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This will be another short chapter, I'm sorry. The next few chapters will be a lot more exciting, I promise. :)

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Piper gave Alex the smallest of waves before she turned and disappeared behind the front door of her own house.

The house was just as quiet as she had left it mere hours of ago. She stood there for a second at the door, listening for any sound of Larry, but the only noise was the sound of her breathing answering her back. She made sure the door was locked before heading upstairs. Her heart was racing as she slowly walked up the steps to the bedroom. She was feeling not only nervous that Larry would some how know she had been at the neighbour's house having a rump in the sack, but also excitement and a giddiness almost.

It was kinda similar to the feeling she would experience after sneaking back into her parents' house after curfew during high school. That giddiness of what seemed like the best night of your life and nervousness that your parent's would be waiting up for you. It almost put a smile on her face to be feeling such strong feelings like this again. Maybe not the nervousness because that was just plain nerve wrecking really. But that school girl excitement that was currently coursing through her. She didn't think she would ever really feel this way again, not since getting engaged.

Sure she had been happy when Larry proposed and excited about starting their lives together, and she had been happy on their wedding day too. But that wasn't really giddiness, but more just overall general happiness like when you eat a piece of really good chocolate or the satisfaction after a good meal out. Those things weren't overally exciting and OMG! moments.

They were nice.

She knew it was bad to compare her engagement and life with Larry as just nice. But it was kinda the truth. Yes, she had phoned up Polly in a squeaky high pitched voice announcing her engagement, but it hadn't been that genuine, not like it should had been at least. Yes, she had been happy that Larry had proposed to her, giving her his Great Aunt's ring, but she had been expecting it.

Piper had been three months pregnant when Larry had popped the question. Marriage had been the first topic of discussion for the couple after Piper had told him this unexpected news. First off, there was no way that their parents would let them raise a child without being married first. And second, it was just the right thing to do. That's what people did when they were expecting a baby...get married. It was the grown up move.

So it had been decided that they would have a small civil ceremony at City Hall with all there family and close friends. It was suppose to happen a few months before Piper's due date. Both of them would have been perfectly fine waiting until after the baby was born to get married. However, Piper's mother had her own thoughts on the matter. So a quick wedding was planned just before Piper really started to show.

However, just two weeks before the wedding, Piper miscarried and everything went out the window.

She still couldn't believe that the one year mark was approaching next week. The last year almost seemed like some strange dream. It seemed like just yesterday she had felt the movement of the baby for the first time in her belly. It had made her pregnancy feel so much realer. That of course had made the pain hundred times worse when the doctor had told her that the baby had died. She had just been shy of 18 weeks pregnant.

A small part of Piper had changed after that. Of course it had too. How could she act and be the same person after something like that had happened? She would never really be the same again, despite what others told her. Everyone had seemed to tell her that in a year or so, she would be passed the pain and maybe even pregnant again. However, the idea of being pregnant now seemed as foreign as it did back then. Yes, her and Larry were trying again, after much arm twisting. And a part of her wanted to have another child, maybe one day. However, she still couldn't help but think it was way too soon for that. How could she possibly try for another baby when she was still mourning the lost of her other baby?

She had tried to explain this all to Polly, but she wasn't the best person to talk to about this. Polly was too focused on her own pregnancy and upcoming arrival on her own baby to really give Piper advise and support that she needed. She had tried to bring it up with Larry, but he was just too happy about the possibility of Piper becoming pregnant soon to have a real discussion on the child they lost.

So like all Chapmans usual do, she bundled up her feelings and put them away. She had some how convinced herself that she would feel better once she had another baby growing in her belly.

Everything happened for a reason, right? Maybe her one child had to die for another one to be born...

She really hated this idea though. That her little girl hadn't been able to take her first breath just to make room for her brother or sister to come into the world.

Alex closed the door and made her way back to the guest bedroom.

The scent of sex still hung in the air as she flicked on the lights of the room and looked down at the unmade bed. The briefest of smiles appeared across her face as she thought back to earlier that night.

It had been a fucking good night, and she hoped that there would be more nights like that to come. She defiantly needed that in her life at the moment. The newness and excitement that night had been filled with. Her life recently had seemed like a somewhat dark spiral. She needed the distraction that Piper sudden arrival had brought into her life. The blonde didn't remind her of anything or anyone from her past like everything in this old town did. She didn't remind her of work like Wren in some strange way did. Piper was easy and fun to be around, even if they hadn't spent that much time together.

