Wow… I have received SOME reviews and inbox messages clearly showing some readers displeasure with my story.
This is how I write. I like a slow burn story. Wam Bam thank you mam does not exist in my stories.
If you are pissed at me now and feel the need to inbox/review to show me how crap you think I am then maybe stop reading now, because this whole story is already planned out and I can assure you I will be pissing you off a whole lot more.
I am not the type of writer who let's the characters meet in the first chapter and shagg every opportunity they get in the next 30. That is not why I write these things.

I also don't understand why people don't see that Piper is trying to do what is best for her son and why don't people see that Pipers life has not been smooth sailing all the way. I think the readers are just to Pro-Alex and Anti-Piper to see that Piper also has struggles. This is not Orange is the new Black. Don't take out the beef you have with that Piper on my Piper.

I should have made this a Emison fic. The PLL fans are more patient. They waited 7 seasons for their ship to sail.

Anyhow… To those who enjoy the story, happy reading.
To those who don't. Well good luck with those temper meters because I am not going to change it.

31.

It was Sunday morning when Piper was standing in her kitchen waiting for the coffee machine to finish. Staring out the back window, she hears the front door opening and cringes a little when it was slammed shut so hard she made a mental note to check if it was still on it's hinges later.

"I was wondering when you were going to show up." She says without turning around when she hears the footsteps entering the kitchen.

"Where is Cameron?"

"Well I was expecting you, so his father took him out for the day." Piper answers, still not turning around. She is not ready to look at Alex because she is not sure if she will slap her or scream at her.

"Good." Is the only response she gets before she feels Alex pressing up against her, trapping Piper between the kitchen counter and her own body. Alex grabs Pipers hands in her own and presses the blonds palms down on the counter, leaving her own hand on top of hers.

Before Piper could even comprehend as to what was happening she felt Alex kissing her softly just behind her ear. The loose bun her hair is currently in giving Alex perfect access. "Alex what are you doing." Piper enquires, shaking her head, trying to shake the other woman off.

"What does it look like I am doing." Alex breaths in a whisper as she takes the blonds lobe in her mouth flicking it with her tongue a couple of times, before she releases it again and goes back to kissing the blond, dragging her tongue down her neck and kissing back up to her jaw.

Piper tries to turn around but Alex just pushes harder into her trapping her more tightly. "Alex you need to stop. We can't do this."

"Why" Alex asks between the wet kisses she is currently leaving on Pipers jaw line.

Piper becomes a bit frustrated with the brunette now and raises her voice just a notch. "Seriously Alex. Yesterday you fucking accuse me of being a bad mother, abandoning my son when he got hurt to apparently fuck his father and now you are trying to get into my pants."

Alex not even a bit affected by the blonds anger in her voice just continue with her ministrations while replying "you are not wearing any pants. You are wearing silky nighties…." She pauses for a bit before she releases Pipers left hand and runs her own hand under Pipers silky night top up her stomach all the way till she takes one of her breasts fully in her hands and giving it a squeeze.

Piper stops herself just in time from letting out a moan and with a bit more freedom now that one of her hands are free she pushes Alex off and spins around. "What the fuck are you doing Alex."

"Well I thought it was obvious, but if you really need clarification…" She pauses with a sarcastic smirk on her face.

"I know you are pissed off about the bike Alex, but you really scare me with that thing…."

"I don't care about the stupid bike." Alex let the blond know in a bit of a raised voice.

"Then what is it about. What!" Piper all but screams. "is this because you think I am sleeping with Braydon."

"Well you didn't deny it Piper."

"I tried to but you never gave me a chance to speak." She pauses for a while, the two of them trying to kill each other with looks. "If you gave me a chance to explain" Piper continues in a calmer voice "and if you weren't so blinded by your own anger you would know that this" pointing to her own neck "is not a love bite Alex. If you look closer you will actually see that it is a bruise. I got injured on set." She finishes, pulling her pyjamas top away from her left shoulder to show Alex the bruises there as well. She holds up her hand to silence the other woman when she notices she wants to start apologising. "With that being said, before you get soft, maybe we should talk. You weren't completely off."

Alex doesn't want to jump to any conclusions about that last comment, so she sits her ass down at the kitchen island and waits for Piper to make them some coffee and come over to explain.

"So the thing is Alex…" Piper pauses and Alex can see she is nervous. All the colour has drained out of her face.

"You can tell me you are getting back together with Braydon Piper. I am not going to bite your head off. I have had time to prepare myself for something like that. I do read the newspapers and magazines. I do see the pictures of the happy family. I know you enough to put two and two together."

"It wasn't an easy decision to make Alex but I just feel like it is right thing to do. I haven't told him yet though. I was going to tell him this afternoon when he brings Cameron back." She studies Alex's face and she is a bit confused because it is emotionless. "But I swear I did not sleep with him. You are the last person…" Her words gets caught up in her throat. "We deserve to know if there is a future for us. Cameron deserves a chance at a real family."

