"..." Alex blanked, not knowing what to say. She cleared her throat and looked away. She itched her eyebrow and glanced at Maggie. "Well, I… thought we could just talk. We've worked together for the better part of a month and… I don't know much about you."

Maggie nodded and looked at a surfboard in the corner of the room. "You surf or is it just for decoration?"

Alex turned around and looked at the board. "Yeah. I started when I was about 10 or 12. We used to go to North Bar and Long Beach when I was young." Alex smiled as she remembered, laughing at a thought. "I, I remember when I was taking lessons, Kara would always fall off of her board. She was always a better skateboarder than a surfer. But we were both good at snowboarding. What did you do when you were young?"

"Being in the middle of nowhere, there was just snowboarding, skiing, and hockey. I was weird and skated in the winter. But when I didn't skate I was skiing. Spring to Fall was always hot and humid so I spent most of the time doing swim team."

"Skating? Like figure skating?"

"Yeah. What's so weird about that?"

"Nothing, I just wouldn't have pegged you as a skater. Single or couple?"

"Couple. It's a fun partner sport. It was actually because of partner skating that I found out I was gay."

"Really? What happened that made you realize it?"

"I had a 'boyfriend' when I was 16 but, it was more of a close friendship. When we tried to get intimate, I just couldn't. When he kissed me I felt nothing. When he touched me, my skin reacted but not my mind. I just… then I met this girl she was shy and smart. Adventurous when no one was watching. I… fell for her. She was so beautiful. Makeup made her look boring. We kissed and… fireworks. It felt right to kiss her. Her lips were so soft. Her hair was sleek and wavy. Her skin wa-"

Alex didn't realize, until Maggie stopped talking, that they were kissing. They were kissing. Alex was kissing a girl. Maggie wasn't wrong. There were fireworks, bright like the 4th of July or New Years' Day. Her hands were on Maggie's smooth jaw. She could feel Mags' spirit. Maggie kissed back putting her hands on Alex's forearms. The agent pulled away, their foreheads touching. Maggie leaned in to kiss her again but pulled back, a smile finding its way onto her face.

"I… should… I should go home." Maggie whispered sliding her hands down Alex's arms.

"Okay." Alex whispered back, dazed from her own action.

Once the door closed behind Maggie, Alex placed her fingers on her lips. A small grin fell upon her lips. She sat there for a second, then slowly got up biting her lip and walking to get ready for bed.

Maggie walked to her apartment, it was only five blocks away. Her breath created vapors in the bittercold. She didn't realize that she was still wearing Alex's extra biker jacket. She pulled it around herself tight and blushed deeply. Her eyes only focused on the ground, the pattern of cement breaks and cracks changing as she neared her apartment. She looked at the decent complex, jogging up the steps to her single bedroom apartment. Sawyer turned on the lights, only thinking about sleep and Alex. She smiled at the thought of Danvers again as she went to brush her teeth. She then washed her face, stopping at her jaw. She shook her head and went to her crappy queen size mattress. She flopped down and took off the jacket, cuddling it as she drifted off.