It was the same month that Bernie decided it was time to go back to the army she had messaged Alex to say the her and Serena was on a break and that Serena was going to France, of course Bernie had no clue on what Alex would do to Serena, Alex only wanted to have a few words with her about Bernie, so when she found out from Bernie that Serena was in France for a few months Alex decided to visit her, when she got to France she went to Serena's apartment and knocked on the door waiting for Serena to answer. Serena soon came to the door and opened it looking at Alex
"What do you want?
"Just a few words... mainly about Bernie... and how you left her..."
Serena rolled her eyes "I can say some stuff about how you left her to..."
Alex rolled her eyes and invited herself in to the apartment and sat down on the sofa "so where should I start?"
Serena looked at her confused "what do you mean by that?"
Alex smirked "of what Bernie has been saying about you?"
"She wouldn't say anything bad... she loves me..."
"Used to love you... there's a difference"
"No she still does..."
"Nope not after when you left her"
Serena looked more confused that Alex "She knew I had to leave..."
"No you just gave up and walked out on her...how do you think she felt?"
"She didn't love me any-more, not when you turned up..."
"she wasn't ready to be with me... you knew that so don't turn this around on me"
Serena sighed "I think you should go now... I've gotta get ready for my flight back home to Bernie.."
Alex smirked "How about ill take you back?"
"No thanks I'm okay"
"No really it wont be a problem...I'm heading back anyway... a bunch us are so its really no problem"
Serena thought about it for a second "Okay ill go back with you"
Little did Serena know that Alex wasn't going back to Holby but instead she was going back to Afghanistan. Alex smirked knowing her plan was working
"Our plane leaves in 10 so I suggest you better grab your things now..." Alex soke putting her hand in her pocket, Serena went and got her things and came back into the living room of the apartment and looked at Alex "I'm ready" the brunette spoke softly and left the apartment with Alex flowing after her, Alex took her to the plane , just seconds before she boarded she got out the cloth that she had been carrying in her pocket and put it over Serena's mouth so it would knock her out for the duration of the flight.
Once Serena had been knocked out , Alex lifted her up and put her over her shoulder carrying on to the plane and placed her down in a seat and strapped her in. After when Alex got herself settled the plan took off for its 8 hour journey.
*Eight hours later*
The plane landed at the army base airport and everyone got off the plane, Alex had put Serena back over her shoulder while thinking where to put her, until she found an old broken down bunker whih she thought was perfect to keep Serena in while she had some unfinished business. But alex didn't know that she was being watched by Tom who had heard about Serena leaving Bernie and wanted to make sure that he got some form of payback for hurting Bernie.
* One Month After *
Bernie had landed in Afghanistan and made her way to the base, she got welcomed back and got given her old bunker, the one she had shared with Alex before the accident, Bernie sighed walking down the corridoors to her bunker getting welcomed by more of her friends until she reached her bunker, she opened the door and looked inside just seconds before she stepped inside and saw that Alex wasn't there , she got her things sorted and put on her uniform before lying on the empty bed waiting for Alex to return as she wanted to surprise her that she had came back for her.
As Bernie was lying on the bed she was staying up at the ceiling while she started to think about all the times she had messed up, she didn't know when Alex would walk into the bunker but Bernie wasn't going to give up on waiting for her. Alex was 15 minutes behind Bernie and walked down to the bunker and went in not knowing the love of her life was lying on the empty bed. Alex sighed to herself , she was going to have a lie down after getting into another fight with Tom. Bernie was keeping quiet as she didn't want to ruin the surprise just yet. The blonde moved a little just to get comfortable and watched Alex's movements knowing that Tom had pissed her off, she knew the signs when it came to Alex.
Alex sighed before she shouted through the door at tom "I'll fucking kill you!" as she was really pissed off with him.
"Well not on my watch..." the blonde spoke breaking her silence as she knew that she had to step in before it became serious. Alex looked over in surprise after hearing The blondes voice
"Wha...What the hell are you doing here? I thought you left?"
"I came back... I changed my mind... Yeah its nice to see you to Lex" the blonde spoke with a little disappointment in her voice as it wasn't the response she really wanted. Alex came over to bed and giggled before hugging the blonde tightly as well as getting comfortable next to her
"I missed you.. .and I was joking about my first answer babe"
The Blonde held her close cuddling into her and kissed her head softly. The pair cuddled each other for a few moments in silence as they was enjoying each other's company. Alex soon broke the silence "Babe why are you really here?"
Bernie looked up at her a little while she held her hand playing with her fingers to distract her before stopping "Well there's nothing left for me back at Holby... she sighed before kissing her softly "So does that make up for leaving you here on your own?"
Alex smiled softly and kissed back more softly "Yeah it does baby"
The blonde smiled holding her "So what's been happening? I want details.."
Alex looked "Really?" The blonde nodded softly "Yes really I want to know what's been happening since I've been gone"
"Well for starters I wanna kill that dick, he's always picks fights with me" alex cuddled into the blonde more and got even more comfortable "Well I got shot and lost my mind for a bit.. felt like I've had no-one.."
"Hey, you have got someone.. you got me... you could of phoned and I would of picked it up like a shot baby" she said softly linking her fingers with Alex's so that Bernie could show her that she wasn't wearing the wedding ring any-more
Alex smiled holding the blondes hand when she noticed "You're not wearing your wedding ring any-more.." she paused looking at the blonde again "Why baby?"
"i didn't see the point not that he's divorced me.. He figured out about the ten year affair I had with you... Which means I'm now single... well I'm yours..." she paused giving her a little smile, you could see the pain in her eyes as she knew that she had destroyed her family but Bernie knew that she wanted which had always been Alex.
Alex saw the pain in her girlfriends eyes and cuddled her again "I'm really sorry for the pain your going through but I'm here for you no matter what baby" Alex spoke softly stroking her hair
"I want you... the way me and you was before I went back to him" she said relaxing a little , Alex smiled again listening to her
"The way we used to be.. can you tell me about it?" Alex liked it when Bernie would tell her how they got together , Bernie didn't care how many times she would tell the story as she knew that Alex would never get bored of it
"Well it all started when I had to break up a fight with you and Tom, so I took you down here where you could calm down..."
Alex's smile grew more bigger "Tell me more"
"You started to rip this place apart until I had to grab your hands, you did go for me a good few times, you gave me a nose bleed a few times to, I let you because I knew you needed you get your anger out, but after you did I pulled you into a tight hug and let you hit my chest as hard as you could and cried it out on my shoulder..."
"I'm sorry"
"hey don't be okay , I forgave you a long time ago" she spoke before kissing Alex's head again "you fell asleep on my chest – you worn yourself out by crying"
Alex started to fall asleep and smiled softly, The blonde looked down and smiled before putting the blanket over them and made sure the blanket covered Alex, Alex had relaxed in Bernie's arms she had missed her a lot , Bernie smiled while stroking her hair while holding her girlfriend protectively "I love you baby"
Alex mumbled as she was now sound asleep "I love you to"
the blonde smiled more while holding her and also kissed her forehead again , she got comfortable and closed her eyes falling asleep herself. The pair was sound asleep in each others arms, they also stayed close to each other as they both felt safe, especially Bernie as she felt more safe in Alex's arms then she ever did when she had fallen asleep in Marcus's arms. Alex was dreaming so she moved a little every now and then. Bernie felt and smiled.
A few hours later Alex had woken up while Bernie was still sound asleep, Alex looked at her softly and smiled as she kissed the blondes head which made her wake a little.
