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Handcuffed

Alice POV:
Fp was as good as his word and for a week now we avoided each other at all costs. Of course it was hard and part of me wished he couldn't do what he said but he did. So we were actually doing whats right for once. We were playing by life's rules, well the unwritten rules like don't sleep with your daughters boyfriend's dad.
I snap myself out of my thoughts and carry on with my makeup. I was going to one of these stupid mayoral party things because Hermione lodge had just become mayor and I was supposed to be reporting on it. Not like I could even state me real opinion in the paper anymore because Hiram and Hermione owned it.
I finish up my makeup and put on a dark red  dress with a slit down so one of my legs was fully visible. It came off the shoulders and I paired it with a glad necklace and the same shade of red heels. I drove myself to the hall and sighed as I walked in. I hated basically everyone going. Everyone in town from the Northside would be here, well all the adults anyway because the kids were at school.
I walk in and I'm late but I don't care, the first place I think to go is the bar where I get myself a shot of tequila. As I take it Hermione walks up to me.
"Hello alice" she says and I roll my eyes.
"Hermione, what can I do for you?" I ask wanting to be straight to the point because I wasn't in the mood for conversation.
"I was just wondering if we could put off my interview for tomorrow because I'm going to be quite busy today" she replies.
"That's fine" I say quickly because I didn't even want to do it in the first place. She nods and walk off to talk to Sierra.
"Alice Cooper" I hear a voice say behind me whilst I was taking another shot. I shiver at the sound of the voice, a deep and cold voice belonging to Penelope Blossoms. Of course she would call me Alice Cooper just to get on my nerves because everybody knew by now I had divorced Hal. I turn around to look her up and down.
"It's Smith now but you know that" I correct her coldly. Hal had an affair with her and I was just checking out what he picked out instead of me. Yup it confirmed my suspicions, that man always did need glasses.
"Hmm, how is Hal by the way?" She said just to get on my nerves.
"I don't know you would know better than me, you were the last person to sleep with him. But then again I doubt you even remember now from all those men you whore yourself out to" I spit back. I was done with her acting like she's better because she is a blossom. The blossoms needed to be taken down a notch at this point.
"How did it feel to be married to a serial killer for 22 years?" she chose to ignore my comment but I can see it bothered her a little.
"How did it feel to be in love with him?" I shoot back causing her to drop her guard. Betty had told me all Cheryl told her, even the parts where Penelope said it was 'real' with Hal. Ugh made me feel sick just thinking about it. How could anyone have actual romantic feeling for that man. Sure I was married to him but that didn't mean I was in love with him. I had only been in love once, hell am still in love with the same certain Jones man but that ship has sailed.
"Shut up Alice you think you are fooling anyone pretending your not in love with that low life, alcoholic, southside scum of a man" she snarls making my blood boil because he was the opposite of what she was saying.
He had cleaned up his act majorly and stopped drinking, as for the Southside scum part well if he is than I am too. I refuse to trash the Southside anymore, it's where I'm from and I'm proud of that now.
"You leave him out of this" i growl lunging into her so she stepped back.
"Ha really, I thought you were past all that but your the same serpent slut. And Fp Jones, even you could do better than him" she argues and I've had it with her little digs at him.
"Shut up you low down, halfwit, two cent trollop. Your one to talk, as if your killer husband wasn't enough you screw his cousin as well. Who won't you fuck Penelope?" I shout and before she can open her mouth to say anything else my hand makes contact with her face and she goes dramatically flying into the bar.
Tom holds holds me back because I'm about to go in for another hit.
"Calm it Alice" he says obviously in Sherif mode. I struggle a bit in his arms but he has them tight around me.
"Okay, okay I'm good now" I lie and he releases me and I lunge for Penelope again. I had let her hit me a couple of weeks beck because I was out of order. I asked for a quote about her brutally murdered son and I was wrong for that but this time she deserved to be hit.
