Kara was getting her morning coffee with her sister, and her two friends Lena and Maggie, when she spotted a man entering the coffee.
"Hi," said the man, noticing Kara. He then went to buy himself coffee. Kara blushed, while the other three women noticed it. Lena in particular glared at the man.
After the young man left, the four women continued drinking their morning coffee, before they separated. Kara went to CatCo to help Cat Grant, while Alex went to the DEO, and Maggie to her police HQ. Lena stayed in the coffee shop, and after finishing her coffee, also left.
When Kara arrived to her work, she noticed the same man standing inside the office.
"Kiera, where is," Cat began asking questions before stopping, noticing a man standing in her office.
"Miss Grant, should I call security?" Kara asked.
"No, it won't be necessary," said Cat, entering her office, approaching the young man.
"Miss Grant?" Kara asked, following her boss.
The man turned and looked at Cat. "Cat," said the man.
Cat was silent at first. "Kiera, I would like you to meet my son, my older son Adam Foster," said Cat.
"We've met earlier," said Adam, "But I haven't known your name yet."
"Adam, I am sorry about what happened," said Cat.
"Cat, I came here you because you sent me a letter asking me to arrive. I love you, mother, but you have never expressed such an interest in my life before," said Adam.
"I sent no letter. Kiera?" Cat asked, as Kara blushed, smiling, and trying not to look guilty.
"Miss Grant, where I come from, families are important, and I thought that you should meet with your son. If I had another chance to see my mother, even for a second, I would be happy, despite how upset I am at some of my mother's decisions," said Kara.
"Thanks. I guess I will be going," said Adam walking away from the office, before briefly stopping. "Thanks Cat, and I thought you've changed, but you only care about your job. You didn't even consider to ask me to meet with you, and I can see that you never wanted us to meet,"
"Adam, yes, I didn't send you any letters, but I do love my oldest son, and I am happy that you arrived, although I will have words with my assistant later," said Cat, glaring at Kara for taking an initiative to invite Adam.
"Adam, your mother is a busy woman, but she cares about her family and she is happy that you are here. Can you at least stay for dinner, so that you can catch up with Miss Grant?" Kara asked.
Adam took a step forward. "Sure, why not, since Cat has such empathetic employees, my mother can't be that uncaring," said Adam, walking closer towards Cat.
"You two, please spend some time alone before dinner, I need to call the school where Carter goes and talk to the Principal," said Cat, "Oh, and Kiera, please don't make a mess in here,"
Cat left.
"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kara Danvers," said Kara.
"Not Kiera?" Adam asked in confusion.
"Only your mother calls me that way," explained Kara. "So, why don't we sit at the sofa, and I can tell you about my work here, and what I know about Miss Grant,"
"Sure," agreed Adam. He sat with Kara on a coach. Kara began talking how she first arrived and started working at CatCo, and how she met her first friends here.
An hour later, as Kara and Adam were talking, an occasionally laughing at the jokes the other person said, Lena arrived at the office, wanting to discuss something with Cat, only to notice that Kara was sitting way too close to the same guy they met earlier, and both Kara and that guy were laughing.
"Kara, could you introduce me to your new friend," said Lena, glaring at Adam, but he hadn't noticed the glares Lena kept sending at him.
"Sure, Lena Luthor, meet Adam Foster, older son of Cat Grant," said Kara.
"My pleasure, Lena Luthor. My name is Adam," said Adam, standing up, and extending his hand to shake Lena's.
They shook hands. Lena purposefully used a lot of her strength, more than usual, to try to intimidate Adam to back off. Kara was her friend, and Lena liked Kara, a lot, and she didn't want some guy to get into Kara's pants.
"Such a strong, young lady," said Adam, smiling. He then sat down, next to Kara.
Lena sat on the other side, and put a hand other Kara's head and shoulders, trying to subtly tell Adam to back off.
"So where was I? Ah yes, Miss Grant might seem like a strict boss, but she had a golden heart, and she cares very deeply about her employees," said Kara.
"I wish she helped my father raise me," said Adam.
"Miss Grant also is a great mentor. She helped me many times, especially when Lex went to jail, and my mother basically abandoned me," said Lena.
"Yeah, Cat probably became a good mentor to compensate abandoning me. And while I was sad when I was little, and still somewhat sad that Cat didn't raise me, I did grow up as a fine young man," said Adam.
Kara smiled. "Good looking too," said Kara as she leaned closer towards Adam, but Lena used her hand to pull Kara back.
