Alex was nervous as she waited in her apartment for Cass to get there. She had spoken to her earlier on the phone and while Cass wanted to see her, Alex couldn't let her come to the DEO. The result was having Kara bring her home – after getting permission from her mom – to speak with Cass. Kara would take her back once done.

She had decided she needed to have this conversation sooner rather than later. The longer she let it go on the more unfair she would be to Cass.

Her excursion to the bluff with Maggie had sealed it for her – she couldn't continue with Cass as long as she had these feelings for Maggie.

Of course, once she broke things off with Cass then she had to deal with those feelings.

Kara thought she was doing the right thing by speaking face-to-face with Cass (even if she couldn't see her). Kara then asked her if she was going to talk to Maggie about her feelings once she broke it off with Cass. Alex had said no.

"Why not?" Kara asked.

Alex paused a moment before answering. "You remember how I was right after Maggie rejected me … I don't think I can go through that again."

"But what if she doesn't reject you? I mean she's been supportive of you since your accident."

"She has been," Alex agreed. "But she still sees me as a friend."

"Well, I think you should speak to her," Kara said. "You never know, she might have a different view of things now."

Alex didn't see anything changing with Maggie, but right now it wasn't about her.

There was a knock at the door and Alex went and answered it. Cass immediately came in and hugged her.

"Tell me all about your sight returning," she said excitedly when she released her.

When Cass had called her back earlier, they hadn't gotten into details and Alex had merely invited her over to talk (she hadn't been specific about what).

"It was pretty crazy," Alex said. "Let's sit."

They took seats on the couch and Alex wasn't sure how to start exactly. There was no way to tell the story without telling about Maggie, but she didn't want Cass to think that she had been cheating on her with Maggie or anything, but she also wanted to be honest with her about everything.

"My eyes … we think it's a light spectrum thing. I can't see now because of the specific light spectrum my eyes are exposed to. But last night it was a clear night, and the stars were out. I had taken off my glasses and after a while, my sight started to return. It was not clear. Everything was cloudy but it was something," Alex said. "Also, my eyes were sort of glowing, I guess. I mean obviously, I didn't see them."

"Glowing?"

"Like I said crazy."

"So, you went outside?" Cass asked.

Alex nodded, realizing that Cass wasn't one to let a detail escape her notice. It was what made her such a great attorney.

"Yeah, I did. Do you remember when I told you about my coming out and how it was a police detective that sort of helped me realize that about myself?"

"Of course," Cass said, not sure where this is going.

"Well, her name is Maggie and she and I hadn't really spoken since well since I confessed to her that I had feelings for her and she didn't feel the same."

"I remember," Cass said. "You said the rejection made you doubt that you were doing the right thing with coming out, but that you realized this is who you are."

"Exactly. After my accident, Maggie ran into Kara who told her what happened, so she came here to check on me. And she was the last person I wanted around me," Alex said. "I guess I still felt that hurt from her rejection and I didn't want her to see me like this, being helpless. I didn't want her or anyone else's pity. But Maggie, she wouldn't let me push her away."

There was a pause as Alex thought of what to say next, but then she felt Cass take her hand in hers.

"You still have feelings for her, don't you?"

Alex nodded yes. "I'm sorry," she said. "I like you a lot, Cass, but I can't be with you if I keep feeling things for her. Last night, I went out because I had offered to sell my bike to Maggie since I wouldn't be needing it and she wanted to go for a test drive on it and I went with her. We drove out to the place in the desert and that is where I took my glasses off. The light from the stars - that is what reactivated my sight. It made my eyes have this silvery sheen to them and I could see, sort of. I saw Maggie and I just knew that the feelings haven't gone away. It's not fair to you and I know how shitty this all sounds but I can't be with you if I feel like this about her."

Cass kept a hold of her hand, which surprised Alex, but she didn't say anything at first.

"You can't help who you have feelings for, you know that, right?"

"Of course, but it doesn't make it any better," Alex said. "I do really like you. You're smart, you're funny and you have a really big heart. And you are someone that I'm glad to have in my life."

"But this is the end of the line for us?"

"I'm sorry."

"You can stop apologizing," Cass said, finally letting go of her hand. "I appreciate your honesty. You could have easily just said you wanted to call it quits because of your eyes or said any other number of things. But you should know me well enough by now that I respect the truth above all things."

"I know," Alex said. "And I don't know if this is naïve of me to say or not, but I would like to still be friends. I understand if you don't want to though."

"I can do friends," Cass said. "You are still on a journey with your eyesight and I want to be there for you even as a friend."

"Thank you," Alex said. "You are an amazing human being."

"So, what's next for you?" Cass asked.

"We still have tests of different light spectrums to see how my eyes react to them," Alex said. "Hopefully, we can find some sort of permanent solution, but even a partial restoration of sight would be better than total blindness."

Cass chuckled. "I didn't mean your eyes, I meant with Maggie."

Alex shrugged. "There is no next," she said. "Maggie just wants to be friends."

"Did she say that?"

"I mean I asked her if we were friends a few days ago, or maybe it was last week, I'm not sure actually. Time seems to have taken on a different meaning for me since I became blind. But she said yes, so yeah, I'm still stuck with having feelings for someone who doesn't want me in that way," Alex said.

"You keep saying feelings. Do you love her?" Cass asked.

Alex didn't answer immediately. She had never been in love before.

"I'm a lawyer so I will know if you are lying," Cass prompted.

Alex took a breath before saying, "I think so, but I'm not sure because I haven't let myself think about it in those terms."

"Then you owe it to yourself to figure it out," Cass said.

They continued to sit there and talk for about another 20 minutes before Cass got up to leave. She hugged Alex, telling her she would call her later and that she expected updates on her eyes.

