I know you though I abandoned you again.
That however is not the case. I am just really busy. I will finish this. Probably not more than 10 chapters left.
38.
Alex kept her promise to Cameron and phoned him as soon as she got home from the airport. He must have been holding onto his phone because it didn't even give two rings before he excitedly answered. Much to Alex's surprise he informed her that him and his mother watched her plane taking off and flying over them. He asked if Alex saw him waving at her, but obviously she didn't. The boy was not very impressed by that, but she explained to him that even though the plane might have looked close to them it was further than it seemed. She did not tell him that the tears which were building up in her eyes at the time of take-off might have also had something to do with that.
On his birthday Braydon helped Cameron with skype so Alex could which him a happy birthday face to face and he walked around and showed her all the decorations and games from his party. He also showed her his cake which was the highlight for him. It was in the shape of a four wheeler and the colours of his four wheeler which Alex bought for him.
She made a point of it to not miss a day without communication with the boy. It didn't matter where she was in the world she would either call, or skype if Braydon was available. They could not exactly text because Cameron didn't know how to read or type a message yet but sometimes they would have an emoji war just so he knew she was thinking of him. She would send a wave emoji, he would send something random back like a plane or a bus or something. Alex would always finish off the emoji war with a poop one. Cameron would just return the horrified face and when she phones him again he would inform her that she owes him ten bucks because to him the poop emoji is swearing. When she asked him how he figured that he went into his closet and closed the door and then whispered to her that his mother says "shit" a lot and then she pays him. Alex couldn't help but laugh at that and promised to pay up as soon as she sees him again.
Originally Alex had planned to find some sort of business to keep herself busy when she got home, but eventually she ended up finding an apartment and after she had settled in she started travelling to random places all over. Going to parties, getting drunk, hooking up with random girls and repeat.
Contact with Piper was non existent. The last time they spoke to each other was the fight they had. Alex knew she was done shooting the movie and were busy promoting it only because Cameron had told her. She also learned that Piper and Braydon had decided to give their relationship another shot. Cameron was very excited when he told Alex that they are trying to be a real family now. This was two months ago, approximately three months after Alex went back home.
It's not like she wasn't expecting it at all. She knew deep down that it would eventually happen. She was happy for them. There was no denying the little bit of pain in her heart, but the drinking and random hook-ups helped with that.
Alex woke up one morning and decided that she was going to go watch Wimbledon live because why the hell not. This is how she currently found herself sitting in the dining room of Hyatt Regency London Churchill, sipping on her coffee deep in thought until the dining area turned into a frenzy of whispers braking her out of her trance. Lifting her eyes toward the entrance of the area to see which tennis star just entered she nearly choked on her coffee because it was a star alright, just not a tennis star. It is like a magnet drew their eyes together and their gazes immediately locked.
Piper awkwardly approached Alex because if there was someone in this hotel who followed her life a couple of months ago they would know that the two of them knows each other and it would be weird if they didn't even acknowledge each other's existence.
When Alex realized Piper is approaching her she rolled her eyes and went back to sipping her coffee not hiding the fact that she is completely annoyed because the world is a big place so how the hell do they end up in the same place at the same time.
It wasn't any of the two woman who spoke first when Piper reached her table, instead it was Pipers agent who broke the ice. "Alex, what a surprise to see you here. Did you know we were in the area promoting?" the man who Alex remember goes by the name of Bill, asks.
Plastering a fake smile on her face she replies "I honestly which I had known. Then I could have avoided the unwelcome surprise."
"Seriously? Five months later you still act like a child?" Pipers whispers in a harsh tone.
Bill took this as his que to leave letting Piper know he will see her at the table. She only half heard what he said and gave a small wave. She was to busy having a stare down with Alex to pay much attention to her agent.
Alex leaned back in her chair folding her arms over her chest "Congrats on your blossoming relationship."
"Engagement" Piper spits back.
"Excuse me?" Alex asks in surprise not sure if she quite caught that right.
Piper offers her a sarcastic smile before she sits down on the chair on the opposite side of the small table. "Don't pretend like you didn't hear me, because I know you did."
