A/N: Hey guys! How are you? Hope everything is okay :)

So, here is another chapter. Things are still a little bit angsty between Alex, Piper and Lux at first but I managed to end the chapter in a happier and fluffy tone. Also Larry is making an appearance for the first time. I'm a Vauseman fan so I didn't precisely liked him in Season 1 but after meeting Stella in Season 3 I think he is alright ;)

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Chapter 4: Wish Fulfilled

"I'm releasing you back into their temporary JOINT custody. This case is dismissed" the Judge had firmly stated changing Alex, Piper and Lux's world forever.

Lux couldn't believe how awful everything turned out. She was mad. She was beyond mad. Not only she didn't get emancipated but also she was being forced to live with either Alex or Piper. What in the hell had happened? What were they even thinking going to her hearing and offering to co-sign the rental agreement? She didn't need them. Not 15 years later.

Lux fumingly grabbed all of her things and headed to the courtroom's door not without shooting a glare to both of her birth mothers.

"Lux! Wait!" Lux recognized Piper's voice and decided to turn around and give them a piece of her mind. She had a temper. Like mother like daughter. Someone could say.

"WHAT? You already managed to ruin my hearing. What else on Earth do you possibly would want now?"

"I can only speak for myself but I definitely did not come with the goal to ruin your audience in mind. I just couldn't get you out of my head and, I don't know, I wanted to see where you were going to be from now on to… you know… keep in touch… if you wanted, of course" The tall brunette managed to mumble. She, actually, didn't know why she was there. She just wanted to.

"Yeah, me too. I had this feeling which I can't really explain but I knew I had to come. I wanted to find you and at least talk. I've so much to explain you. I think I owe you that. The Judge's decision surprised me, I'm not gonna lie, but now… now everything is so clear and I want to do this. I'm ready now" Piper vigorously stated flashing a big smile.

"I want to try too. We could do this… together" Alex added. She started talking while looking at Lux but she had found herself unintentionally glancing at Piper at the mention of 'together'.

"Yeah we could" Piper whispered with a smile still etched on her lips.

All eyes were on Lux, who still hadn't said a word. Piper figured it was because the poor girl hadn't gotten over the emancipation thing yet, so she continued talking "Well, I think we have to make a plan to work this out. Lux could stay with me first at least for a few days while we figure out a living schedule"

"I don't think so. She can stay with me. You have a fiance back at home. With everything as it is you want to go and add meeting another person right now?"

"Are you really going to play the engagement card? That's low and resentful"

"Resentful? Yeah, right, like I care about you. Excuse me if I don't want MY daughter to go to a house with some man I don't even know"

"Oh please. In that case, I don't want MY daughter to go to an apartment where I'm sure she'll meet the all kind of women you must be dating right now. Women, as in plural, because we all now you can be monogamous. I can assure you Larry is so much better than any of your night-stands"

Alex was about to angrily reply when Lux suddenly spoke for the first time "Okay seriously, this is ridiculous. You have been fighting non-stop about everything since I've known you. I don't even know how the two of you managed to be a couple once. You can't be parents. You both need parents"

Alex and Piper both were in awe. Had they just been scolded by their own daughter? They both knew the teenager was kinda right but they couldn't help it. They had an unresolved past and couldn't deal with it right now so… they played this little game called 'who can say the most harsh and vindictive thing'.

"I'm going back to Foster Care. You don't have to worry about me. Really" Lux said noticing her caseworker Fern leaving the courtroom. She was turning away to go to talk to her when she felt two pairs of hands grabbing her by the wrist. "Wait kid, you are right. We've been acting like children but I promise we'll stop, alright? Come on, give us a chance"

"Just let me go, okay? You did it once, it shouldn't be that hard to do it again" It was crystal clear the young girl was obviously still mad at them for giving her up and she had every reason to be but, man, she had the power to crush Alex and Piper's hearts instantly by saying something like that.

As Lux saw the sad and heartbreaking looks both women had; she immediately regretted saying those things. Foot in the mouth disease, another personality quality inherited from her mother. It wasn't like she wanted to sound bitter or spiteful but she was finding it hard to remain calm and composed with everything turning out the exact opposite she had imagined.

After what it felt the longest awkward silence of all, the three of them were approached by Fern "Hello, you must already know who I am by now but I think I need to properly introduce myself. I'm Fern, Lux's caseworker" She shook hands with Alex and Piper and added "You were granted with a temporary joint custody so it means you both need to get approved to be foster parents and I've to get your houses inspected as well. Considering you weren't exactly applying to be foster parents I'm going to give you two days to prepare for it"

"Now, I understand Miss Vause works in a bar at nights so I would recommend for Lux to stay with Miss Chapman for now and the day after tomorrow if you both get approved we'll figure out a living situation. Is that okay?" Alex was a little disappointed over Lux not going home with her but she knew, objectively, this caseworker woman was right. On the other hand Piper smiled thinking that maybe she could get to know Lux a little more over the night. Her mind went already ahead of what she needed to do when she got home. She needed to clean up the spare room, starting by taking out all of the stuff Larry insisted to buy but never used instead. 'LARRY. OMG' She thought. And that was when it hit her. Larry knew nothing about her pregnancy or her past with a woman if she was being really honest.

