Chapter 36
A/N: Survey: Angry Piper or angry Alex? Playful Piper or playful Alex? Horny Piper or horny Alex? Thoughts on their wedding outside prison. Church or beach or any other thoughts?
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"Alex." Piper says whispering looking at her wife. She caressed Alex's head with tears falling from her eyes again. Alex smiled tiredly at her wife.
"Mama sweepin, momi." Robin says in his adorable baby talk with his index finger hovering his lips.
"What happened, Pipes? Ow." Alex asked feeling her sore side. Piper's tears continued flowing whilst smiling. Robin looked at Piper and then pouted sadly
"Momi cwyin." Robin says pointing at Piper sadly. As Piper and Alex expected it, Robin instantly cried. The sweetest thing that the twins have developed are empathy for their mommies. Whenever they see that their moms are sad they also turn sad and when their moms are happy, they are happy. When their moms are crying, they cry as well. They just empathize with their moms and with each other. Piper shook her head.
"I'm sorry Robin. Mommy's just happy that mama's awake. And you know why?" Piper says trying to distract Robin. Alex just watched the interaction between her wife and her son.
"Yu wuv mama." Robin says innocently with glassy eyes. Piper's attempt of distracting him worked.
"Exactly." Piper says smiling. Alex smiled at Robin and then at Piper.
"Can my baby give me a kiss, please?" Alex says weakly towards her son. Robin immediately leaned down to give Alex an open-mouthed kiss on the cheek. The raven-haired woman's cheek is full of Robin's saliva afterwards which made her chuckle. Piper grabbed a tissue paper from the side table and wiped Alex's chin and cheeks. Nicky and Polly walked towards Alex and stood on both sides of the bed. Nicky is beside Piper while Polly is at the other side.
"Hey, hey! look who's awake!" Nicky says cheerfully.
"How are you feeling, Alex?" Polly asks smiling sadly.
"A little sore. Just a little bit sorer than the after-sex sore." Alex joked eliciting chuckles from the women. Polly walked towards Piper and grabbed the sleeping Summer while Nicky leaned in to grab Robin.
"All right Robbie boy, we are going to give your mommies some time alone." Nicky says walking away. Polly smiled at Alex and Piper. Nicky and Polly have been planning this since they were waiting for Alex to wake up.
"You still have things to talk about and you could use some time together too. Now, no gunshots will be stopping you." Polly says as she exits the door with Nicky following her.
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Piper sat down on Alex's hospital bed and looked at her wife apologetically and lovingly. She didn't know where to put her hands since they've ended in an awkward place so, she just put her hands on her lap while looking at her wife.
"You got shot." Piper says with her voice above a whisper.
"That seems pretty obvious now. It is so painful." Alex says closing her eyes as she remembers the pain she felt.
"You got shot and it's all because of me. I'm sorry, Al. I was jealous on what I saw I just… You were kissing Grace… I just wanted to run away. Why were you even kissing her? I almost lost you. Am I losing you? Do you not want me anymore? Am I not good enough?" Piper says rambling tears coming out of her eyes. Alex saw her wife's vulnerability and lifted her right hand to reach out and hold Piper's.
Alex and Piper are disappointed at each other but, at times like this, they try to understand each other more even better. Alex is disappointed in her wife because Piper wouldn't even try hearing her out. She just ran away and shut her down. On the other hand, Piper is disappointed at what she saw and for Alex not acting about Grace. She knew that Grace was a pain in the ass but, Alex kept her which made Piper doubt Alex's decision. Now, they have a chance to talk about all of it.
"Shhhh. Hey, Piper, look at me." Alex says rubbing circles on her wife's hand. "This isn't your fault. This…" Alex says pointing at her side. "… this is the shooter's fault. Whoever that person is, whoever shot me, this is his fault. Not yours." Alex says firmly then continued. "Which reminds me. What exactly happened? Can you tell me after we talk about us?" Alex says chuckling. Piper nodded her head with glassy eyes.
"Of course." Piper said smiling sadly with a chuckle. "Okay. I'm ready to hear you out. You can explain what happened. I'm sorry, Al. It's just that every time I remember that moment in my mind and I picture you kissing Grace, I just… I can't… I can't imagine my life without you." Piper says as she is now crying again.
"I fired her." Alex says out of nowhere. She wanted to assure her wife. Piper looked at her confused.
"I thought you said you didn't want to fire her?" Piper asked still confused. "Will you let me explain now?" Alex asked her wife firmly. She held Piper's hand's tighter.
"And if I explain now, I want you to promise to hear me out and not run away from me. I literally won't be able to run after you." Alex says seriously whilst chuckling. Piper nodded and looked at Alex.
