15.

"Hey honey, what's up" Piper questions as she walks into the study towards Larry who is typing away on his laptop.

"First things first" He looks up from his laptop at Piper who has now taken a seat on the other side of the desk "How did the talk go."

"Good." She pauses "it went fine, great actually. She promised to really try. She does not want to make it difficult for any of us and she knows how important it is for me to know that everything will be fine when I am not here, so it went good." She re-assures her boyfriend.

"Okay, good. And I also promise to do my best. Be on my best behavior and treat her like a welcome guest in our house." Larry smiles lovingly at Piper and Piper knows he means it. He will definitely do anything to keep her happy and to make sure she feels comfortable to leave the house to go to work.

"Thank you" Pipers smiles back sweetly. "So…."

"Yes, right. So we decided, seeing that I have all the inside info to put a small piece in the paper about you and Alex…."

"I don't think that is a good idea Larry." Piper interrupts "You didn't even ask for my approval, nor Alex's. I am used to being in the public eye and all over newspapers and magazines, but we don't really know how she feels about it."

"I understand this honey, but there is a lot of speculation going around at the moment. Don't you rather want the truth out there than a story someone started and everybody else added their bit to it and eventually everything will be out of hand. I mean have you even been on social media today?" Larry tries to explain the necessity of the article to Piper.

The blond does not seem very interested as she sits across from Larry with her arms crossed. "I still think it is something you have to clear with her first."

"Why don't you just read the article, make any changes you want, if any and then we can take it up with her."

"I really think you are making a big deal out of nothing." The blond voices her opinion as she gets up. "Let me see."

Larry stands up off his chair and gestures for Piper to take a seat so she can read the article.

"Piper Chapman's mystery woman" Is the heading Piper reads to which she rolls her eyes and inwardly wonders if that is really the best Larry could come up with. She continues reading without saying anything about the title.

The article basically just explains who Alex is, where she came from, how Piper and her met and what she is now doing in LA. It also explains that she is living in Pipers house and will be around for an unknown time. The way the article has been written it sounds very much like Alex is just there to be Cameron's nanny and nothing more.

"I don't like it." Piper states simply

"Why?" Larry asked in a shocked toned.

"Honey, seriously, terrible title to start with." Larry opens his mouth to say something but Piper does not give him a chance to speak. "I am sure you are better than that and can think of something else. And secondly you make it sound like Alex is just here to be Camron's nanny."

"She's not?"

"No Larry, she is my friend. She is helping me out until I find someone else. She wouldn't even allow me to pay her." Piper also now standing continues "Re-write it to sound like that, because it is much closer to the truth and I will consider you publishing it AFTER I have spoken to Alex and depending if she approves." With that Piper walks back to where she was originally seated and pulls out her phone.

Larry takes a seat behind his laptop again mumbling something about Piper making friends way to quickly and that she hardly knows Alex, but all of a sudden they are best friends. Piper chooses to ignore the sulking and diverts her attention to her social media while Larry is typing away.

Every once in a while she would let out a giggle because of something she read and Larry would look at her curiously but she would never give him an explanation. Piper could definitely see that her friendship with Alex is going down quite well out there. Some of the fans are going crazy over Alex and just has to know who she is. Others thinks that Piper and Alex would make the best looking lesbian couple and they could definitely kick Ellen and Protia's ass.

After approximately two hours in the study and Piper making Larry change a couple of things in the article again, twice, they are finally done and Larry prints a copy for Alex to read. After searching the whole house and outside the only other place Alex can be is in her room, so Larry tells Piper to go ahead as he does not think it is respectful of a man to go into an almost stranger woman's bedroom. Cameron obviously has not problem with being in Alex's room Piper thinks to herself as she walks down the hall and hears her sons voice rambling on behind the closed door.

Piper doesn't think it is necessary to knock seeing that Cameron is in there with Alex, but she does anyway.

"We didn't order anything" Piper hears the Husky voice on the other side of the door and Cameron's giggles.

She just stood there not sure if she can just go in now or should she knock again when the door swung upon to reveal her son standing there with a toothy grin plastered on his face.

"We didn't order anything, we are going out." He chirped his mother.

"Don't you try and be a smart ass as well or you won't be going anywhere" Piper warned the boy but with a smile on her face.

"I have taught him well, even if I have to say so myself" Alex says as she appears next to the boy with a smirk on her face.

"We'll see if he feels the same about it if I take away his train for a week."

"Alex" Cameron moans.

"She wouldn't dare" Alex winks down at him.

"Excuse me?" Piper says and she and Alex has a stare down while Camron looks from one woman to the other. Piper is the first to smile.

