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Also it means that I did a good job at getting my point across, so I am happy.

41.

Alex ended up staying quite a bit longer at the wedding reception as she had intended to. As promised she gave Piper the dance she 'owed' her and as the song ended and she thought she had paid her debt there was a tap on her shoulder. Turning around she found Braydon standing there with a smile on his face convincing her that if the bride gets a dance so does the groom.

Two hours later Alex was still on the dance floor having the time of her life. Between the three Chapman-Monroe's they would not let her go and she didn't mind it one bit. She can't remember the last time she had so much fun. Eventually all the excitement got to much for Cameron and he fell asleep in his dads arms. That was Alex's que to leave seeing as Cameron would not even consider her leaving without him.

She was awoken the next morning by her phone notifying her of an incoming text.

From Piper:
Wana join us for breakfast at the house?

To Piper:
Depends, what we having?

From Piper:
Definitely not Pizza

To Piper:
In that case I have to respectfully decline.

From Piper:
See you in an hour.

Alex just shakes her head with a small smile on her face at the fact that Piper had completely ignored the fact that she declined the invitation. Sure she wasn't serious, but still, the blond was just to used to get what she wanted.

Mustering up a plan in her head she gets out of bed to take a shower. It's only when she stretches out that she feels the after effects of the dancing from the night before. Making a quick call down to room service she jumps in the shower, thirty minutes later she is out of the door and another fifteen minutes later she is pressing the buzzer at Piper's gate.

When she approached the front door it was already open so she walked in and straight to the kitchen, only finding Piper there with her back to the entrance.

Alex quietly approaches the kitchen counter, placing her contribution to breakfast down and making her way over to Piper. When she is right behind her she leans closer to her ear "Boo". Alex is almost double over laughing by the fact that the blond just nearly jumped straight out of the window she was standing in front of staring into the distance.

"Fuck sakes Alex. You could have killed me." When she gets no response except for the taller woman laughing even more she just shoves her and also start laughing.

When the laughter eventually died down "You opened the gate and the door for me. You knew I was coming. You couldn't space out that quick."

"Actually Braydon must have opened for you. I just came back in from the back yard." Her nose catching the aroma of something she wasn't cooking, Piper broke eye contact with Alex in search of the unwelcome smell. "Alex, what is that?"

"Pizza." Comes the obvious reply.

"We are not having Pizza for breakfast." Piper scoffs with her hands on her hips.

"Did someone say Pizza" Comes Braydon's voice.

"Ohhh Pizza" Follows Cameron closely behind.

"I should have married you instead." Braydon mocks as he approaches Alex for their usual air cheek kiss greeting.

The two of them turn around looking at Piper again leaning against the counter glaring at them with her arms over her chest. Braydon tries to approach her but she holds up her hand "Don't you dare. Go have pizza with your future wife." She sulks which causes Braydon and Alex to burst out laughing.

"This is really good mommy. Come have some." Cameron's voice interrupts the laughter. When they turn around the six year old is sitting at the counter with the pizza in front of him halfway through his first slice causing them to laugh again.

Piper approaches her son and whispers something in his ear. Something causing a huge smile on his face and before Alex and Braydon even realises what is going on Cameron is bolting out of the kitchen towards the stairs with Piper closely behind him taking the whole pizza with her.

"Hey" Braydon and Alex shouts

"There is pancakes in the warmer." Is the last thing they hear Piper shout before her bedroom door slams shut and they hear her locking it as they come running up the stairs.

"This is not funny. Sharing is caring." Alex shouts from outside the bedroom door but all they hear is the two inside giggling.

"We are sharing." Comes Cameron's voice. "With each other." He finishes.

"Don't be a smart ass. Open the door." This time it is Braydon's voice coming from the other side of the door.

"You owe me ten bucks daddy."

"If you don't open the door I am going to use the ten bucks to buy pizza for me and Alex." Braydon fires back at his son.

There is a silence on the other side of the door and Alex and Braydon both smile a little victory smile because they know Cameron wont like the fact that they will be withholding his ten bucks from him and he will soon convince his mother to open the door.

"Mommy says that is fine. She will double it if I don't open the door." Comes the shocking response.

"You are not playing fair Pipes." Alex shouts and Braydon hums in agreement.

