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"Seeing you in white, I feel like getting you all wet again" Alex whispers in Pipers ear as they arrive at the table, but purposely loud enough so Larry can hear it.
Larry choking on the sip of water he just took utters a shocked "Excuse me"
Piper cant help but smile at the taller woman before she turns to her boyfriend "Pool honey. I fell in the pool earlier today after Alex sneaked up on me."
"Oh yeah right, of course." He pats Pipers hand. Alex rolls her eyes.
"Alex" he sort of greets
"Larry" she sort of greets back
"Hey mommy" Cameron comes to stand next to his mother. She shifts her chair back and picks the boy up onto her lap.
"Kiss" she says and the boy kisses his mom on the lips. She hugs him "Hey baby. Did you have a good day."
"Yeah." He is positively beaming "Alex let me swim until I was frozen"
"Okay maybe he could explain that a bit better" Alex interrupts as she takes the seat opposite Piper. She just gets a wink from the blond as to say 'don't worry I understand'.
The boy continues "then she had to carry me all the way to the floor where we stay because I could not walk. Then we went to our room to get some clothes. Larry didn't want to give me clothes he wanted me to stay but then he got me clothes and then he didn't want to give Alex your number so I gave it to her." The boy rambles on without taking a breath telling his mom the whole story from beginning to end. Piper listens to every word her son is saying with a smile on her face. Anybody can see the love she has for this little guy. "And then she said I am not allowed to ever give your number to anyone."
"Only when it is an emergency" Alex adds
"Emergencies only" the boy almost shouts happily.
"That's good baby. It sounds like you had a great day. And yes emergencies only okay." Cameron nods, jumps off his moms lap and takes his seat next to Alex.
"Couldn't have explained it to him before he gave you the number could you?" Larry sneers
"Larry, honey…." Piper begins but gets cut off.
"Sorry" He smiles at her and kisses her on the cheek.
The rest of the evening went fairly well. Piper was intrigued by all the stories Alex was telling her. Where she is from, how she ended up in America and what the rest of her plans is. Yes they spoke about it in the club the other night but in all fairness Piper was n bit intoxicated and could take more of it in now in her sober state. She found it very interesting. Larry obviously a bit less intrigued, but he also joined in the conversation even asking Alex a question here and there which she answered as politely as she could. There was no banter between the two during the conversation, which Piper appreciated very much. She does not quite understand the 'thing' between these two and see no reason for it at all. They are adults and should handle their feelings better.
"So did you manage to sort out the nanny thing?" Alex enquires
"Well not really sorted it out no, but she is positive she can't come back. It's frustrating really. Cameron and she got along so well. He really liked her. And more importantly I liked her. I hate to look for a new nanny. I don't trust anyone. Maybe I am just over protective." She smiles
"That you are honey, but it's a good thing. You wouldn't be the great mother you are if you weren't so protective" Larry smiles at her and squeezes her hand which he has been holding for the entire night.
"Alex can look after me" came the response from Cameron. Now it's Alex's turn to choke on her water.
"I am no nanny kid. I like you and all, but I am no nanny." Alex ensures the little guy
"That is actually not a bad idea." Piper's response surprises both Larry and Alex.
"I'm sorry, what? Do I get a say in this?" Larry asks
"Sure you do honey. We can talk about it later." She smiles at Larry but one can clearly hear she is a bit annoyed. She then redirects her gaze back to Alex forming the sweetest smile she possibly can.
"Fuck no Piper. There is no way. I am not a nanny. I party, I drink, I smoke when I'm stressed, I pick up girls…."
"Your gay" Larry interrupts a bit to loud to the liking of the other people around the table.
"Surprise" Alex says dripping with sarcasm but continues with all the reasons why she is not a nanny "and besides I am only here on a work permit for two years so then you will have to look for someone else again. I mean don't you want to find someone more permanent. You don't want to have to look all over again in two years time and go though all this stress again would you."
"Well who would have thought we would agree on something." Came Larry's voice. He turns to Piper "I actually agree with her honey. She has got a point."
