Maggie and Alex walked into the house, both of them excited to see their daughter again. "Riley." Alex stuck her head around the kitchen door, Riley looking around at the sound of her voice. She gave a squeal of excitement as she heard her mother's voice and held her hands out.
"Mummy." Riley shook with excitement, waving her hands in front of her. Alex walked over and unclipped her from the high chair where Kara had been feeding her her lunch and lifted her into her arms, Riley grinning as she buried herself into her mother.
"Mummy missed you sweet pea," Alex held onto her daughter tightly, rubbing her back as she hugged her. "You want to see Mumma?" Alex felt Maggie's hand going on to her back, and no matter how much Alex wanted to keep a hold of Riley and give her more cuddles, she knew Maggie needed this. Maggie needed to hug her baby girl.
"Mumma." Riley said as Alex handed Riley to Maggie.
"Hey baby girl." Maggie gave Riley a big hug, kissing her temple over and over. Her heart bursting with love for the little girl in her arms.
"How was the weekend?" Kara questioned, looking up to her sister from where she was sitting at the table.
"Great." Alex answered.
"Mumma." Riley pointed out of the kitchen.
"What sweet pea?" Maggie questioned. Riley pointed out of the kitchen again as she gave a little moan.
"I think she wants to show you her Peppa Pig balloon she got at the carnival," Kara said. "It's still in the living room." Kara told her.
"Ah, c'mon and show Mumma then." Maggie said as she left the room with her daughter.
"How is she doing?" Kara questioned once Maggie was out of earshot. Alex sat down at the table opposite Kara, exhaling lightly.
"She's good," Alex gave a little smile. She was proud of the steps that Maggie had taken over the last few days. "She's worked through a lot this weekend," Alex said, Kara giving a little smile, glad to hear that Maggie had started working through things. "I think there's still some healing to do, but she's doing good." Alex told her sister. She knew it would take longer and more than a weekend away to heal from this but she was pleased with the steps Maggie had managed to take.
"Well I'm pleased." Kara said before taking a drink of her orange juice.
"So how was your weekend?" Alex questioned. "Lena at work now?"
Kara nodded. "It was good, we had fun at the carnival," Kara said. "But uhm….Rao, Alex she is hard work," Kara exhaled. "Seriously, how do you both work full time, care for her, keep this house so clean, I mean she makes lots of mess and she has to be doing something all the time, and the not sleeping at night," Kara widened her eyes. "Like how do you and Maggie find time for…well you and Maggie time?"
Alex chuckled. "Right now, with great difficulty," Alex told her sister. "But she is worth it all."
Kara exhaled loudly. "I don't know," Kara shook her head. "This weekend had made me rethink some things." Kara widened her eyes.
"No more 12 babies for you then?" Alex laughed and Kara shook her head. "Sorry, I didn't mean to put you off." Alex felt a little bad.
"You haven't completely," Kara assured her sister. "But maybe I should be a little more realistic," Kara laughed. "Let's say 2 babies and then see from there."
Alex opened her mouth to reply but was cut off by Maggie who walked back into the room, Riley walking in behind her, holding the string of her Peppa Pig balloon. "Uhm, so why is there purple sharpie all over the hallway?" Maggie questioned. Kara widened her eyes. She was hoping they wouldn't have noticed so quickly.
"Uhm." Kara stood up as she pursed her lips, rubbing the back of her head.
"There's what?" Alex stood up and walked out of the room, gasping as she saw the area of the hallway where Riley had scribble on the wall. Maggie, Kara and Riley following out after her. "Kara, what were you doing? How could she do this? Why the hell did she have a sharpie?" Alex fired the questions at Kara, wondering how her 14-month-old could get hold of a sharpie and be able to get to the hallway and colour, un-noticed.
"I don't know how she got the sharpie," Kara shrugged. "I kinda got a bit distracted. I wasn't looking at her for like a minute….I don't know." Kara gave another shrug as she looked from Maggie to Alex and back.
"Distracted by what?" Alex questioned. "Don't you dare say your girlfriend." Alex pointed a finger at her sister.
"Lena was in the kitchen making coffees," Kara told them. "And I was watching a cat video on youtube," Kara admitted, playing with her hands and not making eye contact with Alex or Maggie. "She was drumming, I….." Kara bit her lip. "I'm sorry. I'll pay to get it redecorated." Kara told them.
"You don't need too," Maggie gave a little chuckle. "And it's been like this ever since we moved into the house so it could have done with a change anyways," Maggie glanced at her wife. "It's not a big deal, Alex."
Alex looked crossly to Kara before her lips curled and she gave a little laugh. "Ah you cheeky monkey. You don't draw on Mummy's walls," Alex bent down and tickled Riley's sides, Riley giving a giggle as she tried to get away from Alex's grasp. "Kara, you need to watch her all the time. She's a toddler."
"I'm sorry." Kara said.
"And to be fair," Maggie said, pointing at Kara. "She does get overly excited about cat videos on youtube."
"True," Alex chuckled. "Well thank you for looking after her," Alex gave her sister a hug. "I hope she wasn't too much trouble."
