Chapter 10

Kara and Cat look at each other for a while before Cat began to speak.

"We should do this in my office. That way we can talk with no interruptions."

The two women walk up the stairs and head to the other side of the house where Cat's office was, away from all of the other bedrooms. It was at the end of the second hallway upstairs. The older and younger woman walk into the office and Cat closes the door behind them.

"Before we start, can I hug you? I'm scared that I won't get to after we're done talking and we slept apart for the first time last night since I've moved in and I just really need a hug." Kara says in a shaky voice with tears in her eyes.

Cat, no matter how mad and hurt she still is, gives Kara a sympathetic look and begins walking closer to the younger woman and whispers "Come here" before wrapping her arms around her shoulders and pulling the young blonde close, allowing Kara to wrap her arms around her middle. Kara hugged the love of her life as close as possible while tucking her head into Cat's neck and placing a small kiss on the exposed skin. After a few long moments, she reluctantly pulled away.

"Thank you for that." Kara says as she sits down on the burgundy colored couch. Cat's office at home was drastically different than her office at CatCo. Her work office was all very light colors while her home office had a very deep color scheme.

"No need to thank me." Cat says as she sits down next to the other woman.

"I'm sorry." Kara blurts out." I swear on Rao that I didn't mean what I said. I was hurt and so mad at the situation and I took that anger out on you instead of talking to you. And I know how wrong I was when I bought Adam and Carter into our argument. You know how much I love Carter and Adam is so great. I'm just so sorry."

"That's the thing, Kara. How do I know that you won't react like that every time there's a problem and you get mad? Even if it wasn't intentional, I never want you to be hurt like that again but what if something else like this does occur? You'll probably just lash out again. You were hurt so you decided to hurt me back. Two wrongs don't make a right." Cat says while looking at the emotions flicker across her girlfriend's face. "Let's say that James kisses you tomorrow at work and I walk in during the kiss. You didn't initiate it at all or send any kind of signal that you wanted him to kiss you. Would you want me to scream and fire the both of you out of spite and never give you a chance to explain what happened, or do you at least want me to let you tell your side of the story?" Cat asks already knowing the answer.

The hypothetical situation makes Kara feel even worse because she knows that Cat is aware of the crush that she had on James when he first started at CatCo. She knows that she would want the older blonde to let her explain what exactly happened and Kara knows that's exactly what she didn't let Cat do.

"Please tell me how to fix this? I will do anything, but we just have to get past this."

Before Cat could open her mouth to respond, there was a knock on her on her office door. "Mom, Adam and his dad are here." Carter says loud enough of them to hear him.

"Thanks honey. I'll be right there." Cat says back to her son. She looks over and sees a look of anger on Kara's face after hearing that Nathan is here. "I guess we'll finish this later." She says as she pats her girlfriend on the knee before standing up and walking to the door.

"I love you, Cat." Kara says softly.

Cat turns around and walks back to Kara bends down and looks her in the eyes. "I love you too. Always." She gives Kara a small smile before standing up straight and continues walking out of her office. When the older woman steps into her hallway, she hears voices downstairs arguing, specifically men voices. The older woman jogs down her two hallways to her stairs. When she got halfway down the stairs, she was able to witness Carter's dad, Jamison, punch Nathan in the face. The latter fell to the ground at the force of the punch. He wiped the some of the blood from his mouth but made no move to retaliate against Jamison.

"What the hell is going on?" Cat screams looking at the four males in her living room.

The loudness and the tone of her voice freeze all of them men in the living room.

"Carter, go upstairs." Cat says to her youngest son who is standing next to Adam. She looked at her son, thinking that she was see him looking frightened after seeing violence up close for the first time but instead there was a look of excitement on his face. The thirteen year old walked past Nathan, who was making his way off of the floor, and turned to his Dad.

"I've never seen anyone get punched before Dad. That was awesome."

Jamison chuckles and pats his son of the shoulder. "Go upstairs, Carter."

Carter walks up the stairs and stops once he reaches his mom. "I know that violence is never the answer but he deserved it, Mom." He says as his voice gets low and his face gets very serious. He continues to walk up the stairs not waiting on his mother to respond, passing Kara on the way up, who is coming down to see what app the commotion is about.

"Anybody want to tell me why the hell you two grown men are acting like fucking children?" Cat says walking closer to the men to falter noticeably at her voice and the look in her eyes. If Cat Grant was nothing else, she was terrifying when she was mad. Jamison and Nathan already knew this. Adam was now learning. He heard things but never experienced it first-hand. "What are you even doing here Jamison?" She asks suddenly confused on why he's even in her house.

"Carter left his sweater in my car and I knew he would need it for school, so I came to drop it off to him. And when I got here, this son of a bitch was talking bad about your relationship with Kara, so I decked him." Jamison explains to his ex-wife.

Cat feels her anger dissolve slightly knowing that her ex husband was not only defending her honor but also Kara's.

"Nathan, can I speak to you in the kitchen please?" Cat asks. She has to figure out what his problem is right now. Nathan nods before he starts to head into the kitchen. Kara grabs Cat's arm before she can follow him.

"Do you want me to come with you?" She asks worried about leaving the two of them alone.

"No, I'll be okay, darling. I'll keep my distance from his mouth." Cat says with a small smirk before heading into the kitchen. When she gets there, Nathan is leaning up against her counter holding his mouth.

"Can I have an ice pack or something?" He asks wincing a bit.

