Chapter six

I woke up smiling, for the first time in a long time. My smile soon dropped when I realised Alex wasn't in bed with me anymore. Was it too much too soon? I for out of bed, holding on to my side.

"Erm what do you think you're doing?" I heard Alex say.

I was currently sat on the edge of the bed clutching to my side. I looked up to see Alex, she knelt down in front of me and handed me an ice pack and some pain killers. She shook a bottle of water in front of me and smiled, I smiled back at her softly.

"Al.." I began, sighing when she cut me off. She put her finger on my lips to stop me from saying anything else. I laughed at her childlike behaviour, making her laugh too. She removed her finger and put the painkillers in my hand, closing my fingers over them. She smiled at me and got up to sit next to me on the bed.

I turned to face Alex. "I'm supposed to be the one looking after you" I told her, feeling guilty.

"I know that, but how are you going to look after me if your not looking after yourself?" She asked me.

I rolled my eyes and took the water from her outstretched hand. "Fine" I said as she raised her eyebrows at me. I hated how she was always right. Alex smiled at me as I took the painkillers. "What?" I smiled.

"I have a skill for knowing what's best" she laughed. I laughed too, remembering the last time she said that to me. "I was right then and I'm right now" she smiled.

I rolled my eyes at her knowing how true her words were.

*Flashback*

I sat in the bar nervous as hell, I couldn't believe Alex was putting this on me. I was sat in a dead end bar, waiting for a drug dealer to meet me, when did my life get so great? I wasn't into this at all, this was Alex's thing not mine. I was here for her, not the business.

"Lauren Green?" A strong voice said from behind me, obviously I had to use a fake name, just incase. I was surprised to learn the drug dealer was a young woman.

"Yes?" I nervously said. She sat down next to me and looked me up and down. I felt very uncomfortable, luckily Alex was sat in the corner, making sure everything ran smoothly.

"You don't look much like a carrier, are you sure you're up to the job?" She asked me.

I looked at her oddly for a couple seconds.

"A carrier is what we call the clients who carry out drugs for us" she added.

I nodded and took a sip of my drink.

"So?" She asked me, waiting for an answer.

"I can more than handle myself" I told her with confidence.

"I'm sure you can, I'm Laurie" she said outstretching her hand.

"Nice to meet you, Laurie" I said shaking her hand. She shook my hand and kept a loose grip on it, her fingers sliding against my own softly. I let go quickly but thought nothing of it, I didn't want to mess Alex's deal up.

"So how much experience do you have?" Laurie asked me.

"Enough" I replied.

"How would you like a little more?" She asked me, smiling as she sat down next to me.

I portrayed a shocked expression and smiled. "Yes! Thank you!" I said.

She laughed at me. "Drinks to celebrate?" She offered.

"Okay" I smiled. "I'm just going to the bathroom, I'll only be a minute" I told her. She nodded at me and I walked off.

Alex walked in shortly after, as planned. I was so excited to tell her about the deal but she walked in with a face of thunder.

"How gullible can you actually be piper?" She said with her hand on her forehead.

"What?" I asked her, feeling a little insulted.

"She's not going to give you the contract!" She almost snapped at me.

I raised my eyebrows at her. "For your information, she already has" I raised my voice at her.

Alex laughed. "Oh really, that's funny then, cause I didn't see any of you sign any paperwork whatsoever" she said, sighing.

"What paperwork?" I asked, feeling confused.

"Urgh! You're such an idiot, Piper!" She snapped.

"Excuse me?"

"She's not going to give you the contract Piper, the only reason she's still here is because she fancies you!" Alex laughed bitterly.

I was furious by this point, not only did she think I wasn't capable of pulling of a stupid deal that she made me do, she was insisting I was only useful for one thing. "You are unbelievable Alex! Sex is not the only thing I'm useful for! I'm not that stupid that I can't pull of this one deal!" I snapped again.

"In that case why are you both all over each other, when no contract has been signed?" She snapped back, throwing her hands up in the air.