Kara panicked and grabbed Adam. The three people then fell on the floor.
While Lena was jealous, and Adam confused as to what just happened, Kara laughed.
"That was fun, let's do this again. Oh wait, I know, let's make a pillow fort. Nah, let's go to a lecture or some presentation," said Kara, standing up, taking a remote, and turning TV on.
"In other news, Jack Spheer will make a presentation on nanotechnology later," the reporter began telling the news of Jack, who would make such presentation later in one of the buildings that Maxwell Lord owned.
"Jack's in town?" Lena asked.
"Do you know that guy?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, we dated years before. I then came to National City, and Jack went to study nanotechnology. How exciting, I have so many questions to ask Jack. Has he perfected our nanotechnology formula, or has he developed some interesting device? I have so many questions," said Lena, smiling, wanting to learn more about Jack's work.
Unknown to all three people, Kara glared at the screen, her eyes turning red, but Kara retained enough control not to shoot heat vision at the screen.
"This Jack seems like a nice guy. How about the three of us go to that lecture, or whatever, and then we can have a double date at a restaurant I planned to visit during my stay in this city," said Adam.
"I am not sure, I have work to do, and Miss Grant needs my help," said Kara, as Cat returned to her office.
"Oh, hello you three. Adam, this young lady is Lena Luthor. I mentored and cared for her when her mother practically abandoned her, and if Lillian Luthor ever would hurt my Lena, you both would become siblings," said Cat.
Cat then looked at three young adults and noticed that Lena glared at Adam, with her hand still around Kara's left arm. Cat found it amusing how her son and the woman she considered to be like a daughter were basically fighting over Kara's affections.
"Anyway, I don't need any help tonight, so feel free to go wherever you plan to go," said Cat.
"Thank you Miss Grant," said Kara.
"Perhaps we could go to the presentation. So which place you wanted us to go eat later?" Lena asked.
Adam told about the restaurant. Lena looked at Kara, then shook her head, and then called her favorite restaurant, a much more expensive one, and reserved a table for four. Having done that, the three people left the building and travelled to the office where Jack would soon give his presentation on nanotechnology.
Meanwhile, Alex and Maggie just finished an examination of a crime scene, and together walked to their favorite alien bar, where they wanted to play some pool.
"We did some good work, Danvers," said Maggie, as the couple continued walking.
"Oh my god, Maggie?" Maggie heard a familiar voice and stopped. Alex also stopped.
"Maggie, do you know this woman?" Alex asked.
"Yes, Alex, meet Emily. We dated before," said Maggie.
"That was a long time ago," said Emily. "I thought you already settled down,"
"Nah, just dating, but this woman, she is special," said Maggie, smiling.
A sad expression briefly appeared on Emily's face. "Well, I better get going," said Emily.
"Emily, we would be glad to spend a dinner with you. We can share stories, and if you want to, share some embarrassing Maggie stories," said Alex.
"Please no," said Maggie.
"Oh, those memories can't be that bad," teased Alex, as Maggie immediately tensed.
"Well, I can meet with you, but I don't know. It's not like it would be easy for me to spend time with Maggie in the same room," said Emily.
"What? Maggie is a precious angel, she deserves all the love, how could you be so cruel to say that you would feel uncomfortable with being with Maggie in the same room? That's rather immature for you to react to my Maggie that way, to this brave and kind woman," said Alex.
"Brave and Kind? I am not so sure that I agree with that statement, especially when I found my that my former girlfriend of a few years was cheating on me with another woman," said Emily. "No, it was a mistake even speaking with you, Maggie Sawyer. And you, Alex, be careful with her, she cheated on me, and she might cheat on you,"
Alex immediately approached Emily.
"Now listen to me. You will leave Maggie alone, and will never ever speak to her again. Look at her, you made my precious Maggie cry," said Alex. Alex and Emily glared at one another.
Emily left.
Alex then turned to look at Maggie; tears were running down on Maggie's face. "Hey babe, it's alright, Emily will not bother you anymore, and she will not say lies about you," said Alex.
Maggie cried even more.
"Hey, I've got you," said Alex, approaching Maggie and hugging her.
"She hasn't lied," said Maggie weakly.
"What?" Alex asked.
"She told the truth," said Maggie. "I am such a terrible person. I will understand if you leave me,"
Alex hugged Alex, and then kissed Maggie on the lips. "I don't think you are a terrible person. And yes, you might have made mistakes, but those mistakes are in the past. I still care about you, and I don't care whether she told the truth or not. It won't change how I feel about you," said Alex.
