A/N: My inability to sleep means you get a bonus chapter today, before I head off to work...
Cat steps off her elevator, sunglasses still in place as she strides silently into her office past Kara's vacant desk. Ripping her sunglasses off, Cat looks around the office, all signs point to Kara having been in this morning. Her water pitcher is full, the bowl of M&M's is replenished. Even her latte is on her desk steaming hot, but Kara is nowhere to be seen.
Refusing to call her assistant's name out, Cat sits down at her desk and pulls up her calendar to review it. Her lunch appointment with her mother has been canceled and in it's place is a spa appointment. Then there's the fact that the stories turned in last night have already been edited. Did the girl not sleep at all last night, Cat wonders.
"Uh, Kara?" James enters his office surprised to find Kara sitting at his desk working on her computer.
"Oh, I thought you were out on assignment today," she exclaims standing up.
"I am, I just stopped by to get a few things. Kara, I don't mind, but why are you working from my office?" He asks as he sets his bag down and begins to go through it.
"Uh, something happened last night between me and Ms Grant. It was a stupid misunderstanding but now I'm hiding from her," she mumbles.
"Your plan is to hide from Cat Grant?" James questions. "You do realize that you are still her assistant?" He teases.
"Yes, of course, I realize that. But I told her that I'm interviewing replacements and using your office today since you're out. So do you mind if I use your office?" Kara asks nervously.
"Of course not, but are you really interviewing assistants today?" He inquires.
"Technically, I'm setting up the interviews but I'm planning to ask a lot of questions, so it will be a mini phone interview before they come in for the actual interview," she explains.
"You should just talk to her," he replies repacking the bag.
"I can't. It's awkward and I'm sure that she will just pretend that it didn't happen, so I just need to get through today without talking to her about it and then we'll both be able to move past it," Kara answers.
"Okay, I guess after two years as her assistant, you are the Cat Grant expert here," James replies. "No food on my desk. I mean it Kara, if you're going to stress eat, do it in the breakroom," he adds with a wink.
"Spill it," Lucy replies sitting down across from Kara at Noonan's.
"No, Lucy. I can't talk to you about Ms Grant," Kara replies before taking another bite of her sandwich.
"James said that you're hiding from her and you had a misunderstanding. He also mentioned that you would be stress eating," Lucy says noting the two empty plates stacked up on the table.
"Look, you know yesterday was crazy and then last night, Ms Grant was working late. I came back by to check on her and we had a misunderstanding and I'm embarrassed and she's embarrassed a-and it's better if no one knows about it and we just forget it," Kara explains, since Lucy doesn't know that Kara is Supergirl, Kara can't tell her that Cat was kidnapped by Maxima yesterday.
"Kara, I'm sure she has already forgotten it, I mean it's not like you kissed her or anything... wait, you didn't kiss her did you?" Lucy questions.
"Uh, why would you ask me that?" Kara blurts out.
"Why aren't you answering the question?" Lucy retorts.
"Well, I'm not going to answer a ridiculous question like that," Kara replies, her face flushed.
"Kara, did something happen at the hotel the night of the fashion show to make you think that she wanted you to kiss her?" Lucy asks trying to make sense of everything.
"Lucy, I can't talk to you about this. Ms Grant will kill me if she finds out that I told anyone. Just forget this conversation and I have to get back now. I'll see you later," Kara says rushing off.
""Kara, we are both adults and I am confident that what happened between us last night won't interfere with our working relationship. Yesterday was a very long and trying day and I was a bit emotional last night and you were kind enough to comfort me. But I shouldn't have kissed you and it won't happen again. Now please come back to your desk, this is ridiculous," Cat remarks standing up to leave.
"I didn't mind," Kara says softly as Cat walks past her.
Stopping in front of her, Cat snaps, "You should mind, I'm twice your age and your boss. Now grab your things and come back to your desk. Chop. Chop."
"I demand to know who this martian is and why I haven't met him yet," Kara says angrily glaring at Hank and Alex.
"It's a sensitive situation. I'm the only one here who knows who the martian is," Hank retorts "and that's how it needs to be," he adds before storming out of the room.