At that moment Alex diverted her gaze to Pipers left hand and there sits the huge diamond ring. She is not sure how she even missed it in the first place. The rock is so big she is sure if there is currently someone on Mars looking down to were earth is supposed to be all they would see is the diamond on Pipers finger. "Wow you almost seem desperate. Date someone for two months and then already accepting marriage proposals."
"We were dating for four months. He asked me on a date for the first time about a month after you left."
"Not true. Cameron tells me everything and he told me two month ago that you told him you are going to be a real family now." Alex challenges back letting Piper know she knows a lot thanks to her son.
"Cameron talks to much. And it is four months. We first wanted to see if it is going somewhere before we told him and gave him false hope."
"Well how kind of you." Is the only response Alex could come up with. She wanted to tell Piper it still sounded desperate because four months is really not a long time, but she knew in reality that it wasn't desperate because they already knew each other. They were together for years before and they had a son together. Yet for some reason she was still completely pissed off and didn't feel like being close to the blond anymore so she placed the napkin on the table, standing up from her seat, green meeting blue before she mustered up the best smile she could "Well if you will excuse me, I have girls to meet and pussy's to eat." Completely ignoring the disgusted yet horrified look on Pipers face she walked away laughing.
It wasn't until much later that evening when Piper saw Alex again. She just got back from a evening talk show and decided to go to the hotel bar for a nightcap. She would recognise the booming laughter which graced her ears anywhere as she took a seat at the end of the bar. Following the sound she noticed Alex standing with her arm draped over the shoulder of a blond girl. By the sounds of their laughter and the smiles on their faces it looked like they really enjoyed each other's company.
Piper ordered herself a white wine and walked over to a arm chair in a secluded area of the room wanting to put a bit of distance between herself and Alex. She knew the other woman well enough to know that she has had a couple to many and she didn't want to give her any reason to cause a scene, which in her state was very likely.
Deciding it is quiet enough in the area she is in she takes out her phone to give her son a call. London being eight hours ahead of Los Angeles it should be around one there and on Wednesdays Braydon usually picks up Cameron just after twelve so they can go riding.
"Hello mommy" the boy answers happily.
"Hello baby. How are you doing? I miss you so much."
"I miss you to mommy. Are you with Alex?"
The question catches her off guard "No, why would you think I am with Alex?" she asks hesitantly.
"Because she just phoned me and then she said you guys are staying in the same hotel and after we talked she asked to talk to daddy."
"Shit." Piper breaths out.
"You owe me ten bucks"
"I know baby. Are you going riding with daddy?"
"Yes we just stopped." Cameron answers with excitement in his voice.
"That is nice. Let me speak to daddy okay. Enjoy your ride. I love you."
"I love you to. Alex owes me fifty bucks. Tell her it is okay for her to send it with you. She knows what it is about." After the boy bid his mother farewell he passed the phone to his dad.
"I swear I did not know she is here." Piper says not even giving Braydon a chance to properly say hello.
"I know love. Don't worry about it. She told me she had no idea you were going to be there and then congratulated me on our engagement." There was a couple of seconds of silence on the line and when Braydon realise Piper wasn't going to talk he continued. "You know I have nothing against the two of you being friends. We are all adults here Piper. It doesn't matter. Maybe this is a sign that the two of you should talk out your beef with each other and maybe rekindle some sort of a friendship. She is part of Cameron's life and I think she has proven in the last five months that she has no intention of abandoning him so she is always going to be there in some way. You can't avoid each other for the rest of your lives."
"I think we managed that quite well in the last couple of months."
"Well that is your choice love. I am not going to tell you what to do. I will support you in whatever decision you make. I like Alex as a person and I am more than happy to have her as a friend." Braydon assures Piper.
"Yeah you wouldn't say that if you were here now." Piper sighs. "but we will talk again tomorrow okay. Go have fun. I am sure Cameron is standing there looking like a blow fish because he is waiting for you."
"You know him so well." Braydon laughs "okay, talk to you tomorrow. Sleep well. I love you."
"Love you to, bye."
"So the fiancé is not upset that you are sneaking of to places where your fuck buddy is." Alex's voice startle's her as soon as she pressed the end call button.
