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Chapter 2

Kara walked out of a coffee shop that morning with her sister Alex after getting the usual latte for her boss, Cat Grant. "I really didn't mean to tell Ms. Grant that Superman was my cousin, it just slipped." She spoke in a low voice so no one passing by would overhear. She handed the latte to Alex while she began to look in her bag for something.

It was at this time that Barry happened to be walking by. He was looking at the interview that Supergirl had given to Cat Grant. He bumped into Kara and made her drop her bag spilling the contents inside while he dropped his phone. "Oh I am so sorry about that, I was not paying much attention," he quickly said as he bent down to help her pick her stuff up.

"Oh no I'm sorry. I wasn't looking either," She said looking up at Barry. He stared at her for a minute feeling like he had seen her before, but didn't understand why. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh no I'm sorry you just seemed familiar for some reason. We haven't met before have we?"

"No I don't think so. I think I would remember meeting you if we had."

"Yeah, you're right," Barry told her feeling embarrassed. "I'm sorry again for just bumping like that."

"It's okay, no harm done." Kara told him smiling. As he helped her pick up the last of her things she went to hand him back his phone when she noticed the interview with Supergirl on the screen.

"It's pretty cool don't you think? I mean can you imagine being from another planet or even meeting an actual alien," Barry said noticing where her attention was. Inwardly he had been geeking out over having met an alien. He had initially thought Supergirl might just be another metahuman like him. Upon learning that she was in fact and alien as well as her cousin who resided in Metropolis he couldn't help but feel amazed and excited.

"Hahaha, no I really couldn't imagine being from another planet," Kara said nervously. "Anyway Superman has been around longer than Supergirl and he's an alien."

"Yeah, right. I guess I just got caught up in the interview." Barry realized he probably sounded strange. Of course the people here would be used to aliens on the planet. Superman had been around longer after all. As they stood back up he had noticed Alex for the first time. She had been standing off to the side watching the whole exchange. He recognized her right away as being the one he helped Supergirl save.

"I'm Kara, Kara Danvers and this is my sister Alex," Kara said drawing Barry's attention back to her.

"Barry, Barry Allen." He proceeded to shake hands with Kara as his eyes darted back to Alex for a moment. She had caught the look of surprise on Barry's face when he noticed her but said nothing. "It was nice meeting you Kara, Alex."

"Mr. Allen," Alex said finally said shaking his hand.

"Just call me Barry. The last person who called me Mr. Allen, I didn't part on good terms with." He thought of Eobard Thawne and how he once trusted and looked up to the man he thought was Harrison Wells.

"Maybe I'll see you around Barry," Kara told him with a smile. He agreed and smiled back at her as they parted ways. He went into the coffee shop that Kara and Alex had just left.

CatCo-

Kara walked out of an elevator carrying the latte she got for her boss. She made her way over to her desk where she set her bag down when Winn, one of her friends walked up. "Kara there you are. Ms. Grant was not happy when you weren't here."

"I'm running late, I know. How mad is she?"

"Well thankfully you're only about 5 minutes late so it might not be that bad. What happened, was it a Supergirl thing?"

"No, I met someone this morning and just got caught up in talking to him. Actually he bumped into me, we bumped into each other. Anyway, I dropped my bag, he helped me pick my stuff up and we talked for a minute." As she finished explaining Winn couldn't help but feel jealous at the smile Kara had as she thought about her encounter with Barry.

She was soon called in to Cat's office for a meeting along with other staff members. Cat had images of the Flash on the screens behind her from news reports of saves he has made since he showed up. "We not only have one hero in this city, now we have two. So who is he? Is he another alien like our super cousins? Where did his powers come from?"

The others including Kara listening with rapt attention as Cat spoke. Kara was getting the feeling she knew where this was going. Cat was going to want an interview with the Flash too.

"I want an interview with our Scarlet Speedster and I want it by the end of the week. He seems have been in contact with Supergirl, she could help land it. I don't care how you do it, but I want someone to get me that interview." Cat was looking at James when she mentioned using Supergirl for the interview. "Dismissed."

As everyone else cleared out James spoke up. "So first you wanted me to use my contact with Superman to get you and interview with Supergirl, now you want me to use Supergirl to get you an interview with this new guy."

"I believe I didn't stutter Mr. Olsen, I said I don't care how I get that interview."

"Ms. Grant, I can't just call Supergirl every time you want something. She is not my personal secretary." Kara was standing behind them near the door. She was glad that James was willing to speak up for her though she was also deep in thought at the moment. She supposed it couldn't hurt to ask the Flash if he wanted to do the interview and let him decide.

"Mr. Olsen, if I don't have an interview by the end of the week someone is going to be looking for a new job."

It was later that Kara had stepped into James's office. He was busy working when he noticed she had come in. "Thank you for that back there," she said as James got up from his chair.

"Honestly I don't think it's fair that she just expects me to use my contacts to get what she wants. Who is this guy Kara?" He crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall.

