Maggie and Alex were sitting outside on the terrace eating their breakfast. The decking was raised, and they were overlooking the ocean. "It'll be hard to beat that as a view while eating breakfast, right?" Maggie questioned, picking up her orange juice to take a drink.
Alex glanced to the side for a moment before looking back to her wife. "Well I usually get to look at your beautiful face while eating breakfast, so, I always have something lovely to look at." Alex reached for the maple syrup, pouring some over her pancakes and fruit.
"Ah," Maggie rolled her eyes. "Bit early to go all cheesy on me, no?"
"Never too early for that babe," Alex shook her head, giving her wife a smile. "But I do agree it's beautiful here," Alex exhaled lightly, putting a forkful of fruit and pancakes in her mouth. "Nice to get out of the busy city every now and then, huh?"
"Yeah," Maggie agreed. "And as much as I love the girls, I'm enjoying having a break away with just you."
"Yeah me too," Alex said. "It's nice just being able to be us again," Things had been so strained lately and Alex liked the fact they were now in a good place again. That it was almost back to like it usually was. "This last year has been so hard and I…." Alex twisted her lip, pausing for a moment. She looked into her wife's eyes, smiling at the love she saw in them. "I'm glad that I'm still able to call you my wife. That we've been strong enough to get through this."
"Of course we were," Maggie smiled softly. "I wouldn't give up on us," Maggie promised her. "Everything we have together, Alex. Our lives with the girls and even Trudi; it's something that I never want to give up on."
"Good," Alex felt herself smiling. "I don't either."
Maggie and Alex shared a smile as a waitress approached them. "Can I get you a refill of coffee?" She asked. Alex declined but Maggie took a refill. "What's on for you ladies today?"
"Uh, we are not sure yet," Maggie answered. "Just see where the day takes us."
"Well sometimes the best days are the ones that are unplanned." The waitress said. Maggie nodded and smiled at her before she walked away.
"So, yeah, speaking of today, what are we going to do?" Maggie questioned.
Alex shrugged. "What do you want to do?"
"Uh," Maggie shrugged as she reached for her coffee. "Maybe just a little sunbathe?" Maggie suggested. "Look around the shops for something for the girls?"
"Yeah," Alex nodded. "You don't want to get too much sun on your scar though. It's still sensitive."
"Yes mother," Maggie rolled her eyes, but she was secretly finding it sweet that Alex was making sure to take care of her. "I brought a swimsuit and not a bikini, so it would be more covered and not in direct sunlight," Maggie said. "But it's not like I'm going to go swimming anyways because I'm still in too much pain for that, so I guess I could even lay on the sun lounger in my shorts and tank top." Maggie sounded a little disappointed. She hated that her injury was limiting them being able to do stuff over the weekend, but she still got pain when she breathed or talked. Not like it first was, and she was healing but it was going to take a while longer for her to feel 100 per cent again, so right now doing activities that would be more strenuous just wasn't an option.
"I guess," Alex said. "You could always hunt for more shells for Emmi." Alex said jokingly but Maggie nodded.
"Probably would have done that anyways." Maggie said, and Alex chuckled.
"Uh…well I think they have crazy golf in town, but I don't know if you'll be able to do that without too much pain," Alex said, taking a drink of her orange juice. "What do you think?" Alex questioned. "We always have fun when we play crazy golf, right?"
"You have fun because you always win," Maggie sighed sadly. "You win at crazy golf, you win at pool, like don't you think it would be nice to let your wife win sometimes?"
Alex stifled a laugh. "You always win at ten pin bowling," Alex reminded her. "Although pretty sure that is out of the question right now," Alex mumbled. "But I was only suggesting it. We don't have to."
"No, no," Maggie said. "Crazy golf is always fun. I was merely stating that you are better than me." Maggie put the last of her pancake into her mouth.
"Well you know, someone has to be the best, right?" Alex said, a cheeky grin etching on her lips.
"I guess they do," Maggie murmured. "But crazy golf is an option. Maybe I can just get a handicap." Maggie said, grinning at her suggestion.
