A/N: To the guest who asked if it was stated in the fic on how Cal died, yes it was. If you want to check it out, it's on Chapter 7. It was a flashback. :)
Other than that, all of you guys deserve this epilogue for sticking out to this story till the end! I love how this story has more favorites and follows than my Beauty Fish fic and it will almost surpass its reviews as well. (help me surpass it by leaving reviews please? :) )
I do not own anything, I just made the story. Enjoy!
Epilogue
10 years later
"Maggie! Maggie, honey, will you come down already? We're running late." Piper shouts from the kitchen, hoping that their six-year-old daughter would hear her.
"But mom, I can't fit all my toys and books in the bag that mama gave me. We can't leave without them." The little girl retorted as she tried stuffing all her toys in a tiny backpack.
Piper shook her head upon hearing this from Maggie. She always needs to bring almost all her toys whenever they go visit Aunt Nicky and Aunt Lorna's apartment, plus, she is promised that she can play all she wants when it is the weekend as she is doing great in school.
"Alex! Can you get your daughter, please?" Piper whisper shouts from the kitchen towards the living room where Alex was seated, rubbing soft circles at the back of their two-year-old son who was attached to her sling that, in about two months' time, would look like it shrunk on him. The little boy snoozing his way with his tiny hand in his mouth and his other clutching on Alex's shirt.
Alex squinted and looked at Piper from where she is seated, and whisper shouted back.
"My daughter? She's your exact replica, Piper." Alex retorted stifling her chuckles, not wanting to wake her son up. Piper beamed at Alex and then answered.
"Our daughter, okay? She may look like me, but she acts exactly like you." Piper said as she raised her eyebrows. She just finished making snack packs for the kids. "Now, can you do that thing that you do and make her come down already? We're running late, Al." Piper says as she pace back and forth in the kitchen grabbing random stuff that she could add to the snack packs.
Alex rolled her eyes in mock annoyance, but she knew what Piper meant. Just like what Piper said, Maggie may look like her, but she acts exactly like Alex who, Alex admits, may sometimes be very stubborn, but they love the tiny blonde endlessly anyway.
"Maggie Vause!" Alex calls out with a stern voice meaning business. They could hear pitter patters of their daughter's feet shuffling from her room to the stairs and then down, appearing in front of them.
Maggie, just like Piper, has golden blonde hair that is short and adorning the side of her face with a tiny clip holding her baby bangs off her forehead. She is currently wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and tiny blue jeans with her favorite unicorn socks. She has her back pack behind her that seemed to be unzipped as it was stuffed with too much toys ready to fall out of it and she is clutching to three books that takes up a lot of effort from her to hold on to.
"I'm here! I'm here! But mama can you please help me?" Maggie asked as she continued walking towards Alex.
Piper tried stifling her chuckles. Maggie always followed Alex's stern voice. Not that the little girl is doing it out of fear. Alex and Piper made sure that they don't make their children follow them out of fear but make them follow for reasonable things.
There was a time when Maggie was four years old and she wanted to go with Diane to Pearl's to eat her favorite chocolate cupcake. 'Grandma Diane always adds more cream to my cupcake'. But that day, Diane had to meet one of her friends before she could go to Pearl's. Alex insisted that they could meet at Pearl's and that she would bring Maggie with her, but the tiny blonde wanted to be fetched by Diane so, she cried her eyes out for about two hours.
Alex, then, tried to explain as best as she could that if she had stopped crying and was willing to leave, they could have been there earlier, and she could have eaten her cupcake with Grandma Diane. Ever since, Maggie would listen to what Alex has to say especially of the raven-haired woman used her full name. She wasn't doing it out of fear of Alex, she is doing it because she didn't want to miss out in seeing the people she loves. And, Piper and Alex made sure that the little girl understood that.
The thing is, it's only Alex's stern voice she listens to. Well not always. Piper would use the same stern voice, but it only worked two out of five times. Maggie thought that Piper's stern voice was funny.
"Okay, give me those." Alex said as she sat straight up, still guiding their son. Alex grabbed the books from Maggie and placed it inside their son's baby bag. Maggie dropped her things momentarily as her eyes sparkled towards her little sleeping brother.
"Mama, can I kiss him on the head?" Maggie asks lovingly. She liked the smell of her baby brother's head.
"As long as you kiss me first." Alex says smiling at the tiny blonde who giggled and then wrapped her tiny arms around Alex's neck giving her mother a kiss on the cheek repeatedly. And then excitedly letting go, ready to kiss the little dark-haired boy.
Maggie raised her right hand so that it is hovering on her brother's head as she caressed it softly.
"Hi Axe. I love you. Good morning! You sleep too much!" Maggie whispered and placed tiny soft kisses on the little boy's head. Alex chuckled at Maggie's subtle sassiness and Piper chuckled as well, hearing Maggie's tiny voice towards her son.
Piper walked towards her wife, daughter and son as her heart fluttered seeing them bundled up like this. Alex caught Piper's teary baby blues and smiled at her wife lovingly.
"I never expected having all of these back then before your package was wrongly sent to my house." Alex told Piper gesturing at her family. It was Alex's turn to have teary eyes.
"Me neither. But I'm glad that we have this now." Piper said responding and then leaning in to kiss Alex on the temple.
"Me too." Alex said smiling, leaning in to her wife's touch.
"Me three." Maggie said raising her hand wanting to be a part of her moms' conversation, though she didn't know exactly what they were talking about. She learned 'me three' from her Aunt Nicky and used it every time since.
Alex and Piper laughed at this. Alex gave her daughter a kiss on the head and decided that they should head out.
It has been a hectic day for Piper at the hospital. Since she was promoted years ago, she had more responsibilities in terms of paper works plus the usual rounds for the patients assigned to her. What Piper loved about her work is that when she does it in the hospital, she leaves it in the hospital as well, making her off hours focused solely for her little family.
Piper was looking forward to just sitting down on the couch at home with Alex and her kids because it was her last working day of the week. She made sure that her and Alex's schedule coincide with each other especially when they 'assign' schedules to who will pick Maggie up from school and who will watch Axel for the day.
Today, Alex was the one who watched Axel while doing paper works at Pearl's and she was also the one who picked up Maggie from school.
There is about two hours left from Piper's shift and her patience was stretching out as there were new interns and trainees in the hospital under their care. She made sure to delegate the tasks at hand to the senior nurses so that no more work was added to her very busy day.
"You okay, Nurse Vause?" One of the new interns named Hailey asked Piper. She was a fresh graduate and it was her fifth day as an intern. She was shadowing the blonde at that day.
Piper decided to change her surname after Alex when they got married. Well, even when she proposed, she asked Alex if she would turn her into a Vause. At first, Alex insisted for Piper to remain as Chapman as she is more commonly known as Nurse Chapman but, Piper insisted that she wanted to carry Alex's name. Piper knew that the discussion of Alex changing her surname is out of the table due to Alex telling her that there are not a lot of Vauses around and that they had to multiply. The raven-haired woman even convinced the blonde to do a hyphenated name, but Piper was hearing none of it. Alex's heart fluttered at this. From then on, nine years ago, Piper was known as Piper Elizabeth Vause. She loved it ever since.
Piper looked at Hailey with slightly tired eyes but gave the young girl a smile.
"Yeah. I'm just exhausted from all the paper works and the rounds that I had to do. But it's nothing that I've never done before." Piper shrugged as she took the sleeping patient's temperature and recorded something on the charts. Hailey nodded and gave Piper a small smile.
