Casual Meet Cute- Lena is forced to go to the gym by Kelly, She stays for the beefcake gym-rat.

Lena has never had an abundance of friends, she just doesn't know how to interact with people most of the time, so when a friend asks her for a favour she has a hard time saying no.

This leads us to here: National City Gym. It may just be hell on Earth, at least according to Lena and her wheezing. Kelly asked her to come with her since she wants to start getting into better shape and wanted someone to come with her to ease her anxiety, so Lena agreed just because the hopeful look in Kelly's eyes was too much for her lonely heart to take.

Less than a week after that fateful conversation Lena has found herself actually having to follow through with her promise, something she had been hoping to discreetly back out of before actually following through.

At least she looks sexy in workout gear with her hair slicked back into a standard ponytail, if she's going to die today, at least she'll do it looking good.

She's been on a treadmill for a whole ten minutes, that's a record for her, and she is even jogging instead of walking. It's a real life miracle. Lena gasps as she her best to force some air into her lungs while Kelly does the same on the treadmill beside hers.

"This might be the worst thing I've ever done in my life." Kelly steps off her treadmill and brings her hands to her knees, thoroughly out of breath and obviously struggling. "I'm just glad you're here too, you know that misery loves company."

"I'm suddenly rethinking a lot of my life choices." Lena shoves her away from her jokingly as she steps off her own treadmill. "What do you want to do next? Other than go home and eat chips, that is."

Kelly chuckles at her friend being ever the pessimist. "Come on, we've got some dumbbells calling our names."

Lena groans as Kelly walks ahead, leading the way. "How much longer before we can give up and never come back here again?"

"I'm suddenly regretting asking you to join me instead of Sam, I'd hoped that you would be the better influence, but I guess Sam would have been the better option after all."

Lena fixes her with a glare and if looks would kill, Kelly would already be in the morgue. "Take that back, Olsen. I swear to every god in the damn universe that I will handcuff you to a treadmill and force you to run forever if you don't take it back right this second."

Kelly's eyebrows raise high enough that they may as well join her hairline. "What the heck, Luthor? That's a twisted threat and you know it, I'd be dead within twenty minutes."

"The best threats are the most effective ones, now are you going to take it back?"

"Obviously not, now don't be a psycho and lift some weights, you might sweat some of your negativity out if you do."

"I don't sweat."

"Sure you don't, sweet pea." Kelly ignores her from then on, only reacting to Lena's obvious anger with a tiny smirk from being able to get back at her for being a killjoy.

Lena keeps grumbling to herself as she grabs a pair of dumbbells for herself, not entirely sure on what she's actually meant to do with them. She lifted them off the ground, surely that should be enough to get her jacked.

She sort of just half-heartedly brings them up in front of her, swinging them up to her chest then letting them drop back down to her sides again. She knows she isn't doing it properly, but she really doesn't want to have to get her phone out to google how to do it, that would be simply humiliating to do in the idle of a gym.

Her arms start to ache after a minute or two of this, along with her back. She's definitely doing this wrong but she's still holding up strong, trying to mimic Kelly's much smoother movements. She must have done some research before they came here.

Just as Lena is about to give up and find out how she is actually meant to do it, she feels a light tap on her shoulder. She spins around quick, ready to bite the head off whoever just dared to touch her but when she sees the person all of her pent up rage dissipates rapidly.

Any ability Lena has to speak disappears the second she lays her eyes on the goddess of a woman standing in front of her, a timid smile resting on her pretty face.

"Hey, I'm really sorry to bother you. You just looked like you were struggling, and I noticed that your form was off, so I wanted to ask if you wanted any tips?"

Well if anyone is going to be able to help her, it's this woman. She has muscles coming out of her muscles, her arms are especially impressive, but she has to say, her abs are a close second. Her legs would probably be in the running too if Lena could get a good look at them but if she does, she knows that she will end up doing inappropriate, so it's for the best.

Her blonde hair is tied back in a similar fashion to her own, a bright scrunchie holding it in place. She also has black framed glasses sitting on her nose, making her look nerdy in a flatteringly adorable way.

Despite the size of her muscles, she isn't massive though, she somehow looks like a bodybuilder and a skinny marathon runner all in one and it is so very unfair because Lena knows that no matter how long or hard she could train, she would never in a million years end up looking anywhere close to how Kara looks.

