Authors Note: Hey everyone, thanks so much for the wonderful reviews, follows, favs, and of course reading. Welcome to anyone who is new to this story. I promise you that all will be okay with Alex.
With that said, this chapter might need tissues, I am not all 100% certain about that, it depends on the reader. So you might want to have them handy.
Once again I do not own any of these characters, and I all hope you enjoy chapter 14!
Jodi nodded her head "Of course, I will follow you." Jodi told her with a smile, and then waited for Alex to get in her car, before she walked over to her own and got in. Waiting for Alex, to back up, before she did the same, and then followed her best friend to her house.
The drive didn't take long to get to Alex's house, and as Jodi parked her car in the driveway, Alex came walking out of the garage. "Tomorrow is Helena's birthday; I don't want to tell Piper now." Alex told her best friend, as she got out her car.
"Alex, you have to tell her." Jodi told her as she closed her door.
"I know but I don't want to ruin Helena's birthday." Alex whispered softly.
Jodi looked at her best friend, and took her hand as she squeezed it tightly and then said "You won't, trust me."
Alex nodded her head, and then she and Jodi walked into her house. "Hey you're home earlier than you said." Piper smiled as she saw Alex walk into the kitchen with Jodi, before she asked "You guys want some pancakes?"
"Morning Mel." Alex smiled since she hadn't seen her before she left. "No thanks Pipes, it looks like your all done anyway."
Piper shook her head as she smiled "I am making mine now, so I'll make you some too." Piper told her before she looked at Jodi "Would you like some too."
"Sure" Jodi smiled
"Morning Alex" Mel finally answered Alex, since she didn't have the chance to yet. "Who's your friend?" Mel asked.
Alex smiled "Jodi this is Melanie, Piper's middle daughter, and Melanie this is my best friend Jodi."
"Nice to meet you" Melanie said with a smile, as she got up from her chair, with her now empty plate.
"Nice to meet you too." Jodi told her with a smile as well.
"So where is Helena? And is Silas still sleeping?" Alex asked as she walked over to the cabinet to grab a glass.
"Silas is awake, well barely, he is playing his Xbox, and Helena went to take Milah for a walk." Piper told her as she poured the batter on to the griddle.
"And I am going to take a shower" Melanie announced before she disappeared from the kitchen.
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A short while later, they all were sitting down eating their pancakes. "These are really good Pipes" Alex smiled.
"Thanks" Piper smiled back before she asked "So why are you home so early, I thought you wouldn't be back to later?"
"Something came up." Alex told her softly.
"Like what?" Piper asked as she turned in her chair to look at her girlfriend.
"Can we not discuss it right now?" Alex asked before she added "I will tell you later."
Piper nodded her head, and then the three of them finished their breakfast.
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After breakfast, Piper cleaned everything up with the help of Jodi, while Alex went outside and smoked less than three cigarettes in ten minutes. Piper could tell something was up. "Hey Jodi?" Piper asked as she loaded the last plate into the dishwasher.
"Yeah?" Jodi asked as she dried her hands.
"Is Alex okay?" Piper asked concerned as she washed her hands really quick.
"I would rather her tell you, than me." Jodi told her and just then Helena came walking in the kitchen to grab a water, back from her walk, while Milah ran past them, and into the backyard.
"Hi mom, who's this?" Helena asked as opened her water.
"This is Jodi; she is Alex's best friend." Piper told her daughter before she added "Jodi this is my oldest daughter Helena."
"Nice to meet you" Helena told her and then shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you too" Jodi smiled as she she shook Helena's hand back.
"Helena can you give us a minute please?" Piper asked her daughter, who nodded her head, and then disappeared the kitchen to go and find her brother and sister.
"Excuse me" Piper told Jodi, who instead followed Piper outside to where Alex was. "Al?" Piper asked softly as she walked over to Alex, where she was pacing the backyard, smoking yet another cigarette.
Alex stopped dead in her tracks when she heard Piper's voice, and exhaled the smoke, she just inhaled, and then walked over to Piper, wrapping one arm around Piper, and pulled her close.
Jodi watched the interaction between them both, as she took the cigarette from Alex, and quickly the darker haired woman wrapped her other arm around Piper, never wanting to let her go. "Al, what's going on?" Piper asked in a whisper as she held Alex just as tightly as she was her.
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Meanwhile back inside, Helena was upstairs with Silas watching him play his game, but then caught the sight out in the backyard. "Hey Silas pause that." Helena told her brother.
"I can't, I'm online." Silas responded not taking his eyes off the TV screen.
"Silas now, something is up." Helena told him, a bit snappy, and just as Melanie was walking by the room.
"What's up?" Melanie asked as she walked into the bedroom, standing in front of Silas's TV screen.
"MOVE!" Silas shouted at his sister, who was blocking his game.
"Don't you shout at me." Melanie snapped back.
"Both of you shut up, something is wrong, Alex is crying." Helena snapped at both of them, and then pulled the Xbox cable out of the wall, making the TV go black.