They exited the room and went to the nurses' station. When they got there, they have seen numerous nurses and doctors running around or pacing as the environment really gave away a busy day. Piper told Hailey that if that's the case, they should mind their own business and finish them unless anyone asks for help. They shouldn't get on the way of the doctors and the other nurses and make sure that they know what they are doing. It didn't hurt to ask.
Lorna was still there, as well as Larry, but, Larry is already seeing someone, and Piper was glad that she isn't being bothered by him anymore. Lorna and Nicky have been married three years ago as well, but they were still enjoying themselves, not wanting to have kids yet.
Poussey is still working at the hospital as well but was promoted as a leader for her department, Lorna being her assistant. They have come a long way and they were glad about it.
"So, Hailey, I need you to bring this down to the laboratory for examination and then file a request for it. You'll be able to get it in an hour or so. While waiting for it, you can file these patient's papers and then go on rounds with me afterwards. Is that okay?" Piper informed the intern.
"Okay." Hailey nodded and smiled at Piper. She liked the blonde as her 'mentor' or 'trainer' and Piper liked Hailey too. She was a good intern. Not that she didn't want to have one, but she could use the alone time to finish her paper works as the Head nurse of the Surgical and Bacterial unit.
Hailey left, and Piper proceeded to her desk. When she got there, she was surprised seeing a single stem of orange daisy on it. She looked around looking for the person who placed it there. She knew who it is from, but she wanted to know who physically placed it there so that she could ask about it. When she turned her head, Lorna caught her eye and winked. When Piper was about to ask, Lorna pretended to zip her mouth and throw the imaginary key away.
Seeing the orange daisy made her heart flutter. It was their flower. Alex and hers. Alex would always giver her those on special occasions. Seeing the flower made her forget for a second that she was exhausted and tired. She picked it up, placed it in front of her nose and smelled it. It always had a very mild sweet smell that she loved.
She held on to it as she started writing stuff again for the patients' files, now with a smile on her face. After about ten minutes, Hailey appeared beside her and nudged her arm lightly.
"Hey, Nurse Vause, I already brought the sample downstairs and said that they might have a slight delay today due because one of the lab workers called in sick so there's just one of him inside. He said they would be able to give it in about two hours instead of one." Hailey said informatively. She felt bad for Piper, but it is what it is. All they can do is wait.
Piper let out an exhausted sigh and then just shrugged before speaking up.
"Okay. I guess we can't do anything about it." Piper stood up and grabbed her pen and files, still holding on to the orange daisy that Hailey was eyeing whilst smiling. The young intern must have put two and two together.
"Oh, and someone's looking for you just outside." Hailey said. Piper's head turned as she looked at Hailey confused. Who could be looking for her? Piper slightly panicked as she rummaged through her thoughts of the possibility of not finishing something on time.
They stepped outside as Piper anticipated a doctor or another nurse asking for paper works or something. What she saw melted her heart. All panic, stress, and exhaustion, automatically gone. It was Axel, wearing blue overalls with an orange shirt underneath and walking in his tiny white Nike Airforce 1s towards Piper a little wiggly whilst grasping to another single stemmed orange daisy.
Piper and Axel's eyes lit up upon seeing each other. The little boy let out a loud giggle upon seeing her mother. His dark hair jiggling on his head as he continued to walk excitedly towards Piper. The blonde woman crouched down as she opened her arms, waiting to receive her two-year old in a hug.
"Momommyyy! Ayyyyyyy!" Axel squeals in excitement as Piper buried her face on the little boy's dark hair. She stood up as she carried her son. Axel looked at Alex who followed him from behind. The raven-haired woman nodding towards the daisy that he was clutching on his tiny hand.
"Give the flower to mommy, Axe. I thought we practiced this one with Aunt Nicky, huh?" Alex pretended to whisper towards her son, chuckling.
"Hey." Piper beamed as her face became impossibly brighter upon seeing her wife, all worries forgotten.
"Hi, babe." Alex said leaning in to place a kiss on Piper's cheek which the blonde leaned in to. "These are for you." Alex smiled. It was also the first time that Piper saw a huge bouquet of orange daisies being given to her by Alex. The raven-haired woman successfully hid it behind her back. It is adorned by a golden bow to bind it all together.
"Is this Alex?" Hailey asked as she was watching everything unfold before her eyes. Alex looked at the intern and gave her a smirk.
"Alex Vause in the flesh, kid." Alex chuckled.
"I thought Alex is a man… I mean… Not that I'm…I mean… I'm not anti-LGBT… I actually also have a girlfriend. I just… You guys look so hot together and I just thought that when you say Alex the past four days I just expected him… her… to be a man. I'm sorry I'm rambling." Hailey said as a blush creeped on her cheeks. Piper and Alex tried stifling their chuckles so that they won't let Hailey feel too uncomfortable.
"Who'd you think the woman in the picture frame on my desk was with my kids?" Piper asked chuckling.
"I haven't seen it I guess." Hailey chuckled. It only has been four days, but she felt how genuine Piper is as a person and seeing her now with her family, Hailey admired her mentor more.
"It's fine." Alex gave Hailey a sweet smile.
"Where's Maggie?" Piper asked confused. As if on cue, there was a sound of rushing feet coming from the curved hallway in front of them.
"Mom!" Maggie said excitedly, she is sucking on a lollipop that Piper assumed was given to her by Poussey who was following her from behind. Maggie was clutching on three helium foil balloons, ready to give it to her mother. Piper placed Axel down who wanted to walk and run around and around the hallway. She opened her arms again to receive her little girl's hug.
"Hey baby. How was school?" Piper asked. Maggie looked at Alex asking for help.
"I gave her a break from school today. I called in, don't worry." Alex assured. Piper squinted. She didn't like it when Maggie skips school.
"It's your birthday mom and we had to practice how to give you these!" Maggie said excitedly.
"But was distracted by Poussey with her lollipop." Alex chuckled looking at their friend.
"Hey! She ran to me. I might have called her from afar though." Poussey shrugged chuckling.
Piper stood up straight and looked straight into Alex's eyes lovingly. She never gets tired of those emerald orbs after almost ten years of being married.
"Hope you liked our little surprise!" Alex said smiling sweetly at her wife. Just like Piper, she wouldn't get tired of those baby blues.
"I love it." Piper said raising the bouquet of daises slightly and then caressing Alex's cheeks as a thank you.
"Happy Birthday, Pipes." Alex smiled and leaned in to capture her wife's lips in a sweet kiss.
The steaming of the milk from the coffee machine whistles intently. The grinding of the coffee beans crushing has been continuous all afternoon. Slushing of milk and coffee in a mug and the patting of the coffee filter against the metal to release the used coffee are what could be heard.
Also, the giggles and questions of a tiny six-year-old blonde girl and the raspy chuckles of the little girl's mother is echoing throughout the currently almost empty coffee bar. Only a few customers are presently in the coffee shop before the afternoon rush comes in.
"Honeeeey! Coffeeeeeeeee!" Maggie said imitating her blonde mother giving coffee to Alex.
Alex and Maggie are at Pearl's, behind the bar. Alex is teaching Maggie how to make coffee. Well, more like showing her. The little blonde girl is currently standing on a stool to make her reach at least the edge of the counter where she puts on the chocolate syrup and the cinnamon to finish up the coffee cups.
