Alex is so spineless in this story (and very OOC) she's the ultimate doormat! Will she ever stand up to Piper or is she just going to let Piper walk all over her. Considering Alex is Piper's employee and Piper is very rich while Alex is a domestic, any relationship they would have would be very unequal as Piper has all the power and all the control and makes all the decisions, whilst Alex just waits around hoping Piper will choose her over all the men in her life. – I am sorry you feel that Alex is spineless. That is not what I was aiming for. What do you mean with "Out of Character?" This is not based on Orange at all so the character personalities are my own. Also in no way is Alex an employee of Pipers. She is helping out as a friend. She made that clear the day she arrived. Hence why she wouldn't accept payment. Piper is also not the rich one. Alex has got quite a bit of money of her own, as explained in chapter 1. Just wanted to clear that up. Thank you for the review. It helps to point out areas where I should give more attention in future books maybe. This one is already worked out unfortunately.
Thanks for all the other reviews. Hope you enjoy.
I did not fix errors. Apologies if there are any.
28.
It has been 3 hours since the three of them left and Alex has not heard anything from Piper. She has been on edge all morning. Even though she knows it would have gone down well you can't blame the zero point zero five percent of her for wondering and praying that she was right.
She knew Cameron took a liking to Braydon. She also knew that Braydon was not so bad. Actually he was quite a pleasant person and she almost hates herself for liking him. It would have been so much easier for her to hate him, but she couldn't. She could see he is a loving and caring person and that he already loves his son very much. She also didn't fail to notice when they spoke earlier that he really cares for Piper and he obviously still loves her. She can't even begin to comprehend what he went through. To after five years start regaining his memory, Alex didn't even know it is possible to regain your memory after such a long time. This is probably what miracles looks like. And then realise the person you loved, love, is no longer there because you were in an accident and you couldn't remember that you loved her and on top of that to find out that there is a love child who is now already four years old and you had no part in those four years of his life, not even mentioning being there through the pregnancy or the birth process. How do you deal with something like that? How do you get through something like that? You were robbed of five years of your life and what meant most to you at the moment right before the accident is not yours anymore.
You have to start all over again. Start to build on the trust again like you would in the beginning of a relationship. Start to build on the caring, the loving, the compassion, the passion, with absolutely no assurance that things will go back to the way they once were. With no assurance that she would love you back in the same way she once did and in the way that you possibly still love her because you didn't know that you couldn't love her anymore, because you didn't know of her.
Alex knows Piper loved Braydon with all of her heart. Without saying it she indirectly confirmed it last night when she explained about becoming engaged to Larry. Just the thought of that made her question her relationship. She was engaged to Braydon which tells Alex she loved him without a doubt in her heart. She loved him with all of her being. They have a four year old son to proof it.
Before she can continue her thoughts her phones starts vibrating and without looking at the caller ID she just knew who it had to be and immediately answered it.
"Hello"
"You must be dying by now." Piper laughs on the other side of the phone.
"If you left me hanging for another five minutes I might just have died."
"Were you sitting there staring at your phone the whole time, because I swear it didn't even give one full ring before you answered it."
Alex ignores Pipers snarky comment and instead asks what she has been dying to know for three hours "So by the happy sound in your voice I guess it is safe to assume that all went well."
"He was so happy Alex." The blond pauses and Alex is sure it is to regain her composure, because if she is not mistaken she could hear Pipers voice crack at the end of her sentence. "It was so much better than I anticipated. While they laughed and played and acknowledged each other as father and son I just sat on a bench bawling my eyes out. Mostly happy tears, but I also cried because they lost so much time they will never get back, you know?"
"Yeah, I know, its sucks for them. But now they can start making up for lost time. So only happy tears from now on." Alex pauses "Or how about no tears at all."
"I like the sound of that." There is a moment of silence before Piper speaks up again. "Urgh can you imagine the papers tomorrow."
"Maybe there wouldn't have been any journo's around."
"They are always around Alex. Believe me. I have learned as much by now."
"Hey look at the bright side….. At least there will be one paper who won't be writing about it."
"Which…" but then realisation hits the blond and she just replies "oh..."
Larry's paper will definitely not be doing a piece about Piper Chapman, her son and her long lost baby daddy looking all happy in a family park, well with the exception of the mother sitting on a bench bawling her eyes out, but that is besides the point.
"So what now." Alex asks, because she really has no idea where they go from here. Where she fits into Cameron's day to day life.
Piper is still shooting and will still be shooting for a couple of months. There is no more Larry. So Alex can definitely see she will still be needed, but how much because they did gain Braydon as a helping hand. In the place of Larry of course.
"Well Braydon will be dropping me and Cameron off in the next half an hour. He wanted to take Cameron with him to go and meet his family, but I thought its maybe a little to much to soon."
