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She finds Alex exactly where she thought she would, in the garage. Alex is again busy admiring the bike. Piper walks up right behind her before she speaks "What are you doing?"
"For fuck sakes Piper" Alex half shouts but only because Piper once again gave her a huge fright. The blond is laughing so hard she is struggling to breath. Alex's expression softens at the sight of the laughing blond. "We should really stop doing that. One of us is going to have a heart attack one of these days you know."
"Yeah I know, I'm sorry. I never really mean to scare you. You're just very jumpy."
"I'm jumpy?" Alex asks with half of a shocked expression which then turns into a devious smile "says the one who jumps into a pool when she hears me speak."
"Ha ha. Very funny." They are in a smiling, staring contest for a while before Piper speaks again. "you really have a thing for bike, don't you?"
"Noooo, what would give you that idea?" Alex quipped but when Piper offered no reply she continued. "I do, yes. I had one back home. It was my favourite thing in the world for me and Riley to go on our breakfast runs every Sunday morning. I use to wish for the weeks to fly past so it could be Sunday." Alex could not control the excitement in her voice as she explained this to Piper. The blond watched the brunette in awe as she told her about the breakfast runs they did every Sunday morning to a place called Hartbeespoort Dam, or Harties as the locals would call it. A lot of them would meet at a certain spot and then they would hit the road. There would be like 20 bikes at a time travelling together. When in Harties they would meet more bikers at the breakfast place, which was really a pub but opened early on Sunday just to accommodate them. They would spend the whole day there hanging out and in the afternoon what is left of the pact would all take off together again.
She also told Piper about the toy run they did every year. This was Riley's favorite. It's a motorcycle charity event. More than 75 000 motorcyclist across the region would turn up, their motorcycles decorated with all kinds of toys adorning their bikes. These toys would then be distributed by the organizers of the event to disadvantaged children over the festive period.
They would also do food runs and then of course there was the rally's and day jols which Alex also enjoyed very much.
While Alex was telling Piper all the stories about her biking day Piper eventually led alex to a wooden box which was standing on the garage floor so they could have a seat. She could pick up of the excitement in Alex's voice that this is going to take a while. Not that she mind at all. She found the stories Alex had to tell very fascinating. She caught herself thinking that, like Riley, her favorite would probably also have been the toy run. Everything about it sounds fun and what a sight it must be to drive on the freeway and see hundreds of bikes coming past you all decorated with all kinds of toys.
"So yeah, to answer your question, I love bikes." Alex concludes.
"It sounds amazing Alex. I would have loved to see some of the things you use to get into back home."
"Maybe I'll show you some day" Alex says and she means it. She looks at Piper wondering what response she will get. Piper just nods and a smile form on her lips. She diverts her gaze down looking at her hands lying in her lap, almost like she is shy. Alex cant help but wonder does the blond really get shy thinking about things she can show her, things they can do together. She turns her body so she is now facing Piper and puts her hand over Piper's hands lying in her lap "Do you want to talk a bit more about why you don't like bikes."
"it's not that I don't like bikes. In my personal experience they have just caused more damage than good." Piper explains as she turns her one hand over so Alex's hand now lies perfectly in hers. Palm to palm.
"Well then maybe someday I can also show you some good that bikes bring."
"You want to show me a lot of things Al." Piper giggles
"I can show you anything you want Pipes." Alex wiggles her eyebrows which earns her a light shove from the blond.
"So tell me something good about bikes."
"Hmmm" Alex taps the finger of her left hand, not the one still holder Pipers hand, definitely not that one, against her chin as if she is contemplating the answer. She shrugs her shoulders, gives Piper a toothy grin and simply says "Their chick magnets."
"Seriously, is that the best you can do?" They both burst out laughing.
After the laughter have died down a bit and both of them where just sitting there lost in their own thoughts for a while Alex speaks up again and yes, they're still palm to palm "So you obviously didn't come down here to talk to me about my like for bikes?"
"No, no I didn't" the blond confirms, takes a deep breath, sighs and continues "We need to talk about Larry." When she was sure she had Alex's attention she continued "I really need you to try here. Can you just try, please?" Piper almost begs.
"Okay I'm sorry. Maybe I could have handled that entrance a bit better. I knew he must have been pissed off about the way he found out and I also knew that you were putting out fires, so maybe I could have handled it better." During Alex's apology Pipers eyes remained on their hands in her lap, running her thumb over Alex's fingers. The brunette bends down a bit searching for Pipers eyes and when they meet she repeats herself. "I am sorry okay. I really don't want to make this difficult for you."
"Thank you" Piper whispers and then continues in a normal tone again looking Alex straight in the eyes "Do you want to explain to me why you hate men so much or is it just Larry?"
At this Alex burst out laughing. Eventually when she could get her laughter under control she speaks.
"I don't have men. I just get along better with woman and I prefer woman's company over men. I have a selected view men in my life who holds a soft spot and that spot is full." She explains "But seriously Pipes, you have to admit, Larry just makes it so easy. I can just look at him and he will get pissed off."
