Eighteen
Lena sat on the balcony, sipping her champagne and just enjoying the view of National City at night.
She thought of Supergirl saving that poor family in the RV and all the good she'd put into such a troubled world.
Lena smiled down into her glass and thought about how lucky she was; with Kara, everything felt right, like all her puzzle pieces were connecting seamlessly. She knew she could never feel like that with anyone else, not Jack, not James, no one...only Kara.
A flash of red caught her eye and she stood, putting her glass down as Supergirl came flying towards her.
"That was quick." Lena said, stepping close to the balcony railing.
Supergirl hovered just above it, smiling down at Lena.
"Yep. Another disaster avoided."
Lena smiled warmly at her.
"That's my girl." She said softly and there was a shyness to her voice that made Supergirl lower herself so she was level with the balcony. She smiled into Lena's eyes and kissed her deeply.
Lena blushed when Supergirl pulled back.
"I thought maybe calling you my girl was a little forward." Lena said.
"I liked it because...well I am."
Lena raised an eyebrow, a look of amusement on her face.
"You are what?"
"Yours."
Lena's heart felt like it grew a size or five and a warm feeling threatened to have her turning to mush.
She couldn't have that.
Grabbing Supergirl's wrist, Lena pulled her onto the balcony with her.
"I think it's time we retire for the evening, don't you think?"
Supergirl grinned.
"I think that would be a very good idea."
...
The next morning Kara woke to find Lena sitting in the lounge.
She had the TV on and she was staring it, biting her thumb nail.
Kara came into the room, wrapped in one of Lena's bath robes.
"Hey, what are you doing out here? Come back to bed." Kara said, giving Lena the sweetest smile she could.
Lena got to her feet and walked over to Kara, taking her hand and guiding her over to the couch.
Sitting her down, Lena looked into Kara's innocent blue eyes.
"We have a serious problem."
Kara frowned.
"What is it?" She asked, panic rising to the surface and she gripped Lena's shoulders, looking her over quickly.
"Are you okay?"
Lena shook her head.
"It's nothing like that but Kara...I just received this."
Lena held up her phone and Kara squinted, looking at the picture which was a little blurry but she could make out exactly what it was.
It was a picture of her as Supergirl last night... kissing Lena.
Kara eyes widened.
"How did they get that and who took it?"
Lena shrugged.
"My assistant said it's all over the internet, she sent it late last night to warn me before the story broke but before I could do anything, the picture popped up everywhere...I'm so sorry, Kara."
Kara stroked Lena's hair as the Luthor rested her head in Kara's lap.
"It's okay, Lena. We'll fix this and besides, we wanted everyone to know we're dating." Kara said, offering her a small smile.
Lena sat up, frowning at Kara.
"Yes, I wanted everyone to know I was dating Kara. Now they think I'm dating Supergirl."
Kara blinked.
"You are."
Lena stood.
"I know but the people can't know that you're Supergirl and Kara Danvers. If they see me with you, they'll put two and two together and come to the realisation of who you really are. Can you now see what a problem this is?"
Kara hadn't thought of that and her smile dropped.
"Oh..."
Lena nodded.
"Yeah 'Oh'."
She collapsed back onto the couch next to Kara.
"What are we going to do?"
Kara's brow furrowed as she tried to think.
"Maybe...maybe Kara Danvers should disappear for a while."
Lena looked at her.
"What?"
"Maybe I should just be Supergirl for a while." Kara said with a slight shrug.
"But what are we going to tell them? Are we dating? Is it a fling?"
Kara gave Lena a look.
"I don't think Supergirl is the type to have-have a...a fling."
Lena nodded.
"True. She does stand for everything that is good and pure. Fling would definitely not fall into that category."
Lena straightened.
"For now, we play it by ear; anytime we're asked a question, we answer with 'no comment'."
Kara nodded.
"Good plan, but...do I stay as Supergirl or still walk about as Kara Danvers?"
"I'd say we continue as we are. I am your friend as Kara Danvers but I am...something more to Supergirl. We'll just have to watch how we act around one another for a little while."
Kara nodded but obviously both women didn't like the idea that they would have to keep their feelings and actions in check.
But it wouldn't be forever, it was only until they found a way to sort this.
Lena went to work like normal that day and was immediately confronted by quite a few reporters who had been lurking outside her office waiting for her to show up.
They came at her with their mics and cameras, tape recorders; asking her questions about her relationship with Supergirl.
"No comment." Was all Lena kept saying, over and over again until she was safely locked away in her office.
The morning paper was on her desk and sure enough, herself and Supergirl were front page news.
The blurry image of them was plastered on the front and the caption read;
'A Super And A Luthor?'
Lena groaned and sat down heavily in her chair.
Her assistant came through the door.
"Ms Luthor, you have a call on the other line. They're quite insistent."
Lena glared at the phone on her desk.
"The press." She muttered.
Her assistant nodded.
Lena waved her hand dismissively.
"Tell them no comment."
She nodded and left Lena's office.
Supergirl was facing the same scrutiny; she couldn't even stop a simple house fire without being questioned about her relationship with Lena Luthor.
She had been advised to stay at the DEO until this blew over but a story this big? It wouldn't blow over quickly.
Supergirl flew high above the city and just hovered there.
Alex had her own relationship with Kelly which she was fully committed to, the DEO wasn't exactly a good place to sit and think with everything going on. James was just...well, being James and she didn't really want to talk to him about his ex and herself, even though of course he must know what was going on with the two of them.
For the first time in a long time, despite having Lena in her life, Kara felt a little alone.
She waited for everyone at Catco to go home and only when all the lights were out, did she fly down to the balcony and sit there.
She felt safe here and she didn't know why.
Maybe it was because she'd worked there for so long that it felt like a kind of home to her, next to her own, as she couldn't really call the DEO a home, it felt more like a lab and it was too military for her anyway.
Kara sighed as she sat on Catco's balcony, her cape flying around her as she sat on the wall, feet dangling off the edge.
She could really do with some advice right now, someone who knew what this felt like; to have your private life splashed across the papers and what to do about it.
Kara sighed and looked down at the street below; all she wanted to was to be with Lena and have people know that they were together but she hadn't realised the implications this might have in regards to her life as Supergirl.
It would have been better if whoever had photographed them had caught her as Kara Danvers but as Supergirl? It just made things more complicated.
Kara looked up at the moon as it hung a crescent shape up in the starry sky.
She felt utterly lost and helpless.
Suddenly, a light came on that lit up the balcony and Kara prepared to fly away, the last thing she needed was another person asking her about her relationship with Lena, even if it was just a cleaner, they'd still want to know, it seemed like all of National City wanted to know, but before Kara could move an inch, a voice came from behind her;
"I wouldn't have pegged you as a lesbian."
Kara turned and her eyes widened.
Standing behind her was Cat Grant.
It was like her silent prayers had been answered.
Author's Note: I love and miss Cat, so yeah, I brought her back :)