The couple worked diligently to make sure that the house would pass the inspection the state would do to finalize Charlie's adoption. Despite their lawyers promising them that they did everything right and any judge in the state would be mad to deny their petition: between their vast wealth and the familial support from Kara's family, Charlie would never want for anything. That being said, Kara and Alex had assembled the furniture, but Kara asked Lena if she could paint something on the wall of the nursery. Lena could hardly deny something so heartfelt and she knew that art allowed Kara to focus and block out the things that often overwhelmed her with her powers. While Kara did that, Lena was in the living room with Charlie playing on the floor with Elsa nearby, leaving Lena to work from home: something she never thought she would willingly agree to do long term. She had told Jess that she would be working remotely for the next few months at least and that anyone who had an issue with that would be invited to leave her company or investment teams. Kara had requested that she be allowed to use her extensive leave and then use family paid leave on top of that. Lord knows she never really took a sick day when working with Cat. These had both been granted and allowed for the couple to be having a fairly lowkey day, until Lena's phone rang.

Seeing it was the front desk she answered it, "Lena Luthor speaking."

"Morning Ms. Luthor, there is a lady down here asking to be let up to your penthouse."

"And they aren't on the list?"

"No ma'am, but she is…persistent so we figured we would call." Lena thought about who could possibly be pitching a fit downstairs and giving her staff a hard time. Kara's family is on the list, along with a few of their friends. After some time thinking, the only logical answer dawned on Lena.

"Jimmy, put me on speaker phone."

"You're on speaker phone Ms. Luthor."

"Cat Grant, why are you giving the doorman a hard time?"

"I wouldn't need to give anyone a hard time if you just allowed me entrance to your castle."

Lena smirked, "Jimmy, go ahead and show Ms. Grant up to our floor and add her to the list for the future please."

"Yes ma'am." The call disconnected and Lena thought about telling Kara, but decided she would likely come check on them soon and would be pleasantly surprised by Cat's visit. Lena looked to see what Charlie and the dog were up to and was content to leave them as Charlie was flipping through a book designed for toddlers and Elsa laid next to her watching her rather intently. Lena made it to the door just as Cat knocked on the door. As she opened the door, Lena saw Cat dramatically take her sunglasses off and tap her foot against the floor in the hallway.

"All this security seems a bit much don't you think?" Lena shook her head.

"Hardly. Kara keeps track of all the assignation attempts that we've had foiled and you'll be glad to know this is security scaled down. Small talk aside: what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"

"You can't think that you put in a request for my best assistant to take family leave as well as her PTO and not have it get back to me. I approved it of course, but I decided to see it for myself." Lena shook her head, "always searching for a story aren't you. Well, you came this far, you might as well get the inside scoop. Come on in." Lena allowed Cat to step inside before shutting and securing the door behind her.

"Kara is in the nursery working on a surprise, but I am sure she'll some out soon once she hears another voice." Before Lena could say much else Charlie started fussing and Lena heard quick steps from tiny feet coming around the couch. Charlie toddled toward the two women with Elsa two steps behind her and Lena bent down to encourage the little girl.

"What are you doing sweet girl? Huh, you are taking your doggy for a walk or is someone ready for lunch?" Charlie clapped her hands excitedly, "Charlie, Elsa lunch." Lena scooped up the little girl and tickled her tummy.

"I see, Charlie and Elsa want their lunch? Should we go feed your doggy first and then we get some lunch for you?" Charlie nodded, but by this point had noticed that a new person was there with them and she became a little shy, snuggling into Lena.

"It's ok love, this is a friend of ours. Mommy used to work for Cat. She's known Mommy a long time and has funny stories about mommy being silly." This perked the child up and she waved at Cat, who surprised Lena by waving back. Lena nodded to the child in her arms, "would you like to hold her?"

Cat seemed unsure initially, "will it upset her, being held by someone new?"

"It shouldn't and she needs to meet new people, better in our house where she knows she's safe." Lena looked to Charlie and smiled, "would you like to go say hi to Cat?"

Charlie smiled and reached out her arms, "kitty cat." The look on Cat's face made Lena laugh.

"That right love, like a kitty cat." Cat gently took the child from Lena and appeared to instantly remember everything she knew from her time raising her boys.

"Well, if I didn't know better I would say you look just like your momma. And just so we are clear, no one calls me kitty."

"Kitty, kitty, kitty." The toddler chanted it over and over again and Lena laughed as Cat made a face that told Lena she knew she had just made a mistake.

"Well congratulations Ms. Grant, you just got yourself a nickname." Cat rolled her eyes, but smiled at the child in her arms. "You my dear are only getting away with this because you are cute."

