Alex was sitting at the breakfast bar in Maggie's apartment, drinking her coffee as Maggie was making them scrambled eggs to eat with bagels. Maggie's phone beeped indicating she had a message. "Ah that better not be someone from work." Maggie sighed. She wasn't due in till 2pm and was looking forward to spending the morning with Alex, before she had to start work at 12.
"Uhm, it's Rachel." Alex said, glancing at Maggie's phone. As far as she was aware, there was no-one called Rachel that Maggie worked it.
"Ah okay." Maggie answered.
"Is she from Gotham?" Alex wondered, taking a drink of her coffee as she waited for Maggie to reply.
"She is indeed," Maggie answered. "She was the first person I met. She lived across the hall from me. Nice woman." Maggie smiled as she turned around and looked at Alex and the look on Maggie's face was enough to know who exactly this Rachel woman was.
"She was your sex friend, wasn't she?" Alex questioned, Maggie giving an awkward laugh.
"Uhm yeah." Maggie nodded before turning back around and taking the bagels from the toaster, putting them down on the plates before lifting the pan of scrambled eggs from the hob as she turned it off.
"Was she like a few times a week sex friend or just a few times a month or?" Alex questioned, Maggie pursing her lips as she dished the eggs onto the bagels, leaving the pan in the sink before picking up the plates and walking over to the breakfast bar, taking a seat next to Alex.
"Uhm, it was different at different times," Maggie shrugged. "There wasn't really a schedule." Maggie told her before picking up the Tabasco sauce and putting some over her eggs before Alex did the same.
"Yeah sorry, I don't even know why I asked that." Alex murmured before she took a mouthful of her breakfast.
"It's okay to be curious," Maggie told her. "I mean, we'll probably have a talk one day about all these women you've had your way with." Maggie said, leaning to her side and nudging Alex's arm as she gave her a wink.
Alex shook her head until she swallowed her mouthful of egg and bagel. "I don't really think that's necessary." Alex looked a little ashamed of herself.
Maggie chuckled. "Nah, first and foremost Rachel was a friend. A good one. She helped me through a lot when I first arrived in Gotham. I was just….so broken, and I….." Maggie paused for a moment. "I'm glad I found her. And she was also supportive of my idea of coming back and seeing if we could try again."
"Well I'm glad she was," Alex answered, of course going to be thankful to anyone who'd played a part in them getting back together. "It's nice that you are keeping in touch."
"Yeah," Maggie agreed. "She makes sure she knows exactly what's happening with us." Maggie said before taking a drink of her coffee as Alex laughed lightly.
"This is nice," Alex smiled. "Us having breakfast together again," Alex loved the normality she felt in being with Maggie. "You know it just feels….I know we were split up for a long time but…" Alex trailed off, looking around to Maggie.
"I know what you mean," Maggie gave her a smile. It might have only been a few days, but they'd slipped back into their 'normal' so easily. "Guess it's just because we are meant to be."
"Hmm," Alex smiled, raising her eyebrows as she leaned forward and shared a quick kiss with Maggie. "So, I uhm, I've been meaning to ask you," Alex bit her lip, feeling a little nervous. Maggie felt a little intrigued as to what Alex was about to say. "Last Monday when we were at the warehouse," Alex started. "I mean, you obviously saw Lilian and her Cyborg," Alex stopped talking, putting her knife and fork down, Maggie seeing her hands were shaking a little. "Did you see my dad or did Lilian mention anything?"
"No," Maggie shook her head. "Don't you think I would have told you if I saw him or he was mentioned?"
"I guess so," Alex murmured. "It's just that Lilian says she doesn't know where he is but if he'd got free don't you think he'd come back to me? To Mum? To Kara?" Alex questioned.
"I don't know sweetie," Maggie put her hand onto Alex's back, rubbing it gently. "Maybe he's just lying low for a while."
Alex glared at Maggie, clearly not liking her suggestion. "What, for over a year?" Alex questioned. It had been a while since the last time Alex saw her father, and since Lillian told her she didn't know where he was.
"Well he wants to protect you and Kara," Maggie gave a little shrug. "And maybe right now, that has to be by staying away from you."
"I just thought that maybe he'd at least send some sort of sign or something, so we knew he was okay," Alex mumbled, looking downwards as she twisted her lip. "I just hate the not knowing, you know," Alex looked back up to Maggie. "It was almost easier when I thought he was dead." Alex murmured before leaning forward and resting her head on Maggie's chest. Maggie wrapped her arms around her, holding her in a comforting embrace.
Alex and Kara were hanging out at Kara's place after work. They were sitting on the couch, eating Chinese food as Kara had the latest episode of The Voice on. "You could have asked Maggie, you know." Kara told her as she reached forward and picked up a potsticker.
