"You can't avoid her forever," Lucy says.

"I'm not avoiding her exactly, I-I just don't go out of my way to see her," Kara replies, "and she's doing the same thing, Carter was in here doing his homework yesterday and she texted him when she was ready to go" she adds.

They sit for a moment and eat their lunch quietly.

"You're avoiding Alex too," Lucy remarks.

Kara sighs, then puts down her fork and stands up and walks over to her desk. "Lucy, Alex is my sister, I love her. But I can't be around her right now. She feels so guilty about everything... it's too hard to be around her," Kara explains.

"Kara, just tell her that. Hell, text it to her, she needs to hear it from you," Lucy says standing up and walking over to her friend.

"I know that it's not her fault, but Lucy it's been almost three weeks. What if my powers don't come back, it's never taken this long before," Kara points out.

"It still doesn't mean that they're gone," Lucy reminds her.

The knock on the door startles both women, they look at each other a moment, then Lucy goes back to sit down and Kara goes to the door.

"Huh, sorry to interrupt your lunch Kara, but Ms Grant wants that media buy breakout report," Emily says nervously.

"She said that she didn't need it until after lunch," Kara protests. "Fine, I'll send it to her in a few minutes. Would you let her know that I am at lunch though."

"Uh, Kara she knows that you're at lunch. She saw her get off the elevator," Emily replies nodding towards Lucy.

"Oh, just tell her I'll send it soon," Kara says waving her off and closing the door. "Great, now Cat's jealous of you bringing me lunch."

"Maybe she just misses having lunch with you," Lucy suggests. "Kara, you have to make the first move, she's not going to put herself out there again until she knows that you won't reject her."

"I never rejected her," Kara protests.

"You basically rejected everyone when you went home to your apartment," Lucy reminds her. "And have you spoken to your cousin?" She asks.

"Yes, he texts me all the time and he's visited too. I think that I've actually seen him more in the past month, than I did in the past two years," Kara admits.

Lucy takes another bite of her salad. She knows that she has said too much and that Kara needs time to process.

Kara sits down at her desk and sends the report to Cat. Then leans back in her chair and stares off.

Lucy watches her friend a moment, then picks up her to go box and shoves it into the bag.

"I'm going to head out," she announces standing up.

Kara pushes away from the desk and walks with her to the door. "Thank you," she says giving her a hug.

"Think about what I said, you need to open up to them. They need it and you need it," she says squeezing the taller woman tightly.

Kara is walking up to her building after work, it's a bit later than usual and almost dark. She hears a woman cry out.

"Help!"

It only takes her a moment to locate the woman, who is struggling with a man between the two buildings. Without thinking Kara rushes over to help.

"Hey!" Kara shouts as she approaches. "Leave her alone!"

The man cuts the strap on the purse, then shoves the woman to the ground. He then turns around brandishing the knife at Kara. "You want some of this bitch?" He asks menacingly.

"You have her purse … just go," she yells at him.

"Nah, I think you're going to give me your bag first," he says threatening her with the knife.

Kara sets her stuff down on the ground and then puts her hands up, palms out. "Look you should just drop that purse and get out of here, I don't want to have to hurt you," she replies confidently still approaching him slowly.

"Oh, I doubt that's…" he begins to reply, but his words stop as she easily sweeps his legs out from under him and he falls to the ground hard.

Dropping the purse, the man scrambles back to his feet and charges her. Kara dodges him easily, but before she can deliver a blow to knock the knife out of his hand he manages to turn. The knife slashes through her blouse and into her side. But she still manages to shove him against the brick wall and pin him there.

"Police! Stop!" A voice says from behind them.

"Sir drop the knife, now!" A woman's voice adds.

Relieved that the police have responded, Kara slumps to the ground holding her side as blood oozes through the cut.

The female cop calls for an ambulance, while her partner kicks the knife away and cuffs the man.

"The sweep move was a good idea ma'am, but you should have disarmed him first," the woman cop says kneeling down to look at the cut. "This isn't very deep," she adds.

"Officer Sawyer, my sister is on her way. You don't need to stay," Kara replies a bit embarrassed that the cop is still sitting there in the chair.