Alex chuckled at Maggie's antics. She knew that the girl was copying her wife.
"Is that how mom say it in the morning?" Alex asked chuckling.
"Yeah. She always says it to you, mama. And then she would say 'Maggie! Breakfaaaaast!'" Maggie giggled. She was looking at the mug that Alex was holding as the raven-haired woman get ready to make a latte art.
"Look at this, hun. Want to see mama make a heart on this coffee?" Alex asked, and Maggie nodded enthusiastically.
"Can you do other stuff too?" The little girl asks curiously.
"Well yeah. But we should do the heart first, okay?" Alex said as she grabbed the steamed milk tin. "So first, you need to pour in the milk smoothly in until it almost fills the top and then push the milk up and down, up and down and then you have a heart!" Alex says as she manipulates the milk to form a heart shaped froth. The little girl's eyes widened in amazement.
"Mama! How come you didn't show me that before! That's so cool!" Maggie squealed. Alex chuckled.
"Well, there's no other time that I could show you before. I always give your mom these even before you were born." Alex said sweetly, rubbing her daughter's back sweetly.
"Really?" Maggie looked at Alex intently and in wonder. "Is it because you love mom?" Maggie asked perkily, face beaming up at her mother. Alex chuckled once again.
"Yes. And just simply because those years ago, your mom loves the coffee that I always make for her before she goes in to work at the hospital." Alex shrugged and placed the mug on the tray to be claimed by a customer. Maggie seemed to accept the explanation and then spoke up again.
"I love you, mama." Maggie says lovingly out of nowhere. It was obvious that she worships the ground that Alex walks in. Alex had to try her hardest to stop the immediate tears form falling. She wasn't expecting this. Her heart fluttered and melted at her daughter's admission. Alex mustered up the courage to smile, lean down and envelope Maggie in a tight hug.
"I love you too, honey." Alex said sniffing the top of her daughter's head. As if on cue, customers started coming in. They both look at the door and see Nicky barge in. "Ready for the afternoon rush? You can help me out okay?" Alex says grabbing a tiny apron for her daughter to wear. Maggie's eyes widened once again.
"Yes! Can I serve the muffins?" Maggie asked excitedly.
"Yes, of course you can." Alex says as she prepared the coffee bar for orders.
"Hey, little Piper! You helpin' out your mama today?" Red asked as she went out of the kitchen, grabbing a coffee cup that has been pre-made by Alex. The taller woman knew that Red would be coming out at any time to grab her caffeine fix.
"Yeah! Mama says I can serve the muffins!" Maggie says as she jumped up and down with excitement.
"Just make sure it gets to the table whole, okay? I know how you love those muffins just like your mama here." Red says looking at Alex who mockingly rolled her eyes. Maggie giggled agreeing how she loved eating Pearl's muffins and cupcakes.
"Hi! How may I help you?" Alex says as a man goes in front of her to order.
"Can I have a mocha latte and a blueberry muffin please?" The old man, about 65 years of age, said whilst clutching a pocket book in his hand.
"I assume that would be for here?" Alex says as she punches in the order.
"Yes, please." The man said smiling.
"Would you like your muffin heated?" Maggie's tiny voice asked from behind the counter, beside Alex. It was the first time that the old man heard the voice, so he adjusted himself to look at the owner of the voice. When he saw Maggie wearing an apron and waiting, he smiled and answered.
"Oh hello, sweetie. Yes, I would love my muffin heated, please." The senior smiled and was amused by the little blonde girl.
Maggie busied herself in getting the blueberry muffin with a tong, putting it on a plate carefully and walking towards the microwave to put the muffin in for 30 seconds. The man and Alex observed Maggie, and both had smiles on their faces. When the microwave didn't work, Maggie asked Alex for help.
"Mama, it's not working." Maggie said looking at Alex wanting to receive help. Alex immediately saw that the microwave wasn't plugged in.
"I see what the problem is." Alex says as she plugged the microwave. Maggie pressed the power button and it started working.
"There it is!" Maggie said as she stepped to the side waiting for the muffin to be heated. She remembered how Piper would tell her not to wait directly in front of the microwave as it will be bad for the body.
"Your daughter, I assume?" The old man said chuckling. Alex nodded and fiddled with the register.
"It's bring-your-daughter-to-work day." Alex smiled. "My wife brought our son and I brought my daughter. She loves serving the muffins." Alex said lovingly. "That will be eight dollars please."
"She's adorable." The man handed Alex ten dollars.
"Thank you." Alex smiled at the man. She quickly pressed something on the coffee machine and waited until the mug starts filling up. She handed the man his coffee before speaking up. "Here you go. Sugars are off the side. We'll serve your muffin in a bit." Alex smiled.
"No, thank you." The man smiled. "I'll be right there." The man pointed at a lone chair and table at the corner.
Alex nodded and turned to Maggie who was getting the heated muffin from the microwave.
"You got that, sweetheart?" Alex asked.
"Got it!" Maggie said as she held the tiny plate with the muffin in it. The little girl walked to exit the bar and searched for the man who ordered the muffin. As if on cue, there was another customer who wanted to order.
"Hi! How may I help you?" Alex said to help the next customer. When Alex looked at the woman in front of her, all she saw was an all well-known and familiar look. From years of being the most famous women's basketball player in town, she could see a look of lust from far away and she could immediately tell the difference between a look of lust or bullshit from a genuine want of being an actual human being to talk to. This was the first thing she noticed.
"Hi." The brunette started speaking up. She was as tall as Alex who finds it funny that she is even trying to get into her pants. Alex wasn't just assuming. She was right. She could smell bullshit from far away through years of experience from people who just wanted in her pants. Even though this is the case, Alex still has a pleasant the-customer-is-always-right face.
"What can I get for you today?" Alex asked nicely.
"An iced cappuccino and a 'yes' to a date tonight." The brunette said flirtatiously. Alex tried stifling her chuckles.
"One iced cappuccino. Is that all, ma'am?" Alex asked as she punched in the order.
"No 'yes' available today? Maybe I should try tomorrow, then?" The brunette smiled.
"No 'yes'es available, ever. I'm sorry." Alex said politely, trying to extend her patience with the brunette in front of her. She still mustered up a polite smile at the customer.
"Mama! Look what the man gave me!" Maggie said giggling behind the bar raising up a five-dollar bill. Alex looked at her daughter and had a genuine smile on her face.
"Ohhh! Nice going, babe! Keep it in your apron and then wash your hands, okay? We can count all the tips you get later when we get home." Alex said smiling proudly at her daughter.
"Yeeees! Okay!" Maggie said as she kept the five-dollar bill and walked towards the sink to wash her hands.
"So, is that the reason why there will be no 'yes'es in any dates I ask? For what it's worth, I don't care. I can adjust." the brunette says in a way that annoyed Alex excessively. 'Nobody ever talks about my daughter that way.' But, she still mustered up the courage to appear polite as she started making the customer's coffee.
Little ears could hear big things.
As if on cue, her world paused, and it is as if a gush of fresh air blew on her face and her whole body upon seeing her wife and her two-year-old enter the café. Her eyes brightened which wasn't lost on the brunette. Alex eyed the brunette and raised her eyebrows while she is still finishing with the coffee. The brunette didn't look at what Alex was looking at.
The brunette watched her closely still expecting an answer from Alex but didn't get any so, she just observed the raven-haired woman and Alex swore that it was the worst decision that the brunette made in her life.
