I'm not the biggest fan of time jumps but I needed to do one to progress the story otherwise it would have just dragged on. If all works out in my mind as it should there will probably be another time jump towards the end of the fic.

This is just a short filler chapter. No dialog, but a lot of need to know information.

29.

It has been just over a month since Braydon and Piper told Cameron who his father was. It was an extremely happy day for the little man up until the moment Alex had to tell him that she won't be living with them anymore. At first the little guy thought it was his fault because he was rude to Alex earlier in the day when he didn't want to tell her about who his dad was but herself and Piper were very quick to assure him that this decision had absolutely nothing to do with him and that Alex loved him very much. She just needed to be in her own space, but she will still be a part of his everyday life like she was when she was living with them.

Piper at first was in a panic when her and Alex discussed the situation in the kitchen earlier that day. She just couldn't see how it would work. Someone needs to take Cameron to school in the mornings, has to be there to pick him up and be there until Piper gets back from set. She could not expect Alex to be at her house every morning and stay with Cameron until what time at night and then drive to where ever she will be staying. This was not Alex's responsibility. Piper was the mother and she had to take control of the situation.

While they were still talking about it she was already busy typing frantically on her phone trying to find a reliable agency to arrange interviews for a live in nanny. This was definitely not ideal, hence why Alex ended up there in the first place, but she didn't see any other alternative so she had to stop being over protective and just deal with it.

Alex on the other hand knew that Piper would never be able to rest and concentrate on work if her son was left in the hands of a stranger. She would phone every five minutes to know if he got to school okay, if he was picked up on time, if he has eaten and heavens only knows if they were to go to the park Piper would be in a panicked state wondering if the nanny is keeping a close eye on the boy or if she would get a call any second to tell her that he has gone missing.

Knowing all of this she took the phone from the blond, sat her down, told her to breath and assured her that between the two woman and Braydon they will be able to make this work. Piper does not go to set early every single day. One or two days out of the week she goes to set a bit later, so on those days she will drop Cameron. The other days Alex and Braydon will take turns. Either Alex or Braydon would always be available to pick him up from school unless there is an odd occasion where Piper is free at the time and wants to do it herself. She also doesn't work until midnight every night and some days she is home by six. The nights where she has to work late Braydon and Alex will take turns to stay until she gets home. After Alex carefully explained her plan to Piper they phoned Braydon to check if he is fine with it and to say that he was more than fine was an understatement. So the next day they met up and set the plan to work. That was also the first day Braydon picked Cameron up from school. Accompanied by Piper of course, otherwise they would never hand the boy over. The school was delighted to learn the boy's father was now a part of his life.

They removed Larry from the emergency contact list and added Braydon in just below Piper, moving Alex now down to third. Braydon felt like he had to apologise to Alex for this, but she just waved him off and told him that it makes sense, because he is the boy's father after all.

For the last month and a bit their arrangement has worked out perfectly. Cameron has even met Braydon's family by now and some nights when Piper knows she is going to be late Cameron has been allowed to stay over at his dad's house.

Piper has yet to meet with Braydon's family again. She did not feel ready to see them again and she didn't think that it was completely necessary. They were a part of Cameron's life and she won't keep him from them, but she herself doesn't have a lot of interest in them at this stage. Her tolerance meter went into the red even more when Cameron came home one day telling her his 'grandmother' informed him that one day soon he will be Cameron Monroe and not Cameron Chapman anymore. Luckily Braydon was still up in Cameron's room putting his bags away, so when he came down to the living room Piper made it very clear that his family has no say in the decision making in her child's life and that she sure as hell weren't planning on changing his name.

Braydon was very surprised by the outburst, informing her that he had absolutely no idea his mother did that. He promised to address her about it. He was happy for Cameron to stay a Chapman. Maybe, but only if Piper want's to, they can add his surname at a later stage but he would never expect for Chapman to be dropped completely. For now Piper agreed to go and register him as Cameron's father, seeing as she left that part of the birth certificate blank at the time of his birth but the name change, if it happens, will follow at a later stage. The dad had no objections.

As the days passed Alex started seeing less and less of the boy and as for his mother, Alex could count on one hand how many times she has seen her in the last month. They talk over the phone briefly every now and again or sometimes have a quick text conversation, but other than that nothing much. Piper spends a lot of her time on set and when she is not on set she spends as much possible bonding time with her son. Weekends usually consist of Piper and Braydon spending family time together with Cameron.

The first week or two the papers and internet was full of speculation so Piper decided to grant one paper an interview so they can set the record straight and stop all the speculation. Braydon accompanied her to the interview and answered some questions of his own.

Since then they have been followed around everywhere they go and a couple more articles appeared accompanied by some pictures. Happy pictures Alex notices. Pictures where they look like an actual normal family. Even though Alex should have been Happy for them it still frustrated her in some way. She had asked Piper in one of their brief conversations if they are together again. Piper assured her that they aren't. They are just starting to get to know each other again and that the blond was not yet ready to get into a relationship. Luckily Riley stuck around for a while and she kept Alex's mind occupied best she could and even though Alex was sure things will never be what they used to between the two, she welcomed the distraction.

Piper was aware of the developing or maybe continuing relationship between the two, because the times Cameron spend with Alex, Riley would be with them most of the time. The four year old spoke very excitedly about the red head woman and Piper knew he took quite the liking in her.

She's not going to lie and say that she felt a pang of sadness at the beginning knowing that Alex was moving on, but she was also happy for her because she didn't expect her to hang around waiting forever. She deserved happiness. Everybody does and Piper knew this was not the right time for them.

The blond was still taking it day by day and hasn't made any decisions regarding her own love life so to speak. If she is being honest she has been enjoying the time she and Braydon has been spending together with their son and she was reminded of some of the attributes which had her fall in love with him in the first place. They were growing closer and closer with each passing day and maybe some old feelings are starting to surface without her realising it but only time will tell.