Summary:

Its Alex's Birthday and its not only Lena who as a big surprise in store for Alex.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Alex had no idea a party was being arranged for his birthday, and so when he was sent off to work that morning with a kiss and smile from his wife, he was completely oblivious to the fact and he also thought his wife had forgotten his birthday. So with a huff and a frown he walked the dusty road into town. When he arrived at the Marshal's office he found Kara was already there and checking the telegrams for any urgent messages. Everyone had been sworn to secrecy, including his sister. He walked in and sat down behind his desk.

"Hey there," Kara smiled and placed the telegrams down on his desk. Then she noticed he had a crease in his brow like he was thinking about something, "Are you okay?"

"What?" Alex looked up at her, "Yeah."

"Well," Kara smiled and reached into her pocket, she pulled out a small box and handed it to Alex, "Happy Birthday from me and Cat."

Alex took the box and smiled a little, "Thank you, I'm pleased you didn't forget at least," he told her, then he opened the lid and looked inside, "Is this?"

"It's a solid silver pocket watch, I know your current one is getting old now," Kara told him.

Alex picked it up and it had a good solid weight to it, "Kara this is great!"

"I'm glad you like it, thank Cat, she managed to get one just in time from one of her contacts in National City," Kara said and then she took a seat opposite Alex.

Alex put the pocket watch in his top pocket then he began to read the telegrams.

Kara looked at him, "Are you sure you're okay? It's your birthday and you don't sound very excited. Usually you're all ready to drink hard and play hard."

Alex sighed and sat back in his chair, "Lena's forgot."

Kara tried so hard not to laugh, she covered it up by coughing behind her hand.

Alex looked at her suspiciously, "What did I say?"

"Sorry," Kara said, "went down the wrong way," she grabbed the glass of water on the desk and took a sip.

"If she forgot its not the end of the world, its just another day," Alex shrugged.

"Alex, I am sure she wouldn't forget, maybe she's going to surprise you later with something nice for dinner?" Kara said looking all innocently at her brother.

"So," Kara tried to change the subject because she hated keeping secrets from him, "anything I need to know about in the telegrams?"

Alex picked one up, "Not much of note, but National City Sheriff's Department are on the hunt for a woman, unfortunately they don't have a name, and the description isn't great. It just says tall with long blonde hair. But they suspect she could have cut her hair to disguise herself."

"So what's she done?" Kara asked.

"She's been robbing women of their possessions and their money, wealthy women," Alex told her, "that's all we have to go on."

"Not much at all," Kara stood, "I'll check around town to see if any of the locals have seen anyone new who is acting suspiciously."

"Great," Alex told her and stood too, "I'm gonna get some coffee then I have to go to the Saloon."

Alex walked to the coffee pot and poured himself one. Kara turned around quickly, "No need to go to the Saloon today, I will be there soon and Lena is there all day today."

"She is?" Alex looked confused, "She didn't say anything."

"Yes, she also said to me this morning, can you tell Alex to meet me at the Saloon at 6pm," Kara told him then she quickly added, "I think Andrea was saying she needed to see you about something too, why don't you go over there?"

She had made it up on the fly, just to get Alex out of the way for a bit.

Alex stood there with his coffee, "Any idea what she wants?"

"Nope she didn't tell me," Kara said opening the door, "I have to go, I'll see you later."

Alex looked at the door as it slammed shut and was a little happier knowing Lena wanted to see him later, maybe she hadn't forgotten after all.

After coffee Alex made his way over to the barbers for a haircut. Then at around 3pm he made his way to the stables, he got on his horse Lucky and made his way over to Andrea's.

Andrea had spent the day with her new lover Gayle.

"Gayle, oh my…" Andrea gasped as the outlaw drove her fingers deep into Andrea's warm wet pussy.

Andrea looked into the woman's steely blue eyes and gripped her hair, "Your so good at this," she breathed.

Gayle was on top of her, pounding into her as she kissed and sucked at her neck, she reached Andrea's lips, "Thanks darling," she smirked and kissed her.

Andrea's legs were wrapped around the woman's hips, she was trying to pull her in, impossibly closer, she wrapped her hands around Gayle's back, her nails scraping at the woman's back.

Gayle's back stung, but it turned her on even more and made her go faster and harder into Andrea's warmth.

