During their four weeks together the two hadn't been apart for more than few hours and so when Maggie found out she had to go out of town for a week for a new case she had gotten, neither of them were happy. Maggie had gone over to Alex's apartment for dinner the night before she had to go away. They were peacefully lying on the couch but it was getting late and both of them knew that Maggie would have to leave soon because she was leaving early in the morning.
"Do you really have to go away?" Alex said as she cuddled further into the brunette.
"Sadly, yes. But I'll be back before you know it."
"Promise to call me every night?" Alex looked up into Maggie's eyes which told her just how much she didn't want to leave.
"I promise. I will not go to sleep without hearing your voice." Maggie checked her phone and it was nearly midnight, it was time for her to leave. She really wanted to stay longer but the fact that she had to get up in five hours sadly stopped her.
The two walked over to the door, neither of them wanted to open it. Maggie looked over at Alex and gave her a sad smile.
"I will be back soon." Alex nodded and pulled the brunette in for a hug.
"I love you." Alex couldn't believe what had just escaped her mouth; she quickly pulled away from Maggie and began to ramble; "I'm sorry, you don't need to say it back. I-"
"I love you, too." As Alex realised what Maggie had just said a smile filled her face. "You do?"
"Of course, I do." Alex put her soft hands on Maggie's cheeks and pulled her in for a long, slow and passionate kiss. Once they finally pulled away from their lack of air, Maggie opened the door.
"I'll see you soon." Alex gave her a small sad nod and with that the brunette left.
The next few days were sad for both of them. They didn't get to call each other because Maggie's partner was pushing her to find more evidence (he wanted it to be his 30th arrest in the month which would be a precinct record) and both of them hated it. Maggie text Alex whenever she could but that wasn't often.
Alex called Maggie again the next night; she figured four was her lucky number.
"Hey, babe." A sigh of relief escaped Alex when she heard the brunette's voice.
"You honestly don't know how great it is to finally hear your voice."
"Yeah, you missed me?" Alex could hear a smirk form on Maggie's face.
"Every day."
"Yeah, me too. I'm really sorry about not being able to call you, I know that I promised-"
"It's okay, I understand you're busy with the case. How is it going?"
"Bad, we've not gotten much further since we've got here. It just seems like a dead end yet he's still pushing to find something." Maggie seemed annoyed at her partner.
"Maybe he just has a gut feeling, you know what it's like."
"Yeah, I guess. Anyway, how are you? What's been happening?"
"I'm good and now much actually, it's been pretty boring; you're not missing much."
"That's good." The line went quiet for a second until in the background Alex could hear Maggie's partner shout something. "I'm so sorry, Alex; I have to go, he thinks he found something. I love you and I'll speak to you soon."
"I love you, too." A smile formed on both of their faces and then Maggie hung up. It was hard for both of them; they have never been in a relationship where in the first month they said I love you too each other. They had such strong feelings for each other that it was hard being away from each other even for short amounts of time.
The next three days had passed fairly quickly; Maggie and her partner caught the bad guy and were on their way home and Alex had been helping out Kara with Mon-El.
"I don't know what to do Alex."
"Kara, he obviously likes you and if you don't have any feelings for him then tell him instead of ignoring the elephant in the room."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Like always." Alex said with a smile. She didn't want Kara and Mon-el to get together; he just wasn't a nice guy who she'd like to see her sister with.
"So, Maggie comes back in an hour." Alex's face literally lit up; she could not wait to see her girlfriend. "Go and say hi to her for me."
"I will." Alex grabbed her jacket and ran out of Kara's apartment with a huge grin on her face.
Alex patiently paced around her apartment as she waited for the door to open and suddenly they did. She ran over to Maggie and threw her arms around her neck.
"God, I've missed you." Maggie whispered as she hugged Alex back. The two kissed passionately and it wasn't until they pulled away that Alex got to take a closer look at Maggie's face.
"What happened to you?" Alex said as she ran her fingers along the light bruise and cuts on Maggie's face.
"Let's just say our suspect was feeling brave but I kicked his ass." A smile filled Alex's face.
"I wouldn't expect any less." Maggie laughed and kissed her girlfriend again, again and again.