"So he doesn't know you are back together and you didn't sleep with him, yet you were together yesterday when Cameron got hurt. You weren't at work and neither of you picked up your phones."

Piper lets out a frustrating sigh "No Alex, I will say it again I didn't sleep with him." Becoming more frustrated "Why the hell does it matter anyways. Aren't you back with Riley."

Taken aback by the comment "Where do you get that from."

"Well Cameron mentioned that every time he is with you Riley is there, so I only assumed…"

"Between Friday and Today I am quickly learning assuming is very dangerous." Alex let out a quiet laugh "But to answer your question, no Riley and I aren't back together. We are just friends. She went back home a couple of days ago already."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Piper offers her apologies before she continues. "As for where I was on Friday when Cameron got hurt, I had the day off. I got hurt on set on Thursday and they gave me Friday and the weekend to heal. Braydon and I were driving around looking and venue's for Cameron's fifth birthday coming up in a month…." Piper pauses when she sees Alex tensing up and this time all the colour drains from Alex's face. "What?" Piper asks and when she gets no answer. "What is it Alex."

Alex clears her throat because suddenly it feels like she cant talk, like someone is strangling her. "Part of the reason I came here today…" She pauses and clears again "Part of the reason why I came here today was to return your car because I am going home and bought a plane ticket for a week from now." Alex rambles off so quickly without even taking a breath, because she was so scared she would get it out. Piper's mind is still trying to catch up and to understand what exactly she just heard, because she is almost sure she didn't hear her correctly, but she knows inside of her she did but she needed to hear it again to believe it.

Piper lets out a nervous laugh "You spoke so fast I could have sworn you said you were leaving. Maybe you can repeat it a bit slower this time."

Alex just shakes her head looking down at her hands, fidgeting nervously "you know what you heard Piper."

"No Alex!" the blond slams her hand down on the counter. "No I don't think I know what I fucking heard." She pauses when Alex meets her eyes and she can feel the tears building. "Why?" When she gets no answer "Is this about the bike. You can have the fucking bike back Alex. You just know I hate it when you are irresponsible with it."

"It's not about the bike Piper." She pauses letting out a frustrating sigh. "It's about so much more. It's about everything. It's about you, it's about Cameron, it's about Braydon, it's about me." Alex looks up at Piper and sees the tears threatening to spill any moment. She can feel tears of her own building. "Piper, I care about you so much and I know it's not the right time for us and I do agree with your decision to get back with Braydon, but that does not mean it makes it any easier to know that you don't care for me…."

"I do Alex. I do care about you." Piper interrupts her tears silently falling now. She grabs Alex's hands "Don't ever think that I didn't. You do mean something to me Alex. You know that. This was not an easy decision to make. I just feel it was the right one. Cameron deserves this Alex."

"What about what you deserve. Don't you deserve happiness."

"I do," Piper sadly smiles "but don't you see Alex. My son's happiness is my own." She pauses before she continues in a hushed voice "and I do love Braydon. He made me happy once. I know he can again."

"I am sure he will." Alex smiles softy at the blond. "He really is a great guy."

They sit there for a while in silence. Piper has pulled her hands out of Alex's and now holding up her head while occasionally wiping away some tears. Alex looks everywhere except at the blond. It's heart breaking to see her like this and Alex wants to let her own tears fall, but she knows she has to stay strong. She has to keep her composure, because they can't both be a mess. Alex also scolds herself in her mind for forgetting about Cameron's upcoming birthday, but when she made the decision to go back home she knew she had to book a ticket on the soonest available flight otherwise she will change her mind. It doesn't make it easier. How will she explain this to the four year old.

"It wasn't an easy decision Piper." She whispers "You and Cameron is all I have here. My family and everyone I care about are back home. You and Cameron are starting a new life which leaves me all alone."

"That is not true." The blond cries. "You will always be a part of our family. We will always be there for you no matter what."

Piper tries her best to convince the brunette, but Alex just shakes her head "I'm so sorry Piper." She whispers.

"You are going to break my son's heart."

"I'm sorry."

Piper gets up off her chair wiping some more tears away while walking in the direction of Alex "You don't owe me anything Alex." She gets interrupted by Alex's phone lying on the counter informing her of an incoming text. Piper looks down at the lit up screen and for the first time she sees the wallpaper on the phone. It is the picture they took for Larry's article when Alex first arrived. Alex and Piper standing behind Cameron on his swing. She looks up meeting Alex's gaze and then back down at the phone again "As I was saying Alex. You don't owe me anything." Tapping on the picture on Alex's phone she whispers "Tell him." And with that she walks away.