"So, you want to win by cheating?" Alex questioned, her lips etching into cheeky smirk.
"It wouldn't be cheating. It would be making things more fair," Maggie corrected. "Besides, I already suck at it and I am injured, so, you know, gotta level it out somehow."
Alex chuckled. "Well we can give it a go, see how you do," Alex said, and Maggie nodded lightly. She didn't mind taking it easy and not doing much, but at the same time, they'd gone away for a weekend, so she wanted to go back saying they'd done something. "Anyways we should finish breakfast then just go for a little walk in town, see where we end up," Alex said. "That waitress is right. Sometimes the best days don't need plans."
"Yeah." Maggie agreed as she picked up her coffee to take a drink. It didn't even matter to her what they ended up doing, all that mattered to her was that she was having a weekend away with her wonderful wife.
"I played softball once," Emmi said as she and Ava were walking across the grass. "It was fun, but I didn't get to go back."
"Why not?" Ava questioned.
"I don't remember," Emmi shrugged. "I think it was near when Hayden was born early so Mums were busy with other stuff," Emmi said. "Maybe I could go back but I like swimming more so if they were on at the same time I'd rather swim."
"Yeah you are awesome at swimming, huh?" Ava noted, and Emmi nodded.
"Oh Jake is here," Emmi picked up her pace, running over to her friend who was waiting with Izzy and their younger brother Callum. "Hey Jake."
"Hey Emmi." Jake smiled and waved.
"I was going to apologise for having to bring her along but looks like you have little ones too." Ava noted, gesturing to Jake and Callum.
"Yeah," Izzy answered. "They'll probably get bored of watching and go off and play anyways."
"Maybe." Ava said, looking to the kids before they ran off to play, the game not started yet.
"I thought that Kara was taking her and Hayden to WaterWorld today?" Izzy questioned.
"It's shut for some reason," Ava shrugged. Emmi was upset when she learned they couldn't go to the swimming pools with the waterslides but when Ava said she was going to watch a softball game she got excited and wanted to go with her. Hayden had elected to stay with Kara and Eliza. Ava looked around, seeing the National City team were warming up at one end, while the team from Metropolis were warming up at the other. "So, which one is she?" Ava was looking among all the National City team, but she didn't know which one Nicole was.
"She's number 8," Izzy pointed out to her girlfriend. "She plays outfield."
"Yeah, no, I don't…" Ava shrugged. "I don't know softball."
"Neither did I till a few months ago," Izzy and Ava made their way over to the bleachers and took a seat about three rows up. "You're into sports thought so I'm sure you'll get the hang of it in no time." Izzy said.
"Yeah," Ava pursed her lips. "You ask Lily here today?"
"Mmm," Izzy nodded. "But she said she already had plans with her dad and Luke."
"Oh well," Ava sighed. "At this rate she's going to cancel on dinner next weekend." Ava muttered. They finally found a time where all of them could attend to celebrate Ryan and Ava's engagement, but it was still a week away.
"I don't think so. She'll want to celebrate her best mates engagement." Izzy pointed out.
"Well I hope so." Ava said, looking over to the kids as they were running around chasing each other.
"Yeah, and she is just as keen as you to meet Nic," Izzy said. "So, Rava, Luly and Nizzy will have their dinner together."
"Rava, Luly and Nizzy, seriously?" Ava raised her eyebrows at her friend. "Shipnames? Like, what are you, 12?"
"Oh, its just a bit fun and it's quicker than using everyone's names." Izzy said, and Ava rolled her eyes.
"Sure," Ava murmured as she looked out to the playing field, seeing the number 8 walking in their direction. "Nicole know you are referring to yourselves as Nizzy?"
"No," Izzy shook her head. "I want her to stay with me. Not think I'm nuts," Ava giggled at her friend as she shook her head. "Look's like she is coming to say hello." Izzy got a smile on her face as Nicole ran up the steps to the third level.
"Game will start in 5 minutes," Nicole said as Izzy stood up, Ava also getting to her feet. "Just wanted to come say hey to your friend," Nicole looked passed Izzy to Ava. "Your're Ava, right? She said Ava was coming."
