Lena hands Kara a glass of water, the ice cubes clinking against the sides as it changes hands.
"So, what have you got for me this time, Ms Luthor? Time travelling device or a pill that can cure every disease in the world?" Kara smiles up at Lena from the white couch in her office and takes a sip from the glass before placing it down on the table opposite Lena's own drink.
Lena hesitates briefly. "Well, I believe that you have far too much faith in me if you believe that would be truly possible because my designs for a time travel device couldn't get us to yesterday afternoon let alone far enough back to see the dinosaurs in action."
"So you have tried to design one?" Kara's ears perk up and her eyes glisten with excitement at the prospect.
Lena tilts her head to the side for a second, her lips pinched to try and stop herself from smiling. "I may have had a few ideas back in the day, it's a shame none of them panned out though."
A devilish look comes across Kara's face, giving Lena a chance to prepare herself for whatever teasing quip is about to fall from her lips. "Can I see the blueprints? I want to see the groundwork for the world's most spectacular invention."
"Yeah – that's a no from me. Some things get lost in my filing cabinets on purpose." Lena grimaces at the thought of some of her more…imaginative…creations.
Kara senses that Lena is ready to move on and doesn't want to upset her favourite CEO of a fortune 500 company, so she transitions back into her reason for being here. "So, did you have something in mind to show me when you called me this morning?"
"Well, I have two things, an option for you really." Her hands are sat on her lap, fingers intertwined to stop them from fidgeting and picking at her cuticles.
"Ok, that's great, but I can't promise that won't end in me writing multiple articles about you because everything you show me ends up being incredible." Kara reaches into her bag, digging around for her notepad and pen, ready to kick into full fledged reporter mode.
Lena outwardly struggles to get words out, her mouth opening and then closing again a second later as she tries to find a place to start. "One option is that I tell you all about my newest venture down in the labs and the other is a request of sorts."
Kara was just about to start writing something down but upon hearing what Lena is saying, her pen pauses just above the paper and her focus shifts to the woman sat opposite her. "A request?"
"I- Yes." Lena clears her throat, gathering her courage. "A request for you to put the notepad down and have lunch with me sometime, or maybe dinner."
Kara's mind freezes, comprehending what Lena is asking but not quite believing that it's actually happening. "You…me…dinner?"
"Yes, I was hoping that perhaps you would be interested in going out sometime, on a date, that is." Lena holds her breath after speaking, waiting for a response.
Kara flounders, completely unprepared and trying to fix her malfunctioning brain before Lena asphyxiates. "Are you being serious?"
"I am. Of course you are free to decline, and we can pretend that this never happened though, if you would prefer it that way. I will happily work with you for interviews and such if you say no, there's no pressure here, Kara." Despite the sentiment of her statement, Lena's eyes are pleading with Kara, begging her from the very depths of her soul not to break her heart.
Kara doesn't think she has the ability to say no to those eyes. "I don't have to be back at the office for another three hours, do you fancy trying that new place down by the park, maybe go for a walk after if we have time?"
The apprehensive expression Lena was wearing disappears the instant Kara answers her. "And here I was thinking that I was asking you out."
"Well, you got lost in a ramble, which is meant to be my job, so someone had to do the dirty work and come up with a plan." Kara teases, dazzling grin aimed at the brunette.
"Good job you're here to pick up the slack then, huh?"
"It is, now come on and finish your drink and we can get going." Kara grabs her own glass and guzzles down the cool water, her throat bobbing with each swallow.
Lena follows her lead with a quick, "yes, ma'am" then stands, already half way across the office so she can grab her coat and her purse. "I am ready to go."
Kara meets her by the door, arm held outwards in offering. Lena takes it, falling in stride with the hot blonde that she has somehow convinced to go out on a date with her.
"You know, I was expecting that if you said yes, we would maybe be going out sometime next week, not immediately." Lena keeps her grip loose, nerves already pooling in her chest because Kara is throwing her so far out of her comfort zone that she can barely even see it on the horizon.
Kara actually snorts a little as she laughs at Lena and then has the cutest little blush afterwards because she knows that Lena heard it. "You got something better to do?"
Lena backtracks right away, holding her spare hand up in surrender. "Nope, nope. It was just an observation."
"Well, you could always show me those blueprints if you aren't feeling up to it." Kara playfully wiggles her eyebrows, showing that she's just joking, putting Lena at ease ever so slightly.
Together they step into the elevator, ready to head on down. "Well, I guess that since we're officially going on a date that it would be unprofessional for you to be my go to reporter from CatCo, so it will be one of your colleagues to see them if I ever decide to share."
Kara's mouth hangs open in shock. "I've made a terrible mistake."
Just as Lena is about to retort the elevator comes to a screeching halt, the lights flickering off before the emergency light turns on, a faint green glow lighting up the tiny box.
Kara clings to the railing even though they aren't moving while Lena heads for the control panel and tries the 'open door' button, which doesn't work, before trying the alarm.
They don't get a response right away, but they do get patched through to security a few moments later.
"This is Lena Luthor, me and a guest are trapped in the elevator, we're requiring assistance."
