"Kiera, I need you to order takeout from my approved restaurant list to be delivered to the Penthouse by 7 pm," Cat says taking off her glasses when Kara approaches her desk.
"I don't have you scheduled for a dinner meeting tonight," Kara replies as she frantically pulls up Cat's schedule to double check. "Who is your guest? Do they have any food allergies?"
"I'm pretty sure that she will eat anything set in front of her," Cat quips.
Kara's head snaps up, which was the reaction Cat expected. A small smile threatens her lips, as she adds nonchalantly, "It's Carter's night with his father and you and I need to discuss private matters."
"Excuse me?" Kara asks. "Y-you just expect me to have dinner with you tonight... at your place?"
"What exactly is the problem? Would you rather discuss your alter-ego here in the office?" Cat asks sarcastically.
"Uh, no. But I don't understand why we need to discuss it at all," Kara replies.
"Honestly, Kara just come to dinner so that we talk openly and privately," Cat replies, even using the girl's correct name to try to hide her frustration.
"Fine, I-I'll see you at 7," Kara huffs, before turning abruptly and stalking out of the office.
Ever since the Supergirl reveal, Kara Danvers isn't quite so mild mannered and Cat has to admit she likes this more spirited version of the girl.
After lunch Cat appears at Kara's desk with a banker's box.
"What's that?" she asks.
"It's a box Kiera, now pack up your things quickly and follow me," Cat demands as she begins grabbing things off the desk and tossing them into the box.
"But Ms Grant, you can't fire me. I haven't found a new assistant yet and you'll never find one suitable without me here to train them," Kara points out angrily.
"I'm not firing you, Kara," Cat says as she slides a key across the desk and walks towards the elevators. "Follow me," she says over her shoulder.
Kara grabs the box and follows her. "Ms Grant..."
Cat stops in front of a blank door and flings it open, "You can't do interviews in the bullpen, now get your office set up. The first interview is at 2 pm."
"I have an office?" Kara asks excitedly.
"Yes, it's not much, but it's larger than my first office," Cat says opening up the door and switching on the light, a slight smile on her face as she sees the excitement on Kara's.
"Now, contact Dave in maintenance and requisition some furniture and if there's nothing suitable let me know and we'll order something in for you," Cat says before turning to leave.
"Thank you Ms Grant," Kara says before Cat leaves.
"You are welcome Kara, now find a good assistant for me. You have set the bar rather high," Cat remarks closing the door behind her.
The office door opens suddenly and Winn steps in. "Kara what's going on?" he asks looking around the room.
"I have an office," she replies excitedly.
"Okay, but I thought that you were going to work downstairs in fashion?" he asks.
"No, that's on hold. Ms Grant has decided to hire a new Director of Fashion and let him or her pick their own team," Kara explains.
"So what is your new job?" he asks.
"Oh, I don't know yet. Right now I'm interviewing potential assistants for Cat and training them," Kara replies.
"Considering how many assistants she went through before you got here, that may be a full time job," he quips.
"Funny Winn. I'm confident that I can find the right person and train them to handle Cat Grant, she's not that bad," Kara remarks.
"Uh huh, well good luck with that," he replies laughing. "But seriously, let me know if you need anything. It's going to be weird not having you beside me in the bullpen any more," he adds.
"Why are you cancelling TV night?" Alex asks when Kara answers her phone.
"I have dinner plans with Ms Grant, she wants to talk privately," Kara explains.
"Wait, like a date?" Alex questions.
"Not a date and did you get the picture that I sent?" Kara asks hoping to change the subject.
"Yes, but why are you in a windowless room?" Alex asks.
"It's my new office!" Kara blurts out. "Oh, and my first interview is due in a few minutes, I should go."
"Wait, I thought all the offices there had glass walls, how is it that you get one without any glass at all?" Alex questions.
"I think this is Ms Grant's way of helping me. Now it won't be as noticeable to people when I'm gone and this office is right beside the stairwell to the roof too." Kara answers. "Look, I'll call you later but I have to go now."
"There's enough food here to feed half the building," Cat remarks watching Kara filling her plate.
"Well, since I don't have to hide it anymore, you're about to find out just how much I can eat," Kara replies. Proud of herself for being more assertive with Ms Grant today.
"Well, this certainly explains all the take out containers in the breakroom," Cat quips.
"Ha ha, not all of those are mine," Kara retorts with a small laugh.
Cat pours two glasses of wine and then goes out to the patio off the living room to eat dinner and watch the sunset. As they both sit down at the small table, Kara closes her eyes and listens to the waves breaking on the shore.
"Is everything alright?" Cat asks a little concerned that their dinner is about to be interrupted by Supergirl dashing off.
