You are my life

Softening

(Piper's POV)

Locking my phone and sliding it back into my blazer pocket, I look up and smile at Zelda but the woman who owned the mane of long dark hair didn't escape my line of vision.
She looked a lot like my woman who owned a mane of long dark hair.
I sat in the chair opposite Zelda and took off my blazer, draping it around the back of my chair.
I ask her,
"Did I just see Alex?"
She nods.
"You just saw Alex, yes."
I get scared and embarrassed.
"Oh God, what did she say or more to the point, do to you?" I ask her.
She laughs.
"Nothing. It's fine Piper. She was just explaining a few things. Mind you, she did get in a few threats here and there but that's beside the point."
"Oh?" I ask her. Curious as to what Alex would possibly want to explain to Zelda. She NEVER explains herself to people she doesn't trust or like. Much less hates. Zelda would fall into the hate category put it that way.
"Honestly Piper, she came to tell me how much she loves you and how insecure she is about the two of us. How insecure and terrified she is of losing you."
This made me sad.
I thought I made it clear to her I would never leave her again.
"She what?" I ask her sadly.
Zelda sighs.
"It seems that all she wants and apparently all she's ever wanted for the past... 11 years?" She starts and hesitates in question.
I nod in confirmation so she continues,
"She wanted and wants to be your first choice. When she thought she saw she wasn't going to be again, she protected herself and her heart from the pain of being rejected by you. Again. First and foremost. Secondly as an afterthought, she protected herself from that guard that nearly killed her. She also told me that that CO was the second biggest mistake of her life."
I was lost for words.
And breath.
"W-what did she say was the first?" I ask her hesitantly.
"Sending you to prison." She states.
I gasp.
"I need to call her. I need to get her back here. Do you mind?" I ask her, rifling through my blazer for my phone.
Zelda smiles.
"Of course not. You both deserve each other and clearly love each other to the moon and back. I wish I had what you and Alex have if I'm going to tell you the truth."

So I dial.
Alex was 1 on my speed dial.

"Hey babe." She answers on the first ring. I can hear the nerves in her voice.
"Zelda told me." I tell her.
She plays dumb.
"Told you what?"
I sigh and roll my eyes but with a smile.
"You know what. Alex get your ass back here."
"What do you mean get back there?" She asks, feigning confusion.
"I saw you, you idiot." I laugh.
"Oh. I was hoping you wouldn't see me. Please don't punish me again Pipes! I promise I was good!" She desperately pleads and it just makes me laugh more.
"You're not in trouble Alex. Well you are, but not in this case. Just get back here." I tell her and I can literally hear the smile in her reply.
"Okay. I'll be there soon."
We hang up.

A few seconds later Alex appears which shocks me.
"That was quick." I say, surprised.
"I may have hidden in the bathroom to make a quick getaway." She replies, averting eye contact and trying to stifle a laugh.
I smile.
"Pull a chair over Alex. The three of us are going to clear the air." I tell her and she wisely does as she's told.
With that thought, she nervously pulls her chair right beside mine. I don't know if she was nervous about the conversation I'd threatened to have with her and Zelda, if she was scared I was mad at her more or if it was possessiveness.
I figured it was all three.
Taking her completely by surprise with what Zelda had just told me, I grab her by the face and kiss the breath out of her. I only stop when she pulls away for air.
She blinks, wide-eyed and happily asks,
"What was that for?"
I smile and reply,
"I need a reason to kiss my one and only?" I ask her.
I phrased it this way in front of Zelda so Alex would hopefully, finally, be reassured.
She grins like a Cheshire Cat.
"No. No you do not. I've been trying to kiss you, ahem, and more, for a while now. Now come here you."
Still smiling, she cups my face and gently brings me into a kiss.
She wasn't forceful.
She wanted to remain in my good books because she didn't know what Zelda had told me so I guess she was just relishing in getting closer to me again.
Gliding her tongue along my bottom lip, she asks for permission to enter and I slowly let her.
Usually I'd let her in without a doubt but I wanted her to know that she'd screwed up.
As soon as my mouth was open enough, she quickly enters and explores my mouth with her tongue as if it's a treasured cave she has just discovered.
It was safe to say that the kiss I'd allowed her had very quickly turned into a make out session in front of Zelda who was awkwardly sitting in front of us as Alex shamelessly made out with me.
When we finally come up for air, Alex strokes my face with both hands, swiping her thumbs gently across my cheeks with a smile. She pecks me on the lips and nose before excusing herself to go to the bathroom.
Confused, I ask her,
"But you were just there?"
She laughs,
"Yeah but I didn't use it. Now I gotta pee. So, if you'll excuse me babe."

Once she was out of earshot, I apologise to Zelda for Alex's behaviour and threats before. On their first encounter and apparently today before I arrived.
Zelda laughs it off, waving a dismissive hand.
"It's fine Piper. I get where she was and is coming from. I understand her need to protect your relationship, it's only natural. Especially since I pursued you knowing you're married to her. I don't envy you when she gets mad at you though."
That brought back the memories and thoughts of when Alex and I had hate sex. I love hate sex.
So I shrug at Zelda's remark with a smirk.
"That's what hate sex is for."
Zelda's eyes go wide.
"Seriously? You two get your anger out through sex? Wow, I need to find that for myself, that sounds great."
I smile gleefully.
"Mmhmm it's the best. Alex usually, and I quote, 'fucks me like I deserve to be fucked' when she's mad at me and we have hate sex, she fucks me relentlessly to the point I physically have to push her off of me, my limp and soreness the next day is my punishment and reminder to not do what I did again."
"Damn Piper, that's hot." Zelda concedes.
I smile, "I know."
I then get serious.
"Although talking through our anger is a thing that's a MUST now. After all we've been through, hate sex is great but we need to make sure we're honest with each other from now on. I refuse to let this situation happen again."
"Well, speaking of hate sex. Did you two, um, practice it this morning?" She asks.
I frown deeply in confusion.
"What?" I ask her.
She points to her neck, just under her ear and says,
"You have tiny little hickeys just here. They're minuscule but just big enough to see them." She clarifies then touches where they are on me.
She continues by asking,
"Did you two make up or is someone trying to send me a message?"
As she was talking, I rummage through my purse for my compact and once I get it open, I inspect my neck for what are indeed hickeys given to me by none other than Alex Vause.

Just in time, Alex returns from the bathroom.
"So. What are we talking about?" She asks as she sits down.
Zelda and I exchange a look of knowing.