Chapter 43
To the guest who said that I didn't know anything in toddler development, thanks for the feedback, honey! :) I appreciate it. I just want to say that I am not a mother yet but, I have a 7-month old niece who is eating mashed pumpkin already and she is totally fine. :) Also, I research before I put things in my story to make it as real as possible. Sorry if some are not up to par with what you guys know or think. :( I am trying my best though :)
Hope you guys still read throughout as the story is about to end.
Good news is I have another story in line which is totally AU Vauseman. I hope you guys will follow it too.
As you all know, this story is about to end so, from this chapter onwards, there will be more domestication, fluff, and good times with friends and family. There will still be drama and angst but at a minimum. And of course, their post Litchfield wedding. :)
I hope you guys enjoy!
Alex walked towards the door to open it. "Hey, Vause! Surprise!" Nicky shouts with her face trying to amuse Alex. The raven-haired woman laughed at this. "So, where is this 'something special' that you have for me?" Alex asked teasing while leaning on the door frame with her arms crossed and face painted with a smirk.
"Here!" Nicky says presenting herself to her best friend. Alex immediately rolled her eyes in mock annoyance. "Pipes, if I agreed on your bet, you would've won!" Alex shouted from the door laughing.
"I told you so!" Piper responded from the couch. "Hey! What bet?" Nicky asked while she is still standing on the porch. Alex gestured for Nicky to come in while explaining to her.
"Piper said she'd bet a hundred bucks that the 'something special' you have for me is yourself." Alex says chuckling. Nicky huffed and thought of a comeback.
"No! I mean, yes, I am something special too but, I got you this other something special!" Nicky says showing an orange paper bag that says, 'Dominique Ansel Bakery'. Alex's eyes widened immediately as she saw the paper bag.
Piper and Alex are big fans of the said bakery. They must've tried everything in the bakery already but, there are only three items that stood out from the menu for them. For Alex is her favorite Chocolate Caramel Mousse cake that she got as a surprise from Piper during her birthday just after the blonde got out of prison. For Piper, is Dominique Ansel's Cheesecake. At first, Alex thought that there may be other cheesecakes in New York that is better than Dominique Ansel's but, when Piper made her taste it, she didn't say a word against it anymore and knew why Piper loved it so much.
Lastly are the DKAs. This is both Alex and Piper's favorite. DKA stand for Dominique's Kouign Amann. A Kouign amann is a French pastry that is very similar to that of a croissant. It is traditionally made in big batches and are usually dense. What made DKAs special is its caramelized outer shell housing that elicits a crunch when bitten and its soft, buttery and flaky inside. It is also served in bite-sized pieces like the size of cream puffs which is what Alex and Piper loved.
"Nicky, are those what I think those are?" Alex asks still looking at the paper bag. Nicky chuckled at Alex's question. Nicky was proud of herself for getting her best friend's favorite sweets. She got this for Alex to boost her in her upcoming therapy session that afternoon. She wanted to make Alex feel that she is there no matter what happens in therapy.
"No, actually. I just reused this paper bag. It contains old newspapers for you to read." Nicky says sarcastically in a serious manner which confused Alex. Piper can be heard giggling by the couch as she heard what Nicky said. Eventually, Alex caught up and knew that Nicky was just being playful. Finally, Nicky handed her the orange paper bag that contains the heavenly sweets.
"I thought you were serious for a second. Oh my gosh this is the real thing. How did you even know these are mine and Piper's favorite?" Alex asked as she joins her wife sitting on the couch while still clutching the bag of sweets. Nicky immediately went to kiss the twins on their heads, who were seated on their play mat, and took a seat on the other couch.
"Well, lucky guess?" Nicky says nonchalantly. She was trying to stifle laughter and she knew that Piper would eventually give in.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! What do you mean 'lucky guess'? You asked me that!" Piper says laughing not believing that Nicky didn't give her credit for it.
