Sorry it's been a while, couldn't bring myself to write something Christmassy when the weather was so nice! This is meant to be short but sweet. Thank you for your continued support! Reviews are so very appreciated and super encouraging!
For Donna, Alex had been a long time coming. Eric had been in Africa for the last year and everyone was ready to move on with their lives and she was beyond done being a nobody with divorced parents and waiting around for some guy she was briefly engaged to on and off to come back and confess that he still loved her. Donna didn't have what it took to make it big in the world. Alex did. Alex reeked of sex appeal and talent and Donna reeked of Wisconsin and teen romance. Donna always figured that a fresh start, needed a completely clean slate. Her clean slate was Alex.
She hadn't known then what Alex would do for her. She felt like Jekyll and Hyde when she thought of her alter ego differently from her own persona but they were entirely separate people. Donna had been conscious of helping others and had put up with bull shit, Alex didn't. Donna had been a community college drop out with a pathetic excuse for a radio show whilst Alex was a famous in her field.
At first it felt like pretending. Like when you're a kid and you play dress up. For a little while it was just an act despite the hair dye and the relocation, she still felt like an imposter in someone else's life but Donna got lost years before Alex met Piper, Donna was forgotten about and buried but now Donna would have to dredge up her past just so she could continue being Alex.
The Chapman family have this annual tradition. Every Christmas day, they head to the beach just before midnight. They have a bonfire and they get a bit tipsy but it was their thing, like some family's play monopoly and others watch one particular film. So when Alex got out of the car with them that year, she didn't intend to tell Piper anything that could possibly tarnish the tradition.
That didn't however stop them being huddled on their own, away from the family, talking about truths and histories at one o'clock boxing day morning on a beach in Boston.
"So that's how I ended up giving myself a tattoo with a homemade tattoo gun. It was stupid and I had it removed a month later but that really isn't the point." They both laughed as Alex took Piper's hand.
"That's pretty bad ass Pipes. I have to tell you something okay? But before I tell you that I have to tell you something else." Alex took a nervous swallow and waited for Piper's response. "You can tell me anything Al."
It was now or never.
"Okay. Firstly, Piper I have literally never met anyone like you. You're out of this world. You're this successful business owner who is straight out of college, relocated away from her family and ridiculously kind to everyone you meet despite the fact that you are doing an awful lot. I want you to know I love you okay? And I have loved every single moment with you."
Piper's face dropped. "You're not breaking up with me are you?" Alex was almost relieved, if she was worried about losing her it meant that she wanted her to stay. "No love, I'm not breaking up with you. I just have to come clean about some things. I was born Donna. Donna Pinciotti from Point Place Wisconsin, And then at 18 because of various factors I dyed my hair borrowed, my friends car and moved to New York and I left everything behind; my friends, my family, and Donna."
She had never told anyone that before and Piper could make a lot of money if she decided to sell her story to the press but she had to have faith. A silence fell between them for a long time . After a little while Piper took a deep breath. "Don't you miss them?" Alex was shocked, that hadn't been what she was expecting. "Every single day." Piper shook her head. Family orientated through and through she couldn't imagine what would drive her away from home. But she knew Alex. She was in love with Alex and she knew that it was something big and completely justifiable that caused such a drastic change and she wouldn't press her on it now because she knew how much courage telling her, her biggest secret must've taken. "You really love me don't you?" She looked up into Alex's stormy grey eyes. Alex gave a small nod. "Yeah… I really do."
Piper linked her arms around Alex's neck. "That's enough for me. When you're ready you can tell me but until then, that's enough." She placed her lips firmly to Alex and tried to fill the kiss with the sincerity that she needed. Then she stood up and laced her fingers in Alex's and pulled her up behind her. She slipped an arm around Alex's waist and Alex put hers over Piper's shoulder. "Merry Christmas Pipes." She kissed her forehead. "Merry Christmas Al."
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