"Oh you're such a bitch" Silas said with a roll of his eyes, before it clicked in his head what his sister had said. "What do you mean Alex is crying?" Silas asked standing up from the bed, and walked over to the window, with Melanie.
"I don't know; Alex has mom in a tight hug." Helena told them, and then slowly and quietly opened the bedroom window, to try and listen.
"Who's the other woman?" Silas asked confused.
"Shh, and that's Jodi, Alex's best friend." Helena told him quickly.
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Back outside though, none of the women knew that the three kids were listened from the bedroom, and Piper was getting even more concerned because Alex hadn't said a word. "Please Alex, what is going on, please talk to me." Piper begged, as she pulled back from the hug, looking Alex in the eyes.
Alex shook her head "I can't, you'll leave me." Alex whispred, but not low enough that the kids didn't hear.
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"MOM AND ALEX ARE DATING?" Silas and Melanie shouted at the same time.
Helena sent them both a glaring look, and if looks could kill, they both would be dead. "Shut up." Helena warned between clenched teeth before she added "And yes, mom told me this morning, she is going to tell you two, so don't say anything.
Even though Melanie and Silas were in shock, they remained quiet, and decided to leave their questions for later, as they went back to listening to the conversation.
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"Alex, I am not going anywhere, what is going on?" Piper asked again.
Even though, Alex had a perfectly good patio furniture, she instead sat down in the middle of her backyard, and Piper followed her, while Alex motioned for Jodi to sit as well. Alex took Piper's hand in her own, as she looked her dead in the eyes, where she knew tears were forming in her own. "Alex please, you are scaring me." Piper begged, with tears forming in her own eyes.
"I have celiac disease, I have since I was in my teens." Alex came out and told Piper.
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"Hey Alex is just like us" Silas whispered, getting a look from both his sisters.
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"Okay, so do the kids, and I might as well, I am still getting tests done. I'm not going anywhere because of that Alex" Piper told Alex with a smile as she squeezed her hand.
"It's not just that Pipes" Alex told her.
"Then what Alex, I promise I am not going anywhere." Piper told her in a voice that made Alex know she was being serious.
Alex took a deep breath, as she looked at her best friend, who simply nodded her head. "Well then as you know intestinal lymphoma is a complication of Celiac Disease" Alex began and the tears that were forming in Alex's eyes, were now falling.
"No Alex, please.." Piper began but Alex squeezed her hand, and cut her off.
"Please Pipes, let me explain." Alex told her and Piper nodded her head. "I did a lot of tests, including a colonoscopy, my intestines are healing. But my doctor wanted to check my lymph nodes too, and some that she removed tested positive for cancer." Alex explained and then took a deep breath before she continued. "But she said it's the beginning stage, and I will be fine. I am not doing chemo or radiation, instead I am doing immunotherapy, which will boast my immune system so my body can fight the cancer itself, instead of harmful drugs."
Piper took in the information that Alex was telling her, and felt more tears fall from her eyes, as she wrapped Alex in a giant hug as she told her "I'm not going anywhere."
Alex smiled, as she squeezed Piper back, and felt tears falling from her own eyes as well.
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Meanwhile, back in the bedroom, the kids were listening, with tears in their eyes as well. "I'm going down there." Melanie annouced as she walked away from the window but her sister stopped her.
"No, then they are going to know we were listening." Helena told her.
"No Mel is right, Alex needs all of us right now, who cares if we were listening or not." Silas shouted "She has done so much for us, and has been there for us, look at how happy she makes mom, she needs to know we are here for as well." Silas added before him and Mel walked out of the bedroom.
Helena nodded her head, because she knew her brother and sister were right, and then quickly followed them out of the bedroom, down the hall, and then down the stairs, and outside into the backyard. Where their mother, and Alex were wrapped in a tight hug, Jodi noticed the kids coming, and saw the tears in their eyes, and she knew that they must have been listening, but instead of breaking Alex and Piper's hug, she just smiled and watched as the three mini Piper's walked over to their mother, and Alex, before kneeling to the ground, and wrapped their mother and Alex in a tight hug.
Jodi watched the interaction with tears in her eyes, as all three kids hugged both women and then said at the same time "We are here Alex"
Piper chuckled as asked "You kids were eavesdropping weren't you?"
"Sorry mom, we couldn't help it, we saw something was up" Helena answered.
"Taking lessons from Aunt Polly aren't you?" Piper asked with a laugh, making her kids laugh as well.
"Well you might as well get over here too" Alex smiled at Jodi, who quickly joined into the family hug, which soon followed by Lambert and Milah.
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After the hug ended, Alex wiped her eyes, as she looked at Piper, Helena, Melanie, Silas, Jodi, along with Lambert and Milah sitting there with her. "You guys are the best do you know that?" Alex asked with a smile, as tears started to form again.
"Well we could say the same thing about you Alex" Piper smiled, before she leaned in and kissed her girlfriend.
"Whoa, therapist!" Silas shouted while Alex and Piper laughed against each other's lips, forgetting that they hadn't told Melanie and Silas yet.