"You don't think that I am a bad person?" Maggie asked.
"No, of course not. You are a wonderful person," said Alex. "Although I think that we should go home, where we can rest, and where I can make all the necessary decisions while still spending time with you,"
"But the DEO," said Maggie.
"They will call me if they need me, and I will be there in seconds," said Alex. Maggie smiled.
Alex and Maggie returned to Alex's apartment, where the two women lay on the bed, hugging one another. Maggie lay in the middle of the bed, still sad about the hurtful words that Emily had told her. Alex lay opposite to Maggie, and hugged her girlfriend, putting one leg over Maggie, while looking at Maggie's face with love.
While Alex and Maggie rested in the bed, Kara, Lena, and Adam arrived at the conference building where they watched the interesting presentation that Jack had provided. Even Adam found the lecture interesting, since he took some science classes at his college, but Kara and Lena asked many questions.
Lena asked some really smart questions, to all of which Jack smiled, looking at his former girlfriend, and then provided equally smart answers. Lena asked about ten questions.
Kara also got curious, and for a second forgot that she pretended to be human, so she asked, question after question, about the nature of the nanotechnology project, questions that confused Jack, with him pausing for minutes before managing to answer any of Kara's questions.
To Kara's surprise, all the scientists looked at Kara, since none of the scientists actually understood even ten percent of what Kara was asking.
"Miss Danvers, I am afraid I don't even understand your question," said one of the older male scientists in the auditorium.
"I can explain using diagrams better," said Kara, walking boldly to the podium where Jack was presenting, and taking chalk in her hands.
Kara began writing one equation after another, and then drawing multiple diagrams explaining some of those equations. All scientific minds observed Kara's work.
"Miss Danvers, I think I understood now, but only a small portion of your question," said the same scientist.
"Yeah, I understand this, and that portion of the question, but I don't get how this equation supports that conclusion, and oh, that is rather interesting, I have never thought about it that way. Wait, I don't recognize this calculus methodology," said Jack.
"Miss Danvers, could you write a scientific article explaining your question and then sending it to me to explain it?" Another female scientist asked.
"Sure, I can write and send that article in a few days," said Kara.
Kara hadn't planned to embarrass any of the premier scientific minds that day, no she did not, and yet, feeling yet again in her own element, and remembering Krypton, where she worked with her father Zor El, and her Uncle Jor El and Aunt Lara on various scientific experiments, this presentation reminded her of Krypton, and that made Kara very happy.
Later, after the presentation had ended, Kara received multiple business cards from many scientists, wanting to know more about Kara and her significant scientific knowledge, as well as a contact from that scientist who wanted Kara to send the scientific paper to her.
"Alright, who is hungry, because I am starving," said Kara, happily walking from conference room.
"Lena, you never told me you knew such genius. I don't remember reading any of her scientific papers," said Jack.
"Well, Kara is not a scientist, she is an assistant to Cat Grant," said Lena.
"You are kidding, right?" Jack asked.
"Nope. Kara understands science, she just really enjoys helping others, in this case Miss Grant," said Lena.
The four people journeyed to Lena's favorite restaurant.
"Jack Spheer," said Jack, introducing himself to others.
"Adam Foster," said Adam.
"Kara Danvers," said Kara.
"Alright, let's order something before we start talking about quantum entanglement," said Lena.
"Do they have pizza?" Kara asked.
"Yes, although I recommend these menu choices," said Lena. Kara ignored Lena and when it was her time to order, she ordered three large pizzas with various topics.
After placing their order, the four people continued their conversation.
"I admit, it was an interesting concept," said Adam, "I studied some physics back in college,"
They continued talking, about college, science, various life hobbies. At times, Kara looked at Adam and blushed. Lena kept grabbing her fork, and glaring at Adam. At other times, Lena listened about Jack's scientific achievements and academic papers he wrote, and Kara glared at Jack in return. And both Adam and Jack were oblivious that clearly both Kara and Lena were unhappy that the other woman was talking to one of the men at the table.
In another restaurant, still very good one, yet not as expensive as the one Lena chose, James and Lucy were sitting at a table, eating pasta.
"James, that was very brave of you to become a superhero," said Lucy.
"I know. Sometimes, I fight very evil people, and often they are quite dangerous, but I feel proud when I help people in need, especially those who can't help themselves. And I know that Kara helps others, but Supergirl can't be everywhere, so a Guardian will help where Supergirl can't. Even Kara can't be everywhere at once," said James.
