Author's Note- Hey guys, glad the response for this story is positive, made my day! Thank you for all the follows, favorites and reviews. Sorry I can't answer all your questions, very busy girl here :) hehe. I do try to upload a chapter a day or every other day though.

But here's chapter two. Enjoy! X

TWO

Kara looked up and down the street for a cab.

She could always just fly away but there were people around and she wasn't really willing to risk it.

"Leaving so soon?"

Kara stopped.

Crap.

Slowly, she turned around and faced Lena with a guilty look on her face.

"Look, I'm really sorry. I didn't know that you were Lena Luthor. If I'd have known, I wouldn't have said all those terrible, judgmental things."

Lena grinned a little.

"But you would've still thought them anyway."

Kara bit her lip.

"I'm sorry but your brother...he was evil."

Lena frowned slightly and tilted her head.

"He's evil so I must be too?"

"No-maybe-I'm...I'm not sure. I mean you are taking over his company."

"And renaming it L Corp, making it into something that can be used for the greater good." She interjected as she took a step closer.

Kara nodded and sighed.

"So I take it you're here for an exclusive interview?"

Kara nodded but how could she go through with it now? How could she ask Lena all these questions and act like she cared about what she had to say when she had just been bad mouthing her only moments ago?

"Well, lets get started then."

"You're still going to do this? Even after everything I've said?" Kara asked, a little taken aback.

Lena smiled and nodded.

"Everyone's entitled to their own opinion; doesn't mean they're right but last time I checked, speech was free."

Kara nodded and gave her a grateful smile.

Lena gestured to go back inside.

"My office is upstairs."

Kara nodded and walked ahead of her.

"So you know who I am, but I don't know who you are." Lena said.

Kara glanced over her shoulder at the Luthor.

This would have been more appropriate if the woman had had a gun to her back, that was what Lex would've done.

She's not Lex.

"Oh um...I'm Kara Danvers and I'm a reporter for CatCo."

Lena didn't say anything else, just followed her to the elevator and pressed the button to call it down.

"Is my office OK for the interview or would you prefer somewhere else?"

"No, no, your office is fine."

The elevator doors slid back and Lena waited for Kara to walk inside.

Kara turned and clasped her hands in front of her.

She was waiting for something that might not even happen. Lex would have rigged this elevator with explosives or trapped her in it while he went off to call for some of his men to kill her.

Lena stepped in and stood beside her, pressing the button that would take them to the floor her office was on.

She smirked a little as she stepped back and rested against the mirror of the elevator.

Kara caught her look.

"What?"

"You're wary of me."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes you are. I can feel it. You don't have to be afraid of me." Lena assured her.

"I'm not afraid of you." Kara insisted.

Lena shrugged.

"Fine. Have it your way."

Kara rolled her shoulders uncomfortably.

"I will."

Lena smirked again and ran her tongue over her teeth as they stood in complete silence.

Kara looked around the elevator, picking out little details.

Did elevator rides usually take this long or was it because she felt really awkward right now?

Finally, the elevator stopped and the doors slid back.

Lena walked out first this time as Kara followed.

Lena pushed on two double doors and held one for Kara as she stepped inside.

"Nice office." Kara said a little distantly as she tried to look for things that seemed unusual or out of place. She couldn't scan the office with Lena Luthor standing right behind her.

"Thank you. I had it decorated. Lex's version was a little dark for me."

Kara nodded in agreement and watched as Lena went over to the couch and sat down, gesturing for Kara to come over.

Kara paused and Lena rolled her eyes.

"I'm not going to bite."

"I-I know." Kara muttered as she walked over and sat down.

Lena got comfortable while Kara sat there, still feeling awkward.

"OK, so first question;"

Lena laughed, making Kara look up with a slight frown on her face.

"I'm sorry but you are so tense! Relax. Just ask me what you wanna ask me. If I don't want to talk about it, I'll tell you."

Kara looked into Lena's eyes and saw a glimmer of challenge in the sea green depths.

"Okay, so first thing the people want to know is why rename your brother's company?"

Lena shrugged.

"I want a fresh start and I don't want to be defined by family or my last name for that matter. I am hoping that people will see L Corp as something good, not what it was when Lex was in charge."

Kara nodded, listening intently.

"And what about alien amnesty?"

Lena took a breath before answering.

"I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing but I do believe that humans-you and me- have a right to know if there is an alien among them."

Kara nodded but she wasn't signalling that she agreed and Lena knew it.

"You don't agree with me." She said, a small smile playing at the corner of her mouth.

"No, no it's not that I just...I just believe that aliens should be treated as equally as humans."

Lena nodded but she didn't say that she agreed with Kara either.

"So next question."

"Um OK, one thing the readers will want to know-and I'm sorry for asking this-but what is your...relationship status? You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Kara added quickly and with a nervous chuckle.

Lena smiled and brushed her hair back as she looked Kara right in the eyes.

"It's fine, I'll answer."

Kara waited patiently as Lena looked down at her nails and then back up at Kara.

"I'm single but...looking, I suppose is the right word."