Pitter patters of tiny feet ran towards the back of the bar.
"Mmmmama! Thuuuuupamaaan!" Axel squealed whilst clutching and waving his tiny superman action figure. He was running towards Alex to be lifted but, he was intercepted by another person's arms.
"Whoooops! No trespassing in the bar if you haven't passed by Grandma Red!" Red says sweetly, her Russian accent still evident. Axel squealed.
"Gwandma Wed! Thuuupamaan!" Axel yelped.
"Mom!" Maggie ran and hugged her blonde mother.
"How are you, honey?" Piper kissed the top of Maggie's head. "Served enough muffins already?" Piper asked fixing Maggie's blonde hair.
"I served one and I got five dollars!" Maggie said excitedly. "And the lady asked mama on a date." Maggie whispered worriedly.
Little ears could hear big things.
Piper looked at Maggie and then at Alex who was staring at her lovingly.
"Really? Someone asked mama that?" Piper asked whispering. Piper wasn't jealous. Not at all, unlike those years back. Because she knew Alex wouldn't even give whoever asked her to go on a date the light of day. She was interested on how Alex will put her down gently. Or maybe not too gently.
"Really. That one." Maggie discreetly pointed and giggled at the lady. Piper knew that it was rude to do that, but she was going to let that one pass. Maggie let go from Piper's grasp and went in the office where Red and Axel are.
"Hey! Can I have an Alex VIP special, please?" Piper says smiling from the side of the bar, not totally going in unlike her kids.
Alex handed the coffee to the brunette who was still standing there observing Alex. She has yet to pay. Alex fiddled with the register before speaking up.
"That would be four dollars, please." Alex smiled but didn't wait for the customer's payment just yet.
Instead, Alex walked towards her wife at the side of the bar and held her hand, caressed it lovingly and leaned in to give Piper the sweetest I-missed-you-today kiss.
"Hi, love." Alex whispered.
"Hi." Piper responded beaming. She didn't know how infinite her love could go for the raven-haired woman in front of her and the same goes for Alex. The raven-haired woman looked at the customer and cleared her throat.
"By the way…" Alex pointed at the office where Axel and Maggie are with Red. "They are part of the reasons why I won't be giving out any 'yes'es to anyone asking me for dates…" Alex said nodding and then puts her arm around Piper's shoulders and then leaned in to kiss her wife on the temple before speaking up. "But right here is my wife who is solely the reason why I won't." Alex smiled. Piper's heart fluttered.
The brunette's eyes widened and left bills on top of the counter as she walked away embarrassed.
There had been a lot of times when Alex, Maggie and Axel went to the hospital for the intentions of visiting or surprising Piper. Sometimes, they would even pick her up after work together.
Ever since Alex and Piper started a family, they moved to a bigger house near the city about half an hour drive to BVGH and Pearl's. Alex and Piper's houses at East Caldwell Street has been maintained regularly. Though neither of them is staying there anymore, they still made sure to drop by occasionally to fix and clean the house as if they are still living in it.
Piper suggested that Alex should stay there when she has basketball games so that she wouldn't have to drive home when the game finishes too late. Alex would always say yes but, two scenarios often present themselves. First, Alex simply drives home after a basketball game because she misses her family too much and second, Piper, Maggie and Axel would always watch Alex's games, creating a small group of instant cheerleaders at the court side, hence, the need for them to go home as the kids' stuff are in their new house.
Piper and Alex's old houses were lucky catches. Among the people living in East Caldwell, they are two out of the seven people who lives there that doesn't pay any rent because they actually own the house. Alex's house at 16 East Caldwell was bought years ago when her grandma Pearl gave her such huge inheritance in her will. Similarly, the house that Piper was living in was owned by her Grandma Celeste which was transferred to her name when Celeste died, as the will stated.
They liked the location of their old houses. Other than the fact that they have found the loves of their lives three doors down or up from each other, the place was very accessible to the hospital, Pearl's and several local supermarkets and banks.
Having said that, if there is something to buy from the supermarket, they could just take a five-minute walk down the street and grab whatever it is that they need. If they need to be in a bank, there are different local banks around the supermarket. Lastly, if they have an emergency, BVGH is just three blocks away from them.
Before finally moving in to their new house, Piper and Alex weighed the pros and the cons, like anyone would do. Mostly, the size of the house and the accessibility of essential needs are met. They have talked about the distance of the house from the hospital which wasn't that bad at all. It was only a thirty-minute drive and that part of Brooklyn didn't have too much traffic.
Their current house is much bigger than what they each had at East Caldwell and they were very happy with it.
But this time, at this very moment, Alex regretted moving in their new house as panic rose within her. At this very moment, she thinks that their house is so far away from the hospital and it made her anxious because hearing a loud thud followed by immediate screams and cries from their son is the last thing she wanted to hear.
"Fuck." Alex tried to remain calm but was failing miserably. Screams and cries are elicited by Axel who just turned three a couple of months ago.
"Mamaaaaaa, it hurtthhh! Make it go awaaaay." Axel whined still crying, burying his face against Alex's neck, not being able to move his arm as he complains about it being hurt.
"Axe, are you okay?" Maggie asked worried. The eight-year old knew that she was somehow responsible for Axel's fall. She didn't get any answer except for more cries and screams.
Alex checked Axel's arm and saw that it might have been fractured from his fall, five steps down the stairs. She also checked if her son might have also bumped his head or other parts form the fall which scared her ultimately. If there was someone who would instantly know about those things, it would be Piper, but the blonde is currently at work.
The raven-haired woman quickly got her phone and dialed 911. Afterwards, she dialed Piper's number as she wanted to notify her but there was no answer. She tried several times more but figured that Piper might have been busy doing rounds.
"Fuck." Alex whispered to herself, trying to remain calm for her children but she couldn't. What made it worse is that Maggie started crying as well. She wished that Piper was there with her because she knew that her wife could make everything better.
"Axel Vause, broken arm, fell down the stairs, probably needs an arm cast. Check for possible signs of trauma from the fall."
Piper's head immediately turned to the paramedic the moment she heard 'Axel Vause'. Her eyes widened when she saw Alex carrying Maggie's tiny six-year old frame. She didn't usually want to be carried anymore since she was five unless there is something going on.
"Axe? What the hell happened?" Piper muttered to herself nervously. She assumed that something bad happened to Axel and Maggie according to what she heard and what she is seeing.
Piper rushed to the room where her family was and searched through Alex's eyes. She could see the fear and panic in the taller woman's eyes that immediately calmed down a notch when Alex saw her.
"Pipes." Alex said with her voice a mixture of worry, panic, exhaustion and anxiousness.
"What happened, Al?" Piper asked reaching out to rub Maggie's back. She was still sobbing but Alex put her down as she was getting tired. The little girl just looked down and held Alex's hand. "Are you okay, honey?" Piper asked. Maggie didn't answer.
"Axel fell down the stairs. Five steps down." Alex said sadly. Piper's eyes grew with worry but before she could speak up Maggie beat her to it. Axel was immediately brought to the x-ray room as they waited for him in the room.
"I'm sorry, mom." Maggie said as she started sobbing once again. Alex released a sigh.
"I've been telling her the whole ride that it isn't her fault. But I guess she feels guilty because I asked her to watch Axe for a bit while I was preparing their lunch. I'm sorry this had to happen, Pipes." Alex said apologetically. She knew that she was the ultimate person to blame for it all. Piper looked at her worriedly and then looked at Maggie.