Alex and Piper pulled back from the kiss, and Alex saw Jodi give her a look, but Alex gave her one right back, telling her not to say anything. "Well Silas, Melanie, since I have you here." Piper told her kids, moving to sit next to Alex, taking her hand in her own. "Would either of you have a problem if I started dating Alex?" Piper asked her kids.
Melanie shook her head as she said "Alex is amazing, of course not."
Piper smiled at her daughter as she nodded her head, as she looked at her son, who still hadn't said anything. "And you Silas?" Piper asked before she added "Because if you don't want me to, I won't."
Silas shook his head, and Piper thought the worst until her son spoke up. "As long as I don't hear anything I don't want to hear, and no more massages while I am in the house." Silas warned with a smirk before he added in as serious tone, looking Alex dead in the eye. "But you better not hurt my mother, or I won't think twice."
Alex nodded her head as she looked Silas in the eyes "You won't have to worry about that."
"Good, then you have my blessing." Silas smiled still looking Alex in the eyes.
"So serious Silas, you should join the mafia." Piper smiled at her son, before she added "NO"
"Drug Cartel? Silas asked and his mother gave him if a looks could kill look. "Just kidding" He added quickly.
"You better be" Piper warned her son, who simply nodded his head. "Or therapist." She teased
"Well I might need one if I hear anything." Silas teased back.
Jodi watched the interaction between mother and son, and she knew she clearly was missing something. "What have I missed?" Jodi asked with a laugh before she asked "But a therapist, there are much better solutions."
"Jodi stay out of it." Alex warned sending her a look, and Jodi just nodded her head. "But since you are here, do I have your blessing?" Alex asked before she added "Since you know you are my best friend, and all."
Jodi smiled as she nodded her head "Of course you do Alex." Jodi told her as she leaned over and hugged her best friend and Piper.
"Good" Alex smiled before she looked over at Piper and asked "So should we discuss living situations?"
"Don't you think that's a bit early?" Piper asked but her kids cut her off.
"I don't mind moving here." Melanie told her mom "Plus I don't want to go back home, it's much nicer here."
"Yeah, and Alex has an amazing car collection!" Silas shouted "I never want to leave."
"And you already know my opinion." Helena smirked
"Of course you have to be a buzzkill" Silas groaned
Helena hit her brother as she said "Shut up, I have no problem living here."
Piper rolled her eyes at her kids, "Okay enough you two.." But before she continued, Alex cut her off.
"Then I think it's been decided Pipes" Alex smirked before she asked "Move in with me, I have plenty of room, and I would love to have you all here with me."
"I want to pain my room green" Silas shouted
Piper laughed and smiled at Alex "I guess it's settled then, are you sure?" She asked and Alex simply leaned in and kissed Piper soundly on the lips.
"Stay with me" Alex whispered against her lips, before she kissed her again, and Piper pulled her in for a more passionate kiss, as she nodded her head.
"Whoa therapist I swear to god; I am not joking." Silas joked as he stood up. "I am going back to my game." He announced and then walked back in to the house.
Piper and Alex broke apart of the kiss with a chuckle "Your brother, should be an actor too" Piper laughed, while Helena and Melanie stood up from the ground as well, as they nodded their heads.
"Yeah he should, but mom, Alex I am serious I just want you both to be happy, and welcome to the family Alex." Melanie told her mother and Alex.
"Thank you" Alex smiled
"Welcome to the family Alex" Helena smiled as she grabbed her sister's hand "Come on, you can help me." She told her before she dragged into the house, leaving the three women alone. But Jodi quickly got up, and excused herself, to go get a water from the kitchen.
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Once the kids and Jodi were inside, Alex looked at Piper and asked needing to make sure "Your serious Pipes, you aren't going to go anywhere? This isn't too much for you?"
Piper shook her head "What is it you said to me?" Piper asked as she playfully thought for a second, before she added "Oh yeah, that's right, I am willing to accept your baggage, if you are willing to accept mine."
Alex smiled before she kissed Piper quickly before she told her "I'm yours, you are stuck with me now."
"Likewise" Piper smiled before she kissed Alex one more time before she asked "So what were you and Helena talking about this morning?"
Alex looked Piper in the eyes before she asked "Are you sure you want to hear this?"
Piper felt her heart drop a bit, and quickly thought the worst "If you tell me my daughter is pregnant, I will seriously go into that house and kill her" Piper told her in a voice, that made Alex question whether the blonde woman was serious or joking, but she really didn't want to find out.
Alex placed her hands on both of Piper's arms to keep her seated as she shook her head "There will be no killing of anyone today Pipes" Alex smirked "Well not children anyway."
"Then what is it Alex?" Piper asked wanting to know.
Alex took a deep breath before she told her "Larry called her yesterday."
I know Cliffhanger, I'm sorry, well not really, how else am I supposed to get you excited for the next chapter!
How sweet of the kids to come out and comfort Alex like that, and accepting her into the family.
Silas threatening Alex if she ever hurt Piper, he is so protective of his mother.
But what was the whole look Alex gave Jodi, including the "Jodi stay out of it" remark after Jodi mentioned there are better solutions to a therapist all about?
How will Piper react to Larry calling Helena? All this and more in chapter 15.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, until next time!