photo as her phone background. I guess there's no point lying to myself.
Raina took one last, lingering look at Supergirl, and turned off the tv. "I'm gay," she told the blank screen. "And I totally have a crush on Supergirl."
So, I watched the trailer for the new Supergirl episode (1x05) and when the guy said he had a crush on Supergirl...? Inspired. Oops.