Alex was lying on the hospital bed while Kara was siting next to her holding her hand.
"How you doing Alex?" Kara asks glancing from Alex to the door waiting on the doctor to come in.
Alex sighs, "hanging in there. Where's the doc?"
"They'll be here soon and so will Maggie and mom."
A few minutes later a nurse comes in and does a basic check, asking about her symptoms, taking her blood pressure and temperature, and then charting them down.
"The doctor will be with you shortly." The nurse said kindly then left.
"Alex," Maggie said walking through the door and claiming Alex's free hand. Maggie brushes Alex's hair off her forehead and kisses it, "I'm so sorry for leaving you."
"It's fine Mags. Zack have fun?" Alex asks keeping her eyes closed.
"Yea sweetheart he did. My mom, aunt and Lena are with him now."
"Where's mom?"
Eliza touches Alex's feet above, "I'm right here Alex."
Just as Eliza was about to ask, the doctor walks in, "hello I'm Dr. Wilkins and… well I'll be damned if it isn't Alex Danvers." The doctor says looking up and seeing Alex in the bed.
Alex's eyes shot open and looked towards the doctor.
"Felix, it's been a while." Alex says clearing her throat. Everyone in the room is looking at the two utterly confused.
Felix sees Alex's ring, "you got married and pregnant, congrats. Who's the lucky guy that finally managed to settle loose lexie."
Alex sighs not wanting to deal with this, "can we please just get on with it? I feel like shit."
"Haven't changed a bit. Stubborn as ever, well from the looks of it you contracted some kind of bug. Have you been in contact with any sick people recently."
"Yea my son, he had similar symptoms." Alex said thinking that maybe Zack's illness wasn't entirely alien.
"Okay we're going to hook you up with an IV and take some blood to run tests, the basics. I'll let you know once the results are back. An OBGYN will be in to do a sonogram as well."
"yup, you can go now."
"Oh come on, you still hate me after all these years." Felix said on the flirty side.
Alex was growing frustrated, "Felix Wilkins get the fuck out of this room please."
"Okay mama bear." Felix said then left the room.
Alex covered her eyes with her hand as tears flowed down her face. She was already feeling like shit and now she had do deal with him. The one and only part of her life that she kept secret from her mom and sister was now in the open, or about to be. Of course Maggie knew about her party phase but she didn't know the extent of it.
"Babe?" Maggie says.
"Maggie please I can't deal with this. It's too much." Alex begs as more tears escape.
Maggie runs her hand through Alex's hair, "hey it's okay breath Al. Take a deep breath."
Eliza and Kara shared a concerned look. They had never seen Alex act this way. Of course, Alex has been sick before but she's always been able to power through it. The nurse came in and quickly set up the IV then took her blood. The silence emanating throughout the room was overwhelming. A half hour goes by and Alex begins to feel better. She turns her head to Maggie who is focused on Alex's hair.
"Al do you want to get us to get a new doctor?"
"No point, he's gonna keep coming back anyway, maybe if he gets worse. He just has a big mouth that's all." Alex shifted on the bed and lightly tugged Maggie onto it. Alex snuggled into Maggie, closing her eyes, and drifting to sleep. The next time Alex woke up she felt even better, until Dr. Wilkins walked in.
"I'll be damned, Lexie you never told us you were into woman too. We could have had so much more fun."
Alex was pissed, "your nearly 40 Felix grow the fuck up you arrogant ass." Alex was second-guessing her decision on not getting another doctor.
Felix smirked, "I'd say I'm pretty grown but I guess you don't remember do you."
Maggie was fuming; he had no right to talk to Alex that way. Before Maggie could say anything Alex said, "Felix you better start acting professional or I'll sue you for sexual harassment and your license will be out the window."
Maggie got off the bed and sized him up flashing her badge on her waistline, "you better find another doctor for Alex before I arrest your ass right here." Felix held his hands up and slowly walked out the door.
Eliza was standing at the end of the bed with her arms crossed on her chest, "Alexandra Danvers you better start explaining."
Alex balled her hands into fists, "I went to med school with him. He was the rich fuck boy that tried to sleep with every girl he could get his hands on, including me but I never did."
Eliza scoffs, "he clearly says otherwise. I didn't raise you to be some floozy."
Alex hit her breaking point and yelled, "but you didn't raise me mom. You left me to raise Kara for your stupid research. I'm surprised your still here."
Eliza was shocked at Alex's outburst, "I'm so disappointed in you Alex. I'll be back once you've calmed down." Eliza left the room and Alex broke down hysterically sobbing. Kara and Maggie were by her side instantly trying to soothe and calm her down.
"Alex don't listen to her." Kara says rubbing Alex's back.
"Kara's right Al she was way out of line."
Alex slowly nodded then rested her forehead on her hand forcing herself to even out her breathing. Her other hand was rubbing her bump, the baby clearly not happy. Without second guessing herself, Maggie knelt on the bed and sat on Alex's thighs, then pulled Alex's upper body so Alex's forehead was against Maggie's chest. Kara kept rubbing Alex's back. They stayed in this position until Alex felt better and the baby wasn't in as much distress.
