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There's a knock on her door that causes her to pause. It's much too light to be her assistant who's she's sent home thirty minutes ago.
"Enter." she invites, curious to see who's daring to cross her path after her trying day. She's met with a pair of blue eyes, blonde hair bound in a ponytail, a pink cardigan sweater, with a pale yellow dress underneath it. "Come to get a quote about my loss of the top spot in the Fortune 500 list to Wayne Enterprises did you?" she doesn't bother with pleasantries.
"Um," Kara stammers for a proper response.
"It's alright." she assures the safety of their tentative friendship. "What's good in having a CEO of a multi billion dollar conglomerate as a friend if you can't get a quote from her every now and again?" Lena's accustomed to people using her to further their agendas.
"That's not why we're friends."
"It's not?" she tilts her head at the other woman because it does seem like Kara's being sincere. "Then you didn't come here for a quote?" she hates that she sounds so hopeful.
"Honestly, I did but only because my boss wouldn't stop hounding me about it." Kara admits. "Not because I don't like talking to you!" she assures. "I just want to avoid this awkwardness considering the last time I saw you I tried to fish information about your mother." if she'd been a good friend she'd have known Lena isn't on good terms with her psychopathic adoptive mother. "I'm sorry for that by the way, I was just desperate." better her than the DEO, she wants to say. "Anyway, I don't want you thinking I'm here just so I can use you."
"I apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusions." she doesn't bother pointing out that their only interaction outside of this office was the gala that had been ruined thanks to her adoptive mother's thieving thugs. "You can understand if I'm a little cross today." Kara nods assuring there's no hard feelings.
"But you, I can see why you'd think I'm using you." Kara frowns as she realizes the truth behind Lena's words. "I promise I'll be a better friend." it'll be easier, Kara thinks.
Seeing as Alex is busy enjoying the honeymoon stage of her relationship with Maggie, Mon-El avoiding her like she's the carrier of the Medusa virus because she rejected his advances, and Winn and James are too busy playing Batman she supposes it's time to expand her circle of friends.
"There's no need for that." she doesn't want to come of as sensitive and she definitely doesn't want to hold her breath. Too many people have let her down by not keeping their promises. "So, the quote?" she tries to get back on track. The sooner Kara gets her quote the sooner Lena can be left alone to wallow in coming in second once again. She watches as the blonde pulls out her notepad and has to stop herself from smiling at how old fashioned the blonde is. "You know, most people would just record on their phone."
"Oh but I like taking notes." Kara responds with a smile. "I mean, I'm not just writing down what you say Lena." she says. "I also write down what emotions I'm feeling when I hear you speak and the first reaction is always instantaneous and is impossible to recapture."
"But why would you put such precedence about how what I say makes you feel?" the reporter's approach when it comes to writing had been evident.
Kara writes like she's the voice of the people. She writes like she knows every man's struggle. Her pieces always make Lena feel as though she's lived through their experiences, gone through every single emotion with them and she's beginning to get a clear understanding as to why.
"Well, I'm picturing myself as a reader rather than an interviewer." Kara states. "I note how you make me feel when you say something, that way I can reiterate it to the people better."
"I see." it makes sense.
"So, how do you feel about the Fortune 500 list this year?" Kara begins, looking up from her notepad into a storm of green.
"Wayne Enterprises has made considerable advances this year and such is to be expected from Bruce." she's searching for the most diplomatic reply she can muster. "It just means L Corp and I will endeavor to reclaim our number one spot next year." she watches as Kara's pen bobs up and down.
"Any projects coming into the market to knock Wayne Enterprises back?" Kara asks and Lena knows she's talking about the alien detection device.
"No." she watches as Kara's eyes widen, rather comically.
"No?" the blonde asks skeptically. "But what about the device you showed me?" the alien detection device that Kara destroyed with her heat vision.
