The board was insistent, the COO had to have degrees from the country's top universities. Either Kara had to leave, or they would never approve the position. Lena was beyond determined. She threatened to fire the entire board. When they called her bluff, she did the next best thing she brought the universities to Kara. She paid to have the examiners flown all the way to National City, and within a week Kara had finished her exams. Two weeks later the diplomas came by courier. 15 Bachelor's with first-grade honours, 14 masters and 12 PHDs. Kara was by nightfall the most qualified being in National City beside Lena herself.
That night they went to the new all you can eat rib house across the city. Kara had been dying to go and well, Lena would do anything for Kara. In the end, they sat there as Kara ate ribs one after the other getting more on her hands and face than she did in her mouth by Lena's opinion. Conversely, Lena slowly paced herself eating one after the other without a hair out of place. That is until Kara noticed, the blonde was horrified, how could Lena eat ribs with a knife and fork, then it hit her Lena didn't like ribs.
It took Lena nearly half an hour to calm Kara down and tell her that yes she did like ribs it was just habit left from her time under Lillian's thumb. Kara still wanted to leave until she saw that Lena was now holding the ribs in between her finger and happily tearing away pieces. At this point the owners who had been breathing a sigh of relief at the prospect of them (mostly Kara) leaving huff as they begin to cook more ribs, determined not to let the blonde deplete their entire supply.
By the time they leave they have been there for 4 hours, the serious eating was over in about 2 hours much to the owner's relief, and instead, Kara and Lena sat there and just talked. They talked about everything that had not yet seen the light of day between them, exes, favourite places, hoodies or jumpers. By the time they leave they begin to notice that a substantial crowd has begun to gather outside the rib house.
The tabloids, they're waiting for Kara and Lena.
They look to each other immediately they consider sneaking out the back, after all, it would be no issue for Kara to get them out of there. But then Kara notices the small mountain of ribs they have eaten, she feels sorry for the owners, then she thinks maybe they can help out a little.
Free publicity never hurt anyone right?
As soon as they exit the cameras begin flashing, already Kara can feel the pain beginning behind her eyes, and she knows that if Alex finds out about this, her sister will send her off to a DEO monastery in Siberia. Luckily Lena recognises the signs of sensory overload and quickly shields Kara with her body, when that isn't enough she does the only other thing she can think of. She takes Kara's face into her hands and kisses her. She watches as Kara's body language relaxes even as the flurry of camera shots increases. When they pull apart, they are bombarded by questions, but instead of focusing there Kara smiles at Lena all her focus on the woman she loves.
They quickly make their escape taking Kara's motorbike as Lena's Audi is surrounded. Kara handing her the spare helmet she carries for Alex. As soon as she is on and her helmet is secure, Lena's arms tight around her Kara guns the engine and takes off neatly avoiding the journalists who rush to block their path, after all, none of them has super reflexes.
When they arrive at Lena's apartment they fall against each other giggling, neither able to hold it in anymore. As they walk towards the elevator that leads to Lena's apartment the doorman, Gerome, gives them a wide smile and a nod. As soon as the doors of the elevator close they fall together their arms wrapping around the other's waist.
And in a moment the passion from before is back and they fall together like two pieces of a whole as they press their way into Lena's penthouse. Their belongings flutter to the ground behind them as the door seals itself automatically. Kara and Lena make their way into the bedroom never detaching from the other as they go Kara knocks aside the furniture hearing several pieces crack and snap in their wake. And when they finally make it to the bed their passion is like a Forrest fire, until finally they collapse entangled together amidst a swirl of sheets as Lena clings to her alien heater and Kara purrs into Lena's neck