In bed that night, Kara's thoughts run a mile a minute. She thinks of the kisses, how good they felt, what they might've meant. She tries to imagine what Lena was thinking, what she was feeling. She thinks of a dozen reasons why Lena might've kissed her, then of a dozen more why Lena hadn't stayed to talk about it.

The next morning she feels reluctant to talk to Eliza about what had happened. She quickly eats her breakfast, gives her mother a big hug, and flies back to National City. At home she changes into a new outfit, picks up some notes for the article she's working on, and heads to CatCo.

Upon exiting the elevator onto her office floor, she notices at once that something out of the ordinary is happening. The whole office is abuzz. People are standing around in small groups whispering in hushed tones. Kara walks over to a co-worker who's standing by himself near the windows.

"Hi Phil, what's going on?"

"You haven't heard?", he asks.

"Heard what?"

"Lena Luthor has sold CatCo."

"What?"

"There will be an official announcement later this morning, but word got out already."

"Who bought it?"

"I'm not sure."

At that moment, Kara hears all the chatter around her die away suddenly. All heads turn into the direction of the elevator. Lena has just exited. She looks poised, business-like, stunning.

Lena confidently walks towards James's office. James comes out to greet her. "Mr Olsen." There's an icy tone to her voice. Lena turns around to face her staff.

"If I could get everyone's attention," she says. "As of today, I no longer own CatCo." Despite the whole office already being aware of this news, her proclamation still causes some hushed comments to be exchanged.

Lena continues. "I wanted to come here in person to thank you for all your hard work. Your dedication in bringing important stories to the American public has been inspiring. I trust that you will keep working hard and that you will continue to tell these stories. I've been assured the new owners will be little involved in the day-to-day business of running this company and that little will change for all of you, but I'll leave it to Mr Olsen to get you up-to-speed on that. It's been an honor to work with you all and I wish you all the best."

A few people start applauding. When they realize others aren't joining in, they awkwardly stop again. James asks for everyone to listen up as Lena walks back to the elevator.

Kara quickly runs over to catch Lena before she heads back downstairs.

"Lena," she says, as she briefly touches Lena's arm to get her attention.

"Kara." Lena seems slightly flustered.

"You're selling CatCo?"

"Yes. Well, I'm not selling it. It's sold. It's done."

Kara gives her a wary look.

"It's been in the works for weeks."

"Is it because of me?", Kara asks apprehensively.

Lena glares daggers at her.

"Don't flatter yourself," she says. "My mother was right. I'm wasting my time here when I could be building the technologies that could save millions of lives and change all of our futures."

Lena looks at Kara for a moment and then adds, "Although not having to spend my days working with people I can no longer trust did make the decision easier."

Kara feels like she just got punched in the stomach.

"Now, if you'll excuse me. I've got another company to run."

With that, Lena steps into the elevator and heads down.

Reeling from their conversation, Kara slowly walks over to her desk. She slumps down into her chair. She gazes at her screen. It now seems to her that their time together in Midvale had lulled her into a sense of false security. She had believed they had started to rebuild their friendship. For a moment, she had even allowed herself to dream they might become more than friends. She had believed Lena understood why she hadn't been able to tell her she was Supergirl. Lena had made an effort with her. They had even had a good time. Hadn't they? Kara wracks her brain. What had she missed?

Or was it being here at CatCo that unnerved Lena, that brought about this cold demeanor? Was it the memory of all the lies told in this place? Of Kara missing meetings because she was "interviewing" someone and no one knew where she was. Of James covering for Kara.

All of a sudden Kara isn't so sure this friendship will ever get back on track. She's no longer so confident it will survive. It breaks Kara's heart.


The next day, Kara tries to call Lena a few times. She's starting to grow increasingly worried that if Lena's left on her own to make sense of what happened, both the betrayal and the kiss, the rift between them will soon become insurmountable. When by late afternoon Lena has neither answered any of her calls nor called back, Kara decides to head over to L Corp. When Lena's new secretary sees her, she says apologetically, "Ms Luthor is not receiving any visitors today."

"That's okay," Kara says, as she opens the door to Lena's office and walks in.

Lena is behind her desk looking over what look like some pretty complicated blueprints.

When she looks up, Kara can tell at once she's not happy to see her. Her eyes are cold; she doesn't get up.

"Kara, when I don't pick up the phone when you call, that's a pretty good sign I don't want to talk to you," Lena says curtly.

"Lena, please. I know you're angry and hurt. I get that. I really do. But I don't want to lose you. And I had hoped after our time in Midvale …."

"That everything would be sunshine and rainbows?"

"No of course not. But that we could start to rebuild our friendship."

Lena looks annoyed.

"And I wanted to talk to you about that kiss."

Lena looks even more annoyed.

"Please Lena," Kara pleads. "We don't have to talk about that, but please don't cut me out."

Lena gets up and walks over to the table where she keeps her whiskeys and water. She pours herself a glass of water. When she turns around she gives Kara a dark look and says, "You want to talk?"

She takes a few steps closer to Kara. Her voice sounds icy and almost threatening when she says, "You betrayed me, Kara. I trusted you and you betrayed me. I loved you and you betrayed me. You turned me into a fool and lied to me every day. I don't know whether I'll ever be able to trust anyone again. And I hate you for that."

Kara wishes she hadn't come. Coming here was clearly a mistake.

"There, we're talking. Happy?", Lena snaps.

Kara feels herself welling up. This is too much.

Lena looks at her and her gaze softens. She's quiet for a moment and then says, "You've forced me to find out who I am without my friends. When I'm alone. Do you have any idea how much that scares me?"

"Lena, you're not alone," Kara says.

Lena glares at her. Her face hardens again. She snaps herself out of this moment of unwelcome vulnerability.

She looks at Kara and hisses, "And you want to talk about that kiss?"

Kara is pretty sure she doesn't anymore. She braces herself for what's to come.

"Last night I realized I've probably been in love with you for a long time. I didn't want to admit it to myself, because I didn't think you felt the same. And then last night, when it turned out you might, in fact, feel the same and I had stopped thinking about your betrayal and you had drawn me into this world where people are good and families are loving and wounds get patched up and things work out, it felt amazing to kiss you."

Lena's quiet for a moment. Then her eyes darken. "But how can any of that be real now?", she scoffs. "How can we have any kind of relationship if I can't trust you?"

Kara wipes away a tear. "Okay," she says. Realizing her voice is almost inaudible she speaks up. "I hear everything you're saying. I really do."

She's quiet for a moment and then adds just a tad defiantly, "Just know that I'm not giving up on you. I'm not giving up on us."

Kara can tell Lena is ready to fling some more home truths her way, but then for some reason thinks better of it.

"I think you'd better leave," she says instead.

Kara nods slowly. She looks at Lena for a moment, at all the hurt, anger, and pain in her eyes. "I love you and I'm so sorry," she says softly. A lone tear rolls down Lena's cheek. She quickly wipes it away, turns around, and walks back to her desk. With a heavy heart, Kara quietly leaves Lena's office.