"He goes by the Flash and…" She was going to tell James about how he said he was from another Earth but decided not to as it wasn't her story to tell. "He was pretty amazing. He even helped me save my sister from the Hellgrammite."

"So what do you think? Do you think he'll go the interview?"

"I don't know, I don't even know how to get in touch with him. I thought I might mention it if I see him again and let him decide."

Highway-

The Flash had arrived on the scene of a pile up to find Supergirl there. She looked startled at first, thinking that Reactron might have come back. When she saw who it was able to relax. "What happened here," she heard him ask.

"I came to help with the pile up and I was attacked." Kara made her way over to him as people all around them watched. As soon as he asked who it was she explained that it was a man in a suit who was able to fire red beams at her. Flash asked if she was okay and she was glad for his concern.

"I'm fine, I just need to find out who this guys is and stop him." She and Flash continued to walk away from the scene. "Listen, there is one thing I wanted to talk to you about."

This got the Flash's attention and asked her what it was. "Well you know Cat Grant, the one I let interview me. Well I was told by a friend who works there that she was looking to do an interview with you." As she finished saying that she looked over to him to see him looking off as if he was thinking.

After a minute of thinking it over he had made his decision. "Alright I'll do it. You can tell your friend that I'll find Ms. Grant when I'm ready."

Kara felt relieved to hear him agree to do the interview. Especially knowing that Ms. Grant would have easily fired someone if he didn't. "Do you need help catching this guy," Flash asked her.

"No, not this time." Kara turned to him as she said this. "I…appreciate your help, but I have to do this myself." At Flash's questioning look she explained further. "Listen, my cousin is Superman. Everybody knows who he is, he is this great hero to the world. Because I am his cousin and I wear this S there is so much expected of me. People expecting me to be just like him."

"I need to prove to people that I'm not just Superman's cousin, I am my own hero. I want to be defined by my own victories and losses. I can't do that if I have him, or you coming to my aid all the time."

"Supergirl," Flash said softly. "You know it doesn't make you weak to ask for help. Sometimes that hardest thing to do is asking for help. Relying on someone else doesn't prove you are less of a hero than your cousin or anybody else."

"I doubt the rest of the world will see it that way. Please," she pleaded with him. "I need to do this myself."

The Flash sighed and finally nodded his head. "Okay, if you really feel like you have to then I won't get in your way. Just know that if you change your mind I'm ready to help."

Kara smiled at him in appreciation. "Thank you Flash, and I know."

CatCo-

It was the night after Supergirl had managed to defeat Reactron and save the day. Cat Grant was leaving for the night when she found herself a block away on a roof. She looked and saw a shadowy figure on the other side. "Ms. Grant," Flash said disguising his voice. "I heard you wanted an interview with me."

"You're the Flash. I see the name fits, I didn't even notice you bringing us here. Why stand in the shadows?"

"I set the terms. Do you have questions for me?"

Cat pulled out a recorder and pressed a buttion. "Okay, let's start with where you come from."

"I grew up in Central City. I only arrived here recently."

"Central City isn't exactly next door. Though I guess travel is no much of an issue for you. So you are saying you're from Earth then?"

"If you're asking if I'm an alien then no I'm not." Barry noticed she was slowly making her way toward him so he sped behind her to the other side.

"You don't want me to see your face," Cat realized. It was the truth, even though he had a mask on he didn't want her to get a close up look at him. "How did you get your powers?"

"It was an accident, and that's all I'm saying."

"An accident made you this fast? Must have been one hell of an accident."

"There were special circumstances surrounding my accident. Next question."

"How fast are you exactly?"

"Well last I checked it was around Mach 3, but I'm still working on getting faster."

Cat's jaw dropped at the answer to that question. "You're saying that you aren't even at your top speed?"

"I'm saying that I keep pushing myself to be faster. There are others who are faster than me." He immediately thought of Reverse Flash and Zoom. He knew that Zoom was still a threat and could come for him at any minute.

When the interview concluded Flash had dropped Cat back at her office. He sped through the city to a roof where Supergirl was waiting. "Don't think I didn't notice you watching over the interview."

"Sorry, I hope you don't mind." Supergirl said as she turned around to face him.

"No it's fine. Nice job with Reactron by the way. You handled that well." At her raised eyebrow he continued. "I may have did some digging after we talked on the highway."

"You were watching my fight with Reactron weren't you?"

"I…may have also been watching your fight." They both laughed. "I know you said you wanted to handle this alone. But I still wanted to be nearby just in case."

"Thank you, I feel like I'm saying that a lot to you. But thanks for not stepping in and letting me handle it." Kara gave him a warm smile.

"I know you want to prove yourself. Just don't forget that there are people who want to help you too."

"So you got your power because of an accident huh? Want to tell me?"

"Maybe some time soon. I'll be ready to trade secrets when you are. How is that?"

"I'll keep it in mind." Supergirl turned to walk toward the edge of the roof. "Just so you know. I think I do trust you now." She smiled as she took off into the air. Barry smiled too as he sped off too.