"I promise." Piper smiled sadly. She is scared on what she is about to hear but she knows deep within her that Alex won't cheat.
"I am not cheating on you. I do not like Grace. I am sorry I didn't tell you that she was already flirting with me ever since. That was my mistake." Alex says shaking her head then continued. "I already told you why I didn't want to fire her. It is because I can see myself in her. Her dad abandoned her and it's just her and her mom working while trying to survive every day." Alex says carefully explaining and then continued. "You know that I was exactly like that before, right?" Alex asked Piper. The blonde nodded and signaled for Alex to continue.
"Just that afternoon, she was extra flirty. I never flirted back because all I think of is you and how shitty of a wife I am that I have been shutting you down the past week because of the stress due to my paper works. I'm sorry, Pipes. Will you forgive me for that?" Alex says with tears now escaping her eyes. Piper nodded and signaled for Alex to continue.
"I was finishing my paper works in my office when someone knocked. I expected it to be either Emily, Seth or Grace asking about something again. It was Grace. She walked into the office. I wasn't looking at who it was. I got deep into my paper works when I asked what she wants. She said she wanted something but, all of a sudden she walked towards me and then kissed me out of nowhere." Alex says highly annoyed but managed to continue. "She was holding my head, so I couldn't pull away and I held her waist trying to push her away and that's when you walked in." Alex says defeated. She looked at Piper deep in the eyes. She noticed it softened.
"I will admit that she is pretty and sexy but, you… Pipes, you are beautiful and perfect. You are my children's mom and my wife, and I will never ever cheat on you, babe. You were just there at that wrong exact moment. After that she stormed off, you left me, and then I was so pissed I went downstairs looking for her. Emily and Seth told me where she went and, so I followed her to the back of Diane's." Alex said sadly. Piper saw the vulnerability in Alex's eyes. Alex continued.
"Remember when I said that I can see myself in her?" Alex asked Piper. The blonde nodded. "That's when I saw me. I looked at her in her eyes and I saw that she was high. I feel so stupid for not noticing earlier. She must've bene doing drugs for a long time already. I was going to fire her even if I didn't see her eyes. That just pushed me to do so. I never want to risk our lives and our twins' lives because of someone who uses drugs. I can't imagine Robin or Summer doing those." Alex shook her head as if the action will erase the thought.
"Can we please just fix this? I miss you, babe. I don't want to fight anymore." Alex says weakly with tears flowing down her face. Piper immediately wiped the tears falling from Alex's eyes.
"Shhhhh. I'm sorry, babe." Piper apologizes to her wife. "I'm sorry I didn't hear you out. I'm sorry for all of these. You should have not been shot because of me. You shouldn't be here. It's Robin and Summer's first birthday in three days. We have to postop-…" Piper was cut off by Alex's index finger.
She tried shushing the blonde. Piper stopped and looked at Alex. The raven-haired woman cupped Piper's cheek with her right hand and slowly pulled her down into a kiss. Piper leaned down and closed the gap. Alex held Piper's face and kissed her wife softly. It is a kiss of promise, apology, assurance, and love. Piper pulled away crying.
"I don't hate you. I will never hate you too. I didn't mean what I said back at Popi." Piper says tears flowing down her eyes. She is still leaning close to her wife's face as they looked at each other lovingly.
"I know. I'm never going to believe you when you say that. Even back in that visitation room in Litchfield. I know you didn't hate me." Alex assured her wife wiping Piper's tears off her face. Piper smiled and leaned in to kiss her wife once again.
"I love you so much, Alex." Piper says soothing Alex's cheek.
"I love you too, Pipes. I may be this bad ass lesbian but, I'll never get tired showing you how much I love you and our kids." Alex assured her wife.
"I know, you sap." Piper says chuckling while peppering Alex with kisses all over her face. Alex chuckled and asked Piper to tell her the whole story.
Piper told Alex about the Spanish men who were fighting about debt and how the bullet got her. She also told Alex about seeing Larry by the hallway. They talked about work, life, and everything else including the twins' upcoming birthday and if they will postpone the party until Alex got out.
"Okay. We should ask Dr. Smith when you are up for release and then we'll see from there." Piper said. She is now lying down on her side beside her wife so that she is facing Alex. Her left hand is under her head while her right arm is draped over Alex's chest playing with Alex's loose strands of hair.
"I want to see Robin and Summer. They're growing up to be the sweetest kids." Alex says smiling.
"I know. Robin's so much like you and I think you're his favorite. He kept on looking for you when you left Popi earlier." Piper says chuckling.