"Hey." Piper knelt to Maggie's height. "It isn't your fault, it's not mama's fault…" Piper glanced at Alex momentarily and then turned her gaze back to their daughter. "…it's nobody's fault, okay?" Piper assured her daughter. She could see the sadness welling within Maggie's eyes. The tiny blonde released Alex's hand and threw her arms around her blonde mother's neck.
"Is Axe going to be fine?" Maggie buried her face between the crook of Piper's neck, silent tears falling as she was scared for her brother. Alex and Piper's hearts melted to the thoughtfulness of their daughter. Maggie, at an early age, knew her sense of responsibility and she knew that she was somehow accountable for Axel's fall. Though Alex and Piper are not blaming her about it, she still blamed herself, just like Alex.
"He is going to be just fine. We just need to put on a cast on his arm so that he would feel better. His x-ray shows that he broke it. But you don't need to worry, Mag." Dr. Jane Henry, their children's pediatrician, spoke up. She has witnessed the exchange of worries between Piper, Alex and Maggie which she understood wholly. She has been their pedia since Maggie was born and she has been a friend as well.
"You hear that, hun? Axe is going to be just fine." Alex tried to lighten up the mood though she still felt bad. "There is nothing to worry about." Alex assured her.
They were informed by Dr. Henry that she will make Axel take a child's pain reliever and a sedative to let him sleep until his arm is finished being casted. Dr. Henry confirmed that Axel broke his arm and he needed to have an arm cast for about six to eight months. Other tests were also made just in case Axel might have hit his head during the fall. Luckily, the tests all turned out negative which meant that the impact of the fall really focused on his arm.
Piper looked at Alex. The blonde's heart fell when she saw, felt and knew how Alex is blaming everything on herself. She wanted to take the pain away. Alex has always been her rock and vice versa. Now, she knew Alex needed her. It's not that Piper wasn't scared of what happened. In fact, she is very scared. After seeing hundreds of kids with similar situations with Axel, she knew that she was used to it, but she realized that it is very different when her own child is involved.
In totality, they were glad that it was only a broken arm because it could have been worse.
"Maggie, wanna sit on that chair while we wait for Axe?" Piper asked her daughter nicely.
"Okay." Maggie followed. Piper looked at Alex.
"Babe." Piper called out so that Alex would look into her eyes. The taller woman avoided Piper's gaze. "Alex." Piper tried again. This time Alex looked at her with sad eyes. Piper reached out to cup Alex's cheek. "You okay, babe?" Piper asked again. Alex released a sigh.
"I'm sorry, Pipes. I should have been there to catch him or protect him." Alex said sadly.
"It happens, Alex. It could have been worse. It's a lesson learned. Okay?" Piper assured her wife. "It was an accident." Piper intertwined their fingers. She turned from nurse mode to wife/mommy mode.
"Okay…" Alex said giving Piper a small smile. "I'm glad it's just a broken arm and nothing more." Alex released a sigh of relief.
"Me too." Piper leaned in to give her wife a kiss on the cheek, rubbing Alex's arm to comfort her.
"Mama?" Maggie called out from where she is sitting.
Little ears hear big things.
"Hmmm?" Alex turned to look at her daughter.
"There is nothing to worry about." Maggie repeated Alex's words form earlier. Alex's eyebrows raised at this. Piper tried her best to stifle her laughter. She reached out for Alex so that she can wrap her arms around the raven-haired woman to hug her.
Alex accepted the hug as Piper leaned in closer to Alex's ear, whispering something.
"She may look exactly like me, but she acts exactly like you, Al. She even copies whatever you say. She's our mini Alex" Piper giggled resting her head on Alex's shoulder.
Little ears hear big things.
"I'm a mini Alex?" Maggie smiled. She wanted to be her mama's mini version. Piper and Alex chuckled at this.
"Just to be fair…" Alex started. "I had to listen to a mini Piper scream all the way here…." Piper scoffed and laughed with her forehead still resting on Alex's shoulder. Then, Alex slightly pulled away to look at Piper in the eyes as she continued talking. "You know, he may look like me – dark hair and green eyes, but he's as loud as you. He's our mini Piper." Alex said copying Piper's words and then pulling Piper to whisper into her ear again. "As loud as you are when in bed." Alex said as if dropping the mic in front of Piper who didn't have a good come back.
Little ears hear big things.
"Mom?" Maggie interjected once again.
"Yeah?" Piper turned to look at her daughter.
"Is that why you were screaming in your room with mama the other night? Maggie asked innocently. Piper shut her eyes and buried her face back on Alex's shoulder.
"Oh god. She heard that." Piper said. Alex was shaking due to laughter.
Three days later
"Mom! Mama! I wook wike a wobot!" Axel said as he was amused with his white arm cast while sitting in the middle of the living room playing with his Transformer robots. Alex chuckled.
"Yeah you do look like a robot, hun." Alex agreed chuckling.
She was sitting on the couch reading while Piper was preparing lunch with a little help from Maggie who made sure that their kitchen bar looks better with a lot of flour sprinkled on it. Piper's eyes widened seeing this, but Maggie reasoned out that they were also making cookies. It was the weekend and they were waiting for Diane, Nicky, Lorna, and Red to come over.
"Honey, that's too much flour on the table top. We won't even use that." Piper said trying to stifle her chuckles.
"But that's how chefs do it in TV. I saw it when they were making…" Maggie paused for a moment trying to remember what she watched. "Bread. Shucks! They were making bread not cookies! So, we don't need this!"
Maggie said as she started looking for a towel to wipe off the flour she just sprinkled. Piper chuckled at her daughter. The tiny blonde has been vocal about being a chef when she grows up and baking a lot of cookies that she can eat all day.
"Mama?" Axel started.
"Yeah?" Alex asked looking at her son who walked away looking for something. Alex's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. She waited until Axel walked towards her again
"Can I pweeth have the thame tattoo dwawing on hewe?" Axel pointed on his cast wanting to imitate Alex's tribal tattoo. Axel was now holding on to a washable marker that Maggie owns.
"Excuse me?" Piper said from the kitchen. She overheard what her son said. It's not that she didn't want her kids to have tattoos because she knew that that would be hypocritical of her as she and Alex have tattoos of their own, she was just not expecting Axel to ask for it to be drawn on his cast.
"I want tattooth mommy! Wike mama'th!" Axel said looking at Piper and then as she had an abrupt thought, he looked at Alex once again. "Oh! And can I pweeth have booty fish like mommy'th? Hewe pweeth." Axel's eyes brightened up instantly pointing at another part of the cast.
Alex chuckled at her son's antics. She looked at Piper and shrugged. Piper was trying to be serious, but she knew that it was a lost cause, so she just shook her head and started chuckling.
"You want my beauty fish tattooed on your cast too, huh?" Piper asked her son from the kitchen.
"Yeeeeth!" Axel squeals excitedly.
"Mom?" Maggie said as she is now busy mixing the cookie batter with evidence of her taking cheap shots as cookie batter is all around her mouth.
"Yeah? Piper answered.
"Mag? Are you sure you're not finishing up all the cookie batter up there?" Alex teased from the living room couch as she lifts Axel to sit on her lap. Maggie rolled her eyes, learning how to do it from the best moms in the world.
"Can I get tattoos too?" Maggie asked while still mixing the cookie batter.
