Summary:

Some lovin' at the start, some George bonding in the middle and some angst at the end.

The next day Alex woke up all ready for the weekend and the plan that he had to bond with George. He snuggled up to Lena in their bed and kissed the back of her neck.

"Alex," Lena sighed sleepily.

"Good mornin' baby, any chance of some lovin' before I take George out fishing today?" Alex pushed the hair out of the way and kissed Lena's neck more, then sucked on her earlobe.

"Mmm, Alex," Lena turned around to face him and he pushed her down onto her back.

Alex's dark eyes looked into Lena's bright green eyes, "You are so beautiful," he said as he stroked her hair.

She reached up and felt his face, running her fingers along his stubbly chin then she pulled him down to her lips.

Alex made his way downwards and soon his stubble was tickling her somewhere else as he made love to her with his mouth.

"Oh god Alex, that feels so good, your stubble...oh my..." Lena softly moaned as he licked her out.

"Mmm," you taste amazing," Alex breathed to her pussy lips as he took a breath.

Lena thrust her hips into his face and he eagerly gave her more. Exploring her with his tongue, dipping deep inside and out again.

Once Lena was begging for release he teased her clit with his tongue, circling it and licking it. Then he sucked it in between his lips and she was flying over the edge, trying not to cry out, she didn't want the whole house to know what they were doing. If she succeeded she had no idea because she completely lost herself in an overwhelming rush of hot white heat. Alex used his fingers to ride her through it as she coated his face in cum.

They looked at each other across the breakfast table that morning remembering how much fun they had an hour ago in bed. Lena made Alex his favourite pancakes as a treat after giving her such a wonderful wake up call.

Sam watched them with interest, the little smiles they gave each other and her jealousy just went into orbit. She made her excuses and left with Ruby for the day, unable to watch the loving couple any longer.

Once breakfast was over Alex went to find George who was drawing pictures in the living room with Cat and Kara.

Alex stood in the doorway, placed his hat on his head and then walked inside.

"Hey George, how do you fancy going out fishing with me?" Alex asked the little boy.

George looked up from where he was sitting at a table with Cat and Kara, "I'm drawing."

Kara looked at George, "You can go fishing George, go it will be fun."

George shook his head, "I'm good here."

Cat looked at him then and took his paper away from him and he frowned at her.

"Go fishing with Alex, you need to get some fresh air and exercise," she told him a little more sternly than Kara did.

He huffed and got down off his chair then he walked over to Alex and looked up at him.

"You ready kid?" Alex asked him.

He just nodded and Alex led the way out of the house and towards the barn, where he kept the fishing nets he made.

Alex opened the barn door, "After you kid," Alex said.

George walked inside and then looked behind him nervously at Alex.

Alex walked past him and to the corner, he picked up two sticks with hand made fishing nets on the end, then he walked back up to George and handed him one, "Here, this is for you. Do not break it."

George looked at it in awe, "For fishing?" he asked.

"For fishing," Alex told him, "come on then," Alex said leading the way, "the fish ain't gonna wait all day for you."

George quickly ran and caught up with Alex, then they trudged across the field to the stream. Once they got there Alex showed George what to do and the boy got the hang of it very quickly. He dipped his net into the water and pulled it back up.

"Fish!" He shouted, "I caught them."

Alex walked over to him and took a look in his net and ruffled his hair, "Well done kid, we'll make a fisherman of you soon enough."

George smiled for the first time ever when he was with Alex and Alex in turn smiled to himself at finally getting somewhere with the boy.

George went back to catching more tiny fish and Alex knelt on the bank beside him, "So kid, are you speaking to me now?"

"I guess," he said, not taking his eyes off the net in the water.

"I heard about the bad men," Alex told him, "I'm sorry that happened to your dad."

George shrugged his shoulders, "It doesn't matter, he's dead now."

Alex placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. George looked at Alex.