The speaker buzzes with static before the voice of a guard blares through. "My apologies, Ms Luthor. The elevator has gone into lockdown mode, along with the entire building as a bomb threat was made so we will not be able to get you guys out of there until the building has been cleared by the appropriate authorities."
"Right…ok. Just please have a team on standby to get us out as soon as you can."
"Will do, Ms Luthor."
Lena heaves out a deep sigh and lets her forehead rest against the cool metal of the elevator wall. "Sorry, Kara. I guess we will be rescheduling our date after all." She turns to look at Kara and scrunches her eyebrows when she sees that Kara is leaning back into the railing, arms at her sides with a tight grip on the bars, and her eyes scrunched shut.
"Yep, I heard. By the way, have I ever mentioned that I get a teensy bit claustrophobic?" Kara keeps her eyes closed, focusing on resisting the urge to just break her way out of the little death box with her superstrength, she isn't the kind of gal to give away all of her secrets on the first date and being Supergirl is one hell of a secret.
Lena instantly rushes to her side, only pausing when she's right beside her, unsure if she should touch her or give her space. "What can I do?"
"Try and distract me from the fact we are trapped in here – and maybe hold my hand."
Kara's directed to take a seat on the floor, they may as well sit down since they are probably going to be stuck in here for a while and her hand is engulfed in Lena's own. "Tell me what you were planning to order for lunch."
"The biggest burger they have on the menu. I like to pick something that I can't eat in a dignified way on the first date so I can weed out the ones with weak stomachs early because you are gonna be exposed to some sights if you're dating me." Kara laughs at her own joke.
Lena just rolls her eyes, watching Kara closely. "Well, I happen to have a very strong stomach and I've also already seen you eat almost an entire box of doughnuts by yourself when you brought them along to the last interview right after lunch, so everybody had already eaten. I have been meaning to ask if you did that on purpose though?"
"Of course I did that on purpose, like I was just going to hand out a full box of doughnuts without a plan to take at least half for myself, I'm on a budget and no way could I afford lunch on top of buying that box." Kara opens her eyes, trying and failing to calm her rapidly beating heart even with the light hearted conversation there to distract her.
Lena watches Kara's eyes dart around the small space. "Are you ok?"
"How do you feel about aliens punching holes in your buildings?" Kara asks, not at all bothered by the taken aback expression she receives.
"I would prefer that nobody punched holes in my buildings, why were you planning on calling Supergirl to come and rescue us? I've seen that you've worked with her before through some of your articles."
"Something like that."
Lena leans closer to Kara when the blonde pulls her knees up to her chest, eyes rapidly flicking to each wall, searching for a way out that Lena just can't provide. "Tell me what you meant, maybe it will take your mind off it."
Kara's breaths stutter, and she begins to shake as the panic overtakes her. "If I tell you that, you would be following up our date with another date but this time with a pile of NDAs."
"Sounds worth it to me." Lena wraps an arms over Kara's shoulder and uses the hand to try and push Kara's head onto her shoulder, but it doesn't move even an inch when her palm presses to the side of her head since Kara has gone completely stiff.
Kara slips her hand out of Lena's and brings them both up to her chest, unbuttoning her shirt button by button so she doesn't have to waste time by sewing them back on later.
"Kara, now is not really the time to be undressing."
Lena's mouth drops open when the familiar crest comes into view. "Oh fuck."
The curse is enough to shock Kara out of her panic filled trance. "Surprisingly, that's not the worst reaction I've ever had."
"We're you really expecting me to let you bust a hole in my elevator to let you out?" Lena asks, incredulous.
Kara shrugs, relaxing a little bit. Somehow telling such a big secret to Lena is helping her to relax instead of being all encompassed by her overwhelming claustrophobia. "It seemed like it was worth a try."
"In your dreams."
"Lena?"
Lena smiles at Kara, amused more than worried now that Kara doesn't seem to be having such a hard time. "I'm not letting you cause damage to my building, no matter how cute you are when you pout."
"I wasn't going to ask again, I was just going to say that I really wish I didn't have that water before we got stuck in here because now I need to piss like a racehorse."
For some reason that makes Lena chuckle, and then fully laugh. The next thing she knows she's full on belly laughing which makes Kara join in, soon howling right along with Lena, unable to look at her directly because it just makes her laugh more.
That's how the guards find them when they get the doors open; sat on the floor, laughing so hard they think they might wet themselves. It's a good job Kara buttoned up her shirt when she heard them working on the doors or else Lena won't be the only one with NDAs overflowing her desk.
They are quickly informed that the threat was proven to be fake and that they are free to continue about their days as normal and neither of them have an issues doing just that.
Lena still drags Kara out of the building, fully intent on having her date. "After all of that, I'm going to watch you eat a massive burger while thinking about how cute your little squirrel cheeks are if it kills me, Supergirl because I'm not dating NDAs before I date you."
Kara blushes as she lets Lena pull her along, a blush fixed to her cheeks. She's never been so glad to be trapped in an enclosed space, and if she didn't make it back to the office that day, well that's nobody's business but her own.