Trust – Chapter 2

Pairing: SuperCorp

Rating: T

A/N: I know I said this was a one shot, but I LIED apparently. It had more to say.

UPDATE: Chapter re-loaded to fix some continuity errors.

When Kara opened her eyes the next morning, she felt refreshed. The next thing she felt was confusion. In front of her was a large window, and a modern style nightstand. She was obviously not in her apartment. It took another few seconds before the events of the night before came rushing back to her. Big battle. Blown out powers. Lena.

'Lena!' She thought, turning her head quickly. The woman in question was spread out next to her looking far more relaxed that Kara had ever seen her before. Her mouth was open slightly, and she has pushed the covers off at some point in the night, revealing a worn college sweatshirt and non matching boxer style shorts. The superhero didn't think she'd ever seen a more adorable sight. She turned around to face the other woman, careful not to jostle the bed and wake her, propping her head up on her arm. From this angle, she had a spectacular view down the sweatshirt in question.

Kara blushed scarlet. They hadn't gotten this far last night, and the Kryptonian forced herself away from the tantalizing sight. When her eyes returned to Lena's face, they were met with by Lena's very open and very awake face.

"See something you like?" She asked with a wicked grin.

"No! I mean... yes, but no... I would never-" Kara sputtered out. Lena's smile only widened.

"That's ok, I don't mind if you want to look."

Kara bit her lip. The offer was tempting. She opened her mouth to speak when the phone on the nightstand gave out a shrill ring. Kara reached for it blindly. Alex. Of course.

"Sorry," She apologized to Lena, answering. "Hello?"

Lena couldn't hear Alex's side of the conversation, but she could hear the other woman's loud voice, clearly upset.

"Alex, I'm fine. Don't worry." Kara rolled her eyes. "Yes, Mom. I'm back to 100%." Alex's shrill voice in response.

Lena smiled a little while Kara looked to her and mouthed 'I'm sorry.' Lena shook her head. 'It's fine' she responded wordlessly.

"You already know where I am; I know about the tracker Alex. Lena's taking good care of me." This time, Lena could hear the agent's response, and although she didn't like it, she also couldn't fault Alex.

"Lena Luthor? Seriously Kara?"

Kara looked aghast at Alex's retort. "Hey! I told you I am fine, you don't need to worry. That's uncalled for. I will meet you tonight after work at my place. Good bye Alex." With those parting words, Kara terminated the call.

"I'm sorry if you heard any part of that. She's not usually like this, I swear." Kara looked at her with contrite eyes.

"It's nothing I haven't heard before. My family doesn't have the best track record when it comes to interactions with aliens. She's just being a protective sister." Lena stroked the skin of Kara's cheek.

"Well, I'm not going to let anyone speak about you that way, least of all my sister." Kara punctuated her speech with a deep kiss. Lena moaned appreciatively and gave herself over completely to Kara's attentions. If this was the outcome every time someone spoke ill of her, Lena would happily take all the insults National City had to dish out.

Lena groaned when she realized that they needed to get up if they were to have any hope of arriving get to work that morning. She was already about two hours behind her normal weekday routine. She'd have to skip her workout to make up for it.

"We've got to get ready," she mumbled when Kara broke away for air.

"Nope," Kara declined, kissing her neck. "Not yet." Lena let herself be drawn back in for a few more minutes, but her responsibilities to both her companies weighed heavily on her mind. Kara sensed it when she stiffened, and moved back slightly with a pout.

The superhero took a minute to glance at the time on her phone. "Rao," she cursed. "We really are late. I better get going if I want to get home and changed."

"You can get ready here if you want," Lena offered.

"I don't have any clothes except my suit," Kara gripped. Lena just shrugged.

"Borrow something of mine."

Kara laughed a little. "I've seen your closet. You have incredibly sexy power suits and form fitting evening dresses. Not exactly my style."

"Oh, give it a try," Lena begged. "Let me dress you today?"

Kara looked hesitant, but at Lena's pleading smile, she gave in, with a stern warning that she would not be wearing any of Lena's high heels, and they got ready for their day together.

Lena finally strolled into the office just over an hour late. Kara had flown off ahead of her, so she must have arrived long before Lena could get downtown. The senior editorial staff filtered in behind her, eager to get to the day's business. James entered last, followed by her blonde angel.

Kara garnered quite a few appreciative glances when she walked through the room. Lena had picked out a flattering black suit, paired with a deep red blouse. It was a far cry from her normal cardigans, and the team definitely noticed. Even with the flats Kara had insisted on, she cut a striking figure.

