Thank you all for your reviews they really make my day. I apologize about the delay. As life gets consuming sometimes. Please give me your ideas or anything you may want to see in here!
XxXxX
A few years ago….
She left the plane ticket and directions with enough cash to not raise suspicions.
Then Piper put her jacket on and walked away until she arrived at her destination.
She bought a house and a cabana and waited.
Daily.
She waited down by the beach relishing the wind hair the salty taste of the air that she sometimes wiped away her tears.
She had freedom, she had money, and yet she was alone.
She thought long and hard, mostly about Alex, and sometimes Polly and her mother and even Larry would flirt the outskirts of her thoughts.
The anticipation of waiting was slowly getting to her but she managed her patience and kept her wits. Even if Alex ever showed up there would be an ultimatum and that is how things were going to have to be.
A life together or a life forever apart?
Lost in her thoughts and writing in her journal she did not notice a presence she normally would have. After all, she rarely had visitors and she owned this little stretch of beach.
She jumped when she felt a familiar hand touch her shoulder. Her arms got goose bumps and her entire skin come alive for the first time in years.
"Bad time to say hello?" the deeper raspy voice murmured above her silkily.
She sighed and internally thanked the heavens above her. "I knew you would find me."
Alex eases in the sand beside her and looks at her for the first time in years. She looks older but not much, her skin is tanned and flawless. She is gorgeous as always. She is far to skinny for Alex's liking but she is nearly positive that is her fault for making her worry so much. Her eyes are a sorrowful blue but alight with possibility.
"It wasn't hard, you left enough to follow for a blind man," she chuckled and shifted her glasses.
"If you've come this far, you'll take one more step with me," her voice doesn't waiver but she stands up and pulls Alex to her feet.
Alex arches an eyebrow and waits patiently.
The blond shifts delicately and then holds out her hand. Metal clinked together but Alex can hardly tear her eyes away from Pipers intense gaze.
Two platinum bands with princess cut diamonds on the top and the sides surrounded the rings.
"You never were subtle gorgeous. Let's do it," she smiles and leans over to kiss her fully.
It is an intense kiss, full of forgiveness and the future, full of unspoken promises and possible heartbreak.
"The preacher arrives tonight," she whispers as she places a light kiss on her exposed collarbone, feeling the raven-haired beauty tremble.
Piper's soft touch moves from her hips up her chest to over her shoulders to pull her impossibly closer.
"You waste no time," she smiles as she feels her whole body tingle with excitement.
"We have wasted plenty," Piper whispers looking into her deep gaze and shifts closer to kiss her fully.
XxXxX
The ceremony was gorgeous, simple, and pure. While it didn't last long the words that rang out were heartfelt and the several people that were there had tears in their eyes.
Alex was sitting in a white chair and kept an eye on Piper while she mingled and laughed with guests.
She looked so wonderful as if years of stress had melted away in one night.
She was dressed in white and her skin was tan from the sun and her days she spent on the beach.
Her smile was infectious and everyone she was talking to was raving about how happy she looked.
She rose from the chair and walked further down the beach away from everywhere and everything, just for a moment.
She needed just a moment of solidarity.
She had literally stepped off a jet, and landed her in this place and gotten married all within 20 hours.
She was so tired and exhausted she could probably curl up in this sand right now and pass out for a few hours… or days.
She looked down the beach and watched the little party going on, watched the bonfire flicker and listened as the music floated down the beach towards her.
She decided to take the back way to the cabana just enough so she could lay down for five minutes or so.
The bed was so soft and inviting and everything she could ever imagine in that moment. She was so exhausted that she didn't even crawl under the covers-just pulled them from the other side. The comforter and sheets and pillows all smelled exactly like Piper. It was intoxicating.
After all, it was just for a few minutes.
XxXxX
After asking the guests who were leaving if they saw Alex, Piper decided to walk to the cabana to see if she was in there.
The site that greeted her was nothing short of a smile displayed on her face.
Alex was passed out, completely tangled in her comforter.
Her dark hair splayed out over the pillows and her arms
Piper walked over to her and sat next to her, a tentative hand reached out and soothed the dark hair away from her face.
It was if all of her dreams had come true in one perfect night. Alex passed out in her bed in this little piece of paradise.
"Poor baby," she whispered.
She slowly pulled the comforter out from Alex's tangled body. She groaned and shifted on her side. Piper climbed in behind her and pulled her close.
"Go back to sleep babe, we have forever now."