After they parted ways with Alex and Fern they went to Piper's car. The ride was quiet. The older woman tried to make some conversation but Lux didn't seem too much into it so she thought to let her be. By the time they got to Piper's house it was already late so Piper decided to just order in and wait for Larry to come home.

"Are you sure you are going to be okay sleeping on the couch?"

"Yes, really, it's fine" Lux replied. In fact this couch seemed a lot more comfortable than many of the beds she had slept back in the foster care houses.

"Okay, great. It's just for a few nights though. I'm gonna have your new room ready as fast as I can. I promise"

They were chatting about their favorite colors because Piper wanted to get Lux's room painted that way when they heard the door being open to reveal Larry with a box of pizza in his hands. He had encountered with the Pizza delivery while getting inside.

"Pizza on a Tuesday, honey, are we celebrating something I don't remember about?" Larry said with an amusing manner when he noticed her fiancée and a strange blond young girl sat next to her at their living room.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know we had guests tonight. Hi, I'm Larry"

"Lux" The young girl stated. She, actually, had no idea if Larry knew anything about her existence at all.

"Um… sweetheart can we go talk in our room, please?" Larry felt a little suspicious at his fiancée mysteriousness since he got home but nodded anyways.

"And Lux please start eating if you want. We'll be right back"

Already in their shared room Piper nervously thought about the best possible way to reveal everything to her fiance. "Listen, honey, there is something I need to tell you. I… I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before but you've to understand it was a difficult subject for me"

"Sweetie you are scaring me. What's going on? Did something bad happen?"

"No, no. It is the opposite instead. Do you remember each time you used to ask me about that person Polly told you had broken me apart I used to change the topic and tell you I wasn't ready to talk about it?"

"Yes, of course. You were so vulnerable and found it hard to trust someone when I first met you it intrigued me what had happened to you and when Polly gave me a clue I couldn't help to ask but after a while I didn't do it anymore 'cause I could tell it was a still sensitive issue for you"

"Yes, and thank you for that. Well, the thing is before I met you I was in a relationship with Alex… a woman" Piper could notice Larry's surprised look plastered all over his face but continued talking anyways. She had to tell him everything now and as quickly as possible like ripping off a bandage "We were together for a long time, we traveled the world for a while and then decided to establish here to start a family. We used her eggs and did several IVF treatments for me to get pregnant. It took a while and Alex was getting upset so I decided to give it one last try just by myself. When it finally worked Alex went to prison for her past as a heroin importer and when I was going to tell her, she ended our relationship closing every possible way of communication. I was miserable and devastated all the time. And when I say all the time, I really really mean it. I was in no position to raise a baby when I didn't even care about myself. I knew this baby was innocent in all if this so I did what I thought it would be the best. I… I gave her up for adoption. But the thing is she never got adopted so she repapered in my life looking for my signature to be able to emancipate and" Piper could tell Larry was feeling a little overwhelmed with all the new information so she decided to speed things a little "Long story short Alex and I got temporary joint custody of her"

"Wait. You were a lesbian? And your ex was a drug dealer? And you had a child?" To say Larry was shocked was really an understatement.

"At the time, yes. And she wasn't a drug dealer more of an importer kind. And I did had a child. Lux, who you met downstairs"

"My god Piper, why didn't you tell me anything before?"

"I'm so so sorry and I feel like I always get in trouble because I keep things for myself and I'm constantly letting down everyone because of it. But listen, here is the deal; I don't want to push people away anymore. I don't want to sabotage and screw this up. I just want to act like an adult. Somebody that is actually worthy of you and Lux. I'm going to do this, Larry. I'm going to take care of her. And I'm really hoping that you are going to help me" Piper sated with tears in her eyes. She was decided to take responsibility for everything now. No more running away.

Alex was working at the bar that night being totally distracted thinking about a way to make her apartment presentable by the inspection day. Her small one-room apartment by the way.

"Hey. Earth to Vause. Earth to Vause" The brunette was so deep into her thoughts she hadn't noticed Nicky talking to her before the latter one had roughly tapped her shoulder.

"Nicky, hey. Just the person I was looking for. I need your help to make my apartment decent for the home inspection Lux's caseworker is going to do the day after tomorrow"

"I know I tend to describe myself as a miracle-worker but, Vause, I thought you knew by now it just a trick to get into girls' pants. Besides when I say I make miracles happen I'm referring to another kind of miracles, if you catch my drift" The messy-haired woman said while playfully winking at her friend.

"Come on Nicky, I'm being serious here. The Social worker already recommended for Lux to stay with Piper 'cause she thought she would be better off with Piper and her probably big-shot of a husband"

"So your ex is married. You didn't tell me that" Nicky asked pretended to be surprised. She remembered very well her friend's ex was engaged but she wanted to cause a reaction in Alex.

