For the most part Piper could admit that she had the good life. She lived with her girlfriend, Alex, whom she loved very much. Money was always at their fingertips and she loved the travel. Piper loved that, like her, Alex was always up for an adventure and their lives were never boring. She really had the best of everything and was very grateful. They had amazing friends and went to extravagant parties. Everyone knew that Piper had Alex wrapped around her finger, but what people didn't know was that she wasn't as pliable as people thought.

Nope, everyone thought that Alex was the biggest pushover ever, but as Piper was standing in the middle of the one club that she was not allowed to be in watching the friend she had brought for "safety" getting more and more trashed; all she could think about was how not pliable Alex really was. Alex would not be pleased with her, that was for sure and there were hundreds of things that Alex could do to torture her.

"Come have a drink!" Kristian, her very drunk friend encouraged.

"I think that I've already had enough!" Piper called back picturing all of the ways that Alex was going to dismember her.

"What are you worried about?" Kristian asked her.

"I don't think I should be here." Piper said, suddenly feeling very vulnerable.

"Come on, Alex is out of town. What she doesn't know won't hurt her. Let's be honest anyway, if you flash her your big puppy dog eyes it won't even matter anyway."

Piper smiled at him, "I guess you're right!" She picked up another drink and chugged it.

"Besides, I'm your big bad body guard!" He laughed.

Piper laughed too. He was right, Alex was out of town and she did have a body guard. There was no way she could find out, and if she did then she only really broke one rule.

Five more drinks and three hours later she started to stumble out to her car. That's when they heard it. The horrible sound that made everyone freeze. That horrible sound that sealed Pipers fate. Kristian grabbed Piper when the gunshots sounded and drunkenly pushed her against the wall.

The next few hours was a mess of police coming in and out and trying to get answers from overly drunk people. Piper tried to figure out how she was going to get out of this mess.

"Okay ma'am, I'm going to need you to call someone to come get you." The officer informed her, "We can't let you leave like this on your own." It was a statement that was being said all over the club upsetting many people.

Who could she call? Alex wasn't even home and the Julia, the lady who cleaned their apartment, was sure to be asleep. "Kristian?" She asked her friend, hoping that he would have an answer, but at four in the morning he really didn't. All of their friends were out at this meeting with Alex.

"I guess I can call the flat and see if Julia wakes up…" Piper said slowly.

"That's a great idea!" Kristian called in his drunken slur.

Piper pulled out her cell phone and called the flat. Much to Piper's surprise, the phone was picked up on the second ring. "Where in the hell are you?" The voice on the other line growled.

"A…A…Alex…" Piper said sounding surprised.

"Where in the hell are you?" She asked again.

"I…uh…thought you were out of town."

"I came home early to surprise you and you weren't here!" Alex snapped. Piper was silent for a moment wishing that she could have been shot instead of having to face Alex. "Piper…I asked you a question, it is four in the morning, now answer me!"

"I'm out…with Kristian…because he is bigger then me." Piper said quickly.

"Are you drunk…Kristian does not count as a body guard! Piper where are you?" Alex shouted. "I'm going to give you the biggest…"

"I'm at the rexten!" Piper told her quickly. "There was a shooting; I need you to come and get me."

Alex laughed, but not a joyful laugh, a cold dark laugh. Piper shivered, "You are drunk, at the Rexton, where there was a SHOOTING?! Am I correct about this?"

"I'm sorry." Piper whimpered.

"Oh no you don't!" Alex shouted, "I will be there soon and you had better be thinking about how this car ride is going to be the last time that you ever sit comfortably again."

Piper whimpered again. "I'm sorry."

Alex sighed, "I know and I love you, but I'm still going to blister you something awful."

"I love you too, come quick please." Piper moaned.

"Okay, Piper, okay. I'll be there soon baby, just be safe."

Piper sat down on the wall and put her face in her hands. "Is she mad?" Kristian asked.

"Oh yeah."

"I'm sure it will be fine," Kristian said, "She loves you."

Alex was there a few minutes later. Her sharp features looked even sharper, as they always did when she was mad. "Let's go."

It was all she said and all she needed to say. The drive to drop off Kristian was silent as Alex focused on the road, Kristian slept and Piper picked at the cover of one of Alex's many books in the car. When Kristian got out, Alex turned to look at Piper.

"We are going to go home and go to bed. You are going to take a shower when you wake up and then before you get dressed go stand in the corner and wait for me to come speak to you. I do NOT want to hear your voice until I ask to hear it."

"Alex…" Piper started.

"Piper, I am furious, and not above whipping you until your skin comes off when we get home, but I would love to wait until tomorrow when I feel like I have a little more control on my temper, do NOT TALK!"

Piper scrunched back down in her chair and sat silently for the rest of the ride.