Kara flies over the city trying to clear her head, it's been several hours since she woke up naked, her head in Cat's lap and her arms wrapped around the other woman's body. She can't even imagine how that happened, despite Cat's numerous attempts to explain it. It is understandable that Cat would be worried; sleeping for twenty hours is not a normal response to a massage. Landing on her own patio, Kara pushes open the doors and then pulls her phone out of her boot.
"I just got home, can I call you right back?" Kara says when she answers the phone. Then she quickly texts Cat to tell her that she's home before going over to her freezer and pulling out a tub of ice cream and grabbing a spoon. Plopping down on her couch, she checks the return message from Cat and laughs. "Pre-meeting at 7:30, don't be late".
"Hey Luce, I feel amazing actually, in fact I just flew a patrol loop around the city," Kara says before taking another bite of ice cream.
"So you finally escaped Cat, huh?" Lucy teases.
"Escaped? Don't be so dramatic. I wasn't a hostage. I was unconscious," Kara reminds her.
"Well, I've never seen Cat like that; she went all mama bear on me," Lucy jokes. "I made the mistake of offering to move you to the DEO and she wasn't having it. So are you going to tell me what's going on with you guys?"
"Nothing that I know of. She did say that Siobhan did something the other day though and whatever it was made her decide to show that she appreciates me." Kara explains.
"It's about time," Lucy blurts out. "But still, nothing happened between you two?"
"Uh, no. And I can't believe that you'd ask that," Kara replies indignantly.
"Really? Come on Kara, you two have a bit of tension, are you really going to tell me that you don't notice it?" Lucy asks.
"Of course we have tension. She's a tense person," Kara blurts out. "You have no idea what I go through."
"I have some idea, but why do you do it? You must know that after all this time working for Cat, there's no one in the world that wouldn't hire you in an instant. Not to mention, you could come work at the DEO, we are down a couple of agents right now," Lucy reminds her.
"I know that it doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but I need Cat, especially now that Alex is not around," Kara remarks.
"Cat? You're on a first name basis with her now?" Lucy teases.
"Well, she said that I was a guest in her home and that I couldn't call her Ms Grant. So I guess that I sort of am on a first name basis with her now," Kara realizes.
"Hmm, well Doc says that you should come in first thing tomorrow for a work up," Lucy answers.
"Uh, I have meetings in the morning. It'll have to be at lunch," Kara replies.
"Okay, but just remember, Cat knows that you're Supergirl, you don't have to hide everything any more," Lucy reminds her.
"Right, uh, how did that happen by the way?" Kara asks.
"She figured it out apparently. When you didn't wake up this morning, she called James and he called me. Didn't she tell you that?" Lucy asks a bit surprised.
"No, I didn't ask a lot of questions. Lucy I woke up naked at Cat's house with her sitting on the bed beside me," Kara blurts out.
"Oh wait, you have to tell me the rest of this story," Lucy begs.
"There's nothing more to tell. I just wasn't exactly thinking straight at that point," Kara replies.
"I bet you weren't," Lucy says laughing again.
Tossing the empty ice cream container away, Kara's not sure when she'll need to sleep again after the massage coma, but she decides to take a shower since that usually helps her to relax before she lays down. It's part of her routine, the routine that she's maintained since she joined the Danvers family.
"Cat what are you doing here?" Kara is startled awake by a familiar face standing over her bed.
"Kara, you know why I'm here," she says slipping off her coat to reveal...
Kara bolts up from her bed and looks around the empty room. She must have fallen asleep and dreamed... wait why would she dream that? Trying to catch her breath Kara remembers that she was recently naked in a bed near Cat and it's probably just her subconscious sorting things out. Calming down, she lays back down in her bed and remembers the feel of her arms around Cat's waist and her hand... sitting up again quickly, she realizes that thinking about that isn't a good idea. And it still wasn't a big deal, it's not like she hasn't slept in the same bed with friends before, she reminds herself. Well never naked anyway. The few boys that she's gone out with were all in a hurry to have sex, so while she's fooled around quite a bit, she's never really had sex with anyone. She's always been a bit afraid that she would hurt them. Lucy mentioned that there was tension between Cat and Kara, which is true, there is. But Kara assumed it was due to Cat being a tense person. But now she wonders if there isn't more to it. Thinking back to when she was under red kryptonite and she wore different clothes to the office, she could feel Cat's eyes on her, but she attributed that to her being overly sensitive to everything at that time. Walking over to her closet, Kara looks over her clothing carefully and picks out an outfit to wear to work tomorrow. Slipping on the tight skirt and form fitting blouse, Kara turns to admire herself in the mirror, maybe this will help her figure out if there's something going on with Cat or if it's all in her head.