"Yeah, hey." Ava reached her hand out for Nicole to shake.
"I'm Nicole but you can call me Nic if you want," Nicole said. Ava nodded in response and she couldn't help but look the young woman up and down. She was quite tall and slim, and her ginger hair was tied back in a braid, under her baseball cap and she has the greenest eyes see'd ever see. "It's nice to finally meet you."
"Yeah, you too," Ava said. "Uh…hope you guys win today." Ava pointed out to the playing field where the rest of her team were.
"Unlikely. Metropolis are top of the league, so…." Nicole raised her eyebrows.
"Aw don't put yourself or your team down, hun," Izzy said, her hand going onto Nicole's arm, rubbing it gently. "You guys are awesome."
"You have to say that because you are sleeping with me." Nicole's lips etched into a cheeky grin as she leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on Izzy's lips.
"No," Izzy pulled back, shaking her head. "It's the truth," Izzy looked around to Ava. "And she's great."
"At playing softball or in bed?" Nicole's grin grew wider as she gave a wink.
"Nic." Izzy went all red as she looked embarrassed at the way the conversation was going. She threw her hand out and struck Nicole's arm.
Nicole chuckled. "This one embarrasses easily, huh?" Nicole said, and Ava nodded, agreeing with Nicole's comment.
"Oh yeah." Ava nodded.
"We are all adults here." Nicole pointed out as she looked to her girlfriend.
"Well yeah but you've literally just met my best mate and you've already mentioned sex." Izzy mumbled.
Nicole chuckled again. "Sorry babe," Nicole cleared her throat. She knew Izzy liked to keep that stuff private. It was something just between her and Nicole. "Uh…" Nicole look to the side, down to the other players in her team. "I gotta go play," Nicole looked back to her girlfriend and Ava. "It was nice to quickly meet you, Ava." Nicole said.
"Yeah, you too." Ava replied as Nicole placed another kiss on Izzy's lips.
"Talk more later." Nicole said before she ran off back down the bleachers.
Izzy turned to Ava, still a little red. "She seems nice. Good fun," Ava said as they sat back down, seeing the kids running up and finding a seat in the row in front of them. "Can't wait to talk to her more," Ava teasingly nudged Izzy's arm. "Share some stories about you."
"Ahh God," Izzy sighed. "What are you going to say to her?"
"Well that chat is between your best friend and your girlfriend, my dear Isobel." Ava said, a cheeky grin on her face as nudged into her friend again, before they started to watch the softball game as it started.
Alex brought the cocktails over and put them down on the table in between the sun loungers. Maggie stopped reading her book, putting it down on the end of the sun lounger before she sat up and slowly pushed herself around, so she was sitting sideways on the sun lounger. "Peach daquiri and a Passionfruit daquiri," Alex told her wife. "Minus the rum." Alex murmured as she sat down on her sun lounger.
"What one is for me?" Maggie asked.
"Have whatever one you want." Alex said. Maggie picked up the peach one to try so Alex picked up the passionfruit one.
"Your mum text me when you were gone," Maggie said, putting the drink down on the table and reaching for her phone. "Sent a picture of Jelly." Maggie put her code into her phone and went into her messages before handing it across to her wife.
"Aww cute." Alex looked to the picture of her daughter. Hayden cuddling Trudi, her little arms wrapped around the dog as kissed the side of her face.
"I know right," Maggie took her phone back, staring at the picture again before she put it back down on the table. "She loves that dog."
"They are little buddies." Alex agreed before she put the drink down on the table.
"Yeah," Maggie did the same with her drink, before picking up the passionfruit one to taste that. "Mmm, they are both really nice," Maggie licked her lip. "Don't know what one I want now." Maggie stifled a laugh.
"We can just share," Alex picked up the peach one and took a drink and Maggie gave a little nod. She looked out to the ocean before looking back to her wife. "So, after these drinks do you fancy a little paddle?" Alex questioned. "I'm not expecting you properly swim around but we could go in a little?"
