Dove Too Deep

Chapter 17

The seventeen-year-old rushed to hug his mother. Cat grunted on the harsh impact, but immediately returned the hug. Her little boy was finally, finally in her arms after all this time. She smiled into her son's shoulder as she tightened her hold. "Carter, Darling. I'm so happy to see you."

"Me too, mom." The boy replied before separating himself from his mother and gesturing to a strapping young man behind him. HE was just a tad bit taller than Carter, with tan skin, light brown eyes, and a goatee. "This is Elijah, my boyfriend." He said to cat before turning to face Elijah. "Eli, this is my mom, Ca-,"

"Cat Grant!" Eli interrupted, "Oh my god, your mom is Cat Grant!" He said excitedly. "Oh my god, I'm totally fanboying right now!" He exclaimed as he was practically trembling with delight. "Miss Grant, I am such a huge fan! Your story is truly inspirational. How you managed to overcome the world's patriarchy and own the world is just so amazing! I've read your autobiography about a million times, and I just can't express how much of an honor it is to finally meet you!" He said as he offered her a trembling hand.

Cat chuckled, it'd been a while since someone had been star-struck by her. She accepted the offered hand and shook it. "Nice to finally meet you, Eli. Carter talks about you nonstop." She said as she turned to introduce Kara. "This is Kara Danvers, my, um..." She wasn't quite sure how Kara wanted to be introduced, they hadn't gone through the specifics of how they were going to handle their publicity; so she looked to Kara pleadingly as she didn't want to say the wrong thing.

The Kryptonian took pity on her and extended her hand to the young man. "Girlfriend. I'm Cat's girlfriend." She said.

Cat relaxed, the younger woman hadn't completely disregarded their relationship in public, that was a good thing. The younger man nodded. "Nice to meet you! Now all I have to do is meet Supergirl, and I can say that I've met the two most influential people in the world! This is incredible!" He practically vibrated.

Cat had to fight back a chuckle as she grabbed her girlfriend's hand... That boy had no idea that he just had met his two idols at the same time. "I'm sure Supergirl would love that someday."

"You know Supergirl! Maybe you could set it up? Oh my god! Is she as amazing as they all say she is? Did she really stop that Daxamite invasion!?" Cat smirked at her son's boyfriend... He really was adorable.

"Supergirl is more amazing than anyone could ever describe, darling. Yes, she did save us all from the Daxamite invasion... and a Kryptonian invasion, and many other things. She's saved the world countless times." Cat finished by squeezing Kara's hand and smiling adoringly at her.

The two boys smiled at each other before the wedding bells sounded alerting the bridesmaids and groomsmen to get ready. As Carter kissed Eli's cheek and turned to walk away, Kara stopped him, and Cat's heart began to rumble in her chest... Kara had no idea how badly Cat's relationship with Carter had deteriorated since she'd left National City. "Carter! Would you like to have dinner with us sometime before we leave town on Monday?"

Carter's pace froze for a second before he turned around and faced Cat. "Would you want that, Mom?" He asked curiously.

Cat's heart broke at her son's question, but even more at the incredulous expression on Kara's face. "Of course, I would Carter! You're my little boy."

Carter looked at Eli, and Cat noticed the nod of his head before Carter responded. "Sure, how about Bessolo Restaurant?"

"That sound perfect. Would tomorrow around five be sufficient?" Cat fought the urge to grimace. She hated that restaurant with a passion, but she wasn't about to object.

"That should work well. Elijah has to work at the bowling alley, but I can make it." Carter said with a smile before he walked to his designated dressing room.