My newest story based off Supergirl. I quickly became obsessed with the series and couldn't get Max Lord out of my head. While I hope something comes of him and Alex Danvers on the show because the chemistry between them always has me on edge. Until that time I couldn't get the idea of Kara having one childhood friend beside Alex who knew her secret. This will be a Max/OC pairing story as like I said i can't get him out of my head. I'm looking for a Beta to help with grammar and keeping the story flowing with the season 1 timeline so if you are interested let me know. I originally didn't plan to post this til it was more than halfway written but I figured posting it would help me find an interested Beta and I can always edit earlier chapters as needed. The title may change. I kept it simple while i'm still playing with the storyline.

CHAPTER 1:

It's a gorgeous September day outside as I bask in the sunlight leaning against the trunk of a tree in the park across from Lord Technologies. My tablet rests in my lap against my propped up thighs as I scroll Pinterest for inspiration for my next web column. Damn Cat Grant for putting me on this assignment. Five years of college and working my butt off to end up writing fluff pieces for a living. I cannot wait for the day I manage to prove I am worthy of the big stories and projects Catco puts out. I want to be part of the action like Lois Lane over at the Daily Planet. I snort at the thought as I continue to look through Pinterest trying to be actually interested in my project.

"Getting married?" I hear a male voice ask startling me out of my thoughts.

"Ha no," I laugh looking up to find myself face to face with the Maxwell Lord of Lord Technologies standing before me.

I gape for a moment stunned to see him in person. I had only ever seen him on TV or from a distance as he's swarmed by paparazzi at events. I manage to find my voice to answer his question fully.

"Cat Grant would like to see a Supergirl themed wedding for my next article so I'm looking for some inspiration" I admit. Saying it out loud makes me groan internally. Such a stupid waste of time. Why didn't I just say yes instead.

"I thought I recognized you from Catco. Odd place to work" he replies back to me with what I can tell is a well-practiced smile of false patience. Moving past the fact he actually recognizes me from his limited time around Catco I reply back to him missing his unamused expression.

"I needed a break from my windowless office and this is one of my favorite parks..."I trail off before a though occurs to me, "wait do you think I'm here because of you?" I begin to defend my choice of a park 10 blocks from the office and then quickly switch to a question as my brain scrambles together the potential reasoning for my personal run-in with Max Lord who I have never met in all the times I have sat in this park under this very tree.

"Well Cat Grant does love to write about me. Particularly not very kind things" he elaborates with a smile.

I look closer and realize there are two guards standing not 30 feet behind him. With the tech he owns I get the feeling facial recognition probably told him who I was and my place of employment long before he decided to personally come confront me.

"Man I'm not very good at my job then if you found me out so easily" I cannot help but banter at him despite the serious tone he's giving off. I am simply relaxing in a park and not snooping on him after all.

Max laughs and I grin up at him when I recognize how true it sounds. I seem to have caught him by surprise. I decide to quickly soothe any doubts he has about my reason for being so close to his place of work.

"I assure you that you are not going to be under any headlines from Catco. I mean at least not from me. Your work isn't exactly my area. I can't make any promises on what the rest of the day will hold for the gossip column" I reply back with a smirk.

"No apparently wedding planning is your area" he retorts.

I groan out a laugh, "Not fair. It's not like this is what I want to be writing. It's just what happens to newbies. Not much of a choice."

"What do you want to write about?" He asks surprising me as he leans back on the bench next to the tree I lounge on.

"I traveled a lot my last 2 years before I came to Catco. I'd love to do more of it and write about that" I find myself telling him.

"Ah an adventurer?"

"Yes very much so"

We are interrupted by the sound of my phone ringing out with an obnoxious ringtone. Sometimes I hate my need to give all close friends and family personalized songs. I smile apologetically and he waves for me to go ahead. "Hey Kara... shit... on my way... thanks Kara you're the best" I answer before quickly ending the call.

"I have to go. Cats called a staff meeting and I have 2min to get back down 10blocks. It was nice talking to you Mr. Lord," I tell him hastily as I stand and reach out to shake hands.

"Please call me Max. It was a pleasure to meet you as well..." he trails off inclining his head to the side in question.

"Oh right, Aria. Aria Summers" I laugh realizing there was no formal introduction. Though I mentally wonder if he didn't already know my full name and social security number before he even approached me.

"Have a good day Aria Summers," he tells me with what looks like a sincere smile.

"Thanks Max," I reply with a smile back.

I take off out of the park and I make it a block before I duck into an alley.

"What were you doing with Max Lord?" Kara asks as she grabs onto me.

"He thought I was spying on him for Cat" I laugh.

"Really? You?"

"I know right. I'm much to busy planning a wedding in your honor. Come on get us back before Cat skins us" I joke.

Kara groans as she flies us off in a blur to the roof of Catco. We race down from the roof and make it to Cat's office just as everyone is walking in. "Thank god," I mouth at Kara as I take my place beside her in front of Cat's desk.

