Last Night

Chapter 6

It had been a few days since Kara and Lena had become official, and both girls had been extremely busy, leaving little time to see each other. They made up for it by endless texts and frequent phone calls, but it wasn't enough. Kara was at her desk trying to finish an article but she couldn't focus, she just kept thinking about when she could see Lena again.
"Keira!" Ms. Grant's shrill voice snapped Kara out of her daze.
"Yes Ms. Grant?" Kara answered. Ms. Grant noticing that Kara was distracted said, "ohh are you really still pining over that Luthor?"
"I'm not- wait how did you know I liked Lena?!" Kara asked.
" ohh come on it was so obvious. Lena showing up here every other day to talk to you, you racing over to L-Corp any chance you got, and the flowers. That was a little bit of an overkill." Ms. Grant replied. Kara blushed she hadn't realized it had been that obvious.
"Well I'm not pining over her anymore. Lena and I actually just started dating, but I haven't been able to see her for a few days..." Kara informed Ms. Grant.
"Took you long enough Keira. Now clear your schedule for tonight, and tell Ms. Luthor to do the same. I'm making you a reservation." Kara could not believe what she was hearing.
"Ms. Grant-" Kara started.
"No need to thank me Keira, I don't want you being distracted at work." Ms. Grant interjected. Kara was still a little bit shocked, but mostly excited. As soon as Ms. Grant left Kara called Lena.
"Hey Kara, what's up?" Lena answered.
"Lena! Are you busy tonight? Please say no."
"Umm let me check... I do have one thing scheduled but I guess I could cancel... what did you have in mind?" Lena asked.
"Well I was hoping we could go out for dinner tonight." Kara said.
"Like a date?" Lena teased.
"Yes like a date." Kara answered.
"It's about time we went on a real date." Lena joked.
"What about our movie night? Wasn't that our first date?" Kara asked.
"We weren't even officially together until halfway through. That was not an official date." Lena replied.
"Okay I see your point." Kara agreed, laughing.
"Wow our first date." Lena said, and Kara could almost hear her smile through the phone.
"I'll pick you up around seven is that okay?"
"Sounds perfect."
"Okay great! I've gotta go. See you tonight."
"See you tonight." Lena echoed. Kara hung up the phone and could barely contain her smile. Kara worked quickly the rest of the afternoon, wanting tonight to come as quickly as possible.
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It was almost the end of the day and Kara was all but counting down the minutes until she could go home.
"Keira! Good to see you've been somewhat productive today." Ms. Grant teased, handing Kara a yellow sticky note. "Here's everything you'll need for tonight. Have fun."
"Thank you so much Ms. Grant."
"You've helped me enough times I figured it was time to return the favour," Ms. Grant shrugged, "but don't expect me to be planning all of your dates Keira." With that Ms. Grant left. Kara decided that this was an important enough occasion, so she flew instead of walking home from work.
By the time Kara got home it was almost five, and even though she knew she had plenty of time to get ready she was still rushing. Kara had grabbed a quick snack, had a shower and was now standing in front of her closet trying to find something to wear. Kara had almost given up on finding anything so she called Alex.
"Hey sis, what's up?" Alex answered.
"I have nothing to wear!" Kara whined.
"To where?" Alex asked.
"On a date. With Lena." Kara replied.
"Ooh! It's about time!" Alex exclaimed.
"Very funny, now please please help me." Kara begged her older sister.
"Okay, okay. Remember what I told you? When in doubt go with blue, it's your colour." Alex advised.
"Okay right. But blue what? A dress?" Kara asked.
"No your supersuit. Yes a dress! Come on Kara." Alex teased.
"You're the worst." Kara laughed.
"You know you love me."
"Shoot! I gotta go! Love you!" Kara exclaimed, noticing the time.
"Love you too. Have fun on your date!"
Kara hung up the phone and found a light blue dress in the back of her closet. She slipped it on, fixed her hair and was ready to go. Kara headed downstairs to wait for the car that Ms. Grant had arranged. A sleek black limousine pulled up and a man got out of the drivers seat. "Ohh Ms. Grant what have you done?" Kara chuckled to herself, shaking her head.
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The limo pulled up outside of Lena's apartment, and Lena was already outside waiting. Kara saw her eyes widen as she took in the limo. Kara got out of the limo and hugged Lena.