"I win" Alex says as she steps aside "Did you want to come in."

Piper steps into the room noticing that Alex has already unpacked everything and made the room her own. There is a couple of her books stacked on the one bedside table and on the other bedside table a framed picture catches Pipers eye.

"May I?" She asks Alex's permission before she pics up the frame to study the picture a bit closer. It's a picture of Alex and Piper assume Riley. She is beautiful with red hair and blue eyes and a mega watt smile. Piper has to admit to herself that they really do make a good looking couple. She turns around to look at Alex who is now leaning against the wall just watching Piper. The blond notices that her son is no longer in the room. "Riley, I assume?"

"Yip" Alex says as she pushes herself off the wall and make her way to where Piper is standing. "It was taken about three weeks before the breakup" Alex explains as she takes the picture from Piper, studies it for a second and places it back on the bedside table and turns to take a seat on the edge of the bed "so what brings you by?"

Piper can see that the wounds are still raw. Alex tries to cover it up pretty good but she is doing a terrible job. "I need your approval of something. It's a short article Larry wrote for the paper tomorrow about….." she stops dead in the middle of her sentence when she sees the grin on Alex's face along with her signature eyebrow look. "What?" she asks knowing she is going to regret the answer.

"So you even think I am better at his job than he is?"

"Alex" Piper sighs "Is this you trying"

"Oh come on" Alex says as she grabs Piper by the wrist and pulls her down to sit next to her on the bed "I'm just joking."

Piper does not offer a response and just hands Alex the Paper in her hand.

The brunette takes it and just by reading the header she knows what it is all about "Fuck no?"

"You didn't even read it yet." Piper says shocked.

"I don't need to fucking read it Piper. I know what it is about and I don't want to be in the papers and shit. I like my life low key."

"Really Alex" Piper half raises her voice "Your fucking pictures are all over social media. People are going to recognize you anyways. This…" the blond points to the paper in Alex's hand "is merely to set the record straight and explain where you fit in. It's not like we're putting your whole life out there"

Alex, a bit taken aback by the blonds short fuse looks back down at the paper and starts to read the article without a word. Piper immediately regrets her tone she just used and makes a mental note to not snap at Alex so quickly but for some reason the taller girl just has this effect on her. Piper watches Alex intensely while she is reading the article trying to pic up anything from her expression, but her face remains blank.

Alex hands the paper back to Piper locking eyes with her and holding her gaze for a couple of seconds "Well," she breaks the silence "At least he didn't make me sound like the help."

Piper though best not to inform Alex of the first version "so you are okay with it?"

"The things I do for you" Alex rolls her eyes as a smile forms on Pipers lips "yeah it's fine. You can go ahead."

"Thank you." Piper pauses and Alex just knows there is more coming. "There is something else though."

"I thought as much"

"Larry asked if we can maybe take a proper picture to put with the article instead of the 'stolen' snaps from the airport."

"You photography skill better do me justice Chapman." Alex warns playfully as she gets up. Piper remains seated on the bed wondering if that was a yes when Alex's voice interrupts her thoughts again. "I am just going to change my shirt. I was about to chase Cameron to get some shoes while I change so we can go grab that pizza. If he is pissed off with me because I have to pose first its on you."

Piper looks up and was about to speak but her words got stuck in her throat as she sees Alex pulling her shirt over her head. She is not sure if she should get up and leave or sit there and pretend she does not notice the tingly feeling inside of her seeing Alex standing there in her jeans and black bra. She can feel herself starting to blush. Her ears are ringing. She doesn't even hear Alex speak. Eventually Alex raises her voice a notch to catch the blonds attention.

"Piper!"

"What?" Piper snaps out of it "What, I am sorry."

"Would you like to fetch your camera and take a picture without my shirt first. It will last longer you know." Alex teases

"Fuck off. I was actually just shocked at how….." Piper gestures to Alex's body struggling to find the word and then settling for "how forward you are."

"Right" Alex says shaking her head still smiling "I asked you which shirt. I don't know what would look better in the paper." Alex says as she is holding up red and black check shirt and a black t shirt.

"Black T shirt under check shirt" came the blonds reply.

"Works for me"

"I will see you down by the pool okay. When your ready." Piper says as she gets up and walks to the door.

"See you in five." Alex says as the blond walks out the door.

Hi Guys

Hope you all are doing great.

I had a couple of PM and I really started feeling bad letting you guys hang with this story. I worked on some updates but I am warning you in advance that I didn't fine comb them so there might still be mistakes. I just wanted to get it up. You guys deserve it.

I hope you enjoy the two chapters and hopefully I can update again soon.

Thanks for all the support and have a great day.

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