"You don't deserve one." Cat says in a cold tone. "What is it, Nathan? Why do you have such a problem with Kara and I being together? Is it because she's a woman? You've never been homophobic, at least not that I remember. Why are you so upset?" She shouts at him.

"I still love you. Are you happy? I said it. And I had no idea I still did until I saw you for the first time in almost 27 damn years. How sad is that?"

"Nathan." Cat says softly. "You don't love me. You were never in love with me. We barely knew each other when I got pregnant. Of course, you will always have a special place in my heart. I got my oldest son out of the time we had together. And I think that's how you feel about me. We never got the chance to be parents to him at the same time. I think that seeing each other for the first time after so long brought up old feelings for you."

Nathan looks at Cat for a few long moments. "I guess you're right."

"I always am." She replies smugly as she walks over to her freezer. She grabs an ice pack and holds it out for him to take.

Nathan laughs at her infamous Grant arrogance that she's always had. "I'm sorry, Cat. For being a total jackass the whole time I've been here." He says apologetically as he presses the ice pack up to his bloody and now swollen mouth.

"I just needed to know what was wrong. You're not a bad guy, Nathan. You never have been. And that's saying a lot coming from the woman who had her child taken away by you and we both know that." Cat says while rubbing her ex's shoulder with her hand.

"I'm sorry, Cat. And I'm really sorry about kissing you, also. I really hope I didn't screw up things with you and Kara, truly."

Cat grimaces a bit. "It caused problems between us but it wasn't just the kiss more than it was her reaction to everything after the kiss."

"Shit. Do you want me to talk to her?" Nathan asks his ex.

"It won't help and besides this is just something that she and I have to deal with. Plus, she might punch you, too. She's a lot stronger than she looks." Cat laughs at herself. If only he knew.

"She has a right to hit me. Are we okay, Kit Cat?" Nathan asks while looking into her hazel eyes.

This time, Cat doesn't even let the nickname bother her. "We're okay, Nate." She says knowing how much he hates his name being shortened. The woman walks closer to him and pulls him in for a hug. She really didn't care in that moment if Kara was using her x-ray vision to see them. He needed this hug as a way to sort of say goodbye to the past. Cat knew that she should be pissed off at him for the damage he had done in the last two days but he never truly had closure when he left and took their son with him. She didn't either, but she forced herself to get over it.

"We should probably get back in there, huh?"

"We probably should." Cat sighs.

The pair makes their way back into the living room. Adam is sitting in an armchair while Kara and Jamison are sitting on opposite sides of the couch, all three of them looking very deep in thought.

"Is everyone okay?" Cat asks her voice as her voice startles the trio out of their trances.

"Yeah, are you two okay?" Adam asks as he stands up after seeing his parents back in the living room.

"We're fine." Nathan says while looking at his son.

"I should probably get going." Jamison stands up flexing his hand that he hit Nathan with and looks over at him. "I can't apologize for hitting you, man because I'm not sorry."

"It's fine. Like you said, I deserved it." Nathan says holding out his hand for Jamison to shake which he does.

"Oh, look the testosterone match is finally over." Cat says sarcastically.

Cat's ex husband turns to his son's brother and holds out his hand. "It was nice to meet you, Adam, given the circumstances."

"Back at you." Adam says while shaking the hand.

"I'll walk you out, Jamison. Behave yourselves, guys. Adam, play referee if you have to." Cat jokes while walking out of her front door. The divorced couple reaches Jamison's car before Cat starts to speak.

"Thank you for defending me and Kara. It means more to me than you know."

"No need to thank me. Besides I've wanted to deck him for a long time, Cat."

"Why?" Cat asks truly confused.

"He put you through so much pain when he took your son. I remember how many nights you cried about that because you felt so guilty, Cat. You never deserved that." Jamison says in a truthful tone.

Cat tears up at these words.

"And just because we didn't work out, does not mean I don't want you to be happy. I see how much you and Kara love each other. And I really like her. She's great and she loves you and Carter. I wasn't going to let anyone trash you relationship."

"You're the best ex husband a girl could ask for Jamison." Cat says as she wraps her arms around her ex husband. "Thank you."

Jamison lifts her off of the ground during the hug and Cat squeals in his ear as she feels her feet leave the ground. He puts her down before he starts talking again.

"No, thank you, Cat. For letting me back into Carter's life after being out for so long. You didn't have to do that. I hate that I missed out on so many years with him. He's amazing."

"That he is. And you're welcome." Cat says pulling away.

Jamison places a quick kiss on his ex wife's forehead. "When do you go in for your test about your cancer?" He asks concerned.

"I go and take it in about two or three weeks."

"Okay. Let me know if you need me to watch our son on that day." He says walking over to the driver's side of the car.

"Will do, Jamison. I'll see you later." Cat says giving him a wave before turning around and going back into her house. When she steps into her house, she sees Adam and Nathan getting ready to leave.

"We're on our way out, but you and I should get lunch soon. I want to spend time with you before I leave." Adam says walking over to Cat and going in for a hug.

The older woman instantly melts on the spots and returns the hug. "I would love that."

Five minutes later, Cat and Kara are finally alone again.

"Are you okay?" Kara asks the older woman.

"I'm alright. I just had no idea I would have such sentimental moments with my exes today, or ever." Cat says in a sarcastic tone. "All this emotional crap has drained me."

"Should we finish our conversation from earlier if you're not too emotionally damaged from today?" Kara asks in a half serious and half joking tone.

"Do you want to?" Cat counters

"I think we should. I can't wait any longer wondering about the future of our relationship."

"Okay."

A/N: Next chapter will be the big conversation. Please read and review, guys