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What are we doing?

Alice POV:
I clean up and by the end have tired myself out so I start to head up to bed. It is 11 o'clock after all. I slip into my silk gown and as soon as me head hits the pillow my phone rings.
I look at the id and it's Fp, I can't even remember getting his number but I guess I have it.
"It's 11 o'clock Fp" I shout in a whisper.
"That is the time" he replies in a sarcastic tone.
"What do you want?" I say slightly rudely but I'm tired okay.
"To see you, meet me?" He says straight to the point and my heart jumps slightly at the offer. I let myself for once do what I want to do which is go see him.
"Where?" I ask and I can practically se his smile through the phone.
"I'm outside" he replies and I hang up quickly half happily surprised and half nervous because being outside my house will make this incredibly obvious to my daughter. I rush downstairs slipping on some heels because those were the only shoes out and not away in a closet.
"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to get seen by my daughter?" I hiss at him standing outside his truck leaning against it smirking.
"Would you prefer to go somewhere else?" He asks and I look down at myself. I'm not dressed to go anywhere but at this point id rather not get caught by my daughter.
"Yes, but nowhere public" I insist and he nods opening the truck door for me to get in.
"Where are you taking me?" I ask as he drives.
"Sweet water river" he replies.
"What So you can dump my body in it?" I joke and he laughs at me.
"If that's what your into" he replies and I hit him.
"Why here?" I ask as he parks the truck and helps me out the vehicle.
"You said nowhere public, this is as unpublic as you get" he says as he places his jacket over me and we take a seat under a tree overlooking the river.
"Unpulic is not a word" I correct him, after writing for over 20 years it's a habit of mine.
"I'm sorry Miss Smith" he mocks. We sit for a bit enjoying the sound of the water and each other's warmth.
"What are we doing Fp?" I ask him.

Fp POV:
It's a question I've been trying to answer this whole time. My wife coming back home should change my mind about me and Alice but it only made me realise how much I want it. Alice has always been my first choice and it's not fair on Gladys, I can't do it anymore.
"I'm not sure" I reply honestly and her ocean blue eyes look up at me.
"Somehow we always seem to end up together, find our way back to each other" she says leaning onto my shoulder.
"And your okay with that" I ask her and she thinks about it. I can tell she's the one who has been pulling away from this, convincing herself this is not right. I on the other hand am all in if she want to be. I did hurt her that day in Pops and I know I have to work to earn that trust back.
"I'm coming to terms with it" she replies and I rest my head on top of hers lightly.
"But if we do this, we have to communicate. Work hard to make it work, also be less careless because the kids knowing would ruin everything" she says and I nod my head agreeing with her.
"And Gladys?" She asks.
"Is still staying in a hotel and I think she's going back to Toledo again, taking my daughter with her" I reply and she takes her head off my shoulder letting the cold air back to it.
"I'm sorry" she says genuinely.
"It's fine, jellybean will call us and when she's old enough to come down on her own I will see her" I explain and she runs her hands through my hair before taking my hand in her own.
"And one more thing.. and your not going to like this one" she says pulling a face.
"Whatever it is I'll do it?" I let her know.
"We can't have sex" she says surprising me a little because she is usually the one initiates it most of the time.
"I'm not on the pill and condoms are not 100% effective and if I get pregnant how can we hide this from the kids" she explains further and I nod. She's over thinking but that's what she does.
"That's fine, it should be your choice what you want to do with your body, I'm not complaining. I want you not your body" I tell her and she seems surprised that I don't care.
"Really?" She says almost disappointed.
"Hey this is your decision" I say stroking her cheek.
"Anyway I don't give it away till the third date" she states and I laugh at her because we legitimately did it two weeks ago. She frowns at me and crosses her arms and she looks so cute I cup her face and kiss her forehead making her smile.
"So what are we dating now?" I ask and she thinks for a second.
"Well ask me out first and then we will see how it goes" she says and I can tell she wants to go though the whole 'normal process' with this but I don't mind because it's what she deserves.
"Will you go on a date with me?" I ask going along with her wish.
"Hmm let me thing about it" she teases putting her finger to her chin.
"Yes" she gushes before pulling my face into hers so we are kissing. We go no further than that, instead we just lay down cuddling under a random tree next to sweetwater river. Eventually we must both fall sleep because the next thing I know she is panicking beside me.
"We fell asleep" she complains getting up and trying to dust the dirt off her clothes.
"Relax, we are fine" I reply not knowing what the problem was.
"I won't be when Betty starts asking questions on why I went missing for a night" she snaps and I get up understanding her panic. I'm fine because Jug never really asked many questions, especially when it came to me. He has come to respect that some nights I have things to do but Alice ok the other hand has Nancy drew as a daughter and Betty was sure to ask all the questions she could muster up.
"Lets get you home" I say following her to the truck and dropping her off at the end of her road so it wouldn't be suspicious. She gives me a kiss in the cheek before she leaves and I watch her run into her house like a teenager sneaking around.
Alice POV:
I sneak into the house and to my relief Betty isn't up yet. I get into my dressed into another set of pyjamas before heading downstairs to make her breakfast like any other morning.