Chapter 3: Gift Unwrapped

The following day Alex anxiously sat in the chairs near the windows outside of Kara's apartment door where Maggie had once shown up and told Alex how she cared about her and how she couldn't imagine her life without her in it.

That day felt like so long ago.

Now it was her turn, almost. It was her sisters apartment and Kara had said she could wait for Maggie inside but Alex needed the space, needed the moment alone to think and even maybe help prepare Maggie.

She leaned forward in her chair, her hands clasped together. Then she stood and paced. She was nervous and it wasn't even her secret she was exposing, not directly anyways.

Alex moved and stood by the window, hoping the surroundings outside would help ease her racing thoughts and her racing heart. It didn't.

Still staring out the window after another ten minutes, Alex turned as she heard the footsteps that she knew belonged to Maggie.

"Hey," said Alex, "Thanks for meeting me."

"Sure," Maggie replied coldly, "You said it was important so what are we doing here?"

Alex took a deep breath, "You know Kara's a reporter right?"

"Of course, I've read some of her articles."

"Okay and you know one of her main sources is Supergirl."

"Geeze Alex, is that what this is about? Unbelievable! You invite me to your mom's for Christmas and now you want to bring up her?"

"Sawyer, just listen for a second please. It's not what you think."

"Not what I think? Danvers, I see the way you two are with each other, the looks you give. You love her and not that I blame you: it's Supergirl. I can't exactly compete with that but Alex, she loves you too."

"There is no competition."

"No competition, Alex how can there not be?"

Alex opened the door to the apartment, "Come inside, I can explain. I promise it will all make sense, please."

"Danvers if this is some way of making me jealous over Supergirl I swear it's all ready working."

"It's not," Alex said closing the door behind them.

"Then what's this really about," Maggie said as she slowly started to give into Alex's antics.

Kara stood up from her place at the counter, "It's about getting you to see," she said to her sister's girlfriend.

"See what," Maggie asked, still wondering what Kara's involvement was.

"That you have nothing to be jealous over."

Maggie sighed, "Of course you know."

Alex looked at Kara, "Are you sure about this?"

"I'm sure," Kara replied, "I have to do this."

"Alex, what's going on," asked Maggie.

"Just watch," Alex said motioning to her sister.

Kara untied her hair and let it fall. Next she took off her glasses and finally she unbuttoned her shirt revealing the legendary 'S' shield.

Maggie's eyes widened, "Oh my god, you're her." She turned to Alex, "Your sister is Supergirl?"

Alex smiled proudly, "Told you there was nothing to worry about."

"I feel like I just stepped into that Return of the Jedi scene where Han was jealous of Luke," said Maggie.

Kara smiled finding Maggie's words to be something Winn would say.

"Something like that," replied Kara.

"I wanted to tell you so many times," Alex confessed, "but…"

"But you were protecting Kara," Maggie said, "I get it."

Kara began buttoning her shirt, "She wasn't only protecting me she was protecting you too."

"Me?" said Maggie.

Alex nodded, "You've seen the situations we get in. I didn't want you to get hurt."

"Hate to break it to you Danvers but I'm a cop, I can take care of myself."

Alex nodded again, "I know I guess apart of me was just scared."

"Scared about what?"

"Something happening to you because of me, because of my family."

Maggie smiled at Alex and then turned to Kara, "So why tell me now?"

"Alex told me she invited you over for Christmas and so when she said that it got me thinking. I know how hard it's been for you Maggie, for you to see Alex and Supergirl together. I didn't want to come between the two of you and now I don't want there to be any secrets. This was just my way of showing you there's nothing to be jealous over."

Maggie was unsure of what to say. This whole evening had turned out to be not at all what she'd expected. She had expected to hash it out with Alex with Supergirl and Kara in the same room and maybe even decline her Christmas invitation.

This was better.

No words could describe how grateful Maggie was for this moment so she let her actions speak for her. She turned to Alex and kissed her deeply, Kara smiling on and then she turned away from Alex, turned toward her little sister and reached out to hug her.

"Thank you, Kara," was all Maggie could say.