"When you're 18." Alex said sternly.
"Really?!" Maggie said excitedly. "I was just asking for the one like Axel is having now, but okay when I'm 18." Maggie said. Piper's eyes widened as she and Alex exchanged looks.
"What?" Alex mouthed to Piper who shrugged off and chuckled in defeat.
"Ma?" Maggie called out again.
"Yeah?" Alex responded.
"Can I get one right now with the markers too? Like your tribal tattoo." Maggie asked beaming.
"Okay. Come here." Alex gestured.
"Mom?" Maggie called out.
"Yeah?" Piper responded.
"Will you get one also?" Maggie asked looking at Piper. This look wasn't lost on Piper. Maggie was doing the please-say-yes-to-whatever-I-ask-for look.
"Watch out, Pipes. She got you really bad!" Alex teased. Piper rolled her eyes at Alex. She knew what her wife was talking about.
"Fine." Piper said. "Let me finish cooking this first okay?" The blonde smiled. She can't say 'no' to that.
"Okay, good." Maggie giggled.
Their kids have them doing stuff that exceeds their own boundaries. As much as they hate to admit it, they love it. They would do anything for them.
"I don't even want to look at you right now." Piper said sternly.
"Piper, please."
"Just… I need to wrap my head around this."
"It's not that bad. If you don't want to, then we don't have to."
"It's already there, Alex! Did you even consider on asking me first?"
"It's not already there! I've asked you so many times already, but you just won't listen. It's like you can't hear me."
Silence.
It's only once in a blue moon when Piper and Alex gets alone time with each other. They would always prefer for Maggie and Axel to be with them but there are weekends when their kids' grandparents just wanted alone time with them.
This weekend is one of those. Axel and Maggie were with Bill and Carol the day before and they are currently with Red and Diane at god-knows-where.
This weekend is also one of the weekends where Alex and Piper have been in a heated argument about something that, as Nicky would put it, is very mature. Nicky expressed that the said argument could have been avoided if two mature adults would just properly talk about it and not hide it from your wife.
Alex defends herself to Nicky saying that she wasn't hiding anything from Piper and that she is going to tell her soon. Nicky rolled her eyes to this.
They are currently in the car on the way home from the grocery store where the argument started.
"Pipes."
Piper didn't budge.
"Piper, can you please acknowledge me as an actual human who is speaking?" Alex is starting to get annoyed but thought twice about it as she knew that she was not in the position to be mad right now.
"No. At least not now."
"I'm going to stop this car if you don't."
"No. Drive me home."
"Love, please."
Love. This term. This term of endearment that they use is embedded with an unspoken rule with its use. The rule being when used should portray a great amount of emotion, whatever emotion it be. Love. Something that started this all, was given an unspoken rule to be what is theirs and only theirs.
Alex stretched her hand to intertwine her fingers with Piper's, but the blonde immediately avoided her wife's hand.
"Don't use that…" Piper said pointing at Alex. "…and that" this time she pointed at Alex's outstretched hand. "…on me, Al. You know I would cave in."
"But I feel like it's an appropriate time to use it. Piper, can we please talk about this?"
"Take me home, Alex." Piper said. She said it in a take-me-home-I don't-want-to-talk-to you voice and not in a take-me-home-I-want-to-ravage-you voice.
"We are going to talk when we get home, Piper."
"Did you ever think about talking to me when you decided that you wanted…" Piper shook her head. "You know what? Never mind. Obviously, you did not."
Alex sighed deeply. She knew that this is not going anywhere right now.
"Love, please." Alex said stretching her hand to intertwine with Piper's. This time, the blonde accepted it.
They continued driving home in silence.
"I still don't want to talk to you right now." Piper started. They just arrived home.
"I'll wait until you talk to me. Right now, I will continue what I normally do when we get home from the grocery store."
Alex proceeded putting away the groceries whilst realizing how quiet the house has been. No kids and no wife talking about anything and everything so, Alex had an idea. She is talking to Piper and she is doing it now.
She put down the groceries and proceeded upstairs to their room.
"Pipes?"
There was no answer, but Alex could hear the shower running.
Alex immediately stripped and stepped inside the shower, surprising Piper whose eyes were closed, knowing all too well that her wife would step in any second. Piper likes it, but she doesn't say she does.
Alex wrapped her arms around Piper's frame, slightly massaging her wife's sides and then around Piper's shoulders, then down to her breasts on top of her taut nipples.
Piper freely molded back against Alex's front. Hate sex. Nope, more like argument sex, anger sex, fight sex, lovers' quarrel sex, or whatever they want to call it because as cheesy and as cliché as it sounds, they won't ever hate each other.
The blonde let out a slow moan under Alex's careful and loving touches.
"You like that, huh?" Alex whispered against her wife's ear as she leaves lingering kisses all over the side of Piper's face, neck and shoulders.
"No. I don't." Piper moaned. Alex stopped for a while.
"Really? Are you sure about that?" Alex asked, slightly separating herself from Piper who instantly missed the taller woman's touch.
Piper turned to face Alex and roughly pushed Alex against the cold tiles of the bathroom wall and then attacking Alex's lips with fervor and want. Alex was surprised at Piper's gesture but immediately kissed back as both of their hands roam around each other's bodies.
"I told you I don't want to talk to you." Piper said while still kissing Alex roughly.
"Then don't." Alex said as she instantly reversed her and Piper's positions so that Piper is the one against the wall.
Alex didn't want to tease or to mock anymore as soon as she felt the gush of wetness in between Piper's legs through her thigh that she intentionally placed where it is right now. The raven-haired woman knew all too well the difference between the hot sudsy water from Piper's body to the actual wetness coming from her wife's core that screams want and desire.
Alex pulled Piper's hair so that the blonde's neck was exposed. She sucked Piper's pulse point and then her collarbones down to the blonde's erect nipples. Alex sucked, licked and flicked Piper's nipples eliciting a loud moan from the blonde that turned Alex on effortlessly.
The taller woman didn't think twice as she inserted two of her dexterous fingers inside her wife's wet and raging core.
"Ohhhhhh." Piper moaned out loud.
"I thought you said no talking?" Alex teased but her voice was full of arousal and need. Piper looked at Alex with dark and shaded irises and then leaned in to suck on Alex's neck, knowing, but not caring, to leave a mark there.
Alex thrusted her fingers back and forth and Piper couldn't keep quiet with her moans and groans. She liked it fast, hard and rough. Alex knew what was going on next and the anticipation of what will happen makes the taller woman hot, bothered and ten times hornier because she knew all too well that her wife would want to hang on to her by wrapping both her legs around Alex's waist while Alex fucks her into oblivion.
"Mmm ohhhh holyyy shiiiit." Piper couldn't stop herself from not talking or moaning.
After a couple of minutes, what Alex anticipated has happened. Piper's legs were wrapped around Alex's waist while she thrusted her fingers in and out. Piper's back is still against the wall which is helping lessen the weight that Alex is carrying. The blonde's arms are wrapped around Alex's neck while they ravage each other's lips. Alex's right hand remains inside Piper's core as she added a third finger while her left hand is wrapped at the small of Piper's back for support.
Alex could feel Piper's walls tighten around her fingers and she could hear Piper's moans get louder and louder.
"Give it to me, Alex. Uggghh!"
Alex was turned on tenfold and would much like to cum as well though she knew that maybe she didn't deserve it for what she did. She had an idea that Piper would very much like as well, but she wants to ask the blonde first before obliging so, she asked her wife a question.