"I love you Alex, so so so much." Maggie kissed the top of Alex's head and Alex began to relax.
Two new doctors walked in, "We apologize for Dr. Wilkins, he was out of line. Are you alright?" The doctor asked clearly seeing Alex in distress.
Alex wiped her eyes, "do you have the, uh, test results?"
"Yes, your blood test came up normal however the flu test came back positive so we're going to hang a bag full of antibiotics and keep you overnight for observation. We will also be checking your progress every few hours."
"Thank you," Maggie said. The doctor hung the bag of medicine then while the other said, "I'm Dr. Randall and I'm here to do your sonogram and check to make sure everything is A-okay with the baby."
Kara and Maggie adjusted next to Alex to make room for the doctor. Alex lifted up her gown exposing her expanding bump. Alex gasped at the gel hitting her stomach.
"Gets ya every time," the doctor smiled, "okay lets see this beautiful baby."
The doctor put the wand on Alex's stomach and started to move it around, "have you found out the baby's gender yet?" The doctor asked.
"No, they haven't been in the right position the last check." Maggie said.
"Well the little one is in perfect position if you'd like to find out."
Alex turned to Maggie who smiled and nodded.
The doctor smiled, "congrats it's a girl."
Maggie leaned down and kissed Alex then whispered, "a baby girl, I love you." The doctor quickly printed pictures than left the room leaving the three of them to process everything.
Alex fidgeted with her fingers and the picture of her little girl, "I owe you both an explanation of what happened."
"No you don't Alex," Kara told Alex.
Alex gave Kara a look then began to explain, "med school wasn't a good time for me, it was what I call my party girl phase. I never told you Kara, but I was struggling to keep up with everything and started to burn out. I resorted to not so great coping mechanisms, alcohol and clubbing. I didn't sleep around but it wasn't for lack of trying. I made out with a lot of men, other doctors, students, or even random guys but it never felt right going past that. Rumors got around my year and Felix was pissed that I wouldn't sleep with him so he started the nickname and it stuck. Did I sleep with a couple of them, yes, but that was because I was too drunk to remember. It didn't happen often but yeah. I'm not proud of it. I have J'onn to thank for helping me get my life back together. If it wasn't for him I don't know where I would be."
Kara leaned in and softly hugged Alex, "I'm sorry you felt that way. Felix sounds like the biggest dushbags in the universe."
"Al I'm so proud of you for telling us." Maggie said even though she had heard snippets of the story before, however one part concerned her. "But Al you know that getting really drunk doesn't mean consent though right?"
Alex nodded, "yeah I know but I never said no."
Maggie took a breath and held Alex's hand, "not saying no doesn't mean saying yes though."
Alex looked up at Maggie, "it was my fault, I got shit face and blacked out. The next thing I know I wake up in some strangers bed."
Kara is looking at Alex with sad eyes, she had no idea how bad the situations got and felt guilty for not noticing. Maggie, on the other hand, was pissed because she couldn't understand how a person could treat another person that way, especially if they had way too much to drink.
"Al I think we need to come back to this at a later date. But for now we need to focus on this." Maggie said moving her hand and focus to Alex's bump. Alex followed putting her hands over Maggie's.
"Maggie I'm feeling better and I think my fever has gone down a lot." Alex said trying to reassure Maggie.
"Alex you were sick because of how crazy our lives have been and then finally when you're supposed to rest and recovery everything blows up in your face. I'm in awe that your still holding yourself together because I know I wouldn't be. Heck I barely holding myself together right now."
Alex ducked her head in shame, "I guess this just isn't knew for me so it didn't affect me as much. Have you heard from Lena?" Alex said desperately trying to change the subject. The attention has been on her far too long.
Kara spoke and held her messages to Alex, "yeah she texted me not too long ago saying they were back at home and Zack was taking a nap."
"Good," Alex said laying back in the bed trying to get comfortable.
"Jennie texted me and offered to take care of Zack too after everything."
Alex laughed, "those two get on a little too well. Their the double trouble duo."
Kara decided to go for a snack run for all of them because neither Kara nor Alex had a decent lunch and Kara's stomach was starting to make noises. That left Maggie and Alex alone.
"How's your shoulder Mags."
Maggie shrugged, "it's fine. Doesn't hurt unless I move it too much."
"I'm sorry about everything today. It's been such a disaster."
Maggie put her hand on Alex's cheek, "hey you have nothing, and I mean nothing to be sorry for. Everything that happened was out of your control. I was five seconds away from beating Felix's ass."
"Damn I miss seeing you kick ass." Alex said imaging Maggie in her skinny jeans, puffy NCPD jacket with her gun holstered.
"Hey don't look at me like that. Your going to start something you can't finish."
Alex smirked at Maggie, "come snuggle." Alex shifted on the bed and turned the TV on. The two laid there watching How I Met Your Mother, while Kara munched away on her snacks in the chair next to the bed.