Authors Note: Thank you all for the reviews, and I hope you all like this chapter as well. It is the moment we have all been waiting for. Once again I do not own any of these characters, nor do I own the song lyrics which are in italics.
Enjoy Chapter 21!
Alex and Piper both felt like the flight was taking longer than usual, the last time they went to Cambodia was many years ago before they both went to prison. Piper had just woken up from a nap and saw Alex was watching her sleep; Piper smiled up at her and Alex gave her a quick smile Piper knew that Alex was not doing well with all the turbulence. Not many people knew this about Alex but even though she had traveled the world she hated to fly. "How long was I asleep?" Piper asked in a sleep filled voice
"A couple of hours, god knows how you were able to sleep." Alex told her
"I had you next to me, I knew I was safe. Are we almost there?" Piper asked with a smile while she took Alex's hand.
"Yeah almost, and I will be kissing the ground when we land." Alex told her jokingly but Piper knew that she was serious. "Hey Pipes I have a question, why did you have me listen to that song earlier?" Alex asked
Piper knew it was only a matter of time before Alex had asked her about it, and instead of telling her no reason she decided to be honest with her "I heard it and it made me think of you. It bought me back to Litchfield when we were on your bunk and I had just told you all my cards were on the table, and you told me that if I wanted to go have babies and remodel my bathroom then go nest." Piper began to tell her and stopped but Alex nodded at her to continue "The thing is Alex, I feel like I am holding you back from whatever it is you would be doing if you weren't with me. I feel like this is all an act and one day you will wake up and wonder what the hell happened with your life and regret everything. I know it may seem like I am thinking about myself but I know you Alex you are free-spirited and I don't want to hold you back. I don't want to lose you, but I also don't want you to be unhappy." Piper told her and Alex held her hand even tighter while Piper looked down into her lap.
Alex was shocked with Piper, she didn't know what had gotten into her but she had to know she was happy, Alex placed her free hand under Piper's chin and moved her head so that Piper was now looking at her and Piper tried to move away so she wasn't looking at Alex. "Piper, look at me." Alex asked and Piper wouldn't "Please?" Alex asked again and this time Piper complied "You have to understand this, I am happy you have to believe that. You aren't holding me back, I will be honest yes there was times when I thought about going back to the cartels" Alex said in a whisper and Piper tried to pull away again but Alex stopped her "Hey let me finish, but I didn't that part of my life is done with, I never want to go back to it. I just want to be with you, you make me happy Piper, our family makes me happy. You know what wouldn't make me happy?" Alex asked her and Piper shook her head no, "If I didn't have you and Sofia, I would be miserable, so don't ever think you are holding me back from doing what I want, or that I am unhappy because I am very happy and I am doing what I want because I am with you." Alex told her sweetly and placed a sweet kiss on their conjoined hands.
Piper smiled at her and Alex smiled back "Do you mean it?" Piper asked, she had to make sure.
Alex laughed slightly and Piper knew that laugh, Alex always did it when Piper asked something stupid when she had already known the answer "Yes Pipes, I mean it. I love you and that year I spent in Litchfield alone without you, when I couldn't see you every day those were the worst days of my life because you weren't there to share them with. I never want to be without you." Alex told her and gave her another kiss.
Alex pulled out her Iphone and went straight to Youtube "What are you doing Alex?" Piper asked
Alex did a few typing and then plugged the earphones in and handed them to Piper "Since you had me listen to a song, I am having you do the same but I have two. This is how I feel Piper and always will." Alex told her as Piper put in the earphones and pressed play.
"I loved you since the very first day
When I caught you looking my way
I smiled and just knew it"
Were the first lyrics Piper heard and it took her back to the first day she met Alex when she walked into that bar.
"It's nice to have someone so honestly devoted
But when it's said and done girl I hope you know that
The traveling, the singing, it don't mean nothing without you
The fast cars, the guitars, they are all just second to
This life, this love that you and I've been dreaming of for so long
Would all be as good as gone without you
Oh Without you yea yea
Along comes a baby girl
And suddenly my little world
Just got a whole lot bigger, yes it did
And people that I barely knew
They love me cause I'm part of you
Man it's tough to figure"
When the first song ended Alex took the phone and put on the other song that she wanted Piper to listen to.
