Supergirl and Emmi landed in the back garden of the house. Alex and Maggie ran out, Ava following behind them. "Mummies," Emmi squealed as she ran over as fast as she could, Alex and Maggie both bending down as she leapt up, half on Alex, half on Maggie. They both wrapped their arms around her, both of them getting tears in their eyes. "The bad lady tried to take me to another planet." Emmi told them. Alex and Maggie were holding tightly onto her, their hearts racing at having their little girl back in their arms.

"It's okay, you are home now." Maggie lightly rubbed her back.

"I'm sorry she took me," Emmi said. "She told me you said I was to go with her," Emmi told them. "I didn't know what to do." Emmi started to cry.

"Aww sweetie it's okay," Alex told her, the three of them still in the embrace. "It's not your fault. And you are home safe now." Alex sniffed back, never wanting to let go of her daughter.

"Yeah but I'm never going away with anyone who isn't you again," Emmi said, gripping onto her mothers so very tightly. "I got to fly," Emmi sounded excited. "It was so fun." Emmi was still holding tightly onto her mothers, but they weren't complaining. It didn't look like any one of them was about to let go any time soon.

"Ah so Supergirl let you fly home?" Maggie questioned, glancing up at Supergirl.

"It was the quickest way to get her back to you," Supergirl answered. "And I kept a hold of her hand." Supergirl assured them.

"Wait a minute," Ava said, everyone looking around to her. "Emmi can fly?"

"Yeah, I can," Emmi pulled back from the hug, as Alex and Maggie stood back up. "And I can do telekinesis. I can show you but only in the house." Emmi said, Ava's mouth was wide open, but no sound came out.

"Oh, and she is bulletproof." Supergirl told them as she pointed to Emmi.

Alex and Maggie both widened their eyes. "Should we even ask how you know that?" Alex questioned, feeling her heart racing as Emmi was hugging at her leg. She ran her hand through Emmi's hair.

"Eileen. The woman who took her. She's from Warlees and she is bulletproof," Supergirl said. "Uh, J'onn is taking her to the DEO as we speak."

"The what now?" Ava spoke again, and everyone looked at her.

"Okay, so we need to have a chat about what my job is," Alex said, Ava looking a little intrigued. "The Department of Extranormal Operations," Alex saw the confused look on Ava's face. "Basically, we try to keep Earth safe from alien life. With the help of Supergirl we take down aliens who are here to cause harm," Alex explained. "And we also can help the ones here for refuge and who are in need." Alex said, glancing down at Emmi, who was staring up at her, her big green eyes all wide.

"Cool," Ava glanced over to Supergirl. "And Supergirl is your sister, right?" Ava questioned. Alex looked to Supergirl, then to Maggie – who had a rather amused expression on her face that Ava had instantly worked it out – before looking back to Ava. "C'mon," Ava laughed. "That's the exact same face that's on your fridge with Emmi. Minus the glasses," Ava pursed her lips. "Like, really?" Ava looked over to Supergirl. "You think having your hair up and wearing a pair of glasses is a good disguise?" Ava looked to Maggie as she heard her chuckle in amusement. "Seriously, do people really not know the difference?" Ava questioned, glancing back to Supergirl.

"Oh you'd be surprised." Maggie said, looking downwards as Emmi was now cuddling at her again. She ruffled her hair lightly, giving her a smile.

Supergirl cleared her throat as she walked over to Ava. "I am Alex's little sister," Supergirl nodded her head. "And I guess not everyone can be as clever as you," Supergirl muttered. "But for their safety and now your own, you cannot let anyone know that you know that I am Supergirl."

"I won't." Ava shook her head, feeling a little intimidated.

"Good," Supergirl smiled. "I should get back to the DEO, but I can come around later. I'll let you guys have time with Emmi," Supergirl said. "Fill you in on all the details later." Supergirl turned around and gave Alex a hug.

"Thanks so much for bringing her back to us safely." Alex told her from the hug.

"I would never let you down." Supergirl responded as they pulled apart.

"There'll be some potstickers here with your name on them when you come back." Maggie joked as she gave her a hug, surprising Supergirl a little.

"I'll hold you to that." Supergirl smiled at her sister-in-law before she flew off, leaving Maggie and Alex to have some time with Emmi.


Alex walked down the stairs and back into the living room, sitting back down on the couch. "That's her sleeping," Alex yawned. "She's in our bed, but she's down so…" Alex twisted her lip as she stopped talking. It had taken her a while to Emmi to sleep, and she had to stay with her until she'd nodded off, the little girl scared to be left alone.

"I'm sure we can put up with that for a few nights." Maggie answered.

"Mmm," Alex nodded. "Where is Ava?"

