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Summary: Kara gets a much needed push in the right direction. Cat and Kara finally have their 'talk' and an impulse decision leads to an unexpected outcome.

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"So, I hear you and Cat are talking again." Alex said casually as Kara's fist just barely graced her face.

They were in the training room, sparring. Just like always. While most sisters discuss things over coffee or pizza, they do it while trying to knock each other on to the floor. Normally they would to this over reruns of Buffy The Vampire Slayer except despite her sister's wishes, Kara didn't really give herself the time to watch TV or do anything really except train and attempt to save the city. While she was gaining the public's trust back, there was still a little more resistance than she wanted.

"Where'd you hear that?" She winced as Alex's foot hit her ribcage.

"Your stance is wrong." She scolded and Kara barely had time to register the uppercut Alex threw at her. "Do you love her?"

Her sister's words were too much of a distraction and she felt herself falling to the ground with the thud. "Wha-I what?"

"Do you love her?" she repeated as walked over to the panel and lowered the Krypton levels.

Kara was still sitting in the middle of the floor where Alex knocked her down. "Honestly, I-I don't know. I think I might have but whatever I felt I've had to push it away. It hurt too much. It still hurts. She was such a big part of my life and after what happened, she was just suddenly gone."

She shrugged, tossing Kara a water bottle as she sat down next to her. "You should tell her."

She coughed, nearly chocking on the water. "I'm sorry, are you… the same sister that once told me I should stay far far away from her? Are you now telling me I should be with her?"

"Well," she started and licked her lips nervously.

"Alex," Kara's jaw locked as she squinted her eyes in suspicion. "What did you do?"

"I went to see her, after the… Red Kryptonite incident." She admitted, not looking at her younger sister who was now fuming.

"You did what!" Alex ignored her outburst and continued.

"She tried to put on the emotionless Cat Grant Superbitch attitude that I've always known but I saw it. The other side you're always talking about. It was only for a few moments but I understood. She looked so devastated and concerned about you, she was heartbroken when I gave her your resignation. It was then when I realized that she really cared about you. She still does. She misses you."

"And you know this how?" She asked, the suspicion still hadn't left her voice.

She sighed, "I may or may not be keeping tabs on her."

"Alex!"

"Look Kara I don't take kindly to people breaking my little sister's heart." She said defensively. "Besides, she knows your secret."

"She wouldn't expose it. Know matter what happens between us." The conviction in Kara's voice almost made her want to smile.

"I know that," when Kara gave her a pointed look she added. "Well, I know that now. But it's still not a bad idea to keep tabs on the Queen of all Media. Besides, while you and I believe that she wouldn't expose you. There are others who have their doubts."

She sighed, "I know."

She placed her hand on Kara's shoulder. "Go, talk to her. Figure it out."

"It's not that simple Alex."

"Yes, it is. You forget, I know you Kara. I remember how you were before you started using your powers. I remember you before you started and ended this relationship with Cat Grant. I see how you become more like yourself after you talk to her, especially in the past couple of weeks. While I'm not saying that I particularly like the fact that my little sister is infatuated with the infamous Cat Grant. I may have prejudged her a little. After all, you fell for her." When she didn't respond, Alex continued. "What are you so afraid of?" "

Unable to give her an answer, she sighed and looked at the ground. "Alex, please."

"All right. I'll drop it for now but think about it." She shot her hands up in defence. "Now, can we get back to sparring? You still need to watch your footwork."

She had been flying around Catco for the past twenty minutes, trying to decide what to do. She knew Alex was right, she should just talk to Cat. After all, they had been avoiding the talk for the past couple of weeks. But she ready for that? Were they ready for that?

She was about to leave when she heard the balcony doors slid open and a slightly amused Cat Grant step out. She spoke softy into the wind. "Are you going to sit and have a drink with me or keep flying back and forth for another twenty minutes?"

"Sorry." She let her feet touch the ground and walked towards the other woman, her hand outstretched with a glass.

Cat had an amused glint in her eyes as she shook her head and mentioned for Kara to sit down.