"I – Uh, thank you. I'd like that, I don't really know what I'm doing." Lena mumbles out, her brain stumbling over the words worse than her mouth is.

The woman beams at her, ecstatic that Lena is taking her up on her offer to help. "Awesome! I'm Kara by the way, now let me show you."

Kara. The name fits her, it's beautiful just like her and her lovely muscles. Ok, so Lena may be a little bit in love already but who can blame her, that girl has got an incredible body that Lena wouldn't mind rubbing – nope, she's not going there. She's just going to let her explain and let her get back to her own workout, simple as that.

Kara grabs her own set of weights, considerably heavier that the ones that Lena had gotten for herself. She goes on to show Lena how to do the lift properly and explaining it as she goes along before asking Lena to show her so she can check that she understands.

If Lena purposely doesn't tuck her elbows just to see if Kara will touch her again, that's nobody's business but her own. She does touch her again, just to let you know.

Lena is disappointed at how quickly the interaction is over, Kara heading back off to who knows where to play with some of the more intimidating machines that Lena is fully aware would likely injure her gravely if she so much as dared to think about using them.

She watches her go, her piercing green eyes fixated on that previously hidden but very lovely ass of the blonde then she refocuses on the weights in her hands, since she's here, she may as well give it a go. She's never been one to quit.

Just as she begins lifting them again, a cackle from her side cuts her off. "That was amazing! You were practically drooling all over the floor when she lifted those heavy weights, I'm surprised you didn't ask her to lift you!"

The happy look that had overcome Lena's face disappeared instantly. "And you just ruined my mood. It sucks for you really because that attractive woman was your only hope of ever getting me to come back here again. Now I guess you'll have to come here and pick heavy things up alone. Sucks to be you."

Kelly lifts her hands up in front of her in a stop signal. "Well, there's no need to make any rash decisions now, is there?"

"There absolutely is and it's all your fault."

"What do you want from me?"

"I'll take your apology in the form of an IOU."

Kelly hates how quickly Lena can turn the tables on her. She supposes that's how she got to where she is today, the CEO of one of the world's most successful corporations. "Fine but let the record state that you're being mean to me just because you were two seconds away from asking blondie to hold your tits for you because they were getting to heavy for you."

"Sweet cheeks, you're the one that was mean first by making me come here in the first place." Lena smiles, dropping her dumbbells on the floor after finishing another set so she can grab a drink of her water. "And I can hold my own tits, thank you very much."

As she passes behind Kelly she gives her a not so gentle pat on the behind, earning her another glare and an angry mumble that she pretends not to hear. "I should've brought Sam…or maybe Andrea."

Lena decides that exercise isn't too bad after all, not when she has a good view, namely Kara cross the gym doing squats. She is still counting down the time until she can stop because every muscle in her body aches, but she doesn't mind it too much. She is like ninety percent sure that she won't be coming back again so she may as well enjoy her time here while it lasts.

It takes another fifteen minutes for her to call it. "Kelly, I'm done. I'm going to go shower and I'll wait for you in the locker room after. I think I might actually die if I do any more exercise today."

"You're such a drama queen, Lena. Whatever though, I'm just finishing up, so I won't be far behind you."

Lena makes her way out towards the showers, dying to get the lingering sweat off her body, making her feel kind of gross and worry that she is starting to smell because of it. Lena Luthor is many things, but she is not smelly.

She is really hoping that Kelly will hurry up so they can get out here as fast as humanly possible, the benches in the locker room don't look comfortable at all so she will have to mildly threaten her to hurry her up when she comes and joins her through here or else she'll end up with dead buttocks from sitting on the hard wood.

With nimble fingers, Lena slides the locker key into place, grabbing her gym bag for her towel and fresh clothes. She them proceeds to have the quickest shower of her life, not wanting to prolong her visit to what may just be the dankest shower cubicle she's ever been in, she will have to ledge a complaint because she's genuinely worried she might catch something from how grim it is in there.

Nobody expects to come out of a shower feeling filthier than when they went in but hey, Lena is experiencing a lot of things today that she never thought she would and the majority of them are negative so she may as well embrace it. Not physically though because once again, that's grim.

Lena tidies everything away into her gym bag, bought a few years ago but only because she bought too many books from a bookstore, and she needed a massive bag to carry them all and there was a sports gear store right across from the bookstore.