"Charlie cute." Cat smiled and Lena pointed toward the kitchen. "I should feed her and the dog if you want to join me. I'm sure Kara should be taking a break soon for the same reason." Cat followed and was curious as to why every step she took was mirrored by the dog when she would've thought the promise of food would be far more interesting.

"Any reason your mutt is following me like a shadow." Elsa barked softly before sitting just about a foot away from Cat.

"She doesn't like being called a mutt for starters, that's why she barked. And to answer your question, we haven't been able to separate the two of them since we brought Charlie home. Today is the first day she hasn't growled at someone new holding the baby. She just has to learn that other people pick up her new sister and she needs to accept that." Lena looked at the dog and was met with her usual goofy grin. Lena went over to grab the dog's food and Charlie reached for Lena to take her.

"Want to help momma feed Elsa?" Lena picked the toddler up and gently set her on the kitchen floor, handing her the scoop they use to feed Elsa. The toddler did her best to scoop the food into the bowl and to her credit she did well, but still managed to spill a good amount on the floor. Cat looked to Lena, expecting the CEO to cringe at her clean floor being covered in dog food. Instead she found Lena smiling as she took a picture of the moment. Once the dog was fed, Lena picked Charlie back up and handed her back to Cat.

"Would you mind holding her for a bit while I make lunch for her? I was going to make something for Kara and myself too, if you'd like to join us."

"If you insist." Lena smiled at Cat's half assed attempt to pretend to be brash. Cat returned to the living room with the child and soon saw Elsa appear and settle into a spot on the couch. Cat held the toddler on her lap and offered her one of the toys nearby that seemed to keep her attention.

"You really do look like Lena, which I am sure will serve you well as you grow up. I'll be honest with you since you can't say much more than simple sentences. I think your mommy is a special lady and she has a big heart. I was never a very good mom, at least not when it really counted. Point is, my kids deserved better. They deserved the kind of parents you have now. I know you lost someone, but if anyone can heal that pain it's your mommy. She and your momma, they lost a lot, too much really, and they still see so much good in this world. They are very good people and you are a lucky little girl to have them as parents. Lena is right, I have all the good stories about your mommy and when you get older I will tell you every single one. Until then, I will tell you that I love your mommy, like she is one of my kids and I like seeing her happy and I bet that being a mommy makes her happy. So I guess we both love her don't we." Charlie looked up from her toy and smiled at Cat.

"Love mommy." Cat smiled and kissed the top of the child's head. "That's right smart girl. Love mommy." Cat didn't notice that Lena could hear her conversation and Lena chose not to interrupt mostly because she never heard Cat Grant talk like that to anybody. Sure, it was widely known in their circle that she loved Kara. If Cat Grant hated you, you knew it. No employee ever lasted as long as Kara did and even Kara knew that Cat felt a pull towards her and Kara, ever searching for validation from a mother figure, seemed to gravitate towards Cat despite her cold exterior. Lena set up food for Charlie and grabbed plates for the adults.

"Cat you can bring her in here whenever, her food is ready." Cat returned to the kitchen soon after and spoke softly to the baby as she placed her in her highchair. Lena was surprised and it showed.

"What? You think I can't bond with a baby and get them strapped into a highchair? My kids may not like me very much, but they both survived infancy." Lena smiled and handed Cat a plate and just before she was about to call for Kara, the hero was walking down the hall.

"Hey babe, I am almost done in there, but I will finish it tomorrow cuz I am starving." Kara was typing something into her phone and only looked up when Charlie called, "mommy, kitty." Kara's head popped up and her confusion cleared when she saw Cat and she couldn't stop her laugh.

"I see peanut. Have we given Ms. Grant a new name while mommy was busy? I like it." Kara leaned over and kissed Charlie, before going around the island and offering Cat a gentle hug.

"Listen, do not encourage her with that name. She is only getting away with it so far because she is a child. You know better so watch it." Kara rolled her eyes and took a plate from Lena, offering a quick kiss as she did. Cat eyed them as she took a seat at the island. Normally she considered herself a bit of a cynic, but seeing Kara with Lena always made Cat secretly happy. She had known Lena for a large part of her life because Cat often crossed paths with the Luthor clan. Cat always had high hopes for Lena because she always stood out from her family as being perhaps the only one with a functioning heart so when she took up with Kara, Cat knew in her heart that Kara would be, if nothing else, loved deeply and cared for by the youngest Luthor.

"So, you two began playing house pretty quickly after getting married." Kara briefly looked at Charlie who was happily eating the food Lena had put in front of her, clearly oblivious to what the adults were saying.

"Duty called and Supergirl wasn't about to let her be sent into the system, and thankfully Lena and I agreed." Kara subtle glare at Cat surprised both Cat and Lena because, well, because Kara never was very firm with Cat Grant; it was a death wish for anyone who ever dared. That being said, when Kara worked for Cat directly she wasn't a mother and now that she was, soft spoken Kara had a momma bear edge to her that even Cat Grant didn't dare test. Lena watched as Cat smiled which was not the response Kara would be met with.