"She went for a bath," Maggie told her. "Uhm, she tells me that you said we'd convert the basement into a little home for her and the baby." Maggie said, her head tilting to the side ever so slightly.

"I did not say that," Alex shook her head. "Not exactly," Alex added. "I just thought maybe it would be nice for her to have a little space of her own. I told her we could give her a bedroom down there, a space for the baby and maybe add a bathroom," Alex said. "I didn't say a whole little apartment with a kitchen and living area as well."

"Good because I was about to ask you if you'd started crapping money," Maggie said, and Alex chuckled lightly. "I mean I know we don't exactly struggle. We get decent wages, you especially get a wonderful wage, but our family is about to double," Maggie told her. "Right now, we are a family of 3 and there is going to be 6 of us in this house soon," Maggie exhaled. "Babies are expensive, Alex and we have Ava and her baby to care for now. I know we'd rather she continued school than got a job, but it's…." Maggie trailed off, biting her lip. "There's going to be a lot more outgoings."

"Well," Alex rubbed the back of her head. "We could have Ava get a weekend job."

"And who would look after her baby then?" Maggie questioned.

Alex shrugged. "If we are both working, then whoever is looking after ours?" Alex questioned. "Look, we have time to work things out," Alex said. Maggie pursed her lips, giving a little nod. "And the babies can probably share some stuff."

"Yeah," Maggie nodded lightly. "I just don't want to let her down, you know. She obviously had a lot of faith in me, coming here, looking for me, not even knowing if I'd care, and I…." Maggie sucked in her bottom lip. "She's my kid-sister and I don't want to disappoint her."

"You won't. We won't," Alex assured her. "We've got this. Emmi, Ava and both babies. No one is going to suffer." Alex told her, Maggie giving a little nod of agreement.

"Yeah," Maggie exhaled lightly, Alex smiling softly at her. "We can do this," Maggie said, Alex continuing to smile at her. "Uhm," Maggie cleared her throat as she tucked her hair behind her ear. She wanted to talk to Alex about this, and figured now was as good a time as any. "So do we uhm….Alex, do we need to talk about you buying a bottle?" Maggie spoke tentatively. She wanted to talk to Alex about this because it couldn't be ignored. Alex buying alcohol could potentially lead to her falling off the wagon.

"No," Alex shook her head. "I…Maggie, I…." Alex sighed lightly, bowing her head. "When we broke up and I turned to the drink, I…" Alex paused for a moment, rolling her wedding rings around her finger. "I wanted the pain and the hurt to stop. I wanted to feel nothing, because it was better than feeling so broken," Alex looked back around to Maggie, her eyes glossing over with tears. "When Emmi was gone, I was back there, I was back in that state of wanting the horrible feelings to go away," Alex told her, Maggie reaching out and putting her hand onto Alex's. "I had a moment of weakness, that's all," Alex said. "I would never, never, drink while pregnant. I would never put this baby at risk," Alex felt awful for what she did. She still felt awful for what she said about the baby. She didn't mean it one bit, but now it was haunting her. "I was angry at myself for the way I spoke to you in the school and Emmi was missing and I just….deep down, I knew it was the wrong thing to do but I wasn't thinking clearly," Alex shook her head as she bit her lip. "Please don't be disappointed in me."

"Sweetie, I'm not," Maggie shook her head as she squeezed Alex's hand in hers. "I just want to know that you are doing okay in your sobriety," Maggie said. "I know that you are always going to have moments where the urge to drink is there more than others," Maggie said. "And Emmi being missing is huge and of course your mind was going to go there and I'm proud that you resisted, but you still went to that shop and you bought a bottle and it shouldn't get to that." Maggie told her, Alex exhaling lightly as she gave a little nod.

"All I could think about was that I was letting Emmi down," Alex spoke quietly. "I couldn't find my little girl. I was failing as a mother."

"Alex, no," Maggie shook her head. "You are a fantastic mother," Maggie assured her. "And I know that you felt I was partly to blame for this, but you call me. You call me or Lisa or your sponsor," Maggie told her. "You know to do that."

Alex nodded. "I know," Alex answered. "And it wasn't your fault. I told you I didn't mean that," Alex said, looking her wife in the eyes. "And you know, Emmi is back with us now so can we please just leave this in the past and move on? Me, you, Emmi, the Jellybean and Ava," Alex questioned. "Let's just go back to being a happy family."

Maggie smiled lightly, giving a little nod. "Sure." Maggie answered, Alex smiling at her. It had been a hard couple of days and she just wanted to put them to rest and to forget about them and look to her future.

"I love you, Maggie." Alex told her leaning down and pulling Maggie into a kiss.

"I love you too." Maggie responded before sharing another kiss with her wife.