"Yeah." Maggie nodded.
"I was going to try to get you in the surf but that's really out of the question right now, huh?" Alex said.
"Oh yeah," Maggie nodded. "Will have to do that another time now. Shame." Maggie didn't sound to bothered about not having a go of surfing.
Alex chuckled. "I'll just bring my girl to the beach one day and teach her how to surf instead." Alex murmured as she put the drink back on the table.
"Just Jelly?" Maggie questioned, knowing that's who Alex was talking about.
"Well Emmi doesn't seem keen," Alex replied. "Which is strange because she loves swimming and the ocean and stuff, but," Alex shrugged. "Hayden won't let Mummy down," Alex said. "She'll have a go at surfing with me."
"Of course she will," Maggie retorted. "She is all you and about doing what you want to do."
"That is so not true," Alex gasped. "She's turned into such a little Mama's girl lately," Alex saw a shift since she'd been back from rehab and she couldn't blame Hayden. Maggie had been there for her and Alex wasn't around or when she was, she wasn't exactly being the best mummy she could have been. "Not that I blame her. I mean, you're so awesome, who wouldn't want to be with you."
"Hey c'mon, don't start this." Maggie put the drink back on the table and pushed herself up to standing. She took a few steps forward to Alex's sun lounger and sat herself down next to her.
"Start what?" Alex questioned. "It's not like I'd be telling lies."
Maggie sighed as she wrapped her arm around her wife. "Getting angry at yourself for not being around. For being in rehab," Maggie said, knowing where Alex was going with this. "You were sick. It wasn't your fault."
Alex scoffed. "I brought it on."
"No," Maggie shook her head. "What you did, sweetie, you got yourself help so you could be there for your kids," Maggie rubbed her arm as she spoke. "Hayden adores you. And Emmi does too," Maggie reminded her. "And me," Maggie added. "I love how patient you are with the girls and how you can always calm them down from a bad dream and make them feel safe when they are frightened," Maggie said. "They come to you when they are sick," Maggie pursed her lips. "They wouldn't do that if you'd let them down, would they?"
"Uh," Alex gave a little shrug. "I guess not," Alex said. "But I think there's always going to be a part of me that feels like I failed my kids and you, because, you know," Alex looked downwards, her hand going onto her pendant. No matter how many times she was told it wasn't her fault she couldn't help but feel responsible. She was supposed to be able to carry their child and she felt like she failed. "One of our kids is never going to be here."
"I know." Maggie spoke softly, understanding the ache Alex felt, because she felt it too.
"Is it weird that I think about what he'd look like and what he'd be into?" Alex questioned, looking back to her wife.
"Not at all," Maggie shook her head. "I do it too," Maggie said. "He loves trains," Maggie pursed her lips. "And fire trucks," Maggie swallowed a lump in her throat. "He goes crazy when he sees a fire truck," Maggie said. "He has your big, brown eyes and dark brown hair," Maggie said. "A mini you, just like our Hayden is," Maggie took a deep breath to compose herself. "That's what I love the most about them," Maggie said. "That they are all my gorgeous wife," Maggie brought her hand up and softly wiped across Alex's cheek with her thumb. "He'd surf with you too while me and Emmi relax on the beach." Maggie said, Alex giving a little smile as she nodded her head.
"How come you don't tell me you think about things like that?" Alex questioned.
Maggie pursed her lips as she shrugged. "It's hard to talk about and I don't want to upset you. I hate when you are upset."
Alex took a deep breath. "But together Maggie," Alex told her. "We face this together. We talk. I like this, it's nice," Alex twisted her lip. "Well, the subject is hard and shitty but thinking about what he could have been is nice, because it keep his memory alive, you know?"
"Yeah," Maggie nodded. "He'll never be forgotten."
"No," Alex swallowed a lump in her throat. "I just….I just wish he was here with us."
"Me too, baby," Maggie rubbed Alex's arm again. "And he is, in a way," Maggie reminded her. "He's in our hearts and our memory," Maggie pursed her lips as she felt her eyes glossing over with tears. "Sweetie, the pain is never going to go away but it will get easier to live with."