"Piper, why wouldn't you let me reign over the DKA's even for just five minutes? Geez!" Nicky says in mock annoyance rolling her eyes. Alex laughed at her best friend and wife's interactions. They laughed and caught up with each other for a short while until Nicky decided to speak about Alex's therapy.
"So, how do you feel, Vause?" Nicky asked seriously. Alex was supposed to answer with banter but decided against it as she felt how sincere Nicky is being. She knew that the wild-haired woman is really concerned.
"I'm okay. I'm a bit nervous. I don't really know what to expect, you know?" Alex said fiddling with her glasses showing signs of her uneasiness. Piper noticed it and immediately intertwined her hand with her wife's. Alex looked at Piper and gave her a small smile and Piper smiled back with assurance. "But, I'm glad Pipes will be coming with me to the session. She makes it seem like everything will turn out well." Alex says nonchalantly not noticing that she is being a tad bit sappy though she is telling the truth.
Nicky rolled her eyes in mock disgust because of the sappiness and this didn't come unnoticed by Alex so, even before Nicky could say something, Alex threw a throw pillow in Nicky's direction. Nicky was caught off-guard and was hit on the face. Piper and Alex burst out in laughing.
"Hey! What was that for?" Nicky asked trying to stifle laughter. She found it funny that she was hit solidly on the face.
"I guess, they don't call these things 'throw pillow' for nothing." Alex says laughing. Piper followed suit and then two throw pillows came there way from Nicky. Alex was hit on the face and Piper on the side of the head. Piper and Alex's mouth were agape while they were looking at Nicky, shocked.
"Then let this throw pillow fight begin." Nicky declared throwing another pillow at Alex and Piper's direction. Nicky was glad that the mood was lightened by this. She really just wanted to be there for Alex and she knew that everything will turn out well.
While the adults were busy playing their game of tease and throw a pillow, the twins were also busy babbling at each other and playing with all of their toys scattered around their mat. Robin and Summer were sitting up fiddling with all the toys that they can. They had tiny musical instruments such as a drum and a piano, stuffed toys including Robin's favorite giraffe and Summer's favorite flamingo, and toys that created sounds when buttons were pressed.
Luckily for Nicky, Piper and Alex didn't put as much breakable stuff in their living room. Alex thought that they could put books instead of putting decorative breakable items. Piper agreed and that is why they can count the breakable stuff in their living room with their two hands.
Nicky threw one throw pillow at Pipers direction and missed. Nicky's eyes widened as she realized she was out of pillows. Giggles and laughter were unlimited within the three women who were acting like playful teenagers at the moment. They didn't realize that they were now all mothers. Piper threw a pillow in Nicky's direction while Alex hid her face behind her wife whilst laughing loudly and saying,
"You go babe! You're my gangsta!" This resulted to Piper hitting Alex with a pillow.
The pillow that Piper threw towards Nicky awfully missed and Alex caught one and threw it towards Nicky as well. The wild-haired woman was clutching on a throw pillow and dodged what Alex threw by hitting the pillow with the one she is holding causing for the pillow to bounce off and hit Summer on the face. This caused the little blonde to tumble behind.
Everyone immediately stopped, and the three women's eyes were wide in anticipation of a loud cry. Even Robin stopped feeding on his stuffed giraffe's ear. The little boy stared at her sister who fell behind. Tank almost instantly went to Summer's side as he is trained to protect.
Alex and Piper immediately jerked up to see if their daughter is okay until a loud screeching giggle echoed throughout the living room. Piper took the throw pillow away from Summer's side to check her daughter who was eliciting loud giggles as if she enjoyed the hit. As twins' instincts, Robin followed suit giggling not knowing at what.
Alex and Piper released a sigh of relief upon hearing their daughter's giggles. They knew she would be because the twins' play mat has a foam underneath made to protect the children from falls and slips. They just didn't want Summer to be stunned by the force of the Pillow. Piper sat beside her daughter in their playmat and grabbed her, so the little girl could rest in between her legs. Alex mirrored Piper's action with Robin. Nicky stood up and sat beside Piper and Alex as well after leaning in to kiss Summer on the forehead.