"That's okay you are Summer's favorite anyway. She looks at you like you gave her the moon." Alex says chuckling. As if on cue, Polly and Nicky knocked and entered the room. They saw Piper lying down beside Alex.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!" Summer and Robin were basically screaming in excitement in seeing Alex awake. Polly and Nicky walked towards the bed. Summer is stretching her arms towards Alex in a gesture of wanted to be held by her mother.
"Hey, honey." Alex held Summer's tiny hand.
"I love you but, mama can't carry you right now. I have a wound over here." Alex says pointing at her side.
"I wuv mama." Summer says chuckling showing her 4 front baby teeth.
"Momi." Robin stretches his arm towards Piper reaching out to be grabbed.
"I guess everything's fixed now, Vause?" Nicky started talking to Alex.
"Yeah. She finally decided to hear me out." Alex says chuckling. Piper rolled her eyes in mock annoyance.
"She was about to lose it earlier Alex." Polly says laughing.
"I would slap your arm if I could but, I'm afraid I can't. Your wound might bleed so I'll just…" Piper says then peppered Alex's face with kisses. Robin and Summer chuckled at their mommy's gesture.
"Wobin kith mama!" Robin says rambling wanting to copy Piper's actions. "Sumy kith mama!" Summer says.
"Can I just kiss you? You are so adorable!" Nicky tells Robin as she blows raspberries on Robin's cheeks. The little boy elicited a screech.
"Icky!" Robin chuckles and screeched some more.
Summer looked at Robin having fun do Polly decided to jump in the fun as she blew raspberries on Summer's cheeks as well. The tiny blonde elicited a loud screech as well.
"Oh my gosh you scream like your mom." Alex says. Polly and Nicky laughed at Alex's remark. Piper buried her face in the crook of Alex's neck as she turned scarlet.
"Oly!" Summer giggled at Polly's raspberries.
"You guys better start calling your aunts with the word 'aunt' soon." Piper says her voiced muffled due to trying to hide on Alex's neck.
"Let them be that way for now." Alex says kissing Piper on the forehead.
They stayed for a while and decided that the twins will stay with Nicky and Lorna until Alex gets home from the hospital. It was a hard goodbye for Summer and Robin as the waterworks started when Piper was saying goodbye to them. They didn't want to be away from their mommies and them crying broke Piper and Alex's hearts. They explained that they cannot stay, and they will see them the next day. Finally, they stopped and agreed to go with Nicky when Nicky promised them ice cream. Piper and Alex didn't like the idea but if it would make them go home with Nicky, they're okay with it.
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The next day, Piper woke up at about 8:30 remembering that Dr. Smith is scheduled to visit by 9am. She bought breakfast and ate her breakfast while waiting for Alex to wake up.
"Hey. You left me alone." Alex says with her raspy just-woke-up voice.
"Hey, love." Piper stood up and leaned in to kiss Alex on the cheek.
"Sorry, I was hungry. I forgot I haven't eaten the entire day yesterday." Piper says shaking her head. It has been a roller coaster ride for them for the past 24 hours. "Dr. Smith is coming in by 9. Hopefully everything is fine." Piper said.
Piper asked Nicky to bring in the twins for the day. No one can watch after them that day because Nicky needs to go to work at the Bar and will be checking up on Diane's while Lorna takes over Popi since Polly, Pete and Finn are going to celebrate Polly's mother's birthday in Delaware.
They heard that someone was on the door. They were expecting Dr. Smith but they were greeted by Lorna, Nicky, the twins and Sage.
"Gooo mownin!" Sage says enthusiastically. The 1 ½ year old girl is naturally very cheerful just like Lorna and sometimes even Nicky.
"She's been trying to say it all week!" Lorna says chuckling at her daughter. Sage is strapped to Nicky while the wild-haired woman is holding Robin in his carrier. Summer is held by Lorna with their baby bag.
"Hey honey." Piper says grabbing Summer from Lorna. Nicky lifted Robin off the carrier and placed him beside Alex.
"Hey, little boy. Mama missed you." Alex says smiling. She could see that Robin is still out of it while sucking intently through his pacifier. Robin looked so cute with his pacifier as it has a mustache drawn at the top part so when one looks at Robin with it, it seems like he has a mustache.
"You seem like you've had a long night. I could tell you didn't sleep well." Alex talks to Robin concerned.
"I'm sorry, did they give you a tough time last night?" Alex asked Nicky. Nicky shook her head. "Nah. It's nothing. The twins just missed you. They've been saying 'mama' and 'mommy' all night. They slept at about 3am already." Nicky says nonchalantly.
