Monday, June 27th, 2016

Omaha, Nebraska

19:32

"Come on... Pick up. Pick up. Pick up." Kara stood in the ready room phone pressed against her cap. She stood quietly in the corner, not wanting to mess with anyone's pre-race game. She had 15 minutes until the final for the 400 free started. She would be swimming next to Katie Ledecky, the gold metal and record holder for this event. The past week had been racing to get to this race. This race was racing to see if she could race other countries for a spot to race for a chance to race of a metal. She hadn't talked to Cat face to face in almost a week, and she hadn't heard from her in 48 hours.

"Hello, Cat Grant's office. Siobhan Smythe speaking." Kara was glad someone answered her call, but was unhappy it was her.

"Yeah put me through to Cat. Now." Kara said mustering up what little nerve she had for the woman now.

"I'm sorry. Ms. Grant has told me no calls through. She's about to watch something very important. If you would like, you may leave a mess-"

"Siobhan just put me through. I'm the thing she's about to watch." Kara said as she nervously looked towards the clock. She was down to 11 minutes till she hit the water.

"I'm sorry, I can't put you thr-"

"Damn it, Siobhan. Just put me through." After an exaggerated sigh she heard the click. And a familiar angry voice responded.

"Who do you think you are calling at this time?!" Cat's voice sounded at full force.

"Cat. It's me." She heard her girlfriend release a small sigh. "I'm scared..."

"Why?" Cat sounded sweet but slightly confused.

"What if I'm not good enough? What if I did all this training for nothing?" Kara look to the clock again, she was down to 9 minutes.

"Do you have your suit near you?"

"Cat I already have my suit on! I swim in a few minutes. What kind of question is th-" Kara was cut off by Cat's no nonsense response.

"I mean your SUIT suit..."

"Oh... Yeah. It's in my bag in the staging room. Why?" Kara used all of her will to not look at the clock. To not acknowledge that she was going to redefine her life in a few minutes.

"Think about that suit. The one you're in now is the same thing. You're the same person in both. You could go and dive off that block and set a new world record. One that would never be beaten by any human, ever. If you go out there and pretend too much, then you come back to National City and continue on being you. You continue editing other people's writing. You continue to work your butt off for the next 4 years to try again. You continue to save people's lives. And I continue to love you. Whatever happens out in that pool tonight does not define you. And if you fail miserably then you try again in the 200, then the 100, then in the 800, and finally in the 50. And if none of those work out, then you come home and I'll make things better... Now go win me a gold!"

"Cat, I don't get the gold till Rio." Kara said as she laughed. Cat had said what Kara need to hear.

"Sure you don't, Supergirl. Now go swim and show them how a real person does it. But don't go too fast, they'll get suspicious. Or worse, accuse you of doping, like Russia."

"Wait. What about Russia?" Kara asked genuinely confused.

"Oh. Nothing you need to worry about, yet.." Cat mentally cursed herself for letting a bit of information out.

"Alright I gotta go. I'll call you afterward." Kara hung up without hearing Cat say goodbye. The person who was leading them out began to walk out, and Kara followed.

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Kara usually thinks about her split times as she swims. They're how she controls how 'human' she looks. This race however she just kept to Ledecky's feet. The girl was fast. Faster than anyone she had raced before. So instead of maliciously keeping track of time, she kept up her. As the approached the wall Kara added just enough speed to stay in second place. She finished a 3:59.32. Far enough behind first and fast enough to beat third. As Kara looked up to the score board she realized something.

She is not supposed to be able to read the score board.

She had never given playing into her glasses thought, but now that cameras would be on her in her none superhero time she would have to sell in. Taking her googles off and squinting towards the board, she tried her best to sell the 'I can't see the board' face'.

"Uh, you ok?" To her left, her new teammate, Katie asked as she noticed Kara's face.

"Yeah. I don't have my glasses on. I can't see the board..." With a mightily laugh, Katie rolled over the top of the lane guide into Kara's line.

"You got second." The two continued to roll over the lane guides toward the wall. "About 34 milliseconds behind me. That's a great swim, Kiera?"

"It's pronounced Kara. Kara Danvers." Kara stuck her hand out and offered to Katie.

"Welcome to the team, Kara Danvers. What else are you swimming?" Katie asked as the retrieved their towels.

"I have the 200 free, 100 free, 800 free, and finally the 50 free left." Kara recited off.

"Impressive. If you swim like that at the Olympics, you could get a silver." Katie nudged Kara as they walked.

"I'm shooting for gold. And the Ledecky Slam*, which I think the Danvers Dunk would be its new name." Kara got a good laugh from her comment.

"Well the Ledecky Slam would need the 1,500. Maybe the Danvers Dunk could be for the Olympics. It would be Silver in the 200, 400, and 800. And gold in the 100 and 50. Right?"

"I'm thinking gold in all, and don't forget the relays." Kara and Katie shared a laugh as the walked away from the pool.

"Keep at it with that attitude, and there will be some great races this year. See you for the 200 and 800." And with that Katie went her separate way. Kara finally made it back to her bag and she let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. Picking up her phone Kara called Cat's cellphone this time, knowing she would already be holding it. It was answered before the first ring even stared.

"I did it."

"Yeah. Now think you can do it 4 more times?" Cat asked as she leaned forward onto her desk in National City. All of her screens showed the same thing. The Olympic Trail coverage, which was showing Kara and Katie's close finished.

"Yeah. I know I can."

"Good." Cat waited a beat before speaking again. "Now what was up with that squinting. I know for a fact if you tried hard enough you could see me from there." Kara let out out a laugh as she picked up her bag to go change.

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What, a like 1 day turn around. Y'all better not get used to this. The only reason this is happening is cause I watched recordings of the Olympics today.

Anyway I hold you still enjoyed it. I don't know how many chapters this will be but for now I'm enjoying to write them so they will continues to happen.

Anyways thanks for reading,

Nugget10