"Sorry, honey. Your mom threw that pillow. I just dodged it." Nicky says defending herself while chuckling.
"Oh, shut up Nichols!" Alex says. The women were all chuckling at what happened.
"I miss when Sage was at that age. I mean they're just about six months younger than her but now, she just wouldn't stop going anywhere anymore. We can't contain her in one area anymore. She even had her first booboo." Nicky says remembering what had happened to her daughter.
"What happened?" Piper asked curiously.
"Well, you know our little ones can now freely walk and even run. So, she was walking inside the house looking for Lorna but, Lorna didn't know that Sage was running towards her in the kitchen so, my lovely crazy wife opened the fridge door. Sage wasn't able to stop running and boom." Nicky chuckled at the memory.
"I saw everything before my eyes and I could have stopped it but, everything just happened so fast. I ended up sleeping on the couch last Tuesday for that." Nicky says laughing. Alex and Piper laughed as well.
Alex was thankful that Nicky dropped by before her appointment. Another reason why she dropped by is to get the twins because she knew that Piper had to go with Alex for the session. The raven-haired woman was thankful that she has this crazy best friend and the love of her life to be with her in times like that. The thought pushed her to finish therapy and get everything over with. She thought of the twins growing up so fast and that there is no time for her to mess up.
The three talked some more about their children until they knew it was time to leave. Summer wasn't crying until Robin cried hysterically not wanting to be separated from his moms. Summer followed suit crying. The twins barely cry when separated from their moms but, when they do, it is hard to say goodbye. It broke Alex and Piper's heart as they kissed and hugged them goodbye promising that they'll see them in three hours.
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At Alex's Therapy Session
Alex was nervous. She is nervous about a lot of things. She never knew that it will get to a point that her palms are sweating due to her nervousness but, it did. Piper noticed this and promised her wife that she'll go with her and she intended to keep that promise. They are now waiting to be called by Dr. Fletcher.
"Everything's going to be okay. I promise. I'm here, Al." Piper told her wife to whom her hands were entwined with. Alex gave her wife a faint and sad smile. Piper brought her other hand to caress Alex's cheek to assure her.
"Vause, Alex?" A short, petite doctor called out with her tiny voice. Piper and Alex stood up and walked towards the room where the doctor welcomed them with a genuine smile.
"My wife, is coming with me." Alex said informing the doctor. The petite woman nodded and smiled gesturing for the women to come in.
When they entered the room, it looked like a living room with an office desk at the side that has a plaque that says, 'Dr. April Fletcher Ph.D.'. The room has a very cozy and homey feeling which Piper and Alex assumed is the doctor's technique to let the patients freely open up as they feel relaxed and comfortable in the said atmosphere. Piper and Alex sat down on one of the couches in the living room-like office.
"So, Alex, it says here on your chart that you have what we call repressed memories or dissociative amnesia. Would you like to share to me what you can remember? Or anything that you would like to share actually." The doctor asked carefully.
Alex was hesitant at first. She didn't want to share but knew that she needed to. Piper looked at Alex lovingly and touched the small of her wife's back reassuring her that she is there. This gesture made Alex relax a little. Eventually Alex started sharing everything that she remembered.
The therapy session went on for about two and a half hours. The therapist asked Piper about her point of view the night when Alex had the trigger. The blonde shared everything not leaving out anything for the doctor to assess. After the therapy session, Alex seemed a little bit drained because of all the talking and the remembering she tried to do. The doctor said that she shouldn't force herself to remember if she couldn't because it will just bring so much stress to her and the memories will come back anyway as their sessions progresses.
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Alex and Piper were on their way to fetch Robin and Summer at Nicky and Lorna's apartment. Piper insisted on driving.
"I can't wait to see the twins." Alex says smiling shyly. Alex didn't expect that her first session went well. She got drained throughout but, it was better than what she expected because she was expecting all the negative things that could happen. They were at an intersection with the red light when Piper answered.
