Authors Note: Hey everyone, I am so glad you all enjoyed the last chapter. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews, follows, favs, and of course reading!
We will meet a new person in this chapter, but I can assure you, that you will be happy with the new character!
So I won't keep you from reading, so without any further ado here is chapter 16!
Helena quickly jumped out of the chair, and wrapped Alex in a tight hug "Yes, I would love to" Helena told her with a giant smile as she hugged her tightly. "Thank you Alex" Helena added while Piper couldn't help but smile as she watched her girlfriend and daughter.
The kids sat around the kitchen island, while Piper made pancakes, and Alex made the coffee. "So Helena, did you hear mom last night?" Silas asked his sister, making their mother's face blush.
Helena shook her head "No, but I heard you yell, I think the whole state of California did." Helena smirked at her brother before she asked "Don't you have a headset anyway?"
Silas nodded his head as he explained "Yes but I was in the process of switching games."
Helena rolled her eyes "Right"
Alex smirked as she saw from the corner of her eye, Piper's face getting more red by the second, as she walked over and wrapped her arms around the blonde from behind as she whispered "See I told you that you aren't quiet."
"Shut up" Piper growled between clenched teeth, making Alex chuckle as she stepped back going back to the pot of coffee. "Anyway, Silas, don't you ever sleep?" Piper asked her son after a few seconds.
"Yes" Silas simply told her.
Piper put another pancake on the stack next to the stove as she turned around to face her son "You do?" Piper asked but before he could answer she spoke again. "Because you are always awake."
"I know" Silas told her before he added "I just stay up really late, you know games."
Piper shook her head "No, there will be no more staying up late, especially when you have school. I have told you this a thousand times." Piper told her son, before she turned back to pour more batter on to the griddle.
"But mom, I'm not in school at the moment" Silas argued.
"For now" Piper retorted quickly "But you will be, and I am tired of you spending your days on that Xbox of yours. So you have two choices, either you cut back on it, or I take it away completely." Piper warned her son, and she could feel him roll his eyes from behind her. "And no rolling your eyes."
Silas shook his head, but decided not to argue with her, because it was his sister's birthday, and he also knew that it would be pointless because he simply wouldn't win against his mother. So he settled with a "Fine".
As Alex poured herself a cup of coffee, she couldn't help but wonder, especially after hearing the conversation between mother and son. "Silas, do you suffer with insomnia?" Alex asked as she walked over to the counter and placed her cup of coffee down.
"Kind of, I don't know, why?" Silas asked her.
"Because I did too, and occasionally still do, but if you want to try vitamin B1, I promise you, it will change your life." Alex told him.
"Yeah?" Silas asked, as he watched Alex take out her vitamins.
Alex nodded her head as she asked "Piper is okay with you?"
"Of course Al" Piper told her with a nod of her head, as she flipped another pancake.
"Here" Alex told him as she handed him the bottle before she looked back over to Piper "And don't forget to take yours." Alex told her with a smile, making Piper smile back.
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Once Piper was done making the pancakes, they all gathered around the kitchen island, and ate their breakfast. And just then did Helena's phone vibrate on the table. "It's auntie Polly" Helena said with a smile, as she picked up the phone, noticing that everyone was looking at her.
"Hi Auntie Polly" Helena said with a smile, once she answered the phone.
"Happy birthday Helena" Polly, Pete, and Finn yelled through the phone.
"Thank you" Helena told them with a smile.
"How is California?" Polly asked
"It's really good, its beautiful." Helena told her.
"I bet" Polly smiled before she asked "Is your mom nearby?"
"Yeah she's right here, do you want to talk to her?" Helena asked.
"Yes please, enjoy your day okay" Polly told her with a smile.
"I will, thanks. Here she is." Helena told her before she handed the phone to her mother.
Piper took the phone from her daughter, "Hey Pol" Piper greeted her, as she walked out of the kitchen.
"Hey Pipes, listen I don't know how to say this, but Larry is looking for you." Polly told her best friend, as Piper walked upstairs.