"It does matter kid, it shouldn't ever have happened," Alex told him, "we aren't all like that, some of us are good men, like me."

"That's what Kara said," George replied, "she said you were good."

"Well there you go then, you know Kara is never wrong," Alex smiled.

"I guess," George replied, "can I have some cookies later?"

Alex laughed, "Sure, as long as Cat and Kara agree."

"But Miss Lena, she gives them to me, she never asked them," George pleaded.

"Oh really?" Alex raised an eyebrow at him.

A week later Andrea Rojas pulled Sam aside after Ruby went into school.

"Something wrong?" Sam asked.

Andrea smiled, "No nothing like that, I wanted to ask if you would help out a little here at the school at lunch time?"

"I would love to but I have my work at the Saloon and at the Danvers house," Sam told her.

"Oh that's all sorted, Lena give me the go ahead to ask you, she is paying for the children to have one hot meal at day while at school, it's unheard of but Lena really wants to make a difference in the community, and did you know some of these children are lucky if they get a meal each day?" Andrea explained.

"I imagine it's hard for some parents to put food on the table," Sam said, "oh I would be happy to help out."

A month passed and things had been going along just fine and Andrea and Sam became quite close, spending some spare time together too. Andrea was beginning to have some feelings for her new friend, feelings that were more than friendly, but so far Sam had shown no interest so she held back for now.

If only Andrea knew the real reason for lack of interest. Samantha Arias still couldn't get Alex out of her mind. And Sam had plotted a way to get her man for good.

It all happened one morning after the children were dropped off at school. Lena was home having a break from teaching while Cat took over her class for the day. Sam was home too and she had just finished some chores when she found Lena outside doing some work in the garden wearing her casual trousers and a loose white shirt. It was a very warm day, so she wore a cowboy hat too.

Lena had already planted a few more flowers and was now trimming a flower bush.

"Hi Sam," Lena smiled.

"Hey," Sam smiled back and then looked at Lena more seriously, "I need to talk to you about something."

Lena stood up straight and placed the knife into the pocket of her shirt, a knife that she had been cutting some flower bushes with, she looked to Sam, "Oh, okay."

Sam nervously walked up to Lena, she had what she was going to say prepared in her head for a few days but she was still anxious about it, "I er… It's about Alex."

"Alex? My husband?" Lena asked, surprised.

"Yes," Sam began carefully, "I really didn't want to tell you because I know it will hurt you."

Lena looked worriedly at her, "Now you're scaring me."

Sam nervously played with her own hands, "He kissed me."

"He what?" Lena stared at her in disbelief.

"I'm sorry Lena, he kissed me, more than once," Sam lied and stepped back a little because Lena's anger was very apparent.

"No, Alex would never do that," Lena frowned deeply and shook her head.

"Believe what you will, but it's all true, if I were you I wouldn't be with him another minute, he wanted me but I refused him, he came home early quite often while you were at the school, hoping for, well you get the picture," Sam told her.

"I don't believe you," Lena looked at her through angry eyes.

"Then how do I know about the scar, the one that just dips into his pants, I saw it when he went to take them off, thinking he was going to have his way with me," Sam said. She remembered this from the night at the brothel, Alex had a few scars, when she massaged him she noticed it when he lifted his shirt up a little so she could massage his lower back.

Lena was fuming with anger, she rushed off back inside the house and slammed the door behind her as Sam stood there in the garden smirking at a job well done. Sam decided to make herself scarce for the rest of the day and come back later and hopefully find Lena gone. Then she planned to go to him a few weeks later and offer herself to him, she was sure he wouldn't be able to resist her, after all a man had needs and with Lena out of the picture she could fulfil them.

Meanwhile in town Alex was trying to calm down a very angry Lillian Luthor in his office.

"Slow down Lillian," Alex told her. He couldn't make head or tail of her rambling.

Lillian huffed and Alex told her to have a seat. Reluctantly she sat, because she had so much nervous energy she just wanted to pace or punch something.