"Yeah, I joined military after law school for similar reasons, since I help people," said Lucy. "I think that my father is up to something. When I saw him a few times, he kept receiving a few calls from someone, and he is often gone. I am not sure how well he reacted when he couldn't take the Martian in. I suspect that my father is planning something with Cadmus, an agency that formerly worked together with the DEO, where the DEO caught the aliens, and then brought them to Cadmus. I don't know specifics, but I think that Cadmus is up to something, what, I am not sure,"
"Thank you for sharing this with me. We can investigate the link between your father and Cadmus further. But we can't tell Kara anything, at least not yet. We don't want her to cause any unnecessary complications," said James.
"You don't want ask Kara for help?" Lucy asked.
"As much as it pains me to say this, Kara and I had a disagreement of opinion. Kara doesn't know it yet, but I called Clark and told him about a dangerous alien, and Clark arrived, only for Kara to fight him, since she didn't want Astra's daughter to leave her," said James.
"Alright. You and I, we will investigate this connection, this Cadmus, and if we get anything that would require Kara's help, we will ask her, but I am sure we can handle the situation ourselves," said Lucy. James nodded.
As the school day was ending, Karen was struggling to fit in. While she had full control over her powers, she spent years in a Cadmus base, lacking much human interaction, and never seen many people her own age. Luckily, Carter Grant was helping her.
During her last class, Karen and Carter sat next to a girl, listening to a history lecture. "My name is Ruby," said Ruby.
"Karen," said Karen.
"Carter," said Carter.
"I've seen you before, your mother is Cat Grant, and my mom spoke to her a few times. My mother worked at some company, but L Corp bought it, so my mom now works for Lena Luthor," said Ruby.
"My cousin works for Cat Grant, so Miss Grant helped me to enroll here," said Karen.
When the class ended, the three students exited the school and saw Carter's driver waiting for him.
"Wait, let me call my mother and ask if we can review notes together," said Carter.
"Sure. I will do the same," said Ruby.
After getting approval from Cat and Sam, the two girls and one boy climbed into the limousine and drove to Cat's penthouse, where they finished their homework and played video games.
Later that night, after Kara picked up Karen from Cat Grant's home, and Karen fell asleep, Kara, Alex, and Maggie were watching a movie. Kara told Alex and Maggie about her day, and how uncomfortable she felt with Lena focusing on a lot of what Jack was saying, instead of talking to her.
"Jealous Puppy Danvers," Maggie teased. Alex grinned. Kara just shook her head, although she looked dreamily at any mention of Lena that evening.
In Lena's office, Lena and Sam were discussing some business matters, sitting on the opposite sides of the table. "Alright, break time," said Sam, standing up and walking towards a refrigerator, from which she took two portions, one for her, and one for Lena.
"But we have so much more work to do," said Lena.
"Yes, but we also should relax. Come Lena, I want to know all the details about your conference today," said Sam.
"Fiiine," said Lena. She walked towards the couch and sat on it, with Sam sitting next to Lena.
Lena told about the events of the day. "Someone is jealous," Sam teased.
"Nah uh, no way, Kara is a friend," said Lena.
"Lena, honey, you are my friend, but I can see from how you describe Kara that you like her," said Sam.
"Careful, or these carrots will fly at your face," Lena teased. Sam laughed.
"Mark my words, you and Kara will get together, and when you do, you will be a very adorable couple. You might even think a bit less about work, and a bit more about spending time with her," said Sam.
Lena and Sam turned on TV and relaxed. Lena liked her new friend, while she had Cat to mentor her, and Kara to spend time with, and if she were honest, she really, really liked Kara, but was afraid that Kara would reject her, Sam also made her happy.
Sam made her feel protected, and relaxed, and while Lena thought she tried to project what Lex would be while spending time with Samantha, Lena felt very comfortable spending time with an older woman, and wondered whether Samantha acted in a way that an older sister would have acted if Lena had one.
A/N: and so another chapter. Jealous Supercorp is funny Supercorp, also Genius Kara, yes please.
Emily, why were you so mean to Maggie? Alex cares so much for Maggie.
More James and Lucy. I personally liked both characters, and I think James / Lucy should have stayed together.
Also, Lena and Sam scene. While Sam will not become Reign here, she will be Reign in the sequel, but her bond with Lena will be very important later on.
Karen, Carter, and Ruby bonding, and becoming friends.