An hour later the doctor came out to the doctor came out to the waiting room. "Miss Danvers?"
"Yes?" Maggie jumped up.Her eyes were red and puffy,and it was as if there was no tears even left.
"Alex is out of surgery. The good news is she made it out of surgery. The bad news is her chances haven't changed very much. Now its all a waiting game. One person can be in there at a time if you want to see her." Kara looked directly into Maggie's eyes.
"You go," Kara said. Maggie nodded gratefully. There was a sign of hope in Kara and Maggie's eyes.
"Thank you doctor." As Maggie made her way down the hallway, she couldn't help but have the tears hit her again. The minute she walked into the room and saw Alex on the bed, she all but ran over to her. Maggie pulled up a chair and grabbed Alex's hand as fast as she could.
"I'll give you some time alone." The nurse commented as she exited the room. Maggie looked at Alex and just looked at her some more. She stared at her for what felt like hours before she could compose herself enough to talk.
"Hey babe. I know you can't hear me, but just know that I love you with everything that I have. I need you to wake up because I can't even begin to imagine my life without you in it. Do you remember when we first met?" Maggie needed to tell these stories. For some reason they gave her comfort so she continued, "How mad I was because you came over and rudely took over my crime scene." That last part made Maggie smile. "I remember when you first came out to me. I would never admit it then, but I knew I loved you then and there. Then you kissed me and I pushed you away. God I was dumb. Then finally I came to my senses and realized that I wanted to kiss you senseless." Maggie grabbed Alex's hand tighter and started to rub small circle on her hand. Then she moved her hand down to Alex's stomach, and started to run circles. "Alex, I love you so much, and I know that I'm going to love this baby just as much." Maggie looked at her and smiled. Then the smile faded, she realized that Alex might not come back to her and the baby. "Babe, I need you to come back to me please. I need you and I will need you forever. I need both of you," Maggie barely whispered. Tears were streaming down her face, and her head was laying on the bed with her hand on Alex's stomach when she heard in a faint whisper,
"Both of us?" Maggie's shot up as fast as it could. She looked at Alex just in time to see Alex open her eyes.
"Alex?"
"Hey Mags." Alex whispered with a faint smile of her face.
"You're awake?" Maggie couldn't believe it.
"Yea baby, I'm here. And you didn't answer my question." Maggie looked at her with a very confused face, and Alex picked up on it, "Both of us?"
"Yes Alex. I'm so sorry. I want you and I want the baby. I want to love both of you so much. I'm so sorry." Alex looked in Maggie's and Maggie saw the way Alex looked at her.
:"Woah. What happened?" Alex asked confusingly.
"Kara." Alex smiled at that. Of course Kara talked to her, but she wanted Maggie to continue, so she looked at her with loving eyes. "I realized that it wasn't that I didn't want kids, but it was about me being scared. Alex, I didn't want to be like my parents."
"Maggie," Alex cut her off and Maggie looked down, "babe, look at me. You will never be like your parents. You are loving and kind. You would NEVER do anything to intentionally hurt anyone. Maggie, you're going to be a great mom."
"You are too Alex. I should get the doctor in here to check on you and the baby." Alex looked at Maggie with adoring eyes.
"Just wait. Come here. I just want to hold you." Maggie crawled into the spot Alex had patted next to the bed. Alex wrapped her arm around Maggie as Maggie's hand found its way down to Alex's stomach again. They fell asleep like that for who knows how long. Finally the doctor walked into the room and saw the two sleeping and smiled. He had gotten a notification from a nurse that she was awake. He wanted to give the married couple some time alone, so he gave them about an hour. He started to do somethings to the monitor until Maggie woke up. When she was startled away by him dropping something, she sat up quickly and got out of the bed. The doctor laughed at her movements, even though he was the one that dropped something.
The doctor looked over to Maggie and quietly said, "She will be fine, and so will the baby. I'll let you be the deliverer of good news to her, and I believe there is someone else here to see you and your wife. He nodded towards Kara, and she strolled in the room. Maggie pulled her into a big hug.
"I'm sorry Kara. I fell asleep and forgot to wake up for you to come in."
"It's okay Maggie. As much as she loves me, she needed you to be by her side. All that matters is that she and the baby will be okay. Plus, the doctors came and told me that she was going to be okay, and that's all I really needed to know. "
"Thank you Kara. For everything." Maggie and Kara went over to Alex's bed. Kara took the chair next to it, and Maggie climbed to the bed on the opposite side of Alex. The comfort was all there as they all fell asleep. Knowing that Alex, and the baby would be okay. Maggie couldn't be happier.