"What do you mean he's looking for me?" Piper asked.
"It means he showed up here last night looking for the kids, and obviously they aren't here. So now he is looking for you Piper." Polly explained before she added "He's angry Piper, like really angry."
Piper took in a deep breath before she asked "You didn't tell him where we are, did you?"
"Are you crazy?" Polly asked before she added "Of course not Pipes."
Piper nodded her head, but remained silent for a few moments, and just as Polly was about to ask if she was still there, Piper said "I'm coming home."
"What?" Polly asked in shock "Why?"
"I have to handle him Polly, and I can't do that here." Piper explained.
"Piper are you fucking insane?" Polly shouted but Piper interrupted her.
"No Polly, but I have to handle him eventually, I can't just run from him. I am done being afraid of him, it's time to stand my ground, I am coming home to deal with this for once and for all." Piper told her and then hung up the phone.
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As Piper came walking down the stairs, the doorbell rang, making Piper jump, nearly dropping her daughter's phone. "Jesus" Piper mumbled to herself, as Alex came walking down the hallway.
"You okay Pipes?" Alex asked and Piper simply nodded her head, but Alex didn't believe her.
"Your doorbell rang" Piper told her stupidly, making the dark haired woman chuckle.
"I know" Alex told her as she walked to the door, and Piper walked back to the kitchen. Before Alex opened the door, she looked out the side window, and couldn't help but smile, as she unlocked and opened the door. "Hi Ma" Alex greeted the woman, who looked just like Alex, except older.
"Hey Al" Diane Vause greeted her daughter as she gave her a hug, and then walked inside. "You aren't dressed; did you forget?" Diane asked her daughter.
Just then, did Alex remember that she had plans with her mother today. "Oh shit, ma I forgot, it's been busy." Alex told her mom, as she shut the door.
"It's okay" Diane told her daughter, and then she heard the laughing in the kitchen. "You have company?" Diane asked her daughter, who simply nodded her head, and then led her mother to the kitchen.
As Alex and her mother walked into her kitchen, the laughing stopped as they all froze when they saw the almost identical women walk in. "Well Alex you have a full house." Diane smiled as she looked at Alex, and then asked "Well are you going to introduce me?"
Alex smiled, it was always like her mom, to never judge her, but always accept her. "Ma, this is Piper Chapman, my girlfriend." Alex told her mother.
Diane Vause, looked over the blonde woman who was standing there in a t-shirt, and a pair of pajama pants, who looked kind of shy, and scared at the same time. But all Diane could see was how happy her daughter looked, and she couldn't help but smile as she walked over to the blonde, and wrapped her a in a hug. "Nice to meet you Piper, I'm Diane Vause, Alex's mother." Diane told her as she pulled back from the hug with a smile.
Piper nodded her head "Nice to meet you Mrs. Vause." Piper told her, but Diane couldn't help but chuckle.
"Please call me Diane, Mrs. Makes me feel old." Diane told her with a smile, before she looked back to her daughter "So Alex, who are these lovely kids, did you finally give me grandchildren?" Diane asked with a smile.
Alex smiled as she shook her head "Ma, this Helena, Melanie, and Silas, they are Piper's children." Alex introduced them, "Guys, this is my mom."
"Nice to meet you all" Diane told them with a smile, and couldn't help but smile even wider, when she saw how happy her daughter was.
"Ma, I am so sorry I forgot about our plans today." Alex told her but Diane shook her head.
"Don't worry about it Alex, honestly." Diane told her daughter and then simply gave her hug.
As Alex hugged her mom back, Piper looked over at them. "Alex, please go out with your mom, don't worry about us." Piper told her.
Alex pulled back from the hug as she shook her head before she asked "Actually ma, do you mind if we just hang out here?"
Diane shook her head "Of course not Al, I am with you, so I'm happy." Diane told her with a smile as she took a seat, and Piper handed her the plate of pancakes, before she excused herself, and headed upstairs.