Kara paused for a second.

Why did it seem that Lena was telling Kara this for her benefit and not necessarily because it was a question that CatCo readers wanted to know the answer to.

"Uh...OK, great! Well I mean not great, no one wants to be alone."

Lena shrugged.

"I don't mind it so much, but I dunno, if the right person came along...I might consider doing the whole relationship thing; and you?"

Kara blinked.

"What?"

"Anyone in your life?"

Is she asking because she's interested or is this just general conversation? Kara wondered.

She answered anyway.

"Oh no, I'm single and ready to...no, not mingle, not anything really."

Lena tilted her head to one side, biting back a grin.

"Not even if you met someone who made you feel like it was worth taking a chance?"

They both stared at each other for a long time until Kara blinked again and spoke up.

"Well I think I have everything I need. I should be going."

She stood and straightened her dress.

Lena also stood but she was more calm about it.

"Are you sure? That didn't seem like standard interview length."

So she's had a few of these then. Kara realized.

Of course she has! She's a Luthor!

"Yeah well, I'm sure you're tired and you'll want to get some sleep-"

"I'm not tired. Seriously, I can go a little while longer."

Kara fidgeted nervously with her clutch purse.

"Well I have to...um..."

"Do you want some coffee? I have a coffee machine right over there." Lena said, pointing to it.

"No, no I'm fine thank you."

Lena was suddenly closer to Kara and the blonde forced herself to stay where she was.

Lena reached out and gently pushed a strand of blonde hair back out of her face.

Kara licked her lips as Lena gave her a kind smile.

Suddenly, it didn't feel like it was all about business and interviews anymore.

"Um...what's going on here?" Kara asked, her voice low and unsure.

Lena didn't drop her hand, instead she moved closer.

"What do you want it to be?"

Kara moved back quickly and shook her head.

"I'm sorry I've gotta go."

Lena frowned as she watched Kara try hurry out of her office.

"Kara..."

"Look, I'm sorry, you've been really nice but I just-I can't do this."

"Do what? Kara, I was just..." Lena stopped and bowed her head as she sighed.

"I don't know what I was doing, I thought that you-when we saw each other at first-"

"I didn't know who you were then!" Kara exclaimed, blue eyes widening.

"So it's because I'm a Luthor?"

"No-maybe. Look your brother hurt a lot of people."

"I know that and Kara, I am not Lex!" Lena told her, shocked that she should be paying for her brother's actions in this way.

"I knew having Lex for a brother would mess up my life a little but I never thought it would extend into my love life!"

Kara faltered.

"So you really are..."

Lena shrugged.

Kara stared at her.

"I thought you were-"

"Straight? Yeah, kinda shocked me too."

Kara frowned, clearly missing something.

"Wait...you didn't know?"

Lena shrugged.

"I had a feeling but nothing I thought was worth paying attention to; I put it down to going through a phase but then I saw you...and all those old feelings started coming back. Now I know for sure and Kara, I am not going to run from it."

Kara swallowed and nodded.

"Well...good for you."

Lena snorted a little.

"'Good for you'? That's all you got?"

"Well what am I meant to say?"

"Oh I don't know, you could say, 'That's great Lena! Maybe we should get a coffee together sometime and talk about what it's like to hide from yourself'!"

Kara's eyes widened even more.

"I am not hiding from myself!"

Lena gave her a disbelieving look.

"So you didn't feel anything when we first saw each other tonight?"

"No!"

"Kara."

"A little-but it doesn't mean anything! I'm...not like you!"

"Could've fooled me." Lena muttered folding her arms.

Kara shook her head and walked away from the Luthor.

"You know, there was something very interesting in CatCo magazine today."

Kara stopped.

She was so close to the door and getting the hell outta here.

Lena grinned as she picked up the magazine and flipped through it.

"They have written an article in here promising an exclusive interview with me that lasts...oh what did they say? Oh yeah, a whole hour! That's nearly three pages."

Kara closed her eyes as she answered Lena.

"I know but that was it. Tonight, the charity event. That was the exclusive."

Lena shrugged.

"Hmm, somehow I don't think you're going to have enough to fill three pages, do you?"

Kara turned around to face a triumphant-looking Lena.

"I'll flesh it out."

Lena tossed the magazine onto her desk.

"I still don't think your boss will be too impressed. Now the way I see it, you have two options; take the chance, tell your boss the info you have on me, and he will just send you right back to me to do a proper interview or you'll be looking for a new job by the end of the week."

Kara glared at her.

"You wouldn't..."

"No, you're right, I wouldn't. I'm not evil, remember? But you will be back here, Kara. I'm sure of it."

Kara gave her a smug smile.

"No I won't. They'll send someone else to do the interview."

Lena's smile faded, her confidence wavering slightly.

Now Kara was the one looking triumphant.

"I know you're clever Miss Luthor but you're not that clever."

Lena watched Kara walk out of her office and the doors shut behind her.

Hm. Clever girl. Lena thought admirably.

Never mind. There was more than one way to get what she wanted.