"Oh god yes," Andrea cried out. She was so close to her climax when she heard the banging on her front door.

"Ignore it," Gayle told her as she flicked her thumb over Andrea's hard clit.

"It could be," Andrea tried to speak, she was breathless and on the verge of her orgasm, "important."

"Shhhh darling, and cum for me," Gayle said biting at Andrea's neck.

Andrea's eyes rolled to the back of her head as the bite sent her over the edge, cumming hard all over the blondes fingers.

Alex was standing outside banging on the door, "Damn it answer, I came all the way out here!" He grunted to himself. He was just about to bang on the door again when it came open.

"Marshal," Andrea said flustered wearing just a robe, and Alex noted she looked rather flushed in the face too.

"I was about to give up," he told her with a frown.

"Sorry I was in the middle of something," she said, "what can I do for you?"

Alex kicked at the dirt beneath his feet as he stood there, "The Sheriff said you need to speak to me."

"Oh really?" Andrea said looking puzzled, then she realised, Kara must have made a diversion to keep Alex away from the party preparations, "yes, actually there was something," she smiled as she tried to quickly think up an excuse.

Alex stood there and waited for her to either continue or invite him in, "So?"

"Sorry," she smiled, "come on in, I'll make some coffee, or I have bourbon if you prefer?"

"Coffee is just fine Miss Rojas," Alex told her.

Alex followed Andrea inside, he curiously caught sight of the stranger Gayle Marsh in the bedroom, he quickly diverted his eyes and continued into the living room.

"Take a seat Marshal," Andrea told him, then she quickly scooted into the bedroom to let Gayle know he was there. She came back out, made coffee and sat down. Then she managed to keep Alex there for nearly an hour as she made up a story about needing help with managing her taxes at the store. While they talked Gayle went out to tan herself in the garden.

Before Alex left he thanked Andrea for being there for Lena after the Maxwell Lord incident. He really owed her for that. Then he got on his horse and headed back home. It was almost time to meet Lena at the Saloon so he made his way upstairs and had a wash then he put on his best grey suit and purple tie. He splashed on some cologne and checked his tie in the mirror. Then he rubbed his fingers over his chin where the hairs were growing. He had a very thin stubble on his chin, down the sides and across his top lip, mostly from shaving his face. It was true that the hair would grow back thicker if you shaved and he was so grateful for it. But it was still barely noticeable.

At the Saloon Lena was nervously making sure everything was ready. All the guests were there, sitting around at the tables. And there were two very special guests who had travelled to town from National City just for Alex's birthday. Brainy and Nia.

Lena walked over to Brainy and Nia's table and took a seat, "I am so glad you could make it, Alex is going to be so thrilled to see you both."

Brainy looked around to make sure no one could hear what he was about to tell her, then he leaned forward and quietly spoke.

"I have a gift for Alex," he told her.

Lena smiled, "Why are you whispering, he isn't here yet."

"It's a rather special gift," Brainy explained, "Have you heard of hormones?"

"Of course, I am a science major," Lena told him and rolled her eyes.

"Well, I have managed to chemically synthesise the male hormone in the lab, testosterone. It comes in injections and is only required four times yearly," Brainy explained.

Lena sat there listening in awe as Brainy continued.

"So I can give Alex an injection as soon as he wishes, and it will last for a good quarter of the year, I have the first dose with me," Brainy looked at Lena, who was staring at him in amazement, "Are you okay Lena?"

Lena laughed, "Am I okay? This is incredible!"

Then she noticed some people looked over their way so she whispered, "This is going to change Alex's life. But," she paused, "what exactly will it do?"

"Well, he will stop having that women's problem once a month, which will be a great relief to him," Brainy said, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh my word, this is…" Lena whispered, "Alex hates it, every month he withdraws into himself for a week, that alone is going to make him so happy."

"That isn't all," Brainy told her, "there will be growth, hair, on his face and body, although I have to warn you he may lose some hair on his head if he is prone to baldness. But he is till young so he should be okay."

"What else?" Lena smiled excited for Alex and for herself.

"He will become more masculine, in his facial features especially, he will look more rugged, his body shape, studies have shown that fat moves from the hips to other places to make a more masculine figure, he will be able to build muscle more easily and there is another effect," he paused.

"Go on," Lena said intrigued.

