Maggie walked back into the room, seeing Alex was on the laptop. Sat down on the couch next to her, Alex trying to minimise the page so Maggie couldn't see, but she was too late. Maggie had seen what Alex was looking at. "Willow Lake Cabins?" Maggie raised her eyebrows. "You planning a dirty weekend away, Danvers?" Maggie grinned cheekily.
"No," Alex sighed, annoyed that Maggie had seen it. She wanted it to be a surprise. "I was going to book us a weekend away here for our birthdays." Now that she'd seen it she wouldn't stop asking about it till Alex told her, so Alex knew she had no choice.
"Aww babe," Maggie smiled, leaning against Alex as she looked at the information on the screen. "Looks lovely," Maggie said. "But you thinking about our birthdays already? They're not till August." Maggie said, it only being June right now.
"I know but holiday places get booked up and it's the summer so there's more reason to look earlier," Alex told her. Her and Maggie had birthdays only two days apart. Alex would be turning 32 on the 25th of August then on the 27th, Maggie was going to be 33. They always did something nice together to celebrate. "So, yeah, I thought we could have a few days away here," Alex said. "And every cabin has an outdoor hot tub." Alex raised her eyebrows as she looked to her wife.
"Sounds lovely but Riley is too small for the hot tub." Maggie noted.
"Riley is not invited," Alex replied. "She is going to spend that weekend with Auntie Kara." Alex just assumed this but she was sure that Kara wouldn't mind.
"Oh, this is sounding more and more like a dirty weekend away," Maggie joked, a cheeky glint in her eye. "Book it now babe," Maggie told her as she was reading what they could do in the area. "Oh, horseback riding, we can go on little hike, there's heaps to do in or on the lake," Maggie listed. "Ah we can rent bikes and cycle around the lake," Maggie smiled. "I'm loving the sound of this."
"Good." Alex smiled as she started to book them a cabin for the weekend.
"Willow Lake," Maggie said the name of the place, watching as Alex went through the booking form. "That's not too far from here, right?"
"It's about 2 and a half hours drive once we get out of the city," Alex told her. "I was looking further afield at first, but I don't want to be too far away from Riley," Alex said. It would be the first time that they'd be leaving her for more than one night so she didn't want to be too far away, or in a different state. "Just in case."
"Yeah, fine by me," Maggie agreed, also not liking the idea of leaving the state and being a plane ride away from their daughter. "And it looks lovely. Ah I wish it was sooner." Maggie said, excitement in her tone. She and Alex had been extra busy with work lately and even though they were both very much in love, she did feel like a weekend away, just the two of them would be a good thing, especially with them trying to get pregnant again, because when they did have a second baby in their lives it would be even harder to get some alone time together.
"Well it's something to look forward too," Alex noted with a smile. Time away with Maggie was always something she enjoyed, although since having Riley, that hadn't happened. "And it'll give me the time to actually work up the courage to leave Riley with Kara for the whole weekend," Alex said, sounding a little scared at the thought. "What if she needs to go be Supergirl? What would she do with Riley?" Alex looked a little panicked at the thought.
"She'd take her along. She could be her little side kick," Maggie joked, but Alex didn't look impressed, the panicked look on her face staying there. "She'd leave her with Winn or get her to call Aubree or, get Eliza to come here for the weekend, or I mean maybe, you know it's a couple months away so maybe her and Lena will be….more friendly by then and she can watch her while Kara goes and does her thing." Maggie suggested.
"Lena doesn't even know Kara is Supergirl," Alex retorted. "But sure, Kara will just be like hey, watch Riley so I can go deal with this alien," Alex muttered. "And also, Lena and Kara might not even be a thing," Alex noted. "Lena looked pretty pissed that Kara stood her up tonight."
"C'mon, she hardly stood her up," Maggie said. "She said she'd still go. She'd just be late. You know, for all we know they could be out at the restaurant having a lovely dinner as we speak." Maggie hoped that this was the case. Although Lena looked pissed, Maggie knew her and she could tell how much she liked Kara, so she knew she'd not write her off just yet.
"I suppose they could be," Alex murmured. "I guess Kara will tell us either way," Alex said and Maggie gave a little nod, agreeing with her wife. "I hope that it does go the way Kara wants it too though," Alex said. "She deserves to find love," Alex exhaled. "You know she is always trying to help others and does a lot for the city, I….I want her to feel as happy as I do." Alex said as Maggie leaned into her, her hand draping over her stomach.
