Piper stepped out of the cab paying the driver while talking into her phone.
"Larry I'm almost there I'll be five minutes top I promise"
She disconnected the phone and hurriedly walked down the street, her shoulder length blonde hair swaying in the slight breeze of the night. Piper stopped outside a store window and checked her refection, she looked good and she knew it, wearing a white crisp shirt tucked into black slacks and a chain link belt wrapped around her waist, she looked mature, professional and sexy as hell. Happy with her appearance Piper continued to walk down the street to the bar where she was meeting her boyfriend Larry and a group of their friends. She was a little late but nothing to complain over like Larry had currently been doing over the phone.
Reaching the bar Piper pushed open the door and entered the dimly lit busy bar. She spotted her friends right away, she waved and walked over to them earning herself a few admiring glance as she passed, Piper didn't notice the glances she never did. She headed towards her group and Larry. Larry smiled tightly at Piper and wrapped his arm around her waist holding on to her hip and whispered
"You're late"
Piper jerked her head up.
"Yes I know. Sorry traffic was hell"
Piper kissed Larry's cheek and rubbed her hand up his free arm.
"Where's Polly?" She asked searching her friends for her best and oldest friend.
"She nipped to the bathroom. Want me to get you a drink?" Larry asked Piper.
"Please sweetie, glass of white wine thanks"
Piper made her way around the table greeting her friends with hugs and kisses, apologising for her lateness. Taking the spare seat at the table Piper leaned back and relaxed listening to her friends discuss their days.
"There you are! About time! I was going to send out the search and rescue!"
Piper jumped out of her seat grinning and pulled her best friend in for a hug.
"I know I'm late big deal" Piper laughed.
Polly pushed Piper away back into her seat smiling and sat next to her.
"Next time text bitch" Polly playfully whacked piper on the arm.
Larry arrived back at the table with a fresh drink for himself and the glass of wine Piper ordered.
"OOOO finally gimme" She smiled mischievously at Larry reaching for her glass and took a gulp of her wine.
"Bad day Pipes?" Larry laughed watching his girlfriend gulp another mouthful of wine.
"No just hectic" She smiled back at him.
Piper placed her glass on the table in front of her and joined in on the conversation round the table about an article one of their friend's had read that day. Piper sat up straighter, she felt as if she was been watched, the hair on the back of her neck stood on end, goose bumps broke out over her skin making Piper shiver in her seat. Piper half turned to her right to scan the tables of people around her to see if she was indeed been watched when Larry leaned forward and placed his hand over hers. Piper spun back around into her seat and asked Larry what he had said.
"I asked if you were ok" He replied frowning.
She smiled and nodded stroking her thumb across the back of his hand and joined back into the conversation, shaking off the feeling of been watched.
Alex thudded her body back into the booth she was sitting at near the door, just a fraction more of turning and Piper would have looked right at her! Alex picked up her double whisky and drank it in one slamming the empty glass onto the table. She knew the second Piper walked into the bar. It felt like a magnet had attached itself to her head and turned as Piper entered. It felt like someone had slugged her in the gut seeing Piper. Feelings so intense bombarded Alex. Feelings of hurt, anger, rejection… love. Alex sat in the booth oblivious to everyone around her, she only had eyes for the blonde sitting directly in front of her.
"Alex…. Alex! Jesus woman answer me!"
Alex dragged her eyes away from her view of Piper's back and gazed blankly at the woman sat next to her.
"Babe are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost"
The woman reached out and tried to push a lock of Alex's dark hair behind her ear.
"Erm yeah I'm fine" Alex answered moving out of the way so she wasn't touched.
Alex needed to be left alone her girlfriend sat next to her couldn't know what Alex was feeling, right then the woman sat next to her, her girlfriend, was unimportant to her, she only had thoughts of one person. Turning her gaze back to in front of her Alex was transfixed. Piper. All she could see was Piper. Piper's back granted but still Piper. Tears welled up in Alex's eyes ready to spill onto her cheeks. Adjusting her glasses she wiped them away before the tears fell making sure no one saw her moment of weakness. No one did they were too involved in each other to notice the turmoil Alex was going through emotionally. Alex continued to watch Piper willing her to turn around again to look at her and see her. Alex watched as Piper talked to the man across from her, realising they were a couple bile rose in her throat. So she went back to guys she thought, I fucking knew it! She glanced away for a second at the new drink that had been placed in front of her. Once again she picked up her drink gulped it in one shot and slammed the glass back onto the table and looked back over at Piper. She was standing up and bending over Polly telling her something. Alex watched Piper as she headed towards the bathroom. She scrambled up from her seat knocking over people's drinks as she hurriedly tried to escape out of the semi-circle booth. Climbing over people she became angry.
"Fucking move people I need to pee!" Her friend's laughed and lifted their noticing Alex's urgency. She walked towards the bathroom making sure she avoided getting spotted by Polly weaving in between people and tables. Alex's heart was racing in her chest as adrenaline kicked into her system. Placing her hand on the bathroom door she gently pushed it open so it hardly made a creek. She stepped inside and took in her surroundings. Only one of the two cubicles was occupied and she knew exactly who was behind that door. Alex leaned against the peach tiled wall, her back against it her knee bent with her foot supported on the wall she waited. She ran her hands nervously through her hair not knowing where to place them. She heard Piper flush the toilet and quickly hooked her thumbs into her jeans pockets. She felt like a teenager posing for her crush to come out and see her. Her heart beat faster as the toilet door opened; Piper stepped out her head down as she fiddled with the clasp of her belt. Alex pushed off the wall with her foot and stood straight, her arms falling limply to her sides, all pretence of composure gone. Hers palms moist, her heart raced as she opened her mouth.
"Hello Piper"