Up until now it smelled of that incredible new book smell that she can't get enough of and now it's ruined, it just smells of gym lockers and sweat. Not only that but she can't ever use it for books again because it will make them smell too. Kelly really owes her one…or five.

She changed out of her gym wear and into an oversized shirt and jeans, content to dress casually since she'll just be grabbing a quick bite to eat with Kelly before heading home for the day to forget all about ever coming here in the first place.

With a sigh she drops herself down onto the aforementioned wooden bench, resigning herself to the butt cramp she is sure to get and fishing her phone out of her bag so she can check her emails. Nothing goes better with horrible aching muscles than horrible work emails where the board are demanding more pointless meetings.

There is a brief moment where she considers replying to the emails, but they make her life hell, she can let them wait an extra day, they don't get her time and effort on her only day off she is taking in three weeks.

The only good part of her visit here is her brief run in with the hottest woman she's ever met, she really doesn't understand how a person can be simultaneously so hunky and adorable. There was a definite spark when she had touched Lena's arm to fix her form too, and if that's what she gets from an arm touch, she can't imagine what she would feel if that touch was somewhere else.

Her thoughts are interrupted by a newly familiar voice. "Is someone using the shower?"

Lena's head whips around to look over her shoulder at Kara, once again take aback by her beauty and lost for words until she realises that Kara is looking back at her, amused and waiting for an answer.

"I – uh…No. No one." Lena stutters out, mentally slapping herself for losing her edge, usually she would be flirting her heart out but one look at a cute blonde with incredible abs and she's mush.

"Ok, thanks!" Kara smiles, her hand pushing her glasses up her nose a little.

She looks like she is about to say something else but doesn't get the chance because there is another woman walking past with short red hair who throws a balled up sock at her and yells. "Hurry the fuck up, Kara!"

With a brief press of her lips together into a tight smile, Kara raises her hand in a silent wave and heads into the cubicle she recently departed. She'll cry if Kara thinks the dirt in there came from her, that would hurt more than her muscles currently do. She doubts that she will be able to sit right in her office chair tomorrow and she barely did anything, only a jog, some bicep curls and a couple of squats. She really is out of shape.

The shower turns on not long after Kara enters, making her very aware of Kara's state of undress just a few metres away from her. She has to mentally scold herself for being such a perve, if she wants to think about licking those delicious abs, she needs to do it in the privacy of her own home, not in public.

She physically shakes her head as if to shake the dirty thoughts away and stands, set to search for her wayward friend that has left her here to fester in this locker room.

Kelly isn't hard to find, her giggles can be hear from a mile away as she's talking with the red head that was telling Kara to hurry up earlier. They are chatting about who knows what but from the way Kelly is smiling at her and batting her eyelashes, she's definitely flirting.

Oh no, if she's suffering then Kelly has to suffer too. She said it herself earlier, misery loves company. "Hey, Kelly. Where did you get to? Are you ready to get going?"

She receives a sharp glare from the corner of Kelly's eyes and an eyebrow raise that says, 'really? You're doing this right now?'

"I have to get changed but I shouldn't be long."

"Don't blame her, it's my fault. I was distracting her." The other woman chimes in, a shy smile thrown in Kelly's direction.

Lena nods politely but doesn't say anything else, just looks expectantly at her friend, hoping she will get the hint and guess what, she doesn't.

"I actually invited Alex and Kara to join us for lunch, that's alright isn't it?"

Lena fights through the gay panic to answer in a timely manner and to slap a courteous smile on her face. "Of course, the more the merrier."

"Awesome, I'll go get ready too, I won't be long." Alex smiles, her eyes lingering on Kelly for a few more seconds before she goes.

Great, so not only will she have to try and hold it together in front of Kara for at least another hour, but now she's going to have to put up with Kelly making heart eyes at Alex too. She can see when Kelly likes someone, and it is painfully obvious, but she knows that her friend has been lonely recently and has been wanting to meet someone new so a little tiny art of her is happy for her, even if she annoys her to high heavens.

Once again she is left alone to her thoughts, stuck waiting for Kelly so she can continue on with her day for getting sucked into situations she normally wouldn't choose to be in. Lena lets her head gently flop back and hit the locker behind her as she whispers to herself, "what has a girl got to do to sit alone at home with a good book?"

"I hear that."

The voice takes her by surprise again, making her jump and hit her elbow on the locker. By instinct she brings it up to her chest, cradling it. "Ow, fuck!"