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A few minutes later, after Piper left the room, Diane and the kids, were getting along, like they had known each other for years, and Alex couldn't help but smile. "Ma, I will be right back" Alex told her with a smile as she got up from her chair, and then disappeared to find Piper. Alex quickly found her, upstairs in the master bedroom. "Pipes?" Alex asked as she walked inside, and shut the door behind her.
"Pipes" Alex tried again, since Piper didn't answer her the first time, as she walked up behind Piper, who was standing by the sliding glass door, just looking out into the backyard. "Hey what's going on?" Alex asked as she slipped her arms around Piper's waist from behind, pulling her against her body, as she placed a kiss on Piper's neck.
"Larry showed up at Polly's last night." Piper told her softly, as she turned in Alex's arms, and wrapped her own around her neck.
"Yeah?" Alex asked
"He wanted to know where the kids were, and me." Piper told her before she added "Alex I am going home."
Alex looked Piper in the eyes, not sure what to say, and after a few seconds she finally asked, what she was dreading to know the answer of. "Are you going back to him?"
Piper slowly shook her head as she whispered "Never"
Alex couldn't help but smile, as she leaned down and kissed Piper quickly on the lips before she whispered against them "I am coming with you." Before she kissed her again.
"No Alex.." Piper began as she pulled back from the kiss but Alex cut her off.
"Nope, no discussion, I am coming with you." Alex told her in a stern voice that Piper it wasn't up for debate.
"But what about your treatment?" Piper asked with concern.
"That can wait…" Alex began but Piper cut her off.
"No it can't Alex" Piper shouted a bit louder than she wanted to.
"Piper yes it can" Alex told her before she added "I haven't even told my mother yet."
Just then did Alex's bedroom door open, as they both heard the question "Tell me what?" Diane asked her daughter as she stepped into the room.
"Fuck me" Alex mumbled under her breath as she turned to face her mother, who was now standing very close to her. "Nothing" Alex lied, but Diane didn't buy it for a second.
Diane Vause couldn't help but laugh, before she said "You know Alex, sometimes I think you forget you are just like me, and you can't get anything past me. Now what is going on?" Diane asked her a stern voice, one Alex knew all too well when she was a teenager, and always getting into trouble.
Piper watched the stare down between the two women, as she excused herself "I will be downstairs" Piper told her as she stepped away from them.
"Wait Piper" Alex stopped her, but Piper turned to look at Alex and shook her head.
"She's your mom Al, she will understand." Piper smiled because she knew that this was something Alex needed to do by herself, and Alex just nodded her head, as if she could read Piper's mind.
"Understand what?" Diane asked her daughter, once Piper shut the door to the bedroom, taking her daughter's hand pulling her toward the bed, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
Alex sat down next to her mom, taking her other hand in hers as well, before she looked her in the eyes. "Well mom, I went to the doctor." Alex began but Diane shook her head stopping her.
"No Alex, no fucking around, no beating around the bush, you know me, I don't sugar coat shit, and neither do you, so come out and say it." Diane told her before she added "Because you and I both know I can handle it."
Alex smirked at her mom, because she knew she was right. "Fine ma" Alex told her as she took a paused and then came right out and said it. "I have cancer."
The minute the words left Alex's mouth, Diane gasped, never expecting those to be the words to come out of her daughter's mouth. "You have cancer?" Diane asked, making sure she heard her daughter's mouth.
Alex nodded her head "Complication of Celiac Disease, It's in my lymph nodes, but it's the beginning stages." Alex explained before she added "And I am not doing Chemo or radiation."
Diane nodded her head in agreement "Good, I wouldn't want you to do that either. But, what are you going to do then?" Diane asked as she squeezed her daughter's hands.
"Immunotherapy, it's to boost my immune system, it will attack the cancer cells, and then all the cells with the same antigens, without harming my healthy cells." Alex told her.
Diane was quiet for a few minutes as she looked at her daughter, squeezing her hands, making sense of everything that she was just told. "Do you remember what I told you back you in the third grade?" Diane asked her daughter.
