The next morning she wakes with Lena snuggled tightly into her on the couch. They had fallen asleep at some point during their tv shows last night and despite her protestations to the contrary Lena was a koala when she was with Kara.

Kara smiles down at her as she looks at the beautiful woman sleeping in her arms. She feels the butterflies in her stomach begin to swirl, in these last weeks and months she had been coming to the realisation that there was more there with Lena than just friendship. Had she known the truth, that the brunette felt the same way she would have told her, but alas that was a conversation they had not had, and Kara would not risk their friendship, she would not risk Lena.

She lays there a few minutes before her phone begins to ring, it disturbs Lena enough to wake up the brunette making her growl and grumble before rolling off Kara and half walking, half staggering toward where the coffee is kept.

Kara reaches over and answers her phone "Hello?" She asks wondering who would be calling so early on a Saturday morning

"Miss Danvers, this is Mr Blake from National City News, how are you this morning?"

"I'm good Mr Blake, how are you?"

"I'm very well Miss Danvers, what I was calling about was that I had heard reports that you may no longer be employed by Catco Media, is this correct?"

"I don't know who you heard that from Mr Blake, but they are very well informed."

"Ahh, splendid, I was hoping that if it was ok by you, I might have a courier come by with some papers. We here at National City News have an offer for you."

"Mr Blake, I appreciate the offer, please send the courier. I can't guarantee I will accept your offer, but I will certainly look it over."

"Thank you, Miss Danvers, I hope you have a splendid day."

"You too Mr Blake, bye."

"Bye."

"Who was that Darling?" Lena asks from the kitchen as soon as Kara has hung up

"Mr Blake from NCN," Kara asks still a little shocked "he wanted to offer me a job."

"Is that something you want? I thought you were happy at Catco" Lena enquires. When Kara looks away bashful Lena asks "Kara, what happened to Catco?"

"I got fired, " Kara mumbles

Lena feels her blood begin to boil "Why did you get fired, Kara?"

"That's not important."

Realisation hits Lena as ice shoots through her veins "it was because of me, wasn't it? I'm the reason you were fired."

"No Lena, no, it wasn't because of you" Kara lies

Lena looks at her disbelief written across her features "Sure, then why won't you tell me why you were fired?"

"Snapper, he asked me to do something. Something I thought was wrong, I told him no. He said that if I wasn't going to do my job I didn't have one" Kara says her voice filled with emotion

Part of Lena wants to stop, but the other part of her knows she is only moments away from the truth and so she asks "What did he ask you to do Kara?"

"He asked me to spy on you!" Kara says as she collapses against the couch. She barely notices Lena moving, but before long the brunette has the blonde in her arms and is carding through her hair.

The rest of the morning is composed of two things, Kara and Lena sitting together as Lena works through what she had just learned. It is still an amazement that anyone cares enough for her to actually do something like this. And Kara fielding calls from every major news network out there, shocked as she learns she is being headhunted by pretty much everyone under the sun.

That afternoon as they sit together they begin to go through the offers that Kara had received from all the different media companies. They included things like; a living allowance, company car, share options, her own office and all sorts of other incentives. But as they sit together Lena decides that none of them is enough for the blonde beside her.

She thinks about how Kara is the smartest person she has ever met. How if Kara so desired she could walk into any university in the world and walk out with a dozen degrees in everything from History to Science, from Communications to Engineering, from English to Law. And then she thinks about the empty COO position she has.

The job has been empty ever since Lex showed himself to be a maniac. It had been Lena's job, she had never found someone who she believed could do it properly in her absence, so she absorbed it into her own workload. Except now, now she thinks she might have finally found someone who could do it right.

The next morning Lena leaves early for the office, she spends hours in talks with her lawyers and HR department, and they assure, her pending a few minor conditions. There would be no issue with Kara coming on board as her COO. By lunchtime, she has drafted a proposal she is sure that Kara will accept. That evening she shows up to Kara's papers in one hand, a huge bag of takeout in the other.

Kara is surprised, to say the least. She never imagined that Lena thought about her like this. Lena who is so brilliant thinks she would be perfect to fill her shoes. As they enjoy the meal, she sits there and goes through the offer. It is everything that Kara could ever have dreamed, except for one thing.

"I don't want to leave National City Lena," Kara says looking at the brunette across the table from her

"Kara, it would only be for a few months, just long enough to finish all the exams and things, I don't like it either, but the board will insist," Lena says folding her hands into the table

"Will you come with me?" Kara asks

Lena shakes her head "Kara… I…I can`t"

"Then I'm sorry Lena the answer is no" Kara says placing the papers aside

"Why Kara? People would literally kill for this" Lena asks befuddled

"Lena…" Kara tries

Again something is niggling at Lena "No Kara, National City can survive for a few months…"

"This isn't about National City!" Kara practically yells

"Then what? Why Kara? Why are you being so stubborn?" Lena asks her voice still rising, determined to push Kara to tell her the truth

"Because I love you, you idiot!" Kara says suddenly kissing Lena

"Ohhh" Lena mumbles, she really wasn't expecting that

Kara blanches as she looks away she says "I'm sorry, I, I shouldn't have done that. Oh my god I've ruined everything… i…"

She is cut off when Lena kisses her…"I love you too" Lena murmurs against Kara's lips "I suppose we need a way for you to stay in National City then," Lena says as she pulls back slightly eliciting a happy smile from Kara