"A sensitive situation?" Kara blurts out after him. Then turning to Alex she says, "Cat Grant knows that I'm Supergirl. Maxima kidnapped her right in front of Kara Danvers. How's that for a sensitive situation?"
"Ms Grant knows? Kara what's she going to do?" Alex asks rushing around the desk to be closer to Kara.
"Nothing. She's not going to do anything. Maxima pretty much scared her into realizing that my secret identity needs to be a secret, but now she's not promoting me to fashion editor, it's too visible." Kara points out.
"Oh well, that's probably for the best. But she still wants you to be her assistant?" Alex asks carefully. "I mean I would think she wouldn't want you that close to her after she was just kidnapped because of you," she adds.
"I'm still getting a promotion, just not to the fashion department," Kara replies.
"Is this why you were avoiding Ms Grant today and hiding in James' office?" Alex asks.
"No, something else happened between us last night, but I can't talk about it," Kara says nervously.
"We talk about everything Kara," Alex reminds her. "Just tell me what happened," she prompts.
"I went back to check on Cat after we had Maxima captured. She was shaken up, I mean of course she was. She was snatched from her balcony in broad daylight right in front of Supergirl, who should have protected her." Kara explains.
"Wait, she knew that you were Supergirl before Maxima grabbed her?" Alex asks.
"She figured it out. She had the footage from the magazine launch party and it shows me disappearing from the scene. And a few minutes later Supergirl appeared. She confronted me after the TV show and that's why we were on the balcony. She wanted me to take off my glasses and she pulled my hair down," Kara answers.
"Okay, so she knows that you're Supergirl and then Maxima appears and grabs her? Maxima was reading her mind, Kara. That's why she grabbed her," Alex points out.
"Hmm, I hadn't considered that. But you have her contained now and the teleportation bracelets are secure?" Kara asks.
"Yes, Kara she's not getting out of here until we can figure out how to return her to her planet and keep her from coming back," Alex remarks. "Now what else happened last night between you and Ms Grant?"
"Okay, so I went back to check on her and she was pretty shaken. I felt bad and I gave her a hug," Kara explains.
"You give good hugs, but she doesn't seem like she would appreciate one," Alex comments.
"No, she appreciated it." Kara replies turning away from Alex to hide her flushed face.
"Kara, you kissed her!" Alex blurts out.
"Technically, she kissed me and I just responded," Kara answers hiding her face in her hands.
"OHMYGOD," Alex screams. "What happened next?" She asks.
"She pulled away and asked me to leave," Kara mumbles through her hands
"God Kara no wonder you wanted to hide from her all day," Alex says throwing her arms around her. "Did you just avoid her all day then?" she asks.
Breaking the embrace, Kara stands up and paces the room. "I tried to. I even canceled her lunch with her mother and booked her a spa appointment instead, but she canceled it and when I got back from lunch she was waiting in James' office for me. She sort of apologized and told me that it wouldn't happen again, then made me go back to my desk," Kara explains.
"That's reasonable. She's almost twice your age and your boss," Alex points out.
"I don't care about either of those things. She's the first person who sees me as me and it feels really good and I like her and admire her so much," Kara blurts out.
"You like her, like her?" Alex asks. "I mean I know that you have a girl crush on her, but I didn't know it was a real crush. I just thought it was just one of those things," she rambles nervously.
"Alex. What's going on? What do you know?" Kara asks confronting her.
"It's probably nothing. Just something that Maxima said when we were transporting her back for containment... Kara, I think Ms Grant really likes you too. So who knows, maybe once you train her new assistant and you have the promotion, then you should ask her out or something," Alex suggests.
"I don't think I'm going to take love advice from my cousin's crazy stalker," Kara says laughing it off. "Now Alex, tell me who the martian is," she says changing the subject.
"Kara, I've only seen him twice now," she confesses. "It could be Vasquez for all I know," she jokes.
"Alex, don't joke about that. It's a shape-shifter, it could literally be anyone here at the DEO," Kara points out.