Chapter One – First Day

It was a sunny, but cool day. The leaves were changing colours, and slowly failing towards the ground. Piper grabbed her bag and laptop from her trunk and headed towards the university's doors. She was greeted by one of the staff members who showed her the way to her office in the Liberal Arts Department. She couldn't believe it, she had her own office and in a few days she would be teaching her first class.

Piper was so excited when she found out that her fiancé, Larry who is the Dean of the University, got her a full time position as a law professor. Her parents weren't so thrilled as her father always wanted her to be a lawyer and couldn't simply comprehend why she would want to be a professor instead. She explained to him several times throughout the years that she has always had a passion for teaching and wanted to inspire people to get into law and change the world. Even though they didn't see eye to eye on Piper's career they agreed to disagree on the matter. Her father always reminded her when she came visiting that he has contacts to get her working in a firm tomorrow, but she would politely decline every time.

Piper spent the summer preparing for her lectures. She would research every book, article, website to make sure she was giving her students up-to-date information on law. She spent countless hours through the summer working on her slides, editing, re-editing, deleting, adding until she was finally happy with her slideshow. She would rehearse in her room and when she was finally ready she asked her best friend Polly and fiancé Larry to sit and listen to her lecture and tell her what they thought.

As she slowly took her items out of the box and placed them on her desk, her best friend Polly, biology professor, came over and wished her all the best. Piper felt like she was in heaven. She was finally doing a job she loved, working with her soon-to-be husband and her best friend. A few other professors from the Arts Department came by and welcomed her, wished her all the best, and gave her pointers into being a successful professor here.

(First Day of School)

Piper couldn't sleep, she was tossing and turning and kept looking at her alarm clock. While Larry snored, Piper kept punching her pillow to find that perfect spot to sleep but failed. Every time she looked at the clock only 15 minutes would pass. It was 2am and she had three more hours before she had to wake up. She finally decided to get up and go in the kitchen, grab a warm glass of milk and headed towards the living room.

Two hours prior to her lecture, she had a meeting with all her Teaching Assistants. There were eight of them that were already selected by the previous law professor. She introduced herself to the group, explained in general what she was expecting from them, what she was going to talk about in the lecture and finally ending the note that they would have weekly meetings to catch up and see how the students were overall doing.

Twenty minutes before her lecture started, she had taken out her USB key, hooked it up with the computer and made sure everything was reading on the huge projector. She watched as students started filling up the seats of the lecture hall. She was told that she had about 150 students in her class. A few students came up to her asking permission to use audio recording devices to record the lecture to help them with their notes and exam preparation. She told them she had no issue as long as they weren't broadcasted on any website.

As soon as Piper was done with her lecture she headed back to her office. She had a text from Larry

Hey Baby, how was it? Anyone I need to terminate from the university ;)

Hey honey, everything went GREAT! Nervous at first but within minutes gained all my confidence back and hit a homerun

Piper smiled as she sent the last text message to Larry. She put away her phone and went back to her laptop working on her slides.

"Hey hun, some of us are going out to grab a bite. Want to join? Polly asked.

"Sure. Give me a sec and I'll be out soon" Piper finished her last minute changes to one of slides, pressed saved and closed her laptop. She grabbed her purse and followed Polly out the doors and into the parking lot.

Piper joined Polly at a local grill only ten minutes away from the university. Polly introduced her to a few professors in her Science Department. As she slowly shook everyone's hand, got to know their names and specifically what they were teaching, she found herself lost for words when a certain black hair, green eyes woman walks in and heads towards her.

"Sorry I'm late, few of the students had questions to ask after lecture"

"And this is Alex, chemistry professor. She's been here for almost three years now" Polly stated.

"Hi, I'm Piper, law professor" she stutters back to Alex. She was a little surprised that she was stuttering. She hadn't stuttered for years at least not since first year of college when she met Larry. Alex smiled and shook her hand, looking straight into her eyes. Piper could feel butterflies in her stomach and began wondering why she was nervous all of a sudden. She listened to the other professors talking about their lectures, and the faculty in general. Both Polly and Alex had joined into the conversation and she found herself a bit isolated. She was new; she didn't know a lot of the issues that were going on within the faculty, not to mention this wasn't even her faculty. Everyone here belonged to the Science Department and she belonged in the Arts. She found herself glancing at Alex a few times. She was beautiful, intelligent, and had some sort of grace about the way she talked, ate and moved. Every time Alex would catch her looking at her, she would glance away shyly. What was happening? Piper thought to herself.

She was back at her laptop working on her slides for week #4 lecture. She was so wrapped into her slides she didn't even a notice a certain woman standing in her office.

"You know kid, any more focused towards that laptop, I could rob this place and you wouldn't even know"

Piper was a little startled seeing Alex in her office. She admits she was very focused that she didn't even realize anyone was in her office.