"Wow," James commented. "That's a new look." He gave Kara a quick once over, and Lena could feel jealousy rising in her, but she tamped it down with her well practiced composure. How could Kara have ever dreamed she'd be interested in that oaf?

"Looks like she got dressed in Luthor's closet," Lena heard the mutter from one of the interns, and if she heard it, there was no doubt that Kara picked up on it too.

"If we are done discussing Ms. Danvers' wardrobe, maybe we could get to our actual work. Not that you don't look wonderful," she added, nodding to Kara, who blushed scarlet and adjusted her glasses.

After the team broke off to their individual assignments, Lena took a deep breath, trying hard not to think about the evening before, lest she accomplish nothing all day, lost in her thoughts of Kara. She threw herself in her work, not looking up again for hours, when Kara knocked on her door, holding a bag of what she hoped was lunch.

"Hey, I grabbed your favorite." Kara blessed her with one of her megawatt smiles. Lena reluctantly looked away from Kara to see what she was holding. The logo was from her favorite vegan restaurant. Which was confusing, since it was in Metropolis.

Lena gave her a questioning look, and Kara crossed to her desk, set the food in front of Lena, and picked up the remote. A quick click, and Lena was greeted to a news report of both supers fighting a rogue alien. Lena smiled.

"You've had a busy day at work, I see."

"It was a quick trip, boss. I promise." Kara bit her lip. Lena thought she would probably give Kara anything she wanted if she did that. Instead of responding, she settled in and had lunch with her favorite reporter.

The last thing Kara wanted to do after a long day was deal with her undoubtedly angry sister, but that is just what she walked into that evening. In an attempt to calm Alex down, she had stopped for take out at her favorite Chinese restaurant, getting all her favorites.

It did not help.

"Kara!" Alex shrieked, rounding on her as soon as she stepped through the door. "What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that I'd rather spend the night with a friend instead of in a DEO hospital room," Kara whined.

"Lena Luthor? You couldn't have picked anyone else? Lena FREAKING Luthor, Kara!"

"I trust Lena, Alex. She would never hurt me." Kara argued, putting the food down on the coffee table roughly.

"Her family makes it their mission to try to kill aliens, and you drop onto her balcony powerless?" Alex threw her hands up.

"Lena cares about me, and she is not her family," Kara said with finality.

"She may not be her family, but you can't just tell anyone about your identity, Kara. It's secret for a reason," Alex said, exasperated.

"She already knew," Kara mumbled. "Said that a ponytail and glasses wasn't much of a disguise."

"We could have had J'onn show up as Supergirl, done the same stunt we pulled on Cat Grant."

"That wouldn't have worked. Besides, I would have had to tell her eventually anyway. I've liked her for so long," Kara admitted.

"Like... liked liked?!" Alex screeched. Kara nodded, turning her face away while she blushed.

"Yes, and then when she told me how she felt, I just couldn't stop myself from kissing her-"

"You KISSED Lena Luthor?" Alex was dumbfounded, her mouth hanging open in shock.

"Yeah, I did. I really like her. And she likes me too," Kara bit her lip, waiting for Alex to question her further.

"Mom is going to be so mad at me," Alex mumbled. Kara's brows furrowed in confusion. "Because I turned you gay," Alex finished with a barely contained grin.

Kara scoffed and smacked Alex lightly on the arm, who feigned hurt and grabbed it. "I didn't even hit you that hard. And I've been into Lena for a long time."

"Still, seems like you just want to be like your big sister."Alex shrugged, taking a swig of her drink, clearly more at ease than she was a few minutes ago.

"You know that it's not about gender on Krypton. There was always a chance I'd be attracted to a woman sometime, this isn't a surprise."

"We used to talk about boys all the time... now we can talk about girls instead. Tell me everything!" Alex shrieked, bouncing on the couch to get comfortable. She hugged a pillow to her chest, a move Kara hadn't seen her do since freshman year of high school.

"Everything?" Kara asked, raising a brow. Alex shuddered.

"Did you bang Lena Luthor last night? Oh my god, don't answer that."

"No, it was just the kiss. Ok, a lot of kissing," Kara corrected, smirking at Alex. Her sister pantomimed throwing up, but still smiled at her, and Kara knew that it was going to be ok.

Lena would have been lying to herself if she said that her evening alone was pleasant. She found herself unable to focus on anything. She tried (unsuccessfully) to read three different books but put all of them aside after only a few minutes. She thought she might do better with some work she'd brought home, but that didn't pan out any better.