"Oh yeah because she would have loved to have sat here and watched The Voice," Alex murmured. It wasn't ideally what she would want to watch either, but Kara seemed to very much enjoy it. "Besides, she's still at work so you'll have to do," Alex said, keeping a straight face as she teased her sister. Kara gasped before pouting sadly and Alex's face broke into a cheeky grin. "Nah, always nice to have some me and you time, sis." Alex said, and Kara smiled, giving a little nod, like she agreed, before they both focused back on the TV.
"I'd so win if I went on this show." Kara said, sounding pretty confident with herself.
"Oh, is that so?" Alex questioned.
"Uh yeah," Kara nodded, and Alex shook her head, laughing at her sister who obviously thought highly of herself. "You've heard me jamming to NSYNC enough to know how awesome I am."
"So, aside from juggling being a reporter and saving National City from threats and alien invasion, you want to be a singer?" Alex questioned, looking back around to her sister, who'd reached forward for another potsticker.
"I am very good at multi-tasking, I'll have you know." Kara said moving her hand around, the potsticker moving around with her.
"Right," Alex laughed as she looked back to the TV screen. "Oh, she is hot. Why is no one turning around for her?" Alex said, her eyes on the dark-haired woman who was singing, hoping one of the judges would turn around.
"Uh one," Kara held one finger out. "They can't see her to know if she is hot or not," Kara said, before pointing out another finger. "Two, they are judging her for her singing," Kara said before pointing out a third finger. "And three, you have a girlfriend."
"Oh yeah because by saying she is hot I am practically jumping her, right enough," Alex murmured before leaning forward and taking a drink of her water, frowning as no-one turned around for the woman. "Aw well," Alex sighed. "They're loss." Alex muttered before taking a forkful of her dinner.
"Speaking of your girlfriend," Kara said. "Are you two going to get engaged again?"
"Woah, Kara," Alex looked shocked at the question. "We've only been back together for a few days," Alex said, feeling her heart beating faster within her chest. "We are not about to go at your superspeed." Alex told her.
"But one day, right?" Kara questioned.
"Yeah sure," Alex nodded her head. "But right now, we are not about to rush into an engagement and wedding," Alex said. "Especially if I do go for this treatment," Alex added. "A baby is going to be a big enough change. That's probably more than enough for now."
"I guess so," Kara exhaled lightly. "I just want to see you two have everything you were supposed to have."
Alex gave her an appreciative smile. "And we will. When the time is right."
"Sure," Kara spoke through a smile. "So, you are still not sure about going through with this?" Kara asked. She was a little surprised by Alex's sudden change of mind. She was so set in getting this done until Maggie came back.
"I dunno," Alex shrugged. "I just feel like we have the future for that," Alex exhaled lightly, pursing her lips. "You know, I want things to work out for us this time and is it such a good idea to possibly get pregnant like a week after we are back together?" Alex wondered. "I'm scared that its going to be too much too soon and it'll put a lot of pressure on us and we'll start arguing over stupid things then it'll get so bad that we'll break-up again." Alex looked down, Kara seeing she was worried.
"Well Maggie says that she wants this," Kara told her. "And you want it. You broke up with Maggie over kids, Alex. Now she is open to raising them with you and you are holding back over things that are what if's and not likely to happen?" Kara questioned. "You and Maggie are meant to be together so if you do get pregnant now, you'll get through it fine."
"Yeah you are probably right," Alex spoke quietly, still not sounding 100 percent sure. "I just don't want to mess this up with her again, you know," Alex took a deep breath. "She's everything to me."
"I know," Kara gave her sister a smile. "And I am a Superhero, so you should probably listen to me when I tell you everything is going to be okay."
"Why?" Alex laughed. "You have some new superpower that lets you see into the future all of a sudden?" Alex questioned jokingly.
"I don't need a superpower," Kara shook her head. "I saw the way she looked at you at James' birthday," Kara told her. "You don't have anything to be worried about." Kara told her, Alex giving her a smile, hoping she was right, because she wanted more than anything to spend the rest of her life with Margarita Sawyer.
Alex was in bed when she heard something bang into the door to her apartment. She shot up, feeling rather startled. She glanced at her phone and saw it was almost 2.30am. She heard another loud bang, before she heard what sounded like someone trying to open the lock. She put her sidelight on, before she opened the drawer to her bedside table and lifted out her gun. She got out of the bed and made her way across to the door. She peaked through the peep hole, seeing Maggie slumped on the floor, looking rather frustrated as she was staring at the key in her hand. Alex gave a sigh of relief. In her line of work, it wouldn't be out of the ordinary if it was someone more dangerous that had turned up. She opened the door and looked down to Maggie who looked up at her as she heard the door open. "Alexandra," Maggie grinned up at her. Alex widened her eyes, as she bit her lip in amusement, trying to hold back a laugh. Alex couldn't ever remember Maggie calling her Alexandra in all the time they were together. "My key wouldn't work," Maggie pouted sadly as Alex stepped into the hall, going to help her get up. "Don't shoot me, secret DEO agent Danvers." Maggie held her hands up to the side as her eyes locked on the gun.