Piper chooses to ignore the comment and instead picks up her wine, sits back in the arm chair, sipping the beverage pretending to be deep in thought. Alex not one to give up so easily especially not when she has some liquid courage behind her takes a seat on the vacant arm chair right next to Piper, only a small little coffee table between them. She turns in the seat so she sits sideways facing Piper with a goofy grin on her face not saying anything.
The blond eventually gets annoyed because she can feel Alex's eyes burning holes in the side of her head so she snaps "you are not my fuck buddy. You wish and no he is not upset because he trusts me and I didn't even know you were going to be here. How would I. It is not like your life is public knowledge, unlike mine, so if anything maybe you followed me here?" She quirks an eyebrow.
"Oh please, don't flatter yourself. I don't keep tabs on your life. I have much better things to do with my life. What I know is what Cameron tells me out of his own and no he didn't tell me you were going to be in London." Alex snaps back.
"Well now that we have established that we both have better things to do with our lives than worrying about the other you can run along." Piper waves her hand in a shoo motion "Because if I remember correctly in your own words, don't you have girls to meet and ….." but before she can finish the quote Alex interrupts.
"Oh don't worry, I have met. We were actually just on our way to the eating part when I saw you and like the good friend I am I thought I would come over and say hello."
"We are not friends Alex."
"Well on that note.." Alex says as she gets up "I am hungry. See you around Piper, or not." And then she walks away leaving the blond alone.
Piper spend another hour in the bar area finishing off her wine before she decided to head to her room as she had an early morning show the next day.
She was just about to get in bed when there was a knock on the door. Annoyed she swings the door open just to come face to face with a cocky grin she knows so well. "What do you want Alex." Piper asks throwing her head back looking up at the ceiling in annoyance.
When she gets no response she diverts her gaze back to Alex only to find her running her eyes down Pipers body. It is only then that the blond realises she is wearing a flimsy little silk night dress and she didn't close her night gown when she opened the door. Satisfied with the fact that her looks just wiped the stupid grin from Alex's face she speaks again with a cocky grin off her own "Eyes are up here Alex. Those are off limits." Piper says as she closes her gown and ties it obstructing the other woman's view of her boobs.
That snaps Alex out of her trance but still having a good amount of alcohol in her system she takes a step towards Piper "Are you sure about that." She raises an eyebrow.
Piper takes a step back swallowing her own smirk now. "Positive" she says.
Alex takes another step into the room and with that Piper takes another step back and the motions repeats itself until Piper finds herself trapped between the bathroom wall and Alex with nowhere to go.
Alex moves even closer leaving probably only an inch between them. Piper brings her hands up pressing against Alex's chest visibly uncomfortable "Alex I am engaged. To someone who considers you a friend. I don't know what you think you are doing." The blond protests but the taller woman just ignores her and lowers her head to the side of Piper's taking her ear lobe in her mouth biting it gently, flicking it with her tongue before she sucks on it lightly and then letting it go. She brings her hand up to Pipers chest where the night dress starts to cover her breasts flicking her fingers just under the material.
"Don't flatter yourself." She breaths out in Piper's ear. "I just came to pay my debt." And with that she gives the blond one last look before she turns around and walks out of the room.
When Piper eventually remembers to breathe again she looks down at her chest area noticing the fifty bucks Alex had stick in there. "Fuck you Alex." She breaths out as she slams the door shut.
She didn't see Alex again for the rest of her stay in London. She doesn't know if the brunette had left, changed hotels or if she was just very good at avoiding her. She wasn't going to deny that she was kind of happy about it.
At first she was confused about how Alex had known to give her the money for Cameron because she did not mention it as the boy had asked. She however learned from her fiancé the next day that Cameron made Braydon type out a text on his phone letting Alex know it was okay to give his money to his mom.
Needless to say it was a Pound note and not a Dollar note but he was happy to accept cash in any form.
She did not see the need in telling Braydon how exactly Alex handed over the money. It would cause unnecessary friction. Alex was intoxicated and wouldn't have done something like that had she not been. Nothing of significance had happened between them so Piper didn't see why she should upset Braydon. In the back of her mind there was this guilty voice telling her that if she thought it was big enough for him to get upset about them maybe it was something that should have been told, but she chose to ignore that voice. She hated herself for it but in her mind it was for the best.