Of Knights and Aliens

Chapter 11

Alex and Maggie head for the dining room, neither of them happy about having to rush. They lost track of time joking around in Alex's room and wider up not having time to change out of their sweaty workout clothes.

Kara, Lucy, and James are already sitting down and talking to one another. James grins, standing when he sees them enter.

"Hey Alex." He greets her with a hug. When he pulls back, he raises an eyebrow at Maggie. "And who is this?" James drawls, giving Alex a pleased look.

She freezes, recognizing that gleam in his eyes. It's the same one he had when he thought she had a thing going on with Vasquez a year or so ago. He thinks she is dating her? Alex normally hides her emotions well but for some reason there's a blush coloring her cheeks.

"Sir Maggie Sawyer." Maggie saying, holding out her hand and they shake.

"James Olsen," he greets. He gives her an impressed look. "A knight, huh? Congratulations."

James gives Alex a pointed look, letting her know he's silently giving his misguided approval.

"She is Alex's new partner," Kara chimes in.

Alex resists the urge to groan as James' smile grows. Why would she phrase it like that? Alex sneaks a look at Maggie, who luckily does not seem to notice that James thinks they're girlfriends.

She has to admit, it's kind of funny that James has a better gaydar than her sister does.

"Alright, kids. Sit down," Cat orders as she strides into the room followed by Eliza and Jeremiah. "I have news."

They all sit down at the table in roughly the same spot that they were the night before. Which means Alex is sitting next to Kara and Maggie again. James catches her eyes from across the table. He winks at her and then gives her thumbs up. Alex glares at him, silently urging him to shut up. She doesn't want him shoving her out of the closet, though she knows he is too good of a person to do that.

Cat clears her throat as food is set down in front of them, drawing all eyes to her. "We will be publishing the newspaper tomorrow morning."

Alex's eyebrows raise. "So soon?"

"We think it would be best to do this as soon as possible." Eliza answers. "We don't want misinformation spreading."

"Are you ready for this?" Alex asks Kara.

She lets out a breath. "As ready as I'll ever be." Alex takes Kara's outstretched hand in hers. "Just..." She trails off for a moment, then continues in a small voice. "What if they hate me for being an alien."

"We are the most accepting Kingdom of aliens, you will be okay. And if you aren't, I will personally kick each and every one of their xenophobic butts." Alex promises, smiling when it makes her sister giggle.

"You can't just fight everyone who doesn't like me." Kara points out after she finishes laughing.

"Watch me," Alex deadpans. She gets an idea and turns toward J'onn. "Sir, can we patrol tomorrow?" He purses his lips. At this rate, she might just have to resort to her puppy dog eyes. "People know my face, they can come up to me and ask questions about Kara if they're curious. Plus, I can show Maggie around the city."

J'onn is silent for a moment longer but she can tell by the look in his eyes that he has already made his decision. "Fine."

Alex resists the urge to whoop victoriously and settles for grinning widely. She snickers to herself when she sees Maggie wiggles a bit in her seat happily at the good news. Alex can tell her partner is trying to be subtle about her adorable little happy dance so she doesn't say anything.