"The other day when someone asked me
"Are you living your dream? "
I didn't know what to say
I honestly had to think
I try to be so many places at the same time
Every day a million things cluttering up my mind
Another feather falling off my wings
I climb so high it gets hard to breathe
Forget to remember what I really need
What means the most to me
Is waking up next to you
Feel the morning breeze
You're my favorite thing and I love
Coming home to your arms
When you kiss me hello
It's these simple things
That mean the most to me
That mean the most to me, yeah
Every time I have to leave
I feel like I am leaving a part of me
You're the only place I wanna be
Well nothing else matters I just lose focus
When you're not around you're still the only one I notice
I can't help the way I feel
It doesn't matter if I win or lose
'Cause what means the most to me
Is waking up next to you
When you're holding me
And have a little time to play
In your arms, race your heart, laugh 'til it gets dark
It's these simple things that mean the most to me
No more days far away where I miss you
No more nights trying to fall asleep without you
From now on I'm always gonna be there
I won't miss another day that we won't share
I'll be there
'Cause you mean the most to me
Oh, you mean the most to me
Now that I'm here with you
I will stay by your side
I won't leave you this time
Oh no
The next time that someone asks me
"Are you living your dream? "
I guess I'll know what to say
I won't even have to think"
When the song ended Piper pulled out the earphones and looked at Alex with tears in her eyes "You mean the most to me too" Piper said while she pulled Alex in for a quick kiss.
"So don't ever for a second doubt that I am not happy because I am." Alex told Piper while Piper leaned her head on her shoulder and Alex leaned hers on top of Piper's. The two stayed like this for the rest of the flight, once they landed and grabbed their bags they walked hand in hand out the airports entrance "Welcome to Cambodia Ms. Chapman." Alex said to her while she pulled her for a kiss as they walked over to a cab but before Alex got inside she did exactly what she told Piper she would do. She dropped to the ground and kiss it, and Piper just had to laugh.
The car ride to hotel was a quiet one, Alex and Piper sat snuggled up to each other in the backseat, when they reached the hotel the cab driver opened the door for the couple and Alex put out her hand for Piper to grab. "May I help you?" The lady behind the front desk as Piper and Alex approached.
"Yes I would like to check in, reservations are under Vause." Alex told the lady
"Oh yes of course, here is your key" The lady told Alex only while she flashed a smile at her, Piper being Piper was jealous and wrapped her arm around Alex and gave her a kiss on Alex's neck while she gave the women a death glare.
"Thank you" Alex told her while she took the key from her hand, then her and Piper walked off to the elevator.
Alex was pleased that they were the only two in the elevator, once the doors shut she quickly pinned Piper to the back wall and kissed her with passion. Piper moaned into the kiss and jumped up on Alex while she wrapped her legs around her waist. Alex had begun to kiss down Piper's neck but then decided to whisper in her ear "Is my baby jealous?" Alex asked in a low deep voice while she bit gently down on her ear which only made Piper moan out loud.
"Yes you are mine." Piper growled out while she pulled Alex in for another kiss but the two were quickly interrupted by the dinging of the elevator.
Alex placed Piper down because she couldn't carry her and the bags to the room. Once they reached the door Alex had a hard time putting the key in since Piper was kissing her neck and touching her all over "Pipes baby you got to stop if you want to go inside" Alex told her but Piper didn't seem to care about going inside.
"Everyone can just watch" Piper told her and then quickly went back to kissing her neck.
After what seemed like forever Alex finally got the door opened and they both walked inside. Piper was shocked by what she saw, a large room with a king sized bed with rose petals spread out on top of the blankets, a sliding glass door that over looked a beach, and two glasses with a bottle of wine for the both of them. "Oh my god Alex!" Piper shirked, even though she should know by now that Alex always went all out.
"You like?" Alex asked when she walked up and wrapped her arms around Piper from behind, as she started to kiss her neck.
Piper turned around in her arms "I love it" Piper told her before she attacked her lips with her own. Alex kissed her back with just as much passion and pulled her closer. While they were kissing Piper began to walk them back towards the bed without breaking the kiss. Piper pushed Alex back on to the bed so that she was sitting and pulled back, Alex tried to stop her but Piper gave her a seductive sly grin that always made Alex insides melt. Piper pulled her phone out of her pocket and clicked music and pressed play while she put the phone on the dresser behind her. "Move and Groove Together" filled the hotel room which took them both back to the night Alex asked Piper to go to Bali with her. And just like that night Piper began to give Alex a dance.
Piper stripped off her clothes so she was now in her black lacy panties and bra while Alex was resting against the headboard while she watched her sexy girlfriend. Piper crawled onto the bed and made her way over to Alex where she crawled into her lap to straddle her. While Piper was grinding against her while she moved to place kisses on her girlfriend's neck. Alex had enough of the teasing and wanted to touch Piper but when she went to Piper grabbed her hands and moved them up to the headboard to place them there "No touching" Piper growled out and moved against Alex faster.