"Sorry, just want to make sure this is perfect" Piper says as she closes her laptop and gives her full attention to the beauty standing in front of her.

"Sorry about lunch. I couldn't help but notice that you barely spoke. Whenever the faculty gets together we get so wrapped up in our own problems that we forget we have someone from a whole other faculty and not to mention a newbie. If your not busy this evening, I thought we could go to a nice restaurant and have dinner. Get to know each other outside of work"

"I have to ask Larry, give me a second?"

"Larry? As in Larry our Dean?" She started laughing hysterically. "You don't need your boss' permission to have a life outside of here"

"Larry the Dean is my fiancé" Piper replied back with a smile. She texted him and got a quick okay from her fiancé.

"Oh! You're engaged?" Alex suddenly stopped laughing and asked seriously.

"Yes" Piper smiles and shows Alex the beautiful, sparkling rock on her finger. Alex nods and waits for her to grab her stuff and head out towards the parking lot.

"You drive an Audi R8? Are you sure you're a professor here?" Piper asked amused by her car. Sexy Woman, Sexy Car Piper thought and then wondered where the hell that thought came from.

"Yes I do. Let me take you for a ride" Alex smirked before heading inside the car.

"Reservation under Vause for two"

"Yes Ms. Vause, follow me. Boss reserved the best spot in the dining room for you" Alex smiled and sat in their private booth area away from everyone else. The restaurant was dimly lit with candlelights burning on the centre of each table.

"Any wine for the beautiful ladies?" A handsome, young man asked.

"Anything specific you like Pipes?" Piper was a little surprised with the nickname but told Alex to order whatever she liked. She wasn't picky about wine. Alex picked the wine, they both ordered their food and began small conversation.

"So what about you Alex? Are you seeing anyone?"

"It's a bit complicated" Piper waited for her to further explain, but Alex left it at complicated. They both spoke about why they love teaching. She learned that Alex's parents have passed away and she's a lonely child. Piper told her about her parents and their high expectations of her and how they are disappointed in her career choice even today. They both sipped on their wine, waiting for their steaks to be ready.

Piper was already feeling the wine. It had been months since she last drank and with her only eating lunch a few hours ago, she was definitely feeling the buzz. She needed food and she needed it fast. She kept looking at Alex, her eyes, her lips, her hair, her neck and before she could look further towards her cleavage the server came with their food.

"Enjoy ladies. Let me know if you need anything else?" The server left them and they both dug in.

They continued to make small conversations until Piper excused herself to the washroom. Piper looked at herself in the mirror. She was feeling hot, buzzed and almost intoxicated with Alex's beauty. What the hell is wrong with me? She slowly felt someone wrap their hands around her waist. She looked at the mirror and saw Alex standing behind her and slowly nibbling on her ear.

"You know we can always go back to my place and have dessert" She quietly whispered in Piper's ear before placing a small kiss on her neck.

"Excuse me? Ma'am are you okay?" Piper blinked a few times and realized she was dreaming. Alex wasn't in the washroom. "Are you okay?" The old lady asked her again.

"Yes, yes. Sorry must have had too much wine"

"Oh yes that sometimes happen. You take care of yourself now, ok sweety?" the old woman left the bathroom. What the hell just happened Piper placed some cold water on her face and headed out of the washroom.

"Everything ok?" Alex asked a little concerned when Piper wasn't back for a while.

"Yes sorry. I think I drank too much wine"
"Light drinker, I take it?"

"Larry calls me a cheap drunk" Piper laughed.

"Ready to go?"

"Bill?"

"Already taken care of"

"How much do I owe you?" Piper opens her wallet grabbing her cash.

"Next time its on you" Alex smiles as she stands up and grabs her coat.

"Oh a next time? I guess that's fair" Piper gets up grabbing her coat and heading out the restaurant following Alex.

Piper walked in to her home and heard the shower. Larry must have just got home and so she started to unpack the food she ordered for him and made a plate ready. Larry walked downstairs, heading straight to the kitchen

"You're home baby? How was dinner with Alex?" Larry placed a kiss on her neck. The same spot she dreamt of Alex kissing. She touched the spot for a few seconds before she realized Larry was staring at her waiting for an answer.

"Dinner was great. Got you some steak. Actually Alex paid for everything while I was in the washroom"

"That's sweet of her" Larry said as he grabbed his plate and headed towards the living room switching the television on. Piper brought out a cold beer from the fridge and gave it to Larry before heading into the shower.

She switched the shower on and placed her head into the hot water. She kept thinking and thinking about Alex. When Alex came into the restaurant at lunch, and then her office and then dinner and then Alex kissing her on the neck. It felt so real and yet she couldn't understand what was happening. She knew she was straight. She was never attracted to women, she never experimented, she always loved men, and yet she can't seem to get this woman out of her mind. After replaying all the events in her mind for ten minutes, she finally blamed it on the wine. She felt that it was probably the wine that got her feeling this way and that she loved Larry and was attracted to men.

