"See you around, Danvers," Maggie said with tears in her eyes as she shut the door behind her. She knew she had just shut the door on her soulmate but there wasn't anything left to do to salvage the relationship. Alex wanted kids and it was the one thing she was sure of her entire life, but kids were never going to be something that Maggie wanted.
They needed to move on.
So they did. Maggie moved to Metropolis and worked alongside Lucy Lane in handling alien cases. Occasionally, some cases would be beyond Metropolis and Maggie would have to venture to National City to get assistance from the DEO.
Alex would see Maggie from time to time during the cases but they didn't talk much outside of that. It was too painful and too confusing.
As the years went on, they saw each other less and less. The pain faded and they started seeing other people. Alex's desire to have children never faded and Maggie never ended up wanting them. They were never destined to work out, no matter how much love they had for each other at one point in time. They were distant memories to each other.
"Mommy!" a young Danvers called out as she finished brushing her teeth, jumping down from the step stool in front of the sink. "Hurry, we're gonna be late!" she ran into her mother's bedroom, jumping onto the bed and startling the family dog. "Sorry Gertrude," she pet its head before it jumped down and huffed as it went into a different room.
"What? Isn't it Saturday? Go back to bed," Alex said sleepily as her daughter climbed into bed next to her and sighed.
"It's Sunday! Aunt Kara is going to be visiting. She called this morning and said Aunt Lena and Aunt Sam are coming too!" The child said excitedly, pushing on her mother's shoulder to entice her to get out of bed.
"Crap," she said as she scrambled to get out of bed, the dog running back in to bark at her. "What?" she asked as she looked down at the medium-sized german shepherd dog. The dog ran towards the front door and started barking again, prompting Alex to come to the door.
"Kara!" Alex opened the door, excited but unprepared to see her sister. She hugged her tight before her daughter came running to hug her aunt. Being Supergirl and being able to fly definitely had its perks as Kara was able to see Alex quite often and at the blink of the eye if needed to babysit. However, Lena babysat more often than anyone. Ellie really seemed to bond with Lena. Of course, there was Aunt Sam as well who had Ruby and although Ruby was much older than Ellie, they'd still play from time to time. However, it was rare that the whole family would get together.
"Alex! Ellie!" Kara said lovingly as she hugged them both, never wanting to let go. "I missed you guys," she said as she ruffled Ellie's hair, pulling back from the hug so she could get a better look at the two. "You're so grown up," she said as she pinched Ellie's cheeks.
"Says you," Ellie laughed as she looked behind Kara to see no one standing there. "Where's Aunt Lena?" she asked, sad that her favorite aunt wasn't there. Lena always had a present for Ellie. For her first birthday, Lena got her 'Baby's First Chess Set.' Lena hasn't lived it down since.
"Oh, she's staying at work with Aunt Sam until later tonight. They have some business meetings for L-Corp," she shrugged before taking her coat off, placing it on the hook.
A few hours passed and it was finally time for dinner. With the help of Kara and Ellie, Alex managed to get the table set and the food ready. They'd still probably order in because Alex wasn't the best chef, but she still liked to try. She hadn't dated anyone for a while so this was the only time she got to make an extravagant meal for anyone. Ellie only ever liked to eat Mac n Cheese and potstickers, a food that Alex was shocked anyone besides Kara actually enjoyed.
Lena and Sam arrived with Ruby, laughing as they brought in a bottle of wine. The meeting at L-Corp went well so Lena already had some of the wine. Alex wasn't complaining, as long as no one started making out in front of her or her daughter she didn't mind them being tipsy. Kara just laughed at the pair and gave them both kisses on the cheek before they sat down at the table. Ellie sat at the head of the table, Lena and Kara sat on one side, and Alex, Sam, and Ruby sat on the other.
There was a knock on the door and Kara immediately went to lift her glasses to x-ray through the door before Sam kicked her ankle under the table, reminding her not to use her powers in front of the children. Kara sighed and put her glasses back on, watching as Alex walked over to the door.
"J'onn," she said as she immediately pulled the man into a hug. Alex hadn't worked at the DEO much this past year as she wanted to spend more time with her daughter before school started next year. The man was like a father to her and she was pleasantly surprised to see him. "I'm sorry I didn't call, I've been so-"
"Alex, it's good to see you. Don't worry about it. I brought someone else that wanted to see you.." the man said with a smile as wide as his face as he stepped aside to reveal Eliza Danvers.
"Mom!" she brought her in for a hug. It seemed to be all hugs and happy faces as Alex was reunited with her family.
"Kara said you wanted to have a family dinner, so I thought we might as well invite the whole family," Lena said with a slight slur, laughing as she drank from a wine glass full of water.
After J'onn and Eliza took their seats, they began to eat and talk about the best of times from the past. Alex felt happy. She felt like she had everything she ever wanted. She looked around to see how happy Kara and Lena were and she missed the feeling of being in love but then she looked over and saw how happy Sam and Ruby were and her heart grew ten times when her eyes met her own daughter. She would give anything, even her life, for Ellie. She was her entire world. Still, Alex felt like a piece of her was missing.
"Do you guys remember the time Winn nearly set blew up the –" Kara was interrupted by another knock on the door.
"Lena, who else did you invite?" Alex laughed as she took a sip of her wine.
"No one," Lena said honestly with a raised brow.
"Weird," Alex shrugged as she put her glass down, standing up to walk to the door yet again. Everyone resumed talking like it was nothing, figuring it was just a neighbor that locked themselves out of their apartment or a delivery man at the wrong door.
She opened the door and was getting ready to say they hadn't ordered anything yet but to come back in an hour when she looked and met big brown eyes staring back at her.
"Danvers," they called with a nervous smile on their face.