Finally, she turned to her little used TV, flipping through channels idly, not settling on anything until she found a late news broadcast. The anchor was recounting the latest super sighting, a short clip of the alien duo that Supergirl had battled earlier that day in Metropolis with her cousin. Lena smiled, Kara dove fearlessly into the fray, knocking her assailant out cleanly, and assisting Superman after he took a hard punch to the abdomen. Lena realized with a shake of her head that this was the first thing she had been able to focus on all night, and started to worry she might have it real bad for the Kryptonian.

Her phone vibrated on the coffee table next to her, and she took it automatically. A new text from Kara.

Kara: Hey, how are you?

Lena: I just turned on the news... saw this hot chick in a cape taking on some bad aliens. Pretty hot ;)

Kara: Don't you get enough of that on your balcony?

Lena: Never. How's your night with your sister going? She sounded mad earlier.

Kara: She just went home. We're good. She promises to make you sign a thousand non-disclosure agreements tomorrow. Fair warning.

Lena: I'll bring an extra pen. Did she give you a hard time? I know she isn't my biggest fan.

Kara: No, I'm your biggest fan ;)

Lena's smile widened and her chest grew warm from the hero's words.

Lena: Good, because I'm yours. Guess we were made for each other, huh?

Kara: So... what does that make us?

Lena chewed her lip nervously. Was Kara asking her what she thought she was asking her? Better play it safe.

Lena: What would you like it to make us?

After over ten minutes, there was no response. Had Lena said something wrong? She anxiously scrolled back through their short conversation, trying to pinpoint what she might have said to make Kara go silent. She was still looking when she caught some movement out of the corner of her eye. A very familiar (and very adorable) Supergirl was approaching.

Lena eagerly got up to greet Kara. The hero hovered just past the railing on the balcony. Lena leaned over, resting her arms on the rail.

"What brings Supergirl to my place at this time of night?" she teased gently. Kara looked hesitant.

"I didn't want to have this conversation over text. I hope it's ok that I came over. Oh man, it's really late. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have presumed-" Kara stumbled over her words.

"Sweetie," Lena interrupted. "You are welcome here at any time, in any outfit, and at either door."

Kara let her breath out in a heavy sigh. "Whew, ok."

"Why are you way over there, and not in my arms?" Lena asked innocently. Or maybe with less than pure intentions.

"Because I always get flustered and nervous when you're close to me and I want to talk about what we were texting about earlier."

"I make you nervous?" Lena asked, delighted. Kara nodded seriously. "Hmm, well we can't have that. What did you want to talk about?"

"Well, uh... I mean, I want..." Kara stuttered. Lena took pity on her.

"To know what we are to each other?"

"Yes!"

"What would you like us to be to each other?" Lena asked her.

"Honestly? I'd like to brag to everyone that Lena Luthor is my girlfriend. I want to yell it from the rooftops for everyone in National City to hear. And frankly, that's an option for me," Kara admitted.

"I want that too. I'm not interested in keeping something that makes me so happy a secret. I'm too old for that kind of thing."

"So... are we dating?" Kara asked. Lena pursed her lips.

"Not yet. But my girlfriend promised me a date tomorrow night, I believe," Lena leaned over a little further, biting her lip seductively and giving Kara a nice view down her shirt. Kara swallowed, trying not to leer.

"And your girlfriend will deliver," she replied after a moment. She floated closer to Lena, closer enough to reach over and link their hands. Lena tugged her even closer, until Kara could feel her warm breath dance across her lips. Lena's fingers threaded through her hair, and then they were kissing. Kara allowed herself to get lost in the feeling for only a few minutes, then she pulled away, much to Lena's disappointment.

"Do you want to come in?" Lena asked, in a breathless whisper.

"No. I mean yes, I do. But I want to take you on that date first."

"Oh, and why is that, Ms. Danvers? Do you have expectations of what might happen if you come inside?" Lena teased her.

"I'm having a hard enough time keeping my hands off you out here. If we were inside in the privacy of your apartment? I wouldn't have much incentive to try to be good."

"...And after our date?" Lena asked expectantly.

"After our date, we'll see where the night takes us, Ms. Luthor." Kara ran a finger from Lena's neck, down the length of her arm, and rejoined their fingers. She lifted Lena's hand, and kissed the back of it reverently.

"I'll see you tomorrow, beautiful," Kara said confidently. She released Lena's hand and drifted backwards away from her with a smile. Lena was awed by the gesture, and she watched Kara until she couldn't see her any longer. Her evening turned out a lot better than she'd expected.