"No," she said forcefully. "I, I think we should talk inside."

She saw the other woman's eyes narrow for a moment before leading the way. Kara shut the patio door as they entered. She smiled slightly, it was an unconscious decision. She couldn't help but relive all the memories and moments that happened in that room. The good ones flooded her brain, both the Supergirl and Kara pep talks. She ran her fingers lightly over the edge of the couch, lost in thought. A soft cough and an expectant look on Cat's face brought her back to reality.

Kara sat down on the opposite edge of the couch and fiddled with her hands before she started shakily. "I- I enjoy are talks on the balcony. In fact, I really enjoy talking to you period. The past couple of weeks have been helping. It's just," she sighed thinking it was now or never. "There's a talk, we've been avoiding for the past couple of weeks and I think…" her voice faltered for a moment. "I think if we want to get back to where we were before or have any resemblance of what we were before. I mean I hope you do. This, this is also what we need to talk about. I'm just saying that we should talk. Properly talk, as in get everything out in the open and deal with it."

"We were never any good at that." Cat spoke softly. "At least until it was too late."

"Yeah, I know." She smiled sadly. "That's also something I think we should change. At least, I'm trying to change it."

Cat nodded and bit her top lip. Kara knew it was a nervous habit. "You want to talk, so do I. But it's not going to be easy."

"I know. Why else do you think we've been avoiding it?"

"Well then I guess I'll start. Kara." Cat sighed, "All the events leading up to and after what happened…You didn't just hurt me. You tore me apart. I'm not what you call an easy going person or a person that makes it easy to be loved."

"Cat-" She started but was interrupted.

"No. if we're going to do this, you're going to let me talk without interruptions." Kara pressed her lips together and Cat continued.

"I understand that. You know I don't open myself up to people. I never intended to open myself up to you but somehow... Somehow you got me to open up to you, you chipped away the brick wall that surrounded me. You and your Danvers charm. I don't quite know when I fell for you. I think that it was in between you constantly being there for me and always making my day better. But at some point, I realized that you were such a huge part of my life and I never wanted you to leave." She closed her eyes for a moment, tears forming in her eyes. "When you threw me off the building that night I wondered if it was because I broke your heart. For a minute, I didn't know you at all. I always believed you to be the Superhero I made you out to be and when you weren't it was like my world came to a halt. After the incident, I thought… I thought you would come to me and at least apologize or try and do something to fix this, to fix us. But you didn't. You just did nothing and I think that hurt me more than you losing it."

She spoke so quietly that she wondered if Cat even heard her. "I couldn't."

"No, you didn't. There's a difference." There was an accusing tone in her voice that Kara couldn't handle.

"Cat," she snapped before lowering her voice. "I couldn't. After what I did to you, to the city I… I might have fell into a bit of depression. It wasn't for long but it was scary. I thought," she bit her lip. "I thought that maybe what everyone was saying was right. That I was dangerous and should be locked up. After all, I attacked the city but more importantly, I attacked you. I didn't know how to apologize. I mean how do you apologize for throwing someone you love off a balcony. You… you always tried to push me forward and I always tried to be the woman you saw in me. After our fight and the incident, I thought that I wasn't worthy of love or forgiveness. But most importantly I wasn't worthy of you. You have been my guiding light, my constant in all of this. When everything in my life changed, you were the one thing that I could look up to for guidance and reassurance. I lost your trust and I didn't that I would ever be able to get it back. I thought that I-I ruined the best thing to ever happen to me and I deserved it." She sniffled and Cat put her hand on her arm. "I loved you Cat. I still love you, I probably always will. And I understand, believe I do, if you don't feel the same I just… I just needed to tell you."

Her face was unreadable for a moment, and then Kara saw what she thought wasn't possible, hope. "Kara, I-I love you too but love doesn't solve everything. I know you're not the only one at fault. And I understand that it wasn't you that did that to me but you're still cable of it and I'm not going to lie, knowing that part of you exists terrifies me."

"Are you saying you don't want to be with me? Cat I understand fear believe me but you knew who or what I was from the beginning."