"Me too, Al." Piper says as she moves a strand of Alex's dark hair behind her wife's ear. "I'm so proud of you. You know that, right?" Piper asked her wife with a smile.
"So, do I get a prize?" Alex asked winking trying to start banter.
"Hmmmmm. Let me think about it first." Piper says teasing her wife. She knew what Alex is talking about. Seconds later Piper spoke up again. "Okay, we can get you ice cream before we get home." Piper says nonchalantly teasing her wife. Alex rolled her eyes in mock annoyance whilst chuckling.
"Pipes, I wasn't talking about ice cream. You know that, right?" Alex says winking once again making her sexual innuendos evident. The blonde liked teasing Alex and the raven-haired woman almost always know when the blonde is teasing. Well, except for this time. Piper is now chuckling making it look like she knew what her wife meant.
"Okay, okay. I get it now. Don't worry, I'll give you your prize tonight. Maybe you'll get lucky." Piper says winking back at her wife and squeezing her wife's hand as she reached it from the center compartment. Piper parked at the guest parking space of Nicky and Lorna's apartment. As they were about to go down the car, Piper didn't know that Alex still has something to say.
"Babe, you know that I was talking about pizza, right?" Alex said in a serious tone with her eyebrows raised while looking at Piper who had her eyebrows furrowed in realization that Alex wasn't talking about sex.
"Oh… You are?" Piper asked curiously looking in her wife's emerald orbs. Little by little, Alex's mouth curved into a huge smirk and then burst out in laughter. "Oh, shut up, Vause!" Piper says now, laughing in realization that Alex is teasing her.
"No, you shut up." Alex says as she pulls Piper in for a passionate and loving kiss. Alex pulled away and connected her forehead with Piper's. "Thanks for coming with me to therapy today, babe." Alex says sincerely and gives her wife another chaste kiss.
"Anything for you, babe." Piper says, kissing Alex on the cheek and then finally getting out of the car to go up to Nicky and Lorna's apartment.
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One month later
It has been a roller coaster ride for Alex the past month. She could remember snippets of her incident which resulted to difficult sleeping nights. Luckily for Alex, her wife is always by her side. She has been attending sessions twice a week. And in every session, Piper would always be as supportive.
Even though Alex had tough nights, she was always reminded that she is safe at home. Before, home meant wherever Piper is, now, home meant wherever Piper and the twins are. It served as a constant reminder for Alex that she is doing everything for them and, of course, for herself as well.
It had been a month since the twins turned one and both women thought that their babies are growing up so fast. There is also a week left before Christmas. Piper and Alex thought that this one is special because Robin and Summer are already 12 months unlike the previous year wherein they would just lie down and sleep. Though they said that everything within their little family is special, they discussed that they would make this year even more grand.
They thought of the previous years since they got out of Litchfield. Their first Christmas out, Piper was in a comatose, the second one is when they had the twins at one-month old. It was a blessing for them to have their twins before Christmas that year but, it was also as stressing as it was as enjoyable due to sleepless nights nursing their children. Having said that, this Christmas, they have prepared everything from Christmas greeting cards to gifts and to the tiniest decoration.
The past month, Alex and Piper were busy at work as well. Sometimes Alex would bring Robin to work while Piper brought Summer or vice versa. Other times, the twins would stay with just Piper or just with Alex depending on their scheduled meetings. They had busy work schedules but, they still managed to have time for their children and for each other.
Piper had in mind the perfect gift for her wife. Little did the blonde know that Alex had a gift in mind for her as well. They are currently in a baby boutique looking for clothes that Robin and Summer would wear during their Christmas greeting card pictorial. Nicky, Lorna, Alex and Piper, talked about hiring a photographer for their Christmas cards. They said that they would do it at the same day. Half of the fay in the Vause's household and the other half in the Nichols' where the photographers would set up a mini studio for the actual pictorial.
Piper and Alex had something to wear already. They wanted their family portrait to be simple but lovely which is why they are looking carefully for cute baby outfits. "Babe, how about this one?" Alex asked while showing Piper a onesie that has 'Santa's little elf 'written on it. Piper looked at it and shook her head.
