A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I have a bunch of summer classes and they were catching up to me. Anyways, here's your next chapter with these goons. xo.


Once the helicopter touched down, Lena finally relaxed out of the rigid posture she held throughout the flight. She was thankful that Kara was so loving and willing to help her relax, but she wasn't expecting just how tactile Kara was. Lena assumed that it was part of Kara's personality, and Lena wasn't quite sure what to make of it. The girl hadn't stopped running her thumb over Lena's knuckles or whispering reassuring words against her temple throughout the duration of the flight. It was something nobody had ever done for her before, and Lena had mixed feelings about it.

Lena grew up without much touching in her life. After she was adopted, the only time she was touched was when her brother Lex would comfort her when she was sad or frustrated. When she thought about it, Lex was the only person that ever really bothered touched her and show affection to her. Her birth mother did, of course. But all Lena had to remember her birth mother was a little stuffed lamb her mother got her when she was born. That lamb held a special place in Lena's heart, and went everywhere with her. She remembered Lionel and Lillian turning up their faces in disgust at the ragged stuffed animal, so Lena made sure to hide it to protect it from being thrown away. It still was with her to this day, and Lena spent every night with it as a reminder of her mother and Lex.

Kara squeezed Lena's hands when the pilot gave them the go ahead, snapping Lena out of her train of thought. Undoing her seat belt, she said, "See Lena? You're perfectly fine, just like I promised." Kara smiled and gracefully hopped out of the helicopter. Once she was on the ground, she turned around to offer a hand to Lena.

Lena stepped out, hesitantly taking the offered hand, but her legs were a tad too shaky from being held stiff the whole flight. Couple that with the heels she was wearing, and it was inevitable she was about to get a mouthful of concrete. Suddenly, strong arms were around her waist, and her arms gripped onto Kara's biceps. Lena stifled a gasp at the feeling of the raw muscle under her hand, and glanced up at Kara. Kara's face was closer then she thought, and she gazed into her icy blue eyes. She noticed a dusting of freckles across the bridge of Kara's nose, and finally realizing she was staring and almost feeling Kara's muscles, she shook her head and stepped back.

"Thank you, I seem to still be a tad shaky." Lena said with a laugh, and tried to hide her disappointment when Kara unwound her hands from Lena's waist. She removed her arms from Kara's biceps and straightened her shirt. Deciding to ignore the feeling in her stomach until it can be thought about later, Lena put her CEO mask back on. Whatever happened on the flight was much too inappropriate for a work relationship, Lena decided. She can't let that happen again, and Lena was definitely not gay.

"Well, what are assistants for?" Kara stated. She then walked around the helicopter to get their bags, and caught up to Lena as they walked to the elevator. The elevator ride was short, and Lena was thanking the heavens there were a few other people in the elevator. She used that time to collect herself and make sure she put whatever was going on with Kara at bay. She needed an assistant, and Kara needed a boss. It was simple as that, and anything more would further complicate things. Lena liked black and white, and relationships were definitely in the grey category. She simply didn't have time for it.

Confident in her new resolve, Lena strutted into her room. Once Kara set the bags down, Lena simply told Kara to be ready to go in fifteen minutes, then Lena turned away and was busy checking her email on her phone. She didn't notice the small frown that ghosted across Kara's features at Lena's dismissal.


The day was spent in meetings, chatting with investors, and more meetings. Kara had filled up two whole pages in her notebook full of doodles. I mean yes, she was paying attention, but she was being paid to be Lena's assistant. So, she listened to her, and not other people trying to convince Lena that they are the best. Kara just kept to herself and her doodles, and only paid attention whenever Lena was speaking in meetings or mingling with others.

Nearing dinner, Lena told Kara they were going down to the labs. She told Kara to follow her and take note on whatever Lena says or points out. Kara nodded, and smiled at Lena. Lena just glanced through Kara, and then fixed her gaze on the elevator a few steps away.

In the labs, Kara gazed at the various experiments and machines running throughout the lab. On Krypton, their science had been far more developed and advanced than here on Earth. Earth's science almost seemed primal to Kara. It's why Kara never bothered to study it, she knew far too much and would be bored. Kara could do graduate and master level science when she was a freshman here in high school, so to keep her identity she decided to study English and journalism. In other words, Kara wasn't very impressed with this lab, but she pretended to be for Lena.

As Lena walked through and told Kara things to take note of and reminders to set, Kara just nodded along and smiled at her boss.

Kara had noticed a definite shift in her boss throughout the day. Once the helicopter landed, Lena almost looked like she was in pain. It puzzled Kara, and Kara in turn did a quick x-ray of her boss. Everything seemed okay, so Kara was definitely confused at the shift in the CEO's mood. One minute Lena seemed caring and warm, and the next she was shut off and cold. Kara assumed it must be because of the circumstance of why they are in Metropolis in the first place. She decided to keep a watchful eye on her and just do as she was told.