"Uh…." Kara snorted. "You know, I think it's easier being out there going up against some rouge alien." Kara murmured. She'd looked after Riley before of course but only for a few hours, or a night at most, never a long weekend and as much as she loved her little niece, she was glad Alex and Maggie had returned home.
"Not all fun and games, is it?" Alex questioned as Riley was hugging onto her leg. Kara loved being the fun Auntie but now she knew for sure she was nowhere near ready to be having kids of her own.
"No," Kara shook her head. "But anyways, have you guys eaten? I can make you some lunch." Kara offered to fix them something up to eat.
"We stopped off on the way home." Alex told her.
"Okay, well I am going to go finish my lunch." Kara said before she walked back into the kitchen.
Riley gave a little moan, letting go of the balloon string, the balloon floating up and hitting against the ceiling as she hit her hands against Alex's leg. "You want another cuddle baby girl?" Alex questioned and she picked Riley back up, Riley immediately cuddling into her mother. Alex looked to Maggie who was standing close to her, and smiled, Maggie smiling back, displaying those dimples. Maggie walked into her wife, wrapping an arm around her back as her other went onto Riley's. Alex put her arm around her wife and placed a soft kiss on the top of Maggie's head. "You okay?" Alex spoke softly.
"Yeah," Maggie nodded as she rubbed Riley's back. "I'm good. I'm really good." Maggie spoke through a smile before she leaned up and placed a soft kiss on Alex's lips.
Lena heard the footsteps first. She sighed, knowing who they belonged to. "What can I do for you, mother?" Lena kept her gaze on her computer at her desk.
"I thought I would have heard from you before now." Lillian said, Lena looking up to her, a confused look on her face.
"And why would you think that?" Lena questioned. "We've not spoken in over three weeks," Lena said. "Seems about right." Lena and Lillian didn't have a close relationship, and could go months without speaking to each other. Lillian usually only came to see Lena if she needed her for something.
"Well I just thought maybe you would need your mother after breaking things off with your girlfriend." Lillian said. She was sure that Lena would have broken up with Kara after finding out the truth about her being Supergirl.
"I haven't broken up with my girlfriend," Lena told her mother as she stood to her feet. She walked around the desk and leaned herself back against it, folding her arms across her chest. "Why would you think that?
"She lied about who she was. She is an alien," Lillian shook her head disapprovingly. "Lena darling, you are disgracing the family consorting with an alien." Lillian looked a little disgusted as she spoke. It was very clear she didn't approve of Lena's choice in partner.
"Am I not already doing that by being gay?" Lena questioned. "You sure as hell have told me that enough." Lena muttered, keeping her arms folded across her chest, like she was shielding herself from her mother.
Lillian pursed her lips. "I'm trying to be okay with you being with women," Lillian told her. "I'll make more of an effort to get along with the people you date. You are a beautiful woman, Lena. You could have anyone you wanted," Lillian said, taking a step closer to her daughter. "What about that ex of yours?" Lillian questioned. "She was nice. You could talk things out with her. Hannah, was it?"
"She cheated on me," Lena raised her voice. "Twice," Lena added as she opened her arms out, holding them out to the side. "I'm with a woman who I am crazy about," Lena exhaled. "So, accept me being with Kara, or go." Lena said, pointing across to the door, suggesting her mother leave.
Lillian looked downwards before she looked back to Lena. "You don't know anything about her kind. She is dangerous."
Lena stifled a laugh. "Kara wouldn't hurt a fly," Lena told her mother, her voice raising slightly. "And Supergirl protects this planet from threats, from harm. She's not the dangerous one here, Mum," Lena said, glaring at her mother, suggesting she was in face the dangerous one. "I am in a relationship with Kara Danvers and I will continue to be with or without your acceptance."
"Well," Lillian exhaled. "You really are sleeping with the enemy, aren't you?"
Lena sniggered. "She's not my enemy."
"Well she is mines, so, we have a problem here," Lillian told her daughter. "Make your choice. Are you a true Luthor or do you want to go play happy families with that Kryptonian thing?" Lillian scrunched her face up, showing a look of disgust. "And choose wisely, my dear, because there is one choice you will live to regret." Lillian smirked as she waited on her daughter to respond.
Alex walked into the living room after she'd finally gotten Riley to take a nap. She looked down to her wife, before she looked out the window. "Is that a taxi in our drive?" Alex walked over to the window and looked out, seeing a taxi leaving their driveway before hearing the doorbell ringing. "Ah," Alex rubbed her forehead as she walked out of the room and down the hall, getting to the door just at the doorbell rang, "Mum," Alex gave her mother a hug, slightly surprised that she was standing before her "What are you doing here?"
"Well I had some time off work so I thought I'd come to town, see my girls and that gorgeous grandbaby of mines," Eliza answered as she held Alex in the hug that little bit longer. "How are you, sweetie?" Eliza spoke softly, rubbing Alex's back they pulled back from the embrace.
"I'm okay." Alex answered.
"And how is Maggie?" Eliza spoke with a sorry sounding tone to her voice, still rubbing her daughters back.
"She's doing okay," Alex told her. "We are working through it together." Alex said as they walked down the hall and into the living room.