Once again Tom pulled me back.
"Put that woman on a leash she obviously can't control herself" Penelope says. Her voice is shaky and she is obviously scared of me.
"I'm sorry Alice, I'm going to have to take you down to the station" he says confusing me because he was no longer Sherif.
"Your not the sherif anymore Tom" I remind him but he pulls some handcuffs from a belt he had on under his suit.
"No but I am still part of that station and manetta asked me to cover for him today" he explains putting the handcuffs on my wrists.
"Do you get a kick out of this Tom? Like is this some kind of kink" I smirk. It's not the first time I had been in handcuffs and it probably wouldn't be the last. I no longer had a pristine image to keep up, I can be as crazy as I want without Hal. He ignores my comment but I can hear him laugh to himself. I go willingly because if I am in that room any longer i will throw a chair at Penelope and get charged with worse.
He takes me to the station and puts me in a cell like I'm some sort of dangerous criminal.
"So how long do you plan to keep me chained up here?" I ask hoping it wouldn't be too long because I needed to get out before Betty comes home. I do not need her seeing her mother in a cell.
"You can go once someone signs you out, I only took you here to get you out of there. Preferably someone who will look after you" he says hinting at a certain person who he knew would take care of me.
"No, not him" I say quickly and he doesn't pry because he knows Fp is a sore subject for me most of the time.
"Well who else?" He asks making me realise I don't have anyone. No one knew me anymore because I hadn't bothered to keep any of my friendships. I was too busy reinventing myself as a person into Alice Cooper, a woman who didn't need anyone but in reality we all needed at least someone. And my someone was Fp, still is. He is the only one I can count on anytime I need him.
I sigh giving into what I was trying so hard not to.
"Okay I'll call him" I say and he nods letting me out the cell to the phone.
"Do you need his number?" He asks and I shake my head.
"No I remember it," how could I forget? It was the first number I thought of when I was in trouble or needed someone to talk to. I would usually have to prevent myself from calling it.
I dial the digits and listen to the dial tone.
"Hello?" I hear his voice through the phone and I instantly want to hang up because I'm the one who told him we should avoid each other and now here I am calling him.
I don't even bother announcing myself because I know he will recognise my voice.
"Can you pick me up at the sheriffs station?" I ask as quickly as possible to get this over with.
"Hold on, Alice what the hell are you doing there?" He asks and I can hear his keys rattling in the background. He must be already leaving and I smile knowing he would drop everything for me.
"Just come and get me" I snap not wanting a interrogation at this point.
"I'll be there in a second" he says and I hang up to avoid an awkward goodbye.
I turn to Tom and he's looking at me like he has something he's holding back on saying.
"What?" I ask raising my eyebrow at him.
"Don't take this the wrong way Alice, and I know it's not my place but cut the poor guy some slack he really cares about you" he replied and I keep my mouth shut because I know he's right. That's the problem he cares about me, it would be easier to move on from him if he didn't but even then what I share with that man will never be fully moved on from.
It's not long before he shows up and tom uncuffs me.
"Were the handcuffs really necessary?" I ask him as he does so.
"You never know with you Alice" he replies as I walk out to where Fp was standing.
"Alice, what did you do this time?" Fp asks as if this was a usual thing for me to do.
"Just take me home" I say walking past him. I want to tell him everything and vent to him but it only involves us deeper with each other.
I get into his truck without hesitation and he follows after me. We drive in silence and he misses he turn in to my house.
"You missed the turn" I say looking straight ahead so I can't see his face.
"Oh I know, we are going to pops. You can't just leave me guessing about why the hell you ended up in handcuffs" he says and I don't argue because I do need someone to talk to and if there was anything I have leant from being at the station is that I needed someone to turn to when I get myself into trouble. Besides he was part of the reason I was in the mess because if Penelope never mentioned him I probably wouldn't have hit her. I just could hear her degrade my man...I mean him like that.