"This is turning me on very much and I can feel myself dripping down there." Alex whispered through Piper's lips in her raspy sexy voice. "Do you want me to continue this way or do you want me to fuck you exactly like this with a strap on?"
Alex waited for the answer, but it seemed like Alex's way of talking intensified Piper's pleasures.
"I'm coming! I'm…I'm coming!" Piper screamed.
"Let it go. I got you." Alex assured Piper who screamed and wailed in pleasure as her orgasm has taken over her body.
"Get the strap-on now." Piper commanded. Alex's eyes widened in surprise, but she did exactly what she was told.
The sound of wet skin hitting against wet skin and the sound of an 8-inch silicon strap-on dildo that has been coated by Piper's arousal going in and out the blonde's core are the sounds that's magnified in the shower. Even though the shower is on and the water is running, the sound of the running water is forgotten as the women continue their actions in their throes of passion.
Same position different side of the wall. That's how they are doing it this time. And this time, both women are screaming in anticipation as the insert from the strap-on stimulated Alex's clit as well. Screams, moans and groans are heard as pleasure rises within them.
Thrust. Thrust. Thrust. Thrust.
"Fuck me. Ohhhhhh Allllleeeeexxxx!"
"Jesus fuck you are so hot, babe."
"Give it to me! Ohhhhh!" Piper moaned loudly. Alex nipped on Piper's earlobe and thrusted harder.
"Holllyyy shiiit Piipeeees! I'm close!" Alex said.
"Harder! Right thereeeee! I'm coming!"
"Look at me." Alex opened her eyes looking into Piper's hooded baby blues who looked back. "Together."
Fireworks, explosions, and pools of wetness coming out from both women, produced by an orgasm that was just the second of the night.
They had a long way to go.
"Can we talk now?" Alex raised herself with her elbow so that she can face Piper as she lay on her side.
Piper is sitting up with her back on the bed's head board while reading a book. After about seven or eight orgasms each (who's counting right?), both women were exhausted. Piper still wasn't talking even while they cuddled after they got dressed. After snuggling for several minutes, Piper got up, grabbed a book and sat down beside Alex to read a book.
And now they're here.
"Babe?" Alex tried again. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you tell you."
Piper didn't budge, not lifting ger gaze from her book.
"Piper..." No answer. "Pipes." No answer. "Piper Elizabeth Vause!" Alex used her stern voice that she uses for their kids. This earned her a small stifle of chuckle from Piper. The blonde tried to mask it by clearing her throat.
When Alex didn't get an answer again, she pulled one of Piper's pillows from her side and buried herself in it.
"Arrrrrrggghhhhh!" Alex wrapped her arms around the pillow and then screamed in frustration which was muffled by the cushion that smelled like her wife.
Piper stifled her chuckles again. Alex remained still with her face buried in the pillow. After several seconds she spoke up again, with her voice still muffled by Piper's pillow.
"Awrrrnt you woweeeed that I might not bee bweeething in here? You're a nuuuurse. You should knoooooow!" Alex tried her best to get Piper's attention. The blonde just rolled her eyes and started speaking up.
"When are you going to tell me about it if I didn't accidentally find out from Harley Davidson that the check my wife used to buy a motorbike has an error in it?" Piper dove in a serious conversation instantly. Her voice was soft but meant business. She dog-eared her book and closed it giving her full attention to Alex who turned her head to face Piper.
"I… I was still thinking of a way to convince you." Alex reasoned out. Piper momentarily caressed her wife's forehead and then slowly pulling her wife's eyeglasses from her eyes to put on their bedside table, a gesture that Piper does almost every night before they sleep.
"How are you going to convince me? I told you before that I don't want you driving a motorcycle. Let alone a motorbike that you can drive in the high way." Piper said not wanting to continue the conversation, but she knew they had to talk.
"I am not going to drive it on the high way." Alex reasoned out.
"Then what, Alex? Remember the first time we met? Our first non-date? Those motorcycle scooters almost killing us? Do you want that?" Piper asked slightly reminiscing the first time Alex and she had a 'non-date'
"You remember that?" Alex asked smiling.
"Why wouldn't I? You tried to 'save' me by hugging me awkwardly." Piper said chuckling a little.
Silence.
"Pipes. I'm really sorry I didn't tell you about the motor bike. You know how much I want one." Alex said.
"I know but, you know that it's dangerous. It could kill someone, and it could kill you. I see it every day in the hospital." Piper said worried searching her wife's eyes.
"Is that why you don't want me to have one?" Alex asked. Piper nodded.
"And, remember how Cal died? We were in a car, Alex. What more if you are out there wide in the open on a motor bike and then a…" Piper sobbed. "a truck runs over you right then and there. I can't lose you, Al. I almost lost you ten years ago. I can't lose you." Piper shut her eyes as tears streamed down her face.
Now, Alex understood. Piper never told Alex that she was scared for her. What she just said is that it is dangerous. Now Alex understood it more. She knew that Piper was worried for her. That if something happens to her, she won't be able to see her children and her wife again. Now, she understood.
Thinking about it at that moment, she couldn't fathom the feeling of not being by her wife's and her children's side so, as easy as it is, Alex changed her mind about the motorbike.
"Okay then. I won't buy it." Alex assured Piper, rubbing circles on Piper's palm.
"Alex, I don't want to stop you from buying what you want. We said that when we had our bank accounts joined. I just want you to know that I feel that way about it." Piper said calmly.
"I won't buy it, Pipes." Alex smiled. She assured her wife. "I won't, okay? You have nothing to worry about. I didn't know you felt that way about it. And now that I know, I don't want to buy it anymore." Alex said seriously as she sat up so that she is the same height at her wife and then leaned in to kiss Piper on the temple. She loves her wife that she would do anything for her.
"Are you sure?" Piper asked.
"I'm very sure." Alex leaned in again to kiss Piper on the head.
Alex wanted that bike. She still wants it. But, the second she thought of not being with her kids and her wife due to an accident caused by something she didn't really need to have, she didn't think twice. Her family comes first and that's all that matters.
They remain in silence for a couple of minutes before Piper spoke up.
"Babe?"
"Yeah?"
"I can buy you a bicycle if you want."
Alex chuckled and then rolled her eyes.
1 month later
"Pipes?" Alex called out lifting her head from her pillow. She just woke up and found Piper's side of the bed empty and cold.
Alex squinted and looked at the digital clock on her bed side table.
9:34am
March 6th
Alex shut her eyes and let her head fall on her wife's pillow as she inhaled the scent that was all Piper. After a couple of minutes, she decided to call out again.
"Piper?"
Still no answer. About another minute later, Alex could hear pitter patters of tiny feet and whispers from her kids. She could also hear a faint chuckle from her wife, but she wasn't so sure as to where it was coming from.
"Babe?" Alex tried for the third time. "I can hear your chuckles." Alex said with her eyes still closed. All she wanted to do is to cuddle up with the love of her life.
"Ready?" Alex heard Maggie's whisper. She opened one of her eyes to peek. What she saw surprised her genuinely.
Piper was holding a tray that looked like a full-blown breakfast complete with pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausages and orange juice with a side of Alex's favorite corn muffin with a lit candle sticking out from it. Maggie was holding balloons and something that appears to be a large homemade birthday card. Axel was holding what seems to be a book of some kind.