"Down below will grow around two inches, sometimes more," he told her and Lena looked at him confused.

Nia giggled and whispered to Lena, "The clitoris."

Lena's eyes went wide, "Really?"

Brainy nodded, "Alex will also have a much higher sex drive."

Lena shook her head and smiled, "Impossible, he already wants sex every day."

Brainy raised his eyebrow, "Hmm well, just be aware, Alex may want it more than once a day."

Lena sat back in her seat, trying to take in all the information, it was the most amazing thing she had ever heard, then she looked at Brainy, "Thank you, thank you so much. I can't think of anything in the world Alex wants more than to feel complete. This will go a long way to making this happen. But wait, how do you know if it works?"

"The underground club we frequent, many of the men there have been my guinea pigs, and they have all had positive results."

Lena almost forgot the time, her head was so dizzy and full of this new outstanding information. She looked at her pocket watch, it said 5.50pm.

"Can we talk about this more later, with Alex? He should be here any minute, we need to get ready," Lena stood and walked to the stage near the bar.

"Can I have your attention ladies and gentlemen, family and friends," she smiled excitedly as she looked around the room. Everyone was there, her mother, some of Lillian's women from the brothel, James Olsen, Winslow, Andrea and her new friend Gayle, and of course Cat and Kara. They found a babysitter for George for the night. M'Gann was busy in the kitchen preparing the food. She had already got the birthday cake ready to bring out when the birthday boy arrived.

"Marshal Danvers, my wonderful husband will be here any moment, can you all remain standing when he enters, thank you all for coming to celebrate with us, and the drinks are on the house tonight," she told the crowd.

Everyone clapped and cheered especially because of the free drinks. Then everyone went quiet and waited for Alex's arrival.

Alex walked up to the Saloon doors, he was rather happy and had a spring in his step, he couldn't wait to see his wife, he also looked forward to a couple of beers and some hot food. He pushed the swinging doors open and stepped inside unaware of what was behind them.

"What on earth?" He muttered to himself as the doors swung closed behind him. He gazed at the people looking back at him.

Lena walked up to him, "Hi love, happy birthday!" she kissed him quickly on the lips and then turned to their audience, she put her arm through Alex's and had the biggest smile on her face.

"What's all this?" Alex raised his eyebrows at her.

Everyone started to do three cheers for the Marshal and he stood there amazed as he looked around the room. Then he spotted M'Gann coming out of the back kitchen holding a very impressive chocolate cake.

"Is that for me?" Alex looked at Lena in amazement.

"Yes love," Lena smiled, "and by the way you look so handsome."

Alex looked to Lena and took in the sight of her black low cut dress, "And you look beautiful," then he whispered in her ear, "and very sexy."

They both walked through the guests sitting at tables to the one longer table in the centre reserved for family and close friends, the cake was placed in the centre of it, with plates laid out for the guests. On top of the cake was a decoration of a pistol that M'Gann had created out of chocolate.

"I can't believe you did all this for me," Alex had to hold back his emotions, he looked at his wife lovingly.

Lena smiled, "I have some more surprises in store for you tonight, look who is here."

Alex looked where Lena was pointing and his eyes went wide, "Brainy and Nia!"

Lena let go of his arm and he walked straight over to them and pulled them both into big hugs.

All the guests went to their seats while Alex spent a little time with Brainy and Nia.

"When did you get here? I can't believe you're here," Alex grinned.

"We arrived this afternoon, it was a long train journey but couldn't miss this," Nia smiled.

"This is the best birthday ever," Alex told them and Lena came walking up beside him.

"And, my love, you are allowed a drink or two tonight," Lena rubbed his arm.

Alex couldn't stop grinning, he shook his head, "I must be dreaming, someone pinch me."

"If you think this is good, just wait until I give you your present off me," Brainy smiled.

"Oh now I'm curious," Alex said then he grabbed his friends arm, "come on lets get some drinks."

Lena showed Nia where she would be seated while the men went to the bar. And as she looked at Alex and Brainy she felt so happy, finally Alex was going to be the man he always dreamed he would be and she couldn't wait for him to find out.

Notes:

NOTE: In reality Testosterone was first isolated in 1935, and approved for medical use in 1939, Injections in 1950 but in this story Brainy is the first to Isolate it and make it possible to use in 1873. (Because he is a genius)