Sunday,July 16th, 2016
National City, California
18:49
"Kara Danvers you are not going to do that." Cat said as she reached across the dinner table to grab the salt.
"I agree with mom, Kara. That's stupid. And if Alex found out she'd kill you." Carter said as he ate his green beans.
"I mean this is going to be her job someday. For me this is nothing. And Katie has put in so much work. It wouldn't be that wrong if I let her win a few races. I'd still get silver." Kara said as she ate another bowl full of pasta. Practice and saving the world was taking its toll on her.
"Don't say that this is nothing for you. You've worked hard. You've earned this. And Kara, do you think Katie or any other of team mates would be ok with you not giving it your all?"
"That's the problem Cat! If I give it my all then they would know that I'm not a human. I'm just saying I let her have the 200 and the 800. I'd get silver in those events, but I'd still get gold in the 50, 100, and the 400. Not to mention the gold metals from relays. I'll still come out of this the most decorated female Olympian from one game in history..."
Cat looked at Kara before looking out the city below. Standing from the table she walked to the edge and looked back at Kara. "I know it is your decision in the end, but would you go out there in your other suit and not give it all you could give? And I know this is an entirely different situation, but the same concept still applies." Kara stood from the table and joined Cat at the large window. Carter quietly stood from the table. He then exited the dining room and walked to his room.
"No. Every time I step out, I leave it all out there. I just don't want to take something that I haven't earned. Katie and Leah and all of the other competitors train and train. I could not get in the water till finals and still win. If someone misses day of practice then they may not even make finals. I just worry that I don't deserve to compete with them..."
"Kara Zor-El Danvers you deserve this. You've earned this. You were the one to get into the water and got that spot on the team." Kara leaned into kiss Cat, and it quickly deepened. Carter set a note on the dining room table before quickly existing the penthouse. After the two split Kara discovered the note.
"What's it say?" Cat asked as she cleared the table.
"I texted Aunt Alex to come pick me up. I'm sleeping there tonight. After last weekend I have no desire to be in the house when you to decide to... um... you know.-" Kara was cut of by Cat.
"He really wrote it like that?" Cat said skeptically assuming her girlfriend didn't want to read the word 'sex' from her son's note.
"Yeah. Ellipses and everything. After that he said "Kara don't forget you need to pack. You leave tomorrow afternoon for training camp. Don't have to much fun. **Please, don't. **. Last time you guys broke the nightstand and the lamps, multiple, that are in the hall way. Love Carter. P.S. Text when it's safe to return." Kara's face was a little redder from reading that last part.
"Well then. What do you say we put use to this last night together for a while, and not have to worry about our noise level."
"Cat you know the last few complaints from the level bellow our room..." Kara said as she finished her glass of wine from dinner.
"Well good thing I asked my contractor to add a little sound proofing to our whole room." Kara laughed into Cat's back. She quickly turned to face Cat's face and gently picked her up. They slowly worked their way to the master. Once there the last thing on Kara's mind was packing.
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The next morning Kara had to use her speed to finish packing in time. Cat was a small mess trying to help Kara pack. Both women ran around the room trying to things done in time. Kara was packing her clothes and going over the list that the other Olympians had put together for first timers. Cat exited the bathroom to see a blonde blur moving around the room. Stoping as she finished putting the clothes she was carrying on the bed.
"Ok. I went over the list Katie forwarded to me and I have my boarding pass and my swim bag is packed. They'll have towels there but I like ours better so I went ahead and-" Cat kissed Kara to cut her off. She knows that once Kara starts babbling it's hard to get her to stop.
"Darling you've got everything, and if you don't I am only a phone call away. And you have a flight privilege that most people don't." Kara hugged deeper into Cat. "Alright. Let's get you to the airport." They rode down to the lobby then the airport enjoying the time that they had together. Kara felt her pocket, making sure that the ring box was still there. Both women knew that with her pre-games training and then the games, there was a good chance they wouldn't talk face to face till Cat interviewed her for her metals.
Once they got to the airport some of her new teammates were already there. The group had decided to travel as a group so they were waiting for Kara to go through security. Maya Dirado, Katie Ledecky, and Allison Schmitt all sitting around a table playing cards.
"Ah here's the girl that's giving this one a run of her money." Allison nudged Katie as she began to pick up the cards.
"Alright. Good luck darling, I would stay but I assume that you ladies would like to get through security. I'm going to go pick Carter up and then head into work. Call me when you land." Cat pulled Kara in and spoke directly into her ear. "And it's your decision on how to handle what we talked about last night, so remember that." Kara went to pull away but Cat pulled her back in. "But also remember that I will be in the gold metal room for my interviews." Turning to the other ladies she nodded hello. "Wishing you ladies the best. Keep an eye on this one, she can be a handful. Darling..."
Cat practically stalked away from the girls and Kara couldn't help but stare. Katie and Allison grabbed her backpack and pulled her toward the security check.