Piper never takes her eyes off Alex once and just sits there with a smile on her face. On Alex's left sits Cameron looking up at her with his puppy dog eyes. Alex looks from Piper to her son, from her son back to Piper.
"Fuck no." she says again "you see, another reason. I swear to much. Like I swear a lot. It's like my favorite thing in the world, fuck. Saying it and doing….."
"okay okay enough." Piper jumps in before she can finish that sentence "I don't think my 4 year old son needs to hear quite that much."
"You see" Alex says "I am not a good nanny."
"Okay" Piper breathes "I get your point. It's fine really. I will go through the agency again. You cant blame me for trying though."
Larry releases a breath he didn't realize he was holding when he heard Piper agree to let it go. He does not know if Alex and him could last under the same roof for very long. They would probably kill each other.
"I'm sorry Piper" then Alex turns to Cameron who could not push out that bottom lip any further "I'm sorry kid, but I am not nanny material, but remember what we said the other day when I took you down to breakfast." The boy nods "That all still stands okay."
"Okay Alex" the boy offers her a faint smile.
No, Alex is definitely not nanny material. Nothing about her lifestyle is 'nanny like'. She has developed a soft spot for the little boy over the last couple of days and she loves his company, his personality and his witty comebacks, but it would not be fair to the boy for her to look after him permanently. Besides if she wants to go out she wants to go out. If she wants to get pissed she wants to get pissed. She is not asking anybody permission to do the things she wants to do. She does what ever the hell she wants and when ever the hell she wants.
"Well I guess we should call it the night, don't you think honey" Larry interrupts Alex thoughts as he speaks to Piper.
"We've got an early flight, your right, time to go." Piper responds, then talking to her son "ready to go baby." Cameron just nods, still sulking.
They all get up at the same time and make their way to the lobby.
"We'll I will be leaving you here. I think I am going for a walk. It looks like a great night out." Alex explains.
"Oh okay" Piper cant quite hide her disappointment. Not sure if it's because Alex turned down her proposition or because this is literally the last minute in the raven haired girls company.
Alex bends down in front of Cameron. She comes to stand on her knees which brings her almost to eye level with him, not quite but almost. She takes his little hands and he raises his gaze to look at her. Yes he is still sulking. She raises an eyebrow and offers him a smile. "I will see you around okay. You're a great kid. You take care of your mommy okay." And with that he wraps his arms around Alex's neck hugging her and she wraps her arms around his little frame hugging him back.
When the little boy eventually pulls away he plants a little kiss on her cheek "Bye Alex" and yes she gets a great toothy smile.
She gets up off her knees, placing her hand on the boys head and messes up his hair. He just smiles.
"Larry" she nods at the man
And obviously as it goes between the two he nods back "Alex"
She turns her attention to Piper "We'll Piper Chapman, it was a pleasure to meet you." She smiles at Piper. Her known mischief smile and Piper knows what's to follow "I look forward to telling all my friends and family back home that I met you and managed to get you soaking wet only after a couple of days of knowing you."
The two burst out laughing. Obviously Larry does not join in the laughter. He is less than impressed with the taller girl flirting with his girlfriend in front of him.
"Ha Ha funny. It was a pleasure meeting you to Alex." And then without any warning she moves into Alex's personal space and wraps her into a hug. Alex's arms automatically wraps around Pipers frame. As they pull away Alex this time leaves a soft kiss on Pipers cheek much to Larry's dismay but who cares anyway.
Alex takes a couple of steps backwards still smiling at Piper then looking down at Cameron offering him a wink and with that she turns around and walk out of the hotel doors into the cool night air, leaving the two disappointed Chapmans behind.
"Did you know she was gay"
"Oh god Larry"
Hi All
For those of you who have been waiting for the dinner. Here you go…..
DoubleRG: Well look at you spoiling yourself with double chapters. Lol. I wanted to post two today but not quite happy with Chapter 9 yet. Larry is very annoying. I will try and lessen the pain. Lol. Thank you for the review.
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So most of you are probably finished with Season 4 by now. How was it? I am still crying over Piper. Every time she cried I cried. I am damaged. Lol
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