After Alex dropped Piper home, she sent a text to her best friend

Are you awake Nicky?

Yes unfortunately. Night Patrol tonight. It's a quiet night though, what's up? Everything ok?

Yes officer ;) but I think I'm screwed. Can we talk Friday night at the new bar/club they opened?

Sure, drinks are on you though. Ok g2g just saw a car drive past a red light. Sweet dreams gnite Alex xoxo

Nicky became a police officer just a few years before Alex became a professor. They had been best friends since high school.

The rest of the week, Piper didn't hear or see Alex. She felt a little disappointed that Alex didn't swing by to say hi or anything, but then she kept telling herself that she's probably busy with her own students, lectures, research and that they only went out once. They weren't exactly close friends to expect such a commitment.

It was Friday and Polly had insisted they go out to the new bar that just opened. The boys were going to be at Piper's house watching a game, so she told Piper that they had to go out.

It was 11pm and she was finally ready in a short, black Armani dress that Larry had bought her for Valentine's Day. She kept her long hair wavy (season one flashbacks) and put some black heels to match her outfit. She finished her makeup, put silver dangling earrings on, grabbed her silver clutch and finished with a few sprays from Givenchy. As she walked down the stairs, Larry stared at her

"OMG, you look hot! Are you sure you're not going somewhere else? Should I be worried?" Piper placed a soft kiss on his lips and told the boys to have fun and not to wait up for her.

Polly and Piper headed towards the club. There was a line up but because the owner was best friends with Polly's husband, they were taken in right away and into the VIP booth. The owner came by and hugged them both, welcoming them to his club and sent a bottle and a few shots for free. Piper and Polly both grabbed a shot, said cheers and drowned the drinks in seconds.

Polly poured them both champagne and started looking at the dance floor. It was a definitely a mix from students to older people. Everyone was having a great time. They looked at the DJ booth,

"Whose that?" Piper asked Polly

"I don't know her DJ name, but that's Stella. She's new, but she's good!" They both continued to drink their champagne and indulge in the few appetizers that were sent from the owner.

Outside the club, Nicky and Alex just arrived. The bouncer knew Nicky and let them in right away. Alex grabbed two beers and four shots and headed to a vacant table.

"Ok so what gives Alex? What do you want to talk about?" The both cheered before taking one of the two shots they had each of Tequila.

"I've got feelings for a straight girl"
"That's not the first time Alex" Nicky says and she takes a sip of her Corona.

"She's engaged to my Larry aka Dean aka my boss at the University" Nicky grabbed the second shot glass of Tequila and they both took shots after that revelation.

"Really Alex? You couldn't fall for ANYONE else?"

"You're one to talk Nicky. Aren't you fucking a married woman?"

"Okay fine, but at least she aint my boss' soon-to-be wife!"

"Touche" They both took another gulp of their beer before heading to the dance floor. Immediately, five guys started dancing all around Alex. She wasn't new to this, this happened every time she would go dancing. She felt one guy grab her ass, another was hard, and Nicky just smiled watching Alex try to get herself out of this situation.

"Lets dance" Polly says as they finish their glass and head to the dance floor. Ever since these two met in high school, they made a pact that if either one of them would be in an uncomfortable situation the other would bail them out. For many years they would pretend to be a lesbian couple just to keep the men away from themselves, but when Piper started dating Larry, Piper started to lessen her trips to clubs and when she did go it was always with Larry.

As the music was blasting through the speakers, different colour lights on everyone, they headed towards the dance floor. They both fell into the rhythm, swaying their head and body to the beat. As they continued dancing and moving across the dance floor, Piper knew she was definitely tipsy. But she felt amazing, with the alcohol, music and dancing she felt like she was on cloud nine. One of the men came towards Piper and started dancing with her. She danced with him, both dancing in sync with each other; as long as he didn't touch her she had no problem. By the time the next song was playing, she felt his hands grab her ass and pull her closer. She felt his hard dick bulging through his jeans. He moved her hair away from one side and tried to nibble on her ear when she quickly turned around and pushed him back. He tried to grab her again by the waist and she pushed him away, grabbing Polly and dancing with her more specifically grinding with her to hopefully send a message that she was taken. It worked; he started dancing with another girl. As they continued to dance, she spun around and came face to face with Alex. Just merely inches away from each other's face, Piper was worried that Alex would walk away and avoid her like she thought she was doing all this past week. She turned around and backed herself into Alex. Placing her ass right on Alex's pelvic and started to dance in sync with her. Alex grabbed her by the waist and pulled her in closer. Alex knew the alcohol was helping her because there was no way she was this confident to do any of this being sober and she was sure neither was Piper. They continued to dance in sync with each other, grinding with each other. Alex moved Piper's hair to one side and whispered "I just want to –" before she could finish she could see a guy trying to grab Piper and bring her towards him.

