Girlfriend from Another Universe

Ms. Grant

Kara woke up the following morning about an hour before her usual time. She ran into the bathroom and threw up into the toilet for several moments. She lifted her head from the now stinky toilet and sucked in fresh air. "Morning sickness." She sighed. "This better end soon. Well, I'm up now." Kara stood up and showered. She didn't rush this time like usually, since she was up earlier. She stripped and jumped in, just letting the hot water run down her body. She put a hand at her torso and looked down.

Maybe it was just her, but she could see a small, developing bump. "Maybe I will get one then." She smiled. "You're going to be a cute little baby!"

She thought back to Rebecca's words. Mutant. How horrible that woman was. Kara shook it off and went back to her shower.

Hours later Kara was walking into the building with Cat's danish and skim milk latte in her hands, ready for work. She entered and went straight to Cat's office. Cat was inside, reading something on her laptop. "Good morning, Ms. Grant." Kara said. "One danish and one latte with skim milk."

"Thank you Kira." Cat said. Kara was surprised, Cat rarely thanked Kara for that. "Here's your reward." She pulled out of her desk a lollypop. Kara took it without a word, thanked Cat, and walked back to her desk.

"What's with the candy?" Winn asked Kara.

"I have no idea." Kara said. "She said it was a reward."

"Lucky. I feel like all I would get is her saying my name." Winn laughed.

"Wyatt, there's a laughing cartoon pirate on my laptop!" Cat yelled out of her office.

"Close enough." Winn sighed. Smirking he said, "Bye Kira."

"By Wyatt."

Kara didn't have much done in the morning. Fifty past eleven there was an accident on a highway just outside the skirts of National City that needed Supergirl's help. Kara was gone for about half an hour saving people, then returned to work and was back at her desk fifteen minutes later.

At her desk there was a large bottle of water, a salad with light dressing, an apple already sliced and a cup of strawberry yogurt.

"Winn?" She turned to him. "Who left this here?"

"I don't know. I was helping James with something and came back to your desk filled. " He explained. "You still want that pizza?"

"Yeah." Kara smiled. "But, I feel like I should eat this. Or at least, I don't know, thank the person who gave me this stuff."

"Kira." Cat called out.

Kara walked into Cat's office where the woman was on her phone. "Schedule my nail appointment for next Tuesday at one thirty," Cat said.

"Right away Ms. Grant." Kara said. She noticed a box with pictures inside and a note that read Deliver to James on the side. "Would you like me to bring this over to James?"

"The brown box?" Cat asked, not looking.

"Yes."

"No, have Toyman junior bring it."

A half hour or so later Kara was with everyone else in the office chowing down three slices of pizza, one at a time. Baby loves pizza! Kara was laughing at a joke Kyle was telling her when she heard Cat call for her. She put her plate down and wiped her face, adjusting her glasses, then walked to Cat's office.

"Yes Ms. Grant?" Kara asked.

Cat looked up from her computer, hands under her chin as she rested her elbows along the desk. "Do you know appreciate my gift?"

"Your...gift?" The blonde girl asked.

"Yes, the gift." The older blonde told her. "The water, the salad, the fruit and the yogurt. I know it's a lot to pick from but some of those things could be considered healthy snacks."

"Oh!" Kara said, surprised. "That was you who left those?"

"Yes. And I figured if you like jelly sandwich and pickle so much, I thought I would up the food a little bit."

"Oh, I do appreciate the gifts, Ms. Grant." Kara said with a smile. "I was just...surprised that you did that."

"Yes well I remember when I was at that stage," Cat said as her memory flow backed to the first time. "I hardly knew what I was doing and what worked. I learned soon enough and used it the next time."

"Uh... Okay," Kara said, still confused.

"Do you need another lollypop?" Cat asked.

"Oh no, I still have the one from this morning." Kara said. "I'm not a huge fan of lollypops, really, so I take forever to eat them."

"Well that's fine. It just helps with any morning sickness." Cat said.

Morning sickness?

"Morning sickness?" Kara laughed. "What is that?"

"Something I had twice and you have now." Cat told her, standing up and walking to the front of her desk. "Oh don't give me that confused look, Kira. I know everything."

"E-everyone?" Kara asked nervously.

"Everything." Cat said.

Oh no. Not good. Kara thought. "Uh, well, Ms. Grant, I can explain-"

"Kira, I've been pregnant twice. I know what happens to get pregnant. I don't need an educational explanation about it."

Kara stood there in an awkward state. Cat knew? But how-

"I had morning sickness the first three months with Adam, but had it the whole nine months with Carter." Cat said. "I've noticed that you haven't been able to hold down one those doughnuts for a while now, whereas in the past you could eat an entire store of them. Also, there's a bump where your child grows. Small but still noticeable. Only never-had-been-pregnant woman, men and not so smart people would mistake a baby bump for a weight gain."

"I was going to tell you Ms. Grant!" Kara exclaimed, still in a mix of surprise and awkwardness. "I just, um, haven't been telling so many lately either."

"Does your family know?"

"Yes, well, my sister does." Kara said.

"Does that weird guy know? The boyfriend?" Cat asked bitterly. Kara knew that Cat was still angry at Kara for breaking Adam's heart. When she figured out that Barry and Kara were going out, she didn't like him. She didn't like him before either, but she really hated him now. "Billy?"

"Uh, yes, Barry knows. I told him first." Kara smiled. "So, your not, like, mad?"

"Your life. Just as long as it doesn't interfere with my life and our work." Cat said simply.

"It won't. I promise." Kara smiled.

"Good." Cat said. "Now, go back to that office party. Just don't eat too much junk."

"I will...make sure to not eat a lot of junk." Kara said. "Thank you, Ms. Grant."

Kara left the office with a smile on her face. Just about everyone knew now, except a few other people. But her job at CatCo Media knew now, so she wasn't too worried. And Cat seemed generally happy for Kara, right?

"Hey, does Cat know?" Winn asked Kara.

"Yeah. She seemed generally happy."

"Generally?"

"Yeah. Well," Kara thought back. "It's not her grandchild. But she seemed generally happy. She's the one who left all the food on my desk."