*authors note* hey everyone! Seemed like I gave up on this right? I know it's been over a year. Sorry. I suck. Anyways I'm trying to close this out. The story needs closure so I'm going to finish it up here... within the year. I promise lol. Anyways happy reading. This is just a short chapter to get onto the next/ end leg of the journey!

"Alexxx," Piper said in a long drawn out way that made Alex smile. "Where are we going?"

Alex looked over at Piper. She was sitting in the passenger seat with a blindfold over her eyes. Even with the blindfold on, Alex could see the curiosity on Piper's face.

"Pipes, I told you it's a surprise."

"I thought we were going to the pier."

"Would I have needed to rent this car if we were just going to the pier?" Alex replied.

"Well no. We could just walk there." Alex could swear that she saw thoughts coming out of the top of Piper's pretty blonde head. "Then were are we going?" Piper asked again with a more frustrated tone.

"Hmm... what part of 'this is a surprise trip' aren't you getting here Pipes?" Alex responded with a small laugh.

"Ugh not fair." Piper said as she crossed her arms, slumped down into her seat and frowned.

After a few minutes of silence, Alex looked over at the pouting girl sitting next to her. "Piper..."

*hymph* was Piper's only response as she made a show of crossing her arms tighter and dramatically turning her head to look out the window even though she damn well couldn't see anything with that blindfold on.

Alex suppressed a laugh. "Okay. Piper. You win."

"So you are going to tell me where we are going?" Piper perked up.

"Well no." Said Alex.

"Then how is that me winning?" Piper questioned.

"I guess it's a little game. You are a smart and clever girl. If you can guess where we are going then you can take off the blindfold."

"Is it the beach? No wait that wasn't a real guess. I take that back!" Piper stated rushed. "Okay but you cant lie. If I actually manage to guess then you have to tell me."

"Fair enough," replied Alex.

"And..." continued Piper," for every three wrong guesses, you have to give me a hint."

"I suppose I could do that. But for every hint I have to give you... you have to give me something in return." Alex retorted

"This game is becoming complicated." Piper laughed.

Alex joined in with the laughter. "Yeah totally complicated." She said with a bit of playful sarcasm. "Okay this is my final offer, Ms. Chapman."

"Go on..." said Piper leaning over as if to listen intently.

"I will give you three hints up front. Then you take all the time you need to work out the destination in that beautiful brain of yours and if you can guess it correct not only can you take off the blindfold but you can plan our day tomorrow AND as a bonus you can wear that blindfold tonight at the hotel." Alex said with a wink that Piper couldn't see.

"Ooooo there's a hotel. Wait is that one of my three clues. No it doesn't count. That's a freebie! Okay game on. Give it to me." Piper said confidently.

"Okay here they are...

1.) it's not near the beach

2.) there are mountains so to speak

3.) I plan to feel you up in the dark while people are near by..." Piper somehow managed to reach over and playfully smack Alex's arm.

"Okay that third hint was just a fact. Not a hint. The real third hint is there will definitely be churros," Alex finished.

"Churros? Where the hell can I see mountains but no beach and eat a damn churro?" Piper responded.

"Well... as per the rules of this game... that's for me to know and for you to sort out yourself babe. Go head take all the time you need. I'll just be here enjoying my eye sight and staring at this beautiful scenery. But don't take too long. It's only about an hour drive."

"An hour drive..." Piper said quietly while thinking out loud. Alex had been enjoying the quiet while Piper was thinking. She swore it was taking longer than she expected. Alex didn't think her clues were that hard. About five minutes after the clues were given, Piper jumped straight up and shouted "I've got it!"

"Jesus Christ Piper, give a girl a heart attack why don't you?" Alex said while clutching her startled heart.

"Sorry. I'm sorry. I just got super excited because I 100% know where we are going." Piper said confidently.

Alex knew that Piper had actually figured it out because Piper was smiling the biggest smile she had ever seen.

"Well go on then... say it."