Days seemed endless. It hurt to think about what the world had been like before, before all this. Things were dark and miserable. The feeling of being alone, being left to her own devices, was hard. She got stuck in her head a lot. The world around her seemed to go so fast while she was stuck in the same place. As much as she tried to be better, to make herself live more, she couldn't.

Dear Pipes,

I'm thinking of you daily. War is hard. People are cruel. I never understood war, and being in one certainly didn't help. There are all these innocent people here, civilians, who are all victims of a political conflict. I don't know how to deal with it. Fahri says I just have to let it go, y'know, at the end of the day, I just don't understand how. I'll learn though, eventually.

I miss you, more every day. The memory of you makes my day a little brighter, even though darkness is all around me, and in my head sometimes. You make the hardest moments more bearable, and the prospect of going home and seeing you is what makes me want to get up every morning.

Okay Pipes, I don't have much time today. We have to pass some kind of dumb fitness test, as if we are out of shape, with all the shit we do daily, right Kid?

Love,
A.V.

''Vause, come here! We have to get moving.'' Fahri stuck his head through the hole of the tent that was supposed to be the door.

''Yeah, yeah, I know. I'll be right there. Just finishing up.'' Moving to put the letter in the envelope Alex stood up. She put on her shoes and walked towards her superior officer.

''Could you mail this for me, please?''

''Sure, Vause. No problem.''

Catching up with Fahri, they walked towards the vehicle they were leaving with.

''Who are you writing to, Vause? The only thing I ever see you do is penning down on a piece of paper. Who got you all whipped?'' Fahri teased.

''Oh shut up, dick. Not like you're not writing that wife of yours. Or your kids.''

''I am, but that's just it, they're my family, and you told me you lost yours. So, who is it?''

''Nosy, aren't we?'' Alex fired back.

''Ahh, you must be in a relationship. You got yourself a little girlfriend. Isn't that cute? Little Alex has gotten herself a little girlfriend, how adorable.'' Fahri teased.

Turning slightly red, Alex said '' Oh fuck off. Her name is Piper, if you really must know. Now shut up, asshole.'' With that Alex gave Fahri a slight shove.

A/N

So I'm back, finally. As requested, with a Alex-centric chapter. I must say I find it a lot harder to get in Alex' head than I find it to get in Piper's head. I understand Alex, but I find it hard to ''speak'' like Alex. She is very complicated haha.

So anyway, I hope I did sort of okay regardless. Thank you all so much for your support, I love the fact that you guys are still reading and reviewing. I never mentioned it before but may I fangirl over the reviewers for a bit haha? I love all of you haha. I love the continued support, Bobbiejelly, WB79, JessTerr, I can't thank you enough for the reviews you keep leaving. And all the others, I'm so grateful that you take the time to leave a review!

Also, JessTerr, can I just say I just realised you wrote ''Hey, Hey Bartender!'' and I was so obsessed with that fic haha. Okay anyway, my finals are going okay so far, and I'll be done soon. I'm hoping I'll have more time to write when I'm done. Ookaay I keep rambling haha, thank you so much for reading and reviewing! See you next time, you guys rock!