"Kara what is all this?" Lena questioned, returning the hug.
"I have a confession..." Kara said. "I didn't exactly plan this date..."
"Then who did? Don't tell me it was your sister."
"No, no even better," Kara laughed "Ms. Grant." Lena burst out laughing. "That woman is too extravagant for her own good." Lena remarked. Kara and Lena spent the limo ride catching up on the past few days, and Kara told Lena all about her encounter with Ms. Grant. The limo arrived at a very fancy restaurant, and Kara took Lena's hand as they got out of the car. Once inside a waitress led them to a secluded table towards the back of the restaurant.
"So," Lena said once they were seated, "how have things been going with Supergirl lately?" She asked quietly making sure no one would overhear.
"Well no ones been trying to take over the world lately," Kara joked, looking up from her menu and smiling at Lena, "so just the usual robberies, fires- ohh! The other day rescued a dog that was half alien!" Kara said.
"An alien dog? That's interesting. Does it belong to anyone?" Lena asked curiously.
"No we're still trying to find a home for him." Kara said a bit sadly, she really liked that dog and wanted it to go to a good home. Kara, wanting to change the subject said, "how's everything at L-Corp going?"
"Really good actually, I'm working on this new- oh my god." Lena broke off.
"What is it?" Kara asked concerned, and was looking around for any signs of danger.
"There's a reporter over there, he's always going after my personal life." Lena said holding up her menu to block her face. Kara immediately did the same.
"What should we do?" Kara asked.
"Well I don't exactly want to be front page new in the morning, I mean we just started dating I kind of just want to keep it to ourselves for awhile. Not that I don't want people to know about you I just-" Kara reached out her hand and took Lena's, making sure the menus were angled so no one could see.
"It's okay Lena, I know what you mean. We don't need everyone else's nose in our business. I'm happy keeping this to ourselves for a while." Lena smiled gratefully at Kara. "Let's just keep it low key tonight and if anyone asks it's a 'business dinner' or an 'interview' or even 'just friends'." Kara suggested.
"Okay I think that could work. Thank you." Lena smiled at Kara and Kara returned the gesture. They went on with their dinner and thankfully had no further interruptions.
On the ride home  Lena asked Kara, "so do you have anything else planned for tonight?"
"Do you mean for us or just in general?" Kara responded.
"Either."
"Well I'm willing to bet Alex is at home with a pizza, waiting to hear every detail about tonight," Kara laughed "but nothing really. What about you?" Kara asked.
"Well I was hoping you could maybe come back to my apartment for a little while?" Lena suggested. Kara must've looked alarmed because Lena quickly said, "no, no not for that reason silly! Just to hang out. With the reporter there tonight we didn't really get a chance to be alone." Kara was relived, it wasn't that she didn't like Lena in that way, she did. She just wasn't quite ready to take that next step yet. So when the limo arrived at Lena's apartment they both got out, thanked the driver, and headed upstairs. They had both settled down on the couch when Kara noticed a worried look cross Lena's face.
"Hey what is it? What's wrong?" Kara asked gently, running her fingers through Lena's hair.
"I just keep thinking about that reporter. It's such a coincidence that he was there the same time we were... do you think that Ms. Grant could've set this whole thing up?"
"No I don't think Ms. Grant would do something like that." Kara reassured her. "Besides that reporter didn't even glance at us once the entire time."
"I guess you're right..." Lena said not sounding completely convinced.
"Hey if it'll help I'll ask Ms. Grant about it tomorrow okay?" Kara said.
"Okay. Thank you." Lena whispered, wrapping Kara into a hug. Kara could see that Lena was still pretty worried about this whole situation.
"Hey are you sure you're okay? Do you want me to stay with you tonight?"
"It's just I had a bad experience with this reporter before... but I should be fine you don't have to stay."
"What happened?" Kara asked gently.
"I don't really want to get into it right now..." Lena answered.
"Okay that's fine, but I'm still staying tonight. Wether it's as Supergirl on the roof or Kara on the couch, I want you to be safe." Kara told Lena. Lena hugged Kara tighter.
"Thank you. But you can stay as my girlfriend in my bed if that's okay with you. I want to be close to you." Lena said.
"Okay, anything to keep you safe."