"We're all aware of Supergirl's latest debacle, yes?" Cat begins. Oh no. Is this what the meeting is about. Poor Kara.

"She made sure no one will surf National City for the next 10,000 years. Some hero." Says Dave from sports and I roll my eyes. It's not like you can surf in the bay. It may not be good what happened to the water but lets not over exaggerate what it means.

"It was the lead story on the Daily Planet homepage, they're fifth in as many days. Which annoys me because the Daily Planet already has a go-to superhero, and now they're trying to steal mine. Now, when I branded her, there was an implicit promise that she would be, at a minimum, above average. But in the past week, she has proved herself to be... oh, what is the opposite of super? #Terriblegirl?" Continues Cat obviously displeased. I fight a flinch at her words and to not glance at Kara to see how horrified she must look.

"You know, Superman made plenty of mistakes when he first started. At least she's saving lives." James says with a glance to Kara. Ah her knight in shining armor to the rescue.

"In the sloppiest, most awkward way imaginable, James. So it is left to us to take control of Supergirl's narrative. Save her from self-immolation, and scoop the Planet. I want an interview." Cat rants and Kara laughs incredulously and I fight the urge to glance at her in question of her own sanity.

"Yes, Cara?" Cat asks sarcastically pronouncing her name wrong as usual.

"Sorry, sorry. I just... I just started to think about this kitten video I saw online earlier. It's so funny what they make those cats do. I'll send it to all of you… Or not." Kara says trying to save herself from disaster and just makes it worse.

I fight my own laugh shaking my head at her. Oh man do we need to work on her lying as well as her keeping it cool face. Maybe some improv wouldn't hurt either I think with an inner snort at the idea. There's a headline for Cat, Supergirl takes improv class to help mask identity. I tune back into the meeting quickly as Cat moves on from Kara.

"James, perhaps your friend in blue would be useful in arranging a sit down? Maybe you could broach the subject, the next time you… bro hang." She asks.

"It, uh, doesn't really work that way, Ms. Grant." James informs her.

"Mm. Well, let me assure all of you, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and all of the hags over at the Daily Planet are working day and night to get this exclusive. We need to get it first. I want a sit down with Supergirl. A girl to girl. And I want it by, um, the end of the week. Go, go. Go, go." Cat decides and rushes us all out.

I quickly move to leave in hopes of avoiding any further rants via Cat Grant. I dread her asking about the wedding article as right now I'm at a roadblock of really just hating the entire idea of it.

"Not you, Cara." I hear Cat say and feel bad for the tongue-lashing I am sure she's about to get.

Fingers crossed she leaves with her job and dignity intact I head to my office and start jotting down ideas from earlier at the park. I pull up the layout software on my computer and begin moving images off pinterest that I am able to give credit to sources for as I begin my Supergirl aka Kara themed wedding layout. If Kara weren't my real life best friend I would have a very hard time making this project work at all. Granted its still mundanely horrid but at least I can tease Kara about it later. Honestly Kara's embarrassment is the only reason I can decently half-ass this article. I am piecing together the final pictures when Kara pokes her head into my office and asks me to come with her to the alleyway quick. Used to her quirks I simply save my work and follow her down.

We enter the alleyway to find James and Winn both trying to get rid of the other and I smirk knowing what Kara has called me here for.

"He knows." Kara interrupts them.

"He knows?" Winn whines.

"You told him?" James asks.

"James already knew. And Winn's my friend." Kara explains.

"What about Aria?" James asks gesturing at me.

"I've known since we were 13 and Kara had only been on this planet 6 months. So I win." I tease them both and watch as they both seem to deflate at the news. I laugh at their simultaneous pouts before Kara gets down to business of why she called us here.

"If I'm going to be a hero, and prove to everyone that I know what I'm doing, I'm gonna need to practice. Start small, get better. And to do that, I'm gonna need your help." She informs the three of us.

"I'm in." Winn says quickly.

"I'm in." James answers at almost the same time.

"I said it first." Winn claims making me roll my eyes. I feel like I'll be doing that a lot with these two.

"Obviously I am in. I've been in for 12 years." I state with a wink at the boys.


"Okay, boys, what have you got for me?" Kara asks through comms a few hours later.

I listen in from my office on mine as I continue working on my column. Cat will have my head if it's not ready as soon as pictures of Supergirl start making headlines.

"Armed robbery at a pizza place on 5th and Siegel." Winn tells her.

"Remember, bulletproof means bullets bounce off of you. So, if you don't want anyone to get hurt, don't let the bad guys even get a shot off." James advises.

"Oh, yeah, and also try not to damage the suit." Winn tells her quickly then quieter I hear him inform James, "I, uh, helped make that outfit. I got some mad sewing skills." Oh Winn I think with a sigh at the competiveness between them.

"Mm-hmm" is all James bothers to answer with.


Later I walk into Kara's apartment and James tosses me a slice of pizza.

"Next?" Kara asks over the comms.

