It was a Friday night so naturally the bar was almost at full capacity. People drinking, dancing, conversing- well as best as they could over the loud music- busy being too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice anything outside of their own bubbles. She was thankful for that, thankful that no one had really taken their attention off their own good time to notice the young woman sat, alone, by the bar, nursing her third cocktail (some fruity thing the bartender had recommended over an hour previously). She checked her phone for what seemed to be the thousandth time since she'd arrived, nothing. No texts, calls or Facebook notifications, though she had received a snapchat a little earlier on in the night from her sister wishing her luck, at which she'd rolled her eyes and slammed her phone back onto the bar without replying. Sighing, she tossed back the remainder of her drink and stood to leave, tired of waiting. Who for, she still wasn't sure. Her sister had set her up on yet another blind date- the fourth one this week- though this was the first time her date hadn't shown.
Maybe this was the universe telling her something. Her previous dates had not gone well, she'd spent far too much time fumbling over her words on the first to notice the man's eyes straying from her face to the many rear ends of women walking by, clearly not interested in long term relationships. The second had gone a little better but Harvey, though looking much older than even herself had gotten asked for ID by a bartender only for her to find out he was in fact 19 shortly before he fled. And the less said about Wednesday's 'suitor' the better. She shivered at the memory of the creep.
She tugged the door open, perhaps a little too forcefully, causing the woman on the other side to come tumbling towards her, quick reactions helped Kara to catch the smaller woman in her hands before carefully righting her back into a standing position apologising profusely in true Kara Danvers fashion. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry, I didn't see you there… I was completely in a world of my own, I didn't even see you, I was just so angry that my date didn't turn up and sorta took it out on the door and… and you don't even need to hear me babbling on about myself when I should…" she sighs taking in the woman now standing in front of her with a look of amusement and a small smirk playing at her lips, hand on hip as though she'd been waiting for her to realise her rambling at any moment. "Be asking you if you're okay and instead I'm telling you my life story! Are you?… Ok I mean? I didn't hurt you did I?" At the terrified look on Kara's face the woman softens her gaze and gives a genuine smile before responding.
"Well, I was fine until I had to experience that completely incoherent mass of words that just left your mouth!" She laughs teasingly and Kara can't help but smile at the woman which quickly dissipates the moment a look of recognition flashes across the other woman's features- a light bulb moment, if you will. "Wait, you said you were waiting for a date? Your name isn't Kara by any chance is it?" At that question Kara isn't sure if she should be relieved that her date finally showed or mortified at the first impression she's made, or better yet enraged at how casual the woman was being about the fact she's over an hour and a half late.
"Uh.. I.. Yes, yes that's me, Kara Danvers and you are…" Kara manages to stutter out while her brain tries to figure out the situation she's found herself in.
"Cat. Cat Grant. I'd say it's a pleasure to meet you but I don't like to make assumptions." Cat replies with a tone that should make Kara afraid but instead just eager to know more about this mysterious woman. WOMAN. Alex has set her up on a blind date with a woman! Not that that's an issue for Kara, back on Krypton the idea of sexuality was most definitely not as big a thing as it is on earth. But what baffled her more was that Alex had left out this detail.
"Grant! My sister told me your name was Grant. And she most certainly did not mention that you were a woman!" Kara whispers that last bit afraid of insulting anyone in the room. Too late it seems as she notes the taken aback look on Cat Grant's face in front of her.
"Oh, I'm sorry I had no idea you weren't aware. Why don't we just pretend this never happened hmm." Cat genuinely looks disappointed that Kara wouldn't be interested and turns on her heel to exit, hopefully with more grace than with which she had entered.
"No! Wait!" Kara says as she encloses the other woman's wrist with a soft hand of her own. "Please, I didn't mean it like that and I most certainly didn't mean to offend you! I'm just… Surprised that's all. And kind of a little mad that you're over an hour late and have yet to apologise, because that's really rude don't you think? To leave a girl waiting at a bar on a Friday night for almost two hours drinking alone and the only attention she receives is the occasional pity look from the bartender." Kara finishes her mini rant to see Cat, hip jutted out to the side, smirk on her lips, looking… impressed?
"Well, that's me told then. I'm sorry Kara and believe me that's not a word that I tend to use often, or lightly might I add. Something came up at work that demanded my attention, I got out of there as soon as I could. I would have texted you but as you are quite aware I don't have a number to contact you directly on… you know, as this date was set up through my friend and your sister. But I am sorry and I do hope that we can start a fresh and not let that outfit go to waste?" She says raking her eyes over Kara's body unabashedly.
Kara's having a goldfish moment in front of Cat's very eyes and it's amusing to see the girl opening and closing her mouth, wide eyed and completely unsure of what to say. Then finally, "Well when you put it like that, one more drink wouldn't hurt I guess." Kara tries to be nonchalant but Cat isn't fooled for a second and thinks it's adorable. Hmm, adorable. now there's a word I most definitely do not use. Cat muses to herself as she follows Kara towards the bar, eyes firmly focused on Kara's ass that definitely must require a strict squat workout routine.