"Engaged, so… Potato, Potahto" Alex mumbled while pouring a shot of vodka to a costumer.

"It's not the same thing. If they are not married yet, it means you still have the chance to crash their wedding at the exact mention of 'if anyone has any objection blah blah blah' and steal the bride away. Oh man, it'll be epic" Nicky exclaimed amusingly. She was having fun and trying to lighten up her friend's mood.

"Are you kidding me? In case you haven't noticed by now, Piper is a stubborn, selfish, narcissist ass who kept me apart from my daughter for 16 years. Believe me I'm better off alone anyways. If I'm gonna do this with Lux I'm gonna do it right. I'm wanna focus only on her right now"

"Okay okay, don't get all exasperated at me, I think you are doing the right thing and of course I will help you with the apartment situation. But let me say something, you were once super madly in love with said stubborn, selfish, narcissist ass, and I'm not defending her but you weren't no saint either so don't blame her for everything" Nicky firmly stated and turned to serve a glass of beer to another costumer.

Alex was thinking about everything Nicky had said when she heard her phone rang. 'Speaking of the devil' she thought, while seeing at the ID caller number.

"Hello" She said as she answered the call.

"Hi. Hope I'm not disturbing you at work. I came up with an idea and I wanted to know if you would be up for it"

"Lux" Piper said with her softest tone of voice gently tapping at Lux's shoulder.

It was still early in the morning and it took a while for Lux to comprehend where and with who she was at the moment. Last few days had been insane and she still needed time to process the fact she had been released to the care of no other than her births mothers. The thought of having a mom, two moms no less, made her heart melt. Since she had heard a social worker state she was the child of a lesbian couple all she had ever wanted was to meet them and to be a family. She had discarded such wish over the years replacing it with sour feelings of abandonment.

Lux had barely managed to open her eyes when saw Piper looking adoringly at her "Happy Birthday" she heard the older blonde woman say.

"Thank you" Lux flushed a big-hearted smile.

"Is she awake? Hey there, birthday girl! We hope you like it" Larry told her and gave her a wrapped gift.

It was a brand new pair of headphones. "I love it. Thank you so much. But you didn't have to give me anything. Seriously"

"Please. It is our pleasure. I thought of them when I noticed you could only listen with the left one. I figured the other one must be broken" Piper explained enjoying the fact Lux had liked their gift.

"Yeah, my ex-foster brother broke it, on purpose" Lux explained not wanting to ruin this already perfect day by remembering how awful that foster home had had been.

"Come on, get ready, we are late for breakfast"

The three of them went to a restaurant Piper couldn't stop gushing over during their car ride. When Lux went inside her eyes couldn't believe what she saw. There was a big banner with the words 'Happy Birthday Lux" written in the front and there was people greeting and congratulating her. It was a party, a party for her.

"Happy birthday, kid!" Alex said while hugging her. She then gave her a gift. It was a book "My mother gave me this book and it is my favorite one. Hope you like it as well"

Lux could swear her heart swell at such emotive gift. Being awaken under the roof of one of her mothers and now this gesture coming from the other one made her feel happy and loved for the first time in a very long time.

"We still don't know any of your friends so we invited our friends instead. Hope it is okay with you!" The tall brunette exclaimed "You already know Holly from the store the other day"

"Hey. My name is Polly. I think your little joke of changing my name has been expired for a long time by now" Polly cut in. She knew it was a joke but it wasn't really funny to her. Nothing coming from Supercunt's mouth could ever be funny to her.

"Anyways" Alex continued talking acting like she hadn't heard Polly at all. "This is Nicky my crazy best friend"

"Hey there! Happy birthday kiddo! I'm so very sorry for the boring party these two managed to throw you. A breakfast party, what kind of people does that?"

"Um excuse me. Grown-up people does" Piper said with animosity in her tone.

"Feisty. I already like your ex, Vause" Nicky pointed out.

At the mention of Piper and Alex's past relationship Larry cleared her throat and went to find Alex and proceed to introduce himself "Alex. Hi. I'm Larry, Piper's fiancé. It's nice to finally meet you" and then couldn't help to add "Wow you are tall"

"Likewise and yeah I've been told" The brunette was having the time of her life getting to see Lux all smiling and happy that she hadn't pay attention to the man that had entered with them.

A waitress came by with a big birthday cake. They all sang and told Lux she had to ask for a wish.

Lux let a laugh escape her mouth and after looking at both of her mothers and seeing them standing next to her, each one at one of her sides, she closed her eyes and blew out all of the candles. She didn't need to make a wish. She already had what she had always wished for. A family.

A/N 2: Next chapter will be about the home inspection and a little bit of a Lux's world will be revealed. Maybe she has a boyfriend. Would you guys like to see Alex and Piper reaction?

Please leave a review on your thoughts about the story so far. I would really appreciate it.

See you soon :)