Chapter 2
Maggie immediately gets up and moves over to Alex's bedside. "Hey you. You scared me there for a hot second. Glad to see you back in the land of the living," Maggie smiles.
Alex's throat felt more parched all of a sudden. Maggie still gave her butterflies, and she still had that way of making her brain go a thousand miles a minute but also go entirely silent.
Alex motioned for the water on the table and Maggie nods, understanding.
Maggie picks up the glass and hands it to Alex. Alex's arms feel like rubber, and the weight of the glass is almost too much for her to hold on her own. Maggie catches her struggling and takes her left hand and wraps it around Alex's hands and the glass. She helps to steady the cup as Alex brings it to her lips. The water goes down crudely, but as nice as it felt to help the burn in her throat, her brain stopped working the second Maggie's hand touched hers.
She finishes the glass and Maggie takes it from her asking if she wants more.
"No-no I'm okay now. Thank you," Alex stumbles out. She sits herself up on the bed, and takes a good look at the room she's apparently been confined to for awhile, judging by the clothes sprawled out all over the room. Had Kara moved in?
As if reading her mind, Kara swoops in the room, running towards Alex.
"Alex, I came as soon as I heard your voice. I missed you so much," Kara swoops in and clings to Alex. It's almost too tight, but Kara knows her limits when it comes to her strength. Especially with an injured sister.
Alex wraps her arms around Kara, not knowing how long it had been since the last time they talked, or hugged, or even had seen each other.
Maggie felt like an outsider again. She was, of course, happy as hell that they were back together, but she felt like she was intruding on family time. She tried to sneak out, but nothing gets past Kara.
"Maggie, where are you going?" Kara asked, turning to face her friend.
Maggie looked down on the floor, avoiding the eye contact of both of the sisters, and then brought her face up, like everything was fine.
"You know, I'm still sore from the other night. Who knew Kryptonians could be so strong? I'll just grab my stuff later, you two should catch up," Maggie waved goodbye but before she could get out the door, Kara was dragging her back in.
"Well if you actually took a second to put some ice on the bruises, maybe they'd heal a bit faster. Whiskey doesn't fix everything, you are aware," Kara rolled her eyes. She had had fun sparring with Maggie, as they had both needed some time to get their heads free.
"Kara, what the hell is going on?" Alex spat out. She was looking back and forth between Maggie and Kara, very confused at this new friendship. It took her a second to realize she had just said her name-
"-and by, Kara, I mean- obviously not Kara my sister because, she- wait- you know- you told her? How long have I been out of it?" Alex's heart rate monitor starts beeping. Neither Maggie or Kara can tell if she's angry or annoyed, but she's not happy, that's for sure.
"Almost four days. Maggie and I haven't left your sight, as you can tell. Also by the smell, which I was blaming on you but now I think we might be contributing to it. But now it smells like-tacos. You're a genius, Maggie. Bring in one of her favorite meals and hope that her senses wake her up," Kara applauded.
"Yeah, I mean it wasn't a big deal or anything, it just came to me. And I had been ordered to take a week off to recoup myself and who knew the alien bar would be so, uh, boring without you," Maggie bit her lip.
"So you two, are what, friends now?" Alex gulped back. This was her worst nightmare. But Maggie had been here, the whole time. The whole time. What did that mean?
"Yeah, your sister's alright. She didn't tell me about being Supergirl, though. You sort of did when you came to for a moment the other night when we were at the warehouse. It saved your life. I called Kara and she came. I swear, her secret is safe with me. You know that, Alex. I wouldn't hurt her-or you," Maggie tensed up. She couldn't keep saying things like that. It was unfair to Alex.
"Supergirl, there's an apartment structure on fire," a DEO agent popped her head in to inform Kara.
"I'll be back. Alex, I love you. I don't say it enough, but I do," Kara kissed her on the forehead and headed out.
Maggie still stood awkwardly, half ready to jump at the chance to leave, half wanting to never leave Alex's side.
"I should-"
"-stay. If you want to, of course. I'd like the company. You can catch me up on the last few days, and why I feel like I've been shot," Alex said, not knowing why entirely. She liked being alone, usually, and her and Maggie screamed it's complicated. And she should be pissed that Kara, after everything she told her about Maggie breaking her heart, still befriended her. But, it's Kara, who was the kindest person she knew. And Maggie, who she still cared a lot about, and who she knew didn't have many people. So as annoyed as she was, she was also happy they had found each other.
"Yeah, okay. Just give me the word when you want me to leave, and I'll be gone," Maggie took a deep breath. This wasn't the time, or the place, or the situation to open up to Alex. So she would have to wait, a game she was not good at.
"You jumped in front of an alien gun, that's why. You bled on my leather jacket. Had to rip up one of my shirts to stop the bleeding. It got intense, Alex. But you saved all those people," Maggie replayed the night in her head. She'd been through a lot out in the field, seen her share of bled and death, but Alex bleeding out still gave her the chills.
"And you saved me-" Alex said, before continuing, "Yeah, well, one of us had to be the hero and I photograph better. Sorry to hear about your leather jacket. At least it wasn't your favorite one," Alex teased.
Whatever this was with them, Alex was happy to have Maggie. It still hurt, yes. It felt like she might never get over that hurt, but Maggie still meant a lot to her. Nobody made Maggie stay, she wanted to. That meant something. Nobody had done that for Alex, ever. She had never been a priority, but now- now she was important. Someone cared. And not just anyone. Someone she loved.