"I know. And I-my feelings for you are complicated. They always have been. I think that maybe it's for the best if-" She didn't get to finish her sent ace because Kara darted towards her at inhuman speed.

In an instant Cat was being pushed up against the wall, her hands locked in place by the tight grip of the other women. Their lips smashed together in a kiss so forceful she wondered how the glass didn't shatter. Cat didn't even have time to react before Kara pulled away slightly. They stared at each other for a moment, and she could see the fierceness and loyalty in Kara's eyes. In that moment, she realized just how much she actually felt for the other blonde. This time, it was Cat that leaned in and for the second time that night everything felt right. It was as if the world faded around them and nothing mattered anymore because her whole body ached. It was as if there had been something missing from her this whole time. It was as if she had been a shell of being and Kara made her whole again. This wasn't like their other kisses. It was as if Cat had gained her own powers of heightened senses. In that moment, she was more conscious of Kara than she had ever been of anything or anyone else in her life. The faint glow of her skin, the immense heat that seemed to radiate off her. The softness of Kara's hands which had loosened but not released their grip, although she wasn't complaining. Her scent, she smelt of vanilla and cherry blossom, her mouth. God that mouth. The crescent shape of it, the slight dent in the center of her bottom lip.

Kara only thought for a moment that maybe she shouldn't have done that. That maybe she made a terrible mistake, she couldn't help it. She knew that Cat felt it too, that they completed each other. She knew it and Cat knew it too. She was scared and she had every right to be but Kara wasn't going to let fear dictated how the rest of her life was going to go. So, she did it. Without a second thought, she pulled her and Cat up from the couch and smashed them into the wall a little too forcefully but she didn't care. In that moment, with Cat's body pressed against hers, everything felt right again. She felt right again. It was as if all the pain and self-pity melted away. And it might have been so selfish and wrong but it felt right. It was then when she snapped back to reality and realized that she screwed up. She pulled back but couldn't bring herself to let go of Cat. She couldn't help it. They shared a glance and instead of hate and disgust in Cat's eyes, she saw understanding and lust. Cat moved towards her and she couldn't form a coherent thought after that.

Kara pulled away first and they both inwardly sighed at the lack of contact. "Cat, I'm- "

Cat put a finger on the other woman's lips. "I swear to god Kara if you apologize for that I will…"

Kara raised an eyebrow, "You'll what?"

Kara couldn't help but chuckle at Cat's shocked expression. "Don't test me."

"Yeah, okay." Their smiles faded when Kara asked. "So, what happens now? Because I want to be with you but we still have so much to work through."

"I think that now we take some time to start over, a new beginning. Which means that you." She gave Kara a pointed look. "Have to start taking some time out of that supersuit because lately you've been looking a little worse for wear and I was starting to worry."

Kara nodded, a sheepish smile forming on her lips "Yeah, I might maybe be pushing myself a little too hard."

Kara noticed biting her upper lip. "What else?"

"Maybe, if you want." Cat sighed, an unusual nervous tone in her voice. "When you're ready, you could come back…to work…with me. If you want. I think, I think that familiarity is good in this situation and to answer your earlier question yes, I do want things to get back to the way they were. In fact, I want it to be even better. And I think that this might help us get our feet back under us."

Kara smiled, "I would like that a lot actually. I meant it when I said I miss being around you. I just, I jut need a little time to get the others on board and sort out everything at the D.E.O."

"Of course," She said softly, stifling a yawn. "We're in no rush."

Kara looked at the clock on the wall. "It's nearing midnight. I should take you to bed."

Cat suppressed a laugh and Kara became fluttered. "No, I-I just mean that."

"I know what you meant. And thank you." She gave Kara a quick kiss before leaning into her. "Now Supergirl, take me home."

Kara laughed as she tightened her grip on the other woman. "As you wish."

AN I think I've found a schedule that works for this story. A new chapter will be posted every second Friday. Thanks for reading and if you have any suggestions let me know. Next chapter should be a bit lighter and focused on Cat/Kara bonding time.