"Alex, no. Those don't even pair up with our outfits." Piper says chuckling. "How about Robin wears something green and Summer wears something red just like us?" Piper asks and grabs a onesie form the rack of the store.
"How about they just wear reindeer costumes?" Alex says laughing, being sarcastic. She is getting tired from all the shopping. They have been out for almost 4 hours buying gifts for their loved ones and for Robin and Summer. Piper looked at Alex with wide eyes.
"That is not such a bad idea, babe!" Piper says looking for more baby outfits. "I was being sarcastic, Pipes!" Alex says laughing while pushing the twins' stroller. Piper immediately searched for something in the racks.
"But, Alex, your idea may be sarcastic, but it is fantastic. See?" Piper says walking towards Alex's side raising the onesies that she found adorable. Alex laughed at this. She didn't know that much about children's fashion, so she always lets Piper choose.
"Okay. Okay. I trust you." Alex says chuckling and leaning in to kiss Piper on the cheek. They went on and on until they found the perfect outfit. They are excited about their Christmas card shoot the next day.
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The next day
The Vause household living room was turned into a makeshift studio. The photographers concentrated in designing the area where the Christmas tree was. Piper and Alex decided to decorate their green Christmas tree with the colors red, white and gold. They placed their tree beside their fire place which looked lovely when lit. They also decided to decorate their tree with cute sweet nothings like candy canes and lollipops aside from the usual icicles, Christmas balls and ribbons.
Their white walled living room and hard wood floors compliments all the colorful decorations that Alex and Piper placed around the house. Polly, Lorna and Nicky helped in decorating their house little by little until their house turned into some sort of a winter wonderland. Alex and Piper decided to invite everyone over during Christmas day while they celebrate Christmas eve as a family.
The make shift studio looked like a movie set in Hollywood where in the walls are white including the frame of the fire escape contrasted by the hard-wood floors. There is a huge Christmas Carpet in front of the fire place while the Christmas tree is placed a little bit on the left side to give way to the escaping heat.
The Christmas tree is decorated with red and white-striped candy canes, red and white Christmas balls, straight and twisted icicles, and red and white striped ribbons. It has a huge Santa hat on top of it that makes it looks very Christmas-y. What made it even nicer are the presents that were at the bottom of the tree. A couple more of those would flood the area with too much gifts. There was also a total of four Christmas stockings pinned on the frame of the fire place with their respective names stitched on it.
Piper and Alex's stockings were a couple's stockings. Both are red in color. Piper's stocking has white polka dots on it. At the middle of the stocking are the words embroidered 'Mrs. Nice'. Piper's name is also stitched on the folded part of the stocking. Alex's stocking, on the other hand, has white zigzagged stripes and has 'Mrs. Naughty' embroidered at the center. Like her wife's, Alex's name is stitched on the folded part as well.
Robin and Summer's stockings were exactly the same except that, like their owners, they were smaller in size and instead of 'Mrs. Naughty and Mrs. Nice' embroidered in the middle, a little baby snowman in diaper for Robin and a little baby 'snowwoman' in diaper with a pink bow on the head for Summer.
As they were getting ready for the pictorial, Piper fixed Summer's long-sleeved onesie. It is a white onesie with the word 'nice' at the center. The tiny blonde wore red and white-striped leg warmers and her red high cut baby Chuck Taylors. Alex fixed her son's outfit as well. Robin wore the same long sleeved- white onesie with the word 'naughty' at the center. The little boy wore green and white-striped leg warmers and his green high cut baby Chuck Taylors. Both babies are wearing reindeer antlers with Summer's having a tiny little red bow in the middle.
Piper and Alex both wore thick body-hugging wool-knitted long-sleeved dresses that stops just above their knees. Alex's dress is a round neck dress with green and white-striped sleeves and an intricate snowflake design with a green outline that is placed horizontally on the chest. The bottom lining of the dress was also a green and white striped design. She was sporting a low-cut green Chuck Taylors. Piper, on the other hand, wore the same exact thing except that hers was all color red. The spouses wore Santa hats on top of their heads.