Piper knew the effect she was having on Alex and that only made her more turned on "Do you want touch me?" Piper whispered while she moved her hands to her back to unhook her bra.
"I want to do more than touch" Alex answered back and then her mouth went dry when she watched Piper pull her bra away.
"Is that so?" Piper teased while she was now playing with her own breasts while she watched her girlfriend nod her head. Alex's knuckles were now turning white from gripping the headboard so hard because she knew Piper would stop if she touched her.
Piper was grinding more into her girlfriends lap while she was squeezing her breasts but then she decided to have more fun, she left one hand on her breast while she moved her other slowly down her stomach to the top of her panties. Alex watched the hand with such devotion while Piper watched her eyes get a shade darker with arousal. "Don't you dare" Alex told her through clenched teeth.
"Don't do what?" Piper teased before she took a step further "This?" Piper asked while she slipped her hand under her panties.
Finally Alex snapped she let go of the headboard grabbed Piper's hips and pushed her backwards on the bed which made Piper giggle while Alex attacked her lips. "Yes that, this is mine." Alex growled playfully while she moved her hand down to make sure her point was clear. Piper moaned and pulled Alex in for another kiss, it felt like the old days when they traveled together but just as their fun was about to begin it ended.
"Fuck" Alex and Piper both muttered out when they heard Alex's ring tone blasting from her phone. "I should of turned that off, maybe they will go away if Ignore it." Alex said quickly before she kissed Piper and then began to kiss down her neck to her chest. The silence didn't last for more than two seconds before the phone starting going off again.
"Babe get the phone." Piper told her just as frustrated as Alex.
Alex grunted out as she got off Piper and walked over to where her phone was, saw it was Fahri and slid the bar across to answer "What" Alex said in an angry voice.
"Well hello to you too, bad flight?" Fahri asked
"No, bad timing. What do you want?" Alex asked him
"You have to go to the old drop off spot when you were working, two men will meet you there. Names are Tom and Trevor. Don't fuck this up." Fahri told her and Alex could feel her blood begin to boil even more.
"RIGHT NOW" Alex shouted into the phone, while she watched Piper pull back on her clothes.
"I'm sorry but yes." Fahri told her "Good luck you will do great, you are the best" Fahri added before he hung up on Alex.
Alex slammed the phone down on the counter "Fuck fuck fuck" Alex just kept saying over and over again.
Piper walked over to her girlfriend and wrapped her arms around her tightly "Shh it's okay, we have the rest of the vacation to have some fun and alone time. Let's go and get this done." Piper told her while she placed a kiss on Alex's cheek.
Alex pushed her back "No Pipes you are not coming with me, this is far too dangerous." Alex told her but Piper wouldn't have it.
"I am coming Alex and that is final, I will sit in the car." Piper told her and Alex laughed
"We don't have a car Piper." Alex told her and Piper shook her head
"I rented one; I knew we would need it." Piper told her "Now no more complaints" Piper told her and kissed her once again.
"Jesus fine, let's do this." Alex told her while she walked over to her bag where she put her two guns in their safes, unlocked it and tucked one inside her jeans and moved her jacket so it was covered while she held the other one. Then they walked out of the room with the bag Alex needed in tow.
The drive over to Alex's old drop of spot wasn't far from the hotel; it was in an abandoned building on an old dirt road. Piper was a little worried about the location but she knew with this job location was everything. They reached the building and saw that two cars were already there, Alex parked their rental next to them and turned the car engine off, put her other gun in the glove department for Piper in case anything was to happen and looked at Piper while she took her hand. "Now promise me you will stay here. I will be back shortly. I love you" Alex told her while she gave Piper a kiss.
"I promise, be careful and I love you too." Piper told her and watched Alex exit the car, grab the bag out of the trunk and enter the building.
When Alex entered the building she saw two men maybe in their 30's sitting around a broken table "You must Tom and Trevor?" Alex asked the men.
"You Alex?" One of the men asked and Alex nodded her head. "Good you got what we need?" the man asked
"Yes it is all right here." Alex said while she pointed to the suitcase that was on the ground next to her.
"Bring it here" Said the other man
Alex walked over to the table where the men were seated and placed the suitcase on top and opened it and ripped the seams. "Here is everything" Alex told them while she felt a hand on her ass. "Whose hand is this?" Alex asked while she grabbed it and lifted it off her ass
"What is a pretty thing like you do working for them; you belong in bigger and better cartels." The man who hand was just on her ass asked her.
