After a month of classes, Alex feels confident in her cooking abilities to make the romantic dinner she has been planning. The perfect opportunity comes when Zack goes over to Gabby's house for a sleep over one Friday afternoon. Alex asked J'onn if she could leave early to get everything prepped and ready. Alex dashed out of the DEO after getting his approval. She went to the grocery store to get all the ingredients, then to the florist for a boutique of flowers. When she got home she got our their china set they use only for special events along with a new table cloth and candles. She put the flowers in a vase.
She put on music and began to prep dinner. Alex gets a text from Maggie:
M: Got out early heading home xx
The pies were in the oven by the time Maggie got home, "babe I'm home." Maggie walked into the house taking off her jacket as she noticed the set up of the table.
"Babe," Maggie said not sure about what was going on. Alex descended the stairs in a sleek skintight black dress that has slits on the hips. Maggie's jaw dropped. Alex smirked at the sight of a frozen Maggie. Maggie's eyes roamed Alex's body as Alex walked towards Maggie and kissed her.
"Damn my wife is hot," Maggie said pulling back, "what did I do to deserve this?"
Alex smirks again, "if you think this is hot just wait." Alex grabbed Maggie's hand and led her to the kitchen.
Maggie smelled something cooking, "Alex what is all this?" Maggie thought back to the
table, then the dress, now food.
"I wanted to surprise my beautiful wife with a kid free romantic dinner."
Maggie's eyebrows shot up, "kid free?"
Alex nodded, "Zack is over at Gabby's for a sleepover."
"God I love you," Maggie said leaning in to kiss Alex.
Alex took out Maggie's favorite wine and poured them each a glass. Alex gave Maggie the glass, "how was work?"
Maggie sipped her wine, "it wasn't bad. I found out the next sergeants exam in in two weeks. I don't get why they couldn't tell us earlier but you know how hard I've been studying so I think I'm ready."
"You're going to do great babe."
Maggie sighs, "I just really want this promotion. I would make things easier on us. Ya know I wouldn't be in the line of fire as much."
"And you're going to get it Mags. Remember what your captain said. Your first in line for it once you pass the test. You have nothing to worry about."
The oven timer goes off and Alex takes the chicken potpies out of the oven.
"Alex where did you get those they smell amazing."
Alex smiled, "go sit at the dinning room table. I'll bring in the food."
Maggie acknowledged Alex's deflection but didn't say anything. Alex made sure she put her phone on the seat next to her so that she could show Maggie the pictures during their cooking lessons.
Alex served Maggie a plate and sat down, "okay tell me what you think?"
Maggie picked up the spoon nervously and took a bit. Maggie's eyes widened and looked down at the potpie, "babe this is so good." Maggie said between chews.
"Where did you buy this and how come it tastes so fresh?"
Alex fidgets nervously, "I didn't buy it. I made it before you got home. J'onn let me leave early to get the ingredients from the store."
Maggie was dumbfounded, "seriously Alex who made this?"
"Me."
"Alex, babe I love you but there is no way you could go from burning a paella and destroying our oven to making a perfect chicken potpie."
"I've been taking cooking classes," Alex whispered vulnerably looking at her hands.
"Sorry what?"
Alex looked up, "I've been taking cooking classes with Zack for the last month. I wanted to surprise you with a home cooked meal that you didn't have to make."
Maggie looked at Alex in awe. Maggie's eyes started to tear up, "you did this for me?"
Alex nodded and held Maggie's hand, "I love you so much and I wanted to surprise you. It's been a lot of fun and we've learned to make a bunch of dishes. I even have pictures of Zack and I at the place." Alex grabbed her phone and show Maggie.
As Maggie scrolled through the photos, she covered her mouth with her hand in shock and amazement. She laughed at a photo of Zack covered in flour.
"I can't believe you did this. You are the most amazing woman in the universe."
Alex blushed, "besides planning this dinner I figured I should learn how to cook. I don't want to have to rely on you to make dinner in the future for our family. Especially on days where you have to do a double shift. I love your cooking so much but I don't want you feeling like I take advantage of it, like I expect either you to cook or us to order food."
Maggie leaned over, cupped Alex's face and kissed her hard.
"Alex nobody has ever done anything like this for me. This is amazing! I also want to get a couple of those photos framed for around the house, their priceless."
Alex smiled, "get use to it my love because I would do anything for you."
"I hope there aren't any more surprises. I don't think I can handle it."
"No but we do need to talk about our trip to Nebraska next week."
"I called my aunt this morning and she said she would be offended if we did not stay with her. She says she wants to soak up as much time as she can with you and Zack."
"We need to find a suitable house warming kind of gift."
"I agree. How has your training with Kara been since you've been cleared?"
"I have to admit Kara's doing a lot better than I thought she would be. Her techniques have gotten so much better and her performance in the simulator has improved tremendously. I've started putting her with a couple rookies in the green room. Only the ones who had big egos and need a reality check, it's actually really funny watching."
"Have you thought about going into the field again? I thought once you were cleared you would be out there the next day."
Alex shrugged her shoulders, "between the rookies, the lab, and training Kara I haven't had time for any field work."
"I know we talked about your repositioning at the DEO but I never thought it would have happened so fast." Maggie says finished the last bite of her pie.
"It's also been very quite since the alien gang. Nothing crazy has come up even for supergirl and I hope it stays that way for a while."
Maggie agreed, "I have to admit too, it seems like alien crime has gone down recently. I really hope it's nothing to worry about."
"Okay enough work talk. Help me clean up and the next portion of our night is upstairs."
Maggie raised her eyebrows questioning.
"A bath Maggie, get your mind out of the gutter." Alex said chuckling as she walked into the kitchen.
Maggie stepped into the bathroom first. There were candles spread out sporadically around the bathroom along with rose pedals. Maggie turned on the water to the perfect temperature and filled the tub. Alex got in first followed by Maggie. Alex wrapped her arms around Maggie's waist and let her chin dropped to Maggie's shoulder. Alex could feel the tension in Maggie slowly fading away. They closed their eyes and focused on each other's touch, the feeling of being safe in one another.
"We need nights like this more often." Maggie said fully relaxed.
"mmmm." Alex hummed. They sat together in the tub exchanging kisses and touches until the water began to run cold. They drained the tub and put on the showerhead to wash each others bodies.
"I have the most beautiful wife in the world." Maggie said washing Alex with the lufa.
Alex kissed Maggie's shoulder, "I love you so much Alex."
They got out the shower only to get into their bed and spend hours of making love. As the sun began to rise, the two flopped down on the bed completely spend. They drifted off to sleep in seconds, feeling more relaxed and happy in that moment then they have in weeks.