"Yes, I've noticed, you have that affect on him, but I have also spoken to him earlier…"
"Yes I saw" Alex interrupts with a roll of the eyes
Piper continues as if she didn't notice Alex's comment "I spoke to him earlier and he has also agreed to try. We start shooting in two weeks time. I am lucky that it is close to home so I will be able to sleep at home every night but it will be crazy hours and we will probably not see each other for days, so I need to know that everything is going to be okay and that I wont get home one day after a long day at work to find that the two of you have murdered each other and left my son to tend to himself."
"Piper, you need to relax okay. I will take good care of your son." Upon receipt of acknowledgement from the blond Alex continues "speaking of which, is there anything else I need to know?"
But before Piper can answer the garage door opens and she releases Alex's hand so quick and jumps up one would swear the place was on fire. Not to anyone's surprise Larry's head pops up "About done here honey? There is something I would like to run past you?"
"Yes, almost done. I will be right up."
"Okay I'll be in the office" He offers her a sweet smile and turns around. Neither Alex nor Larry acknowledging the others presence.
"Okay where were we" Piper turns back to Alex completely ignoring her over reaction when the garage door opened. They weren't doing anything wrong. "Yes, Cameron. No there is nothing else. I am sure you are quite capable of taking care of him. He doesn't have any allergies or anything like that. But seriously Alex you are free to do and go where ever you want. If you want to go somewhere or what ever and Larry is available you can leave him with Larry. You don't work for me, so you are free to do what you want."
"Okay, sound great. I'm sure…"
"We probably have to talk about pay. I have to pay you" Piper interrupts.
"God Piper. You're not going to fucking pay me. I don't work for you. You just said it. I'm helping you out. I'm living here, that's payment enough."
"No Alex, I would really just feel to bad…."
"Piper!" Alex raises her voice a bit but only to make sure she has the blonds attention and to make sure the blond takes in every word she has to say. "I am helping you out as a friend. I don't need your money. I have got my own remember."
"Shit" Piper gasped "You're right. I completely forgot. I just employed a millionaire as my nanny. Oh God this is terrible." Looking at Alex again she gets no other response but a smirk. "What are you smiling at? Are you not going to say anything? This is so embarrassing. I probably can't even afford you." She rambles on and on until eventually Alex interrupts her.
"You're seriously going to have to shut up kid or I will have to shut you up." When she's sure Piper is finished she continues "I'm your friend okay. You're giving me a place to stay and in return I take your son to school, pick him up, take him for ice cream and for swimming lessons. Agreed?"
"Urgh okay, but there is a household account. I will give you the card later. You can use that for the outings like ice cream and stuff."
"I can pay for ice crea…."
"Alex!"
"okay, geez." Alex surrenders holding her hands up in defeat.
"Good, so we agree."
"We agree."
"Okay so, I have to go." Pipers says pointing over her shoulder to the door. "I will see you later."
"yip see you later."
Piper turns around and starts walking away before she pauses to look at Alex again. "Oh and Al" she draws Alex's attention from her phone "Pizza on a week night, not cool."
"Oh okay sorry."
"Its fine for tonight, but I will make sure he understands it's a once off."
Alex nods in agreement.
Piper continues "now" she points to the motorcycle "Cover that thing up and go unpack." She winks at Alex and walks away.
Hi All
Well this is the last of what I have. I hope my motivation comes back soon but who knows.
Librarybook: Well that is our Alex, isn't it. It just would be the same if she wasn't such a smart arse. Lol Thank you for the reviews.
JessTerr: Here's hoping hey? Thank you for the reviews.
DoubleRG: So how was this for an 'almost' triple update? I am really glad you are enjoying the story. Thank you for the review.
Pember: Here is the conversation you were waiting for. Hope it was everything you wanted. The reason for my shorter chapters is that I pay attention to one particular scene in each chapter. I don't want to put a couple of scenes together, but surely my regular updates makes up for this? Thanks for the review.
WB79: I'm sorry Larry annoys you hahahaha. Thanks for the review.
Prooffice: I am glad you enjoy the way I write Cameron. I just love a witty kid. Thank you for the PM and all your reviews.
EJM137: Behave! Lol Thanks for the review
PauliCN7: My literature friend…. I do know the difference between you're and your. I might be from South Africa, but I am educated Lol. I have been paying special attention to this mistake since the first time you mentioned it, because it obviously annoys you to the core. The thing is that I don't have time to read and re-read every single chapter I write to find all the mistakes I have made. I try to get regular updates to you guys. I follow a lot of stories where I only get one update in a month or even two months. Some stories was just completely abandoned. I don't want to be that kind of writer. I work at my regular job from 07h30 to 16h30 Monday to Friday and in between this I am also busy arranging a charity. My life is hectic, but I still find the time to give you guys updates because I don't just leave something I started. There will be a spelling mistake every now and again. It happens. But I also don't want to p*ss off my readers so maybe I will just leave updates for a while until I have more time to pay better attention to my writing. I hope there weren't to many mistakes in this chapter. Thanks for all your reviews.
Thank you all for reading. You might have to wait a little longer for your next update, but I will try my best okay.
Till next time
M