Lena made it in to the office a little early the next morning. She always prided herself on her punctuality, and the mistake she'd made the previous day would not happen again. That's what she tried to tell herself. But somehow, she suspected that being involved with Kara Danvers might make a lot of her rules fly right out the window.

'Anything for that gorgeous blonde in the tight skirt,' she mused with a laugh. But the truth was a lot more complex than that. She was intrigued by Kara Danvers the first time she met her, but it hadn't taken more than a few meetings with the sweet, earnest girl before Lena knew she was falling hard.

She had only just settled at her desk, looking across the bullpen furtively to catch a glimpse of her girlfriend, when one of the nervous interns blasted into her office looking scared. Paul or something, she thought his name was. The rest of the editorial team followed, looking confused about his haste.

"Ms. Luthor? There's a man downstairs who says he needs to speak with you urgently about a big story. He asked me to give you this." He handed over a folder. "Should I get him?"

Lena held up her hand, and took her time opening the envelope. She was greeted with a series of pictures she did not expect. The first was from two nights before. Kara, in Supergirl garb, had just floated down and collapsed into her arms. The next was from just the night before. Supergirl hovered just in front of her. There was nothing completely damning, but Lena was willing to bet that if he got this shot, he also caught their kiss in the next moment.

"Send him up," she said simply. James reached out his hand, and she sighed but passed it over to him.

"Everyone out. But Kara and James, you two stay," She said to the group, most of whom looked annoyed by being dismissed without finding out what was going on. Lena couldn't care about that now.

"How are we going to handle this?" Lena asked, looking at Kara specifically.

"I don't understand," James cut in. "Why do these matter? National City knows that you and Supergirl are friends."

"I'm not worried about these in particular, but what else he may have. My guess it he's looking to sell an exclusive. Kara? What would you like me to do?" She looked apologetic.

Kara sighed. This was far too complicated. James looked at her in askance, head tilted to one side. Lena thought he looked a lot like a goofy Labrador, and wondered how Kara could have ever believed she'd be into him.

"Lena knows." Kara said by way of cluing him in. "And... we are together."

"Like-?"

"Like seeing each other. Dating." Lena supplied. "Which we would have gone public with, but if these pictures get out, suddenly I'm shacking up with Supergirl, not Kara Danvers."

"Seriously?" He asked. Kara nodded tensely. James was silent for a moment. Then he spoke. "Buy them. Whatever he's got. Buy the photos."

Lena nodded. "That's one option. But there's no guarantee he won't still leak them to our competition."

"Let's see what he has. If this is it, we can release them. If it's something more..." she trailed off and shrugged.

"How much more are we potentially talking about?" James asked, trying to be professional. Kara bit back a chuckle. Lena glared at her.

"What?" the hero asked. "You have to admit, it's a little funny."

"A Luthor and a Super? I can see the headline now," Lena grumbled. James smiled, despite the situation.

They didn't get a chance to say more, because Paul returned with their mystery photographer. Lena hadn't known what to expect, but he was well dressed, if a bit disheveled looking, with an envelope clutched in his hand.

"Ms. Luthor," he said by way of greeting. "I'm Joe. Nice to meet you."

"So what can I do for you, Joe?" Lena asked, ignoring the pleasantries he tried to lead with and getting straight to the point.

"Did you like my sample photos? I have a few more that are... shall we say... more intriguing."

"I've seen better," Lena said, sitting behind her desk looking by all appearances, at ease.

"Well take a look at the rest of them, and tell me what you think. They only get better from there." Joe passed her the envelope with a smirk. Lena pulled out a few 8X10 photos, noting that there were multiple shots of her an Kara's lip lock from the previous evening.

"I wanted to give you a chance to see these, maybe make me an offer on them before I take them elsewhere. To the Sun, or the Post maybe. Heck, I bet Perry White at the Planet would love to take these off my hands." Joe shrugged.

"Oh, so this is blackmail?" Lena asked him, cocking her head slightly.

"That's such a serious word. I think of this more along the lines of a product that I have, that you might want to acquire for a mutually agreed on price."

"I see," Lena said. "What price are we talking?"

"How much are they worth to you?" Joe rubbed his hands together. Lena looked disgusted. Then she drew herself up to her full height.

"I'll give you our standard freelance fee," she offered.

"Standard fee?" He asked, looking confused.

"Yes. These are mediocre shots at best. Long range camera, not a great angle."