"Sorry, I was just doing my paperwork, Ms Danvers. If it bothers you, I can go do it elsewhere," she says with a sly grin.

"Oh, it's fine. I just thought that you were … nevermind, of course, you can do your paperwork here," Kara says nervously.

"That woman should have just given up her purse, there aren't a lot of people who're willing to step in and help like you did," Officer Sawyer replies closing her portfolio and putting her pen back into her pocket.

"Well, someone else called the police, so I didn't act alone" Kara points out. "And I've read stories about people helping people all the time," she adds.

"Not many would take on a mugger with a knife. Now obviously you have a little bit of fight training, but I'm guessing that it has been awhile. You should probably consider brushing up before you go all Supergirl on another mugger," Sawyer jokes.

"Oh, I'm not… My sister, she works… she trained me to fight," Kara stammers. "I just thought I could help that woman... and I didn't realize he had the knife until after I approached him," she explains.

"Somehow, I think you would still have helped her," Sawyer replies watching her curiously.

"Yes, but I would have approached him differently, if I had seen the knife," Kara points out.

Suddenly the curtain is flung back and Alex bursts into the exam area. "Kara, are you okay?" She asks quickly looking her over.

"I'm fine, Alex," Kara says looking over at Officer Sawyer.

Officer Sawyer stands up quickly, when she notices that the small brunette is in full tac gear. "You must be Ms Danvers' sister," she says offering her hand. "Officer Sawyer…. Maggie Sawyer," she adds, now extremely curious about who these women are.

"Agent… Alex Danvers," Alex replies shaking her hand firmly. Taking a moment to size up the officer. "Is there a problem? Why are you still here?" She asks the cop worriedly.

"No problem. I just thought I'd stick around, make sure she was in good hands. She's gonna be sore for a few days," Officer Sawyer remarks nodding at Kara. "Oh and when she's healed up, she needs to brush up on her training if she's gonna go around being a hero again," she adds smiling at Kara.

"Wait, the nurse said that you were mugged," Alex says confused. "She wasn't mugged?" She asks the officer.

"No, she intervened in a mugging. We pulled up just in time to see her sweep the guy's legs, but he charged her before we could intervene," Sawyer explains.

"Kara!" Alex says shaking her head. "You could have been really hurt."

"I didn't know he had a knife until he turned around, then it was too late and I had to do something," Kara explains.

"Okay, well let's get you home and we'll talk about this later," Alex says. Then reaching up to turn on her coms, she says, "Vasquez, is the car out front yet?"

"I can take you, if you need a ride," Sawyer offers.

Alex nods yes to Sawyer, then to Vasquez, she replies, "Uh, negative Vasquez. Go ahead back to base. I've secured a ride here. See you in the morning". Alex then reaches up and turns off the coms. "Okay Kara, let's get you home," she says moving to help her up.

Sawyer moves in on her other side and Kara winces as she stands up. Alex eases up her shirt to look at the bandages on her sister's side. "Jesus Kara," she exclaims, shaking her head and pulling the shirt back down.

"She was really lucky. Sharp reflexes too, she pushed him away, the knife barely got her," Sawyer points out.

"Can we please be done with this now?" Kara groans, moving out of the exam area.

"Officer Sawyer seems nice," Alex remarks as they enter Kara's apartment.

"She thinks I'm an idiot," Kara remarks dropping her jacket on a chair and carefully laying down on the couch.

"No, I'm pretty sure she doesn't," Alex says heading into Kara's kitchen and pulling down the bottle of scotch she keeps there.

"She was afraid to leave me alone until you got there," Kara points out.

"Kara, why is it so hard to believe that the incredibly tall and hot Officer Sawyer is attracted to you," Alex counters, as she pours scotch into two glasses.

"Attracted to me?" Kara scoffs. "No, she was just being nice."

Alex laughs. "I see that your inability to detect when someone's flirting with you is intact," she jokes.

Kara shakes her head. "She wasn't flirting with me," Kara protests.

"She was." Alex says firmly as she crosses the room and hands Kara the other drink before sitting down on the couch as Kara sits up to make room for her. "I'm sorry that you were hurt, but I'm glad that you called me," she adds.

"I should have called before now," Kara admits. "Thank you for coming to get me," she adds.

