Supergirl ~ Far From The Tree ~ Part Two

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"You never told me the whole story," Alex told Maggie that night. "About your dad and the car."

"What's the point?" Maggie asked glumly.

"I wanna share everything with you, Maggie," Alex told her. "I mean, the good and the bad. I knew that he was hard on you, but – "

"Before that day, he was the best father," Maggie interrupted. "I know he sounds like a monster, but you just don't know where he came from."

"Well, it sounds like you still really love him," Alex remarked.

Maggie sighed. "I don't know. I am just saying that he didn't have it easy."

"Well, have you ever thought about calling him?"

"Of course I have!"

"And?" Alex prompted, sitting next to her.

Maggie scoffed. "My aunt told me that my mother removed every picture of me from the photo albums. They erased me. I don't need that."

Alex sighed, thinking about what to say. "Look, what your family did to you was incredibly hurtful, but sometimes parents can do really stupid things when they are up against something they don't understand. What if you invited them to the shower?"

"Are you kidding?" Maggie's eyes widened.

"Well, it's the perfect excuse to reach out!"

"Yeah, right," Maggie scoffed. "You kicked me out because I'm gay, but hey, come to my gay shower!"

"It was a long time ago," Alex reminded her. "Maggie, the world has changed. Maybe they have, too."

"I don't think so," Maggie shook her head as they got in bed. "Babe, look, I love you, just . . . please, drop it."

"OK," Alex sighed, pulling the sheets up and lying down.

***

Maggie didn't fall asleep for a long time. She laid awake in bed, drumming her fingers absently, before finally sitting up and quietly slipping out. She walked over to her phone on the table, picking it up and looking at it nervously. Finally, she sat down and dialed a number, looking back to make sure Alex hadn't woken up. When the line connected, she took a deep breath. "Hola, Papi," she greeted. "Soy Margarita. ¿Cómo estás?" She checked back on Alex, then started speaking again. "I'm living in National City now. I'm a cop. I like it, it's good. So, um . . . " She fidgeted slightly. "Anyway, I am calling because I'm getting married. No, it's not a . . . her name is Alex. Anyway, we are having a party. A wedding shower, on Sunday, and, um . . . you probably can't make it, but I thought maybe I would invite you. See, I'd like it if you came, se puede. Anyway, I hope you and Mom are good." She said goodbye, then hung up, staring at her phone for a long moment.

She finally turned back to the bed to see Alex was sitting up and watching her worriedly. "Why did I do that?" she asked in shock.

Alex just gave her a sad smile.

***

When Sunday morning came, Winn, James, and Lena had come to assist Alex and Eliza with setting up. "Bridal bingo?" James raised an eyebrow when he saw the game.

"Ooo, trivia," Winn brightened when he saw the cards. "I'll host that!"

"You'd be good at that," Lena chuckled.

"OK, the drinks go there," Alex started to point, only to be caught off guard by a knock on the door. "Huh," she checked her watch. The party wasn't supposed to start for another few hours. "It's open!" she called, curious as to who had arrived early.

She got her answer when the door opened, and her sister's boyfriend poked his head in. "Hey, Alex," he grinned.

"Oliver!" she cheered, setting down the beer she held. "Come in, come in!"

"There's one of the special girls!" Thea grinned as Oliver held open the door, showing that yes, the majority of Team Arrow had indeed come over.

"Hey, guys!" James smiled. "You're early."

"Well, we were hoping to catch Kara, but when we got here, I got a message saying she was, uh . . . " Oliver checked his phone, scratching his head in confusion as Felicity, Dinah, and Laurel squeezed in with Malcolm, Dig, Rene, Curtis, and Quentin behind them. "Off world?"

"Oh, yeah," Alex nodded. "She and J'onn went to Mars."

Rene choked on air. "Come again?" Quentin blinked.

"I'm sorry, did you just say Curtis's eyes widened.

"Mars," Alex confirmed. "As in J'onn's home planet."

"Wow," was all Rene managed to say.

"That's cool," William grinned.

"Yes, it is," Alex nodded in agreement, looking around. "Thank you all so much for coming."

"Wouldn't miss it," Dinah smiled.

"We're still mostly setting up, so," Alex began, looking around.

"Just tell us what needs to be done," Dig said, rubbing his hands together.

Alex smiled, watching as James and Lena helped them figure out what needed to go where, then tapped Oliver on the shoulder. "Oliver, can I talk with you and William?"

"Yeah," Oliver nodded, putting his hand on William's shoulder. "Come on, bud."

Alex led them past the island to where Eliza was pretending to be arranging flowers. "Mom," she said, and Eliza looked up. "This is Kara's boyfriend, Oliver Queen. Oliver, meet my mom, Eliza Danvers."

"Dr. Danvers," Oliver smiled, holding out his hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Please, just Eliza," she smiled back, shaking his hand. "And who's this?"

"My son, William," Oliver answered.

"Hi," William smiled politely at Eliza.

"It's nice to meet you both," Eliza smiled, looking at Oliver. "Kara mentioned that you're a hero on your Earth?"

"I passed that on, actually," Oliver admitted, looking down at William. "I have more important things in my life now than the hood."

"Kara's awesome," William told Eliza with a smile.

"Yes, she is," Eliza agreed with a chuckle. "Would you tell me how you met?"

William was more than happy to launch into the heroic tale of how Kara had saved everyone on Lian Yu, and Oliver chuckled as he watched them. "Who'd have thought he'd connect instantly with her?"

"Mom's good with just about everyone," Alex said fondly, looking at him. "I'm sorry Kara isn't here, it's just that neither of us wanted J'onn to return to Mars alone . . . and it sounded extremely important."

"Don't worry about it," Oliver immediately shook his head. "It's good to know he didn't go back to Mars alone after what I heard happened to the planet. We can always catch her before we go back to Earth-1."