"Listen, I'm not kidding. I'll leak these to every news outlet from here to Metropolis. I think $10,000 is a good round number."

"For pictures of me and my girlfriend?" Lena asked. "Hardly. You don't have anything incriminating or embarrassing here. I'll give you our standard fee so I can get one framed for my nightstand. Take it or leave it."

"Girlfriend?" He asked, eyes wide.

"Yes, and if I were you, I wouldn't go around threatening a bulletproof alien who has superpowers. Just a word of warning. I mean, Supergirl has the morals of a saint, but the next person you threaten might not be as nice as she is." Lena warned him simply.

She handed him back most of his pictures, keeping the first two she had seen.

"I'm keeping these ones. I think Supergirl will get a kick out of them. Consider it a fee for wasting my time. Have a good day, Joe. Paul will see you out." She dismissed him. He seemed confused as Paul re-entered the room to lead him back downstairs. Lena waited until the elevator doors closed and then let her shoulders slump forward. She turned sheepishly to Kara.

"I'm sorry, I know I should have just paid it, but it felt like denying how I feel about you, and-" Kara interrupted her before she could say anything more.

"That was hot, and I really wish we were not in your office with a wall of windows with six interns staring at us, because I would really like to kiss you after that."

"Really?" Lena asked. "You aren't mad?"

"I'm disappointed that I won't be able to be your girlfriend as Kara Danvers for a while, but you and Supergirl can stage an amicable break-up soon, and after an appropriate amount of time, you can date me instead."

Lena smiled. "I like that. You do know, however, that he probably will go sell them to our competitors. So if there's anyone you want to tell before this hits the news, now's the time."

Kara nodded slowly. "Yes. I need to talk to Clarke, and Eliza, and definitely the DEO."

"And I should call Sam. She's my only other friend besides you."

James cleared his throat. "Can I suggest a press conference? Maybe come out with it before our competition scoops it? Spin it as good press instead of doing damage control."

Lena mused. It wasn't a horrid idea. Kara seemed to be contemplating it as well.

"I mean..." Kara started. "I did want to scream it from the rooftops." She smiled.

"This involves less yelling," Lena shrugged. "Set it up, James. For 2pm. That will give us time to get prepared." James nodded and left with a small smile.

"I need to call Clark," Kara said. "I'll do it from the DEO. I still want my date tonight though," She smiled at Lena. "Coming out on national television isn't a good enough reason to cancel on me."

"I would never," Lena raised an eyebrow. "You didn't tell me what we're doing though."

"No, I didn't."

"At least tell me what I should wear," Lena argued.

"Casual. Comfortable. Nothing fancy and no heels."

"That eliminates my entire wardrobe!"

"You can come to my place and pick something out of my closet then," Kara offered.

"If I start the night in your bedroom, we'll never go on our date, darling." Lena's smirk widened, and Kara swallowed hard. "Now get a move on, Supergirl. You've got a lot of ground to cover."

Kara nodded, and left Lena's office, somehow still floating on air despite the events of the morning so far.

Clark took the news far better than she had expected.

"Are you sure?" He asked her seriously.

"I'm sure."

"Then I'm happy for you. Just... be prepared. Not everyone will be as understanding. It may affect more than you think. Call me if you need anything, Kara."

"Thanks Kal-El."

After her call to her cousin, she went straight to her team at the DEO. J'onn, of course, knew what was up as soon as she stepped through the door. 'Damn his mind-reading,' she thought.

"What were you thinking?" He bellowed before she had a chance to utter a word. "A relationship with Lena Luthor? As Supergirl?" Alex and Winn looked at each other.

"Ok, it didn't go exactly how expected, but we have a plan for recovery. We'll just stage a break-up in a few weeks, and Lena can start dating me as Kara Danvers. Not ideal, but workable."

"You couldn't have started with denying it?" He questioned, crossing his arms over his chest.

"No. I'm not ashamed to be with Lena, and I'm not going to act like it." J'onn gave her a hard look, and she met it with her own steely gaze, her hands on her hips. Finally, he raised one eyebrow.

"Ok then. You better handle this press conference accordingly. Alex, prep her." He turned on his heel and headed to the exit. "Oh, and Kara? Congratulations."

"Thanks J'onn." He nodded and was gone. As soon as he cleared the door, Winn turned to Kara and shrieked.

"Lena Luthor? You scored Lena? Go girl!" Winn held out a closed fist, and Kara rolled her eyes, but fist bumped him anyway.

"I know right?!" She gushed after trying to be stoic. Winn laughed and Alex tried to hide her smirk.

