Kara hangs back so that Clark can do his job, but she takes a few notes on Lena's speech, just in case Snapper will agree to run the story. She focuses intently on Lena and her child, maybe too intently because at one point, Lena looks directly at her. She hears the sharp intake of breath, but Lena's face doesn't register any emotion, in fact the woman just continues with her speech, taking care not to look Kara's direction again.
The speech ends and Kara watches Lena work the room for a few minutes before a young woman approaches her and takes the baby. Kara looks away and spots Kal-El talking to the hospital spokesperson and the chairman of the board. She wanders over to the wall of windows and gazes out over the landscape.
"Kara Danvers, you are literally the last person whom I expected to see today," Lena confesses as she approaches the blonde.
"Lena," Kara replies nervously, her hand going right up to adjust her glasses. "I- uh, well I just happened to be visiting my cousin this weekend. I had no idea that you were... that you, um, had a baby. And wow, you look really, really happy," she stammers trying to get her thoughts together.
"You just happened to be visiting your cousin this weekend?" Lena asks incredulously. "You're not here on assignment?"
"Uh, no I, well Cat and I, arrived last night. She has meetings this week and I tagged along to visit my cousin, Clark. But he told me about you and the baby and I just wanted to see you. I didn't mean to intrude, I thought it would be okay since this was a public event," Kara rambles worriedly.
"Kara, it's fine," Lena says laying a hand on her arm. "You are here with Cat, Cat Grant? So the rumors are true, you really are involved with her?"
Kara flushes shyly, "Yeah, Cat is everything to me know," she confesses. "I was so lost after the invasion. First it took almost two weeks for me to recover from having to fight Kal-El and then Rhea. My apartment building was completely destroyed and I lost you and Mon-El..." she admits before her voice begins to betray her emotions.
Lena, also affected by the memories pauses too and then clears her throat softly. "I'm sorry, I didn't know," the brunette confesses. Which is true, she didn't know most of that until much later and by then, there was no way for her to reach out to the hero. "What happened to Mon-El?" She asks, despite everything that happened, she really hadn't thought much about him after she was rescued.
Kara closes her eyes briefly before she lets her mind go back to it.
"He was hurt in the fight and Kal-El and Alex used the portal to put him in stasis in the phantom zone," Kara explains quickly. "It was the only way to save him, until they can figure out how to reverse the damage he suffered."
"Oh my god, Kara I didn't know," Lena gasps and covers her mouth in shock. And although Kara seems genuinely torn up over it, Lena can't help but wonder how she went from morning him to being with Cat Grant. But Lena knows that this isn't the time or place for this conversation, she is about to propose that they meet privately when a voice calls out her name.
"Lena, there you are! Hey is there any chance that we can talk, I have a few follow up questions," Clark says approaching the two women before realizing that he is interrupting something.
"Okay, sure. Let me check on Andrea and I'll meet you in the conference room off the left," Lena says pointing towards the room. "Excuse me Kara," she says unsure of what else to say or do after what the two of them just shared.
Lena strides across the room quickly to check in on her daughter.
"How is she doing?" Lena asks when she enters the room set aside for her today.
"She has eaten everything that we brought for her. I think that I should take her home before she's hungry again," the nanny exclaims.
"Here let me take her, you call and have the car brought around, I have a few minutes before I have to go back out," Lena admits as she takes the child into her arms.
The nanny does as she's told and then takes the child back. She still doesn't understand why the lady hired her to take care of the baby. She seems to be a natural mother and humans don't usually ask for alien nannies.
"Well, how did it go?" Cat asks when Kara and Clark are seated at the restaurant and they've greeted both her and Lois.
"It went great," Clark answers quickly for both of them.
Cat ignores Clark and waits for Kara to respond.
"She saw me and came over, we talked briefly," Kara says softly maintaining eye contact with Cat.
"I see and do you have plans to talk again?" Cat asks holding her gaze.
"No, not really. But I am going to call her later and see if she will agree to lunch," Kara answers.
The waiter appears and takes their drink orders. Soft drinks for Kara and Clark and wine for Lois and Cat.
"And what have you ladies been up to?" Clark asks kind of surprised when Lois informed him that she was heading over to the hotel to meet with Cat before lunch.
"Just catching up, it's been a long time since Kitty and I had some time together for girl talk," Lois says reaching for her wine glass.
"It would seem that we now have more in common than ever," Cat jokes and holds up her glass for Lois to clink.
Lena stands over the crib watching her daughter sleep. Her earlier conversation with Kara still fresh in her mind. She has to admit that she misses her and seeing her today brought back just how much. But now standing here looking at the peacefully sleeping child, Lena reminds herself that she can't just resume her friendship with Kara. There will be too many questions, questions that Lena knows she can't answer honestly. How ironic it is that now, she is the one with all the secrets.
"Kara, are you sure that you're okay?" Cat asks once they are back in their hotel room.
"Yeah, but seeing Lena reminded me of everything. I think that I'm just feeling a bit sad," Kara admits sitting down on the bed.
"I think that is understandable," Cat replies, before sitting down beside her.
"Look, I don't want this to affect our night, maybe we could go for a walk or better yet, go to the botanical garden," Kara suggests slipping an arm around the other woman.
"Yes darling, of course, but I must warn you that there was a photographer out front when Lois and I left for the restaurant. He didn't recognize me, because I think he was looking for us together. But still we could be besieged at any time," Cat points out.
"I hate those guys, why do they have to follow us all the time?" Kara groans before falling back on the bed dramatically.
"I have an idea, one that will let you get sun and fresh air, but without the photographers," Cat says laying back and propping herself up on her elbow. "This suite has an infinity pool surrounded by a private sun deck, why don't we stay here and relax. We can go to the botanical garden tomorrow," Cat suggests laying a hand on Kara's stomach.
"You hate hotel pools," Kara retorts, because Cat's distaste for hotel pools is well documented.
"Yes, yes I do, but I know that you enjoy them. Which is why I requested that this pool be cleaned and sanitized prior to our arrival. I even had them check the water for me this morning to make sure," Cat replies.
"Staying here sounds great," Kara says leaning over and kissing her. "Did you bring that one suit that I really like or is it still at the beach house?" She asks shyly.
"It's a private pool darling, we don't need suits," Cat murmurs against her lips before deepening the kiss.