"She likes dick" Piper opens her eyes to see the same guy who was grabbing on her ass a few minutes ago back. Piper tried to push him back but he grabbed on her wrists and brought her closer. Alex watched as the scene was unfolding in front of her. Seeing if Piper could handle the guy or if she needed to step in.

"I told you I'm not interested, now get the fuck off me and let me go" But he refused trying to force a kiss on Piper. As Piper was about to turn her face away, she felt her wrists being released and the guy falling on the floor. She looked back to see Alex holding on to her fist. Nicky grabbed Alex and took her to their table, followed by Piper and Polly.

"Alex, are you okay?" Nicky asked as she examined Alex's hand.

"I'm fine" Alex said a bit harshly.

"You fucking bitch!" The man came back holding his bloody nose. As he was about to swing at Alex, he was once again on the floor but this time by Nicky.

"Look pal, I suggest you get out of here before I arrest you" she flashed him her badge. He got up quietly and left the club. The server brought them all drinks and they all took more shots of Tequila.

Piper excused herself to the bathroom. Alex followed her and they both waited in line. Piper was definitely tipsy by this moment. She held Alex's bruised hand lightly and placed a light kiss on each one of her knuckles

"Thank you" she said softly looking straight in Alex eyes. As the door opened for the washroom, Piper stepped in.

"You coming?" Piper asked and Alex look a bit confused before following her inside and locking the door.

"Don't you need to pee?" Alex asked as Piper was fixing her make up and hair.

"No, I just wanted privacy to do this" She grabbed Alex and placed a soft kiss upon her lips. Alex didn't move for a second, before she gently pushed Piper against the wall, grabbing her wrists above her head and kissed her hard. She swore she heard Piper moan. Alex let go of Piper's hands and placed them on her hips and she continued to make out with Piper. Piper grabbed Alex's ass and pulled her closer. She wanted friction, she was beginning to grind against Alex as they both continued to make out in the bathroom.

All of a sudden, they hear banging on the bathroom door.

"Get the fuck out. Get a room, some of us actually need to pee" the girls outside were screaming. Alex and Piper fixed themselves before heading out.

Nicky and Polly were talking to each other when they saw Alex and Piper come..

"What took so long?" Polly asked looking at Piper and Alex "Did someone try to beat you up? Your hair is messed up"

"No long line up" Alex said.

"Well Larry just called. He wanted to know when you were coming home. He said he's going to bed" At the moment Piper felt sick. She completely forgot about Larry and that she was engaged. Here she was dancing and kissing a woman, while her fiancé is worried about her at home. She was ready to puke as she couldn't believe what she had done. Polly grabs two bottles of water and takes Piper to her car.

"You okay?" Polly asks concerned about Piper.

"Yeah, just not feeling to well" Piper didn't lie but she refrained from telling her the whole truth. She felt sick because she cheated on her fiancé.

"Probably drank too much" Polly drove off and Piper went back to blaming the alcohol for everything. There was no way Piper would ever do this sober? It's the alcohol. No more drinking with Alex. She thought to herself and made a decision.

Piper quietly went up the stairs and changed her clothes. She saw Larry waking up

"Sorry did I wake you?" Piper asked

"No I was just waiting for you baby. Are you drunk?" Larry asked as he stood up bringing Piper closer to him.

"Maybe just a little" Piper confessed

Larry placed a kiss on Pipers lips and Piper felt sick. It wasn't even an hour ago that she was kissing Alex with the same lips she was kissing Larry. But her brain kept convincing her that kissing Larry, her fiancé, was actually the right thing to do. Before she could comprehend what was happening, Larry placed Piper on the bed and took off his shirt. She knew was about to happen and she told herself it was the right thing to do. He is her fiancé right? She loves him right?

The next morning, Piper wakes up to the smell of eggs and waffles. Larry was cooking her favourite breakfast and she was ready to just puke. How could she be so stupid to kiss Alex? Her co-worker? She kept thinking to herself. As she took two pills and sipped them down with water, she headed in the shower. She convinced herself that Monday morning she will tell Alex that everything that happened between them was a huge mistake, that she was a little drunk and that she wants to be just friends.

As Piper walked down the stairs, she saw Larry placing the waffles in the plate.

"Good morning hun" Larry gave her the plate with orange juice, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Good morning" Piper smiled back.

"I am heading upstairs to the office. I have some work to finish but I sent out an invitation last night to a few of our co-workers for pizza and wings tonight. I invited Polly and Alex as well"

Piper stopped chewing. It wasn't even 24 hours since she had her tongue in Alex's mouth and now she had to see Alex with her husband there. This was not going to end well, she thought to herself

TBC