"Yes and this is much nicer than our usual take out night in the office over layouts, thank you," Kara says flashing a dazzling smile at her.
"Yes, yes it is," Cat agrees picking up her wine and taking a small sip.
"Kara, may I ask...how many people know the truth about you?" Cat asks softly.
"Outside of my family and the government, three including you," Kara answers.
"Hmm, that must be difficult and a bit lonely," Cat observes.
"It is, which is why I am so close with my foster family, they gave me a home and taught me how to fit in and be normal," Kara explains. "If it weren't for the Danvers family and my cousin, I'd probably be in a government lab as somebody's experiment."
Cat shudders at the thought of that, "Do you really think that there is a government lab full of alien experiments?" Cat questions.
"Yes, but the government isn't the only one experimenting on aliens, there are private companies that also do it," Kara remarks, before taking a big bite of food.
"Hmm, we're going to come back to this. But first I would like to know if you knew James Olsen before he joined us?" Cat asks.
"No, I'd never met him but apparently my cousin asked James to watch out for me. I had no idea that he knew I was related to Kal El until after I saved the plane, James kept helping me to hide my identity," Kara explains.
"Who is the third person who knows your secret?" Cat asks next.
"Winn. And he designed and made the supersuit prototypes, before the government took them over, using higher tech fabrics," she adds.
"Where do you keep the suit when you're not wearing it?" Cat asks, setting down her fork.
"Uh, the suit is always with me," Kara replies with no elaboration, before taking another hearty bite of Pad Thai.
Cat carefully considers her next question.
"The night of the launch party you were wearing a strapless dress, there's no way you had the suit on. How did you manage to change into it so quickly and what did you do with the dress?" Cat asks.
"Ms Grant," Kara begins to respond, but reconsiders. Instead she stands up, motions for Cat to stand up and then gestures for Cat to step back into the living room.
"Kara, what are you going to show me, that it is in your bag?" Cat asks turning around to face her, only to find Supergirl standing behind her. "How did you do that and where are your other clothes?"
"It's a secret Ms Grant and an important one, well important for me. This supersuit represents everything to me. This symbol, most people think it's just an 'S' but really it's the symbol for The House of El. Most people know that Superman's real name is Kal El, but not many people know mine is Kara Zor-El," Kara explains flashing back into her regular clothes as they return to the patio.
"Kara Zor-El, that's what Maxima called you. How does she know your real name?" Cat asks.
"Okay, now this is between us. No one else." Kara says sitting back down and staring at Cat, waiting for her to agree.
Cat nods and Kara continues.
"Several years ago, Maxima decided that Kal El should be the father of her children and she's been like this crazy stalker ever since. She even kidnapped Lois Lane a few times," Kara replies. "She can read people's minds, so it's possible that she found out about me from Lois or James."
"Lois knows that you're Supergirl?" Cat questions.
"No, Lois knows Kara Zor-El is Supergirl. She doesn't know Kara Danvers," Kara points out.
"Kara, what took you so long to become Supergirl?" Cat suddenly asks.
"My sister's plane was going to crash into the bay and I realized that I could save it, so I did." Kara replies. "But it's not that I didn't want to be a hero, it's that I wasn't sure how to do it. You see, the symbol on my suit also stands for a Kryptonia phrase El mayarah, which means stronger together," she explains. "My cousin didn't grow up on Krypton, he grew up on this planet alone, so he works alone. But I grew up on Krypton and Kryptonian work together as a team. I've always wanted to be a hero, but I didn't want to be like Kal El. I didn't want to do it alone."
"But you did work alone to save your sister, but then you needed a support team, which is why you told Winn," Cat replies.
"Yes and now I have a paramilitary organization supporting me and training me," Kara adds smugly.
"I gave up trying to count the calories you were consuming after your third order of Pad Thai," Cat says laughing.
"I warned you," Kara says smiling at her. "Are we going to talk about the other night?"
"There's nothing to talk about," Cat says defensively and then watches the girl's face fall.
"I have something to say," Kara says turning to her.
"Kara, please...please don't make this harder on me than it already is," Cat replies softly. "The other night was a momentary lapse on my part. I took the comfort that you offered and then pushed it too far," she explains.
"But that's just it, you didn't push it too far. I have those feelings for you too," Kara says reaching over for her hand.
"Kara, no. I was an emotional mess that night and you were there. It won't happen again. These feelings that you think you have for me are probably similar to mine. I'm a bit of hero to you and you're a literal hero to me," Cat replies softly.
"But what if it's more than that?" Kara asks, her voice breaking a little as she stares intently at Cat.
"It can't be," Cat replies picking up her drink and staring off into the distance to avoid looking at Kara.