When Piper does not continue Alex questions "Okay…..?"
"What do you thing?"
Alex is a bit caught off guard by the blonds question but at the same time she feels proud that Piper values her opinion. "Maybe it is a bit to much in one day for a four year old. Maybe give it a day or two."
"That is exactly what I said. So anyway he will be dropping us off in half an hour and then I have to get to set, so I was wondering if you would come over to watch Cameron. Maybe we can fit in a quick talk before I have to go."
"Yeah, okay I am good with that."
"Okay so I will see you at home in a bit then."
Just as Alex was about to take the steps up to the front door, the door opens and Braydon walks out followed by Piper. They say their goodbyes and Braydon descends the steps towards Alex.
"Are you leaving already?" Alex asks
"Piper said you are coming over and you need to talk. I don't want to get in the way so…." He pauses. Alex nods in understanding. Braydon walks over the motorcycle. "This is nice." He says to Alex while walking around inspecting.
She holds out the keys to him "Well technically it is yours, so you can have it back." He raises a questioning eyebrow so she explains "Piper bought it for you, but it was only delivered after the accident. It stood untouched for five years until I started using it, with Pipers permission of course."
Understanding he pushes the keys back to her "I see, but you keep it. I don't think I will ever get onto one of those again." Alex sees some sort of emotion crossing his face before he continues "Take it from me Alex, the thrill is not worth the risk. Be careful with that thing." He motions over his shoulder with his thumb back to the house "They are not something you want to forget." And with that he pats Alex on the shoulder and walks away.
She stands there staring after him for a couple more seconds before she turns her attention back to the house, noticing Piper still standing in the doorway looking down to where her and Braydon's interaction just took place.
"What was that all about?" the blond asks as soon as Alex is stood in front of her.
"I tried to give him his bike back but he didn't want it." She gives a short explanation. Something has been running around in her brain for a while since this morning when her and Braydon were alone in the hotel living room. She squints her eyes studying the woman before her before she shocks herself as well as Piper. "Why do you like me?"
The blond raises a questioning eyebrow not sure where this is coming from or what exactly the taller girl means by this. When Alex realises the confusion she continues "I mean, black hair, green eyes, tall." While explaining this she motions between her and where Braydon was a couple of minutes ago.
Piper, understanding now where the other woman is coming from, leans against the door frame, folding her arms over her chest before she answers "You also have softer fuller lips, bigger boobs and definitely not the same equipment down there." A bit annoyed by the unspoken assumptions Alex made up in her mind she continues "I'm not only attracted to people because of their features Alex. Besides you and Braydon might have the same hair and eye colour but you are nothing alike. Well maybe except for your kindness and good hearts."
"So you're saying you are attracted to me." Alex smirks
Piper rolls her eyes, thinking 'of course after all of that, that will be the only thing she picks up on' but she decides to play along "I slept with you didn't I."
The smirk falls from Alex's face. She didn't quite expect such a forward reply. "Touché" then she scratches her chin as if thinking. "I don't really recall. Maybe you want to remind me."
"Smooth Al." Piper shakes her head, but can't help but laugh. She grabs Alex by the jacket pulling her into the house. "Get in here."
As soon as Cameron notices the two laughing woman he jumps up from where he was playing with his truck and runs over to Alex. "Alex!" he shouts.
"Hey buddy."
"Guess what." And Alex knows what's coming. The grin on that little face is so big she is sure that if it was humanly possible for it to go right around his head, it would have. "I have a dad now." He says excitedly.
Alex lowers herself to his level. "You do huh?" she asks and the little boy nods so hard she swears his head will fall off if he keeps it up. "What shop did you buy him at. Maybe I want to get myself another one."
The happiness on the four year old's face is replaced by utter confusion as he looks up at his mother in question as to what the other woman is talking about. "She is just messing with you baby." The mother reassures her son while taking full advantage of Alex's squatting position by kicking one of her feet from under her causing her to fall back on her arse. "Be nice."
Alex looks up at the blond "And you call kicking my feet from under me nice."
"Nope." The blond smiles sarcastically at the girl sitting on the floor. "I call it karma." And with that she nods toward her son indicating to Alex to ask him about what they were talking about.
"I was just joking buddy." She addresses the boy. "tell me about your dad."
He looks up at his mom, then squints at Alex in front of him. Crossing his arms over his chest. "No." and with that he turns around and start walking away muttering "I call it karma." He repeats his mother.
Piper bursts with laughter as she looks down at the annoyed Alex. "He is so your son." Alex breathes out while she gets up from the floor.
"Hell yes he is." Piper laughs while she walks in the direction of the kitchen motioning for Alex to follow her.