"Eliza," Maggie looked as surprised to see her mother-in-law than Alex had been. "Nice to see you." Maggie gave her a smile.
"And you, darling," Eliza tried her best not to look sorry for her, but she couldn't help it. Her heart ached at the loss that Maggie had gone through. "How are you?" Eliza tried to ask it so it sounded like she was just generally asking how she was doing and not just how she was after the miscarriage but she wasn't really sure it sounded in general chat.
Maggie exhaled lightly, looking downwards. "I'm fine." Maggie murmured quietly.
"Oh, come here," Eliza opened her arms out, offering Maggie a hug. "You are never too old to need a hug from your mother," Eliza told her, Maggie giving her a thankful smile as she stood to her feet. Eliza could have said mother-in-law, but she didn't, and Maggie appreciated that. She usually referred to Maggie as her daughter and that made Maggie feel special. It made her feel loved, and accepted. Maggie walked into the hug, wrapping her arms around Eliza, as Eliza held onto her tightly, rubbing her back and placing a comforting kiss on the top of her head. "And remember sweetheart that there is always light at the end of the tunnel," Eliza told her, feeling Maggie nodding against her. "Alexandra was my light," Eliza said, as they pulled back from the embrace. She looked to her daughter, who was leaning against the arm of the couch, watching the scene before looking back to Maggie. "I had two miscarriages before I got my beautiful Alexandra, so you shouldn't give up." Eliza spoke softly as she took a hold of Maggie's hand and rubbed her thumb over it.
"We won't," Maggie took a deep breath, looking to Alex before looking back to Eliza. "I won't," Maggie shook her head. "We'll try again. When the time feels right," Maggie said, Eliza giving a little smile as she squeezed Maggie's hand. "It's just hard think about right now." Maggie murmured. She knew she wanted a baby but wasn't near ready to think about when they'd try again.
"Of course darling," Eliza continued to rub her hand. "This is a long process. It takes a lot of time," Eliza gave her an empathetic smile. "But you will get there." Eliza knew Maggie had great support and would get through this.
"Yeah, and it'll be thanks to Al. She has been amazing." Maggie said, looking around to her wife with an appreciative smile. Alex smiled back at her.
"And I'm sure Riley is a great help," Eliza said, Maggie nodding in response. "Speaking of, where is the little darling?" Eliza questioned.
"She is napping," Alex told her. "But I'm sure she'll be pleased to see you when she wakes up." Alex rubbed Maggie's back as Maggie sat back down the couch.
"I could go wake her up now." Eliza looked to Alex with a hopeful look on her face.
"No," Alex shook her head. "It took me like an hour to get her to go down," Alex told her mother. "She's not sleeping well right now and she's got like 5 teeth coming through at once," Alex widened her eyes. "Sorry, but, no you are not waking her up."
Eliza pouted sadly but she wasn't going to argue with Alex. She was Riley's mother so it was her choice. "Okay, well how about instead you two tell me all about this Lena girl who Kara seems to be smitten about." Eliza said, taking a seat on the arm chair, staring at Alex and Maggie, waiting eagerly for one of them to start talking.
Kara walked into her place, throwing her bag down on the table and opening it up, pulling out her phone. She hit Lena's name and held her phone to her ear, going to call her to see if she wanted to come over for dinner and a movie. The phone rang, and rang, and rang and just when Kara was about to hang up, she heard her girlfriends voice on the other side of the line. "Hey." Lena spoke quietly.
"Hey hun, how was your day?" Kara questioned and she walked over to the couch and slumped down onto it.
"Fine." Lena answered.
"Okay," Kara screwed her face up a little. She was expecting a more detailed response, or, at least for her to ask her how her day had gone as well. "Uhm, are you up to much tonight?"
"No." Lena responded.
Kara felt a little confused as to how short her girlfriend was being with her responses. "Are you sure all is okay?" Kara questioned. This wasn't how Lena normally talked with her. She grabbed the cushion close by and started pulling at a loose thread on it.
"Yes," Lena answered. "Sorry, I uhm…..I''m just tired," Lena exhaled. "Didn't really get much sleep this weekend." Lena mumbled.
"Sorry," Kara told her. "But the good news is Alex and Maggie are home now so babysitting duties are over," Kara stifled a laugh. "I was calling to see if you wanted to come over. We can have dinner and watch a movie or something." Kara suggested, hoping Lena would come over, and end up staying, giving them a chance be to intimate, given it was very much put on hold over the weekend because of her niece.
"Uhm…." Lena scratched the back of her head. "Like I said, Kara, I'm really tired," Lena cleared her throat. "I'm going to have an early night."
"Right okay, that's fine," Kara sounded a little disappointed and she began wondering if she'd done something to offend or upset Lena. "Uhm…well, maybe we can do something tomorrow then?" Kara suggested, hoping this time Lena would say yes.
"I don't know," Lena replied. "Maybe…I'll call you." Lena told her.
Kara could tell that Lena - for whatever reason - did not want to be on the phone. "Okay, bye then." Kara said, hearing Lena mumble a quiet bye before she hung up the phone. Kara rested her head back against the couch, sighing loudly, as she closed her eyes, not sure what had just happened.
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