"Now, from the beginning," Alex told her.

Lillian sat forward a little, "It's Maggie Sawyer."

"Yeah, what about her? This hasn't got anything to do with me again as it?" Alex frowned over the desk at her.

"No," Lillian shook her head, "not this time."

"Go on…" Alex urged her.

"She's gone, left town as far as I know," Lillian told him.

"And why is that a problem?" Alex asked puzzled.

"One because she belongs to me, and two because she stole money from me," Lillian frowned, "the woman did the dirty on me and I want her found and brought to justice."

Alex sighed, "Sorry Lillian if she skipped town there is nothing I can do."

"What? What kind of Marshal are you?" She said flabbergasted.

"All I can do is send a telegram to National City Headquarters, to get her on the wanted list, but if you want that, you need to offer up a reward."

Lillian laughed, "This is ridiculous, it's not worth it, why did I even bother coming to you?" Lillian stood to leave and Alex followed her to the door, "I'm sorry, I'll ask my Sheriff to keep an eye out just in case Sawyer didn't leave town."

Lillian huffed and quick thank you and went on her way.

Alex walked back into his office and got himself some coffee. Just as he did Kara came walking in a little flustered, "Hey what's wrong with your mother in law, did you piss her off again?"

Alex turned to look at Kara, "Kara did you just swear?"

Kara sighed and took a seat, "This job kinda makes it impossible not to."

Alex handed her a cup of coffee, "Here, drink this. I'll make a badass out of you but you need to drink more coffee, beer and less tea."

Kara's brow creased and she looked up at her brother who was standing there looking all smug, then she took a sip of the coffee and pulled a face, "Eww how can you drink this stuff?"

"Easy," Alex told her, "So how's George doing?"

Kara smiled thinking about him, "He's doing so well Alex, he's an intelligent young boy."

"I'm glad to hear it, so are you gonna adopt him?" Alex suddenly asked.

Kara looked at him in surprise, "I don't know, I've never thought about it, you know being a single woman, supposedly because I can't tell anyone I'm with Cat."

"It won't be a problem Kara, I'm the law remember, a US Marshal," Alex told her.

Kara smiled, "Well… I will have to talk to Cat about it first but I would love to adopt George."

It was late when Alex finally got home, he could see light coming from the barn so instead of going into the house he walked over to the barn. He opened the door and stepped inside. He was surprised to see Lena in there driving a pitchfork into some hay. She looked angry.

Alex closed the barn door. Then he walked over to her with no idea why his wife looked so mad. She looked up at him as he approached her with fiery green eyes. Alex knew that look and he hadn't seen it quite some time, when his wife's eyes looked like very dark green pools of fury instead of sparkling bright orbs.

"Lena, what's wrong?" he carefully asked.

"When were you going to tell me," she looked at him with daggers.

"Tell you what?" Alex was genuinely confused. His eyebrows creased in concern.

"About Sam!" She shouted at him, her angry Irish accent coming to the fore.

"Sam who?" Alex walked closer to her, he hadn't got a clue what she was talking about.

"Samantha Arias you idiot," Lena sighed in frustration, "she told me everything, how you tried it on with her."

"What?" Alex replied amazed. And his blood was starting to boil but he tried hard not to rise to the bait, he knew it would only end in tears.

"Don't play dumb with me Alex, she even had proof, she saw your scars!" Lena stepped up to him angrily and pushed him in his stomach.

"Oh," Alex frowned, realising how she knew, the night at the brothel when she gave him a massage, she must have seen the scar on his abdomen when he lifted his shirt up.

Alex didn't get a chance to say anything or explain himself as a slap from Lena's hand hit him so hard across the face that he staggered backwards. He rubbed his face, and was reminded of the first time she ever slapped it. It felt like a million years ago now. He never thought he would feel her wrath again. But here he was, and here she was, mad as hell at him over something that never even happened.