"Off the record?" Lena asks and the response she receives is Kara putting her notepad down and baby blues gazing upon her. "Well I thought about what you said, thought about what happens when we forcibly identify beings around us." Kara's eyes soften. "I mean well but they do say the road to hell is paved with good intentions." she knows how easily a device like that can be used to target aliens who only wish to hide. "I still think humans deserve to be warned but perhaps only when an alien has actually broken a law." there are bad aliens and good aliens, just like with people. "No sense in criminalizing the many for the acts of the few."
"I'm glad you changed your mind."
"I do like to think I'm open minded." she offers the blonde a small smile, which the reporter returns tenfold. "But I suppose I have you to thank for expanding my understanding."
"I'm glad to help." Kara pauses. "So how do you really feel?" a perfect brow arches. "Off the record." she assures.
"I should have expected it really." Lena admits.
"No one should blame you for it." Kara's brows crinkle. "You've suffered through multiple attacks." little does she know things like that don't matter to potential investors or the board of directors. "You've been busy trying to fight for your life." she's never heard of another CEO who's had to fend off so many attacks on her life.
"That's irrelevant in the business world, Kara." she informs the blonde of the cold hard truth. "But what I'm trying to say is that this time is no different."
"What do you mean?"
"I should really be used to it." Lena remarks, unable to keep the dejection from her tone. "I always come in second place." green meets blue and Lena can drown in the understanding that's coming off from Kara in waves.
The sound of an alarm beeping breaks their gaze and Lena doesn't know whether to be grateful or annoyed that their moment has been ruined. She watches as Kara pulls out her phone from her bag, turning it off before turning her full attention back on the jet black haired business woman once more.
"Sorry about that."
"It's fine." Lena glances at the clock. "I hadn't realized the time." she says as she begins to gather her things. It's a little past dinnertime and she usually stays much longer, but all she wants to do is wallow comfortably in the confines of her condo. "I apologize for keeping you."
"It's not your fault." Kara assures. "I was asking too many questions."
"You could never ask too much of me, Kara." Lena surprised at how sincere she sounds, how genuine she feels around the blonde reporter. "Anyway, why don't I walk out with you?"
"You're leaving?" Kara knows Lena usually stays until past nine o'clock.
"I really just want to relax." she admits. "Maybe eat dinner on my dinning table for once." she paid a good amount of money for it after all. She doesn't miss the way Kara's eyes sparkle at the prospect of food. "If you're free, you could join me?" she could do with company and she hasn't had anyone over since she moved.
"Rain check? My sister and I actually have TV night on Thursdays." she says before her phone alerts her that she's just received a text. "In fact I'm probably late…" she trails off after reading the message. "Actually scratch that," Kara remarks, a slight frown forming on her delicate features. "I don't actually have plans anymore." Alex has cancelled because she wants Maggie to get caught up so she'll be watching prior seasons and episodes with Maggie til the weekend apparently. "Free as a bird." it's a regular occurrence now.
"Perfect." Lena leads the way to her private elevator and Kara follows. "I'm assuming you flew here on a bus?" Kara's mouth is opening and closing, looking very much like a fish out of water, before she receives a nod from the blonde. "Chinese alright with you?" she asks as they step inside, remembering how Kara devoured the food at the gala.
"Only if you order pot stickers." Lena laughs because Kara ate a tray filled with pot stickers in one sitting.
"Deal."
They walk toward her car Kara begins recommending this television show she's been watching with her sister to which Lena nods and agrees they can start watching while they wait for takeout.
Lena thinks doesn't mind being Kara's last option but she definitely would prefer it if she were her first.
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Don't worry! I'm still working on my other fic. I just had to get this out because I was so pumped when I saw them hug in the promo! The chapters are going to be shorter, more straight to the point, mostly because my main focus is still on my series.
Honestly this is a band aid for my feelings. I figured because Kara's social circle is busy with other things this would be the perfect way for Kara and Lena to get closer but I'm sure that's not what the writers are going to do. Lena's just a background character for them, a plot device they throw in when they need to shake things up (Hence the band aid). I really hope they will do her character justice.
She has so much potential for both good and bad. It would be nice to see her play with the line. She could be the character that isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
There's good and bad and Lena could be the in between.
Anyway, thoughts so far?