"Oh Nicky, Lorna, we're sorry about that." Piper says apologetically.
"No worries." Lorna says sincerely. Nicky nodded.
"It's nothing. All we want to see now is you…" Nicky points at Alex, "getting better." Nicky says not taking no for an answer.
"I will." Alex says fondling with Robin's hair.
Lorna and Nicky didn't stay that long because they needed to go to work. They left after 10 minutes. Piper and Alex were left with the twins. Piper put Summer beside Robin who was beside Alex. Summer wasn't sporting a pacifier and so when she saw that Robin has one, she grabbed it from Robin's mouth and sucked on it. Robin looked at Summer as she sucked on it. Robin leaned and grabbed it from Summer's mouth once again. Summer didn't budge. The little blonde got it from Robin once again. This time Robin had enough.
Robin's face looking at Summer was stunned. It seemed like he just wanted to suck on his pacifier and be quiet. His face turned from satisfied to pouting and then sobbing. Robin sobbed as he got tired getting the pacifier from his sister.
"Aww Pipes look at them fighting over the pacifier." Alex chuckled looking at the twins.
"I can't find Summer's pacifier. I'll just give her a bottle." Piper says searching inside the twins' bag.
"Hey Summer, that's your brother's pacifier. Can you give it back to him? Mommy's making you a bottle, okay?" Alex says in a stern but sweet voice. This has been the way they've been disciplining Robin and Summer. They make them aware of what is happening and what is the right thing to do. They do it as soft as possible so as not to let their children follow them out of fear but out of respect and love.
"Can you do that for mama?" Alex asks sweetly.
Summer's eyes went from zero to a hundred tears in a second. She knew that she did something wrong. Her lips were shaking as she sobs. This caused the pacifier to fall on the bed in front of Robin. He grabbed his pacifier and sucked on it as Piper lifted him up to give way for Summer and Alex to settle the disciplining. Alex reached out to the little blonde.
"Come here, honey." Summer crawled towards Alex hiding her face on Alex's chest and then exploded with tears.
Alex rubbed her daughter's back. This is how they did parenting. They let them cry all they want as they realize the mistake that they make. They do this to tell them that it is okay to cry, and it is okay to make mistakes as well. Piper handed Alex the bottle of milk to give to Summer. The little blonde cried on Alex's chest as the raven-haired woman whispered sweet nothings to her daughter.
"Look what I got here, baby. It's your bottle of milk!" Alex says in a singsong voice to cheer the little girl up showing the bottle. Summer partially stopped and looked at Alex and then the bottle. Summer just buried her face again on Alex's chest and cried. Alex wanted to put Summer on top of her chest as the little girl is on her side.
"Pipes, she totally got this from you. Being all dramatic and stuff." Alex says chuckling teasing her wife. Piper rolled her eyes in mock annoyance.
"I knew you were going to say that!" Piper chuckled.
"Babe, can you help me get Summer on here?" Alex asks Piper as she taps her chest.
"Al, I don't think that's a good idea. You have a fresh wound on your side. I don't think it's ideal to have Summer on your chest." Piper says concerned. "Babe, I can handle it. Please?" Alex says.
"I just need to show her I'm here." Alex still tried convincing Piper.
Fine. But if something hurts, we have to put her back on the bed." Piper says warning her wife while helping Summer up on Alex's chest.
Alex rubbed Summer's back to appease her. The little blonde's cries turned into sobs and then whimpers until she got tired crying.
"You okay now, hun?" Alex asked her daughter. She noticed that Summer must've fallen asleep as her breaths got even and she was lightly snoring. They figured that her cries were due to not getting what she wanted and because they barely got sleep last night.
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Dr. Smith is now in the room. She went to Alex's left side of the bed seeing Summer and Robin who are both asleep on their moms.
"I see we have visitors today." Dr. Smith says smiling.
"This is Robin and that, with Alex, is Summer." Piper says introducing the twins to the doctor.
"Alex, I know you missed your daughter but, I'm afraid her weight on you might be bad for your fresh wound." Dr. Smith says chuckling.
"I tried telling her, doc. She's just stubborn." Piper says eyeing her wife. Alex rolled her eyes because she knew that she is totally fine.
"It is a bit sore but, I'm fine, doc. I promise I would let her down beside me if I feel anything unusual." Alex assured Dr. Smith.
Dr. Smith is looking at Alex's chart while he recorded and noted things as he observed the IV cord, thermometer, heart rate etc. All hospital related stuff. Afterwards, he began explaining to Alex and Piper what happened.