"Ambulance caught in traffic on Donner Avenue carrying a heart attack victim. They're not gonna make it to National City General in time." James informs her.

"Oh, and a fully-loaded ambulance is about 9,200 pounds, which would mean that you'd need to use a maximum of 44,498 newton's of force." Winn starts rattling off.

"Kara, what he means is, gently this time." James interrupts simplifying things making me laugh.

I pull up a stool and lean over to watch Winn work as Kara does her thing. I am not as much help as Winn with the tech and James with his Superman history but I can be here for Kara in a way neither of the boys can. We spend the next hour helping Kara navigate the city for the best ways she can help when Winn lets out a loud exclamation and starts prattling off.

"Oh! This one's the Fire Department. Ha! Kara, you're gonna love this one, it's a classic. Kitten up a tree." Winn tells her.

"Fluffy!" We hear a little girl call out minutes later.

"Here you go." Kara tells her then quieter to us, "I thought you said it was a cat?"

"Who names her snake Fluffy?" Winn defends and I laugh hysterically picturing Kara's face as she fights to make herself even touch the snake.


That night we watch the news together and Kara laughs happily at the sight of National City loving her good deeds.

"I can't believe it. It's working. People are really starting to believe in her." Kara announces.

"In you." James corrects her happily.

"I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you. All of you." She says sincerely.

There's a knock at the door then. "God, what, did you order more pizza? You're a beast." Winn says loudly.

Kara walks towards the door freaking out Winn and James who seem to forget she can see through it. The dramatics crack me up as Kara continues.

"Kara?"

"Kara, the cape."

"Your cape"

I roll my eyes as she opens the door silencing them to reveal Alex. Leaving them both confused but I groan at the look on Alex's face. We're in trouble.

"Can we talk?" Alex asks and then notices the three of us standing in the living room.

Kara turns to look at us. Winn and James quickly get the hint and leave but I stay behind to hopefully mediate another Danvers sister disaster.

"Do you really think it was a good idea for you to tell your friends who you are?"

"Yes, because they're my friends. I'm allowed to have friends, aren't I? Or is that also against DEO rules? Aria knows!" Kara gets defensive. I hold my hands up for her to keep me out of it until necessary.

"I didn't come here to fight, I came here to apologize. For how I handled things back at the DEO. Maybe it wasn't the right way to go about it, but you have got to understand I was only looking out for you." Alex says gently.

I can tell she doesn't want this to escalate and I am apparently missing part of the story. I'll need to worm my way into that tidbit of information later.

"You always have looked out for me, since the day my cousin dropped me off at your house." Kara tells her.

Alex smiles at a thought, "Do you remember how scared you were of the popcorn maker?" Kara laughs and I smile at their banter.

"Yeah. You crawled under the table next to me. Showed me the melted butter and sprinkled the tiny, white crystals…But I'm not a scared little girl anymore." Kara answers her, sobering her voice.

"Yeah, but I will always be your big sister. That doesn't just suddenly change because last week you decided to fight criminals." Alex placates her.

"Well, last week I found out you don't work in a lab. You're out there fighting, risking your life, and I still trust you. I know I have a lot to learn. And James and Winn believe in me, Aria believes in me, but I need your faith, Alex. More than that 'S' more than that cape. More than anyone's." Kara confesses to her.

I have always been impressed with how Kara handles herself and remains truthful. It's one of the many reasons we became best friends so fast. Alex's phone rings interrupting the moment.

"Danvers... I'll be right there." Alex states before hanging up. "They need me back at the DEO. I'll call you." She continues before leaving.

"Hey Alex just needs time and so do you. This is a whole new ball field just like when you showed up 12 years ago. It's not easy to accept change and move on overnight Kara. Don't worry. Everything will work itself out. With you. With Alex. With everything. I know you want Alex's trust and faith but you also need to have it in yourself."

"When did you get so wise?" She joke asks me.

"I have always been wise. You should listen to me more often." I tell her with a straight face.

"Oh like that time you told me I should run for track to impress Sam Harrison but-" she begins and my stoic facade breaks as I laugh and interrupt her.

"But he didn't run track he played basketball so he wasn't even there and you tripped Kim Sanders. She had track rash on half her body for 2 weeks and tried to make your life hell" I finish the story falling over to lean on the table as I laugh at the memory.

"Hey I can't help if my intel was bad. I swear I overheard him talking about the track. This is why I leave all hearing matters in your hands" I tease her.

She grimaces but eventually laughs as well. "All right I'm off for the night. Try not to sink the titanic while I sleep" I call out. I hear something hit the door behind me and can't fight the chuckle as I head for the elevator.


Please review and let me know what you think so far. Or simply know you like the idea with a follow and/or favorite!

I'm trying to slowly integrate my OC into the storyline and gradually take over to include more of her life with the Supergirl storyline as more of a background plot. Again I am looking for a beta to help with grammar and story flow. Please let me know if you are interested!

~Moonwolf27