Cass took the elevator down thinking about her short-lived relationship with Alex. She had really liked her, but she didn't know if they had what it took for a long-term relationship. Still, she appreciated the honesty from Alex in terms of her feelings for the police detective. She searched her memory banks for a detective named Maggie, but she wasn't coming up with anything.

If this was a situation of unrequited love, she knew Alex was in for a rough emotional time.

As the elevator doors opened, there was a dark-haired, shorter woman standing there to get on it. Cass moved by her to exit but saw the woman look her way with a spark of recognition.

Cass paused, then quickly blocked the door from closing, startling the other woman.

"Maggie?" she asked.

"Um yeah," the woman responded, putting her hands in her back pockets.

"Hi, I'm Cass Thielan. I work in the prosecutor's office," she introduced herself.

"Hi. I'm Maggie Sawyer. I work at the NCPD," she said awkwardly.

"Nice to meet you," she said. "I'm probably overstepping but let me give you a piece of advice. You're probably only going to get one more chance to be with her – so if you are interested in that you need to let her know. She's an amazing woman."

Before Maggie could comprehend what Cass said, the other woman stopped blocking the door and walked out of the building. She rode the elevator up thinking about what Cass had said. When the doors opened on Alex's floor she was still standing there in the elevator making no move to get off. Before the doors closed again, she darted through them and went to Alex's door.

She knocked and a moment later Kara was opening the door.

"Uh hi," Maggie said. "Winn told me that Alex was here and not at the base."

"Come in," Kara said and as she did she saw Alex stand up from the couch.

"Am I interrupting?" Maggie asked.

"No, you're ok," Alex said. "Kara is here to take me back to the DEO. I only came home for a little bit."

"I could take you back there," Maggie said. "I sort of need to talk to you about something anyway."

"Ok. Is that ok with you Kara?"

Kara gave Maggie a questioning look as she said, "Sure, it's fine."

Maggie mouthed "thank you" to her.

"If you don't need anything else from me, I will go," Kara said. "Just call me later."

Alex nodded and Kara gave Maggie another questioning look before exiting.

"Everything ok?" Alex asked once she heard the door close.

"I was about to ask you the same thing," Maggie said. "I saw Cass was leaving."

"Oh. Yes, everything is fine. We just sort of broke up."

Maggie's eyes went a little wider at this. "Did she or you …"
"It was sort of mutual. I mean I instigated it, but she was ok with it and everything and was very understanding," Alex said. "Really, it's all good. We're going to remain friends."

"Still, that's your first real breakup since you came out," Maggie said. "You know, we don't need to talk about what I came here for. Let me just get you back to the DEO."

"No," Alex said. "I mean, yes, we should go before my mom sends a strike team to return me, but it's ok. Breaking things off with Cass was the right decision for both of us. So what's going on?"

Maggie's mind was going in a bunch of different directions now. What happened with this breakup that Cass would say that to her? How did Cass even know who she was?

"Maggie?" Alex said when she remained silent.

"Sorry," Maggie said. "Let's just take a beat. I know you said you are ok, but I want to make sure that is all. You don't have to pretend it wasn't a big deal."

"It was, but … it's just that …," Alex paused. She had barely processed all of this herself and Kara had shown up so quickly when Cass was leaving that Alex hadn't had time to think about this much. And to have Maggie here now when she had broken up with Cass because of Maggie did have her reeling a bit. "Bottom line is I could use the distraction, so go ahead and tell me what you were going to tell me."

Maggie took a deeper breath and exhaled. "I found him. The alien that blinded you, I tracked him down."

This time it was Alex who took a quick breath in. "We need to get to the DEO then, get a strike team or maybe even two ready. You should have spoken up while Kara was still here. No matter, I will call her on our way."

"Whoa, put it in a slower gear," Maggie said. "There was a reason I let Kara leave. This is a little more complicated than a simple theft of drugs and you need to know the full story before you send in your people in some sort of raid. I'm asking you to trust me right now and not do anything that involves a strike team."

"How can you say that after what he did to me?"

Alex said, getting angry.

Maggie approached her. "Alex, please, hear me out. Do you think I would be asking for this if there weren't a good reason for it? You know me."

Alex looked like she wanted to argue but she backed up a step and let herself calm down. She ended up crossing her arms in front of her. "I trust you," she said. "But in my mind, this is a dangerous alien that the DEO should get into custody immediately, so I hope you know what you are doing."

"I appreciate you extending me a little trust," she said. "Well, a lot of trust. Come on, I want to take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"To meet him, the alien," Maggie said.

"You want me to meet him?"

"I know, I know it sounds like a pretty radical idea, but I'm telling you, he isn't going to hurt you. He didn't even mean to do it when he blinded you. He thought he killed you and was ready to commit ritual suicide as dictated by the creed he follows. He believed his life was forfeit because he took yours. I've explained to him that you didn't die but that his powers blinded you. And while I was trying to get a better idea of how that happened with his powers, frankly, I think it would be best if you spoke to him because you are more familiar with alien physiology than I am. He has agreed to let me bring you to him, but only you. He is afraid of the DEO or alien hunters as he calls them and if you go in there with a strike team or go in there acting like Agent Danvers, then I'm afraid of what might happen to the others."

"The others?"

"As I said, it's bigger than a simple theft. Will you let me take you there? I can explain more on the way."

Alex didn't say anything as she considered this. Maggie wasn't sure Alex would agree to this as she could practically feel the tension rolling off the other woman right now.

Maggie was asking her to ignore her normal instincts and the hurt caused by her blindness and take a leap of faith.

"Ok, let's go," Alex said. "But I'm calling Kara to let her know where we're going so she is at least on standby."

"Fair enough," Maggie said.