What melted her heart the most is when her wife and kids started singing while they walk towards Alex on the bed.
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear mama! Happy birthday to you!" Piper, Maggie and Axel sang together. Alex's head was still buried on the pillow but one of her eyes were peeking at what just transpired in front of her.
"Wake up, mama! It's your birthday!" Axel said giggling who was pulled by Alex to sit so that she can give her son a kiss. Axel squealed at this.
"I made pancakes for your birthday!" Maggie said excitedly. Alex's eyebrows raised.
"You helped mom make them?" Alex asked smiling and then eyeing Piper who shook her head smiling as well.
"She wanted to make them on her own for your birthday. She says I get to make the rest of these anyway. So, those pancakes are all Maggie Vause." Piper smiled as she set the bed tray on the bed hovering over Alex's lap. Alex closed her eyes for a moment as she made a wish and then blew the lit candle.
"Happy Birthday, mama!" Maggie said stretching out to give Alex her birthday balloons and the homemade card she and Axel made together with Piper.
"Thank you, honey. Thank you for the pancakes. They're lovely." Alex said as Maggie hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Alex placed the card and the balloons on the empty side of the bed.
"You haven't even eaten it yet." Maggie giggled.
"I will." Alex assured her daughter.
"Happy birthday, mama!" Axel repeated and stretched his hand to give Alex the book that the raven-haired woman saw was also homemade.
"Thank you, Axe. What is this?" Alex asked. Piper sat beside her and grabbed the book. It wasn't time for that yet. The kids sat at the other side of Alex waiting for Piper to do the next move that they planned.
Piper waited for Alex to look at her before smiling at her wife.
"Hi." Piper started. Lost within Alex's emerald orbs for the nth time in her life.
"Hi." Alex smiled lovingly. The simple birthday surprise made her heart overflow with love from her family.
"Happy Birthday, babe." Piper said as she closed the gap, giving Alex a chaste kiss on the lips.
"Thanks, babe." Alex said caressing Piper's cheek. "Thank you for all of these." Alex gestured to everything they gave her that morning.
"They helped a lot." Piper shrugged and smiled.
"Mom? Is it time?" Maggie asked whispering excitedly as if Alex couldn't see it let alone hear her speak. Alex chuckled at this.
"Time for what?" Alex asked confused.
"Can I pweeth be the ring bear, mama?" Axel asked.
"Axe. Not yet." Piper chuckled.
"Can I be the flower girl, mama? Please?" Maggie asked with her bambi eyes like Piper's.
"What? Where?" Alex asked and searched Piper's eyes.
The blonde chuckled and turned a shade of red, stood up and knelt on the bed. She reached out to hold Alex's hand as she rubbed circles on it.
"Alex, marry me again? This time not the eloping type." Piper chuckled tears threatening to escape her eyes.
Alex was caught off guard, not knowing what to say. She totally didn't expect this at all. Piper and she have been married for more than nine years already. In about a month, they will be married for ten years which Alex pieced out together may be the reason why Piper is asking this question this early.
"Piper." Alex sobbed tears falling down her eyes, but she was still smiling lovingly.
"Say yes, mama!" Maggie squealed excitedly. Alex laughed at this with tears escaping her eyes.
"Mom? What if mama thayth no?" Axel asked worried which elicited another hearty and tearful chuckle from Alex.
"I will never say no, baby." Alex assured her son. She reached out to rub his head roughly, intentionally messing up the little boy's hair before looking back at Piper.
"So?" Piper asked smiling expectantly.
"Yes, Pipes. I will marry you again. Not the eloping type this time." Alex chuckled. Piper wiped away the stray tear from Alex's face and then closing the gap to give her wife a kiss.
Maggie and Axel jumped off the bed to jump in celebration.
"I'm gonna be a ring bear!" Axel said excitedly.
"I'm gonna be a flower girl and throw flowers everywhere! Ahhhhhhh!" Maggie and Axel were now running around excitedly. Alex and Piper chuckled at this. The kids left the room excitedly to play pretend wedding in the living room. A secret game they were playing for the past two weeks because Piper told them not to tell Alex anything about the wedding she has been planning. They played the game with them acting as the ring bear and the flower girl.
"There's another thing." Piper said as she reached out from her pocket to get a tiny rectangular box. "Here." Piper handed it to Alex.
"What is this?" Alex asked confused.
"Open it." Piper smiled, waiting for Alex to open the box.
Alex lifted the cover and was met with white Japanese wrapping paper inside, not yet fully revealing the main item. Alex moved it aside so that she could get to the core of the gift. Once she saw it, her eyes widened at Piper unbelievingly.
"Wha… Wha…" Alex couldn't even finish her sentence. "Pipes? I thought…"
Alex went back to look at the thing again. The thing was all too familiar to Alex. It is a silver tubular key with a Harley Davidson logo on it. When she lifted it to look at it more closely, it is when she discovered that there was a keychain attached to it. A dog tag keychain that has their names engraved beautifully on it. When Piper saw Alex looking at it, she spoke up.
"That's so you can remember that you have your family to go home to every time you ride your new motorbike." Piper smiled.
Piper knew that her fear of losing Alex would always be there when she rides the motorbike but, she knows that her trust is bigger than anything else and she trusts Alex to be responsible in riding what has been her dream motorbike. She didn't want to be the person to prevent her wife from bearing the fruits of her labor so, she decided to give this as a birthday gift to the taller woman.
"I thought you didn't want me to have it?" Alex asked.
"I want you to, but I'm scared so, I said I didn't want you to have it. But, I trust you and I know you will be careful always." Piper said cupping Alex's face and caressing her cheeks.
"Okay. I promise to be careful always. Thank you so much, babe." Alex said as she leaned in to close the gap to kiss Piper lovingly, showing all her emotions. Piper was the first one who pulled away as she rested her forehead on Alex's.
"I love you, Alex. Happy Birthday." Piper said kissing Alex once again on the lips.
"I love you too, Pipes." Alex answered looking into Piper's eyes.
Alex started eating her breakfast in bed and Piper settled in a bit more comfortable position beside her wife. They talked about the wedding and the motorbike. Several minutes later, Alex looked at the thing that seemed like a homemade book or a scrap book of some sort.
"What is that?" Alex asked pointing at the book that Axel was holding onto earlier. Piper looked at it and chuckled.
"Oh yeah. I almost forgot. There are conditions in riding your motorbike." Piper said smiling to that of which Alex looked confused.
"Okay? Which are?" Alex asked as she bit into her favorite corn muffin.
Piper didn't say anything, but she grabbed the book and handed it to Alex. It turns out that Alex was right. It was a homemade scrap book. Alex's lips tugged into a huge smile when she read the title written in the front.
'100 Rules in riding your motorbike by Axel, Maggie, and Piper Vause'
Alex looked at Piper who looked at her back lovingly whilst stifling her chuckles.
"Really?" Alex asked.
"Yeah. Really." Piper chuckled and gave her wife another chaste kiss.
THE END
A/N: And that's it folks. Thank you for sticking up to this story. I decided that this is the best way to end this fic and I hope that everyone enjoyed it. I am still debating if I would write a sequel to this but, for now, here's the epilogue.
I was thinking of making another fic about the '100 Rules in riding a motorbike' but, I want to focus on my new fic first.
Reviews are much appreciated! Thank you so much for sticking up to this story! I hope you guys would read my next fic!
Cheers! July 27th, bitches!
TTFN!
Ger