"Yeah, she does deserve a love like this," Maggie smiled. "Especially after what happened with he who shall not be name." Maggie muttered.
Alex widened her eyes. "I still want to kill him."
"You and me both," Maggie stated, anger in her tone. "And a long list of others. It's a good job he is back on a different planet now." Maggie laughed.
"Well it's not where I want him to be." Alex muttered.
"Oh, I know," Maggie replied. "But he is gone and won't dare set foot on Earth again. And Kara is finally looking like she is going to move on." Maggie said, glad that Kara was now at that stage.
"Mmm yes," Alex closed the webpage, the booking process having gone through. She shut the laptop down and put it on the shelf under the coffee table. She turned back to face her wife, a cheeky grin appearing on her face. "Now, how about you go get your wifey a drink?" Alex said, the grin only growing larger.
"You know where the kitchen is." Maggie smirked.
"Okay, okay." Alex muttered as stood up from the couch.
"Get me something while you are through there, babe." Maggie grinned, giving Alex's ass as cheeky slap as she walked passed Maggie and made her way out of the living room.
Kara was standing outside of Lena's apartment. She took a deep breath before she rang the doorbell. She gave a sorry smile as the door opened. Lena stood there, her face expressionless. She'd changed out of her dress and was wearing sweats and a tank top. Her hair was tied back in a messy ponytail and her face was free from make-up. Kara had never seen her looking so casual. Lena didn't say anything, she just waited for Kara to talk. Kara pursed her lips, and upon seeing Lena wasn't about to invite her in, she spoke up. "I'm sorry." Kara spoke quietly, Lena picking up on her tone. She was genuinely sorry, but Lena was angry that Kara had put work before their date.
"You didn't even tell me," Lena scoffed. "There was no phone call, no quick text," Lena noted. "You let Maggie and your sister wait around your place to tell me." Lena sounded annoyed with Kara.
"It was an emergency. I'm sorry." Kara pursed her lips. She knew maybe it would be easier to tell Lena she was Supergirl but she couldn't. Never mind the fact that J'onn would get mad at her for telling someone else, but it could be dangerous for Lena if she knew the truth. It was best not to tell her. Not right now, anyways.
"Kara, if you are not ready to take the step into making this more than friendship then that's okay. Tell me. But, I'm not going to be played around with." Lena told her, her eyes looking to the bottle of wine and box of food that were in Kara's hand other than making eye contact with her.
"I'm not playing," Kara shook her head. "I wanted to go out on this date with you."
"So then why didn't you tell your boss you were busy?" Lena questioned. "You are allowed a life outside of work. You're not here to just run after Cat Grant 24/7." Lena told her.
"I promise I won't bail on our plans again," Kara said, not sure she really should be making that promise as there may be times Supergirl was needed when she was with Lena. "If you give me the chance not too, that is." Kara spoke quietly, hoping she still had a chance of going on a date with Lena.
Lena exhaled before giving Kara a smile. She liked her and she wanted to start dating her, so she wasn't going to let this ruin that, but she just wanted her to know she was upset about it. "Come in." Lena gestured for Kara to come into her apartment. Kara walked in, following Lena over to the kitchen. Kara handed her the bottle of wine before putting the box down on the breakfast bar.
"Thanks for the flowers," Kara said as Lena took two wine glasses from the shelf. "They're beautiful."
Lena smiled in response as she opened the bottle of wine and poured two glasses as Kara opened the box up, revealing a lot of potstickers. "Do you eat anything else?" Lena laughed as she gestured to the potstickers before walking around the breakfast bar, gesturing for Kara to take a seat as she sat up on the stool next to her.
"Sometimes I eat sticky buns. And doughnuts. Doughnuts are good." Kara grinned.
"Seriously how do you still have a figure like that?" Lena questioned. "If I ate like you I'd be as big as a bus." Lena widened her eyes as her voice got a little squeak to it.
Kara felt her cheeks flush. "Guess I am just lucky," Kara murmured. "And it's not like you don't have a nice figure either." Kara said, Lena noticing Kara still looked a little embarrassed as she spoke.