Alex and Piper did their own make-up which made them look impossibly hotter and sexier for each other. They were about to begin the pictorial. Alex and Piper were near the tree carrying the twins. Nicky, Lorna and Sage were behind the photographer ready to call out Robin and Summer's name to have them smiling during the shot.
"Okay, are you guys ready? If you can just… Okay! That is perfect!" The photographer said as she was supposed to direct them on how to sit and pose but, it just came out naturally for them. She took about 10 shots directing them what to do. "Okay, Alex and Piper, maybe now you can lift them and let them sit on your shoulders. Nicky and Lorna, I would love for you to make the twins laugh." The photographer said.
The photographer's name is Pam and she has been working in the industry for about five years already. She was recommended by Polly and Pete. She has officially become the family photographer. Piper and Alex were impressed with her portfolio which is why decided to hire her to take their greeting card photo.
"Okay. Oh my, that's such a lovely shot!" Pam said excitedly. "Okay now, if you can switch babies. Alex please hold Summer while Piper, you hold Robin." Pam directed.
They went on for a about two hours just trying to have every nice shot possible. There were shots of just the twins coming out of large 'presents' which is a part of Pam's props. There were shots of just Piper and Alex as well who looked like they were two teenagers in love. Pam also included wacky shots of the family.
"All right! I will be editing these pictures and I will be giving you guys online copies through email, so you can choose. After you have chosen, I could print them out for you as Christmas greeting cards. I could also blow up some of it for you to put on your wall if you'd like." Pam informs them as she is now cleaning up her gear ready to leave.
"Thank you so much, Pam. We will be waiting for the pictures." Piper says politely. She is excited to see the photos.
"Pam, don't forget ours as well, okay?" Nicky says chuckling.
"Of course, I wouldn't! It's the first time I shot two adorable families in a day. I usually do just one a day. It was tiring but, I really had fun shooting." Pam says nonchalantly.
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The next day
The Nichols' are currently in the Vause's house. It is 3:45 pm and they are currently waiting for Pam's email of their sample photos.
"I can't wait to see how cute you are, honey." Nicky talks to Sage lovingly.
"Oh, I bet our photos are nice! You have to let me choose the photo, Nicky!" Lorna says in her thick Brooklyn accent. They were sitting on the couch opposite to where Piper and Alex are sitting.
They have set up a play pen for their children to play in. At almost two years old, Sage loved walking and running around already. She can already balance herself well. Robin and Summer were also able to walk for a couple of steps until collapsing on to the ground. They would mostly stand up with the help of their play pen fence and then take steps towards anything that catches their attention.
Nicky and Lorna are sitting side by side on the couch opposite to where Piper and Alex are sitting side by side as well. Nicky has her laptop on her lap while browsing into social media. Alex has hers on her lap as well while answering client emails. *Ding* Alex's laptop chimed, signaling for a new email that just came in.
Alex was seated at the left most end of the couch with both her feet up stretched resting on the table in front of her. Piper sat the same way at the opposite side of the couch. When Alex's laptop chimed, Piper immediately dragged herself beside Alex not leaving any space in between them. The raven-haired woman automatically stretched out her arm to welcome her wife in a half-embrace, resting her arm around Piper's shoulders. Alex immediately leaned in to kiss Piper on her temple.
"Ready to see the pictures?" Alex asked her wife excitedly. She saw that it was Pam who emailed her. Piper nodded whilst smiling widely.
"Hey! Why didn't Pam send ours yet?" Nicky exclaims. She is excited to see their family photos too. She knew that Alex would tease her all over again just like when the raven-haired woman teased her the day before due to her outfit.
"Maybe she's still editing ours, Nicky. You got to be patient." Lorna concludes in her thick accent trying to appease her wife. She is currently looking at Christmas wedding magazines.
Alex opened Pam's email.