Lena seemed like she was about to finish and call it a night, when she stopped in front of this one gadget. It looked like a computer mouse, and Kara thought it was as such. But Lena gasped when she picked it up, and was gently memorizing every detail with her eyes.

"Uh, Miss Luthor? What do you want me to write down for this?" Kara asked after Lena stared at the thing for five minutes. Kara genuinely had no clue what the thing was, figuring it was another silly invention that would be created then die out in a few months. That seemed to be the trend here on Earth.

Lena seemed to snap out of her thoughts. "Oh, excuse me Kara. This," Lena stated with a sinister smirk on her face, "is an alien detection device. It can tell who around us is an alien by a simple touch of the thumb. Allow me to demonstrate." Lena said smoothly, and pressed her thumb on the pad of the gadget. It beeped and turned green.

"See? Isn't that marvelous!" Lena beamed, and turned to Kara. "Now you try!"

Kara froze. She knew that it definitely would pick up on her Kryptonian cells. She couldn't risk it, the only person that knew was her family and Winn. That's all Kara wanted to know. She needed a distraction, or to make Lena forget she even asked Kara to try.

"Uhm, what would you use it for?" Kara asked nervously, and pretended to look busy taking notes.

"That's the beauty of it. This can be marketed and sold to everyone, so each person knows exactly who around them isn't human." Lena said with a smile, and set the device down gingerly.

Kara crinkled her brow in confusion. "Doesn't that go against the whole alien amnesty act the President just signed a few days ago? It's basically shoving the aliens back into the shadows the president was shining light to" Kara said with a question, and a tad bit of defiance.

Lena turned and gave Kara her CEO glare. "Yes, but humans have a right to know who among them isn't human. America has always been a country full of immigrants but at least these immigrants were human." Lena stated. "This could be big for L-Corp, we could make millions!" Lena said with a gesture, and turned around to glance at the plans.

While she was turned away, Kara slid her glasses down and fried the gadget. She slid her glasses back on and continued to take notes when Lena turned back around.

"Oh! I almost forgot! You try!" Lena said, and held the device out to Kara. Kara placed her thumb on the pad. It beeped, then turned green. Kara fought not to look relieved at the negative result.

"See? Works perfectly." Lena said with a smile. Kara smiled in return, and continued to follow Lena and take notes until the boss finally decided to call it a night.


Kara sat alone in her side of the penthouse, two pizza boxes sitting empty on the kitchen counter. She had just finished her nightly prayer ritual, and was doing yoga. Alex had gotten Kara into yoga, and the Kryptonian indulged in the activity to keep herself fit. Not like her Kryptonian cells would allow her to be out of shape, but Kara just felt stronger and more in tune with herself when she practiced. She was in the middle of a pose when she heard a soft knock on her door.

Unwinding herself, she sat criss cross on the yoga mat. "Come in!" She yelled, and awaited Lena to walk in. Kara knew it had to be her, seeing as they were the only two on this floor.

Kara was in a simple tank top and leggings, and Lena was in a pair of sweats and a ragged MIT shirt. She let herself in and walked over to Kara. Raising a brow, she gestured to the yoga mat.

"I didn't know you did yoga?" Lena asked, and sat across from Kara. Kara giggled, and gestured to her arms. "Gotta stay in shape, and cardio is so not my thing."

Lena let out a laugh at that. Remembering why she came in here, she forced herself to not look at Kara's muscles.

"I just wanted to apologize. For being distant today, I know you must have noticed. I just... It's a long story, which I'm sure you'll hear in due time. Also, I destroyed the alien detection device. I took what you said to heart, and realized that the President is heading in the right direction with the alien amnesty act, and this device would only bring us a step back." Lena began to ramble, and Kara reached out and placed her hand on Lena's forearm.

"Lena, Lena, slow down!" Kara said with an infectious giggle. Lena smiled, and waited for Kara to continue. "Lena, I know you're my boss and all, but I'm seriously here for you as a friend too. You can tell me anything at your own pace, and I am definitely not one to judge. And thank you, for destroying the device. It's just the Amnesty Act means a lot to me, and I don't want any harm to come to aliens. I know there are good and bad ones out there, but I do agree, the device would just be taking a step back." Kara finished with a dazzling smile.

Lena smiled at Kara, telling herself this is friendly, and what friends do. "Y'know... I never really had a friend before..." Lena said, and ducked her head.

Kara launched over and tacked Lena in a hug. "Yay! I'm your first friend! I promise I'll be the best one too!" Kara said happily against the shell of Lena's ear, and Lena culdn't help but blush and hug the bubbly blonde back.

"I'll do my best to follow your exquisite example, Miss Danvers." Lena said playfully, and giggled when Kara mock pouted at her.

They spent the rest of the night watching funny kitten videos on YouTube and trying to do extremely hard yoga poses on Kara's mat.


A/N: Why did Lena have a change of heart? We will peruse her thoughts in the next chapter. xo.