"But I don't get this from eating potstickers and sticky buns all the time." Lena responded before taking a drink of her wine.
"Well I still think you look great," Kara told her, her gaze meeting with Lena's, their eyes locking together as they both smiled at each other. "And I really am sorry for missing tonight," Kara told her, her tone apologetic. "And I know it's too late to do what you'd planned but…" Kara tailed off. "Wine, potstickers and Netflix sounds like a good first date to me." Kara said and Lena's smile grew a little larger as she gave a little nod.
"Yeah, nice and chilled, right?" Lena said as she stood down from the stool, her wine glass in her hand. Kara gave a little nod as she got off the stool as well, picking up her wine and the box of potstickers, following Lena over to the couch. They put their drinks and the potstickers down on the coffee table and sat down on the couch, a slight gap between the two of them. Lena picked up the remote and put Netflix on as they decided on something to watch.
Maggie was pacing the room, Riley screaming her little heart out. Tears were rolling down her cheeks, Maggie pacing back and forth, rubbing her back as she shushed her soothingly. "Aww baby girl," Alex said as she walked into the room, the teething ring in her hand that had been chilling in the fridge. She also had some teething gel in her hand and opened the tub up, putting a little bit on her finger as Maggie stopped in front of her. Alex put her finger into Riley's mouth, rubbing her sore gums with the gel. "She's got two coming in at once." Alex noticed. One tooth had almost cut through on the top, but she could feel a second one cutting through on her bottom gum.
"Yeah, I noticed that when you went to get the gel," Maggie said. "Ah I hate her being in pain." Maggie pouted sadly as she continued to rub Riley's back, the gel seeming to bring her a little relief, or maybe it was the fact she was sucking on Alex's finger.
"I know. Me too," Alex said, because she felt awful that she couldn't take away the pain Riley was feeling. "Here sweet pea, you have this." Alex took her finger out of Riley's mouth and gave her the teething ring. Riley immediately brought it to her mouth and started sucking on it as she cuddled herself into Maggie. Maggie kissed the top of her head as she kept rubbing her back.
"Think we are going to get much sleep tonight?" Maggie questioned.
"Wouldn't count on it," Alex said, her hand running over Riley's hair. "But at least we aren't working tomorrow," It was rare that they both had a full weekend off together, but it would occasionally happen. "So, we can just take it easy." Alex said.
"Indeed," Maggie agreed with Alex's plans for their day. "You think we should put her down? See if she'll nod off?" Maggie questioned.
"Maybe we should let her fall asleep in our bed," Alex suggested. "She is so overtired. She needs some sleep and I don't see that happening if we leave her in here."
"Okay," Maggie started to walk out of the room as Alex followed. They walked into their bedroom and Maggie put Riley down in the middle of the bed. The teething ring was still in her mouth but she was rubbing her eyes with her hands, indicating she was tired. Maggie took it from her and gave her her pacifier instead. Riley only got it when she was really tired, neither Alex or Maggie wanting her to get used having one. She felt asleep pretty quickly, one hand up over her head and the other out to the side. Maggie and Alex lay on their sides – one at each side of Riley - their elbows on the mattress as their heads rested in their hands, a way to keep themselves propped up, both of them smiling down at their daughter as they watched her sleep. "She does that same eye twitching thing you do when you sleep."
"I don't twitch my eyes." Alex scowled.
"How do you know?" Maggie questioned. "You are asleep when you do it," Maggie gave a little laugh. "It's like you are reacting to a dream or something," Maggie shrugged. "I think it's cute."
"Do babies dream?" Alex questioned, her eyes staying locked on her sleeping daughter.
Maggie shrugged again. "I mean, I guess they will. It's not like we hit a certain age and then our brain is like, oh she's allowed to dream now." Maggie laughed.
"I suppose." Alex very gently brushed her hand over Riley's forehead. Riley's arm shot up in the air as she opened her eyes for a moment, before they closed again, Riley staying asleep.
"Alex," Maggie spoke through gritted teeth. "You know she is a light sleeper."
"Sorry, she is just so damn adorable, I can't help it." Alex said, her gaze never leaving her sleeping daughter.
"Well we can watch her all night, if you want too," Maggie smiled adoringly at Riley. "Just don't touch her. I mean, she is finally back to sleep and I for one would like to keep it that way." Maggie murmured. She loved Riley with all her heart but right now, she was very glad that her child was sleeping.
