Vauseman Season 8 The Final

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Alex's POV

"I moved here one week after you got transferred here." She said. I was stunned. So, she was here all this time and she had never visited me even one time. But why?

"If you have been here all this time, why were you never visited me?" I could not stop myself from asking that question.

"I really wanted to Al. I cried and cried for the first two weeks I was here. I was broken-hearted. I really missed you and dying to see you, but I was afraid because the last time we spoke you asked me for your freedom, and it seems that you didn't want me in your life anymore."

I sighed. I really hurt her. "No, Pipes. I will never be able to stop from wanting you in my life. For your info, the moment you left me after we broke up, I instantly regretted it." I hugged her tightly, in a desperate attempt wanting to bandage her wounded heart that caused by me.

"Then, why didn't you called me Al?"

"I thought you already left with Zelda to Southampton."

"I didn't love her Al. It was a temporary crushed. Yes, she was beautiful, rich, kind and to make it short, she has a lot to offer compare to you. But, I don't need all that. I need you. Only you." Piper looked at me and what I saw made my tears flowing down my cheeks. Her eyes full of truth and love. Piper gently wiped away my tears with her bare hand.

"I love you Al... so much." She whispered against my lips.

"I love you too Pipes... wholeheartedly." My voice trembled. Piper caresses my shoulder.

"Zelda tried very hard to make me choose her. She even met my parents. The more I pushed her the more she wanted me. Then one day, she asked me the one question that make her stopped hunting me, once and for all after I answered it."

"What was the question?" I need to know. Poor Zelda, but then I don't care. Piper is mine. There are many women out there, she can choose one for herself. But, again they are not Piper.

"She asked what was the thing that you have that make me love you and not her. And if I tell her and she can do the same, will I finally accept her love."

Wow! Zelda must have loved Piper very much. Thankfully, Piper did not. Because if she loves Zelda too, then I don't have the chance to get her back. From her story, I realised how persistent Zelda was and I am hundred percent sure that the woman was not the type of letting go the person she loves once she made them hers.

"So, what was your answer that stopped her from pursuing you for good?"

"I told her that the thing that you have, and she doesn't is... MY HEART. My heart is in your safelock and you hold the key for it. So, if she really wants my heart, she must get the key from you, open the safelock and take my heart out." Said Piper.

Upon hearing that, I felt time had stopped and everything else around us evaporated. Piper loves me. She really, really does. I knew she loves me but today the truth really discerns in my being. Then, I remembered her words back when we were still in Litchfield's Max. "But you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna chase you straight to the drama because I love you." Back then I did not pay attention to what she was saying, but now, I realised Piper really meant every single word she was saying at that moment.

"Pipes, baby. Thank you so much for loving me." I let my tears rolled down my cheek. Piper gave me the sweetest smile ever. She cupped my cheek and kissed me a bit longer.

"Thank you to you too Al, for loving me."

"Pipes, you don't have hard life here in Ohio, right? Where do you live? How about your food?" Now I was concerned about her living condition. Because as far as I know, she was always afraid to be alone. Really dependent on other people. Piper laughed.