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Chapter 2: Face Remembered

"This one right here I think it's the perfect choice for the present you are looking for. It's a mix of honey and cinnamon. Call me a fool but I believe an essence could take you to places you don't even imagine" Piper was talking to a costumer and as usually her huge ability to rant about almost anything was beginning to show. "It's so crazy to think just a scent could take you to a moment of your life from some particular reason and it's up to you to figure out why. You know what I mean?"

"Okay, I think what my a little bit too much melancholic friend here means is your grandmother would be delighted with this present" Polly said with a smirk in her face looking pleased when the said costumer went to buy the fragrance.

"My god Piper it was just a present for her grandmother. Keep up your insanely big talkative habits and you'll sent all of our customers away" Piper pretended to look offended and playfully slapped her friend's shoulder.

Meanwhile, just a block away, Alex was parking her truck. After she had told Lux, Piper Chapman was the name of her other mom she immediately wanted to go find her. Alex did as well; she was furious and desperate for an explanation. The only problem was she hadn't seen or talked to her ex in a very very long time. Her only idea was to go see if Poppy was still in the same place it used to be. Since Alex has been out of prison she has never dared to go by this neighborhood not wanting any possible chance of running with that person that still haunted her dreams at night.
Alex and Lux noticed the store was still there, indeed, and fortunately it was open. When they were about to go inside Alex suddenly stopped. "Um… kid, I think you should go inside alone. I'll wait for you here"

Alex knew she had to face Piper eventually but being here just a couple of steps away from her and with the presence of their daughter no less felt too much of a pressure for one hell of a morning.
Lux took one big breath of air and went to open the store's door. Already inside she was welcomed with a particular essence that made her feel warm and nice. She then felt a pair of blue eyes with a perfect pearly white smile directed at her and heard a question about what she was looking for.
She so wanted to speak and introduce herself but instead she went total mute.
She was having an even more difficult time than with Alex. Maybe it was because she had noticed right away the brunette didn't precisely knew about her existence but this Piper person did and Piper in one way or another had given her up.

Alex was pacing back and forward in the street when she noticed Lux turn around and gaze at her with a terrified look in her face. In that instant moment she felt an urge to go help this kid she had just met, putting all of her own fears aside.
The door opened and Piper saw her ex girlfriend walk into her store after haven't seen her over the past 15 years. "Alex…" Piper softly whispered.

Flashback

Two months. It had been two months since Alex went to prison. Two months since Piper's life became a mess. She had been lying in bed all day, well, in truth she had been lying in bed a lot lately. She was so tired... tired of crying, tired of worrying, tired of feeling sick. All she wished for was to close her eyes and forget about everything.

She still couldn't believe what Alex had done to her. They were so scared when the brunette got arrested and sentenced to 8 years of prison but Piper told her she would wait for her. They could get through this, they could pass this obstacle and then they would finally be able to move on to the next thing together.
A month after Alex's imprisonment Piper noticed Alex was beginning to act a bit cold towards her. She started to call her less and less and seemed to have a hard time talking to her during visitation hours. She was slowly shutting Piper out. The blonde one tried to support her girlfriend and remain calm about everything. It was understandable for Alex to act out of character. She could see how mad and how hard the brunette punished herself for her choices in the past.
And then, the worst thing that could happen, happened. One day during visitation, Alex had blatantly told her she didn't think she loved her like she used to and had admitted to reconnect with an ex mule who had gotten busted for her old days working for the drug ring as well. Said woman was not only an ex mule she was also Alex's ex-girlfriend Sylvia.

"She is here and I couldn't help it. I cheated on you. I'm so very sorry Piper but she is what I need right now" Piper remembered Alex saying those hurtful words.

Piper was sure after a lot of processing she could have forgiven the cheating part but Alex kept saying she didn't wanna be with her anymore. And after a while she even remove her of visitation list. Piper was so mad and devastated. She didn't know what else to do. She was living her worst nightmare.

"I'm okay, seriously, it probably is just a stomach bug" Piper had told her friend on the phone. Polly went by Piper house with some medicine anyways. She found her blonde friend lying on bed, as usually, and after learning she hadn't eaten anything in all day she went to make some soup. Since Piper and Alex had broken up she was like a walking zombie. No emotion at all and Polly was worried.

"Damn Piper, you literally have nothing on your fridge. I will just order in and then I'm gonna bring you some vegetables and food from the market store, okay? She sort of shouted to her friend who was at her bedroom.

When she was looking for the address book to find a take-out number she couldn't help but notice a big envelope whit the words "New York Office of Children and Family Services, Adoption Service" written in the front. She was about to leave it where she had found it when she saw Piper standing there, staring at her.

"Why are you snooping through my things Polly?" Piper angrily questioned her friend.