Lena's not sure what hurts more, the pain in her elbow or the lack of visible muscles now that Kara has put a shirt on.

"I'm so sorry, let me see! Are you alright? I didn't mean to startle you, I promise." Kara gasps, taking Lena's arm in her hand, turning it with a delicate hand to see if there is any visible damage.

It's happening again. It's happening. She's touching her again and her brain is broken. "I – Yes. I'm fine, I'll probably just have a bruise tomorrow, that's all. Don't worry about it."

"Well, I'm still sorry. My sister always says that I'm like a ninja, too quiet until I'm up close." Kara giggles and it's the cutest thing ever, Lena just wants to squeeze her pink dusted cheeks between her fingers and kiss every inch of her face.

Woah, woah. She needs to slow down. This is a stranger. Well, not for long, Kelly has apparently set them up for lunch and if she's lucky, it will turn into a double date.

"Well, if you really want to make it up to me, I think Kelly and Alex are crushing on each other so we're all going out for lunch, you could always get me an apology drink."

"I could, couldn't I?"

"It would be the most practical thing to do." Lena nods decisively, trying to bring back her usual Luthor charm and get rid of this awkward bumbling mess she's become.

Kara nods, a grin sweeping across her face and her dazzling blue eyes sparkling at her. "I agree."

Kelly and Alex join them, their own bags slung over their shoulders. "We're all set to go if you guys are?" Alex asks, her hand brushing Kelly's own, making her long to feel the redhead's fingers sliding between her own.

Kara answers for them. "Yep, we're ready."

They take separate cars to lunch, mutually deciding on going to a local place they all know and like: Noonan's.

It's a mutual decision to grab an outdoor table, Kara leading the decision because she gets so excited about being able to sit out in the sun. Lena can tell she must do it a lot if her sun kissed skin is any clue. It's just another thing she can add to her list on why she is so attractive.

"So, you guys are new to the gym?" Kara asks, sipping on her strawberry milkshake while everyone else settled for coffee.

Lena replies, Kelly and Alex already caught up in their own conversation and ignoring them both. "That easy to tell, huh?"

This time, Lena makes Kara stutter, boosting her confidence and making her feel like her old self again. Maybe she can blame the atmosphere of the gym for her lack of social abilities earlier. "Well – I…um, a little, but mostly because I go a lot and didn't recognise you."

Lena chuckles at her light-heartedly. "Relax, I'm just teasing. I was in over my head and had no clue what I was doing in there, thanks for rescuing me by the way, I was halfway to breaking every bone in my body."

Kara breathes out a quiet sigh of relief, overjoyed that she hasn't upset the pretty brunette she's found herself out with. "I never actually caught your name before."

"Really?"

"Nope."

"Cool."

Kara stares at her, dumfounded. Is this woman for real? Her smirk says that she's messing with her but the kindness swimming in her eyes says she doesn't have the capabilities of being cruel so she's at a loss. "Are you going to tell me your name?"

"I might do."

They are broken out of their bubble by a napkin hitting Lena in the face thanks to Kelly. "Ok, that's enough of…whatever that was. Her name is Lena, and we want to order food so come on, pick up your menus and make a decision."

Upon hearing Kelly get all demanding, Alex pretty much melts into a puddle in her chair, already looking completely smitten. It's disgusting to watch, they're totally going to bone later.

Lena doesn't know if she wants to hit Kelly or thank her. She's been really, super-duper, extra annoying today but has also gotten them a lovely meal with two top tier women that both seem to be into them respectively. She'll take it as a win but if Kelly is expecting a thank you she can go pleasure herself…or get Alex to do it for her.

Kara is quick to engage her back into conversation after they place their orders, Kara shocking her with how many extra sides she adds onto her meal, while Alex and Kelly go back to their own conversations.

Lena makes the mistake of mentioning how she is likely to make her gym session a one time thing and because Kara gives her a pretty smile, she lets herself get talked into going back and letting Kara show her the ropes to see if she'll grow to like it more.

There was a brief period where she tried to say no, using the excuse of not wanting to mess up her buddy system with her sister but Kelly is quick to offer to buddy up with Alex instead, of-fucking-course.

She's going to hate every second, she can already tell. Damn her inability to say no to adorable beefcakes. At least she'll get to see Kara's muscles again and if it leads to something more, well she's heard that you can get plenty of exercise in the bedroom.