"You're one lucky woman Kara..." All eyes snapped to Maya. "What? Just cause I'm married doesn't mean I forgot what it looks like when someone wants you to stare. And we all know that she did it on purpose. She wanted to make the sweet innocent Kara Danvers doesn't forget who she's dating. We all know that every lady is going to fall for Kara this year. Gay, straight, bi, or a kitchen utensil."
"Damn true." Katie said as they walked toward security.
"Guys I just wanna swim. Not become some kind of attractive swim icon..." Kara picked her carry on up onto the security scanner belt.
"Too late Sunny Danvers!" Kara's head snapped up when she heard her nickname. "That's right. I know that nickname. Your sister and I talked at the last games. She wouldn't stop talkin about her sister, the 'Kara Sunny Danvers'. Her sister the state champion in all things distance." Allison said after they had walked they body scanner.
"Oh. That's a cute nickname." Maya commented as the walked past a tv. All 4 women stopped to look at the destruction that was taking place in the city, 7 blocks away. "Oh god... I hope Supergirl can do something about that."
Allison, Katie, and Maya started to walk away, but Kara stayed still. "Kara, what's wrong?"
"That's near my sisters apartment, where Carter is and where Cat is heading. I... I need to call them." Kara ran the opposite direction leaving her carry on behind. Deciding to let the distance swimmer have her space, Katie picked up her carry on and took it with them.
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Supergirl arrived on the disaster zone within the minute. Grabbing the parking structure that began to crumble and hoping someone at the DEO would respond over the earwig.
"Supergirl." Alex said in her ear.
"Alex. Thank Rao, is Carter with you?" Supergirl asked as she finished placing the metal posts back into their original place.
"Yes. He's with me. And I told Cat to go ahead to work and that I'd drop him off around lunch. How's the building look?"
"Fine. For now. I used my heat vision to fix the broken support beam. Should hold for a while. Can the DEO handle it from here? I need to get back to the airport"
"Yeah. Go ahead. We'll handle it."
"No Alex. Not we, they. You have a plane to catch too." Shooting into the sky Kara responded.
"I can catch a later flight. I'll be f-"
"No Alex. You have a great chance of gold this year. You aren't being late to your training camp even if I have to fly you there." Kara landed and was back in her joggers and long sleeves for the flight to Atlanta.
"Fine. Be safe Kara."
"You too Alex." Kara was able to slip back into the secure area without a problem. With a quick glance around the waiting area she found Maya, Allison, and Katie sitting in the back once again playing cards. Made her way back toward before sitting the open seat with her stuff under. "Sorry about that guys. Everything's fine. My sister and Carter when out and Cat is already at work. So everything's fine."
"Good. You want dealt in?" Maya asked.
"Sure. What are we playing?" Kara asked as she was handed 7 cards.
"Rummy." As the game continued the girls continued to bond. Laughing about swim meet sorties and crazy practices they've done. Out of the corner of her eye Kara saw a girl staring at them. Maya apparently noticed as well, as she was the one to point it out verbally.
"Guys. To Kara's left we've got, I'd say high school probably, swimmer." Katie and Allison carefully looked over Kara's left shoulder to see a tall short haired girl. She had on what looked to be a Sectionals swim shirt with a team jacket over it.
"Should we?" Maya asked Allison and Katie. With a nod from both she looked over at the girl and waved. The girl pointed at herself while looking around. With a nod from Maya the girls face lit up. Maya waved her to come over and the girl seemed to have her year made. "Hello." Maya said after she made her way over.
"Hi." She said with a awestruck tone.
"What's your name?" Katie asked from across the small table.
"Dani Blake."
"And what do you swim?" Allison asked as she placed her cards on the table.
"Anything and everything free, but I like distance more." Maya laughed before responding.
"Well you're speaking those twos language. Especially Kara here." She motioned over to Katie and Kara who nodded respectfully.
"So you really are swimming the 50, 100, 200, 400, and the 800? And probably a few relays?" Kara could see the light behind her eyes as Dani asked.
"Yeah. And I'm hoping to metal in all." Kara responded. Before Dani could answer an announcement was made overhead.
"Flight 263 to Indiana is now boarding."
"That's mine, but before I go can I have a picture with all of you?" With a nod Dani pulled out her phone. Her mother had followed her over and she took the phone in order to take the photo of a life time. After Dani and her mother had parted ways Kara was still left in shock.
"1st time having someone realize who you are?" With a nod Katie continued. "Yeah. It's only going to get more frequent. Wait till you come back and your face has been plastered all over the internet and news casts and papers and magazines and so much more."
"It's weird. I was getting groceries about 3 weeks after the games last time and I made in like 4 feet in and people were already lining up to take a picture."
"Flight 307 to Atlanta is now boarding." The same lady as before said over the intercom.
"That's us." Standing Katie looked at Maya and Kara. "You rookies ready?"
"Oh yeah."
"You bet it Ledecky."
"Let's do this ladies."
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Ok. I'm back. Sorry. Swim season is really picking up so it's been hard. I haven't even tried to write for my other stories but I've decided to try in the morning everyday.
Thanks,
Nugget10