"I invited you for breakfast, which means I had prepared breakfast and then you pitch up here with a pizza so the breakfast I had made is going to go to waste. Now both you monsters on the other side of this door knows I don't like to waste food, so go sit your asses down in the kitchen and eat the breakfast I had prepared for you out of love."

Piper and Cameron sat eating their pizza in silence for another couple of minutes not hearing anything from the other side of the door, so they assumed Braydon and Alex are downstairs eating the pancakes she made.

There is still half a pizza left so Piper asks her son "Do you think we should go and offer them some?"

Cameron shrugs his shoulder "Yeah, I am almost full and I want one pancake anyways."

The two of them quietly approach the door listening for any movement on the other side. When they hear nothing they opened the door and make their way downstairs, finding Alex and Braydon there deep in conversation enjoying the pancakes and coffee she had made earlier.

"We decided to share." Piper interrupts their conversation. "Didn't think you were so clever now did you." She points a finger at Alex. "And you." She points at Braydon. "We're not even married a full twenty four hours and you already looking for greener pastures."

"Never my love. Besides I am not even her type." Braydon jokes back. "Now, hand over the box."

From there on they fell into easy conversation. Braydon explained to Cameron that he would be allowed to go with Alex but if he ever was to pull a stunt like this again his parents would not let him off the hook so easily. He explained to him that it is more complicated than just getting on a plane and going with her. The boy was ecstatic and promised never to do it again. He also praised them for being the best parents he could ever ask for.

They decided after breakfast to go to the tracks so Cameron could show Alex how good he had become at riding. She praised him all the way because he had really improved a lot and had excellent control of his four wheeler. They ended the day off with a late lunch. Obviously Alex and Braydon suggestion pizza frustrating the living shit out of Piper, but to the blonds surprise her son backed her up saying they had pizza for breakfast and he wanted something else.

On Monday they sorted out all the paperwork which would be needed for Alex and Cameron's trip as well as packing everything he needed. Piper had to carefully explain to him that there is a weight limit which he is allowed to pack. If it was up to him he would have packed his whole room up in ten different suitcases. Braydon eventually asking him if he was considering abandoning his parents and never coming back. He assured them that is not the case though. He just couldn't choose what toys to take and what to leave. Alex was seated on a chair off to the side looking for flights. She found some for early afternoon the next day.

Alex and Piper went back and forth arguing about who would be paying for the tickets. Piper reasoned that it is her sons doing in the first place and so she would pay for it. Alex argued that she wanted to pay for it because she wanted Cameron to come and visit her. Braydon eventually had enough of the two and grabbed the laptop off of Alex's lap and entering his credit card details and processing the transaction.

When the two woman shot him death glares he just shrugged and said "Two dogs fight over a bone and the third gets it." and handed the laptop back to Alex.

Piper mumbles something about that statement not even making sense in this case before she resumed folding clothes and putting them in the bag. They ended of the evening with some Chinese before Alex went back to her hotel. They agreed that the three Chapman-Monroe's would meet her at the airport the next day, which is where they currently found themselves.

"Please promise me you are not going to feed him pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner." Piper says to Alex.

"I won't I promise. Besides Riley informed me that she will take it upon herself to cook for us while Cameron is there so she can make sure he gets all the nutriance he needs and that way not having a raging Piper Chapman on our asses."

"Riley is going to be there?" Cameron almost shouts excitedly.

"You and Riley live together again." Piper asks dryly.

Braydon just observes.

"Well yeah…." And before she can continue the boarding call for their flight breaks through the intercom system of the airport.

They all say their goodbyes, obviously Piper is bawling her eyes out when she says goodbye to her son. Alex wraps her in a tight hug and promises to take very good care of him and return him home safely.

After about three hundred kisses all over his face and head Cameron eventually gets annoyed and starts to back away from his mother in the way of the boarding gate. He tells her he loves her to the moon and back and that she must not worry about him because he is not a baby anymore. She accepts that fact, that he is not a baby anymore, but he will always be her baby.

The two parents only left the airport after take-off.

Now, the day after, they are back at the airport sitting in an exclusive lounge waiting for the boarding call for their own flight to Bora-Bora. Braydon was staring at his wife deep in thought. She was staring off in the distance at nothing in particular.

"Pip," he draws her attention and when their eyes meet he continues "what are we doing."