"I am not all over her! I didn't even want to do this, you don't think I don't know I wouldn't be able to do this? I'm only fucking doing it for you!" My eyes filled up with tears as I said that.

Alex's facial expression became much softer. "Pipes, I'm just saying..."

I cut her off "No! You know what? I will go back in there and I will pull this off and I won't have to hook up with her to do it... Or maybe I will because that's all I'm good for right? That's what you think of me isn't it?" I asked her.

"No, of course I don't" she told me.

I wiped my eyes and walked out, she could be so selfish when it came to business. Laurie smiled at me as I sat back down, I instantly took a large gulp of my drink. Alex walked past us, making quick eye contact before leaving the bar. I downed the rest of my drink still pretty mad at her.

"That's what I like to see" Laurie smiled, before ordering us more drinks. Before I knew it we were well into the night and several more drinks down. Me and Laurie were laughing with each other and having such a good time, so I assumed this was a good time to close the deal.

"So, how about we get that paperwork signed while we're still in a decent state?" I asked her, smiling.

Laurie looked at me and smiled. "How about we get some more drinks first?" She asked.

I laughed, but a little more bitterly this time. Laurie's facial expression changed and that's when I knew Alex was right. "You were never going to give me the contract were you?" I asked.

"You're just not the right person for the job.. Too gullible" she said.

Now I was furious again for being called gullible twice in one night. "So why the hell have you kept me her until bloody midnight just to let me down?" I snapped.

Laurie smiled. "Oh honey, I wasn't planning on letting you down" she said. I looked at her confused as she put her hand on my thigh, she leant forward and I jumped back out of my chair.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked her. "I have a girlfriend" I added.

"What she doesn't know won't hurt her" she smiled, moving forward again.

"I wouldn't ever go there, you're nothing compared to her" I snapped, storming out.

I got outside and it was throwing it down with rain, I only had a dress on, I didn't care though because at least you couldn't see the tears streaming down my face. I walked slowly back to the house, dreading telling Alex she was right. Once I got to the house I realised I didn't have my keys on me, now I couldn't even sneak through the house to bed. I knocked on the door and waited, I could see her coming through the glass.

"Who is it?" She shouted.

"Piper"

She opened the door and I walked straight past her.

"So where's the paperwork?" She asked me with a cocky tone.

I walked past her and up the stairs, her following me. "You were right" I mumbled, as I got to the top of the stairs.

"What was that?" She asked, I knew she was smiling even though I refused to look at her and I could tell she was still annoyed. I remembered Laurie's lips almost touching mine and my emotions got the better of me. Tears fell down my cheeks and I couldn't stop the ones that followed on but I managed to keep quiet as I got undressed. I stood away from her so she couldn't see my face. "I said, you were right" I told her. More tears fell as I put my pyjamas on. A couple seconds later I felt Alex's hand on my shoulder, making more tears fall. She stood behind me as I looked out of the window.

"You're crying" she said softly. She turned me around to face her. "Look at me" she said. When I didn't, she lifted my chin with her fingers. "What happened?"

I sighed. "She was never going to give me that contract, she said I was too gullible" I frowned. Alex's face became softer. "She just wanted me to stay, she tried to kiss me twice" I cried at that. "I'm so sorry, Al, I let you down" my lip gave away and I looked down at the floor.

Alex out both of her hands on my cheeks, staring at me intensely for a couple of seconds. "No! I let you down, Pipes" she said, her thumb stroking my cheek. "I should've never had you do something you were so uncomfortable with, your here with me not the business" she finished with a kiss to my forehead.

"I love you so much" I told her, hugging her.

"I love you too, Pipes"

"I promise I'll listen to you in future" I told her truthfully, smiling into her shoulder.

"You should, I have a skill for knowing what's best" she said, making us both giggle.

*End of flashback*

"That was a crappy night but it worked out in the end" I said.

"Yeah, and we still ended up in prison" Alex laughed.

I shrugged my shoulders. "We lived risky lives but at least we have each other again after all that time" i told her. Alex put her arm around me and we laid against the wall together. Things weren't perfect, but at this moment we had each other.

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