"And what makes you so sure about that?" Alex questioned.
"Because I went to some bereavement groups. I spoke to other parents who suffered losses, I…I spoke to Neil," Maggie pursed her lips. "We talked about going to the bereavement group together, so, let's do that," Maggie said. "Stuff got in the way before, but, when we get home from this weekend, we can start going, yeah?" Maggie was rubbing Alex's back as she spoke. She wasn't sure when she started doing it, but she kept going with it.
"Yes," Alex nodded in agreement, knowing it was something that could help them both greatly. "I think its what we need," Alex said. "And maybe this will help us on our decision for if we do decide to have another baby or not, or you know, if we adopt or not. Maybe we will decide our two girls are enough."
Maggie pursed her lips. "I thought we'd already decided that you didn't want to be pregnant again."
"I don't," Alex shook her head. "But I am not the only one in this relationship who can get pregnant," Alex said, looking up and making eye contact with her wife. Maggie widened her eyes a little. "I know how much you love having a mini-me and I….well, maybe I'd like a mini you," Alex said. "Those dimples and eyes on a baby, oh my goodness," Alex put her hand on her chest. "I want that."
Maggie let a puff of air escape between her lips. "I love you so much," Maggie told her, squeezing her hand. "And you know I would do anything for you, but -"
"You don't want to be pregnant," Alex pursed her lips as she looked downwards. She knew this. She'd known this for a long, long time. "I can't push that on you."
"I'm sorry." Maggie apologised.
"No, don't be sorry, it's not what you want. You can't force this on someone," Alex said. "Uh….it's fine. You know, we're lucky to have the girls and if we do end up with another child, then we're going to love that adopted child just as much as we would if she were mine or yours," Alex pursed her lips. "You are still open to that, right?" Alex questioned, and Maggie nodded. "Okay, good," Alex smiled softly as she leaned forward and placed a kiss on Maggie's lips. They pulled back from the kiss and Alex rubbed her hands together before she stood up. "I'm going to go for a swim. Cool down. It's getting pretty hot," Alex looked down to her wife as she kicked off her flip flops. "You want to join me?" Alex asked as she took off her tank top and threw it down on the end of the sun lounger.
Maggie watched as Alex took off her shorts and put them down next to her already discarded tank top, Alex now only in her bikini. "Uh, maybe later." Maggie answered, and Alex gave a little nod before she walked off down to the water, leaving Maggie sitting on the sun lounger.
"I love pickernics." Hayden said as she reached for her juice box and took a long drink. Trudi was resting on the grass nearby as Kara was tucking into a cinnamon roll.
"Yeah, they are good fun, huh?" Eliza questioned, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Mmm," Hayden nodded as she put the juice box down and popped a strawberry into her mouth. "Can I look for treasures?" Hayden questioned and Eliza nodded.
"Don't go too far away." Eliza told her, and Hayden nodded as she stood up and ran over to Trudi, leaning down and patting her.
"C'mon Trudi we look for treasures." Hayden said before she ran off, Trudi following after her.
Eliza and Kara watched her for a moment, her little head bowed as she was scanning the grass, seeing if she could find anything of interest. "Eliza," Kara said after a lengthy pause. "Do you know anything about Kryptonian biology?"
"Uh," Eliza rubbed the side of her head. "Not so much off hand," Eliza answered. "Why? Do you think something is wrong?"
"No," Kara shook her head. "Just, well, Neil and I are getting married soon, and we'd like to have a child and I just…." Kara trailed off, pursing her lips. "I wondered if it was something that could be done," Kara said. "Can Neil and I naturally have a baby together?"
"Oh," Eliza bit her lip. "It's something I can look into for you." Eliza said.
"Yeah if you could." Kara smiled softly.
"So, say you could naturally have a child with Neil, what does that mean for Supergirl?" Eliza questioned.