"I'll always come and get you. But when this is healed up, we're getting back into the gym. If you're going to go hand to hand with muggers, you need better moves," Alex teases.

"I didn't plan on doing that Alex. It just happened and I reacted," Kara explains taking a sip of the scotch before setting it down.

"I know, but that's the reality of it. It's your nature to help people, so you need to learn how to do that and stay safe. I can help you... I'd like to help you," Alex offers, taking another sip of her drink and setting it down on the table.

"I'd like that," Kara admits. Then throws her arms around her, "Alex, I'm sorry. I miss you!" she exclaims.

Returning the hug, Alex replies, "I'm sorry too and god, I missed you so much."

A knock at the door interrupts their hug and Alex says, "I told Lucy to meet us here."

"You were right," Kara admits to Lucy when Alex clears away the mess from their impromptu pizza party.

"Of course I was right, so now you're going to talk to Cat?" Lucy asks curiously.

"Yes, I'll talk to her in the morning," Kara replies.

"You haven't talked to Cat yet?" Alex asks overhearing the last comment.

"Uh, no. I don't know what to say to her," Kara exclaims.

"Kara, you apologize for pushing her away. Trust me, that was what I wanted to hear," Alex reminds her.

"Okay, okay, I said that I'll talk to her tomorrow. Now you two should go, it's late and I'm tired," Kara admits.

"Rest up, you're going to have a busy day tomorrow," Alex says smiling mischievously as they walk towards the door.

"What do you mean by that?" Kara asks confused.

"Ten bucks says the hot cop calls to check on you tomorrow," she teases. "And asks you out."

"How hot was she?" Lucy asks.

"Pretty hot," Kara and Alex reply in unison.

"Don't worry Lucy. She's not going to call," Kara replies shooting Alex a look that says stop it, before hugging them both goodbye.

The next morning Cat enters her office to find a steaming hot latte waiting for her. She looks around and spots Kara sitting outside on the patio.

Cat opens the door and leans against it, just staring at her a moment.

"Thank you for the latte," she says taking a sip of it and crossing the balcony.

"I'm sorry," Kara says simply, looking down, unsure about making eye contact.

Cat sets the latte down on the railing and walks back into her office.

Kara looks up confused. Then gets up and follows her into the office.

"Cat," she says looking around the room first, then realizing that there is only one place she could have gone, Kara walks around the corner to her ensuite and knocks lightly. "Cat," she says a bit louder.

"Kara, I told you no apologies. If that's all you have to say to me, then go back to your own office," Cat says flinging the door open.

"I miss you," she blurts out.

"Better," Cat says pushing her back against the wall. Kara winces at the motion and Cat drops her hands.

"Are you okay?" Cat asks concerned.

"I'm fine. Just a little sore," Kara offers. "There was a mugging and I sort of was involved."

"Were you hurt?" Cat asks looking at her carefully.

"Not really, just a cut, it's healing fine," she adds quickly.

"Oh Kara!" Cat blurts out concerned. "I told you that neighborhood is dangerous."

"I wasn't the one being mugged, Cat. I stopped… You know what...nevermind, it's not important. I'm fine, the woman is fine. The guy is in jail," Kara replies annoyed.

"You can't stop being a hero, can you?" Cat asks softly.

"I guess not," Kara admits.

"I'm glad that you are okay," Cat offers.

"I want to see it, show me," Cat says firmly.

"It's nothing," Kara says not wanting to show her. "But it made me call Alex. And then I wanted to call you, but it was late. So I'm here now and Cat, I miss you. I'm still powerless though, so I understand if you don't want me around," Kara says her voice trailing off.

"You can't possibly think so little of me Kara," Cat spits out angrily.

"Cat, maybe you don't want to admit it, I know that I didn't want to admit it, but the whole superhero thing was part of why we worked. You'll never be happy with just Kara Danvers," Kara blurts out.

"You may be right, especially since Kara Danvers is an idiot and a coward!" Cat snaps back at her before storming out of the ensuite and back over to her desk.

Kara comes around the corner and pauses at the desk.

"We're done. The bullpen is filling up. I'm not discussing this any more, not here. Come by tonight if you want to continue this," Cat replies calmly, barely looking up at her.