"To not listen to those smarty pants assholes, they are going to have boring ass lives, and they are going to wish that they were me. That I am cool." Alex told her with a chuckle before she added "You know you were right; they do have boring ass lives."
Diane smiled at her daughter "Of course they do, they lived off mommy and daddy's money, instead of making a life of their own." Diane told her daughter with a laugh before she added "But no that wasn't what I was talking about. Remember Jessica Wedge?"
"Fuck Jessica Wedge" Alex said in the best imitation voice she could do of her mother, making them both laugh.
"Damn straight, fuck Jessica Wedge, and fuck cancer." Diane told her daughter before she added "You are going to kick cancer's ass, and it's going to regret fucking with you."
Alex smiled at her mom, "I love you ma" Alex told her before she wrapped her a hug.
"I love you too baby girl" Diane told her daughter as she hugged her back tightly. "Do you want to tell Dad, or do you want me to?" Diane asked as she hugged her daughter.
"I will" Alex told her as she pulled back from the hug.
Diane nodded her head "Now, that sweet blonde of yours downstairs, I like her." Diane told her.
Alex chuckled as she said "You have only known her for a hot second."
"And that's all I need, to know if I like someone or not." Diane told her with a smile before she added "You should know that about me by now"
"Yeah I should" Alex smiled. "And the kids?" Alex asked.
"You mean my grand kids right?" Diane asked and Alex just laughed. "I like them too, Silas, he reminds me of you."
"Yeah I thought so too" Alex smiled before she added "Come on, let's go back downstairs.
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When Alex and Diane arrived back downstairs, they walked back into the kitchen, where Piper was cleaning up, and only Silas was in the kitchen. "Where did the girls go?" Alex asked.
"Helena is outside, and Mel went to take a shower" Piper told her as she turned off the water, and then dried her hands on the towel.
Diane could sense the tension between her daughter and the blonde, and she knew that they had some kind of conversation to finish before she interrupted them, so she looked over at Silas and said "Come on Silas, come outside with me." Silas nodded as he got up from his chair, and then walked outside with Diane, to find his sister.
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Once they were alone in the kitchen, Alex pulled Piper into the pantry, pulling Piper flushed against her, and then kissed her passionately. "What was that for?" Piper asked once the kiss was over.
"No reason" Alex winked before she told her "I'm serious though, I am coming with you."
"Alex…" Piper began but Alex simply placed her fingers to Piper's lips, to quiet her.
"They can wait a couple days; it won't harm anything. And I will see if my doctor can recommend anyone in the city. So I can maybe start a treatment there. If not, then I will do it when we get back. But either way Pipes, I am going with you. And there is nothing you can say that will make me change my mind." Alex explained to her and then removed her fingers from Piper's lips.
"But I don't want the kids coming, I don't know what Larry is planning." Piper told her softly.
"Well my mom seems to love them already, she already called them her grandkids." Alex told her with a laugh.
Piper smiled at the thought, she loved how Alex's mom just accepted everything in her daughter's life, no questions asked. Though she was a bit jealous, because she wished her own mother was like that. "Alex, I can't ask her that."
"Then I can get Jodi, to come over and stay. I know she will have no problem, and they seemed to get along just fine." Alex told her with a smile.
Piper knew there was no way she could win this, Alex was going to come with her to New York whether she wanted her to or not. "Fine, you win." Piper told her with a smile.
Alex grinned happily as she shrugged her shoulders, "See now was that so hard?" Alex asked playfully "Now I will go and set up the plane, for late tonight, or would you rather leave in the morning?"
"In the morning, easier to get over jetlag." Piper told her and Alex nodded her head in agreement, as she once again wrapped her arms around Piper's waist.
Alex kissed her quickly, "And you can call this selfish if you want" Alex told her before she moved her lips closer to Piper's ear and whispered in a seductive tone, that sent shivers down Piper's spine "But I can finally get you all to myself."
Well there it is Chapter 16!
And as they say, Shit is about to hit the fan!
I hope you all enjoyed the introduction of Diane, and the little comment at the end made by Alex, about getting finally getting Piper alone.
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