She laughs nervously before she replies "We are waiting to board our flight to go on our honeymoon."

"You know that is not what I mean?" Piper just nods in confirmation so he continues. "You are my best friend Piper and I love you and I know you love me."

A tear escapes Pipers eyes as she agrees "I do, I love you very much. You are my best friend as well."

"But that is just it. We both love each other, in the same way" he pauses for a second leaning over and taking Pipers hand in his own "as each others best friend. Not as husband and wife."

Piper knew where this conversation was headed but it still caught her a bit off guard when Braydon said it out loud. "What are you saying?"

"I am saying that we love each other, we will always care for each other, we will always be a part of each others lives because we share a beautiful son. I am saying that I want you to be a part of my life forever and I want to be a part of yours forever but as friends and not only because of the son we share but because I really do want you as a friend, because that is what we are Pip. We are best of friends. We aren't soulmates and I think if we keep doing what we are doing we are going to miss out on being with our soulmates. I haven't found mine yet, but I know she is out there." He pauses to wipe the tears from Piper's eyes offering her a small smile before he continues "you on the other hand, you have found yours and you are being an idiot for letting her go."

"I thought we were doing the right thing?" Piper starts to sob uncontrollably and Braydon pulls her into him holder her tight while she cries into his neck.

"I know you did. So did I. But this is not right. There is so much love between the two of us that we confused it for something that it is not, but it is time we stop. The real deal is waiting for you." He whispers while holding her tight.

"It's to late for me and Alex anyways. Her and Riley are living together now." She pulls back wiping at her eyes smiling at him. "But luckily for you, you haven't found your soulmate yet, so you couldn't push her way." She pauses to give him a cheeky smile. "I can be your wing woman while we look for her."

Braydon can't help but laugh "First I'm going to be your wing man" he says as he gets up off the couch holding a hand out to Piper to get up.

"What are you talking about. Where are we going?" Piper half protests while she is being pulled out of the lounge by Braydon.

He stops, turns around and looks her dead in the eyes, replying "We are going to get your woman back."

He starts to turn to walk again but Piper pulls him back. "I appreciate what you are trying to do Braydon but she is with Riley now and I will never just pitch up there and expect her to run off with me. I have hurt her to much already. She deserves happiness and she is happy" she pauses, takes a deep breath and finishes "with Riley."

"But is she though, Pip. Is she happy. I am an observer. The way she looked at you the last couple of days we spend together. She looked at you like you were the only woman in the world. Like nothing else matters in this world, nothing but your existence."

"And you didn't punch her." Piper half laughs interrupting Braydon.

"No I didn't. Because you deserve to be looked at like that. So does she. So do I." He puts his hands on her shoulders half shaking her. "I know you. I probably know you best and I also see you looking at her in the way she deserves to be looked at. Even when we were together before the accident you never looked at me the way you look at her" Piper tries to interrupt but Braydon holds up his hand "I know you loved me with everything in you back then Pip. You always made sure I knew how much you loved me and had I died in that accident I would have died a happy man because I felt so loved" Piper by now is bawling her eyes out again "and I really thought that is the way you look at someone you love, but then I saw the way you look at her and even my heart almost burst." He pauses for a second grabbing a tissue from a box on one of the coffee tables handing it to Piper to wipe her tears. Trying to lighten the mood a bit he continues "You know in the cartoons when they see someone they like their eyes pop out with hears as pupils." Piper smiles nodding her head "that is you when you look at her and its beautiful." He finishes pulling Piper in for a quick hug before he steps back again making eye contact "Now come on, lets go get her back."

"Did you miss the part where I said I wasn't going to break her and Riley up."

"I didn't but how do you know for sure if they even are together."

"Because they live together. You don't live with your ex Braydon."

"I think it's worth a shot to find out." Braydon argues back.

"And you want to fly all the way to South Africa just to find that out. There is something called phones you know."

"Now where is the fun in that." He shoots Piper a toothy grin before dragging her in the direction of the ticket counters.

She stopped protesting and just follows him, letting him do his thing. She is currently on autopilot, the last couple of minutes to much for her to process and still properly respond, so she decided to process first and respond later.

They boarded their flight to South Africa twenty minutes later. Braydon being the romantic he is, calling it a sign that they found two seats on a flight leaving so soon.