The brunette couldn't help, but compare her to a new toy on Christmas day. She couldn't wait to play with her...again.

Moving closer to the edge of the bed, Alex reached for the rumpled sheets. She couldn't help but bring them up to her nose, briefly inhaling Piper's lingering scent on them before removing them completely from the bed. She stripped the bed down to nothing before throwing the sheets into the laundry basket by the door. She then moved out of the room, leaving the mattress bare. She would make the bed up later on. It was not only late, but she just didn't feel like doing any house choirs at the moment.

Alex headed back into the kitchen for a beer. She really shouldn't be having a third one, however she didn't gave a damn either on what she should be and shouldn't be having. She didn't want to get drunk or anything. There was nothing more sad then getting drunk by ones self, she thought. She knew she could stop drinking at anytime. The alcohol just made her sleepy which she needed. She was too wired up from her previous activities to go to bed just yet.

Once grabbing the cold can of beer from the fridge, she retreated back into the backyard. The chirping of crickets greeted her as she stepped out into the warm summer night again. As she resumed her spot on the old metal lawn chair, her eyes fell onto the canister of sugar. She smirked as she leaned down to retrieve it. She couldn't help but think of how this gave her an excuse to see Piper. She knew that Piper had originally intended on returning the canister of sugar back to Alex, but she had told her to keep it when she first borrowed it. The brunette decided that she would use this same excuse of returning the canister to see her.

She weighed the canister in her hand for a second before placing it on her lap. Alex then opened the beer and drank steadily from it for a second.

A satisfying sigh escaped from her lips as she brought the can away and leaned back against the chair.

Usually on quiet nights like this, thoughts of her mother consumed her. However, she was distracted this night by thoughts of her neighbour.

Piper found herself holding her breath as she slowly pushed opened the bedroom door and looked upon her husband. Larry was fast asleep, just like he had been when she had left.

The nerves she had been feeling mere moments ago, lifted off of her shoulders. She couldn't quite believe that she had gotten away with it. That she had been able to sneak out of her house and sleep with her neighbour across the street.

Finally letting out the breath she had been holding, Piper made her way into the room and slowly back into bed. Larry stirred in his sleep as the mattress dipped at Piper's sudden weight. She froze for a second, watching her husband making sure that he was still sleeping before daring to move again.

Piper lay uncomfortably on her back, staring up at the ceiling fan as Larry continued to sleep beside her. She lay still for a few second longer, afraid that the smallest of movements would awaken her husband. She knew her nervousness was a little silly now. The hardest part was really over. However, she wasn't ready to completely let herself relax and absorb her achieves.

However, just as she was about to accept that everything was going to be okay, Larry turned onto his side.

"Hey," he whispered in a sleep filled voice.

Piper's pulse picked up as she glanced sideways at her husband.

"Where did you go?" asked Larry with a smile on his face.

"What?" whispered Piper in response to this. She tried to keep her panic at bay as she turned onto her side to face him. "I didn't go anywhere!"

"I woke up and you weren't here..." whispered Larry.

Piper didn't know what to say. Her eyes quickly studied his face, searching it for any sign of suspicion. However, whatever it was she was searching for it wasn't there. Larry was looking at her like he always did, with love. He wasn't accusing her of anything, she thought after a second.

"I don't like sleeping without you," he whispered leaning forward and kissing her softly on the mouth.

"I was just in the bathroom," spoke Piper, breaking away quickly from the kiss. She didn't want Larry to be able to kiss Alex on her lips. She smiled tightly at her husband before rolling back onto her back. She pretended to yawn and stretch out her arms. She was afraid that Larry would want to have sex. There was no way she could go through with the whole thing after what had happened with Alex. It was way too soon afterwards.

Larry just chuckled at her show before pressing a kiss to her cheek and pulling her to his chest.

Piper allowed for Larry to hold her, pretending to fall asleep as she waited for him to do so.

She lay stiff as a board for a few moments before she heard Larry begin to snore. She then ever so slowly and carefully removed his arm from around her frame. She looked on at her husband for a second before turning onto her side, facing away from him.

She closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep. However, like before she couldn't. She couldn't get her brain from stop thinking about Alex. The taste of her lips, the feel of her hands running all over the bare flesh of her body, the way she had...

Just thinking back to it was getting her wet and wired up.

God, she couldn't wait to see Alex again.

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Julie