"Okay Mum." Alex glanced up at Maggie, giving her a cheeky grin before they both looked back down to Riley, continuing to watch her sleep.
Kara and Lena had finished the bottle of wine between them, and long before that, the potstickers were gone. They'd ended up watching Pitch Perfect, and when Kara suggested watching the second one, Lena had gladly agreed, because it meant that she got to spend more time with Kara. Although they'd started off apart on the couch, they were now sitting so close together that their bodies were touching. At one point during the second movie, Lena found Kara's hand resting on her leg, and she smiled to herself but didn't say anything, scared that Kara would get embarrassed and create a gap between them again. Lena looked a little confused as Kara leaned forward and picked up the remote, pausing the movie and turning around on the couch to face Lena. "You know, my sister was 26 when she met Maggie and came out," Kara told Lena. Lena gave a little nod. She already knew that from the chat with Alex and Maggie earlier that evening. "She figured out who she really was later in life. She thought that was late to figure out she was gay, but I'm at 29 and I'm not sure who I am anymore," Kara murmured. "I…but Alex went for it and she's now coming up for celebrating 6 years with Maggie later this year. She's never been so happy." Kara exhaled before biting her lip.
"Well you should do what makes you happy." Lena told her, her hand moving forward and hesitantly resting over Kara's.
"I know being around you makes me happy." Kara smiled. She could feel her heart beating in her chest, a nervous feeling in her stomach.
"Well that's nice to hear," Lena smiled as she rubbed her thumb over Kara's hand. "Being around you makes me happy too," Lena told her. "And like I've said, Kara, there's no pressure on you. Okay, we just….we have some dates and we see how things go." Lena gave her a reassuring smile.
"I uhm…." Kara bit her lip as her eyes locked with Lena's. "I'd like too…." She took a moment to compose herself before she leaned in, Lena feeling her heart jump. This was a moment she'd wanted for a long time. Lena felt Kara's lips brush ever so slightly against hers. Kara pulled back for a moment before she kissed her again, Lena reciprocating as she brought her hands up and delicately wrapped them around Kara's neck, pulling Kara a little closer to her as the kiss deepened. Kara pulled herself away, her lips pursing as she looked downwards. "Sorry."
"Don't be sorry," Lena spoke softly, a smile on her face as she put her hand against Kara's cheek, gently pushing her so she was facing her again. "Unless that wasn't -"
"No," Kara spoke over her, a smile forming on her face. "It was definitely something that I would want to do again," Kara said. "I uhm….if you felt the same," Kara bit her lip. She hoped that Lena did. She was pretty sure she did, but there was doubt there that she wasn't good enough for Lena. Instead of answering with words, Lena leaned forward again and placed a soft kiss on Kara's lips. "Uhm…" Kara smiled she rested her forehead against Lena's. She felt fireworks in her stomach. "I should go home now," Kara said, glancing at her watch as she stood up from the couch. "It's pretty late."
"Oh," Lena sounded a little disappointed. "You don't even want to watch the end of the movie?" Lena questioned. There was still about half an hour of the second Pitch Perfect to watch.
"We can finish it another time." Kara murmured as she made her way over to the door.
"So, does that mean that you want a second date?" Lena was pretty sure she knew the answer, but wanted to hear it from Kara's lips.
"Yeah, I do," Kara smiled. "I hope you do too." Kara suddenly sounded unsure as she looked to Lena, worriedly. She'd had a good night and hoped Lena had too. She was pretty sure she did have, given that she'd kissed her back but she couldn't be sure.
"I'd love too." Lena told her with a smile.
"Great," Kara replied. "Well, I'll be in touch." Kara said, staring awkwardly at Lena for a moment as she bit her lip. Lena stepped forward, feeling that Kara wanted to kiss her again, but maybe she was a little shy to do it so she put her hands softly on each of Kara's cheeks and placed a kiss on her lips.
"Goodnight, Kara Danvers." Lena said as she pulled back from the kiss, her eyes locking with Kara's mesmerizing blue ones.
"Goodnight Lena." Kara spoke in a whisper as Lena opened the door for her, Kara leaving the apartment, a smile on her face as her heart fluttered.
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