"Let's get this done. I've got a date tonight, and I still need to call Eliza before the press conference.

"Ok, what are you going to say at the press conference?" Alex asked.

Kara shrugged. "The truth. Short and to the point. That way when the pictures get published, it won't be a shock and we won't be backpedaling."

"The pictures?" Alex asked, mouth gaping open.

"Oh, J'onn didn't mention those, I take it? Don't worry, they aren't embarrassing or anything. And I'm sure you'll see them soon." Kara bit her lip.

"I don't want to know. Just... be direct. And be prepared for backlash. Not everyone is going to be happy with a gay Supergirl."

"I'm not gay though," Kara argued. Alex shrugged.

"It won't matter. You are publicly declaring a relationship with a woman."

Kara sighed, and let Alex continue. This was going to be more involved than she thought.

Lena had no trouble when she called Sam to tell her the news. In fact, Sam offered to take the next flight to National City and be there for her. Lena supposed the news was less shocking to her, since they were both openly bi-sexual.

She declined, but since Sam was due to come to National City in a couple days to take over as Luthor Corp's temporary CEO, they would be able to catch up soon anyway. Sam agreed, and told her she'd call the next day so Lena could gush about her date with Supergirl. After that, there was nothing to do but wait. Having been a public figure for nearly her entire life, she didn't need prep time before the press conference. She busied herself with non-essential tasks. She may not need to prepare, but that didn't mean she wasn't slightly nervous to announce herself to the world.

Instead of worrying, she focused her thoughts on how Kara was making out with her own disclosures, and wondered where she was at that moment.

Kara was pacing her apartment nervously, holding her cell to her ear, and willing Eliza to pick up. She procrastinated this call longer than she should have; it was after noon now.

"Hello? Kara?" Eliza's worried voice in her ear. "Are you alright? Is Alex ok?"

"Hi Eliza. Yes, everything's great actually, why wouldn't it be?" She asked, confused.

"I can count on one hand the amount of times you've called me just to chat. It's almost always to tell me one of you is injured, or kidnapped, or in another dimension."

"We've only been in another dimension a couple of times!" Kara argued. "Actually, I'm calling with good news."

"Ha!" Eliza shot. "I knew this wasn't just to catch up."

"Yeah, yeah," Kara grumbled at her. "Point taken. I'll start calling more often."

"What's so important you had to tell me?" Eliza asked, changing tack.

"I met someone. I'm in a relationship, and I'm very happy."

"That great news sweetie!" Eliza gushed. "Why the rush to call me? Not that I'm not grateful you are keeping me in the loop."

"We were photographed by the paparazzi. I... was in my Supergirl outfit. It's going to be national news, and I didn't want you to see it on the front page tomorrow without hearing it from me."

"Oh, that's... not ideal," Eliza mused.

"Not exactly. But there's nothing I can do now. We are announcing our relationship at a press conference at 2pm today to keep ahead of the news. That way we can spin it and stop the rumor mill."

"And how is Lena taking this?" Eliza asked nonchalantly.

Kara was silent for a beat. Then another. "I didn't say it was Lena..."

Eliza laughed. "You didn't have to. Every time I see or talk to you, you mention something she's said or done. It was clear that you liked her. In fact, you haven't mentioned anyone else to me. Ever. And if you are willing to take a relationship public as Supergirl, it would have to be someone pretty special."

"You'd make a great detective."

Eliza just laughed. "I expect you to introduce us when I come to visit next time. Go get ready for your press conference. I love you, Kara."

"Love you too. And thanks. For being such a cool second mom."

"Anytime." Eliza hung up.

Kara felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. All the important people in her life knew about her relationship, and every one of them supported her. She felt she could take on the world now, one TV appearance would be no match for her. A TV appearance she noted she had just over an hour to get ready for...

Lena was the picture of calm at quarter to two, when she put aside her work, stood, and straightened her clothing. A brief stop in the restroom to check her hair and makeup and she was on her way down to meet the press in front of the building.

James met her in the lobby.

"You ready?" he asked. She nodded.

"Any sign of our girl?" She asked.

"Not yet, but she won't let you down," James said surely.

"I know she won't." Lena responded quickly. She crossed the atrium quickly and made her way to the stairs, where reporters from every major news outlet in National City stood, waiting on her. Apparently, when a Luthor, notorious for avoiding the press suddenly asks for their attention, she gets it. She took the offered position in front of them, blinked in the onslaught of photos, and opened her mouth to speak.