Alex had gone up the stairs to check on Emmi. She was pleased to find her still fast asleep, cuddling her Poppy troll. She left her bedroom, seeing the light on in the guest room. She walked down the hall and knocked on the door, before walking in. "Hey." Ava looked up from the bed at her.

"Uh, you know you don't need to sit in your room all night," Alex told her. "You can come down stairs. Watch some TV with me and Maggie."

"Oh, I don't want to get in the way." Ava answered.

"You wouldn't be," Alex told her, walking further into the room. "And if Maggie and I ever did want to get rid of you then we'd just start making out and make you feel uncomfortable." Alex joked, and Ava chuckled, before she wiped her hand over her cheek, Alex seeing that she'd been crying.

"Hey, you okay?" Alex questioned.

"Mmm," Ava nodded. "I just…." She looked down to her phone before looking back at Alex. Alex walked over and took a seat on the bed as Ava sat up, showing Alex what she was looking at. It was a picture of Ava with a teenage boy. "Jared, my boyfriend. Ex. My ex-boyfriend," Ava pursed her lips. "I've been deleting them," Ava exhaled. "Uh…I thought he was different you know," Ava said. "He was a jock, but…..he didn't seem like the others," Ava exhaled lightly, deleting the picture before she locked her phone and put it on the beside table. "I never thought he'd be into me," Ava said, looking back around to Alex. "He played for the football team and most of the team went for the gorgeous, ditzy, popular cheerleader stereotype for their girlfriends," Ava pursed her lips as she bowed her head, rubbing her hands together. "And then there was me. Kate was my best friend and Robyn and Brittany were close friends of ours. It was just the four of us," Ava clicked her tongue. "I do track, I play ice-hockey, I'm more a jeans and hoodie, casual, no make-up kinda girl," Ava explained. "I didn't think someone like Jared would like me," Ava pursed her lips, looking up to Alex. "A plane Jane."

"Ava, you are not a plain Jane," Alex told her. "You are a very pretty young woman." Alex said, Ava smiling lightly at the compliment.

"I uhm," Ava pursed her lips. "I guess Jared was more ready for…." Ava bowed her head as she cleared her throat. "Sex," Ava said it very quietly. "We'd been dating about 5 months when we did it for the first time, I uhm….I felt I wasn't ready, but…" Ava paused, feeling herself welling up. Alex wrapped her arm around her, showing her some comfort. "I really, really liked him a lot and I didn't want him to dump me so…" Ava cleared her throat. "Anyways, I got myself on the pill, we always made sure that we were safe and then after about 3 months, there was that one night when the condom split and I'd forgot to take the pill for a couple of days, I think, actually," Alex twisted her lip, not saying anything, just listening to what Ava was wanting to tell her. "I told him I was pregnant and he…he dumped me and left me, and he told my Papa and he kicked me out and…." Ava's voice broke as more tears rolled down her cheek.

"Sweetie," Alex rubbed her arm. "What Jared and your Papa did was awful," Alex told her. "And you should never be pressured into doing anything you are not ready for," Alex said, although that talk was a little late because it had happened. "But you have Maggie and me now, and we not going anywhere ever." Alex promised her.

"I think something is wrong, Alex," Ava was still crying as she spoke. "I've been cramping all day and there's been bleeding. I thought it was spotting but maybe it's not, I don't know what's too much blood for it to not be just spotting anymore."

Alex twisted her lip as she tucked Ava's hair behind her ear. "Okay, well how about we go to the hospital? Hmm, we can get you checked over?" Alex suggested, and Ava bit her lip as she gave a little nod.

"It's going to be my fault," Ava said as Alex wiped away the tears from her cheeks. "Sometimes I prayed that I wasn't pregnant."

"It wouldn't be your fault." Alex told her, her head shaking ever so lightly.

"Mmm," Ava nodded. "I'd be being punished for sinning," Ava told her. "Papa says sex before marriage is a sin," Ava said. Alex pursed her lips. Maggie had told Alex about her Catholic upbringing and Ava had clearly been brought up Catholic as well and Alex wasn't about to say she understood that. She wasn't particularly religious herself and she didn't want to dismiss what was a part of Ava's life, even if Ava didn't believe in it herself. "And I did…when Jared broke up with me I prayed that I'd lose the baby and maybe I am, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad about it."

"Well, how about we reserve judgement for now?" Alex questioned. "We'll get you to the hospital and get you checked over and then we will take it from there." Alex told her.

"Yeah, okay," Ava took a deep breath. Alex stood up and turned to face Ava as she stood to her feet. "Thank you, Alex." Ava said, as she wrapped her arms around her in a hug. Alex wrapped her arms around Ava, returning the hug, bringing the teenager the comfort she clearly needed.


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