Landing on the roof of CATCO, Kara takes a moment to change into her clothes and put her hair up. Since she didn't sleep much, she brought her clothes here to the roof before flying off to Metropolis to get Cat a scone from her favorite cafe. Kara doesn't want security to see her in the elevator when she hasn't checked into the building yet, so she takes the stairs. Flinging open the door she spots Cat exiting her elevator. But Cat saw her first and if the look on her face is any indication, Cat definitely approves of this outfit, Kara notes smugly.
"Kara, you did not take the stairs forty floors and still look like that?" Cat blurts out.
"Uh, just from the roof," she says nervously. "I sort of flew in today."
"Wait, you went to Metropolis?" she squeals excitedly as Kara hands her the bag from Sweet Ruth's.
"I wanted to do something special to thank you for taking care of me when I was in the massage coma," Kara explains as they walk into the bullpen. "But I still need to run and get your latte from Noonan's. You're early," she points out.
"I am early. And that massage coma was partially my fault. Then after falling asleep yesterday afternoon, I didn't sleep well last night, so I went to the early spin class this morning," she answers.
Kara looks nervous at the mention of yesterday afternoon and she flushes a little, before announcing that she's going to run to Noonan's for their coffee.
Cat looks back up to say something but Kara is gone, so she sets her things down at her desk, flips open her laptop and then picks up the remote and turns all of the tvs on. Once she's satisfied that nothing new has happened since she left the gym, she heads over to her side bar to get a small plate for the scone. By the time she sits down at the couch, Kara is coming through the door with their coffees.
"May I ask how often you use your superpowers as my assistant?" Cat asks suddenly wondering if that is the secret to Kara's success and if so, what does that say about Cat Grant, Queen of all Media.
"Not often, and usually it's because I got called away to help someone and then I use them to get caught up. All though the super hearing tips me off to what you need all the time," Kara admits. "Oh and I zap your latte every morning so it's hot enough for you."
"That's ridiculous Kara, you should just microwave it," Cat replies, gesturing for the girl to sit down.
"Have you seen the microwave in the breakroom?" Kara asks alarmed.
"Okay, good point. Your heat vision is probably more sanitary," she concedes. Pausing to take a bite of the scone, Cat can't help the little moan that escapes her mouth.
Kara glances up from her donut and smiles at her.
"I brought that monitor in for you to return, I assume that they'll want you in to do a full work up?" Cat inquires.
"Yes, I'll do it over lunch, if you don't need me," Kara adds.
"That will be fine. I suppose we should work out a system, so that you can let me know when you're needed elsewhere," Cat points out. "I'd rather not hear Winn's paltry explanations about jammed copiers and dropped files."
"Do you mean a signal or a text message?" Kara asks.
"A signal is fine, if we're in the office and you need to leave. You could just point up or something, that would let me know that you're leaving. A text message would be fine on other occasions," Cat replies. "It doesn't have to be long, just something you can send quickly."
Kara nods, she can try to do that.
Taking the last bite of the scone, Cat looks over at the girl on the sofa across from her. "Do you even need to workout?" she asks curiously.
"Not really, Alex says that flying is an amazing core exercise and it burns a ton of calories," Kara explains.
"That is so not fair," Cat replies with a smile.
"If it makes you feel any better, I did have to learn how to fight, that wasn't really in my nature," Kara says a bit shyly.
"Alex is your sister, where is she?" Cat asks.
"I don't know. She's away on a covert mission," Kara replies easily but the worry on her face betrays her. Cat knows that isn't exactly the truth.
Kara abruptly stands up and places her hands on her hips and stares down at the other woman. "Cat this isn't an interview? None of this is on the record, right?" She asks forcefully.
"No, no I would never do that Sup... Kara," Cat replies catching herself. She's a bit transfixed at the physical change that just took place in front of her. Cat's not seen Super Kara before, it's quite exhilarating to see the transformation.
"Cat, I'm sorry. I just... I'm not used to having someone to talk about these things with who's not at the Agency," Kara apologizes. "And now I just called you Cat at work. It won't happen again Ms Grant."
"Kara, this is new to both of us. We'll need to set some ground rules as we figure it out, but I don't mind you calling me by my first name when it's just the two of us. The past few weeks, I've realized that you know me better than probably anyone ever has and I've come to place a value on that. I just thought that getting to know you a bit would help balance the scale," Cat explains.
"Hey Supergirl!" Lucy says looking up from the console. "You look great," she adds.
"Thanks, I feel amazing. I'll just go check in with Doc, everything good out here?" she asks looking up at the screen curiously.
"Yeah, just tracking a bit of alien activity in the desert. Nothing to worry about right now though," Lucy explains as she grabs the hero's arm and leads her back to medical.