"So, here is what happened. You got shot by a stray bullet that was shot hitting a post and then bouncing away towards your side. The good thing is that the bullet didn't penetrate any intestine or organ. It only went through your skin. We took it out when we had the surgery yesterday." Dr. Smith informs them.
"Uhm, doc, when can I go home?" Alex asked nonchalantly. She doesn't want to ruin the twins' 1st Birthday celebration because of her being in the hospital. Dr. Smith chuckled.
"You really are stubborn, huh?" The doctor announces. Piper chuckled at this while Alex rolled her eyes but chuckled as well.
"It's just that it's the twins' 1st birthday in two days and we prepared a party for them which is why I asked when I will be able to go out." Alex says nonchalantly.
"Lucky for you, there are no complications. Just the fact that you had a bullet in your skin." The doctor chuckled.
"But, we need to run some tests if everything else is functioning okay which mean you won't be able to go out for until the next three days. We still need to observe you. You may feel okay now but, you might feel sick later on due to the medicine we gave you during surgery and the medicine we will give you for healing." Dr. Smith informed Alex.
The raven-haired woman's face fell. They won't be able to do the twins' birthday celebration on the day itself.
"Thanks, doc." Alex says sadly trying to hide it but failing. Piper could read through her like an open book.
"All right, I will leave you two alone. Nurse Jane will be here later to run some tests." The doctor says smiling and walking out of the room.
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"Al, we can postpone the kids' party to this weekend. We can just celebrate a little here on the exact date of their birthday and do the celebration on the weekend." Piper says assuring her wife. Alex shook her head.
"You should continue the party at home without me." Alex says sadly. Piper chuckled. She walked towards the guest bed and put Robin down as he sleeps soundly. She then walked towards Alex's side to caress her wife's forehead. Alex noticed that Piper is laughing to herself. Alex's brows furrowed in confusion and asked Piper why she was laughing.
"Because you call me the dramatic one. Look who's the dramatic one now, huh?" Piper teases her wife. Alex shook her head and then chuckled. Piper continued talking.
"Babe, the party won't continue without you. I won't let that happen." Piper assures her wife.
"Look at Summer, she loves you she wouldn't be happy if you aren't there." The blonde looked at Alex's eyes. "Stop being a stubborn bitch even for once. Okay?" Piper tells her wife off.
"But, I'm your stubborn bitch." Alex says smiling widely.
"You are. You are mine. My stubborn little wifey bitch that I love." Piper says kissing Alex on the forehead. Alex chuckled at Piper's sappiness.
"I love you too." Alex says lovingly to her wife. Piper leaned in to give Alex a kiss on the lips as the smile into the kiss.
Alex agreed to just having a small celebration in the hospital room for the twins' birthday and then push through with the celebration on the weekend so that Alex is already out of the hospital.
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That night, was a little bit of an easy night for Piper. In her mind, she had to take care of 3 children because Alex cannot stand up yet. But, everything fell into place eventually. The twins slept on the guest bed while Alex wanted Piper to sleep beside her.
In the middle of the night, Piper needed to change the twins' nappies. She gave them milk as well so that they will fall asleep soundly. She didn't notice that she fell asleep with the twins and wasn't able to go back and sleep beside her wife.
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The morning came in and Piper remembered what she had to do. She suddenly woke up from her deep sleep. Robin and Summer were sleeping soundly under their blankets and she saw Alex was still asleep. She saw how peaceful her little family is sleeping and she wouldn't trade any feeling in the world.
It was about 7:45am and decided to wake Alex up because she needed to take her meds. She was instructed by Nurse Jane to wake Alex up for an 8am breakfast because she needed to drink a very strong antibiotic.
Piper walked towards Alex's bedside and held her wife's hand. She noticed that it was a little warm and it comforted her.
"Babe. Alex. You need to wake up." Piper rubs her wife's hand. Alex didn't budge so Piper decided to shake Alex to wake up. "Baby, you need to wake up because you need to drink your meds soon." Piper says. She saw that Alex didn't move and didn't budge again. She put both her hands to cup Alex's cheeks in attempt of waking the raven-haired woman up. Piper's eyes have gotten wide due to worry.
"Oh my god, Alex! You are burning up! Babe, wake up!" Piper says rambling rubbing Alex's cheeks to wake her up. Alex started to stir but, still didn't open her eyes. "Alex, you need to wake up. You are burning up." Piper says rambling again.
The blonde looked for the emergency button to call Nurse Jane and found it at the back of Alex's bed. She clicked it and it lit up indicating that they called for an emergency.
End of Chapter 36 Sorry for some sort of a cliffhanger.
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