Find Me a Find, Catch Me a Catch

Chapter 5 - The Kryptonian, the Lesbian, and the Thespian

"Hey, Kara. How...How are...How are you doing today?" Alex said into her phone, pausing and starting again between loud sounds in her apartment.

"Alex, what is that awful noise?" Kara replied.

"Oh, um...That's Maggie. She isn't feeling too well this...this morning. She called in sick for work."

"Oh, God...Oh, God..." Maggie moaned in the background before she dry-heaved.

"Great Rao above, she sounds miserable. I can hear her without the phone."

Alex gave a slight chuckle. "Yeah, she is pretty loud."

"No, I'm serious, Alex. You forget my hearing. Now that I know to listen, I can hear her without the phone. What's wrong with her? Do you want me to come over? I can't get sick."

"No, no. It's not catching," Alex assured. "I was just calling to check in on Lena. How's she..." Alex winced at another loud noise from her fiancée. "How's she doing?"

"Lena's fine. Why would you ask?"

"Did she make it into work on time today?"

"I guess. I have no idea what time she comes in, but she was here before me."

"Really. Huh. What time did you get in?"

"A little before eight. Alex, why are you asking about Lena? Should I be worried?"

"No, it's just that she and Maggie were out last night and they both were drinking." This time Alex stopped entirely at Maggie's vocality. "Sorry about that. Maggie had a lot more to drink. Lena brought her back basically passed out, but Lena was pretty tipsy, and it was after 2:00 AM. I expected her to wake up hungover and probably come in late. She's okay?"

"She looks fine to me," Kara replied, an obvious smile in her voice.

"Well that's...good. Okay, I'm just checking. She was very sweet last night, took good care of Maggie. You know, I really like her."

"Me too," Kara agreed. "I'm glad you're getting on board with Lena and my friendship. She's important to me. Thanks for being supportive."

"Oh, I'm supportive. I'm incredibly supportive, Kara. You have no idea how supportive I am."

"Why are you being weird?"

"I'm not. I'm being...supportive."

"O-kay. So nothing's going on with Lena that I should know about?"

"No. Nothing is going on with...actually, there is a little something."

"What is it?" Kara asked, her tone serious.

"It could be nothing."

"That means it might not be."

"But it probably is nothing."

"Probably isn't definitely, Alex. What's going on?" Kara asked, more concern bleeding into her voice.

"Kara, relax. Right now it's just chatter. We just picked up Lena's name in some communications, and we're following up on it."

"We the DEO we?"

"Yes, we the DEO," Alex confirmed. "Like I said; it's nothing right now. For all we know, someone just referenced her when talking about Lillian, or maybe they're talking about L-Corp. Hey, this could even be something old that just surfaced, something from a few months back. Like I said, totally nothing. But..."