"Here's the monitor that you left at Ms Grant's," Kara says pulling it out of her boot.
Lucy raises her eyebrows, "No more Cat?" she asks playfully.
"I have to be careful with that. I'm afraid that I will slip and call her that at work," Kara answers.
"After two years, you've proven yourself Kara. It shouldn't be a big deal, she should get over it. You probably know her better than her ex-husband at this point," Lucy quips.
"She, uh, sort of said that this morning," Kara admits.
"I thought that you said that you had a meeting this morning. Wait, you were with her this morning? What happened after we talked last night?" Lucy blurts out.
"Director Lane," Doc glares at the woman a bit, "I need to examine Supergirl, any chance that the two of you could have this little chat later?" she asks.
"Of course, Doc. Kara, text me later. We should grab dinner and catch up," Lucy says with a wink.
Kara sighs. She misses Alex. She's thankful for Lucy and pleased that they're becoming friends, but she still misses her sister.
"Kara?" Doc asks. "Everything just dropped for a moment, are you okay?"
"Yes, sorry. I just miss her so much," Kara says tearing up.
"I miss her too. But she's fine, we got a message from her today. A signal really. I'm sure Director Lane will fill you in, but it's not safe here yet," Doc reminds her.
"Right, so am I good to go?" Kara asks shaking it off and offering a tight smile.
"Everything is better than perfect. You're numbers are off the charts. Would you be up for a few tests? I think your little coma may have given you a power boost," Doc explains.
"Uh, sure. How long will it take? I just need to check in at work," she replies licking her lips nervously.
Cat looks over at her phone when it chimes and then has to smile at the ridiculous emoji filled message from Kara.
"I take it you are detained for testing?" Cat types.
"Yes, the long nap seems to have given me a boost." Kara replies.
"Ah, got it. I'm not fluent in emoji," Cat admits.
Kara replies with a smiley face.
She clears her throat before entering the office and Cat's head whips up. "Oh you're back," she says with a smile. Then catching herself she adds, "Kara, I realize that you millennials are all about the emojis but they are not professional. You will text me with words from now on."
"Ms Grant, I agree but there is certain information that would be better conveyed with symbols and that's all emojis are, now I've come up with a few and saved them into my phone. If you have a moment, I'll go over them with you so you'll know what they mean," Kara explains, managing to take the bluster out of Cat's rebuke and throw her off guard.
"I see. Very well. Let me see them," she says slightly irritated that she didn't realize that on her own.
"Okay, these are fairly obvious, I don't think that they would fool anyone," Cat remarks. "And you don't need to go into this much detail, I will know if you're rescuing people," she gestures at the screens surrounding them.
"Oh right, okay. Then how about I just send you this?" Kara asks.
"Clouds?" Cat asks, "Oh yes, that's good. That could literally mean anything."
"And if I leave the planet, I'll send you this, so you'll know I'm out of range," Kara explains showing her a stars emoji.
"What do you mean leave the planet?" Cat questions, then it dawns on her and she replies loudly, "YOU CAN..."
"Ssshh, Cat not so loud," Kara says sitting on the corner of her desk and taking her hands to get her attention.
Cat looks at her assistant and then pulls her hands away, "Kara" she hisses, "Off the desk," she adds.
"Oh sorry," Kara flushes when she realizes what that possibly looked like to the bullpen.
"Outside, now," Cat says going over to fix herself a glass of water.
"Ms Grant, I didn't mean to do that. I just needed to get your attention," Kara explains.
"Perhaps we shouldn't discuss this at work," Cat says taking a long sip of water. "But seriously, Kara you can leave the planet?" she whispers.
"Cat, I can break the sound barrier. Of course I can leave the planet," Kara replies confused that Cat wouldn't know this already.
"Oh right. We should really consider doing a feature on Supergirl. I think it would go a long way towards helping her garner favor with the public," Cat says crossing the balcony to stand in front of her. "You did it again. That was Supergirl, who just responded to me."
Kara hesitates. This is what she was afraid of with Ms Grant. She's one of the few people who know both Kara Danvers and Supergirl, this could get messy. "Ms Grant, you do realize that it's just me. I am both," she reminds her.
"Yes, yes. But now the dichotomy is intriguing after seeing both separate. How did I miss this before?" Cat questions.
"You weren't looking for it before and you dismissed it. I've always been both, right in front of you," Kara answers.
"Yes, of course. So we were discussing a feature with Supergirl. I'll give you final editorial approval, if you'll agree to it," Cat says returning to the subject.
"Y-you don't give final editorial approval to anyone Ms Grant," Kara stammers.
"I will give it to you in exchange for the interview," Cat replies before picking up her water glass and leaving Kara alone on the balcony.