"I am great where I am, now you put your hand back on my ass I will break it." Alex told them while the other man was busy sampling the heroin.
"How about you and I go and have a little fun?" The man asked while he placed his hand back on Alex's ass. Alex had enough he grabbed his wrist but Alex was too slow the man turned her around and pressed her back to his front and wrapped his arm around her neck. "Careful lady you don't know who you are messing with" the man told her while Alex tried to break free.
"Hey man just leave her alone and try this, this is fucking the good stuff." The man who was sampling the heroin told his perverted buddy.
The man tried it and agreed with his buddy that the heroin was good but he still wanted to have his way with Alex, when Alex refused he threw one of the chairs into the glass window which shattered into a million pieces.
Meanwhile outside the building Piper heard the voices and then saw a chair come flying out of the window, she didn't know what was happening but she wasn't taking a chance of something happening to Alex. Piper took off her seat belt, grabbed the gun from the glove department and stormed into the empty building.
When Piper entered she saw Alex was once again in a choke hold and trying to escape, the man who was holding her noticed she had a gun on her and now it was pointed at her head. The second man of the two didn't care what was happening he was too busy counting the money.
"Suck my dick, you filthy bitch" The man demanded of Alex while he pushed her to her knees with a gun to her head.
Piper stepped closer and raised her gun ready to shoot "Step the fuck back" Piper yelled while she pointed the gun straight at the man.
The man didn't do what she said she fired a warning shoot "I said step the fuck back or this time I won't fucking miss" Piper said through clenched teeth.
"Trevor buddy, I think she means business come on let's just go" The man who was only to be Tom told his buddy but he wasn't listening.
"Nah she won't shoot me, you wanna join blondie?" Trevor asked Piper, but was quickly knocked to the ground. While he was distracted Alex stood up and kicked him in the back of his legs.
"You don't fucking talk to her like that" Alex shouted at him while she grabbed the gun out of his hand and pointed it straight at his head. "I will fucking pull the trigger if you don't get out of here now." Alex told him and when Trevor didn't move, Alex fired a shot next to his head.
"Come on man, I'm leaving you coming I ain't dying for you. Tell your boss we will be in contact." Tom told him.
"I would listen to your buddy, get the fuck out of here. Or I will fucking kill you" Alex told him and Trevor quickly got to his feet and followed Tom out of the building.
When the two men were gone, Piper ran into Alex's arms and squeezed her tightly "Are you okay?" Piper asked
"Yes I am fine, I thought I told you to stay in the car?" Alex teased
"I heard the yelling and saw the chair, I wasn't going to let anything happen to you." Piper told her not wanting to let her go.
Alex squeezed back tighter "Aww my knight and shining armor, I hated the way he spoke to you. I wanted to fucking kill him." Alex told her
"So did I" Piper said with a smile "I am glad you're okay" Piper said and they both made their way back to the car.
Once they were back in the car, Alex quickly started the car and drove back to the hotel. They quickly made their way back to their room and shut the door. The whole way to the hotel Alex kept checking the rear view mirror to make sure they weren't being followed. Alex pulled Piper to sit next to her on the bed and looked her in the eyes "Well now the deal is done, let's call Fahri to find out who sent to bomb." Alex told her while she pressed his contact info and hit call. She put him on speaker phone and prayed that he would answer.
"Hello" Came Fahri voice through the whole room.
"Hey the deal is done, they loved the shit and they will be in contact in the next few days." Alex told him and she could literally hear the smile form on his face thousands of miles away.
"Oh Alex you are the best, I knew you could do it. Julia she did it, they loved it" Fahri shouted into the phone and Piper just had to laugh, but Alex knew that the deal wasn't done yet. "Why don't you come back Alex you are the fucking best." Fahri added in excitement.
"Nope we aren't done; we had a deal, now tell me who sent the bomb." Alex demanded to know.
Just then when Piper and Alex thought their day couldn't get any worse, from being interrupted during their alone time, to dealing some fucking insane drug cartels, to now hearing two names come out of Fahri's mouth on who sent the bomb,
"Can you repeat that please, I don't think I heard you right." Alex asked him
"I said the people who sent the bomb was Tiffany Doggett and Larry Bloom." Fahri told them once again.
Authors Note: Well there is chapter 21, I hope you all enjoyed and don't forget to review!
Also a couple side notes:
1. The first song is Without You by Keith Urban
2. The second song is What Means The Most To Me by Colbie Caillat
3. The third song mentioned is Move and Groove Together by Benny Latimore, which is playing in the first episode of Orange is the New Black when Piper is stripping for Alex.