"I see. Well, it sounds like Supergirl made a wise choice and thank goodness you and Lena were ready to become a trio so soon after the wedding. I hope when she gets older she realizes how lucky she got, tragedy aside." Kara's face softened a bit and she nodded, feeling as though Cat understood her subtle warning to not push too much and just accept the situation as it was, no probing questions.

They made small talk as they ate, and it wasn't lost on Cat that in all the years she had known Kara, the young woman always hung on Cat's every word, something that Cat tried to slowly break Kara of once she was no longer her boss. She wanted Kara to speak her mind and not let people push her around. Now, however, Cat noticed that throughout the lunchtime discussions, Kara would look over to the toddler sitting between her and Lena far more than she looked at Cat. Cat assumed this was the feeling she might have felt if she had seen her first son really grow up and leave the house and she feared it would be the same proud heartbreak she would feel when Carter did the same. Her inner thoughts were interrupted when Charlie began to fuss, causing Kara to stand up and undo the highchair table.

"What are we fussing for peanut? Huh, you just ate. I bet you need to be changed huh. Let's go do that and put you in a shirt you didn't manage to spill your lunch on." The toddler reached up for Kara and giggled as Kara peppered her face in fast kisses as she lifted her up.

"I'll be right back. Let me just get her changed." Kara turned to leave the room and Charlie reached over her shoulder and called out, rather loudly, "Kitty". Kara turned around to see her wife trying not laugh and Cat doing a poor job pretending to be annoyed.

"Don't worry baby, Kitty will still be here when we come back." This settled the child who willingly allowed Kara to carry her into the master bedroom where most of her clothes still were since Kara was working on the nursery. Lena quickly put the dishes in the dishwasher and cleaned off the highchair plater before setting back up for when they had dinner later.

Cat observed all this and smirked, "for two people who have been parents for less than a week you two seem to have fallen into this relatively easy."

"Trust me it's not without its challenges. If Eliza wasn't still helping us get things settled and Alex helping Kara with furniture and safety things, I can promise you we'd be a mess right now."

"Oh I doubt that very much. You have such a sharp eye and Kara won't ever let herself be bad at anything. Plus, you both know what it's like to lose so much so young. If there is a silver lining in all of this I think we can agree that it's this little girl finding the two of you." Lena smiled and nodded.

"We are certainly very grateful for the opportunity. You seem to have softened since you left."

"Hardly."

"Really? So I didn't hear you telling my daughter about how much you love my wife, or about how if anything can soothe her pain of losing her mom its having us as mothers?"

"You were clearly hearing things. You should see a psychologist about that." Lena smiled, "I definitely should." This friendly back and forth was only interrupted when they heard Charlie crying. Lena grabbed the baby monitor and heard Kara talking to the baby, trying to soothe her.

"I can head out if Kara needs an extra set of hands. I just wanted to swing by and tell you both not to fret about the time off request." Lena shook her head and pointed to the baby monitor. "Trust me, she is fine right now. At night sometimes it takes us both, but you should do yourself a favor and listen to this." Cat sat back down and could Kara gently trying to soothe the child.

"Hey hey, why all the tears? We just ate and you are all clean and in fresh clothes that smell nice. I think maybe you are tired and are fighting it. That does not make sense silly girl, do you have any clue how great naps are? Probably not, but they are. That's ok, we can snuggle a while and see if you won't settle into a nap." Kara hummed slowly and Lena could hear her walking around the bedroom.

"Never pictured myself singing lullabies
Sitting in a rocking chair in the middle of the night
In the quiet, in the dark
You're stealing every bit of my heart with your mommy's eyes
What a sweet surprise

And now I'm holdin' what I never knew I always wanted
I couldn't see, I was blind 'til my eyes were opened
I didn't know there was a hole
Something missing in my soul 'til you filled it up
Oh, with your love."

Lena knew that Charlie had fallen asleep because the fussing had stopped. Kara hummed a little more with no words said to keep the baby asleep. She walked back into the kitchen and Lena wordlessly reached out for Kara to hand her the toddler and pointed to living room. Lena left the kitchen with Elsa hot on her tail. Kara looked back to Cat who was smirking.

"What?"

"Nothing. It's just nice to see how quickly you both created a system. Also, why was I never told you could sing so well? I know everyone talks about it, but I never heard you sing a damn word." Cat pointed to the baby monitor and Kara suddenly understood.

"Well, singing at work probably would've pissed off my boss." Kara winked at Cat who smiled.

"Probably. Well, it was worth the wait. I should get going. I just wanted you to hear from me that your time off is secure and you'll be set for quite some time."