"Sorry, I just wanted to be safe. I didn't expect a ruckus in the hallway in the middle of the night." Alex said.
Maggie put her hand over her mouth as she giggled. Alex helped Maggie up and into her apartment, putting her gun down on the table by the door. "We went out for a drink."
"I think you've had more than one." Alex noted, keeping one hand on Maggie as she closed the door with the other and turned the lock shut before putting the chain on the door.
"There were shots. A lot of shots," Maggie said. "And drinking games. It was supposed to be a quiet drink for Rereks detirement," Maggie slurred before shaking her head. "Derek's retirement," Maggie corrected herself. "I didn't even want to go but one drink turned to two then I…." Maggie stopped talking.
"Okay, well how about we get you a nice glass of water and get you into bed?" Alex questioned, taking Maggie's leather jacket from her and laying it down on the couch.
"Alex, why does my key not work?" Maggie questioned.
"Because it's for your apartment, not this one," Alex told her, helping Maggie across the room and up the stairs to her bedroom. "Get yourself undressed. Grab one of my t-shirts." Alex told her.
"Maybe you could undress me then I could undress you." Maggie raised her eyebrows suggestively as she reached forward and pulled Alex into a sloppy kiss.
"You taste like whisky," Alex said as she pulled herself away from the kiss. She walked over to her drawers and pulled out a t-shirt and walked back over to Maggie. "Put that on." Alex told her before she walked across to the kitchen and grabbed a glass, walking over to the fridge and putting it under the dispenser. She walked back across, seeing Maggie had stripped all her clothes off and was standing there naked.
"You still want me to put the t-shirt on?" Maggie questioned. Alex closed her eyes for a moment before she nodded and put the glass of water on the bedside table. She reached for the t-shirt that was sitting on the bed and helped Maggie into it before she handed her the glass of water. Maggie took a drink before handing the glass back to Alex. Alex put it down on the bedside table, and pulled the covers back, both of them getting into the bed. "C'mon, let Pikachu come out to play." Maggie pouted as she put her hand onto Alex's thigh.
"It's time to go to sleep babe." Alex told her, reaching to turn her sidelight off, before she lay down in the bed, Maggie frowning before she lay down and shuffled closer to Alex. Alex turned to her side and wrapped her arm over Maggie, holding her close to her as they both drifted off to sleep.
Alex was up long before Maggie. She thought it was best to just let her sleep in, hoping she'd sleep her hangover off. Alex had already eaten her breakfast and had showered, and was now sitting on the couch, reading some of her book as she waited for Maggie to get up. She heard a groan coming from her bedroom and looked around to see Maggie was sitting up, rubbing the side of her head as she winced. "Morning darling." Alex spoke loudly, and Maggie winced even more. Alex put her book down on the coffee table and walked over to the kitchen, getting Maggie a glass of water. She opened the drawer and took out the tablets and put two into the water, letting them fizz up. She turned around, seeing Maggie had made it over to the dining table and was currently sitting with her elbows on the table, holding her head in her hands. Alex walked over and put the water down as she lightly rubbed the back of Maggie's head with her other hand. "You'll feel better when you've drank that." Alex told her, taking a seat opposite her.
Maggie took a drink. "I'm sorry for coming here last night," Maggie told her. "I was going home and then I ended up outside your apartment."
"It's okay." Alex told her.
"No," Maggie shook her head but stopped quickly because it hurt to do so. "I was drunk, and you are…." Maggie stopped talking, her lips pursing together.
"An alcoholic," Alex finished Maggie's sentence for her. "It's okay to say it, Maggie. It's the truth."
"No, I….I shouldn't be like that around you. I need to be more respectful." Maggie said, looking away from Alex.
"I don't want you to stop having a good time because I didn't know when to stop," Alex told her. "You still get to drink and have some fun, and I really am okay, and I definitely don't miss the hangovers," Alex said, and Maggie gave a little laugh before she rubbed her forehead and took another drink. "But maybe don't drink enough for the both of us the next time." Alex said, and Maggie laughed again.
"Ah don't make me laugh." Maggie said before she drank some more of her water.
"Sorry," Alex spoke softly. "You think you can manage anything to eat?" Alex questioned. "I can make you a bagel if you fancy?"
"Uhm." Maggie put her hand onto her chest, feeling sick at the mention of food.
The look on Maggie's face was enough to let Alex know Maggie's answer. "Well just keep drinking that water," Alex told her. "And let me know when you are ready for something." Alex told her, and Maggie smiled, before she kept sipping on the water, hoping she wouldn't feel to hungover for long.
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