Dear Piper and Alex Vause,
Attached to this email are two folders. The first one contains all the raw photos that you could use according to how it pleases you while the second folder contains all the edited photos. If you want any changes, please do not hesitate to ask!
Enough of me being so formal though, your pictures are adorable! You and Piper make a wonderful couple and all together with Robin and Summer, you guys make a beautiful family. Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Pamela Harrison
Harrison Photographers Inc.
Manhattan, New York, USA
hpi
917-608-1159
Piper and Alex laughed at Pam's bluntness about formality.
"Ready?" Piper asked Alex to that of which resulted to a raised eyebrow from the older woman.
"I was born ready!" Alex says downloading the attachments. They've decided to open the edited photos already and look at the raw ones afterwards.
There are five edited photos in large sizes, so they could be able to adjust them. They came up with a decision that they would only choose one for the greeting card and one to be framed and hung inside the house but, upon seeing the photos, Piper and Alex immediately fell in love with all five.
The first photo was of Robin and Summer only. The picture was a close-up of the two with all the gifts under the Christmas tree as background. There were also Christmas lights scattered around them giving the picture the perfect Christmas glow. It was a very simple yet very lovable and heart-melting picture of the twins sitting down side by side each other in their complete Christmas outfit. Their knees were touching as they sat with the soles of their tiny Chucks facing each other.
The photo showed the twins laughing with their front teeth and gums showing wide while looking slightly above the camera. Alex and Piper assumed that it was them who were making their children laugh. The picture was so adorable that Piper and Alex almost shed a tear. Robin and Summer were so cute with their tiny reindeer antlers.
The second photo was of Piper and Alex only. They had almost more than 50 takes for this one. They were directed by Pam but, there will always be something wrong. By something wrong, it meant that it's either Alex is messing around or Piper didn't like how the photo was taken.
Pam asked Alex to sit in front of the pile of gifts underneath their beautiful tree. She asked Alex to rest her elbows on some of the gifts behind her and then to cross and stretch out her legs while Piper knelt behind the gifts and wrap her arms around her wife as they smile towards the camera. Alex thought that the photo was to cheesy and, so she decided to mess it up a little bit by starting to tickle Piper in her most sensitive spots.
What seemed so cheesy for Alex turned out to be sappier than the previous photo but, the thing is, everyone thought it was a beautiful. This resulted to a photo of Alex and Piper wherein Alex is still sitting with her legs crossed and stretched out but, her body is slightly twisted looking at her wife while grasping Piper's waist and Piper was still kneeling behind with her arms wrapped around the raven-haired woman. Both are sporting huge smiles that their mouths were slightly agape due to laughing. They were looking at each other lovingly with their cute Santa hats clinging on their heads. Alex wore her thick-framed secretary glasses that made her look sexy. Overall, the photo was so perfect.
"Wow! You guys look so hot… And Christmas-y." Nicky blurted out from behind Piper and Alex who almost jumped in surprise.
"Nicky! How long have you been there?" Piper asked slapping Nicky on her arm. "You scared me!" Piper added with her eyes wide.
"Ow! Sorry. Pam hasn't sent our photos yet so I'm bored. Saw you guys almost crying while looking in there so I decided to look for myself." Nicky says nonchalantly with her elbows leaning at the back of the couch where Piper and Alex's back were leaning onto.
Alex clicked the 'next' button to reveal the third edited photo. Almost immediately, Piper's eyes welled up in seeing the photo. Alex looked at her wife and Piper saw that the older woman's eyes were also almost going to burst into tears.
"Wow. That is one beautiful picture." Nicky says with her voice above a whisper. They were enjoying the photo until they heard a thud. Seconds later, Summer's whimpers and cries were heard all over the house. Alex and Piper jerked upon hearing their daughter and rushed towards the play pen. Even Lorna and Nicky were worried because of the loud thud.
Alex and Piper made sure that their play pen was child proof which is why it confused them when Summer got hurt.
"Ooops. We got a little accident." Nicky says in her worried voice.
End of Chapter
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