"I figured it should last a few months at least and the family leave would give me 6 extra weeks." Cat gathered her things and shook her head.

"You have more than enough to last you for likely a year if not more."

"There is no way that's possible. I mean sure I never took much time off when I worked for you, but there is no way I have that much saved." Cat dug in her purse and handed Kara some folded papers.

"When I left I never actually left the company, just handed over the title. Which meant that I still had every single sick day and day off still sitting in my file. And we both know I never went on real vacations. They never cashed out my PTO, so I have gifted it to you. By my calculations you could stay home for at least a year if you so choose. Of course you can go back to work whenever you wish and the days you don't use will still be there should you ever need them for anything else. Might come in handy for baby number two."

Kara eyes got big and gave herself away instantly, "how on earth do you know that we are trying for a baby?"

Cat smirked, "I didn't, but I do now. Also, your wife's prenatal vitamins are sitting on the counter and I can read the label from here." Kara blushed a deep red, realizing that she sort of did this to herself, but she didn't mind Cat knowing, not really anyway.

"Well, I should get going, I don't want to disrupt nap time. Congratulations Kara, motherhood suits you well."

"You don't have to leave Ms. Grant. Charlie would be happy to see you still here after she wakes up and Eliza will be back from the store soon I'm sure and she never learned how not to cook for hungry teenagers, so you are more than welcome to join us for dinner." Cat smiled and surprised Kara by setting her bag back down on the counter.

"What the hell, sure. Only because I do not want to make your child cry because I left while she was asleep." Kara smiled and pointed to the opposite counter, "good, can I make you something drink: coffee, tea, something stronger?"

"Coffee would be fine." As Kara made coffee Cat wandered around the open layout of the kitchen and parlor. She say the locked gate leading onto the balcony, the toys neatly organized in different tubs in the room, along with a gate blocking Charlie, and Cat guessed Elsa, from getting too close to any fire the couple might have going. Returning to the kitchen, Cat watched as Kara poured some coffee into a travel mug and add a straw and before she could be confused she watched as Kara took it over to Lena, offering both her and Charlie a quick kiss. As she returned to the kitchen she handed Cat a mug and kept one for herself.

"If we are holding Charlie it's hard to drink anything so straws are our best options right now."

"You two act like she's been here all her life, it's nice to see that. Looks like my assistant turned reporter is all grown up. I like this Kara."

Kara shrugged her shoulder, "still same Kara."

"No you aren't. I didn't mean it as an insult Kara: you have always been a rather special person with a big heart. When you worked for me, you were scared of me for a while, which in retrospect is what I wanted. Everyone before you quit and everyone after you sucked outright. You would take notes, do exactly what I said, let me say some rather bitchy things to you and you almost never faltered or pushed back. I knew you were looking for praise and let's face it, I do not hand that out willingly. I had always hoped that eventually you would find your voice, stand up to people like me who pushed you around and for once ask for the things you want. Watching you now, with Lena and Charlie, this is what I wanted for you: a life where you said loudly and proudly to the world that Kara Danvers wants something, is going to work hard for it and they can either help you or get fucked." Kara stifled a laugh.

"Language." Cat waved her off and continued.

"You have been through a lot in your life Kara and I will probably always feel a little guilty for not doing more to ease that pain. Lena's been through a lot too and she didn't have the blessing of a family that loved her as she is. I watched her at social events for years and I never once saw her happy. That is, of course, until she started going to those parties with you on her arm. I'm glad you asked for the things you wanted Kara, and I am even more glad that you fought like hell for them. I mean shit, look at the result." The two of them looked into the living room and Kara couldn't help but smile as she watched Lena rub the toddler's back as she slept.

"I may not be the person to turn to for mother advise Kara, in fact you probably should never ask. That being said, I know a good mother when I see one and lucky for that little girl, I see two brilliant mothers in this house right now. I know the loss of her mother will hurt, but I also know that if there are two people alive who can keep her mother's memory alive while at the same time being her parents, it's you and Lena. Charlie and any baby you two have are lucky Kara. Like I said, motherhood looks good on you and on Lena."

"I don't know what to say to that other than thank you." Cat nodded and smiled at Kara.

"You can say that you'll try to break your daughter's habit of calling me 'Kitty'."

"Oh, not on your life. If anything, we are going to reinforce the hell out of it. I think it's rather poetic: all that time, purposefully saying my name wrong. Now here we are, and my daughter will not call you by your actual name."

Cat shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose, "dear god, I brought this on myself."

"You sure did…Kitty." Kara walked back into the bedroom to change her clothes after painting all day, leaving Cat with absolutely no response other than to quietly accept her fate as being forever referred to by Kara's children as Kitty.