"I was about to leave it there. Why do still have that anyways? " Polly initial thought was that Piper and Alex were contacting agencies for adoption in case the In Vitro Fertility treatment didn't work out. Call it instinct but after a millisecond another idea went by her mind. A crazy idea, she thought. She grabbed the envelope again and looked at the date. It was from a week ago. Maybe she wasn't so crazy after all.

"Piper, what the hell? Why are you in touch with an Adoption Agency?"

"I'm pregnant Polly" Piper sighed, she couldn't hide it forever anyways. "After the awful way Alex took the second miscarriage I decided to give it another try just by myself so if it didn't work out she wouldn't even know. I was two months pregnant when Alex got arrested and at the time I thought to wait a little while to tell her so she could adjust to what she was going trough without getting all worried about me and the baby. And then, well, you know the rest"

"So Alex doesn't know and you are thinking about giving your baby up" Polly quite shocked questioned her friend.

"At first I thought I could do this alone but now I'm actually not sure if I can. You've seen me, most days I don't even want to get up or eat. I just want Alex back and she doesn't want me. She fucking cheated on me. She is the love of my life and she fucking abandoned me" Piper said while sobbing. "I'm in no place to raise a child and I don't want for her to have an awful life because of me. She is so innocent in this, I just… I just want what's best for her"

End of flashback

"Meet Lux, our daughter" Alex said while walking inside and standing right next to the teenager.

"Hi" Lux finally managed to utter a word while waving her hand.

"Oh my god! Hi! I can´t believe you are here, last time… last time I saw you, you were so tiny and now you're so big… I mean… you're not big big. You are proportional big" Piper nervously ranted "Are you okay? Are you good?"

"Yeah I'm fine; you know, uh, proportional" Lux tried to lighten up the conversation.

"You have blonde hair and her green eyes" Piper said pointing Alex out with her hand. In the thrill of meeting Lux she had almost forgotten about the presence of her ex.

"Alex, I swear I can explain" Piper eyes immediately went glassy. She knew the brunette must be fuming with rage by now.

"Let's focus in what Lux needs from us and we will talk later, privately" Alex answered. "She has something for us to sign"

"Yeah, I need your signature; I can't get emancipated without it" Lux said.

"What? Emancipated? From what? Your adoptive parents?" Piper was really confused.

"From Foster Care System, she's never been adopted" Alex cut in.

"It's a long and pretty boring story so if you can just sign here" Lux spoke softly and offered her the paper which needed to be sign.

"Sorry" Piper began to talk "I'm just… I'm just a little bit confused here. The social worker said she was gonna have no problem placing you, that there was this waiting list for people who wanted a baby"

"Well, I don't know if you knew this but I was born with this heart thing… a hole. I had to have a bunch of surgeries. A baby on the operation table isn't exactly a selling point to potential parents. I was fine but after everything I was almost three and most people… they want a baby" Lux explained and looking at both of her biologically mothers she added "I mean, not everyone obviously"

"It's not that I didn't want a baby. In fact, we wanted you so much we went through a lot of treatments. It's just… it's just…" Piper mouth opened but no word came out. She wanted to clarify everything but it was so so difficult.

"You know, you should really just sign these so I can take it to my caseworker before school" At this point all Lux wanted was to get out of there. When she had looked at Alex's address she knew all the possible heartache she could undergo by meeting her mothers and learning why they gave her up. So she had promised herself to not get attached or disappointed. It was a simple request for a signature. It HAD to be simple.

"But wouldn't you rather hold out and wait to see if somebody's gonna adopt you, if there was a chance of that?" Alex questioned. She had been quietly listening the other two interact but she felt the need to ask.

"No one is going to pick me. No one's gonna take me unless I have a government check attached. No one wanted a three-year-old. How many people do you think wants teenagers?" The blond girl snorted.

"No, you're right. I probably don't know what I'm talking about" The tall brunette answered in frustration and proceeded to sign the papers.

"Look, Lux, I think Alex might be right. You think you know everything, believe me at 15 I did too" Piper began talking.

"Almost 16" Lux punctuated.

"There are probably a lot of things that you haven't considered, like do you know where you're gonna go to school or even live? Have… I mean, how are you gonna make any money?"Piper continued speaking.

"No offense but I haven't had a mom in 15 years. I don't need one now. Or two, as a matter of fact" At this last statement Piper sighed and signed the papers as well. She was still unsure but she couldn't deny the girl was right. She had no say in her life or the decisions she made.

Lux, then went to grab her things. "I really appreciate you signing this; it was nice to meet you both. I have to go now"

"Wait kid, I'll take you to wherever you need to go" The tall brunette offered and started to walk to reach the young girl.

"No, I will take the bus, it's fine, really. Goodbye"

And then just like that, she was gone.

A/N 2: Don't hate on Alex or Piper. They only did what they did thinking they were doing what was best for everyone. Everything will be revealed in the next couple of chapters.

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