Kara let a puff of air escape between her lips. "I don't know," Kara shook her head. "I love being Supergirl and I want to keep helping this city, but then a part of me…." Kara paused for a moment. "I see what Alex has. Her life with Maggie and the girls and I…..I want to be a mum and a wife and see what that part of life is like," Kara spoke quietly. "But does that mean I…." Kara sighed lightly. "Does that mean I need to stop being Supergirl?" Kara questioned. "Alex became a mother and now she hardly ever goes out on missions," Kara noted. "Can I keep putting myself at risk?"
"Well you can't really compare yourself to Alex," Eliza pointed out. "You two are different," Eliza started to explain. "She is a terrific agent and she is highly trained in combat and she's amazing at her job, but she has a much higher risk of fatality in the field than you do," Eliza reminded her. "She has no superpowers."
"No, just a truck load of guts," Kara knew she wouldn't be able to do what Alex did with no powers. Eliza gave a little nod, agreeing with Kara. "But if I could be pregnant, I couldn't risk doing anything that would harm the baby," Kara pointed out. "So, maybe, yeah, once the baby was born, me still being Supergirl would be fine, like you said, I'm pretty indestructible, but the baby?" Kara questioned. "Growing inside of me…I couldn't go out there and bring possible harm to that child," Kara said. "I don't know if my protection would protect the baby."
"Well it is something that we are going to have to look into," Eliza told her. She was excited at the prospect of another grandchild. She absolutely loved being a grandma. "Are you two talking about having a baby already?" Eliza wondered.
"No," Kara shook her head. "Well, we have talked about kids and they are what we want," Kara told her. "Whether that's right after we marry or in a few years' time we've not decided but we are getting older and -"
"Well if early 30's are old then I must be ancient." Eliza voice squeaked.
Kara chuckled lightly. "Well for having kids, maybe it's getting to the stage where I need to start thinking about it."
"Well, if you both know it's what you want then you are thinking about it," Eliza told her. "And when Alex gets back from her time away we'll look into it for you." Eliza said, Kara giving her an appreciative smile.
"Grandma….K….Grandma….K," Hayden came running over to them, Trudi bounding after her. "My treasure."
"Woah," Kara stared down to Hayden's hand. "What did you find?"
"My stick," Hayden held a short stick in one hand, before opening out her other. "A little stone and a bottle top." Hayden put her treasures down on the picnic blanket before she sat down and reached for her juice box, taking a long drink.
"Ah wow," Kara put on her best enthusiastic voice. "You always find cool treasures huh?"
"Yeah," Hayden answered with a grin. "You should find some with me."
"Yeah maybe later." Kara answered.
Hayden gave a sad pout as she looked to Eliza. "You come Grandma?" Hayden looked up to Eliza, who was staring out into the distance. "Grandma…..Grandma." Hayden raised her voice a little.
"Eliza." Kara put her hand on Eliza's arm, startling Eliza slightly.
"What, sorry." Eliza looked around to Kara.
"What's up?" Kara looked to where Eliza was staring at, seeing the back of a man as he walked away.
"Uh," Eliza looked to Hayden before looking back to Kara. "I dunno, that guy was just watching us," Eliza said. "Uhm….Hayden," Eliza mouthed as she pointed to Hayden as she had busied herself with the strawberries and pretzels seeing Eliza wasn't answering her. "He was watching us. Her."
"Oh," Kara looked a little confused as she looked up again, the man walking into a van and driving away. "Why would someone be…." Kara rubbed the side of her head as she trailed off.
"Yeah, I dunno, he probably wasn't," Eliza sighed. "You know when you get that feeling you are being watched though?"
"Mmm," Kara nodded as she pursed her lips. "I can go after the van if you want me too."
"No, no," Eliza shook her head. "Probably just me being a paranoid old lady," Eliza brushed her hands together before she stood to her feet. "C'mon Jelly, let's go look for more treasures." Eliza held her hand out and Hayden jumped up, her mouth full of strawberries and pretzels, Eliza curling her nose up at the weird combination to eat together. Hayden took a hold of Eliza's hand and gave a little skip as they walked away, Trudi walking with them, leaving Kara sitting on the picnic blanket, looking around and wondering if they had been watched of if Eliza was just being paranoid.
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